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gp, gpˀ (gap̄, ge/appā) n.m./f. wing
1
wing
Common Aramaic
Dan 7:4↗ חָזֵה הֲוֵית עַד דִּי־מְּרִיטוּ גַפַּיהּ‏ : I was watching until its wings were plucked ; P Gn7:14↗ ܘܟܠ ܨܦܪ ܘܟܠ ܓܦ‏ ; BT Ḥul 52a(13)↗ איפשר דניקו בעיקבי דגפה‏ : it is possible for (the bird) to raise itself on the roots of its wings [i.e. the joints where they are attached to the body]
(1)
arm
CPA, Syr
CYR(Catech) 17:7↗ ܩܒܠ ܝܬܗ ܥܠ ܓܦܘ̈ܝ ܒܢܐܘܣܐ‏ : he accepted him in his arms [Gk: ἀγκάλας] in the temple ; ESSerm2 86:v309 text not cited ; EphNis 9:5.1↗ ܒܣܝ̈ܦܐ ܩܨܨܘ ܗܘܘ | ܓ̈ܦܝ ܒܪ̈ܝܐ‏ : with swords they chopped off the arms of those outside
(2)
elbow
Syr
(3)
sail
Man
GY 331:1↗ alma ḏganpia ḏmarkbatun šmaṭ : until the sails of their (heavenly) chariots fell off
(4)
span, fathom
Syr
ActsH 27:28 ܓܐܦ̈ܐ ܥܣܪܝܢ‏ : twenty fathoms ; SyrAhiq 2 62:13↗ ܘܢܗܘܐ ܪܘܡܗ݀ ܡܢ ܐܪܥܐ ܐܠܦ ܓܐܦ̈ܝܢ‏ : should its height from the ground be a thousand fathoms
(5)
large handle (?)
Syr
Am7 317:4↗ ܩܘ̈ܩܐ ܣܓܝ̈ܐܐ܃ ܟܕ ܠܟܠ ܚܕ ܚܕ ܡܢܗܘܢ ܓܸܦܹ̈ܐ ܐܝܬ ܗܘܐ‏ : many amphoras, each one of them having wings
(6)
feather(?)
JBA
2
fin
Syr
JEhCh 197b:11 ܥܗܢܘܬܐ ܕܪ̈ܝܫܝܗܘܢ ܘܕܐܕܢܝ̈ܗܘܢ܃ ܘܕܓܣܦܪ̈ܝܗܘܢ ܐܘ݁ ܟܝܬ ܓܦܝ̈ܗܘܢ‏ : the appropriateness of (fish's) heads, ears (i.e. gills), and fins, i.e., their ; P Lv11:9↗ ܟܠ ܕܐܝܬ ܠܗ ܓ̈ܦܐ ܘܩ̈ܠܦܐ ܒܡ̈ܝܐ ܒܝܡ̈ܡܐ ܘܒܪ̈ܓܠܬܐ ܐܟܘܠܘ‏ : you may eat everything in the waters, the seas, and the streams that has fins and scales ; P Ez29:4↗ ܐܕܒܩ ܒ̈ܓܦܝܟ ܢܘ̈ܢܐ ܕܢܗܪܟ‏
3
pl. : fig. : extensiveness, breadth
Syr
PhiloxDisc 8:04↗ ܓܸܦ̈ܲܘܗܝ ܩܲܠܼܝ̈ܠܸܐ ܕܡܲܕܥܐ‏ ; PhiloxDisc 10:09↗ ܘܵܐܣܲܪ ܘܲܡܦܲܟܲܪ ܓܸܦܸ̈ܐ ܕܚܽܘ̈ܫܵܒܸܝܗ݀‏ : it ties up and binds the wings of his thoughts
4
_ : alone, by oneself (see also s.v. gwp)
OfAEg, Sam
TAD D8.11 R.7↗ לתשא ברת חו̇ר̇ בגפה‏ ; SamTgJ Ex21:3↗ אם בגפה ייעל בגפה יפק‏ ; SamTgJ Ex21:4↗ text not cited
5
entrails (< gw ?)
Sam
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Generally masculine in Eastern Aramaic, feminine in JLA.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 253[128]DJPA: 134bDJBA: 297aJastrow: 262Drower/Macuch: 74a, 5b, 77bJ. Payne-Smith: 76Levy Ch-W: 1:151Tal Sam: 156DCPA[Schulthess]: 75[]

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