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mṣˁy (me/iṣˁāy) n.m./adj. middle
1
middle
Syr, Man
Addai.52.4↗ ܬܪܥܐ ܡܨܥܝܐ‏
(1)
adj.: something in the middle
Palmyrene, JPAEpig, Syr, JBAmb
PAT193:1.6↗ wˁbd mṭltˀ dh mṣˁytˀ klh mn kysh : he made all of this middle roof from his own purse ; TrShem 2a:17↗ ומצעייה בי[שין‏ : its midseason crops are bad ; Addai.52.4↗ ܬܪܥܐ ܡܨܥܝܐ‏ ; JBAmb2 102:6↗ בשכינתא עיליתא ובכינתא מיציתא‏ : by the upper divine presence and the middle divine presence
(1)
average, middling
Syr
TDN.24:5↗ ܗܠܝܢ ܕܝܢ ܡܨ̈ܥܝܐ ܒܩܘܡܬܐ‏ : those of average height
(2)
perhaps: mid-level manager or the like?
Syr
Am3 663:11↗ ܝܗܒܘ ܠܗ ܪܒ ܒܝܬܐ ܘܡܸܨܥܵܝܵܐ ܘܟܣܦܐ ܣܓܝܐܐ‏
(2)
בבא מיצעא, בבא מיצעיתא : tractate Bava Mṣi'a
JBA, JBAg
(1)
alone
JBAg
GSh 425:19 text not cited
2
intercessor, intermediary
CPA, Syr, LJLA
AGnEx 4.9↗ ܕܐܬܒܪܝܘ ܒܝܕ ܡܨ݂ܥܝܐ݂܂ ܕܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܒܪ ܟܝܢܗ ܘܒܪ ܐܘܡܢܘܬܗ ܕܥܒܘܕܐ‏ : [the six days of creation] that were created by means of an intermediary who was of the same nature and same skill as the Creator [playing on br as 'son' of course] ; Gal3:19↗ ܒܼ݁ܐܝܕ݂ܵܐ ܕ݁ܡܸܨܥܵܝܵܐ‏ : by the hand of a mediator ; ITim2:5↗ ܘܚܲܕ݂ ܗܼܘ݂ ܡܸܨܥܵܝܵܐ ܕ݁ܲܐܠܵܗܵܐ ܘܕ݂ܲܒ݂ܢܲܝܢܵܫܵܐ̈܂ ܒ݁ܲܪܢܵܫܵܐ ܝܸܫܘ݂ܥ ܡܫܼܝܚܵܐ‏ ; TgProv29:13↗ רשיא/מסכינא/ וגברא מציעא/מצעיא/‏ : the lender/indigent one/ and the middleman [but an error? Peshitta is ܘܡܟܐܒܐ] †
3
במיצעי٠ במיצי : prep. : in the middle of
JBAg
HP Sassoon(1) 92.16↗ גריוא דארעא במיצעי נכסי‏ : the griv of land in the middle of the property
(1)
adv. : in the middle
JBA
BT Er 16b(29)↗ ואי מוקים לה במיצעי‏ : if he sets it in the middle
4
(gram.) a middle type of consonantal aspirate
Syr
MerxSy 78:4 text not cited
5
fem. as subst.
(1)
middle level
Syr
P 1K(1)6:8↗ ܘܬܪܥܐ ܕܚܕܪܬܐ ܡܨܥܝܬܐ ܠܣܛܪܗ ܕܒܝܬܐ ܬܝܡܢܝܐ܂ ܘܒܩܛܪܩܛܐ ܣܠܩܝܢ ܠܡܨܥܝܬܐ‏ : the middle circle on the south side of the Temple, while one ascends to the middle level on a (spiral?) staircase
(2)
midnight
Syr
OS MkSin13:35↗ ܠܐ ܐܢ ܒܪܡܫܝܬܐ ܘܠܐ ܐܢ ܒܡܨܥܝܬܐ ܘܠܐ ܐܢ ܒܢܘܓܗܝܬܐ‏ : whether or not it is at evening time, or in the middle of the night, or at dawn
(3)
(poetry) 12-syllable meter
Syr
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DJPA3 360a.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 817[399]DJPA: 837DJBA: 672aJastrow: 827Drower/Macuch: 269aJ. Payne-Smith: 295DNWSI: 677DCPA[Schulthess]: 243[115]

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