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ṣyd, ṣydˀ (ṣayyāḏ, ṣayyāḏā) n.m. hunter, fisherman
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hunter
Gal, CPA, Syr
PTHag 77.b:14[2]↗ אומנותיה דהן צייד‏ : that one's profession is hunter ; CPA Psalms90:3↗ ܕܗܘ ܡܦܨܐ ܠܝ ܡܢ ܦܚܝܗܘܢ ܕܨܝܕܝܐ‏ : that he will save me from the hunters' traps
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fowler
JLAtg, Gal
TgJ Jer5:26↗ צַיָידִין‏ : [=MT יְקוּשִׁים] ; TgJ Amos3:5↗ הֲתִפוֹל צִיפְרָא בְקוּלָא עַל אַרעָא וְצַיָיד לֵית לַה‏ : does a bird fall into a trap on the ground and have no fowler? ; KohR[1]26:4(35)↗ חמא חד צייד פריס מצודתיה למצד צפרין‏ : he saw a fowler spreading his net to trap birds
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enforcer (?), bounty hunter (?)
Syr
TDN.114:2↗ ܕܪܪܐ܂ ܐܘ ܡ݁ܠܦ ܬܟܬܘܫܐ܂ ܐܘ݁ ܨܝ݁ܕܐ ܕܕܝܡܘܣܝܘ݁ܢ‏ : a fighter, one who teaches combat, or a public enforcer
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fisherman
JLAtg, Syr, JBA, Man
TgJ Is19:8↗ וִיצַדוֹן צַיָידֵי נוּנַייָא וְיִתאַבְלוּן כָל דַהְווֹ רָמַן בְנַהרָא חַכְתָא‏ : the fishermen of fish shall be devastated and all those who used to cast the hook in the river shall grieve ; P Is19:8↗ ܢܐܠܘܢ/ܘܢܐܙܠܘܢ/ ܨܝ̈ܕܐ‏ ; P Mt4:18↗ ܐܼܝܬ݂ܲܝܗܘ݂ܢ ܗܼܘܲܘ ܓܸ݁ܝܪ ܨܲܝܵܕ݂ܸܐ̈‏ ; P Mk1:16↗ ܚܙܵܐ ܠܫܸܡܥܘ݂ܢ ܘܠܲܐܢܕܪܸܐܘܵܣ ܐܲܚܘ݂ܗܼܝ܂ ܕܪܵܡܸܝܢ ܡܨܝ݂ܕܵܬܵܐ̈ ܒܝܲܡܵܐ܂ ܐܝ݂ܬܲܝܗܘ݂ܢ ܗܼܘܲܘ ܓܸܝܪ ܨܲܝܵܕ݂ܸܐ̈‏ : he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting nets into the sea, for they were fishermen ; BT Yom 75b(24)↗ רבה מיתי ליה צי{{ר}}<ד>א מאגמא‏ : a fisherman used to bring PN (quail) from the marsh ; ShPDm 717↗ malahia bliqia ṣaida bgadupa : the sailors with the rudder, the fisherman with the oar
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ܨܝܕ ܟܘܠܐ omnipotent one
CPA
CPAHor 208:6↗ ܐܘ ܡܪܘܝܐ ܐܠܗܐ ܐܒܐ ܕܨܝܕ ܟܘܠܐ‏
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Mand. ṣaida as if from ṣyd #1 or as G act. ptcp.?
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For the image of Christ as hunter see Brock and Kiraz, Ephrem the Syrian, p. 51 n.2.
The example at JLA Amos 3:5 is to be rendered "fowler" rather than "bird trap" in spite of the MT original.

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