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gnh, gntˀ (ga/innā, ga/innəṯā) n.f. garden
garden
Common Aramaic
BATSH 6 128:1 ˀgrt gntˀ zy zbn ḥsnhy : contract concerning the garden that PN purchased ; 5/6Hev 7..:36↗ גנת תמריא די לי‏ : my garden of palm trees ; TgO Gen2:8↗ גִנְתָא בְעֵדַן‏ ; BR 952:4(1)↗ לפם גנתא גננא‏ : the gardener is in accordance with the garden ; PTHag 77.d:47[2]↗ מטייל גו גנין‏ : walking through gardens ; TN Gen2:8↗ ונצב ייי אלהים גנא בעדן‏ ; CYR(Catech) 13:32↗ ܩܕܡܝܬ ܐܡܪܬ ܒܫܝܪܝܬ ‍{‍ܝ‍}‍ܫܝܪ̈ܝܐ ܡܢ ܛܒ ܓܢܬܐ ܕܠܘܬ ܟܠܬ‍[‍ܝ‍]‍‏ : of old I spoke to my bride concerning the garden in the Song of Songs ; Marqe 1.54↗ ית קלך שמעת בגנתה‏ : I heard your voice in the garden ; P 1K(1)21:2↗ ܠܓܢܬ ܝܪܩܐ‏ ; BT Qid 39a(50)↗ רב זרע ליה לגינתיה דבי רב משארי ^משארי^‏ : PN used to sow the garden of the academy in various garden beds ; PJ Deut11:10↗ הי כגינת ירקיא‏ : like a vegetable garden
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the Garden : i.e., Paradise
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SoulBody 4↗ ܠܡܘ݁ܢ ܠܼܝ ܢܸܓ̈ܕܸܐ ܘܠܸܟܝ ܓܲܢܬܵܐ‏ : why should I have the lashings and you the Garden?
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pl. gannīn but in Syriac occasionally the Greek type ܓܢ̈ܐܣ‏; Mand: ginta, but pl. ganinia
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Flora 4:255.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 250[122]DJPA: 133aDJBA: 281bJastrow: 240Drower/Macuch: 91b, 90b, 91a,J. Payne-Smith: 75Levy Ch-W: 1:147Tal Sam: 154DNWSI: 228DCPA[Schulthess]: 74[]DJA: 39a

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