The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

נִיר‏ n.m. yoke

yoke Com^-OA^-OfA^-BA. burden (as a symbol of oppression or submission) Com. stocks or the like JLAtg, LJLA.

area of a field (cleared by one yoked team/day) JLAtg.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 350a; DJBA: 753b; Jastrow: 909; Levy Ch-W: 2:109; Tal Sam: 524;

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Derivatives:

nwr vb. a/i to cultivate (a field)