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gwy (gawwāy) adj. interior, inner
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interior, inner
Common Aramaic
PAT526:1.3↗ gwmḥyn ˀrbˁˀ gwyyn : four interior burial niches ; H 35:.7↗ dyrˀ klh gwwtˀwbrytˀ dbrmryn : the entire inner and outer sanctuary of DN ; QumNJ 5:1:1:18↗ ליד כותלא גויה‏ : next to the inner dividing wall ; QumNJ 554:1:3:16↗ עוד כתלא גויא‏ ; FMSD 10.1:18↗ ܡܕܒܪܐ ܓܘܝܐ ܕܢ ܕܡܬܩܪܐ݁ ܪܝܬܘ‏ : that interior desert which is called Raithu ; VAQ1 2.2:6↗ ܚܒܝܫ ܒܩܠܝܬܐ ܓܘܝܬܐ‏ : enclosed in the inner cell ; AphDem1.6:11↗ ܘܦܬܚ ܠܝ ܥܝ̈ܢܝ ܠܒܟ ܓܘܝ̈ܬܐ‏ : open for me the inner eyes of your heart ; BT Hag 5b(29)↗ לא קשיא הא בבתי גואי הא בבתי בראי‏
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central, primary
Syr
BHNom 534:1↗ ܟܕ ܢܗܘܐ ܠܒܥܠܕܝܢܐ ܒܪܝܐ ܣܗ̈ܕܐ܃ ܘܠܓܘܝܐ ܐܘܟܝܬ݂ ܩܲܢܵܝܵܐ ܣܗ̈ܕܐ‏ : when the non-central litigant has witness and the central, i.e., the possessor (of the property), has witnesses
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subst. : inner place, chamber
Man
JohnBook 147:8↗ akandit qaimia ṣaidia bgauaiia dilun : while the fishermen were standing in their hidden places
2
inhabitant
Hatran, Syr
H 343:.7↗ ˀyn gbrˀ hw gwyˀ lqṭyl bmwtˀ dy ˀlhˀ : if he is local inhabitant he should be killed by divine death ; ChronEdess 3:8↗ ܓܘ̈ܝܐ ܕܡܕܝܢܬܐ‏
3
members of a household, kinsmen
Sam, Syr, Man
BhBS.E Pol 2.3.4 ܓܘ̈ܝܐ ܕܐܡܝܢܐܝܬ ܡܬܛܝܒܝܢ ܨܐܕܝ̈ܗܘܢ‏ : (palace) insiders who are always in their presence
(1)
eunuch
JLAtg, Syr, Man, LJLA
TgJ Jer52:25↗ וֻמִן קַרתָא דְבַר גַוָאָה חַד‏ : [=MT וּמִן־הָעִיר לָקַח סָרִיס אֶחָד] ; GY 217:24↗ minilia ḏhakima lsakla aiak ptulta lgauaia : a wise man’s words for a fool are like a virgin for a eunuch ; TgIIChron 18:8↗ וקרא מלכא דישראל לגוואוה"לגוזאה" חד‏ ; TgEsth2 1:12(0)↗ ואמר׳ להון לשבעא סריסי׳ גואי‏
4
sacred (number)
Syr
OrChr 7 304:1 text not cited
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Sam. גואי, גבאי
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It is hardly probable that the meaning "eunuch" in both LJLA and the Syriac lexical tradition is due to a inner Jewish Aramaic corruption from גוזי. The semantic development from "inner" is unobjectionable (i.e. member of the royal inner circle); the origin of gwz, gwzy in this meaning is more troubling. See also note s.v. srys n.m.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 214[107]DJPA: 122bDJBA: 267aJastrow: 126Drower/Macuch: 74b, 74aPayne-Smith: 667J. Payne-Smith: 63Levy Ch-W: 1:128Tal Sam: 132DNWSI: 218DCPA[Schulthess]: 68[34]BarBahlul: 463:12

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