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מַפְתֵּחַ‏ n.m. key

key Jud, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, JBA, LJLA. TgJ Jud3:25 : וְאוֹרִיכוּ עַד סַגִי וְהָא לָיְתוֹהִי פָתַח דַשֵי עִלִיתָא וֻנסִיבוּ יָת מַפתְחָא וֻפתַחוּ‏ they waited a very long time but look he was not opening privy's door, so they took the key and opened it. TN Gen30:22 : מפתחא דמטרא ומפתחא דפרנסתא ומפת<<חי>> דקבריה ומפתחא דעקרתא‏ the key of rain, livelihood, burial, and sterility. PJ Deut28:12 : ארבעא מפתחי בידי דמרי עלמא דלא מסרינון בידא דטיפסרא‏ there are four keys in the possession of the Lord of the World that he did not hand over to the control of the major-domo.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 324b; DJBA: 698b; Jastrow: 822; Levy Ch-W: 2:60; Tal Sam: 716; DJA: 64a;

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