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חֲלֶב חַלְבָּא‏ n.m. milk

milk Com. TgO Gen18:8 : שְמַן וַחלַב וֻבַר תוֹרֵי דַעֲבַד‏ oil, milk, and calf-meat that he prepared. GT AA Deut26:15 : ארע דעבדה פירין טבין נקין כחלבה וח֯לין כדבשה‏ a land producing fine fruit as white as milk and as sweet as honey. PJ Ex3:8 : לארע טבתא ופתייא בתחומין לארע עבדא חלב ודבש‏ to the good land, wide of territory, a land making milk and honey.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 201b; DJBA: 461a; Jastrow: 464; Levy Ch-W: 1:257; Tal Sam: 270; DNWSI: 372;

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Derivatives:

ḥlbwn, ḥlbwnˀ n.m. egg-white; mythological cosmos

ḥlbnh, ḥlbntˀ n.f. galbanum