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ṣlw, ṣlwtˀ (ṣəlō, ṣəlōṯā) n.f. prayer
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prayer
Common Aramaic
TgO Gen14:22↗ אֲרֵימִית יְדִי בִצלוֹ‏ : I hereby raise my hand in prayer ; BR 247:4(1)↗ תרתיהון צלוון מן גוא דאת הויה לשלם‏ : the two of them are prayers that you might be well ; PTBer 7.a:54[2]↗ מצלי בקלא עד דיילפון בני בייתיה צלותיה מיניה‏ : he would pray out loud, until the members of his household learned his prayer-rite from him ; GT U Exod19:9↗ וְתַנִּי מֹשֶה יַת מִלֵּיהוֹן דְּעַמָּא בִּצְלוֹ קֳדָם ה׳‏ : Moses repeated the people's words in prayer to God ; CPA Psalms55:13↗ ܒܓܘܝ ܐܠܗܐ ܨܠܘܐܢ ܗܠܝܢ ܕܓܙܝ ܠܟ ܬܫܒܘܚܐ‏ : within me, God, are these praising prayers that I will pay ; Hom13 6.1:1↗ ܢ̇ܟܝܣܐ ܕܨܠܘ ܠܡܪܐ ܟܘܬܗ‏ : a prayerful sacrifice like it to the Lord ; MarqePoem3:71↗ צלואן בקשט לשמך יתמרן‏ : prayers will be said in truth to your name ; Eph1:16↗ ܘܲܠܡܸܥܼܗܲܕ݂ܟ݂ܘ݂ܢ ܒܲܨ̈ܠܲܘܵܬ݂ܝ‏ : to mention you in my prayers ; Eph6:18↗ ܘܲܒܟ݂ܽܠ ܨܠܲܘ̈ܵܢ ܘܲܒܟ݂ܽܠ ܒܵܥܘ̈ܵܢ‏ ; BT San 95a(49)↗ איפוך צלותך‏ : reverse (the order of the words) of your prayer ; Anan 36:8↗ צלותא כקטורת חשיבא‏ : prayer is consider equivalent to incense ; GY 232:20↗ uṣluta ḏzˁpa mṣalin : they pray false prayer ; TgPs102:18↗ ולא בסר ית צלותיהון‏ : did not despise their prayer
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same as ܒܸܝܬ ܨ܊
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pl. ṣəlawwān, ṣəlawwāṯā, but see note.
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The singular is often used as a collective, especially in Jewish Literary texts where no clearly plural form is yet attested.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1286[628]DJPA: 464bDJBA: 964aJastrow: 1282Drower/Macuch: 387b, 395aPayne-Smith ~: 3398J. Payne-Smith: 479Levy Ch-W: 2:326Tal Sam: 732DCPA[Schulthess]: 355[170]DJA: 75bQumran: 200

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