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מַדְבַּח‏ n.m. altar

altar Com. Ezra7:17 : עַל־מַדְבְּחָה דִּי בֵּית אֱלָהֲכֹם‏ on the altar of your God's temple. TN Ex20:26 : לא תסקון בדרגין על גבי מדבחי די לא תתגלי עריתך עלוי‏ you must not go up to the to top of the altar via steps so that your nakedness not be revealed upon it. PJ Gen8:20 : ואסיק ארבע עלוון על ההוא מדבחא‏ he offered up four sacrifices on that altar.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 291a; DJBA: 642a; Jastrow: 731; Levy Ch-W: 2:8; Tal Sam: 165; DNWSI: 607; Cook,Qumran: 132;

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