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škyḥ (šḵīḥ) adj. found, present
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found, present
Gal, Sam, Syr
BR 880:2(1)↗ קום לך דבישה שכיח הכה‏ ; SamLit 1:009↗ אה שקיחה דלכל זעוקיה עני‏ : oh ever present one who answers all who cry out ; MB 14:168 ܡܝ̈ܐ ܫܟܝܚܝܢ‏ : the water is here ; IIPet 1:9↗ ܗܲܘ ܓܸ݁ܝܪ ܕ݁ܠܵܐ ܫܟ݂ܼܝܚܵܢ̈ ܠܸܗ‏
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proximate
JBA
BT Qid 73b(8)↗ בי כנישת׳ דשכיחא למתא ושכיחי בו רבים‏ : a synagogue which is close to a town, and many people are found in it
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possible
Syr
2
regular, frequent
Gal, Syr, JBA, JBAg, Man
PTYev 14.d:29[2]↗ דאונסא שכיח‏ : because an accident is a frequent happening ; Ps-Clem Hom 11.284:3↗ ܕܠܐ ܗܘܐ ܐܢܫ ܡܫܬܐܠ ܡܢ ܗܕܐ ܕܟܝܘܬܐ ܐܦܢ ܠܘܬ ܐܝܠܝܢ ܕܛܥ݂ܝܢ ܬܗܘܐ ܫܟܝܚܐ‏ : one should not avoid this purification even if it is common among those who err ; BT Šab 78a(9)↗ כל מילתא דשכיחא ולא שכיחא אזול רבנן בתר דשכיחא לקולא‏ : (in) any matter which is (both) frequent and infrequent [i.e. it has a frequent and infrequent use], the scholars followed the frequent (one even) for leniency ; Anan 22:4↗ דכהנים ולויים הו דשכיחי באהל מועד‏ : for it is the priests and levites who are regularly in the Tent of Meeting ; GY 217:7↗ šutẖ triṣa bkulhun paimania ḏabad usqtẖ škiha : his word is reliable in all of his promises and (the use of) his seal-ring is regular
(1)
likely, expected
JBA
BT Git 73a(41)↗ אונסא דלא שכיח הוא‏ : it is an unlikely accident
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familiar with
JBA
BT San 100a(47)↗ לא שכיחת באגדתא דאמרי במערבא‏ : are you not familiar with the aggada which they say in Eretz Israel ... ?
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1557[775]DJPA: 550aDJBA: 1144bJ. Payne-Smith: 576Tal Sam: 926

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