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knp (a/) vb. to be gathered together
GDDt
Gpəˁalto be gathered together2 senses▶
1
to be gathered together
Syr, JBA, Man
ThbK2 344:21↗ ܟܢܦ ܠܐܦ̈ܝ‏ : they gathered toward me ; ATS 1.2:861↗ atutia kursiẖ dilẖ kbišin ukanpilẖ : subdued beneath his throne they gather to him
2
to collect, assemble (trans.)
JBAg, Man, LJLA
HP Sassoon(1) 37.4↗ כד כניפין כולהון ישראל‏ ; TgPs41:7↗ יכנוף עילא ליה יפוק לשוקא ימליל‏ : he will collect accusation against me and go out to the market-street and speak it †
Dpaˁˁelto collect, join together1 sense▶
to collect, join together
JBA, Man
ShPDm 284↗ kanpinin ldinibiatkun : he wrapped up your tails
(1)
to assemble a group
JBA, Man, LJLA
BT BQ 113a(27)↗ אטו לדידכו כנופינהו‏ : is the assembling of them for your benefit? ; PJ Deut1:1↗ כנפינון לותיה כד הוון בעיברא דיורדנא‏
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto be gathered together1 sense▶
to be gathered together
JBA, JBAg, Man
BT San 8a(43)↗ מידע ידעי דמיכנפי כנופי ויתבי‏ : they surely know that (the judges) are gathering and going into session ; Anan 7:10↗ מיבעי לן לאיכנופי כולן בחד דוכתא‏ : we all need to gather together into a single place ; ATS 2.4:1689↗ uhaizak mitkanap bṣauta ḏaiar : then they will gather together in the community of the sky
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The unique usage in Syriac would seem to be copied from a Babylonian Aramaic source inasmuch as it is in a text descriptive of a Mandaean-like sect; see D. Kruisheer, "Theodore bar Koni’s Ktābā d-’Eskolyon as a Source for the Study of Early Mandaeism", JEOL 33 (1993-1994), 151-169.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 636[334]DJBA: 588bJastrow: 650Drower/Macuch: 219b, 214aLevy Ch-W: 1:371

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