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ˁrb (e[a]/a[u]) vb. to set
GCGt
Gpəˁalto set1 sense▶
to set
Qumran, JLAtg, CPA, Syr, JBA, JBAg, Man
TgJ Jud19:9↗ הָא כְעַן פְנָא יוֹמָא לְמִערַב‏ ; CPA Joel2:10↗ ܫܝܡܫܐ ܘܙܗܪܐ ܝܚܫ̈ܘܟܘܢ ܘܟܘ̈ܟܒܝܐ ܝܥܪܘܒ ܢܗܘܪܗܘܢ‏ : the sun and the moon shall grow dark and the stars: their light shall set ; P Gn15:12↗ ܘܗܘ݂ܐ ܫܡܫܐ ܠܡܥܪܒ‏ ; BT Pes 58a(17)↗ מכי מתחיל למירב מתרחינן ליה תרתי שעי‏ : as soon as it starts to set we delay it for two hours ; BT Pes 90b(28)↗ דשמשא ממילא ערבא‏ : for the sun sets in any case ; AnanSch 34:12 עד דערבא שמשא‏ : until the sun sets ; GY 3:5 ↗ ziuẖ lamištania unhurẖ ḏlarub : his radiance does not waver and it is his light that does not set ; GS 11:5 ↗ latra ḏlarba šamšẖ ušragia ḏnhura lahaškia : to the place whose sun does not said, nor lanterns of light grow dark
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specifically: to begin to set, as opposed to
Qumran, JLAtg
4QEnastr b 7 ii:11↗ ובאדין ערב ועל וכסה שאר יממא דן שביע חד‏ : then it starts to set, sets and is hidden the rest of this daytime for one seventh ; TgJ Jud19:9↗ הָא כְעַן פְנָא יוֹמָא לְמִערַב‏ : look now the day has begun to fade
Cˀafˁelto make to set1 sense▶
to make to set
Syr
P Am8:9↗ ܐܥܪܒ ܫܡܫܐ ܒܛܗܪܐ‏ ; P Sirach 39:17↗ ܒܡܐܡܪܗ ܡܕܢܚ ܫܡܫܐ ܘܒܡܐܡܪܗ ܗܘ ܡܥܪܒ ܠܗ‏ : through His word He makes the sun rise and through His word He makes it set
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto set1 sense▶
to set
JBA
BT Ber 2b(3)↗ איע̇רב ש̇משא‏
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For the vocalization see BHGr2 117:11.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1134[546]DJBA: 879bJastrow: 1110Drower/Macuch: 35b, 153a, 357aJ. Payne-Smith: 426DCPA[Schulthess]: 319[152]Qumran: 187

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