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נוּן‏ n.m. fish

fish Com. 4QpapTob ar13..3=06:7 : ב]לבב נונא וכבד֗ה‏ in the heart of the fish and its liver. TN Gen48:16 : היך נוניא יסגון במיא‏ like fish multiply in the water. TgPs8:9var. : צפורי/ציפרי/ שמיא וכוורי/ונוני/ ימא‏ .

pl. : Pisces Qumran, Syr, Man. 4Q318 .1.9 : ב26 וב2]7 ב28 דולא ב29 וב30 נוניא‏ on the 26th, 27th and 28th Aquarius, on the 29th and 30th Pisces (i.e. the position of the moon during the month).

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 344b; DJBA: 737b; Jastrow: 888; Levy Ch-W: 2:98; Tal Sam: 510; DNWSI: 722; Cook,Qumran: 154;

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Derivatives:

nwnh, nwntˀ n.f. large fish

šlynwn, šlynwnyn ($ālē nūn(īn)) n.m. pelican, heron