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hymnw, hymnwtˀ (haymānū, haymānūṯā) n.f. faithfulness; religion
1
faithfulness, reliability
OfAEg, Qumran, JLAtg, Syr, JBA
TAD C1.1(Ahiqar) .132↗ כי חן גבר הימנותה ושנאתה כדבת שפותה‏ : for a man's likability is his reliability, while the lies of his lips are the reason for him to be hated ; 4Q550 2:2↗ ולא יבד שמ̊ה טבא [ו]הימנו̊[תה‏ : let his good name and loyalty not be for nought ; TgJ Hos2:22↗ וַאֲקַיְמִנְכוֹן קֳדָמַי בְהֵימָנוּתָא‏ : I shall establish you before me faithfully ; P Je5:1↗ ܕܥ݁ܒܕ ܕܝ݂ܢܐ ܘܒܥ݁ܐ ܗܝܡܢܘܬܐ‏ : one who does justice and seeks faithfulness ; BT AZ 8b(32)↗ עשרי׳ ושית שנין קמו בהימנותיהו בהדי ישראל ולא אישתעבדו בהו‏ : they maintained their trustworthiness to the Jews for twenty-two years and did not subjugate them
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bhymnwtˀ : adv. : faithfully, reliably
JLAtg, CPA, Syr
TgJ 2Sam20:19↗ אְנַחנָא מַשלְמִין בְהֵימָנוּתָא עִם יִשׂרָאֵל‏ : we are making peace with Israel in good faith ; TgJ 2K12:16↗ אְרֵי בְהֵימָנוּתָא אִנוּן עָבְדִין‏ : for they were working on trust ; Hom9 2.2:18↗ ܘܬܠܡ̈ܝܕ‍[‍ܘܝ‍]‍ ܥܕ ܟܢ ܠܐ ܫܪ̈ܝ‍[‍ܢ‍]‍ ܒܗܝܡܢܘܬ‍[‍ܐ‏ : up to now his disciples did not live reliably ; P 2K12:16↗ ܡܛܠ ܕܒܗܝܡܢܘܬܐ ܝܗܒܝܢ ܟܣܦܐ ܕܒܕܩܐ‏ : because they were giving the repair money faithfully
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w. pron. suffix
JBA
BT AZ 8b(32)↗ קמו בהימנותיהו בהדי ישראל ולא אישתעבדו בהו‏ : they they remained faithful to the Jews and they were not subjugated by them
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reliable promise
Syr, JBAg
KwDW 102:18↗ ܩܝ݁ܡܐ ܐܩܝܡ݁ܬ ܥܡܗ܂ ܘܗܝܡܢܘܬܐ ܝܗ݀ܒܬ ܠܗ‏ : I made a covenant with him and gave him a reliable promise ; HP Sassoon(1) 125.34↗ שטרא דהימנותא‏
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_ : to maintain a reliable relationship
JBA
BT AZ 8b(32)↗ עשרי׳ ושית שנין, קמו בהימנותיהו בהדי ישראל ולא אישתעבדו בהו‏ : they maintained their reliable relationship with Israel for 26 years and did not subjugate them
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truth
JLAtg, Syr, Man
TgJ Is11:4↗ וִידִין בְקוּשטָא מִסכֵינִין וְיוֹכַח בְהֵימָנוּתָא לְחַשִיכֵי עַמָא‏ ; TgJ Is59:4↗ לֵית דִמצַלֵי בִקשוֹט וְלֵית דְמִתְדָן בְהֵימָנוּתָא‏ ; P Je9:2↗ ܒܫܘܩܪܐ݂ ܘܠܐ ܒܗܝܡܢܘܬܐ‏ : falsely and not truthfully ; ATS 1.1:442↗ bhaimanuta ubkušṭa
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as an oath or greeting
JBA, JBAg
BT Šab 10b(8)↗ שרי ליה למימר ליה איניש לחבריה הימנותא בבית המרחץ‏ : a person is allowed to say "faith" to his colleague in the baths ; SShHai 10a(4) הימנותא דשמיא‏
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constancy
Syr
P Ex17:12↗ ܗ̈ܘܝ ܐ̈ܝܕܘܗܝ ܒܗܝܡܢܘܬܐ‏ : his arms were constant
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security
Syr
P Ps37:3↗ ܒܥܝ ܗܝܡܢܘܬܐ‏ : seek security
2
faith, religion
CPA, Syr, Man, LJLA
CPA Mark10:52↗ ܐ݁ܙܠ ܗܝܡܢܘܬܟ ‍[‍ܐ‍]‍^ܣ^ܝܬ ܝܬܟ‏ ; P Ps30:10↗ ܘܠܐ ܡܚܘܐ ܗܝܡܢܘܬܟ‏ ; P Lk7:50↗ ܗܲܝܡܵܢܘ݂ܬ݂ܸܟ݂ܝ ܐܲܚܝܲܬ݂ܸܟ݂ܝ‏ : your faith has saved you ; BT Qid 36a(40)↗ כי ל׳ע!א להו הימנותא איקרו בנים , כי קא פלחי ע׳ז לא‏ : when they do (not!) have faith they are called "sons" but when they worship idolatry they are not ; GY 14:24↗ kḏ bišuta maṭialkun subul uašar bhaimanutkun : when evil comes to you, bear up and be firm in your faith ; PJ Gen15:6↗ והוות ליה הימנותא במימרא דייי‏ : he believed in the word of the Lord
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community of the faithful
Syr
AphDem22.441:6↗ ܘܠܦܝܣܐ ܕܟܠܗ݀ ܗܝܡܢܘܬܐ‏
3
(rhetoric) means of persuasion, argument, proof (=Gk. pistis)
Syr
BhBS Rhet passim text not cited : (see his index p. 383 and especially p. 292)
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credulity
Syr
BhBS Rhet 7.8.4 ܣܘܟܠ ܒܘܪ̈ܐ ܘܗܕܝܘ̈ܛܐ ܥܣܩ܂ ܘܗܝܡܢܘܬܗܘܢ ܦܫܝܩܐ‏ : reasoning with simpletons and the uneducated is difficult, while (using) their credulity is easy
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Although this is a Hebrew loan, note that in the earliest Aramaic usages the meaning is clearly "faithfulness" rather than "faith, religion".
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 342[175]DJPA: 162bDJBA: 380aJastrow: 347Drower/Macuch: 120aJ. Payne-Smith: 103Levy Ch-W: 1:198DCPA[Schulthess]: 101[11]Qumran: 64

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