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dky vb. to be clean
GDCDt
Gpəˁalto be (ritually) clean1 sense▶
to be (ritually) clean
JLAtg, Sam, Syr, LJLA
TgO Lev7:19↗ כֹל דְיִדכֵי לְקוּדשָא יֵיכוֹל בְסַר קוּדשָא‏ : whoever becomes clean for sancta may eat the flesh of the sancta ; P 2K5:13↗ ܙܠ ܣܚܝ ܘܕܟܝ‏ : go wash and get clean ; TgPs69:28↗ ולא ידכון למיעל בכינשת צדיקייך‏ : they shall not become clean enough to enter the assembly of Your righteous ones
Dpaˁˁelto cleanse, to purify ritually2 senses▶
1
to cleanse, to purify ritually
Common Aramaic
TgO Lev13:6↗ וִידַכֵינֵיה כָהְנָא עָדִיתָא הִיא‏ : the priest shall cleanse that scab ; TN Lev13:6↗ וידכי יתיה כהנא‏ ; OS MtSin23:26↗ ܕܟܘ ܠܘܩܕܡ ܓܘܗ ܕܟܣܐ ܘܐܦ ܒܪܗ ܕܟܐ ܗܘ‏ : first cleanse the hidden inside and the outside will also be clean ; BT Tan 11a(49)↗ הוא דמדכי נפשיה‏ : it is because he purifies himself (that he is called holy) ; PJ Lev14:49↗ לדכאה ית ביתא‏ ; TgJob37:21↗ ורוחא עברת ודכיית יתהון‏ : the wind passed by and cleansed them
(1)
to declare to be clean
JBA
BT Nid 20b(44)↗ ודכי לה‏
(2)
to clean by separating out the good from the bad
Syr
ESAct1 38:31 ܡܕܟܐ ܠܙ̈ܝܙܢܐ ܡܢ ܒܝܢܬ ܚܛ̈ܐ‏ : separating out the weeds from among the wheat ; TDN.130:10↗ ܘܚܫܘ݁ܟܐ ܕܠܐ ܗܝܡܢܘܬܐ ܕܟܝ݂ܬ ܡܢܗܘ݁ܢ‏ : I cleansed you of the faithless darkness
2
(leg.) to clear of claims
JBA, JBAg
BT BM 15a(32)↗ אנא איקו ואישפי ואידכי ואימר{{ו}}<י>ק זביני אילן‏ : I shall go and clear these purchases of claims [using 3 terms for doing so]
Cˀafˁelto purge1 sense▶
1
to purge
Syr
JSConst 12:v404 text not cited ; OS MtCur3:12↗ ܗܘ ܕܐܚܝܕ ܪܦܫܐ ܒܐܝܕܗ ܘܡܕܟܐ ܐܕܪܗ‏ : the one holding the winnowing fan in his hand and purges his threshing floor
(1)
to remove dead branches (?)
CPA, Syr
Lag(386) John15:2↗ ܘܟܘܠ ܗܝܕܐ ܕܡܝܬܝܐ ܦܝܪܝܢ ܡܕܟܐ‏ : every (branch) that brings fruit he prunes ; Geop 14:28↗ ܐܦ ܙ̈ܝܬܐ ܘ݁ܠܐ ܠܡܟܣܚ ܘܠܡ݁ܕܟܝܘ‏ : it is also proper to prune and purge olive trees
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto be cleansed, purified3 senses▶
1
to be cleansed, purified
Common Aramaic
P Prov20:9↗ ܘܐܬܕܟܝܬ ܡܢ ܚ̈ܛܗܐ‏ ; BT Ber 2b(4)↗ איע̇רב ש̇משא ואידכי יומא‏ : the sun set and the day was purified
(1)
to be healed
Syr
BO 2 61a:24 text not cited
2
to cleanse, purify oneself
JLAtg, PTA, Syr, LJLA
TgO Gen35:2↗ אִידַכוֹ וְשַנוֹ כְסוּתְכוֹן‏ : cleanse yourselves and change your garments ; TN Gen35:2↗ עברו ית פלחנא נכריה מביניכון ואדכון וחוורו לבושיכון‏ : eliminate the foreign worship from among you and cleanse yourselves and launder your clothes ; P Gn35:2↗ ܘܐܬܕܟܘ‏ ; P Job9:30↗ ܘܡܬܕܟܐ ܐܢܐ ܒܕܟܝܘܬܐ ܕܐ̈ܝܕܝ‏ ; PJ Gen35:2↗ אידכו מסואבות קטילייא דקרבתון בהון‏ : cleanse yourselves from the foulness of the dead you sacrificed among them
3
to be set apart
Syr
OS MkSin7:19↗ ܘܡܫܬܕܐ ܠܒܪ ܘܡܬܕܟܐ܂ ܟܘܠܗ ܡܐܟܠܐ‏
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JLAtg Dt with assimilated t as usual in this dialect with peh daleth verbs : אִידַכֹו
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The form cited by DJBA as דכי #2 should probably be seen simply as a word-play on this root, rather than a new lemma.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 301[152]DJPA: 149aDJBA: 337aJastrow: 307Drower/Macuch: 109bPayne-Smith: 893J. Payne-Smith: 91Levy Ch-W: 1:174Tal Sam: 180DNWSI: 320DCPA[Schulthess]: 87[45]Qumran: 54

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