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מֵעַל־אַפֵּי‏ prep. from upon

from upon (a surface) JLAtg, LJLA. TgO Gen8:8 : לְמִחזֵי אִם קַלוּ מַיָא מֵעַל אַפֵי ארעא‏ to see if the water had receded from the surface of the earth. PJ Gen11:4 : קדם עד לא ניתבדר מעילוי אנפי ארעא‏ before we are scattered from(!?) upon the face of the earth.

from being over (non-surface) JLAtg. TgO Gen23:3 : וְקָם אברהם מֵעַל אַפֵי מִיתֵיה‏ Abraham rose from being over his dead one.

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