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šblh, šbltˀ (še/ubblā, še/ubbaltā) n.f./(m.) ear of grain
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ear of grain
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA
TgO Gen41:5↗ וְהָא שַבַע שוּבלִין סָלְקָן בְקַניָא חַד פַטִימָן וְטָבָן‏ : seven ears of grain were emerging from a single stalk, fat and fine ones ; GT E Gen41:7↗ ובלעין שבל{ת}^ייה^ דקיקתה ית שבעתי שבלייה ברייתה ומלייתה‏ : the skinny ears swallow the seven healthy and full ears of grain ; P Gn41:5↗ ܫܒܥ ܫܒ̈ܠܝܢ ܣ̈ܠܩܢ ܒܩܢܝܐ ܚܕ‏ ; BT Sot 5a(40)↗ ומעטרא {{ב}}^ל^יה כסאסא לשבלתא‏ : it adorns him like a bristle on an ear of grain ; PJ Gen41:7↗ ובלען תובלייא לקייתא ית שבע תובלייא פטימתא ומלייתא‏ ; PJ Gen41:26↗ ושבע שובלייא טבתא‏
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wild grass
Syr
P Is37:27↗ ܘܐܝܟ ܝܘܪܩܐ ܕܬܕܐܐ܂ ܘܐܝܟ ܫܒܠܐ ܕܐܓܪܐ‏ : [~MT וִירַק דֶּשֶׁא חֲצִיר גַּגּוֹת]
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special types:
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ܫܸܒܿܠܲܬ ܢܲܪܕܵܐ : spikenard
Syr
apap 159:11 ܐܝܬ ܕܐܪܡܢ ܫܒ݂ܠܬ ܢܪܕܐ܂ ܘܐܝܬ݂ ܕܐܡܪܟܐ‏ : some threw spikenard and some marjoram
(1)
alone
Syr
HunQuest 178:8 ܟܸܝܵܐ ܘܫܒܠܬܐ‏ : Chios mastic and nard
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שׁובלי תעלא
JBA
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שׁובלי זיתיא : olive branches (?) [Heb.!]
JLAtg
TgJ Zec4:12↗ מָא תַרתֵין שוּבלֵי זֵיתַיָא‏ : [MT מַה־שְׁתֵּי שִׁבֲּלֵי הַזֵּיתִים] †
3
(astron.) Virgo
Syr, Man
Kays 193:3↗ ܫܒܠܬܐ ܠܝܪܚܐ ܕܐܝܠܘܠ‏ ; ATS 2.3:1295↗ iahra ḏˁlul šumbilta
4
ܕܢܲܗܪܵܐ : stream
Syr
P Is27:12↗ text not cited ; IMac7a1 11:59↗ ܡܢ ܫܒܠܬܐ ܕܡܨܪܝܢ ܥܕܡܐ ܠܬܚܘܡܐ ܕܨܘܪ‏ : from the "Brook of Egypt" to the border of Tyre
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Syr. cs. ܫܸܒ݁ܲܠ‏; Mand. šumbulta, šimbilta; plural in -īn; in Syriac also masculine, probably as a back-formation from the plural form. In some texts one finds the form ܫܒܠܐ‏ misunderstood as a singular based on the construct. CPA also ܫܘܒܝܠ;
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For "stream" : see also s.v. šwblh.

The LJLA form תובל at PsJon 41:5,6, 23, 24 is a scribal "aramaizing" hypercorrection; note the correct form at v. 47; yet another example of the "Kaufman" effect (see e.g. http://www.sbl-site.org/meetings/Congresses_Abstracts.aspx?MeetingId=4).

Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1504[752]DJPA: 539bDJBA: 1115bJastrow: 1529Drower/Macuch: 455aJ. Payne-Smith: 556bLevy Ch-W: 2:448Tal Sam: 865bDCPA[Schulthess]: 416[200]BarBahlul: 1930:21DJA: 81aQumran: 229

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