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lwqbl (luqḇal, loqḇēl) prep. opposite
1
opposite, over against
Common Aramaic
P 2S5:23↗ ܬܐ ܥܠܝܗܘܢ ܡܢ ܠܘܩܒܠ ܒܟܝܡ‏ : come at them from opposite GN ; P Mt12:30↗ ܡܲܢ ܕ݁ܠܵܐ ܗܘܵܐ ܥܲܡܝ܂ ܠܘ݂ܩܒ݂ܲܠܝ ܗܼܘ݂‏ : he who is not with me is against me ; BT Sot 40a(8)↗ פסוקא לקבל פסוקא‏ : verse by verse antiphonally [lit. verse opposite verse]
(1)
before (in space)
BADan, Palmyrene, Qumran, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBA, LJLA
Dan 3:3↗ לָקֳבֵל צַלְמָא דִּי הֲקֵים נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר‏ : facing the statue that PN erected ; PAT2786:1.2↗ bbˀ rbˀ ˁd nyqˀ dy qymˀ lqblh : the great gate up to the Nike that stands opposite it ; QumNJ 11::8:1↗ תרעיא די לקובל היכלא‏ : the gates facing the sanctuary ; Lag(292) Matt14:24↗ ܗܘܐ ܓܪ ܪܘܚܐ ܩܐܝܡ ܠܩܘܒܠܗܘܢ‏ : for the wind was set against them ; BT Meg 12b(22)↗ אבא לקביל אלפא חמרא שתי‏ : my father drank wine in front of a thousand (people) ; TgEsth2 1:2(67)↗ ידיה דאריא דדהבא דימינא ^לקביל גפי דנשרא דדהבא דשמאליה‏ : the right arm of the golden lion faced the left wings of the golden eagle ; TgTosPr Josh.5:13var.↗ וחזא והא מלאכא קאים לקבליה‏
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confronting
Qumran
4QEnc4..2↗ לא יכלי̇ן̇ אנ̇ח̇נא ל̇מ̇ק̇[ם] לקו̇ב̇ל̇‏
(1)
directed against
Syr, LJLA
Fab 32:15 ܗܕܐ ܠܘܩܒܠ ܗ݀ܢܘܢ ܕܐܝܟ ܕܠܥܘܕܪܢܗܘܢ ܗܘ݂ ܒܠܚܘܕ ܫ݁ܡܥܝܢ‏ : this (fable) is directed to those who only listen to those who are of help to them ; TgIIChron 32:20↗ וזעיקו לקביל שמיא‏ : they complained to heaven
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at a defined place
Syr
DeMundo 140:22↗ ܐܪ̈ܒܥ ܪ̈ܒܘܢ ܕܐܣ̈ܛܕܘ‍<‍ܬ‍>‍ܐ ܝܬܝܪ ܚܣܝܪ܃ ܐܟܬܒܘ ܕܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܦܬܝܗ݀ ܠܘܩܒܠ ܥܘܡܩܗ݀ ܓܐܘܓܪ̈ܦܐ‏ : the geographers have recorded that its width at its deepest is 40,000 stadia more or less
(3)
moving towards one's front
JPAEpig, CPA, JBA
Lag(377) John10:35↗ ܗ̈ܠܝܢ ܕܠܩܘܒ̈ܠܗܘܢ ܗܘܬ݁ ܡܠܬܗ ܕܐܠܗܐ‏ : those to whom God's word was directed ; BT BB 111a(37)↗ בר אנש דאתי לקיבלנא‏ : the person who is coming towards us ; MTKG II 120:1b.12 כד את חמי ברנש בישיא את̊ין לקבלך‏ : when you see bad guy(s!) coming towards you
(1)
+ "face" : moving straight ahead, headlong and constant motion
JLAtg, Syr
TgO Gen49:4↗ עַל דַאֲזַלת לִקבֵיל אַפָך הָא כְמַיָא‏ : because you went headlong like water ; Kays 209:16↗ ܛܥ݁ܝܐ ܡܬ݂ܩܪܐ܂ ܠܘ ܡ݂ܢ ܛܘ݂ܥܝܝ܂ ܐܠܐ ܡ݂ܢ ܡܪܕܝ݂ܬܐ ܕܠܘ݂ܩܒܠ ܐܦ̈ܘܗܝ‏ : (planets) are called "wanderers", not because of wandering wrongly but rather because of their constant motion ; Kays 209:17↗ ܕܗܐ ܪܕܐ ܘܡܗܠܟ ܠܘ݂ܩܒܠ ܐܦ̈ܘܗܝ ܠܐ ܡܬ݂ܦܢܝ݁ܢܐܝܬ‏ : that here travels and walks straight ahead with turning
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(math., geog.) by (as in x by y)
Syr
DeMundo 140:22↗ ܦܬܝܗ݀ ܠܘܩܒܠ ܥܘܡܩܗ݀‏ : its width by its depth (is more or less forty stadia)
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in comparison to
Syr
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in consideration of, because of
OfAEg, BAEzra, JLAtg
Ezra 4:16↗ לָקֳבֵל דְּנָה חֲלָק בַּעֲבַר נַהֲרָא לָא אִיתַי לָךְ‏ : because of this you have no part in Transeuphratia ; TgO Gen25:21↗ וְצַלִי יִצחָק קדם יוי לִקבֵיל אִיתְתֵיה לָקֳבֵיל‏ : Isaac prayed to the Lord concerning his wife
3
according to
OfAEg-inf, OfAEg, OfAPer, OfASam, OfAWest, BAEzra, Nabatean, CPA, Syr
TAD D1.17 b.7↗ ואחריא לקבל חלקן 3‏ : and the other things(??) according to (??) 3 parts ; TAD B2.3 R.27↗ הן מחר או יום אחרן דרגמן או בר זילה ירשה על ביתא זך ספרא זך הנפקי ולקבלה דין עבדי עמה‏ : if anytime in the future PN or a son of his sue you over that house, bring out this document and make a court case with him according to it ; TAD C3.7 E.R.1.16↗ [ס]פינה[ 1 ]רבה הי לקבל משחתה‏ ; TAD A4.5R.10↗ יתי[דע] למראן לקבל זנה זי אנחנה אמרן‏ ; TAD A6.2 .23↗ לקבל זנה זי המרכריא אמרן‏ ; SamPap.1..11↗ לקבל זנה אסרא <זי> הקימו ביניהם‏ : according to this agreement that they have established between them ; AbydLiW.1↗ ˀsprn lqbl stryˀ zy kspˀ ; Ezra 6:13↗ לָקֳבֵל דִּי־שְׁלַח דָּרְיָוֶשׁ מַלְכָּא כְּנֵמָא אָסְפַּרְנָא עֲבַדוּ‏ : they did precisely according to that which king Darius had sent ; LN:27b↗ ܠܩܒܘܠ܃ ܣܘܒܪܘ ܡܐ ܕܠܩܝܪܘܣ‏ : according (to the tune of): bear what is time's
(1)
לקבלדך : accordingly, in consideration of that
Jud
5/6Hev 42..:9↗ וקים לקבלדך‏ : it is valid according to that [i.e. what is stipulated in the document above]
(2)
for a period of
Sam
Marqe 1.18↗ לקבל שעה חדה ומיסתה‏ : for only a single hour
4
conj.: inasmuch as
OfAEg
TAD B3.10 R.17↗ אנה ענני יהבתה ליהוישמע ברתי במותי ברחמן לקבל זי סבלתני ואנה ימין סב לא כהל הוית בידי וסבלתני‏ : I have willingly given it to my daughter Yehoyishma upon my death inasmuch as she supported me, I being elderly and unable to take care of myself, and she supported me
(1)
as much as, the same as
OfAEg
TAD A4.7V.25↗ ישתלח עליהום על אגורא זי יהו אלהא למבניה ביב בירתא לקבל זי בנה הוה קדמין‏ : word should be sent to them concerning the temple of the God YHW to build it in Fortress Yeb just as it had been built previously
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CPA also ܠܩܘܒܠ; JLATg. לִקבֵיל; לְקִבלָך ; etc.; JBA לקבל; לקובל; לקיבל ; Sam. regularly as a variant of simple qwbl, qbl prep.
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 695[641]DJPA: 280aDJBA: 978aJastrow: 1309Drower/Macuch: 398aJ. Payne-Smith: 238Tal Sam: 749DCPA[Schulthess]: 203[173]DJA: 76aQumran: 203

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