←
l_ prep. to, for
0
to, for, belonging to
Common Aramaic
1
: of general relationship (nominal)
Common Aramaic
KTMW 4↗ ybl | lšmš | wybl | lhdd | krmn : a ram for Shamash and a ram for Haddad of the vineyards ; Ezra 6:9↗ וּבְנֵי תוֹרִין וְדִכְרִין וְאִמְּרִין לַעֲלָוָן‏ : oxen, rams, and ewes for sacrifices ; BR 80:4(2)↗ ולקט יתיה ועבדה כליל לרישיה‏ : he collected it and made it into a crown for his head
(1)
non-animate genitive
Common Aramaic
IduOstr 1:4.1↗ ב 6 לתמוז שנת 46‏ : on the sixth of Tammuz year 46 ; 11QtgJob 31.5=38:28↗ האיתי למטרא אב‏ : does the rain have a father? ; Mur 23 R:1↗ ב10 לשבט שנת חדה‏ : on the tenth of Shebat year one
(2)
of interest or disinterest, as regards
Common Aramaic
PAT262:1.3↗ bdyl dy špr lhwn : because it seemed proper for them ; GenApoc 16.14↗ למירת לה ולבנוהי ירותת על̇מים‏ : for him and his children to inherit a permanent inheritance ; ActsThom 230:8↗ ܠܐ ܬܩܨ݂ ܠܢ ܚ̈ܛܗܝܢ ܩ̈ܕܡܝܐ݁‏ : do not take our former sins into account against us ; BT Tan 23a(45)↗ כי היכי דשתלו לי אבהתי‏ : just as my ancestors planted for me ; TgIIChron 9:22↗ ורבא מלכא שלמה מן כלהון מלכי ארעא לעותר ולחכמתא‏ : Solomon was the greatest of all the earth's kings in terms of wealth and in terms of wisdom
2
: of general relationship (verbal)
Common Aramaic
(1)
+ infinitive : purpose
Common Aramaic
Fakh.8↗ lḥyy | nbšh | wlmˀrk | ywmwh wlkbr | šnwh : for his soul's life, the lengthening of his days, and the multiplication of his years ; TAD A1.1.7↗ למשלח חיל לחצלתנ̇י̇‏ : to send a force to rescue me ; TAD A3.10 R.4↗ איתי כסף ש 8 יהבת ל٠٠٠ למנתן בעבור למובל לביתי‏ : there are 8 shekels of silver that I have to [PN] to trade for grain to bring to my house ; Ezra 4:21↗ כְּעַן שִׂימוּ טְעֵם לְבַטָּלָא גֻּבְרַיָּא אִלֵּךְ‏ : now give the order to stop those men ; GenApoc 13.13↗ ו̊אתפנית למחזה זיתא‏ : I turned back to see the olive tree
(2)
+ infinitive : it is necessary to
JLAtg, Syr
TgJ Hos5:1↗ הֲלָא לְכוֹן לְמִידַע דִינָא‏ : is it not required for you to know the law? ; Dalyatha 9:1↗ ܥܠ ܗܕܐ ܠܡܬܕܡܪܘ ܒܚܘ݂ܒܟ ܕܠܐ ܫܘܚܠܦ‏ : because of this one must be astounded at your unchanging devotion [=JDalBeulay 76:23]
(3)
epexegetical, in regard to
JLAtg, PTA, Syr, LJLA
TgJ Jer38:4↗ הוּא מְרַשֵיל יָת יְדֵי גֻברֵי עָבְדֵי קְרַבָא ٠٠٠ לְמַלָלָא עִמְהוֹן כְפִתגָמַיָא הָאִלֵין‏ : he is weakening the hands of the the warriors ... by speaking things like these with them ; GT B Gen3:6↗ וַחֲמַת אֶתְּתָה אֲרוּם טַב אִילָנָא לְמֵאכַל‏ : the woman saw that the tree was good to eat ; PJ Gen3:6↗ טב אילנא למיכל‏
(1)
as regards a time frame
Syr
P Ju14:17↗ ܘܠܝܘܡܐ ܕܫܒܥܐ ܐܡܪ ܠܗ݀‏ : and on the seventh day he said to her
3
: dative
Common Aramaic
(1)
with transitive verbs
Common Aramaic
Fakh.3↗ ntn | rˁy wmšqy | lmt | kln : who gives pasturage and watering to all the lands
(2)
with intransitive verbs
OA
Sf.3 a4↗ whn lhn šqrtm lkl ˀlhy ˁdyˀ zy bsprˀ : for if not you shall have been false to all the gods in the document
(3)
ethical dative
OA, Qumran, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Syr, LJLA
Sf.1.b39↗ t]qm lk wtbˁh nbšk ; TgO Gen31:32↗ סַב לָך‏ ; BR 880:2(1)↗ קום לך‏ : get up! ; TN Gen31:32↗ חכם לך‏ ; OS LkCur8:23↗ ܘܟܕ ܪܕܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܒܝܡܐ ܕܡܟ ܠܗ‏ ; P Gn27:43↗ ܩܘܡ ܙܠ ܠܟ‏ ; PJ Gen27:43↗ קום ערוק לך לנפשך‏ ; CTLevi ar a E.2↗ וחזיתי לי בנין ת[ליתין‏ : I saw my own third generation offspring
4
: direction
Common Aramaic
IdumMarrDocument 11↗ ועלת לבית קוס̇ר̇ם זנה בעלה‏ ; Dan 2:17↗ אֱדַיִן דָּנִיֵּאל לְבַיְתֵהּ אֲזַל‏ : then Daniel went to his house ; GenApoc 12.8↗ נחתת לשפ̇ו̇לי̇ ט̇ו̇רא דן‏ : I went down to the foothills of this mountain
(1)
addressee of letters (see also s.v. ˀl)
Common (except: OA, OfA)
Ezra 4:8↗ כְּתַבוּ אִגְּרָה חֲדָה עַל־יְרוּשְׁלֶם לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתְּא מַלְכָּא כְּנֵמָא‏
(2)
_כל, ל + direction name : in the direction of
Qumran, Jud
GenApoc 21.20↗ כלמדנח צפון חברון‏ : on the northeast side of Hebron ; XHev/Se 7.3↗ למדנחה ירתה מתת בר אבי ואחרנן ולמערבה ד٠٠٠[‏ : to its east the heir of PN and others and to its west ...
5
: possession
Common Aramaic
BarRak.1.16↗ wby | ṭb | lyšh | lˀbhy | mlky | šmˀl : my fathers the kings of GN did not have a proper house ; Ezra 4:16↗ חֲלָק בַּעֲבַר נַהֲרָא לָא אִיתַי לָךְ‏ : you have no part in Transeuphratia
(1)
forming a compound substantive : that which belongs to ...
Common Aramaic
SamTgJ Num26:38↗ בני בנימים לכרניון‏ : the children of Benjamin according to their clans ; MarqePoem17:44↗ כל דלגויה הך לילי ואהן לישראל אימם‏ : all the ones belonging to the gentiles are night, while the one belonging to Israel is daytime
(2)
l... wl... : one having to do with the other
Common Aramaic
OS MtSin8:29↗ ܡܐ ܠܢ ܘܠܟ ܒܪܗ ܕܐܠܗܐ‏ : what have we to do with you, son of God? ; JulSok 55(24):12↗ ܠܐ ܠܟ ܘܠܬܚ̈ܘܡܝܗ݀ ܕܥܕܬܐ‏ : you do not have anything to do with the church's areas
(3)
l_ X ˁl Y : Y in debt to X
OfAEg
TAD B4.5 R.2↗ איתי לך עלי כסף‏ : I owe you money
6
: marking the definite direct object
Common Aramaic
Ezra 5:2↗ מְסָעֲדִין לְהוֹן‏ : they are helping them ; GenApoc 13.16↗ ומענפן לה ויתברן לה‏ : they were blowing down its branches so as to break it ; Mur 19 R:14↗ שבק̇ ומתרך א̇[נ]ה̇ ٠٠٠ לכי‏ : I divorce you ; MarqePoem19:26↗ תתובתן קבל ולחטאינן סלח‏ : accept our repentance and forgive our sins
7
with p.p. of verbs of perception in a perfective construction
OfAPer, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA
TAD A6.10 .3↗ וכען תנה כן שמיע לי‏ : now I have heard here ; IshPs 185(17)↗ ܠܐ ܥܕܟܝܠ ܡܬܚ̈ܙܝܢ ܠܝ ܐܬܘ̈ܬܐ ܕܦܘܢܝܐ‏ : until now I have not seen signs of return ; BT Ber 5b(41)↗ אי איכא דשמיע ליה מילתא‏ : if it is the case that he has heard the matter [note fem. subject!] ; ATS 2.5:2243↗ umania mahu ḏlašmilẖ : he recounts something he has not heard ; TgEsth2 6:13↗ שמיע לן מן קדמייתא דהוון תלתא גוברין יהודאין במדינת בבל‏ : we have heard from early sources that there were three Jewish men in the city of Babylon
8
+ number : after X
Syr
CyrilLet 5:18 ܩܡ ܠܬܠܬܐ ܝܘ̈ܡܝܢ ܘܣܠ݂ܩ ܠܫܡܝܐ‏ : he rose after three days and ascended to heaven
9
in fixed expressions
(1)
to give or take lˀntw. lˀnth : as wife : see s.v. lˀntw/h
Common Aramaic
(2)
לאמר٠ לְמֵמַר: as follows, quotative introduction
OAEast, OfAEg-inf, OfAEg
AssOstr.8↗ kyzˀ zˀ ˀmr ly mrˀy mlkˀ lˀ̇mr ; TAD B2.9 R.4↗ text not cited ; Ezra 5:11↗ וּכְנֵמָא פִתְגָמָא הֲתִיבוּנָא לְמֵמַר‏ : they responded to us thusly as follows
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In many Mandaic texts, this preposition and ˁl are interchangeable; but we take this to be a result of phonetic spelling rather than a special meaning of either word.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 665[354]DJPA: 274aDJBA: 611aJastrow: 685Drower/Macuch: 226Payne-Smith: 1865J. Payne-Smith: 232Levy Ch-W: 1:397Tal Sam: 419DNWSI: 549DISO: 130DCPA[Schulthess]: 190[99]DJA: 59aQumran: 124

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