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מְדַבְּרָן‏ nom.ag.D leader

guide, shepherd; fig.: leader CPA, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA. TgProv11:14 : באתר דלית מדברנא נפל עמא‏ . ܡܕܒܪܢܐ ܕܐܠܦܐ‏ : helmsman CPA, LJLA. TgEsth² 4:1(17) : כענא דלית להון רעי וכאילפא בימא דלית <<ליה>> מדברנא‏ like sheep that have no shepherd and like a ship in the sea that has no helmsman.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 642a; Jastrow: 731; Levy Ch-W: 2:9;

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Derivatives:

mdbrnw, mdbrnwtˀ (mḏabbrānū, mḏabbrānūṯā) n.f. administration