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šmt, šmtˀ n.m. excommunication, ban
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excommunication, ban
JBAmb, JBA, Man, LJLA
JBAmb2 15:8↗ בשמתא דיש̊לח עליכין רבי יהושוע בן פרחייא‏ : in the ban that PN sent against you ; BT Sot 5a(41)↗ בשמתא דאית ביה ובשמתא דלית ביה‏ : one who has it [i.e. some pride] should be under the ban, and one who does not have it should be under the ban
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a disease
JBAg
HM(1) 81:(1)17↗ לשיחנא ולסיפתא לשימתא ולעינבתא ולרגשא ולגידא‏ : for boils, s'-disease, sh-disease, postules, anxiety and nerves †
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a type of demon
JBAmb
JBABowl 53.1:2↗ ולכל סטני ופתכרי ולוטתא ושיפורי ושמתתא‏
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plural also שממתא
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Probably šamadtā -> šamattā; for which see s.v. šmdh, šmdtˀ n.f. For an alternative view and latest bibliography see Y. Paz, "Banned and Branded: The Mesopotamian Background of Šamata", Aramaic Studies (2021):1-12. If that study is on the right track, we would assume that the borrowing came from the noun šimtu "brand, mark" rather that the related verb. But we doubt it. See our note s.v. šmd vb.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 1163aJastrow: 1603Drower/Macuch: 469bLevy Ch-W: 2:498

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