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dhb, dhbˀ (dhaḇ, dahḇā) n.m. gold
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gold
Common Aramaic
BarRak.1.11↗ bˁly | ksp | wbˁly | zhb : owners of silver and owners of gold ; TAD B3.1 R.9↗ כסף ודהב‏ ; TAD C3.7 A.R.2.2↗ מנדתא זי גבי מנה וע[ביד ע]ל בית מלכא זהב סתתרן 12‏ : the tax collected from it and transferred to the royal palace: 12 staters of gold ; P Gn2:12↗ ܘܕܗܒܗ݀ ܕܐܪܥܐ ܗ݀ܝ ܛܒ‏ ; BT BM 44b(1)↗ כספא דחריף הוי טיבעא דהבא דלא חריף הוי פירא‏ : silver which is current is considered coin. Gold which is not current is considered produce [i.e. merchandise]
(1)
gold tax
Syr
JoshStyl 26.8↗ ܕܢܫܬܒܩ ܕܗܒܐ ܕܝ݁ܗܒܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܐܘܡ̈ܢܐ ܚܕܐ ܠܐܪ̈ܒܥ ܫ̈ܢܝܢ‏ : the gold tax that the craftsmen paid every four years would be forgiven
(2)
gold object
Qumran
(1)
gold coin
Syr
AS1 28:2 ܬܠܬܝܢ ܐܠܦ̈ܝܢ ܕܗ̈ܒܐ ܥܦܝ̈ܦܐ‏ : thirty thousand gold doubloons [lit.: double golds]
(2)
ירושׁלם דדהב ('Jerusalem of gold') golden headband
Gal
PTŠab 7.d:55[2]↗ text not cited
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money
Syr
MiS 651:19 text not cited
(1)
funds of a formal society
Palmyrene
PAT991:1.6↗ s 3 ṣry ldhbˀ : 3 Tyrian shekels for the kitty
§Form & Usage▶
OA, OfA (and Mand. as var.) zhb
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See also. DJPA2 834.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 275[142]DJPA: 140aDJBA: 314aJastrow: 281Drower/Macuch: 98b, 157aJ. Payne-Smith: 84Levy Ch-W: 1:163Tal Sam: 171DNWSI: 306Audo: 1:177DCPA[Schulthess]: 82[42]DJA: 40aQumran: 51
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