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khny (kāhnāy) adj. priestly
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priestly
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TDN.68:4↗ ܟܠܗ ܩܝ݁ܡܐ ܟ݁ܗܢܝܐ‏ : the entire priestly community ; GregOr 41 59.8.28↗ ܟܢ̈ܘܫܝܐ ܗܠܝܢ ܟܗ̈ܢܝܐ‏ : those priestly assemblies
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of the temple service
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1Esdras(3 Ezra) 1:39↗ ܡܐܢ̈ܐ ܟܗ̈ܢܝܐ ܕܡܪܝܐ‏ ; 1Esdras(3 Ezra) 8:22↗ ܘܡܙܡܪ̈ܢܐ ܕܟܗ̈ܢܝܬܐ‏ : the temple singers [LXX: ἱεροψάλταις]
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ܓܪܡܐ ܟܗܢܝܐ : the priestly(!?) bone = the sacrum (??)
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BHCandBak 419:1 text not cited
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For the "sacrum" we would suggest an emendation to ܟܐܦܢܝܐ, i.e. "stony" bone, for which see the subsequent text p. 420 line 8, albeit in a different part of the body.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 602[319]J. Payne-Smith: 206BarBahlul: 115:16

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