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dkr, dkrˀ (dḵar, deḵrā) n.m. male
1
male
Common Aramaic
TAD B3.8 R.28↗ וה[ן] ימות ענניה ובר זכר ונקבה לאיתי לה‏ : should PN die not having a male or female child ; P Gn1:27↗ ܕܟܪ ܘܢܩܒܐ‏ ; BT Pes 56a(12)↗ מיתי כ{נ}<ו>פרא דדיכרא ומנח לנוקבתא‏ : he brings the pollen of the male (palm) and places it on the female
2
ram
Common (except: OA, OfA)
Ezra 6:9↗ וְדִכְרִין וְאִמְּרִין‏ : rams and ewes ; 4QEnd2.3.29↗ לדכרא די ענ[א‏ ; P Gn15:9↗ ܘܕܟܪܐ ܬܘܠܬܐ‏ ; BT BQ 118b(3)↗ האי מאן דחזיוה דאגבה דיכרא מעדרא‏ : one whom they saw lifting up a ram from the flock (to steal it) ; Anan 75:22↗ איתסר ההוא דיכרא דאיתקם האתם‏ : that ram that was placed there was tied up ; TgPs114:4↗ טוריא טפזו היך דכרין גילמתא היך בנין דען‏ : the mountains sprang up like rams, the hills like young sheep
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(astron.) Aries
Qumran
4Q318 .2.1↗ אדר ב1 וב2 דכרא ב3 וב4 תורא‏
(2)
the name of a small watercourse
Jud
3
penis
Syr
AS4 40:19 ܣܘܡܩܘܬܐ ܕܕܟܪܗ ܕܚܠܝ݂ܨ ܘܓܠܐ‏ : the redness of its protruding and revealed penis (of a fox) ; Bhchr 356:3↗ ܐܣ݂ܲܪܘ ܚܒܠܐ ܒܕ݂ܸܟܪܹܗ܃ ܘܓܲܪܘ݂ܗܝ ܒܫܘ̈ܩܹܐ‏ : they tied a rope on his penis and dragged him through the streets
4
arsenic
Syr
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OfA (and rarely, Mand.) zkr
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The unusual usage "arsenic" is due to a semi-calque from its Iranian source word zarnīq being confused with the Akkadian loan zrnwq, zrnwqˀ n.m., which also means "penis".
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 302[153]DJPA: 149bDJBA: 330bJastrow: 308Drower/Macuch: 159a, 166b, 107a, 100aJ. Payne-Smith: 92Levy Ch-W: 1:175Tal Sam: 182DNWSI: 329DCPA[Schulthess]: 88[46]DJA: 41bQumran: 54

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