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gbl (a/u) vb. to knead; form
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Gpəˁalto knead (dough, clay)4 senses▶
1
to knead (dough, clay)
Gal, CPA, Syr, JBAg
SR[1].9:3(21)↗ וגבלין בהדא טינא‏ : kneading clay with this (water) ; PTŠab 16.b:12[2]↗ מהו מיגבלתה ביום טוב‏ : what is the law for kneading it on a holiday? ; P Jn9:6↗ ܘܲܓ݂ܒ݂ܲܠ ܛܼܝܢܵܐ ܡܸܢ ܪܘ݂ܩܸܗ‏ : he kneaded clay with his spittle
(1)
to crush (leaves, thorns)
Syr
Geop 103:27↗ ܟܕ ܓܒܝܠܝܢ ܘܚܠܝܛܝܢ ܥܡ ܙܒܬܐ ܗܒ ܠܗ ܐܟܠ‏ : when crushed and mixed with resin give it to him to eat
(1)
to prepare fodder
JBA
MG 23:108.2.46↗ הוה גביל לה חזרא‏ : he used to prepare bran as fodder for it [i.e. the animal]
(2)
to mix soft things together
JBAg
HM(1) 85:(1)22↗ וגבול במשח זית<א>‏ : mix (the burnt date stones) in olive oil
2
to form
Gal, Sam, Syr, JBAmb, Man
P Gn2:7↗ ܘܓܒ݂ܠ ܡܪܝܐ ܐܠܗܐ ܠܐܕܡ ܥܦܪܐ ܡܢ ܐܕܡܬܐ‏ ; P Is29:16↗ ܕܚܟܝܡܐܝܬ ܠܐ ܓܒܠܬܢܝ‏ ; GY 44:14 ↗ pagria gbilia bisra uzma : bodies formed of flesh and blood ; SidraDNishmata 1.2:13 ↗ umn hanatun mia {u}siiauia giblat unipqat bišuta hda : from those black waters was formed and emerged a single evil
(1)
to make, to create
Gal, CPA, Syr, Man
SYAP 51:6↗ גביל אדם ומן עפרה יתיה [ב]רא‏ : He forms Adam and creates him from the dust ; GY 329:12↗ ugbilta bgauẖ nigbal
(1)
to fabricate, to invent
Syr
Am3 652:19↗ ܓܒܲܠ ܡܕܪ̈ܫܐ ܘܡܙܓ ܒܩܝ̈ܢܬܐ ܘܪܲܟܸܒ ܙܡܝܪ̈ܬܐ‏ : he invented poetic hymns, mixed them in with laments, and composed songs
(2)
p.p.: to become coagulated
Syr
ZM1 110:3 ܒܒܟܝܐ ܕܕܡ̈ܥܐ ܕܥ̈ܝܢܝܗܘܢ ܓܒܝܠ ܛܝܢܐ‏ : the mud was coagulated by the tears of their eyes' weeping
(1)
ripened
Sam
SamTgJ Ex9:31↗ סעריה אביב וכתנה גביל‏ : the barley had sprouted and the flax ripened
3
p.p. : fem. see s.v. gbylh
4
intransitive: to spontaneously generate
JBA
BT Ḥul 67b(19)↗ מיני̇ה̇ גבלין‏ : (those worms) are spontaneously generated from it [i.e. the animal's flesh]
Dpaˁˁelto knead4 senses▶
1
to knead
Gal
PTŠab 16.b:12[2]↗ מהו מיגבלתה ביום טוב‏ : what is the law for kneading it on a holiday?
2
to mix
Gal
PTMaSh 56.d:3[2]↗ מהו מיכוס צפר ומגבלא אדמיה בזרע כיתן‏ : what is the law concerning slaughtering a bird and mixing its blood in flax seed?
(1)
to dissolve
Syr
Geop 102:28↗ ܕܘܩ ܦܣܝܡܬܝܢ ܘܓܒܠ ܒܡܝܐ ܘܛܘܫ ܠܗܘܢ‏ : crush white-lead, mix in water, and smear it on them
3
to make firm
Syr
AGnEx 57.16↗ ܐܝܟ ܥ̈ܠܠܬܗܘܢ ܣ̈ܓܝܐܬܐ ܘܚܝ̈ܠܬܢܝܬ݂ܐ܂ ܗܟܢܐ ܚܝ̈ܠܬܢܝܢ ܘܡܓܒܠܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܦܓܪ̈ܐ ܕܐܟܘ̈ܠܝܗܝܢ‏ : just as their produce was numerous and strong, so did the bodies of its eaters become strong and firm
4
to digest (?)
Man
Pishra D-ainia 925↗ giutẖ ukarsẖ makulta lamgabla : his body and stomach do not digest food
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be kneaded2 senses▶
1
to be kneaded
Gal, Syr, JBA
BHNom 47:3↗ ܘܗܘ ܗܘ݁ ܥܦܪܐ ܒܡܝ̈ܐ ܢܬܓܒܸܠ‏ : that ground must be kneaded with water [or read as Dt: to be moistened?] ; BT Šab 78a(40)↗ הא דמיגביל הא דלא מיגביל‏ : this is where (the clay) is kneaded, that one is not kneaded
2
to be formed, created
CPA, Syr, Man
P Job33:6↗ ܘܐܦ ܐܢܐ ܡܢ ܛܝܢܐ ܐܬܓܒܠܬ‏ : I, too, was formed from clay ; ITim2:13↗ ܐܵܕ݂ܵܡ ܓܸ݁ܝܪ ܐܸܬ݂ܓ݁ܒ݂ܸܠ‏ ; GY 13:10 ↗ ˁtigbil adam gabra uhaua zauẖ unišimta bgu pagra niplat : the man Adam and his partner Eve were formed, and the soul fell into the body ; GY 19:13↗ ḏmn ˁblia umalia sahria udaiuia mitgiblia : for demons and devils are formed from mourning and wailing
(1)
to be invented: see also s.v. mtgbln
Syr
PO 8.7:3 ܢܒܝܘܬܐ ܕܡܬܓܒܠܐ‏ : a false prophecy
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto be moistened1 sense▶
to be moistened
Syr
GalSimp 240a:8 ܐܬܓܒܠ ἀναδεύεσθαι‏
Ctˀettafˁalto be created1 sense▶
to be created
Syr
BAli2 134:3 text not cited
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 201[101]DJPA: 119bDJBA: 257bJastrow: 207Drower/Macuch: 79b, 73a, 79aJ. Payne-Smith: 59Tal Sam: 125Audo: 1:114DCPA[Schulthess]: 67[33]

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