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סמֹךְ סֻמְכָּא‏ n.m. #2 thickness

thickness JLAtg, JBA, Man, LJLA. TgJ Jer52:21 : וְסוּמכֵיה אַרבַע אַצבְעָן‏ . PJ Gen1:7 : ועבד אלקים ית רקיעא סומכיה תלת אצבעתא ביני סיטרי שמייא למוי דאוקינוס‏ God made the firmament, its thickness being three (divine) fingers, between the sides of heaven and the waters of the ocean. TgIChron 11:23 : מורניתא דסומכיה כאכסן דגרדאין‏ a lance whose thickness is like that of a weavers' pin.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 794a; Jastrow: 966; Levy Ch-W: 2:171;

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Derivatives:

swmkwwn (sumkāwān, sumkāwāṯā) n.f.pl. support troops

swmkn, swmknˀ (sumkān, sumkānā) n.m. support