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dḥyl (dḥīl) adj. terrible, frightening
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terrible, frightening
Common Aramaic
Dan 7:7↗ חֵיוָה רביעיה"רְבִיעָאָה" דְּחִילָה וְאֵימְתָנִי וְתַקִּיפָא‏ : a fourth, frightening, fearsome and powerful beast ; TgO Deut1:19↗ כֹל מַדבְרָא רַבָא וֻדחִילָא הַהוּא‏ ; PRK178.1↗ מה דחילין אינון מנגנייה דידך‏ : how frightening are your tricks? ; TN Gen28:17↗ מה דחיל הוא אתרא הדין‏ : how frightening is this place? ; FTV Ex15:2↗ דחיל כל עלמיא‏ : the terrible one of all the worlds ; Heb 12:21↗ ܘܗܵܟܲܢܵܐ ܕܚܝ݂ܠ ܗܘܵܐ ܚܸܙܘܵܐ܃ ܕܡܘ݂ܫܸܐ ܐܸܡܲܪ܂ ܕܕܲܚܝ݂ܠ ܐܼܢܵܐ ܘܪܲܬܼܝܬ ܐܼܢܵܐ‏ : And so frightening was the sight that Moses said: I am afraid and tremble. ; JBABowl 31.1:12↗ אלהא רבא גיברא ודחילא‏ : the great, strong, and fearsome God
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amazingly outstanding
Syr
PagPhil.215.26↗ ܗܘ ܗܢܐ ܓܒܪܐ ܡܢ ܐܝܓܘܦܛܘܣ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܗܘܐ܂ ܕܚܝܠܐ ܒܚܟܡܬܐ‏ : this man (Hermes Trismegistos) was from Egypt, one of outstanding wisdom
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of divinity : awesome, worthy of worship
Common Aramaic
TgO Deut7:21↗ אֲלָהָא רַבָא וֻדחִילָא‏
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awesomeness
JLAtg
TgJ Is38:11↗ אְמַרִית לָא אַתַחזֵי עוֹד קְֹדָם דְחִילָא דַיוי בַאְרַע בֵית שְכִינְתָא‏ : I shall no longer be seen before the awesomeness of the Lord in the land of the temple of the Presence
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as an epithet of Abraham
LJLA
TgTosPr 2Kgs.4:1↗ text not cited
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afraid, afraid of
JBA, JBAg
BT Šab 31b(11)↗ אנא אמינא לך דגבר דחיל חיטאין הוא‏ : I tell you that he is a sin-fearing man ; MG 1:55.2.35↗ מן דסליק למאתא דלא דיליה, ודחיל מעינא בישא‏ : one who goes up to a town not his own and is afraid of the evil eye
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JLAtg abs. דְחֶיל but emph. דְחִילָא , etc.
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Talmudic examples are treated in DJBA as peal active participles. The situation is complicated by the targumic distribution as mentioned above in the form section.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 290[149]DJPA: 142bDJBA: 324Jastrow: 292Drower/Macuch: 103aJ. Payne-Smith: 88Levy Ch-W: 1:167DNWSI: 244DCPA[Schulthess]: 84[44]Qumran: 52

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