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hyˀ (hī) pron. she
1
she
Common Aramaic
BR 155:3(3)↗ כל יום היא מובדה פרנסיה דהדין שקקה מיני‏ : every day she uses up my earnings from this street ; OS MtCur1:16↗ ܗܝ ܕܝܠܕܬ ܠܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ‏ : she who gave birth to Jesus the Messiah ; BT Ket 57b(14)↗ השתא מידע היא דלא ידעה‏ : she does not actually know now
2
as copula
Common Aramaic
Dan 2:9↗ חֲדָה־הִיא דָתְכוֹן‏ ; TgO Ex31:17↗ אָת הִיא לְעָלַם‏ ; Lag(359) John1:19↗ ܘܗܕܐ ܗܝ ܣܗܕܘܬ݁ܗ ܕܝܘܚܢܝܣ‏ : this is the testimony of John ; P Prov19:11↗ ܣܘܟܠܗ ܕܓܒܪܐ ܢܓܝܪܘܬ ܪܘܚܗ ܗܝ‏ : : a man’s intelligence is his patience ; BT Ber 25b(48)↗ דכל עשרה רשותא אחריתי היא‏ : every ten (handbreadths) is considered another domain ; PJ Gen15:12↗ אימתא דא היא בבל קבלא דא היא מדיי סגיאה דא היא יון נפלא דא היא אדום‏ : This אֵימָה is Babylon, this חֲשֵׁכָה is Media, this גְדֹלָה is Greece, this נֹפֶלֶת is Edom [as an interpretation of MT]
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as copula with itself as subject in an equational sentence
Syr
P 2K25:8↗ ܗܝ ܗܝ ܫܢܬ ܬܫܥܣܪܐ ܠܢܒܘܟܕܢܨܪ ܡܠܟܐ ܕܒܒܠ‏
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Syriac ܗܝ‏; Mand. hˁ
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Possibly as a demonstrative in Old Aramaic.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 339[174]DJPA: 161bDJBA: 375aJastrow: 336Drower/Macuch: 151b, 342aJ. Payne-Smith: 103Tal Sam: 203DNWSI: 264DCPA[Schulthess]: 96[49]DJA: 43bQumran: 63

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