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mštw, mštwtˀ (meštū, meštūṯā) n.f. banquet; wedding feast
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symposium
Syr
LawsCoun.48.8↗ ܡ̈ܫܬܘܬܐ ܗܘ̈ܝܢ ܠܗܘܢ‏
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wedding, wedding feast
Qumran, Gal, CPA, Syr
KohR[1]9:3(4)↗ דאנא רחיץ במרי שמיא דמניה אנא משקי לכון במשתותיה‏ : I trust in the Lord of Heaven, that I will give you drink from it at his wedding ; PTBer 10.c:48[2]↗ סלקון למישתיתיה דר׳ חנינא ענתנייה‏ : they went to the wedding of PN of Ein Teina ; Lag(299) Matt22:9↗ ܘܟܘܠ ܗܠܝܢ ܕܐܬܘܢ ܡܫ̈ܟܚܝܢ ܩܪ̈ܘ ܠܡܫܬܘܬܐ‏ ; P Gn29:27↗ ܡܫܬܘܬܗ݀ ܕܗܕܐ‏ ; P Ju14:10↗ ܕܗܟܢܐ ܥܒܕܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܓܕܘ̈ܕܐ ܡܫܬܘܬܐ‏ : for thus the young men used to make a wedding feast ; P Mt22:2↗ ܕ݁ܲܥܒ݂ܲܕ݂ ܡܸܫܬ݁ܘ݂ܬ݂ܵܐ ܠܲܒ݂ܪܸܗ‏
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ܓܢܲܒ ܡܸܫܬܘܼܬܵܗ : to deflower
Syr
StSin11 13a:17 ܒܬܘܠܐ ܗ݀ܝ ܕܕܒܪ ܡܢ ܗܝܟܠܗ ܕܡܪܝܐ ܛܡܐܗ݀ ܘܓ݁ܢܒ ܡܫܬܘܬܗ݀‏ : he defiled that virgin he led from the Lord's temple by deflowering her.
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In Pesh.Gen apparently taken to be a seven-day wedding feast.

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