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ṣwt, ṣwtˀ (ṣawtā/ṣawṯā) n.m. company
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company, fellowship
Syr, JBAmb, JBA, Man
ESEccl 131:7↗ ܐܡܪܐ ܐܦ ܕܐܒܐ ܠܚܕ̈ܕܐ ܗܘܘ ܨܘܬܐ‏ : the lamb and the wolf, too, made up a fellowship with each other ; BT Tam 27a(17)↗ אחרינא בצוותא הוא ̇<٠٠٠>̇ יתיב גביה‏ : the other goes and sits with him for company
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joint venture
Syr
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comrade(s)
Syr, JBAmb, Man
RHRB 135:v547 ܨܘܬܐ ܐܦ ܚܒܪܐ‏ ; JBABowl 60.1:6↗ לא חברא ביממא ולא צותא בליליה‏ : neither friend during the daytime nor comrade at night ; GY 141:19↗ hinun ḏhauilia ṣauta bhalin almia ḏhšuka : those who have become my comrades in these worlds of darkness
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See also s.v. ṣbt. As pointed out by the Payne-Smith tradition, the spirantization of the taw in this form in Syriac demonstrates that it should be separated from the otherwise homographic word for "voice." So too does the clear difference in etymology.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1282[625]DJBA: 954bJastrow: 1267Drower/Macuch: 386b, 392b, 393aPayne-Smith: 3390J. Payne-Smith: 477

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