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dr, drˀ (dār, dārā) n.m. age, generation; row
1
age, generation
Common (except: OA, OfA)
4QEng1.2.17↗ כל דרי עלמי[ן‏ ; TgO Gen4:15↗ לְשִבעָה דָרִין יִתפְרַע מִנֵיה‏ : for seven generation he will be avenged ; SamTgJ Gen15:16↗ ודרה רביעה יעזר אכה‏ : the fourth generation will return here ; Addai.22.23↗ ܕܪ̈ܐ ܩܕܡ̈ܝܐ‏ ; P Ex1:6↗ ܟܠܗ ܕܪܐ ܗ݀ܘ‏ ; BT San 94a(38)↗ גיורא בר עסרא דרי‏ : a descendant of a proselyte after ten generations [lit. a proselyte of ten generations]
(1)
(as opposed to ṭly) : older generation
Gal
SYAP 1:35↗ צוחת בדרה צוחת בטלייא‏ : she shouted among the older folks; she shouted among the youths
2
row, rank
Syr, JBA, Man
DionbS 19:24 ܢܦܩܝܢ ܘܡܬܟܪܟܝܢ ܕܪܐ‏ : they go out and go around in a row ; BT Ber 28a(5)↗ ואהדרו ליה תמניסר דרי חיורתא‏ : eighteen rows of white hair encircled him [i.e. his head] ; BT Ket 60a(12)↗ אותבה בדרא דנשי‏ : he seated her in a row of women ; GY 279:22↗ uˁit minaihun ḏma daria kakia : some of them have 100 rows of fangs
(1)
ܕܪ̈ܝܢ ܕܪ̈ܝܢ : one after the other
Syr
JSmem 7:103↗ ܦܬܝܟܝܢ ܗ݂ܘܘ ܒܗ ܫܘܦܪ̈ܝܢ ܫܘܦܪ̈ܝܢ ܕܪ̈ܝܢ ܕܪ̈ܝܢ‏ : various beautiful things were intermingled on it one after the other
(2)
line of writing
JBA, JBAg
BT BB 161a(13)↗ ראובן בן בחדא דרא, ויעקב עד בחדא דרא עילויהו‏ : (where it is written) "Reuben, son" on one line and "Jacob witness" on one row above it ; TGAs28(1) 19.1.17↗ תלי בין דרא לדרא‏ : he inserts (the correction) between one row and another
(3)
procession in church
Syr
DionbS 20:10 ܕܪܐ ܐܘ ܟܝܬ ܡܬܟܪܟܢܘܬܐ ܕܒܥܕܬܐ‏ : the dara, i.e., the circling around in the church
3
in various expressions of eternity
Common Aramaic
Dan 4:31↗ שָׁלְטָנֵהּ שָׁלְטָן עָלַם וּמַלְכוּתֵהּ עִם־דָּר וְדָר‏ : his rule is an eternal rule and his kingdom is forever ; CPA Psalms44:18↗ ܝܕܟܝܪ ܫܝܡܟ ܒܟܘܠ ܕܪ ܘܕܪ‏ ; LG 21:19(1)↗ ܟܽܠܢܵܫ ܓܸܝܪ ܕܲܐܪܫܲܥ ܒܕܵܪܕܵܪ‏ : any person who has done evil in any generation
(1)
dr dryn : ever and ever
Qumran, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBA, Man
4QEnb1.3.15↗ וכורס]א̇ יקרך ^לכל^ {ל}דר דריא די מן עלמ[א‏ ; Amram Dare #23:16↗ אתהו דמורך עם דרי דריה‏ : You are the one who extends for ever and ever ; P Dt32:7↗ ܒܫ̈ܢܝܐ ܕܕܪܕܪܝܢ‏ ; BT Beṣ 15b(41)↗ כדאמרי אינשי דהוי לדרי דרי‏ : as people say: it lasts forever ; JohnBook 3:4↗ man šiqlẖ lbidqa rama ḏˁl dardaria lamistkar : who raised up the Great Breech that may never be blocked up?
(1)
ܠܕܪ ܘܕܪܝܢ
CPA
(2)
עִם דָּר וְדָר
BADan
Dan 3:33↗ text not cited ; Dan 4:31↗ text not cited : †
(3)
bdaria lit : there never will be
Man
ATS 1.1:79↗ ˁtbar ḏasia bdaria litlẖ : he is done for, for there is never any remedy for him
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SYAP 1:35(meaning 1.a) is interpreted as "court" by the publication.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 319[147]DJPA: 154bDJBA: 349aJastrow: 320Drower/Macuch: 100b, 101aPayne-Smith: 855J. Payne-Smith: 97Levy Ch-W: 1:186Tal Sam: 176DCPA[Schulthess]: 93[43]Qumran: 58

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