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kwl (a/u) vb. to measure
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Gpəˁalto measure1 sense▶
to measure
JLAtg, Gal, Sam, JBA, Man
TgJ Is27:8↗ בְסָתָא דַהְוֵיתָא כָאֵיל בַה יְכִילוּן לָך‏ : with the seah you measured with they shall measure you ; VR 845:3(1)↗ הא סקא והא סלעא והא סאתא קום כול‏ : here is the sack, the sela, and the seah; go measure! ; BT Qid 79b(25)↗ כיילי בקבא זוטא והא<י> מרבנן כ^י^ילי בקבא רבא‏ : (wisdom) is measured for everyone with a small qab. For this one of the scholars, it is measured with a large qab!
Cˀafˁelto measure2 senses▶
1
to measure
JLAtg, JPAEpig, PTA, CPA, Syr
TgJ Is27:8↗ בְסָתָא דַהְוֵיתָא כָאֵיל בַה יְכִילוּן לָך‏ ; Amulet 32:21↗ משתבעה לכ̇ון במן דאכיל ימה בשועלה‏ : I adjure you by the one who measured the sea in his hand ; GT D Gen38:26↗ בַמְכָלְתָא דֶאְנָש מְכִיל בַהּ‏ ; GT FF Gen38:26↗ בִמְכילתא דא[ינש] מֵכיל בֵיה מְכִילִין לֵיה‏ : they measure a man by the measure with which he measures ; P Mt7:2↗ ܘܒ݂ܲܟ݂ܝܵܠܬ̇ܵܐ ܕ݁ܲܡܟ݂ܼܝܠܼܝܢ ܐܢܼܬ݁ܘ݂ܢ܂ ܡܸܬ݁ܬ݁ܟ݂ܼܝܠ ܠܟ݂ܘ݂ܢ‏
2
to hold office for a period of time
Man
HG 2612↗ uhaizak akil malka ḏhardubaiia tlatma ušitin šnia : then the Parthian king ruled 360 years
Ctˀettafˁalto be measured2 senses▶
1
to be measured
CPA, Syr
AphDem3.51:18↗ ܘܒܟܝܠܐ ܕܒܥ݂ܐ ܠܡܟ݂ܠܘ݂ ܐܬܬܟܝܠ ܠܗ‏ : he was measured by the measure he sought to measure by
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to be able to be measured
JLAtg, Syr
TgJ Jer33:22↗ הא כְמָא דְלֵית אִפשָר דְיִתמְנוּן חֵילֵי שְמַיָא וְלָא יִתְכָל חָלָא דְיַמָא‏ ; P Je33:22↗ ܐܝܟ ܕܠܐ ܡܬܡܢܐ ܚܝܠܐ ܕܫܡܝܐ܃ ܘܠܐ ܡܬ݁ܬܟܝܠ ܚܠܐ ܕܝܡܐ‏ : just as the host of heaven cannot be counted nor the sea's sand be measured
2
to be used as a measure
CPA, Syr
SAOC11 59c:20 ܡܐܢܣܝܣ ܗܟܝܠ ܠܘܬ ܩܘܦܪ̈ܝܐ ܡܬܬܟܝܠ‏ : now the m. is used by the Cypriots as a measure
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For "to hold office, reign" compare Akkadian kullu, CAD K, p. 513a.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 606[325]DJPA: 253bDJBA: 559aJastrow: 619Drower/Macuch: 206bJ. Payne-Smith: 208Levy Ch-W: 1:357Tal Sam: 380bDNWSI: 493Audo: 1:455DCPA[Schulthess]: 173[92]

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