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glyp, glypˀ (glīp̄, glīp̄ā) n.m. engraving; statue
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engraving
PTA, Syr, LJLA
TN Ex28:36↗ ותגליף עלוי גליף חקיק‏ : you should engrave an inscribed engraving on it ; EphFid 82:3.4↗ ܛܒ̈ܥܐ ܓ̈ܠܝܦܐ‏ : engraved gemstones ; TgPs16:1↗ גליפא תריצא לדוד‏ : a well-ordered engraving of David ; TgPs74:6↗ וכדין גליפייהא ג{רר}<דד>ין כחדא {ב}<כ>קופיץ ומיפסלת דיוסטר מחיין כבמרזופין‏ : and so [read כדון "now"?] its engravings (on the signs?) cut together like a hatchet and a double-sided chisel they smite like an axe
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statue, idol
CPA, Syr
CPA Deut7:5↗ ܘܫܬܠ̈ܝܗܘܢ ܩܛܥ̈ܘ܂ ܘܓܠܝ̈ܦܝܐ ܕܐܠܗܝ̈ܗܘܢ ܐܘܩ̈ܕܘ ܒܢܘܪܐ‏ : they cut down their Asherah plants and burned the statues of their gods in the fire ; Addai.29.23↗ ܘܒܕܒܚ̈ܐ ܕܩܕܡ ܓܠܝܦ̈ܐ‏ ; P Dt7:5↗ ܓܠܝܦܝ̈ܗܘܢ ܐܘܩܕܘ ܒܢܘܪܐ‏ ; P Ju18:14↗ ܨܠܡܐ ܓܠܝܦܐ ܘܢܣܝܟܐ‏
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As an idol glyp is specifically a "graven image" as opposed to nsyk, a cast one.

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