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ˁl (d_) conj. since
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(with non-imperfect) since, because
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA
TgO Ex17:7↗ עַל דִנצוֹ בְנֵי ישראל וְעַל דְנַסִיאוּ קדם יוי‏ : because the Israelites quarreled and tested the Lord ; VR 364:3(1)↗ על דהוה שרי בציפורי‏ : because he lived in GN ; PTKet 31.d:28[2]↗ על דטלמסן למגע בסמה דמטרונה‏ : because he dared to touch the body of the matron ; TN Gen15:17↗ על דמרדו רשיעיא על אורייתא‏ : because the wicked rebelled against the law ; SamTgJ Gen31:20↗ וגנב יעקב ית לב לבן ארמאה עד דלא אחבה לה‏ : Jacob stole the heart of Laban the Aramean in that he did not tell him ; SamTgJ Ex32:35↗ על דעבדו ית עגלה דעבד אהרן‏ : since they worshipped the calf that Aaron made ; JSBhom 82:198↗ ܘܲܟܝܵܢܵܐܼܝܬ ܥܲܠ ܕܸܐܬܓܲܫܲܡ ܡܸܢ ܒܲܪ̄ܬ ܐܵܕܵܡ‏ : "naturally" because He was embodied from a human woman ; BT Šab 156a(33)↗ על דאחילו עלויה יומא רבא בשבתא ٠٠٠‏ : because they profaned the great day of the Sabbath for his sake ; PJ Gen31:20↗ על דלא חוי ליה ארום אזיל הוא‏ : inasmuch as he did not tell him he would be going
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al aminTul D- : idem.
Man
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w. impf. : in order to
Sam, Syr
Marqe 1.881↗ עד ילפנה גזירת פסחה‏ : in order to teach (the people) the Pessah decree ; JS_Elijah 1:689↗ ܘܥܲܠ ܕܲܢܕܲܟܸܐ ܡܸܢܗܽܘܢ ܐܲܪܥܸܗ‏ : in order to cleanse his land of them ; JSBhom 126:52↗ ܣܥܲܪ ܗ̄ܘܵܐ ܒܕܲܪܸܗ ܡܵܪܸܗ ܕܵܐܕܵܡ ܥܲܠ ܕܲܢܙܲܟܸܝܘܗ̄ܝ‏ : Adam’s lord took up his struggle in order to defeat him
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as regards
LJLA
TgIChron 10:14↗ ולא תבע אולפנא מן קדם ה׳ באוריא ותומי׳ על דיקטל כהניא די בנוב‏ : he did not seek instruction from the Lord with the Urim and Tummim over whether he should kill the priests of Nob
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w. ptcp. : instead of
JBA
BT Er 30a(39)↗ איהכי אדתני סיפא ליפלוג וליתני בדידה‏ : if so, instead of stating the end clause he should disagree and state using itself ; BT BM 44b(46)↗ אדמפלגי בסלעין על דינרין נפלוג בפירות על דינרין‏ : instead of disagreeing over selas for dinars, we should disagree over fruit for dinars
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while
Man
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JBA אד-; Sam. also עד ד
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The student must be careful to distinguish between this usage and that of the simple preposition before a relative clause wherein the meaning of the relative is “the one who”; for example: ˁl dˀmrw “against those who said”.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: []DJPA: 406aDJBA: 862aJastrow: 15Payne-Smith: 2887DCPA[Schulthess]: 309[145]

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