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drdq adj. small (child)
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small
OfAEast, JBAmb, Man
JBAmb 121:15 כיבשי רברבי ודרדקי‏ : large and small presses ; AM 221:21↗ mutana banašia uhiuta dirdqata nihuia : there will be pestilence among people and the small animals
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young, child
OfAtranslit, Hatran, Syr, SyrLex, JBAmb, JBA, Man, LJLA
UrukInc 11↗ qu—da—am ra—ab—ra—bé ú—ma—ˀ dar—da—qé—e : before big people and children ; H 343:.3↗ wḥṭryˀ qšyšˀ wdrdqˀ wˁrbyˀ : old and young Hatrans and Arabs ; SyrIncBowl 8.4↗ ܚܢܘܩܝܬܐ ܕܩܛܠܐ ܕܪܛܩܐ‏ : the strangler who kills children ; BBah 591:23↗ text not cited ; JBABowl 20.1:6↗ חלבס ליליתא ٠٠٠ דיתבא^ על איסקופת באבה דא ודאבדא ודימחיא וטרפא וחנקא ואכלא דרדקי ו^דרדקיתא‏ : the Lilith PN who sits at the this doorway and destroys, hits, strikes, chokes, and devours boys and girls ; BT Hag 4b(39)↗ מרים מגדלא דרדקי‏ : Miriam who rears young children ; AM 220:15↗ umutana bhiuaniata udirdqia nihuia : there will be pestilence among the animals and the young children ; PJ Ex40:8↗ מן בגלל דלא יעלון תמן נפשת דרדקי עמא דישראל‏ : so that the souls of the children of the nation of Israel will not enter there ; TgJob3:19↗ יעקב דאתקרי דרדק ואברהם דאתקרי קשיש‏ : Jacob who was called "young" and Abraham who was called "elderly"
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inexperienced
JBA
BT BB 142b(36)↗ פשיטא דהיל׳ כותין דקשישן מיניכו, ולא היל׳ כותיכו דדרדקי אתון‏ : it is obvious that the law is according to us for we are older than you and not according to you who are young
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often written דרטק in magic bowls
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see also s.v. dˁdq, dqdq.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 321[166]DJBA: 350bJastrow: 321Drower/Macuch: 109aLevy Ch-W: 1:187DNWSI: 260BarBahlul: 591:23

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