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gzr (a/a,u) vb. to cut; to decree
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Gpəˁalto cut4 senses▶
1
to cut
Common Aramaic
BT BQ 81b(28)↗ גזירתינהו לשקך בגזירי דפרזלא‏ ; MG 14:112.1.31↗ ההיא תלתא דקאימא אגידא דירדנא כמה גזריתו מניה‏ : how much fruit can you cut from a certain t'-palm alongside the Jordan River?
(1)
an animal for sacrifice
OA
Sf.1.a40↗ ˀyk zy] ẏgzr ˁglˀ znh kn ygzr mtˁˀl : just as this calf is slaughtered, so may RN be slaughtered
(2)
to excise
Syr
TB 2:24.54↗ ܐܣܝܐ ܕܓܙܪ ܘܟܘܐ‏ : a physician who excises and cauterizes
(1)
in particular, stone or metal
Syr
P 1S14:33↗ ܓܙܘܪܘ ܠܝ ܝܘܡܢܐ ܟܐܦܐ ܪܒܬܐ‏
(1)
p.p. : of mountains: precipitous
Man
(2)
for sculpture
Syr
P Je23:29↗ ܦܪܙܠܐ ܕܓ݁ܙܪ ܟܐܦܐ‏
2
to sanctify a covenant or treaty
OA, JLAtg, Sam, LJLA
Sf.1.a7↗ ˁdyˀ ˀln zy gzr brgˀ[yh qdm ˀšwr : this is the treaty that RN made before DN ; TgO Gen17:4↗ אֲנָא הָא גָזַר קִיָמִי עִמָך‏ ; PJ Gen15:18↗ ביומא ההוא גזר ייי עם אברם קיים‏
(1)
to decree
Qumran, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Sam, JBAmb, JBA
4QTob b4.2.2=06:13↗ ועליך דין קשטא גזר למ̇[סבה‏ : the just judgment decreed for you to ma[rry her ; TgJ Is8:18↗ גְזֵירְתָא דִגזִירָא עְלֵיהוֹן‏ ; GT T Deut34:↗ בגין מה את דחיל מן מותה: גזרית על כל ביריתה‏ : why are you afraid of death? I have decreed it for all created beings ; JBABowl 31.1:10↗ מומינא ומשבענא ומקימנא וגזרנא ומקימנא עליכון‏ ; BT Šab 15b(22)↗ כלי זכוכית מאי טעמא גזרו בהו רבנן טומאה‏
(1)
to decide, determine
Qumran, Syr
11QtgJob 5.3=21:21↗ ומני]ן ירחוהי ג̇ז̇י̇רין‏ ; P 1K(1)21:9↗ ܕܓܙܘܪܘ ܨܘܡܐ‏
(2)
to impose an oath (i.e., גזירתא)
JBAmb, JBAg
JBABowl 31.1:10↗ מומינא ומשבענא ומקימנא וגזרנא ומקימנא עליכון‏ ; DGbooklet 6b:5↗ ותוב אשבעית עליכון וגזרית עליכון וקימית עליכון‏
3
to circumcise
Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBA, LJLA
KohR[1]9:3(10)↗ הדין מינוקא דגזרתון יומא דין‏ : that child that you circumcised today ; PTYev 4.a:13[2]↗ מהו מיגזר בריה דארמייתא ^בשו^בתה‏ : what is the rule regarding circumcising the son of a pagan woman on the sabbath? ; TN Gen17:11↗ ותגזרון ית בשר ערלתכו׳‏ ; SamTgJ Gen21:4↗ ואגזר אברהם ית יצחק ברה‏ ; AGnEx 5.20↗ ܘܕܓܙܪ ܠܐܝܫܡܥܐܝܠ ܘܠܒ̈ܢܝ ܒܝܬܗ ܟܠܗܘܢ‏ ; AphDem12.225:19↗ ܕܓܙܪ ܠܒܗ ܡܢ ܥܒ̈ܕܐ ܒܝ̈ܫܐ‏ ; P Acts15:1↗ ܕܸ݁ܐܢܗܘ݂ ܕ݁ܠܵܐ ܓ̇ܵܙܪܼܝܢ ܐܢܼܬ݁ܘ݂ܢ ܒ݁ܲܥܝܵܕ݂ܵܐ ܕ݁ܢܵܡܘ݂ܣܵܐ‏ : if you do not circumcise according the the Law's custom ; PJ Gen17:11↗ text not cited
(1)
to be circumcised
Gal, Syr
AGnEx 95.5↗ ܕܢܓܙܪܘܢ ܘܟܢ ܢܬܠܘܢܗ݀ ܠܗܘܢ‏ : that they should be circumcised and then they would give her to them ; P Gn17:12↗ ܘܒܪ ܬܡܢܝܐ ܝܘܡ̈ܝܢ ܢܓܙܘܪ‏
(2)
to have one circumcised by another
Syr
LSt.116:7↗ ܟܕ ܓܙ݁ܪ ܗܘܐ ܒܪܗ܂ ܐܡ݂ܪ ܠܓܙܘܪܐ ܕܒܐܠܗܐ ܩܠܝܠ ܩܠܝܠ ܓܙܘܪܝܗܝ܂ ܡܛܠ ܕܠܐ ܬܘܒ ܐܬܓܙܪ‏ : when he circumcised his son he said to the mohel, "by God circumcise him slowly because he has not been circumcised before"
4
(intransitive) to run loose (?)
JLAtg
TgJ Jer8:6↗ כוּלְהוֹן מַסגַן בִרעוּת נַפשְהוֹן כְסוּסיָא דְגָזַר בִקרָבָא‏ : they all go about at will like a horse that is running loose in battle †
Dpaˁˁelto cut up thoroughly1 sense▶
to cut up thoroughly
Syr
Chrmin</> 56:11 ܢܣܒ ܚܙܘܪܐ ܘܣܟܝܢܐ ܘܡܓܙܪ ܗܘܐ‏ : he took an apple and a knife and cut it all up
Cˀafˁelto decree2 senses▶
1
to decree
Man
(1)
to grant by decree
Syr
EOE 1.128:22 ܫܝܢܐ ܕܐܓܙܪ ܠܥܕ̈ܬܐ‏ ; SyrAhiq 4 365:4↗ ܗܝܕܝܢ ܦܪܥܘܢ ܐܓܙܪ ܠܗ ܩܢܝܢܐ ܘܡܕܐܬܐ ܕܬܠܬ ܫ̈ܢܝܢ ܕܟܠܗ݀ ܐܪܥܐ ܕܡܨܪܝܢ‏ : then Pharaoh granted him the acquisitions and tribute of three years from the whole land of Egypt
(2)
w. ˁl : to condemn
Man
GY 66:11↗ kadabia magziria ˁl napšaihun : liars who condemn themselves
2
to prepare
Syr
(1)
to remit, supply
Syr
BrCh1 ܪܟܕ:12 ܕܝܗ݀ܒ ܘܠܐ ܚ݁ܣܪ܂ ܘܡܲܓܙܲܪ ܘܠܐ ܒ݁ܨܪ܂ ܘܡܫܟܢ ܘܠܐ ܙ݁ܥܪ‏ : which gives and is not lacking, supplies and is not diminished, gifts and does not get smaller
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be cut off4 senses▶
1
to be cut off
OAMesop, BADan
Fakh.23↗ wmwtn | šbṭ | zy | nyrgl | ˀl | ygtzr | mn | mth : and may plague, the rod of Nergal, not be cut off from his land ; Dan 2:34↗ הִתְגְּזֶרֶת אֶבֶן דִּי־לָא בִידַיִן‏ : a stone was cut off without any hands
(1)
to be surgically treated
Syr
JohEphB 130:25 ܗܝܕܝܢ ܐܬܓ݂ܙܪ ܩܫ݂ܝܐܝܬ݂ ܒܬܪ̈ܬܝܗܝܢ ܐܪ̈ܒ݁ܘܒܝܬܐ‏ : then he was cut up harshly in his two groin swellings
(2)
fig.: w. מן : to be separated from, cut off from
LJLA
TgLam3:54↗ שטו מיא אטיפו על רישי אמרית במימרי אתגזרית מן עלמא‏ : the waters flooded over my head: I said I am cut off from the world
2
to be decreed
JLAtg, Sam, Syr, LJLA
TgJ Is22:14↗ כַד אִתגְזַרַת דָא מִן קְֹדָם יוי צְבָאוֹת‏ ; TB 2:45.52↗ ܡܢ ܒܪܘܝܐ ܐܬܓ݂ܙܪ‏ ; PJ Gen39:1↗ ומן יד אתגזר עלוי ויבישו שעבזוי ואיסתרס‏ : it was decreed against him immediately and his privates dried up and he became a eunuch ; TgQoh7:15↗ דמן קדם ייי מתגזרין טב וביש‏ : good and bad are decreed by the Lord
3
(covenant) to be sanctified
JLAtg
TgJ Zec9:11↗ אַף אַתוּן דְעַל דְמָא אִתגְזַר לְכוֹן קְיָם‏
4
to be circumcised
Sam, Syr, LJLA
SamTgJ Gen17:13↗ המגזר יתגזר ילידי ביתך‏ : [Heb.: המול ימול ילידי ביתך] ; P Jos5:8↗ ܘܟܕ ܓܡܪܘ ܟܠܗ ܥܡܐ ܠܡܬܓܙܪܘ‏ : when all the people had finished being circumcised ; P Lk2:21↗ ܡܠܲܘ ܬ݁ܡܵܢܝܵܐ ܝܲܘܡܼܝܢ̈ ܕ݁ܢܸܬ݂ܓ݁ܙܲܪ ܛܲܠܝܵܐ‏ ; P Jn7:23↗ ܐܸܢ ܒܲܪܢܵܫܵܐ ܡܸܬܓܙܲܪ ܒܝܲܘܡܵܐ ܕܫܲܒܬܵܐ‏ : If a man is circumcised on the Sabbath day ; PJ Gen22:1↗ דאנא איתגזרית לתלסירי שנין‏ : for I was circumcised at age 13
Ctˀettafˁalto be decreed2 senses▶
1
to be decreed
Syr, Man
ThEd 17:19 text not cited
2
to be cut off
Man
GY 229:5↗ umn nhura iaqra nˁtagzar unˁpil bmaṭarta ḏšuba šibiahia : may he be cut off from the noble light and fall into the purgatory of the seven planets
(1)
to be banned
Man
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OA Fakh.: ygtzr is a Gt infixed /t/ stem. JBAmb 2ms perf. also גז
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The subject of such verbs (when used concretely) may be either the human doing the cutting or the tool being used to do so.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 226[112]DJPA: 126aDJBA: 276aJastrow: 231Drower/Macuch: 87aJ. Payne-Smith: 67Levy Ch-W: 1:133Tal Sam: 141DNWSI: 220Audo: 1:133DCPA[Schulthess]: 71[36]BarBahlul: 1001:22

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