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ˀmṭwl prep. on account of, because of
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on account of, because of
JBA, Man, LJLA
TNM Lev21:4↗ לאפסה כהונתה רבה אמטול ליה‏ : to foul his high-priestly status because of him †  ; BT Ket 67b(19)↗ וכל יומא הוו מפסדי חיותא אמטולתיה‏ : they were wasting (the meat of ) an animal every day because of him ; PJ Gen12:13↗ אימרי בבעו דאחתי אנת בגין דייטב לי בגיניך ותתקיים נפשי אמטולתיך‏
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on behalf of, for the sake of
LJLA
TgPs69:8↗ ארום אמטולתך סוברית חיסודא‏ ; TgJob3:23↗ וטליל אלהא אמטולתיה‏ : [MT: וַיָּסֶךְ אֱלוֹהַּ בַּעֲדוֹ] ; TgIIChron 30:18↗ צלי חזקיהו אמטולהון‏
2
conj. : because
JBAmb, Man, LJLA
JBABowl 52.1:16↗ אמיטול דחתים ומחתם‏ ; TgIIChron 13:2↗ ואמטול דהות אתא כשירתא‏
(1)
conj. : so that
LJLA
PJ Lev10:3↗ מטול דעל מיחמי כל עמא איתיקר‏
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in prints also אמטו ; with pron. suff. אמטולת , though w/o the taw in some LJLA as well; Mand.aminṭul
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For the sole JPA occurrence of this JBA and LJLA form compare the note s.v. mṭwl prep.
In LJLA such spellings instead of simple מטול can occasionally be scribal "improvements" ; however, in TgChron (always) and other LJLA texts (mostly) there seems to be a clear distinction between this form used in the sense of "on behalf of" and מטול othewise, i.e., with very few exceptions the two forms are suppletive, with this form being used with pronominal suffixes and before the names of persons or groups, while מטול rarely occurs in such a context.
Note that in Mandaic this form is found in the later manuscripts, while the early epigraphic texts use mṭwl.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 140aJastrow: 76Drower/Macuch: 22aLevy Ch-W: 1:35

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