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grdyy, grdyyˀ (gardyāy, gardyāyā) n.m. weaver
weaver
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Sam, Syr, JBA, LJLA
TgJ Jud16:14↗ יָת אַכסָן דְגַרדְיָאִין וְיָת מַשתִיתָא‏ : the weavers' pin and the web ; PTKil 32.b:50[2]↗ חד גרדיי‏ ; TN Ex28:32↗ עבד גרדיי‏ : work of the weaver ; FTV Ex28:32↗ עובד גרדיי‏ ; P 1S17:7↗ ܘܩܝܣܐ ܕܢܝܙܟܗ ܐܝܟ ܢܘܠܐ ܕܓܪ̈ܕܝܝܐ‏ : the shaft of his spear was like the weavers' beam ; BT Šab 151b(48)↗ כאכסנא דגרדאי‏ : like the weavers' pin ; BT Yom 20b(17)↗ אבוב לחרי זמר לגירדאי השתא לא קבלוה‏ : a flute is music for nobles. But (if one gave it) to weavers - they did not accept it now ; PJ Ex39:27↗ ועבדו ית כיתונין דבוץ עובד גרדי לאהרן ולבנוי‏ : they made linen shirts, weaver's work, for Aaron and his sons
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some JLA and LJLA also גַרדָי , but the preferred form is clearly גַרדְיָי
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Mediterranean word: Gk. γέρδιος.

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