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ˀskwph, ˀskwptˀ (ˀeskōp̄āh, ˀeskōp̄tā) n.f. threshold; doorframe
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threshold
JLAtg, JPAEpig, Gal, CPA, Syr, JBAmb, JBAg, Man, LJLA, LJLAmag
TgJ 1Sam5:4↗ תַרתֵין פַסָת יְדוֹהִי קְצִצָן מַחְתָן עָל סְקוּפְתָא"איסקופתא‏ : its two palms cut off -- thrown down on to the threshold ; TgJ 1Sam5:5↗ עַל סְקוּפַת"איסקופת" דָגוֹן‏ ; PTMeg 75.c:60[2]↗ דרס אסכופתה"אסקופתה" ארעייתא‏ : tread the lower threshold [i.e. the threshold rather than the lintel?] ; CPA 1R(1Sam)1:9↗ ܥܠ ‍[‍ܐ‍]‍ܣܟܘܦܬܗ ‍[‍ܕ‍]‍ܢܘܣܗ ܕܡܪܐ‏ : [=LXX ἐπὶ τῶν φλιῶν ναοῦ Κυρίου] ; JulSok 253(123):28↗ ܐܣܟ̈ܦܬܐ ܕܢܘ̈ܣܝܗ݀ ܕܦܬܟܪܘܬܐ‏ : the thresholds of idolatry's temples ; SyrAhiq 2 54:4↗ ܬܚܝܬ ܐܣܟܘܦܬܐ ܕܬܪܥܐ ܕܒܝܬܝ‏ ; JBABowl 6.1:4↗ ודרכין על איסכופתהון‏ : they tread on their thresholds ; JBAmb2 36:2↗ דשריא על איסיכפת ביתיה̊‏ ; HM(1) 85:(1)10↗ ושדי על אסקופתי‏ ; MandAmulet 6:60↗ uasklat bˁskupta ubita ḏnukraia hrbat : she harmed the threshold and ruined the house of PN ; TgProv8:34↗ text not cited : † ; MTKG II:97 1a:13 אסור חוטי דנירא וסים בגו קני̊א̊ וטמור יתיה לגו̊ אסקופתא‏ : bind it with loom-harness threads, put it into a tube and bury it inside the threshold
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foundation
JPAEpig
T-S K1.15 2.1:20↗ הֵך דִכְבַש אלָהָא עָלְמָה מִן תְחוֹת יְדֵיה וְאִסכּוֹפְתֵה דְאַרְעָא תְחוֹת שְמַיָא‏ : just as God subdued the world beneath His hand and the foundation of the earth beneath the heavens
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doorpost or lintel
JLAtg, CPA, Syr
TgJ 2K18:16↗ יָת סְקוּפַיָא"סקופהא"אסקופיא" דַחְפַא חִזקִיָה‏ : [=MT הָאֹמְנוֹת] ; CPA(le97) Deut 11:20↗ ܘܬܟܬܘܒ ܥܠ ܐܣܟܘܦܝܐ ܕܒܝܬܟ‏ ; P Ex21:6↗ ܘܢܩܪܒܝܘܗܝ ܠܘܬ ܬܪܥܐ ܐܘ ܠܘܬ ܐܣܟܘܦܬܐ‏ ; P Am9:1↗ ܡܚܝ ܠܚܙܘܪܐ܂ ܘܢܙܘ̈ܥܢ ܐܣ̈ܟܦܬܐ‏ : strike the capitals so that the lintels shake
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metaph. : cliff
Syr
ThMarg 1:280:5 ܟܕ ܣܵܠܹ݁ܩ ܒܐܸܣ̈ܟ݁ܦܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܨܵܘܪܐ ܚܕ ܪܡܐ ܘܚܲܪܘ݂ܣܵܐ‏ : while ascending the entryways of a certain high and rough mountain ridge
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JLA, JBAmb, Mand, SyrMagic (also!) with qoph and even איצקופתא ; pl. ˀskpt. Note there is no waw in the pl. in standard Syriac but in magic texts: ܐܣܩܘܦܬܐ‏
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From Akkadian; see AIOA 37 and ALIS pp. 286ff. Rather than distinguish among the various English glosses, it is probably easier to understand this word simply to mean "doorframe".

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