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mˁbr, mˁbrˀ (maˁbar, maˁbrā) n.m. crossing
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crossing point, ford
JLAtg, PTA, CPA, Syr, JBA
TgO Gen32:23↗ text not cited : † ; TN Gen32:23↗ מעבר יבקה‏ : the Yabbok crossing ; LN:27a↗ ܘܐܙܠܝܢ ܟܗ̈ܢܐ ܠܘܬ݁ ܡܥܒܪܗ݀ ܕܟܢܫܬܐ‏ ; P Is10:29↗ ܥܒܪ ܠܡܥܒܪܐ ܕܓܒܥ ܠܒܝܬ ܒܝܬܢ‏ ; BT Qid 81a(41)↗ text not cited ; BT Ḥul 111b(45)↗ הוו יתבין חד מהאי גיסא דמברא דסורא וחד מהאי גיסא דמברא‏ : they were sitting one on one side of the (canal) crossing and one on the other side of the crossing
2
ferry
JBA, Man
BT Šab 32a(13)↗ רב לא עבר במברא דאית ביה גוי‏ ; JohnBook 54:8↗ kulman ḏladria zauadia abihdẖ iatib unaṭar lmabra : everyone who does not carry his provisions with him sits and waits for the ferry
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Babylonian with loss of ayin: JBA מברא, Mand. mabra
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 798[508]DJPA: 321bDJBA: 639bJastrow: 813Drower/Macuch: 238a, 269aJ. Payne-Smith: 288Levy Ch-W: 2:56DCPA[Schulthess]: 240[142]

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