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ˁdmˀ (ˁăḏammā) prep. until
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usually w. (mn from) l_ : prep. : as far as, until, up to
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time
CPA, Syr, JBAmb, Man
CPA Psalms48:20↗ ܥܕܡܐ ܠܥܠܡ‏ : until forever ; P 1K(1)2:45↗ ܘܟܘܪܣܝܗ ܕܕܘܝܕ ܢܗܘܐ ܡܬܩܢ ܩܕܡ ܡܪܝܐ ܥܕܡܐ ܠܥܠܡ‏ ; JBAmb2 105:9↗ עדאמי למישרא שמיא וארעה‏ : until the dissolution of heaven and earth ; GY 42:13↗ : alma liuma ium dana : until the day, the day of Judgment
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CPA, Syr, JBAmb, Man
CPA Psalms49:1↗ ܡܢ ܡܕܢܚܐ ܕܫܡܫܐ ܥܕܡܐ ܡܥܪܒܗ‏ : from (the place of) the sun's rising to its setting ; P 1K(1)5:5↗ ܡܢ ܕܢ ܘܥܕܡܐ ܠܒܪܫܒܥ‏ : from Dan to Beersheba ; JBABowl 21.1:19↗ מין בינתא דראשיה ועדמא טורפיע!א ריגליה‏ : from the hair of his head until the toes of his feet ; MandMB 1:11↗ mn zimta ḏrišaihun ualma ṭupria ḏligra[i]un umn ṭupria ḏl[igraiun ua]lma zimta ḏrišaihun : from the hair of their head up to the nails of their feet and from the nails of their feet up to the hair of their head
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w. ܠܘܵܬ, ܨܹܝܕ : with a person
Syr
EphFid 5:4.8↗ ܥܕܡܐ ܨܐܕܘܗܝ ܕܡܘܫܐ‏ ; P 2K9:20↗ ܡܛܐ ܐܝܙܓܕܐ ܥܕܡܐ ܠܘܬܗܘܢ ܘܠܐ ܗܦܟ‏ : the messenger went up to them and did not turn back
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relational, to the degree of
Syr
EphFid 5:7.4↗ ܥܕܡܐ ܦܪܕܬܐ ܕܚܪܕܠܐ ܐܬܡܟܟ ܘܐܬܡܬܠ‏ : he humbled himself and likened himself until (the size of a) mustard-seed
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as conj. : until
CPA, Syr, JBAmb, Man, LJLA
P Mt2:13↗ ܥܕ݂ܲܡܵܐ ܕ̇ܵܐܡܲܪ ܐܼܢܵܐ ܠܵܟ݂‏ : until I tell you ; JBAmb 127:24 עד אמא דנינדי מוקרי על גללי‏ : until his brain is smashed on the rocks ; AlmaRZ 183↗ ulamalil alma ḏhu malka malil : he did not speak until that king spoke ; TgProv5:11↗ עד מה דיגמר בשרך וגושמך‏
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while
Syr
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to such a degree that
Syr, Man
asd 64:1 ܥܕܡܐ ܕܬܠܡܕܗ ܗܘܐ܃ ܘܥܒܕܗ ܗܘܐ ܕܢܟܦܘܪ ܒܐ̈ܠܗܐ‏ : to the point that he converted him and made him reject the gods ; P Mk3:10↗ ܥܕ݂ܲܡܵܐ ܕ݁ܢܸܗܘܘ݂ܢ ܢܵܦ݂ܠܼܝܢ ܥܠܲܘܗܼܝ‏ ; GY 331:1↗ alma ḏganpia ḏmarkbatun šmaṭ : until the sails of their (heavenly) chariots fell off
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ܥܕܡܐ ܠܚܕܐ : totally, to the nth degree
CPA
CPA Psalms37:9↗ ܐܬ݁ܒܝܫܬ ܘܐܬ݁ܡܟܡܟܬ ܥܕܡܐ ܠܚܕܐ‏ : I was utterly vilified and humiliated
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adv. : until when? how long?
CPA
CPA Psalms4:3↗ ܥܕܡܐ ܐܬܘܢ ܝܩܝܪܝܢ ܠܒ‏ : how long are you going to be hard-hearted?
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JBAmb: עדמא, עד אמא, עדאמי ; In CPA usually written as two words. In pre-classical Syriac also simply ܥܕܡ. In Mandaic: alma, i.e. homographic with the word for "world".
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1072[512]DJBA: 844bDrower/Macuch: 20b, 351bPayne-Smith: 2799J. Payne-Smith: 401DCPA[Schulthess]: 300[143]

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