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mṭwl (meṭṭūl) prep. on account of, because of
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on account of, because of
Palmyrene, PTA, Syr, Man, LJLA
PAT278:1.6↗ mṭl kwt shd lh : because of this he gave him testimonial ; PAT+11.4↗ mn ṭl ḥšh ṭbˀ wrˁynh rbˀ : because of his goodwill and generosity [Greek: διὰ τὴν αὐτοθ εὔνοιαν καὶ μεγαλοφροσύνην] ; TgJ Is33:7tos↗ הלא הוא דין אברהם צדיקא דמטול זכותיה איתבסס עלמא‏ : is this not the righteous Abraham on account of whose merit the world was founded ; TNM Gen25:27↗ ומטול הכנא ברכיה אבוי‏ ; PJ Ex40:8↗ מטול זכוות אבהת עלמא‏ : on account of the merits of the eternal ancestors ; PJ Lev4:28↗ מטול חובתיה דחב‏ : because of his sin that he was liable for
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ܡܛܘܠ ܗܢܐ/ܗܕܐ adv./conj. : therefore
Syr
OS JnCur6:66↗ ܡܛܠ ܗܕܐ ܣܓ̈ܝܐܐ ܡܢ ܬܠܡ̈ܝܕܘܗܝ ܐܙܠܘ ܠܗܘܢ ܡܢ ܠܘܬܗ‏ : therefore did many of his students go away from him
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+"what?" : interrog. : why?
Syr, LJLA
Addai.8.9↗ ܐܝܟܢܐ ܘܡܛܘܠ ܡܢܐ ܐܙܥܪ ܢܦܫܗ‏ : how and why did He diminish himself? ; ActsThom 263:13↗ ܡܛܘܠ ܡܢܐ ܠܐ ܨܒܝܬܝ ܠܡܦܩ ܠܡܚܫܡܘ‏ : why do you not want to come out to dine? ; PJ Num22:32↗ מטול מה מחית ית אתנך‏ : why did you hit your ass?
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on behalf of
Syr, LJLA
BHNom 217:3↗ ܘܐܢܐ ܐܙܒܢ ܐܢܝܢ ܡܛܠܬܟ ܒܕ̈ܡܝܐ ܕܝܩܝܪܝܢ‏ : I will sell them on your behalf for a valuable price ; TgJob1:10↗ טללתא אמטולתיה ואמטול אנש ביתיה‏ : you provided protection on his behalf and on behalf of his household
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about, concerning
Syr
SAOC11 45a:4 ܡܐܡܪܐ ܗܢܐ ܡܛܠ ܟܝ̈ܠܐ ܘܡܬ̈ܩܠܐ ܕܒܟ̈ܬܒܐ ܐܠܗ̈ܝܐ‏ : this treatise concerning the measures and weights in divine scriptures ; M.b.Serapion 45:24↗ ܕܚܠܬܐ ܓܝܪ ܘܡܦܩ ܒܪܘܚܐ ܕܡܟ݂ܢ ܠܐ ܡܛܠ ܚ̈ܟܝܡܐ܂ ܐܠܐ ܡܛܠ ܐܝܠܝܢ ܕܠܒܪ ܡܢ ܢܡܘܣܐ ܡܗܠܟܝܢ‏ : for fear and excuse of the natural does not concern the wise but concerns those who behave outside the law
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w. _+infinitive : in order to
PTA
TNM Lev8:34↗ מטול לכפרה עליכון‏ ; TNM Lev27:34↗ מטול לאחוואותהון לוות בני ישראל‏
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With pron. suffixes: -ܡܛܠܬ‏; in Palmyrene always and in Syriac usually defectively written; Palm. also mn ṭl. Also, often written as a compound with a following brief word, e.g. ܡܛܘܠܗܢܐ܂ ܡܛܠܡܢܐ‏, etc.; for the Babylonian form see s.v. ˀmṭwl.
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See also s.v. mn ṭll. Inasmuch as this Eastern Aramaic word is otherwise not used in JLA or JPA, the appearance of this word three times in the marginalia to Targum Neofiti must be considered to be an LJLA intrusion.
In LJLA, some forms may have been changed by scribes to the Babylonian אמטול; but see the extensive note there.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 747[382]DJPA: 301bDJBA: 665bJastrow: 766Drower/Macuch: 268aPayne-Smith: 2076J. Payne-Smith: 267Levy Ch-W: 2:27

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