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dm (dam) conj. lest
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lest
Syr
ThbK1 83:21↗ ܕܕܡ ܢܣܬܒܪ ܕܥܡ ܐ̈ܕܫܐ ܘܓ̈ܢܣܐ ܕܒܥܝܪܐ ܡ݁ܢܐ ܠܗ‏ : lest it should be thought that he counts him together with the types and kinds of animals ; AGnEx 109.10↗ ܘܡܛܠ ܕܩܢ݂ܛ ܕܕܡ ܢܡܘܬ ܠܗ ܝܘܣܦ‏ : because he feared lest Joseph would die ; AphDiatess1990 72:16↗ ܕܕܡ ܒܕܠܐ ܡܫܟܚܝܢܢ ܕܢܣܝܒܪ ܠܢܣܝܘܢܐ܂ ܟܠܗ݀ ܕܚܠܬ ܐܠܗܐ ܢܘܒܕ‏ : that lest, inasmuch as we are unable to bear the trial, we lose all fear of God
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(interrog) : perchance
Syr
ISSW 10:81b↗ ܕܡܸܢ ܚܸܙܘܸܗ ܕܲܡ ܢܸܬܚܲܝܲܠ܂ ܘܲܢܫܼܝܚ ܥܲܠ ܟܽܠ ܕܽܘܘܵܢܲܝ̈ܢ‏ : that perchance might we be strengthened by its vision to defy all our miseries?
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is it not
Syr
JSBhom 126:220↗ ܪܲܚܡܵܢܵܐ ܐܲܢ̄ܬ ܐܲܘ ܕܲܡ ܚܲܪܡܵܐ ܘܩܵܛܸܠ ܐ̄ܢܵܫܵܐ‏ : are you merciful or not rather wicked and one who kills people
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contraction of ܕܠܡܐ‏
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 307[155]Payne-Smith: 1983J. Payne-Smith: 93

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