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gn, gnˀ (gan, gannā/ginnā) n.m. garden
√ gnn vb.
garden
OfAGen, Palmyrene, Nabatean, Doura, JLAtg, Sam, LJLA
NabTomb 39:2↗ wbtyˀ dy bh wgnyˀ wgnt smkˀ wbˀrwt myˀ : the buildings in it, the gardens, and the banquet(?) garden and the water wells ; TgJ 2K21:18 var.↗ וְאִתקְבַר בְגִנַת"בְגַן" בֵיתֵיה‏ : he was buried in his palace garden ; PJ Num24:6↗ כגנין שתילין על פרקטוני נהרין‏ : like gardens planted along river torrents
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w. עדן : the Garden of Eden (i.e. paradise)
JLAtg, Sam, LJLA
TgJ Is45:7tos↗ חיי עלמא לצדיקיא בגן עדן‏ : eternal life for the righteous in the Garden of Eden ; TgQoh9:7↗ חמרך דאיצטנע לך בגן עדן חולף חמרא דמזגתא לעניא‏ : your wine that has been set aside for you in the Garden of Eden in return for the wine you served the poor
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vocalizations with /a/ are probably Hebraisms.
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The pl. form also serves as the plural of gnh in Syriac and elsewhere. This basic form appears to have been gradually replaced by gnh and, eventually in Eastern dialects, by the diminutive gnwny, gnwnytˀ
Page refs. in other dictionaries: Jastrow: 256Levy Ch-W: 1:146Tal Sam: 154DNWSI: 227Audo: 1:149
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