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ˀp, ˀwp (ˀāp̄ [ˀop̄]) conj. also, even
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also, even
Common Aramaic
ClGanCol 42.V 3↗ והן יהב לך כנתן אף מה אמר תתאי שלח לי‏ : let me know if he has given you spelt and also what PN said ; GenApoc 1.28↗ ٠٠٠ ]להון עבד ואף לכול בשרא‏ ; TgO Gen3:6↗ וַאֲכַלַת וִיהַבַת אַף לְבַעלַה עִמַה‏ : she ate and also gave it to her husband along with her ; Lag(316) Matt27:44↗ ܘܟܢ ܐܘܦ ܠܝܣܛ̈ܝܐ ܕܐܨܛܠܒ̈ܘ ܥܡܗ ܡܚܣ̈ܕܝܢ ܠܗ‏ : thus even the robbers crucified with him were taunting him ; SamTgJ Ex7:11↗ וזעק אף פרעה לחכמיה ולקסמיה‏ : Pharoah, too, called his sages and magicians ; JBABowl 3.1:11↗ כין אף השתא בשום הדין שמא רבא‏ : thus now, too, by means of this great name ; GY 47:17↗ ap hinun balma masgin uldilan ladamin ziuaihun : they, too, go about in the world but their appearance is not like ours
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ˀp lˀ : nor, not even
JLAtg, CPA, Syr, LJLA
TgO Gen4:23↗ לָא גַברָא קַטֵילִית וְאַף לָא עוּלֵימָא חַבֵילִית‏ : I did not kill a man … nor did I molest a youth ; Lag(319) Mark2:2↗ ܐܘܦ ܠܐ ܡܐ ܕܩܘܕܡ ܬ݁ܪܥܐ‏ : not even what was in front of the gate ; Ps-Clem Recogs 1.24:1↗ ܠܘܩܒܠ ܓܝܪ ܢܒܝܘܬܐ ܘܐܦܠܐ ܡܕܡ ܡܫܟܚ ܕܢܙܟܐ ܘܐܦ ܠܐ ܐܘܡܢܘ̈ܬܐ܂ ܘܐܦ ܠܐ ܦܘܪ̈ܣܐ ܕܚܟܡ̈ܬܐ ܘܐܦܠܐ ܨܢܥ̈ܬܐ ܕܚܘܫ̈ܒܐ ܐܦ ܠܐ ܥܘܬܪܐ ܐܚܪܢܐ ܕܡܕܡ‏ : for against prophecy nothing at all can be victorious, not even artifices or kinds of wise tricks nor even intelligent stratems or any other excess of any kind ; TgSong2:6↗ בגין דלא ישלוט בהום שרבא ושמשא ואף לא מטרא וברדא‏ : so that the hot weather and sun would not overpower them nor even the rain and hail
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in expressions
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repeated : both . . . and
JLAtg, PTA, Syr, LJLA
TgO Gen32:20↗ text not cited ; TN Gen32:20↗ ופקד אף ית תנינא אף ית תליתיא אף ית דמהלך בתר עדריא‏ : he ordered the second, the third, and the one going behind the herds ; IIIMac5:29↗ ܟܠܡܕܡ ܕܦܩܕܬ ܡܥܬܕ ܘܡܛܝܒ ܐܦ ܦܝ̈ܠܐ ܐܦ ܚ̈ܝܠܐ‏ : everything you ordered is ready and prepared, both elephants and forces ; PJ Gen32:20↗ text not cited
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ܐܘܦ ܠܐ ܚܕܐ : nothing at all
CPA
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אף ציבחד : a little more
Gal
PTŠab 8.a:51[2]↗ text not cited
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JPA, CPA and LJLA ˀwp ; Syr. with negative often--but inconstistently-- as a single word in later mss.: ܐܦܠܐ
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For ˀp + ˀn "even if" see s.v. ˀpn conj.
In poetry frequently simply a metrically heavier substitute for w_.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 81[38]DJPA: 41aDJBA: 152aJastrow: 99Drower/Macuch: 30b, 155bLevy Ch-W: 1:52Tal Sam: 55DNWSI: 92DCPA[Schulthess]: 8[4]Qumran: 21

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