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ṣby vb. to desire
GCGt
Gpəˁalto desire2 senses▶
1
to desire
Common Aramaic
TAD A3.10 R.3↗ וזי צבי יעבד לה‏ : he may do what he wishes to it ; Dan 4:14↗ וּלְמַן־דִּי יִצְבֵּא יִתְּנִנַּהּ‏ : he may give it to whomever he wishes ; Dan 4:32↗ וּכְמִצְבְּיֵהּ עָבֵד בְּחֵיל שְׁמַיָּא ודארי"#ק#וְדָיְרֵי" אַרְעָא‏ : and He does according to what he wishes with the host of heaven and those who dwell on earth ; PAT1787:1.4↗ wbtr ˀln mn dy yṣbˀ mn bny ddy yḥpr : and after them whoever of my uncles children wishes may dig ; P Ez18:23↗ ܠܐ ܨ݁ܒܐ ܐܢܐ ܒܡܘܬܗ ܕܚܛܝܐ‏ : I do not desire the sinner's death ; JBAmb2 53:6↗ דאם תיהויין ראשאה ושליטא בנפשיכי לכל אינש דיתצבין‏ : if you have authority and control by yourself over anyone you like ; HP Sassoon(1) 150.13↗ לא רעיאנא ביה ולא צביאנא ביה ולית לבי צבי לאיתנסבא לי‏ : I do have no wish for him, and have not desire for him, and my heart does not want to get married to him ; JohnBook 21:12↗ uˁnaṭrẖ alma ḏkul ḏṣabia rbia abdia : he will protect him until Great (Life) accomplishes all that it desires ; PJ Gen14:14↗ ולא צבו למהלכא עמיה‏ : they did not want to go with him
2
w. b_ : to be pleased with, prefer
CPA, Syr
CPA Lev26:34↗ ܘܬܨܒܝ ܐܪܥܐ ܒܫܒ̈ܝܗ݀ ܟܘܠ ܝܘܡ̈ܝܐ ܕܨܕܝܘܬܐ‏ : the land shall be pleased with its sabbaths all the days of desolation ; AphDem6.108:12↗ ܠܐ ܨܒܐ ܒܗ ܡܪܗ‏ ; P Je6:20↗ ܒ̈ܥܠܘܬܟܘܢ ܠܐ ܨ݁ܒܝܬ‏
(1)
p.p. : + l_ X : to please X
CPA
(2)
(of inanimate) : to prefer, to deserve to be
Syr
Ps-Clem Recogs 1.28:25↗ ܗܢܝܢ ܪ̈ܫܝܬܐ ܘܡܥ̈ܠܝܬܐ ܒܫܬܩܐ ܨܒܝܢ ܕܢܬܝܩܪ̈ܢ‏ : these important and excellent things deserve to be honored with silence
Cˀafˁelto arouse the will1 sense▶
to arouse the will
Syr
JshD 198:29 ܡ݁ܨܒܝ ܠܗ ܗ݂ܢܘܢ ܐܦ ܟܕ ܠܐ ܨ݁ܒܐ ܗܘ‏ : they make him desire it even when he does not desire it
Gtˀeṯpəˁelw. ܒ_ : to be pleased with, find pleasing2 senses▶
1
w. ܒ_ : to be pleased with, find pleasing
Syr
P Gn4:4↗ ܘܐܨܛܒܝ ܡܪܝܐ ܒܗܒܝܠ ܘܒܩܘܪܒܢܗ‏ ; P Dt21:11↗ ܬܨܛܒܐ ܒܗ݀܂ ܕܬܣܒܝܗ݀ ܠܟ ܐܢܬܬܐ‏ : you find her pleasing to take as a wife for you
(1)
to be in favor of, prefer
Syr
P Ju9:3↗ ܘܐܨܛܒܝ ܠܒܗܘܢ ܒܬܪ ܐܒܝܡܠܟ܂ ܘܐܡܪܝܢ ܐܚܘܢ ܗܘ‏ : they preferred Abimelech, saying: he is our brother ; JS_Elijah 1:341↗ ܠܚܲܕ ܒܲܠܚܽܘܕܲܘܗܼܝ ܠܵܐ ܐܸܨܛܲܒ݂ܝܲܬ̤ ܬܸܪܚܲܡܝ ܡܸܡܬܘܽܡ‏ : she was never in favor of loving just one alone
(2)
to love
Syr
(3)
to wish
Syr, JBA
P Dt29:19↗ ܠܐ ܢܨܛܒܐ ܡܪܝܐ ܠܡܫܒܩ ܠܗ‏
2
to consent, to be mutually willing
Hatran, Gal, Syr, JBAg
H 336:.3↗ bmlkˀ dy ˀlhˀ ˀṣṭby/ˀṣṭbw/ šmšbrk rbytˀ wḥtryˀ qšyšˀ wdrdqˀ : with divine counsel the administrator PN and the Hatraeans old and young decided ; JMP 56.1.R(7)↗ אצטבית‏ : she consented ; AGnEx 129.3↗ ܒܪܬ ܗܝܡܢܘܬܗ ܕܬܗܘܐ ܠܐ ܐܨܛܒܝܬ‏ : she did not consent to share his faith ; Anan 113:6↗ לבתר דאצטבו תרויהו‏ : after the two of them consented
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The meaning of the form ṣbh followed by a personal name in OA HamGr passim is unclear.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1271[619]DJPA: 457aDJBA: 950bJastrow: 1258Drower/Macuch: 388bPayne-Smith: 3352J. Payne-Smith: 472Levy Ch-W: 2:312Tal Sam: 719DNWSI: 957DCPA[Schulthess]: 346[165]DJA: 75aQumran: 198

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