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dlyl (dallīl) adj. few, thin
1
few (but more than ܚ̈ܕܚܕܢܐ!)
Syr
LawsCoun.30.9↗ ܘܠܐ݁ ܥܘܬܪܐ ܡܫܬܟܚ ܐܠܐ ܠܘܬ ܕ̈ܠܝܠܐ܂ ܘܠܐ ܡܫܠܛܘܬܐ ܐܠܐ ܠܘܬ ܚ̈ܕܚܕܢܐ‏ : wealth is found only with a few, and rulership only with a very few ; LawsCoun.30.24↗ ܘܕܠܝ̈ܠܢ ܠܘܬܗܘܢ ܐܝܠܝܢ ܕܨܒ݁ܝܢ‏ ; Addai.9.17↗ ܕܠܝ̈ܠܐ ܐܢܘܢ ܡܗ̈ܝܡܢܐ ܕܩܘܫܬܐ‏ ; JulSok 243(118):3↗ ܨܝܕ ܕ̈ܠܝܠܐ‏ : among few (people)
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sparsely planted
Gal
PTBM 12.a:33[2]↗ דלילין‏
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ܒܕܠܝܠ̈ܬܐ : in a few words : see s.v. bdlyltˀ
Syr
2
thin, weak
PTA, Sam, Syr
TN Gen41:19↗ והא שבע תורין אחרנין סלקן בתרהון דלילן ובישן‏ : here were seven other oxen coming up after them, thin and bad-looking
(1)
unimportant
LJLA
TgProv12:9↗ טב הוא דלילא"זלילא" ועביד איהו מן הו{וי}<א> דמיתקר וחסיר לחמא‏ : better an unrespected man who is a slave than one who is respected but lacking food
3
bdalil, bdilil : uneasily (?)
Man
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 305[154]DJPA: 150bDrower/Macuch: 100a, 107bPayne-Smith: 901Tal Sam: 183

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