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מה־דלמה‏ adv. perhaps

perhaps PTA. GT C Gen32:21 : אֶרְעֵי סְבַר אַפוי בְדוֹרוֹן דַּמְהַלָּכָה קדמַי וּמִן בתר כן אחמֵי סְבַר אַפוֹי מָה דַּלְמָא דִּי יְקַבֵּל יַת סְבַר אַפוֹי‏ perhaps he will have a favorable countenance. TN Gen16:2 : עול כען לות אמתי מה דלמה דאתבני אף אנה על ידה‏ please have relations with my maid; perhaps I, too, can become established through her.

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