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ˀry, ˀryˀ (ˀărē, ˀaryā) n.m. lion
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(zool.) lion
Common Aramaic
Dan 6:13↗ גוֹב אַרְיָוָתָא‏ : the lions' den ; TgO Num24:9↗ כְאַריָא וֻכלֵיתָא‏ ; CPA Is11:6↗ ܘܥܝܓܠ ܘܬܘܪ ܘܐܪܐ ܗܝܟ ܚܕܐ ܝܪ̈ܥܘܢ‏ : the calf, the bull, and the lion shall graze together ; AphDem1.22:9↗ ܘܦܘ̈ܡܐ ܕܐܪ̈ܝܘܬܐ݂ ܣܟܪܬ܂ ܘܫܠܗܒܝܬܐ ܕܢܘܪܐ݂ ܕܥ݁ܟܬ‏ : You closed up the mouths of the lions and quenched the flames of the fire ; P Gn49:9↗ ܓܘܪܝܐ ܕܐܪܝܐ‏ ; JBABowl 78.1:12↗ מיתחזתון לה ליויתאי בת חתאי בגמלי בתורי וביחמרי באריוי בדיבי ובנמרי בשונרי ובקופ^י^‏ : you appear to PN in (the guise of) camels, oxen, asses, lions, wolves, leopards, cats, and monkeys ; BT BM 108b(8)↗ אריא אברחי לך ממצרך‏ : I removed the imminent danger [lit. chased the lion away] from the border of your field (by purchasing from a pagan) ; GY 280:2 ↗ rišẖ ḏaria gišumẖ ḏtanina : his head is of a lion, his body of a dragon ; GS 53:2↗ haizin ˁdar mn ariauata umn taninia aklia : how can I live with lions and with devouring serpents? ; TgPs91:13↗ גור בר אריון‏
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(astron.) Leo
Qumran, Syr, Man
4Q318 .1.6↗ text not cited ; GeZA8 14:24 text not cited ; Kays 193:2↗ ܐܪܝܐ ܠܝܪܚܐ ܕܐܒ܀‏
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ܠܒܐ ܕ : see s.v. lbˀ dˀryˀ
Syr
2
fig. pl. : great men
Gal
EchR[1]73(6)↗ קדם אילין אריותא דאוריא את פתח פומך‏ : you open your mouth in front of those great men of the Torah!
3
(bot.) in the names of plants
Syr
Bhcar 36:3 ܠܒܐ ܕܐܪܝܐ‏ ; PSm 378 text not cited
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ܐܪܝܐ ܕܐܪܥܐ
Syr
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ܐܪܝܐ ܕܓܘܡܐ : orobanche
Syr
BBah 292:6↗ text not cited
4
(of an illness) elephantiasis; see s.v. ˀryˀ n.m.
Syr
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CPA ܐܪܐܿ܂ ܐܪܝܐ; pl. ˀaryawwān, CPA ܐܪ̈ܘܐܢ
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 98[48]DJPA: 74aDJBA: 166bJastrow: 118Drower/Macuch: 37bJ. Payne-Smith: 28Levy Ch-W: 1:62DNWSI: 107DCPA[Schulthess]: 27[17]Qumran: 23

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