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מֶסַּק‏ n.m. #2 (sun)rise

(sun)rise JLAtg, Gal, PTA, LJLA. TgJ Jud16:2 : עַד מֵיהַר/ניהור/מהוי/מיסק/ צַפרָא וְנִקטְלִנֵיה‏ we shall kill him before the morning dawns. TN Gen19:15 : וכאשון מסק עמוד שחרא‏ at the time of the rising of the dawn . TgSong3:6 : יעקב דאשתדל גברא עמיה עד מיסק קריצתא‏ Jacob, with whom the man struggled up to the break of day.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 306a; Jastrow: 777; Levy Ch-W: 2:53;

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