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kyl, kylˀ (*kēl, kaylā) n.m. measure
1
measure
CPA, Syr, JBA, JBAg, Man, LJLA
P Prov20:10var.↗ ܡܬܩܠܐ ܘܡܬܩܠܐ܂ ܟܝܠܐ/ܟܝܠܬܐ/ ܘܟܝܠܬܐ‏ ; BT Beṣ 38b(13)↗ ^כ<י>ל{י}א חסירא^‏ : he lessened the measure (by removing the pebbles) ; Pashar Mihla 763 ↗ qria lmihla ḏlakila : recite (it) over an unspecified quantity of salt ; TgProv20:10↗ מתקלא ומתקלא כילא וכילא‏
(1)
corresponding to a biblical omer
Syr
P Ex16:16↗ ܟܝܠܐ ܠܪܝܫܐ‏ : an omer per person
(2)
ܒܟܝܠܐ : in moderation
Syr
EphSerm 1:1.5↗ ܟܠ ܡܕܡ ܒܟܝܠܐ ܗܢܝ‏ : everything is pleasant in moderation
(3)
poetic meter
Syr
Am2 261:8↗ ܕܐܚܘܐ ܪ̈ܗܛܗܘܢ ܒܡܫܘܚܬܹܗ ܦܩ݁ܕܝܢ ܠܝ܃ ܘܕܐܘܕܥ ܥܲܡܠܗܘ݁ܢ ܒܟܲܝܠܹܗ ܡܠ݁ܟܝܢ ܠܝ‏ : they command me to tell their life story in its meter and advise me to report their labor in its measure ; ESAct<sup>2</sup> 65:9 ܡ̈ܐܐ ܘܚ̈ܡܫܝܢ ܒܚܕ ܟܝܠܐ‏ : 150 (psalms) in a single meter
2
capacity, allotted span
Syr, Man
AQoh.203↗ ܘܟܠ ܝܘܡܐ ܟܝܠܗ ܪܕܝܐ‏ : each day lasts its allotted span ; JohnBook 19:6↗ ukila mlalkun : your time is up! ; GY 20:18↗ subluia lridpa ḏalma alma ḏkilaikun šalimlkun : endure the world's persecution until your life-span is completed
3
(gram.) form of a word
Syr
BhGr 144:22 text not cited
4
(astron.) name of a star
Syr
Act14congr2 159:2 text not cited
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 618[325]DJBA: 575aJastrow: 631Drower/Macuch: 212bJ. Payne-Smith: 213Levy Ch-W: 1:350DCPA[Schulthess]: 177[92]

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