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נִדֶן נִדְנָא‏ n.m. #2 sheath

sheath JLAtg, PTA. TgJ Jer47:6 : אִתכְנִישִי לִלדָנִיך/לנדניך‏ [=MT הֵאָסְפִי אַל־תַּעְרֵךְ]. GT R Gen44:18 : אִם אִישלוֹף חַרבִּי מִתַּעְרַה לָא אָתִיבִינַּה לְנִידְנַה‏ if I draw my sword from its sheath I shall not return it to its sheath. fig. BA^Dan, Qumran. Dan 7:15 : אֶתְכְּרִיַּת רוּחִי אֲנָה דָנִיֵּאל בְּגוֹא נִדְנֶה‏ my spirit--me, Daniel--was perturbed within its envelope (i.e. my physical body) †. GenApoc 2.10 : נשמתי לגו נדנהא‏ †.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: Jastrow: 879; Levy Ch-W: 2:93; Cook,Qumran: 152;

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ldn n.m. #2 sheath