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מַדְנַח מַדְנְחָא‏ n.m./f. east

east Com. GenApoc 21.9 : שקול עיניך וחזי למדנחא ולמערבא ולדרומא ולצפונא‏ lift up your eyes and look to the east and to the west and to the south and to the north.

rising of the sun Com. TgO Deut4:41 : בְעִברָא דְיַרדְנָא מַדנַח שִמשָא‏ on the eastern side of the Jordan.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 292b; DJBA: 643a; Jastrow: 734; Levy Ch-W: 2:11; Tal Sam: 191; DNWSI: 597; Cook,Qumran: 133;

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Derivatives:

klmdnḥ (kilmaḏnaḥ) adv. toward the east

mdnḥy (madnḥāy) adj. eastern