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ˀymm, ˀymmˀ / ymm, ymmˀ (ˀīmām, ˀīmāmā/yəmām, yəmām) n.m. daytime
√ ywm, ywmˀ n.m.
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daytime
Common Aramaic
4QEnastr b 7 ii:5↗ וכסה שאר יממא דן שביעין תרין‏ : it is hidden the rest of this daytime for two sevenths ; TgJ Ez30:18↗ וְעַל תַחפַנחֵס אַיתִי חֲשוֹך בִימָם‏ : I shall bring darkness on GN during the daytime ; T-S K1.137 1.1:16↗ רוחין בישין לילא ויממא‏ ; PTBer 6.d:22[2]↗ אילו הוה איממא הוינן חמיין מה קומינן‏ : were it daytime we would see what was is in front of us ; OS LkSin21:37↗ ܘܒܐܝܡܡܐ ܡܠܦ ܗܘܐ ܒܗܝܟܠܐ ܘܒܠܠܝܐ ܢܦܩ ܗܘܐ ܘܒܐܬ ܒܛܘܪܐ‏ : during the day he would teach in the Temple and at night he would go out and lodge on the mountain ; MG 14:103.2.11↗ תלתין יומי קמאיי ספדוה בין בימאמי בין בלילואתא‏ : they lamented him throughout the first thirty days during the daytimes and the nighttimes ; ATS 1.2:906↗ srin uarbia šaiia ḏˁumama ulilia hinun : they are the 24 hours of the daytime and nighttime ; PJ Ex24:18↗ ארבעין יממין וארבעין לילוון‏
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adverbial absolute : by day : see also s.v. lyly ˀymm
Sam, Syr, LJLA
AGnEx 18.16↗ ܡܫܟܢ ܥ̈ܢܢܐ ܕܠܝܠܝ ܐܝܡܡ ܕܘܟܬ ܪܩܝܥܐ ܫܡܫ ܗܘ݂ܐ‏ : the tent of clouds that served in place of the firmament day and night ; PJ Deut28:66↗ ותהון דחלין יימם ולילי‏
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JLA, JBA, LJLA usually יְמָמָא ; LJLA var. יומם is a Hebraism; JLA abs. יֵימָם, יְמָם
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 35[303]DJPA: 50aJastrow: 580J. Payne-Smith: 13Levy Ch-W: 1:336Tal Sam: 338DNWSI: 460DCPA[Schulthess]: 12[]
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