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ṣlyb, ṣlybˀ (ṣəlīḇ, ṣəlīḇā) n.m. pole, cross
1
pole for hanging or impaling
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Sam, LJLA
TgO Deut21:22↗ וְיִתקְטִיל וְתִצלוֹב יָתֵיה עַל צְלִיבָא‏ ; TgJ Jos10:26↗ וֻצלַבִנוּן עַל חַמשָה צְלִיבִין‏ ; PTSan 23.c:56[2]↗ אייתי לצליבה‏ : bring the pole! ; TN Gen41:13↗ יתיה צלב על צליבא‏ ; TgEsth2 5:14(24)↗ ועבד צליבא לנפשיה"לגרמיה"‏ : so he made a gallows for himself
2
cross
Syr, Man
P Mk10:21↗ ܘܣܲܒ݂ ܨܠܼܝܒ݂ܵܐ‏
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signing or kissing the cross
Syr
IsNin18 140:8↗ ܘܩܵܐܹ݁ܡ ܗܼܘ݂ܵܐ܃ ܘܲܡܫܲܠܸܡ ܠܲܨܠܝ݂ܒ݂ܵܐ‏ : he was standing finishing his signing of the cross
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See note to ṣlb vb. The Targum Sheni and supplements also imply a recognition that the צליבא as erected by Haman is an object worshipped by gentiles, but that should hardly be taken to be a LJLA Syriacism.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1288[629]DJPA: 465bJastrow: 1283Drower/Macuch: 387bJ. Payne-Smith: 479Levy Ch-W: 2:326Tal Sam: 731DCPA[Schulthess]: [170]

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