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ˀḥw, ˀḥwtˀ (ˀaḥū, ˀaḥūṯā) n.f. brotherhood
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brotherhood
Syr
P Am1:9↗ ܩܝܡܐ ܕܐܚܘܬܐ‏ : [=MT ברית אחים]
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close relationship
Syr
TB 4:8.7↗ ܐܝܟܢܐ ܐܚܘܬܐ ܠܘܬ ܚܕ̈ܕܐ ܘܚܕ ܓܢܣܐ ܐܝܬ ܠܡܠܬܗ݀ ܕܥܬܝܩܬܐ ܘܕܚܕܬܐ‏ : just as there is a fraternal relationship to each other and one familial relationship to the text of the Old and New Testaments
2
a group of brothers
JBA
BT BB12b:41(var.) לימרו ליה אחוותא‏
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brethren of a clerical community
Syr
JnNhel 102(25)↗ ܘܢܩܫܘ ܢܩܘܫܐ ܘܐܬܟܢܫܬ ܐܚܘܬܐ‏ : they sounded the semantron and the brethren gathered
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ܐܲܚܘܼܬܼܵܟ : you, my brother (a collegial term of respect, especially among clerics)
Syr
GeZA8 4:11 ܐܚܘܬܟ ܗ݀ܝ ܕܡܢ ܙܥܘܪ̈ܝܬܐ ܣܓܝܐ̈ܬܐ ܡܣܬܟ݁ܠܐ‏ : You who can comprehend many things on the basis of a few things ; SyrAhiq 4 361:12↗ ܒ݁ܥܢܐ ܡܢ ܐܚܘܬܟ ܕܬܘܙܦ ܠܝ ܬܫܥܡܐܐ ܟܟܪ̈ܐ ܕܗܒܐ܂ ܘܒܬܪ ܩܠܝܠ ܦܪܥܢܐ ܠܟ‏ : I ask from you, my brother, that you lend me 900 talents of gold and I will repay you after a short while
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 27[10]DJBA: 104aJ. Payne-Smith: 11

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