←
ˀty vb. to come, arrive
GDCCt
Gpəˁalto come6 senses▶
1
to come
Common Aramaic
Sf.1.b28↗ hn yˀth ḥd mlkn wysḃny : should any king come any surround me ; AssOstr.7↗ wˀtyt [[̇̇̇̇] q̇ḋm [mrˀ]y ml[kˀ] ; IduOstr 2:96.R2↗ [٠٠٠] לא אתה̇ [٠٠٠]‏ ; TAD A1.1.4↗ זי מלך בבל אתו מטאו̇ אפק‏ : [the troops of] the King of Babylonia came and reached GN ; P Is21:12↗ ܐܬ݁ܝܢ ܐܢܬܘܢ‏ ; P Mt3:11↗ ܗܲܘ ܕܸ݁ܝܢ ܕ݁ܒ݂ܵܬ݂ܲܪܝ ܐܵܬ݂ܸܐ‏ ; BT San 98b(8)↗ ייתי ולא אחמיניה‏ : let (the Messiah) come, and let me not see him
(1)
(of inanimates)
Common (except: OA, OfA)
4Q246 .1.2↗ ל̇עלמא אתה רגז‏ ; TgO Gen30:11↗ אֲתָא גָד‏ : good fortune has come ; PaulQentos 91↗ ܐܣܦܪܝܕܗ ܕܝܢ ܕܛܘܒܢܐ ܘܩܘܩܬܗ ܕܡܝ̈ܐ܃ ܥܡܢ ܐܬܘ ܐܝܟ ܕܠܒܘܪܟܬܐ‏ : the saint’s basket and water pitcher came along with us as if for a blessing ; GY 259:10↗ uatia minẖ riha ḏsruta : an odor of stench is coming out of it ; PJ Gen39:10↗ עלמא דאתי‏ : the World to Come
(1)
(liquids) to flow out
JBA, JBAg
BT Git 69a(26)↗ לדמא דאתי מפומא‏ : for blood that comes from the mouth
2
to occur; w. ˁl : to befall
Common Aramaic
TAD C1.1(Ahiqar) .209↗ ٠٠٠]י̇דע זי י̇אתה מן אחרוהי‏ ; 4QTob c1..6=14:4↗ בכל די אמר אלה[א כל]א יתא ויה̇[א"וית̇[קים]‏ : with all that God has said, everything shall come to pass ; 4Q537 A:4↗ וכל עקתי וכל די יתא על[י‏ : all my troubles and all that should happen to me ; TgO Gen41:29↗ הָא שְבַע שְנַיָא אָתיָן‏ : seven years are about to occur ; TgJ Is42:9↗ קַדמַיָיתָא הָא אְתַאָה‏ : the previous things have now come to pass ; VR 250:3(5)↗ ולא אתת שינתיה‏ : but his sleep did not come ; BT Nid 2b(13)↗ חסר וא̇ת̇א חסר ואתא‏ : it gradually diminished ; AM 115:10↗ ˁu ˁšata uruita laatialẖ alma lšuba iumia : or should fever and shivers not befall him for up to seven days
(1)
to come to mind
Gal, Syr
GalSimp 244:12 ܙܒܢ̈ܝܢ ܣܓܝ̈ܐܝܢ ܐܬܬ ܠܝ‏ : it often came to my mind
(1)
ܥܠ ܒܠܐ
Syr
P 2S13:20↗ ܠܐ ܬܐܬܐ ܥܠ ܒܠܟܝ‏
(2)
ܐܝܟ ܕܐܬܝܐ : unpredictable, randomly
Syr
BHde Plantis 91:229 ܐܝܬ ܝܥܝ̈ܬܐ ܕܐܝܟ ܕܐܬܝܐ ܐܝܬܝܗܘܢ ܛܪ̈ܦܝܗܘܢ ܘܐܝ̈ܢܗܣ ܕܝܠܗܝܢ‏ : there are plants whose (number of) leaves and nerves are unpredictable ; BhEth 303:12 ܠܘ ܐܝܟܢ ܕܗܘ ܘܐܝܟ ܕܐܬܝܐ ܢܓܠܐ ܘܢܬܢܐ ܐܢܝܢ‏ : he should not reveal and tell about these things in just any way or randomly ; JEhCh 219a:30 ܐܝܟ ܕܐܬ݁ܝܐ ܘܡܥܪܩܠܐܝܬ‏ : randomly and disorganized
(3)
w. ˁl : to attack
JPAEpig, PTA, JBAmb, Man
MTKG 3:58 20a:10 כל מן דייתי עלינן‏ ; TN Gen15:1↗ אף על גב דמצטרפין לגיונין סגין ואתין עלך למקטל‏ : even though many legions have come together and are attacking you to kill ; JBABowl 88.1:4↗ מן פגעא בישא ומן זיקא ומזיקא ומן כל מידעם בישא דלא יתון עלהי‏ ; MandAmulet 16:a9 ↗ nˁtun alak mlakia : may the angels come against you
(4)
to bother, concern
Syr
(5)
עלמא דאתי : the World to Come : see s.v. ˁlm, ˁlmˀ n.m.
Gal, PTA, Syr, JBA, LJLA
TgO Gen39:10var.↗ text not cited ; EchR[1]69(1)↗ הב להו אגריהו בעלמא הדין דלא תיהוי להו זכותא עמך לעלמא דאתי‏ : give them their wages in this world so that you will not owe it to them in the World to Come ; GT H Gen15:1↗ ולית לי חולק בעלמא ד̊אתי‏ ; OS MtCur19:29↗ ܘܒܥܠܡܐ ܕܐܬܐ ܢܐܪܬ ܚ̈ܝܐ ܕܠܥܠܡ‏ : he will inherit eternal life in the World to Come
(6)
+ לידי : to reach a condition
JBA
MG 27:13.2.47↗ דלמא חס ושלום אתיא מילתא לידי כיסופא‏ : lest, God forbid, the matter result in shame
3
to be fitting
Syr
GeschJoshEngel 8(11) ܛܝܡܘ̈ܗܝ ܐܝܟ ܡܐ ܕܐܬܝܐ‏ : his fitting value ; EphFid 36:14.4↗ ܟܘܠ ܡܕܡ ܕܐܬܐ ܠܘܬ ܡܢܝܢܐ‏ : everything that is appropriate for numbering
(1)
to agree with, conform to
Gal, CPA
PTPes 27.c:9[2]↗ אפי׳ כמתנית׳ אתיא היא‏ : it even agrees with our Mishna
(2)
to be deduced, derived
JBA
BT Yev 5b(18)↗ מחדא לא אתיא, תיתי מתרתי‏ : if it is not derived from one, let it be derived from two ; BT BM 61a(22)↗ ליכתוב רחמ׳ רבית, ותיתי גזל ואונאה מיניה‏ : so let the Merciful One write רבית and let גזל and אונאה be derived from that
(1)
(gram.) to be derived
Syr
BHebGto2Sm Dt 22:14[236:6] ܢܓܘ݁ܪ ܂܂܂ ܡܢ ܓܪܵܪܵܐ ܐܬܝܐ‏ : it (the form ܢܓܘܿܪ) is derived from ܓܪܵܪܵܐ
(2)
to be a descendant
JBA
MG 21:84.1.34↗ אנא מזרעא דיוסף אנא אתינא‏ : I come from the offspring of Joseph
4
to reach
Syr
apap 117:12 ܐܪܦܘ ܠܢ ܕܢܐܬܐ ܠܩܘܡܬܐ ܡܫܡܠܝܬܐ‏ : allow us to reach complete maturity
(1)
to reach the point that
Syr
MiS 506c:14 ܐܬܐ ܠܘܬ ܗ݀ܝ ܕܢܣܝܡ‏ : it came to the point that he would place
(2)
to succeed
Syr, JBA
BT Pes 113a(21)↗ כל אשראיי ספק אתי ספק לא אתי‏ : whether or not every credit sale succeeds is doubtful
(3)
to produce fruit
Syr
IA1 140:v1326 text not cited
(4)
to turn into something else
Syr
ThbK1 130:11↗ ܓܠܝܢܐ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ܂ ܟܣܝܘܬܐ ܕܐܬܝܐ ܠܓܠܝܘܬܐ‏ : a revelation is hiddenness that turns into openness
(5)
to be likely
JBA
BT Git 3a(27)↗ השת׳ נמי אתי למיגזייה חד מתלת‏ : now he is also likely to omit one of three
(1)
+לידי : to lead to (intransitive)
JBA
BT Šab 14a(30)↗ כיון דקא חזו דאתא לידי פסידא גזרו בהו רבנן טומא‏ : as soon as they were seeing that it was leading to a loss, the rabbis decreed "uncleanness" upon them
(6)
to tend towards
Syr
IshGen 192:12↗ ܕܠܐ ܚܘܪ̈ܝܢ ܣܓܝ܂ ܐܠܐ ܐ݁ܬܝܢ ܠܣܘܡܩܘܬܐ ܩܠܝܠ‏ : that are not very white but tending a little toward redness
(7)
ܒܐܝܕܗ : to be successful for
Syr
ROrChr 19 38:12 ܠܐ ܐܬܝܐ ܗܘܬ ܒܐܝ̈ܕܝܗܘܢ ܗܕܐ‏ : they were not successful in this
(8)
to reach a legal opinion
Gal
RuR 32.248↗ אתא ר׳ יעקב בר אביי בשם ר׳ אחא‏ : PN1 came forward in the name of PN2
(9)
ܠܘܬ ܢܦܫܗ : to come to one's senses (after a vision)
Syr
PetrIb 43:15 text not cited
5
infinitive: see s.v. mˀty v.n.
Syr
6
as a co- verb
(1)
to go and ...
Sam, Syr
Marqe 1.455↗ אתו מטרדנון‏ : come on let us drive them out ; OS MtCur4:13↗ ܘܐܬܐ ܥܡܪ ܒܟܦܪܢܚܘܡ‏ ; OS MtCur8:2↗ ܘܗܐ ܓܒܪܐ ܚܕ ܓܪܒܐ ܐܬܐ ܢܦܠ ܣܓܕ ܠܗ‏
(2)
X ... wˀty : to continue doing X
Syr, JBA
AphDem19.370:19↗ ܦܪܚ ܡܦܪܚ ܘܛܣ ܘܐܬܐ ܡܢ ܫܡܝܐ‏ ; BT Nid 2b(14)↗ חזת ו̇את̇אי חזת ואתאי‏ : she kept watching and kept watching
(3)
to be about to
JBA
BT Šab 52a(6)↗ כיון דמנתחא ליה כאיב לה ולא אתיא לנתוחי‏ : since (if the goat) pulls it out [i.e. the bit] it will be in pain, it is not going to pull it out
Dpaˁˁelw. ܠ_ : to reach1 sense▶
w. ܠ_ : to reach
Syr
P Jn6:17↗ ܚܸܫܟ݁ܲܬ݂ ܗܼܘܵܬ݂ ܠܵܗ܂ ܘܠܵܐ ܐܲܬܼ݁ܝ ܗܼܘܵܐ ܠܘܵܬ݂ܗܘ݂ܢ ܝܸܫܘ݂ܥ‏ : it had gotten dark, but Jesus had not reached them
Cˀafˁelto bring5 senses▶
1
to bring
Common Aramaic
TSF 95 F 204 I/3:13↗ hn l̇htwn kspˀ ; IduOstr 1:33.1↗ היתי חלפת ב 15 לסיון ש כרן 2 ס 4‏ : on 15 Sivan PN brought 2 kor 4 seah barley ; TAD A2.5 R.5↗ וכעת יהתו לן ארון ובינבן והן תכלן תהיתן לן תקם‏ : so now let them bring us a chest and b' and if you can bring us castor beans ; Dan 5:2↗ בֵּלְשַׁאצַּר אֲמַר בִּטְעֵם חַמְרָא לְהַיְתָיָה לְמָאנֵי דַּהֲבָא וְכַסְפָּא‏ : under the influence of wine RN ordered to bring the gold and silver vessels ; SamTgJ Gen27:18↗ ואיתי ליד אבוה‏ : he brought it into his father's possession ; OS MtCur4:5↗ ܗܝܕܝܢ ܕܒܪܗ ܐܟܠ ܩܪܨܐ ܘܐܝܬܝܗ ܠܡܕܝܢܬ ܩܘܕܫܐ‏ : then the Slanderer led Him off and took Him to the holy city ; BT Šab 110b(19)↗ לייתי ביעתא דנעמיתא‏ : let him bring an ostrich egg ; PJ Gen2:19↗ ואיתי לוות אדם למיחמי מה יהי קרי ליה‏ : He brought it to Adam to see what he would call it
2
to make something achieve, reach (without physical motion)
Syr
OS MtCur6:13↗ ܘܠܐ ܬܝܬܝܢ ܠܢܣܝܘܢܐ‏ : do not lead us into temptation
(1)
to bring a proof, derive
Gal, Syr, JBA
PTYom 38.d:25[2]↗ אייתי רב הושעיה מתניתא דבר קפרא מן‏ : PN brought as proof a Tannaitic source of PN2 from the "south" ; BBah 292:16↗ text not cited ; BT Šab 27a(9)↗ ליכתוב רחמנא בשרצים וליתו נגעים‏ : let scripture write about creeping things and they will derive leprosy
(1)
to add (proof)
JBA
BT Hag 2a(14)↗ הכל לאייתויי מאי לאיתויי מי שחציו עבד וחציו בן חורין‏ : (the word) הכל (in MḤag 1:1 comes) to bring what (to the law)? To add one who is half slave and half free
(2)
to allege
Syr
OrChr 2 50:4 text not cited
(2)
w. ˁl : to bring upon, make befall
Common (except: OA, OfA, BA)
11QtgJob 38.7=42:11↗ היתי אלהא עלוהי‏ : (all the evil that) God had brought upon him ; TgJ Hab3:12↗ בְאֵיתָיוּתָך לְוָט עַל סָנְאֵי עַמָך‏ : when You impose a curse on your people's enemies ; EchR[1]94(11)↗ אייתי עליהון מה דאייתיתא עלי‏ : inflict upon them what you inflicted upon me ; IVMac6:23↗ ܡܢܐ ܡܬܡܬܢܝܢ ܐܢܬܘܢ ܡܢ ܕܠܡܝܬܝܘ ܥܠܝܢ ܐܘܠܨܢܐ‏ : why do you delay to bring trouble upon us ; JBAmb2 13:7↗ וא̊[י]ת̊יתית עליכון ח̊יבלא‏ ; PJ Gen27:12↗ ואייתי עלי לווטן ולא בירכן‏ : I will impose curses and not blessings upon me
(3)
(gate, road) to lead to a direction
Syr
JulSok 461(227):27↗ ܗ݀ܘ ܕܡܝܬܐ ܠܗܪܟܐ ܠܬܚ̈ܘܡܐ‏ : that one that leads hither to the frontiers ; Ps-Clem Recogs 1.42:21↗ ܐܘܪܚܐ ܗܝ ܩܠܝܠܬܐ ܂܂܂ ܕܡܢ ܡܨܪܝܢ ܠܝܗܘܕܐ ܡܝܬܝܐ‏ : that quick route that leads from Egypt to Judah
3
to endure
Syr
Cyr1 219:2 ܗܠܝܢ ܢܨܒ̈ܬܐ ܚ̈ܕܬܬܐ ܘܕܗܫܐ ܫ݂ܘ̈ܚܝ܃ ܠܐ ܡܫܟܚܢ ܕܢܝܬܝܢ ܚܐܦܐ ܕܪܘܚܐ ܕܝܬܝܪ ܚܪܡܐ‏ : those new plants that have just now started to grow, are unable to endure the force of an overly savage wind
(1)
to pass (time)
Syr
Chrmin 326c:12↗ ܡܝ݁ܬܐ ܗܘܐ ܂܂܂ ܫܢܬܐ‏
4
idioms
(1)
ܟܪܣܐ : to loosen the bowels
Syr
Med 98:18 ܡܲܝܬܹ݁ܝܢܲܢ ܟܲܪܣܹܗ܃ ܒܝܕ ܦܝ݂ܩܪܵܐ‏
(2)
ܠܥܒܕܐ : to accomplish
Syr
SyrAhiq 4 287:20↗ ܕܢܝܬܐ ܠܥܒܕܐ ܒܝܫܬܐ ܕܠܒܗ‏ : to accomplish his heart's evil desire
(3)
ܥܠ ܒܠܐ, ܬܪܥܝܬܐ : to bring to one's mind
Syr
Bheb Dt 22:13 (236:7) text not cited
(1)
to pay attention
Syr
P Ex7:23↗ ܐܝܬܝ ܥܠ ܒܠܗ‏ ; P 1S4:20↗ text not cited ; P Is42:25↗ ܐܝܬܝܘ ܥܠ ܒܠܗܘܢ‏
(4)
ܠܪܘܫܡܐ : to put in writing
Syr
JohEphB 71:11 text not cited ; JohEphLES [465]:11↗ ܠܐ ܨ݁ܒܝܢ ܚܢܢ ܘܠܪܘܫܡܐ ܢܝܬܐ ܐܢ̈ܝܢ‏ : we do not wish even to put them in writing
(5)
ܒܬܪ : to take responsibility for
Syr
JulSok 67(30):13↗ ܘܚܢܢ ܡܝܬܝܢܢ ܒܬܪܢ ܩܢܕܘܢܘܣ ܕܝܩܕܢܗܘܢ ܘܬܒܥܬܐ ܕܡܘܬܗܘܢ‏ : while we take responsibility for the danger of their burning up and vengeance for their death
(6)
לידי : to bring one to a condition
JBAg
BT Hag 5a(47)↗ דקא מייתי לה לידי חשדא‏ : it brings her into a state of suspicion
5
imv. ܐܲܝܬܵܐ used adverbially
Syr
(1)
come on!
Syr
Cyr2 30:31 ܐܝ݂ܬܐ ܗܟܝܠ ܢܚ݂ܙܐ‏ : so come let us see ; Gr 19:16 ܐܝܬܐ ܗܟܝܠ‏ : [introducing a mimro]
(2)
ܠܡܐܡܪ :for example
Syr
SAL1 46:13 ܐܝܟ ܐܘܡܢܘܬܐ ܡܕܡ ܡܢ ܗܠܝܢ ܕܒܐ̈ܝܕܝܐ܃ ܩܝܢܝܘܬܐ ܐܝ݂ܬܐ ܠܡܐܡܪ ܐܘ ܢܓܪܘܬܐ‏ : like some craft of those using hands, for example smithing or carpentry
Ctˀettafˁalto be brought2 senses▶
1
to be brought
JLAtg, Syr, LJLA
TgO Gen33:11↗ קַבֵיל כְעַן יָת תִקרוּבתִי דְאִיתֵיתִיאַת לָך‏ : please accept my gift that has been brought to you ; PagPhil.221.18↗ ܘܪ̈ܝܫܢܐ ܕܕܚܠܬܐ ܕܚܢܦܘܬܐ ܐܬܬܝܬܝܘ‏ : the heads of pagan religions were adduced (by philosophers) ; IshGen 120:16↗ ܘܡܗܠܟܐ ܗܘܬ ܩܒܘܬܐ ܥܠ ܐܦ̈ܝ ܡܝ̈ܐ܂ ܝܘܢܝܐ܃ ܘܡܬܬܝܬܝܐ ܗܘܬ ܩܒܘܬܐ ܠܥܠ ܡ݂ܢ ܡܝ̈ܐ‏ : the ark was going along above the surface of the water; in the Greek: was being brought along over the water ; PJ Lev13:9↗ ויתיתי לות כהנא‏ : (awareness of (?) the matter) should be brought to the priest
2
(gram.) to be derived
Syr
MobergTerm 17* text not cited
§▶
OfA hafel inf. Herm. למיתיה , otherwise להיתיה . In late CPA, the afel is often ܐܝܛܝ, found also in Sam. Mandaic C often spelled as if D.
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Note that "to come to" in OA is with ˀl; in OfA ˁl; later lwt to a person, l_ to a place.
The pa''el is rare and only in Syriac. It is probably a late innovation by analogy to the well-established semantic difference between G and D stems in the near-synonymous verb mṭy.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 110[54]DJPA: 80aDJBA: 176aJastrow: 132Drower/Macuch: 41b, 358bPayne-Smith: 413J. Payne-Smith: 31Levy Ch-W: 1:75Tal Sam: 71DNWSI: 133DCPA[Schulthess]: 33[20a]BarBahlul: 292:16DJA: 33bQumran: 26

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