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gdp, gdpˀ n.m./f. wing
1
wing
JLAtg, PTA, JBA, Man, LJLA
TgJ 1K8:7↗ אְרֵי כְרוּבַיָא פְרִיסִין גַדפֵיהוֹן עַל אְתַר אְרוֹנָא‏ ; FTP Ex19:4↗ היך על גדפי נשרין קלילין‏ : as on the wings of fast-flying raptors ; BT BB 73b(33)↗ להנך אווזי דינתור גדפיהו משומניהו‏ ; PJ Gen1:21↗ כל עוף דטייס בגדפין לזנוהי‏
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(zool.) ṣipar gadpa bird
Man
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with צפר assumed (or omitted by error?)
JBA
BT Ket 105b(28)↗ אמימר ̇הו̇ה יתיב גדפא ארישיה‏ : a bird sat on PN's head
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feather
JBA
BT Yom 84a(24)↗ גדפא דאווזא‏ : a goose feather
3
fig.:
(1)
border, edge
PTA, JBA
TNM Deut22:12↗ ארבע גדפי טליתא‏ : the four edges of the garment
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sail (?)
Man
MandMB 49:109↗ ˁsiria upkiria gdpaiun ḏmrkbata ḏnura ḏiatbibhin : bound and tied up are the "wings" of the fiery chariots in which they sit
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As with the cognate gp generally feminine in JLA but masculine in Babylonian.
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See also s.v. gp.
Although the passage at BT Ket 105b(28) is often understood as referring to a bird, and is so glossed in DJBA, that makes little sense. Loose feathers are flying around and landing here and there all the time, while birds do not land on judge's heads!
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 121aDJBA: 262aJastrow: 214Drower/Macuch: 74a, 78aLevy Ch-W: 1:127

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