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ksp, kspˀ (ksep̄, kespā/kaspā) n.m. silver, money
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silver
Common Aramaic
BarRak.1.11↗ mlkn | rbrbn | bˁly | ksp | wbˁly | zhb : great kings owners of silver and owners of gold ; MurDoc.40.2↗ כסף ש 10‏ : ten shekels of silver ; Ezra 6:5↗ מָאנֵי בֵית־אֱלָהָא דִּי דַהֲבָה וְכַסְפָּא‏ : the gold and silver vessels of God's Temple ; GenApoc 20.33↗ ואזלת אנה אברם בנכסין שגיאין לחדא ואף בכסף ודהב‏ ; PRK144.3↗ ודמה הוה הדך עומרה דכסף דדהב דחיטין דשערין‏ : of what is that omer? Of silver? Of gold? Of wheat? Of barley? ; TN Deut2:28↗ בכסף תזבנון לן‏ : buy for us with silver ; P Gn42:25↗ ܘܠܡܗܦܟܘ ܟܣܦܗܘܢ‏ ; P Mt25:18↗ ܘܛܲܫܝܼ ܟܸܣܦ̇ܵܐ ܕܡܵܪܸܗ‏ ; BT BM 44a(45)↗ כספא דחריף הוי טיבעא דהבא דלא חריף הוי פירא‏ : silver which is current is considered coin. Gold which is not current is considered produce [i.e. merchandise]
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silver object
Qumran
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money
Common Aramaic
PAT340:3.2↗ ksp ˁnwštˀ : treasury funds ; PTBik 65.d:3[2]↗ לאילין דמיתמניי בכסף‏ : those who are ordained for money ; TN Ex21:21↗ זבינת כספא‏ : monetary purchase ; P Ex21:11↗ ܘܐܢ ܗܠܝܢ ܬܠܬ ܠܐ ܢܥܒܕ ܠܗ݀܂ ܬܦܘܩ ܡܓܢ ܕܠܐ ܟܣܦ‏ : if he does not do these three things for her, she goes out gratis, without (having to pay) money ; BT BM 110a(26)↗ תיפוק ארעא דא בלא כסף‏ : this field will go out (of the possession of the mortgagee) without payment
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ܟܣܦ ܪܝܫܐ : head tax
Syr
Syr-RomLaw.55.17↗ ܠܐ ܟܣܦ ܪܝܫܐ ܘܠܐ ܟܪܘܣ ܐܪܓܝܪܘܢ‏ : neither head-tax nor gold and silver tax
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value (?)
JBA
BT BQ 88a(3)↗ דאפחתה מכספה‏ : for it diminished some of her value (or simply: the money the father would get as a brideprice)
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CPA ܟܝܣܦ; kaspā in Jewish texts, kespā in Syriac
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See note s.v. sˀmˀ.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 641[338]DJPA: 265bDJBA: 593aJastrow: 655Drower/Macuch: 199bJ. Payne-Smith: 221Levy Ch-W: 1:378Tal Sam: 403DNWSI: 524DISO: 124Audo: 1:475DCPA[Schulthess]: 177[96]DJA: 57aQumran: 117

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