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dbḥ (a/a[u]) vb. to slaughter
GDGt
Gpəˁalto slaughter2 senses▶
1
to slaughter
Syr, Man
P Mk14:12↗ ܕ݁ܒ݂ܸܗ ܕ̇ܵܒ݂ܚܼܝܢ ܝܼܗܘ݂ܕ݂ܵܝܸܐ̈ ܦܸ݁ܨܚܵܐ‏
2
to sacrifice
Common Aramaic
Ezra 6:3↗ אֲתַר דִּי־דָבְחִין דִּבְחִין‏ : a place where they make animal sacrifices ; 4QpsDan a13..2↗ דב]ח̇ין לבניהון לשידי‏ : who sacrifice their children to the demons† ; SamTgJ Ex3:18↗ ונדבח ליהוה אלהנן‏ ; P Ez34:3↗ ܡ̈ܦܛܡܐ ܕܒ݁ܚܝܢ ܐܢܬܘܢ‏ ; ICor10:20↗ ܠܫܼܐܕ݂ܸܐ̈ ܗܼܘ ܕ̇ܵܒ݂ܚܼܝܢ܂ ܘܠܵܐ ܠܲܐܠܵܗܵܐ‏ ; BT Ḥul 4b(29)↗ דילמ׳ מזבח זבח מיכל לא אכל‏ : perhaps (Ahab) really sacrificed, (but Jehoshaphat) did not actually eat
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to slaughter for sacrifice
Syr
P Acts15:29↗ ܬ݂ܸܬ݂ܪܲܚܩܘ݂ܢ ܡܸܢ ܕ݁ܲܕ݂ܒ݂ܼܝܚܵܐ‏ : you must abstain from that which is slaughtered for sacrifice
Dpaˁˁelto sacrifice in large amounts1 sense▶
to sacrifice in large amounts
JLAtg, PTA, Sam, Syr, LJLA
TgO Ex3:18↗ וֻנדַבַח קְדָם יוי אְלָהַנָא‏ ; TN Num21:29↗ עמא דהוון מדבחין קדם טעוותה כמוש‏ : the nation that was sacrificing to its false god, Kemosh ; apap 10:23 ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܗܘܐ݂ ܥܐܕܐ ܕܚ̈ܢܦܐ܂ ܘܡܕܒܚܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܠܫܐ̈ܕܐ‏ : it was a festival of the pagans and they were sacrificing to the demons ; JSB4 291:8↗ ܘܠܐ ܡܫܪܝܢ ܠܗ ܕܢܕܒܚܘܢ ܠܗ ܪ̈ܥܝܢܝܗܘܢ‏ : they did not believe firmly enough in Him to make sacrifices to Him of their ideas (pael metri causa) ; PJ Ex8:25↗ למדבחא ניכסת חגא קדם ייי‏
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be sacrificed2 senses▶
1
to be sacrificed
Syr
SugMgab 2:12↗ ܚܲܘܵܢܝ ܛܘ݂ܪܵܐ ܕܒܸܗ ܡܸܬܕܒܲܚ‏ : show me the mountain on which he is going to be sacrificed ; IshGen 174:21↗ ܦܟܪܝܢ ܠܓܕܝ̈ܐ ܟܕ ܡܬܕܒܚܝܢ‏ : they bind the young goats when they are sacrificed
2
to be slaughtered [dubious emendation]
JBA
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Syr. impf. ܢܕܒܘܚ‏. JBA also זבח
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In Babylonian (other than historical spelling in some Mandaic nominal derivations), very dubious attestations/emendations have been suggested by lexicographers; see DJBA and MD s.v. דבי, daba.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 269[138]DJPA: 138aDJBA: 311bJastrow: 277Drower/Macuch: 101bJ. Payne-Smith: 81Levy Ch-W: 1:159Tal Sam: 165DNWSI: 301Audo: 1:170DCPA[Schulthess]: 79[41]Qumran: 49

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