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dm, dmˀ (dem/dam, dmā; ˀḏem, ˀeḏmā) n.m. blood
1
blood
Common Aramaic
TAD C1.1(Ahiqar) .168↗ כי לא [ישא]ל [נמרא שלם טביא להן למונק דמה‏ : the leopard only greets the gazelle to drink its blood ; PAT1122:1.3↗ mn dy lˀ yšd dm ˁl ḥgbˀ : whoever does not shed blood on the shrine ; GenApoc 6.19↗ דמא די אשדו נפיליא‏ ; TgO Ex4:26↗ אִלוּלֵי דְמָא דִמהוּלתָא הָדֵין אִתחַיַיב חַתנָא קְטוֹל‏ : were it not for this circumcision blood, the groom would have merited killing ; P Acts17:26↗ ܘܡܸܢ ܚܲܕ݂ ܕܸܡ ܥܒ݂ܲܕ݂ ܥܵܠܡܵܐ ܟܽܠܸܗ ܕ݁ܲܒ݂ܢܲܝܢܵܫܵܐ‏ : He made the whole world of mankind of a single blood ; BT Nid 20b(18)↗ דההיא איתתא דאתיא דמא לקמיה דר׳ אלעז‏ : a certain woman who brought (menstrual) blood to PN ; ATS 1.2:803↗ uzma ḏbgauẖ ziua iaqira hu uzma ḏblibẖ iaqir ziua šania hu uzma ḏbkabda iaqir ziua sagia hu ḏmasgia bkulẖ pagra : the blood in its (womb) is very splendid, and the blood in its heart is especially very splendid, and the blood in the liver is really very splendid for it goes throughout the body ; TgSong2:9↗ וחזא דמא דניכסא דפסחא ודמא דגזירת מיהולתא דחקיק על תרענא‏ : he saw the blood of the Passover slaughter and the blood of the cutting of circumcision placed on our gateway
(1)
ܕܡܐ ܢܫܝܐ : menstruation
Syr
HippAp 22(3)↗ ܫܘܚܢܐ ܕܒܗܪ̈ܘܡܐ ܡܝܬܝܢܐ ܗܘ ܕܕܡܐ ܢܫܝܐ‏ : heating which is by means of aromatics brings on menstruation
(2)
mortal bloodshed
JLAtg, Syr
TgO Gen37:22↗ לָא תֵישְדוּן דַם‏ : you must not kill him [lit.: you must not spill blood] ; JulSok 345(169):3↗ ܟܕ ܡܬܟܫܦܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܠܗ ܥܠ ܕܡܐ ܕܢܦ̈ܫܬܗܘܢ‏ : while they were pleading to him for their lives
(1)
ܥܕܵܡܵܐ ܠܲܕܡܵܐ even unto death
Syr
(2)
blood guilt
Common Aramaic
Sf.2.b13↗ wtqm dmy mn yd šnˀy : you shall avenge my blood from my enemies ; TgO Gen9:5↗ יָת דַמכוֹן לְנַפשָתְכוֹן אִיתבַע מִיַד כֹל חַיתָא‏ ; TgJ 2K9:26↗ אִם לָא יָת דְמֵי נָבוֹת וְיָת דְמֵי בְנוֹהִי גְלַן קְֹדָמַי‏ ; SamTgJ Ex22:1↗ אם באתרתה יתשקע גנבה ומחתה ומית לית לה אדם אם דנח שמשה עליו דם לה‏
(3)
capital punishment
JBA
BT BQ 117a(36)var.↗ קפדי אדמא‏ : they are strict about blood [glossed in mss. as Hebrew שפיכות דמים "bloodshed"]
(1)
act of mass murder
Syr
JohEphLES [565]:6↗ ܟܕ ܬܫܥܝܢ ܡܢܢ ܩܪܩܦܘܢ ܥܠ ܚܕ ܕܡܐ ܟܕ ܥ̈ܝܢܝܢ ܚܝܪ̈ܢ‏ : when they beheaded ninety of us in a single bloodletting while our eyes were watching
(3)
ܕܡܐ ܩܕܝܫܐ : sacred blood, i.e., wine of the eucharist
Syr
BHNom 46:19↗ ܐܢ ܢܬܐܫܕ ܕܡܐ ܩܕܝܛܐ ܕܠܐ ܒܨܒܝܢܐ ܕܐܢܫ‏
(4)
(of the eye) bleeding, hemorrhage
JBAmb, JBA
JBABowl 105.1:4↗ דמא ודמעתא‏ : bleeding and tears ; BT AZ 28b(38)↗ כגון דמא רירא וריצא ודמעתא‏
2
juice
Syr, JBA
IMac6:34↗ ܘܠܦ̈ܝܠܐ ܚܘܝܘ ܐܢܘܢ ܕܡܐ ܕܥܢ̈ܒܐ ܘܕܬܘ̈ܬܐ‏ : they showed the elephants grape and berry juice ; BBah 579:12↗ text not cited ; BT Ket 60a(33)var.↗ דמא דחמרא‏ : wine juice
3
bsr wdm : human being : see s.v. bsr n.m.
Common Aramaic
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Abs./const. Syr. ܕܸܡ‏, JLA דַם ; colloquial Palestinian dialects: ˀdm; Mandaic usually zma
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Tal notes that in Samaritan the preference for אדם over דם in the targum is 140 to 12.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 307[156]DJPA: 35bDJBA: 340bJastrow: 312Drower/Macuch: 168b, 8a, 12b, 111b, 164bPayne-Smith: 910J. Payne-Smith: 93Levy Ch-W: 1:178Tal Sam: 188DNWSI: 251DCPA[Schulthess]: 5[46]Qumran: 55

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