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hymn vb. to believe; trust in
QQt
Qquadriliteralto believe5 senses▶
1
to believe
Common (except: OA, OfA)
11QtgJob 15.1=29:24↗ א̇חאך להון ולא יה[ימנון‏ ; BT BM 35a(24)↗ ונהימניה מלוה ללוה כמה הויא‏ : let the lender believe the borrower regarding how much it is worth ; TgJob39:24↗ ולא יהימן ארום קל שופרא‏ : [=MT וְלֹא־יַאֲמִין כִּי־קוֹל שׁוֹפָר]
(1)
w. direct obj. or l_ : to believe a person or speech
Common Aramaic
TN Ex4:1↗ ואין לא יהימנון לי‏ ; SamTgJ Ex4:1↗ והן לא יימנון לי‏ : if they do not believe me ; P Job15:31↗ ܘܠܐ ܢܗܝܡܢ ܠܕܓܠܘܬܐ ܡܛܥܝܢܝܬܐ‏ : he should not believe misleading falsehood ; PJ Ex4:1↗ והא לא יהימנון לי‏
(2)
w. b_ : to believe in, have faith in
Common Aramaic
Dan 6:24↗ דִּי הֵימִן בֵּאלָהֵהּ‏ ; TgO Ex14:31↗ וְהֵימִינוּ בְמֵימְרָא דַיוי וְבִנבִיוּת מֹשַה עַבדֵיה‏ ; P Gn15:6↗ ܘܗܝܡܢ ܐܒܪܡ ܒܐܠܗܐ‏
2
to treat as trustworthy
Palmyrene, Syr, JBA
KwD<sup>2</sup> 5:2 ܡܨܝܐ ܕܐܥܒܕ ܕܢܠܒܟܢܝ ܐܪܝܐ ܘܢܗܝܡܢܢܝ‏ : it is possible for me to act so that the lion accepts me and trusts me ; BT BQ 115a(40)↗ ארבעה בתראי הימוני הימניה‏ : he did actually trust him for the latter four (zuz)
(1)
+ ˁl, l : to entrust with
Palmyrene, Sam, Syr
PAT991:1.9↗ dy yhwˀ ˀḥyd ˁl dhbˀ wyhym[n ..... : ... who will be put in charge of the kitty, and they should entrust [... ; AphDem6.106:6↗ ܕܢܗܝܡܢܢ ܥܠ ܟܠܗ ܒܝܬ ܓܙܗ‏ : he will entrust us with his entire treasury ; P Jn2:24↗ ܡܗܲܝܡܸܢ ܗܼܘܵܐ ܠܗܘ݂ܢ ܢܲܦ݂ܫܸܗ‏ ; IIMac7:24↗ ܨܒܘ̈ܬܐ ܕܡܠܟܘܬܐ ܢܗܝܡܢܝܘܗܝ‏ : he would entrust him with affairs of state
(2)
ܢܦܫܐ : to make into a eunuch
Syr
Syn 24:1 ܟܠ ܓܒܪܐ ܕܗ݂ܘ ܒܨܒܝܢܗ ܡܗܝܡܢ ܢܦܫܗ ܘܠܟܝܢܗ ܡܦܪܝܢܐ ܣܪܚ‏ : every man who of his own will makes himself into a eunuch and ruins his reproductive nature
(3)
to put a "trust" clause in a ketubbah
JBAg
(4)
to rely upon
Syr
HunQuest 240:14 ܡܛܠ ܕܛܒ ܣܓܝ ܡܗܝܡܢܝܢܢ ܠܗ݀ ܠܡܪܝܚܘܬܐ‏ : because we very much rely upon the smell
3
to cause to have faith
Syr
4
to confirm
LJLA
Nisan1 13↗ בְּיַרְחָא קַדְמָאָה הֵימֵן קְיָים אֲבָהָתְהוֹן‏ : in the first month He confirmed their fathers' covenant
5
p.p. : see s.v. mhymn adj.
Common Aramaic
QtquadTto be believed3 senses▶
1
to be believed
CPA, Syr
ITim3:16↗ ܸܐܬ݂ܗܲܝܡܲܢ ܒ݁ܥܵܠܡܵܐ‏
(1)
to be committed to
Syr
Tit 1:3↗ ܟ̇ܵܪܘ݂ܙܘ݂ܬ݂ܲܢ܂ ܗܵܝ ܕܸ݁ܐܬ݂ܗܲܝܡܢܸܬ݂ ܐܸܢܵܐ‏
(1)
to promise, commit oneself
Syr
KwDW 162:8↗ ܘܐܬܗܲܝܡܢ ܠܗܘܢ ܒܐܠܗܐ ܕܠܐ ܡܫܬܚ݂ܩ‏ : he promised them by God that he would not get angry
(2)
w. ܒ_ : to believe in
CPA
(2)
to be done with confidence
Syr
2
to be confirmed, found to be true
JLAtg, CPA, Sam, Syr, LJLA
TgO Gen42:20↗ וְיִתהֵימְנוּן פִתגָמֵיכוֹן וְלָא תְמוּתוּן‏ : if your words are true then you shall not die † ; P 2Ch6:17↗ ܢܬܗܝܡܢܘܢ ܡܟܝܠ ܦܬܓܡ̈ܝܟ ܕܡܠܠܬ ܠܕܘܝܕ ܐܒܝ ܥܒ݂ܕܟ‏ ; PJ Gen42:20↗ ויתיהימונון פיתגמיכון‏
(1)
to be reliable
CPA, Syr
P Je15:18↗ ܡ̈ܝܐ ܟܕܒ̈ܐ ܕܠܐ ܡܬܗܝܡܢܝܢ‏
(1)
to be commissioned
Sam
(2)
impersonal : to realize, come to believe
Syr
AGnEx 107.23↗ ܘܡ݂ܢ ܕܐܬܗܝܡܢܬ ܠܗܘܢ ܕܐܬܪܥܝ ܠܗܘܢ݂‏ : after they realized that he was pleased with them
3
to have something entrusted to oneself
Syr
Ps-Clem Recogs 1.52:18↗ ܦܘܪܫܢܐ ܕܗܢܝܢ ܕܕܟܝ̈ܢ ܘܕܗܢܝܢ ܕܠܐ ܕܟܝ̈ܢ ܐܬܗܝܡܢ‏ : he was entrusted with the distinction of those things that are pure and those that are not pure ; Rom3:2↗ ܠܘ݂ܩܕ݂ܲܡ ܕܸ݁ܐܬ݂ܗܲܝܡܲܢ ܡܸܠܲܘܗܼܝ̈ ܕ݁ܲܐܠܵܗܵܐ‏ : the first to whom God's words were entrusted
(1)
w. ܠ_, ܒ_ : to be entrusted to
CPA, Syr
WisSol14:5↗ ܕܢܬܗܝ̈ܡܢܢ ܢܦܫܬ̈ܗܘܢ ܒܩܝܣܐ ܙܥܘܪܐ‏ : that their lives be entrusted to a small piece of wood
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Note that post BA forms are explicitly derived from the hafel form of the literary tradition and that technically the older forms are not quadriradicals.
The few forms like אימן in LJLA should be deemed to be scribal hypercorrections. For Samaritan usage see s.v. ˀmn vb.
For the "trust clause" see the note in DJBA.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 341[175]DJPA: 162bDJBA: 379bJastrow: 347Drower/Macuch: 145bJ. Payne-Smith: 103Levy Ch-W: 1:198Tal Sam: 204aDNWSI: 278DCPA[Schulthess]: 100[11]Qumran: 64

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