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תְּמַה תִּמְהָה‏ n.m. amazement, wonder

amazement, wonder Com^-OA^-OfA^-MA. Dan3:32 : אָתַיָּא וְתִמְהַיָּא דִּי עֲבַד עִמִּי אֱלָהָא‏ the signs and wonders that God did for me. TgJ Jer5:30 : תֵימַה וֻשנוֹ הֲוָה בְאַרעָא‏ . fig.: prodigy, extraordinary thing Sam, Syr, JBA, LJLA. PJ Ex2:21 : למיעבד ית תימהיא במצרים‏ . joke, foolishness LJLA. PJ Gen19:14 : והוה פתגמא כתימהא כגבר מגחיך בעיני חתנוי‏ in his sons-in-law's eyes the matter seem like a joke, like a man making fun.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 1205b; Jastrow: 1665; Levy Ch-W: 2:542; Tal Sam: 954; Cook,Qumran: 255;

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