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mˁyn, mˁynˀ (maˁyan, mˁīnā/maˁyənā) n.f./m. fountain
√ ˁyn, ˁynˀ n.f.
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spring, fountain
OA, JLAtg, Sam, Syr, JBA, LJLA
Sf.1.a12↗ qdm ˀl wˁlyn wqdm šmy[n wˀrq wqdm [mṣ]lh wmˁynn wqdm ywm wlylh : before El and Elyan, and before Heav[en] and Earth and before abyss and springs and before day and night ; TgO Lev11:36↗ מַעיָן וְגוּב בֵית כְנֵישַת מַיָא‏ : a fountain and a water cistern † ; P 2K3:25↗ ܡ̈ܥܝܢܐ ܕܡ̈ܝܐ‏ ; P Mk5:29↗ ܡܥܼܝܢܵܐ ܕ݁ܲܕ݂ܡܵܗ‏ ; BT Tam 32b(9)↗ האי מעיינא מגן עדן‏ : this source is from Paradise ; TgPs74:15↗ אנת בזעתא מעיינא מן כיפא‏ : You split open the spring from the rock
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fresh water
Man
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(math.) rhombus or rhomboid (?)
Syr
SbS 26:24 ܗ݀ܘ ܡܐ ܕܚ݁ܕܪ ܠܗ ܡܪ̈ܒܥܬܐ ܕܡܬܩܪ̈ܝܢ ܡܥܝ݂ܢ̈ܬܐ‏ : that figure surrounded by rectangular shapes called rhomboids
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JLAtg מַעיָן ; Syr. ܡܥܼܝܢܵܐ‏
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 800[522]DJBA: 694bDrower/Macuch: 242b, 266b, 267J. Payne-Smith: 288Tal Sam: 633DNWSI: 669
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