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klh, kltˀ (kallā, kallɘṯā) n.f. bride
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bride
Common (except: OA, OfA, BA)
TgJ Is61:10↗ וֻככַלְתָא דְמִתקַשְטָא בְתִקוּנַהָא‏ : like a bride adorned in her finery ; TgJ Is62:5↗ וֻכמָא דְחָדֵי חַתנָא עִם כַלְתָא‏ ; P Je25:10↗ ܩܠܐ ܕܟܠܬܐ‏ ; GoldWheat 3↗ ܘܒܼܝ ܡܸܬܡܲܟܪ̈ܵܢ ܟ̈ܲܠܠܵܬܵܐ‏ : in me brides are betrothed ; BT Ket 17a(10)↗ משרו קמי׳ כלתא במערבא הכי‏ : they sing so before the bride in the west [i.e. Eretz Israel]
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ܟܠܬ ܢܘܗܪܐ : the bride of light, i.e., the Church
Syr
JSBhom 8:115↗ text not cited ; TamarJudah 404↗ text not cited
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daughter-in-law
Common Aramaic
TgO Gen11:31↗ שָׂרַי כַלְתֵיה אִיתַת אַברָם‏ ; GT D Gen38:26↗ זַכָיאָ הִיא תמר כַלְתִי‏ : my daughter-in-law is innocent ; SamTgJ Lev18:15↗ ערות כלתך לא תגלה אתת ברך היא‏ : you must not uncover your daughter-in-law's privates, she is your son's wife ; P Gn11:31↗ ܘܠܣܪܝ ܟܠܬܗ ܐܢܬܬ ܐܒܪܡ ܒܪܗ‏ : his daughter-in-law Sarai, wife of his son Abram ; BT MQ 9b(17)↗ תעייל כלאתא ולא לימותו בנך ולינפקון‏ : you will bring daughters-in-law (into your family), your sons will not die, and they will go out (to their wives' family estates) ; PJ Gen38:11↗ ואמר יהודה לתמר כלתיה‏ : Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar
3
lexical sources only
SyrLex
BBah 438:3↗ text not cited
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female prepuce
SyrLex
BBah 462:19↗ text not cited
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(bot.) ܕܚܲܩܠܵܐ : anemone
SyrLex
ON 19:23 ܟܠܬܐ ܕܚܩܠܐ܂ ܛ݁ ܫܲܩܵܝܸ̈ܩ‏ : k' : Arabic شقىق
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pl.: an order of angels
Syr
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JPAGal pl. כלייה ; Syr. pl. ܟܠܠ̈ܬܐ‏ with occasional but unpronounced double "l" in the singular as well
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 628[326]DJPA: 259aDJBA: 584bJastrow: 645Drower/Macuch: 197bJ. Payne-Smith: 216Levy Ch-W: 1:363DNWSI: 510DCPA[Schulthess]: 178[]BarBahlul: 438:3; 462:19; 899:17; 899:19Qumran: 115

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