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mˁrb, mˁrbˀ (maˁraḇ, maˁrḇā) n.m./f. west; sunset
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west
Common Aramaic
TAD B2.3 R.7↗ מערב לה בית אספמת בר פפטעונית מלח זי מיא קשיא‏ : west of it is the house of PN, a cataract boatman ; GenApoc 21.9↗ שקול עיניך וחזי למדנחא ולמערבא ולדרומא ולצפונא‏ : lift up your eyes and look to the east and to the west and to the south and to the north ; EphPar 6:22.1↗ ܡܕܢܚܐ ܒܗܘܢ ܢܗܪܬ ܡܥܪܒܐ ܒܗܘܢ ܢܨܚܬ‏ : the east was illuminated through them, the west became splendid with them ; JBABowl 51.1:3↗ חרשי דמערבה ומדנחא חרשי ציפונא ודרומא‏ : magic of west and east, magic of north and south ; PJ Gen28:14↗ ותיתקף למערבא ולמדינחא ולציפונא ולדרומא‏
(1)
west wind
Syr
P Ex10:19↗ ܪܘܚܐ ܡܥܪܒܐ‏
(2)
pl. : western regions
Syr
P Ez27:25↗ ܒ̈ܢܝ ܬܪܫܝܫ ܕܒܡܥܪ̈ܒܝܟܝ ܐܝܬܝܘ ܠܟܝ ܡܘܒ̈ܠܐ‏
(3)
Palestine
JBA
BT Ḥul 55b(3)↗ טרופאי דמערבא‏ : the experts on animal defects of Eretz Israel
(4)
the Maghrib
JBAg
TGHark 24:16 קירואן דמערבא‏ : Kairowan of the Maghrib
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setting (of the sun or other heavenly object)
OfAEg, CPA
(1)
pl.
Syr
DeMundo 153:10↗ ܒܡܣܩ̈ܘܗܝ ܘܒܡܥܪ̈ܒܘܗܝ‏
(1)
(astron.) plural construct : a star's heliacal (or acronychal?) setting
CPA, Syr
Geop 4:25↗ ܡܙܕܪ̈ܥܝܢ ܕܝܢ ܒܡܥܪ̈ܒܝܗ݀ ܕܟܝܡܐ ܕܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܝܘܢܐܝܬ ܐܪܟܛܘܪܘܣ‏ : they should be sown at the setting of the Pleides, that is Arcturus in Greek ["setting" appears to be a mistake for rising here; NB: Arcturus is in Boötes!]
(2)
fig.:
Syr
Dalyatha 1:3↗ ܩܕܡ ܫܥܬܐ ܕܡܥܪ̈ܒܝ ܫܡܫܐ ܕܚܙܘܩܝܟ‏ : before the sunset-time of your departure (i.e., death) [=JDalBeulay 52:14]
(2)
מערב יומא
LJLA
TgProv7:9↗ ברמשא במערב יומא בחשוכא ובחבירה‏ : at evening, just after dark, dark, and deep darkness
(3)
(of the moon)
LJLA
TgTosPr Ezek.1:1↗ בתר מערבא [ד]סיהר‏
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Syr. pl.tant.: ܡܲܥܪ̈ܵܒܸܐ‏; generally masculine as a direction, feminine as an area
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Note the changed vocalization in the thematic vowel of the pl.tant. form, hence treated as a separate lexeme by LS2.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 804[547]DJPA: 323aDJBA: 696bJastrow: 819Drower/Macuch: 251bJ. Payne-Smith: 290Levy Ch-W: 2:59Tal Sam: 661DNWSI: 671DCPA[Schulthess]: 242[152]DJA: 63bQumran: 146

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