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kryw, krywtˀ (karyū, karyūṯā) n.f. brevity; grief
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brevity
Syr
GalSimp 241b:6 text not cited ; Med 195:3 ܐܣܝܘ݂ܬܵܐ ܕܲܠܗܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܘܟܲܪܝܘ݂ܬ݂ ܪܘ݂ܚܵܐ‏ : healing of asthma and shortness of breath
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(w. rwḥ, lb) : impatience (?)
Syr
P Ex6:9↗ ܟܪܝܘܬ ܪܘܚܐ‏
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grief
Syr, Man, LJLA
LG 20:12(1)↗ ܘܸܐܬܡܠܼܝ ܠܸܒܸܗ ܟܲܪܝܘ݂ܬܵܐ ܡܸܛܽܠ ܥܲܘܠܲܢ‏ : His heart was filled with grief because of our sin ; IMac7a1 6:4↗ ܘܫܩܠ ܡܢ ܬܡܢ ܒܟܪܝܘܬܐ ܪܒܬܐ ܠܡܗܦܟ ܠܒܒܠ‏ : he left there in great grief to go back to Babylon ; GS 3:5 ↗ libẖ kariuta ˁtmlia ubainẖ npilalẖ dimihta : his heart filled with grief, with tears falling from his eyes ; AM 53:3 ↗ ušibabẖ haršia abdilẖ ukariuta uridpa ramilẖ : the seven (planets) will perform sorcery against him, and will cast grief and persecution upon him ; TgProv52:var.=Syr.↗ היכנא כריותא מהרה ליביה דגברא‏ : so does vexation trouble a man's heart
(1)
pity, sympathy
Syr
BhBS Rhet 5.4.4 ܟܕ ܟܪܝܘܬܐ ܥܩܬܐ ܕܗܘܝܐ ܠܐܢܫ ܥܠ ܒܝܫܬܐ ܕܥܕܝܐ ܥܠ ܐܝܢܐ ܕܠܐ ܫ݁ܘܐ ܠܗ݀‏ : it being the case that pity is a pain that someone gets for evil that overwhelms someone who does not deserve it
3
small stream (?)
Syr
IshSess 214:16 ܟܪܝܘܬܐ ܕܕܡ̈ܥܐ܃ ܕܡܢ ܟܐܒ̈ܐ ܡܬܝ̈ܠܕܢ ܒܙܒܢܐ ܕܐܘܠܨܢܐ‏ : streams of tears that develop from pains at a time of trouble ; IshSong 223:3↗ ܫܒܩ̈ܐ ܕܡܝ̈ܐ܃ ܠܐܓܘ̈ܓܐ ܐܘ ܠܬܦܘ̈ܢܐ ܘܟܪ̈ܝܘܬܐ ܩܪܐ ܣܡܢ ܪ̈ܥܘܬܐ ܠܓܙܪ̈ܐ̈ ܐܘ ܡܢ ܦܪ̈ܕܝܣܦܢܐ ܡܬܬܩܢܝܢ‏ : he calls streams of water to aqueducts, small streams, and water sources prepared by shepherds for the flocks or by gardeners
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At FTV Num24:6 בכריותיה is a mistake for בבריותה as in the other Palestinian versions. See s.v. bryw.
Although Ishodad connects the semantics of "stream" and "grief" in the first cited passage, his unique use of this word in the former sense is probably to be connected rather with kry vb. : to dig, to bore, otherwise unattested in Syriac.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 652[342]Jastrow: 667Drower/Macuch: 201aJ. Payne-Smith: 226Levy Ch-W: 1:386

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