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ˁmr, ˁmrˀ (ˁmar, ˁamrā) n.m. wool
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wool
Common Aramaic
Brussels 54.5↗ ˁ̇mr mn ˁz : wool from a goat ; TAD B2.6 R.7↗ לבש 1 זי עמר חדת‏ : one new woolen robe ; TAD B2.9 R.5↗ לבשי קמר וכתן‏ : wool and linen garments ; Dan 7:9↗ לְבוּשֵׁהּ כִּתְלַג חִוָּר וּשְׂעַר רֵאשֵׁהּ כַּעֲמַר נְקֵא‏ : his clothing was like white snow and the hair of his head like sheep's wool † ; Rev 1:14↗ ܚܸܘܵܪ ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܥܲܡܪܵܐ‏ ; BT Hag 15b(49)↗ כל עמר דנחית ליורה‏ : all wool which is lowered into a kettle (for dyeing) ; GY 210:2 ↗ hiuar rišẖ mn haupia mia uziqnẖ mn ṣupia ḏaqamra hiuara : his head is whiter than water's spume and his beard than fleeces of white wool ; PJ Lev13:47↗ בלבוש עמר או בלבוש כיתן‏ : in a woolen or in a linen garment
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a monastic woolen garment?
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BHce3 351:15 ܗܝ݂ܛܠܝ݂ܬܐ ܕܐܙܠ݂ܬ ܠܐܘܪܫܠܡ܂ ܘܠܒܝܬ ܥܡܪܐ ܬܡܢ‏ : that girl that went to Jerusalem and to the "wool house" there [or read simply from ˁwmr, ˁwmrˀ n.m. : dwelling place]
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wool-like fibrous filling (of fruit or upholstery)
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Geop 58:18↗ ܥܡܪܗ݀ ܡܨܥܝܐ‏ : the inner pith (of a pomegranate)
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+ ܟܘܼܒܿܵܐ : cotton (see also s.v. ˁmr gpn)
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P Esth1:6↗ ܘܐ̈ܠܐ ܕܥܡܪ ܟܘܒܐ܂ ܘܬ݂ܟ݂ܠܬ݂ܐ‏
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(bot.) ܕܝܲܡܵܐ : a plant name, perhaps seawead?
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Geop 71:17↗ text not cited
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OfA also qmr
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See also s.v. ˀymr, ˀymrˀ n.m. : woolen fringe; bandage.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1114[533]DJPA: 411bDJBA: 870bJastrow: 1091Drower/Macuch: 33b, 356a, 401bJ. Payne-Smith: 418Levy Ch-W: 2:225Tal Sam: 646DNWSI: 873BarBahlul: 1444:1

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