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gd, gdˀ (gaḏ, gaddā) n.m. fortune, luck
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fortune, luck, fate
Common Aramaic
JulSok 279(136):15↗ ܢܣܚܦܟܝ ܒܥܓܠ ܓܕܟܝ݂܂ ܘܬܗܘܝܢ ܬܠܐ ܥܠ ܥܡܘܪ̈ܝܟܝ‏ : your fate shall soon overturn you and you will become a ruined mound over your inhabitants ; DeMundo 157:27↗ ܗܢܘ ܕܝܢ ܚܠܩܐ ܘܓܕܐ‏ ; P Gn30:11↗ ܐܬ݂ܐ ܓܕܝ‏
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byš gd : adj. : unfortunate, unlucky
Gal, Syr
KohR[1]29:3(22)↗ ביש גדא וטמיע מזלא‏ ; PTBer 5.c:58[2]↗ ביש גדא דההוא גברא‏ ; SyrAhiq 4 290:14↗ ܐܘ ܣܒܐ ܣܟܠܐ ܐܘ ܒܝܫ ܓܕܐ‏ ; ActsThom 184:9↗ ܒܪܬܝ ܒܝ݂ܫܬ ܓܕܐ‏
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good fortune
Man
AM 38:21↗ gada mnaṭarlẖ uhilqa hauilẖ : good fortune will preserve him and a fortunate event will happen to him
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god of fortune
Syr, JBAmb, JBA
P Is65:11↗ ܘܡܠܝܬܘܢ ܦܬܘܪ̈ܐ ܠܓܕ̈ܐ/ܠܓܕ̈ܕܐ‏ ; JBAmb2 62:6↗ זרנ̊יר גדה בגידא‏ : Zarnir his good luck charm god among the gods of fortune ; BT San 92a(46)↗ והוא דאמ׳ לגידא דביתא‏
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genius of a place
Palmyrene, Syr, JBA
PAT2767:1.2↗ gd tdmr : the fortuna of Palmyra ; DeMundo 155:26↗ ܓܕܐ ܕܕܘܟܬܐ‏ ; IshExod 18:16↗ ܡܨܪ̈ܝܐ ܕܝܢ ܠܓܕܐ ܕܢܗܪܐ ܣܓܕܝܢ ܗܘܘ‏ : the Egyptians used to worship the genius of the river ; BT Hul 40a(9) לגדא דהר‏ : to the genius of the mountain
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=Latin Fortuna : the god governing the fortune of a city or its quarters
Palmyrene, Hatran, Syr, LJLA
PAT1707:1.3↗ lrḥmnˀ ṭbˀ wlgdh dy qrytˀ : to the benevolent merciful one and the Fortuna of the city ; H 297:.2↗ qdm mrn wgdˀ dy ˀbwlˀ : before our Lord and the Fortuna of the gate-district ; TgEsth2 8:15(2)↗ ועל ידיה דספסירא צייר עלוי גדא דמחוזא‏ : upon the sword's hilt was depicted the Fortuna of GN
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ܒܝܬ ܓܕ̈ܐ : temple of Fortuna
Syr
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as a person's god
Palmyrene, Hatran, Gal, JBA
PAT179:1.3↗ lgdˀ dy ydyˁ[b]l ; PTAZ 39.d:18[2]↗ שכניה אהן ירידה דצור לגדיה דארקליס אחי‏ : I(!) established this Tyrian fair for the fortuna of my brother PN ; BT San 92a(46)↗ והוא דאמ׳ לגידא דביתא‏
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the power of one's personal god of fortune in an oath
Gal, Syr, JBAmb
BR 731:3(1)↗ גד{{וי}}^ה^ דעבודה זרה דאת קאים‏ : I swear by the fortuna of pagan religion that you are going to stand ; JulSok 267(130):14↗ ܒܓܕܗܘܢ ܕܐ̈ܠܗܐ ܝܡ݁ܐ ܐܢܐ‏ : I swear by the fate deciding power of the gods ; JBABowl 86.1:9↗ text not cited
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Hatran and Syr, also ܓܢܕܐ‏, especially for Syriac in magical texts
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At LawsCount 12:20 read rather ܒܝܕ.
For BT Šab 67b גד גדי see note DJBA
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 204[104]DJPA: 120bDJBA: 260aJastrow: 210Drower/Macuch: 73bPayne-Smith ~: 650J. Payne-Smith: 60Levy Ch-W: 1:125DNWSI: 212

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