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dlˀy adj. on high
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on high
JBA
BT Šab 8b(4)↗ אילימא בבור דאית ביה עשרה טפחים ולמעלה ד{ר}<ד>לאי אותביה ולמטה דתתאי אותביה‏ : in the case of a pit that has ten handbreadths should we say that למעלה means that he placed it above and למטה that he placed it below?
2
בדלא : upstream (?)
JBA
BT BB 73b(25)↗ איהו בדלא ואנן בשפלא‏ : it was upstream (or: upwind? on the high side?) and we were downstream (or: downwind? on the low side?)
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The precise meaning in the passage about the fabulous sea monster is by no means as clear as DJBA would have one think.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 338b

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