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mˀmr, mˀmrˀ (mēmar, mēmrā) n.m. speech
1
speech
Common Aramaic
TgO Gen3:17↗ אֲרֵי קַבֵילתָא לְמֵימַר אִיתְתָך‏ ; P Dt32:1↗ ܬܫܡܥ ܐܪܥܐ ܡܐܡܪܗ ܕܦܘܡܝ‏
(1)
command
Common Aramaic
Ezra 6:9↗ חִנְטִין מְלַח חֲמַר וּמְשַׁח כְּמֵאמַר כָּהֲנַיָּא דִי־בִירוּשְׁלֶם‏ : wheat, salt, wine, and oil as commanded by the priests in Jerusalem ; 4Q541 9.1:3↗ מאמרה כמאמר שמין‏ ; 4Q534.7.4↗ ומאמרי דן ינטור‏ ; GT G Exod20:2↗ אנא בַרֵא כל בְמַאַמַר‏ ; CTLevi ar a E.8↗ שמעו] למאמר לוי אבוכון והציתו לפקודי ידיד אל‏
(2)
oral tradition
JBA
BT Git 42b(10)↗ מימרא הוא, ^ומימרא^ לא סבירא ל׳ לרב^ה^‏ : it is an oral tradition and PN does not consider the oral tradition
2
word
Syr
(1)
proposition
Syr
BHMQ7 1.1.1 ܚܣܝܐ ܕܝܢ ܝܥܩܘܒ ܡ݁ܣܠܐ ܠܗ ܠܡܐܡܪܐ ܗܢܐ‏ : but venerable Jacob (of Saroug) rejects this proposition
(2)
composition, treatise
Sam, Syr
(1)
chapter or section of such a treatise
Syr
GalSimp 260:4 ܒܡܐܡܪܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܕܝܠܗ ܕܡܟܬܒܢܘܬܐ ܗܕܐ‏ : in the first section of this treatise
3
memra, an attribute of the name of God as speaker to avoid anthropomorphism
JLAtg, PTA, LJLA
TgO Gen3:8↗ וֻשמַעוּ יָת קָל מֵימְרָא דַיוי אֲלֹהִים מְהַלֵיך בְגִינְתָא‏ : they heard the voice of the Lord God's memra walking in the Garden ; TgJ Jos22:16↗ מָא שִקרָא הָדֵין דְשַקַרתוּן בְמֵימַר אְלָהָא דְיִשׂרָאֵל‏ : what is this lie you have lied against the memra of the God of Israel? ; TN Ex17:15↗ מימרי‏ ; PJ Gen3:8↗ ית קל מימרא דייי אלקים‏ : [MT: אֶת־קוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים]
4
poem
Syr
(1)
poetical homily
Syr
AGnEx 3.5↗ ܐܝܠܝܢ ܕܒܡܐܡܪ̈ܐ ܘܒܡܕܪ̈ܫܐ ܣܝܡܢ ܠܢ‏
(1)
of different categories
Syr
(1)
ܡܐܡܪ̈ܐ ܕܐܦܝܬܪܘܢܝܘ : the cathedral homilies (of Severus of Antioch)
Syr
CatWr 2 534a:21=ZDMG(1878):475:2 text not cited ; PO 2:216:5 text not cited
5
matter
Sam
(1)
על מימר : prep. : according to
Sam
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also מימר
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In Syriac, ܡܐܡܪܐ is a homily,usually in verse of a fixed meter designed to be read.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 701[26]DJPA: 305bDJBA: 670aJastrow: 723Drower/Macuch: 267aPayne-Smith: 245J. Payne-Smith: 247Levy Ch-W: 2:2Tal Sam: 44DNWSI: 588DJA: 62bQumran: 131

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