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mdbrn, mdbrnˀ (mḏabbrān, mḏabbrānā) nom.ag.D leader
√ dbr vb.
1
guide, shepherd; fig.: leader
CPA, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA
P 1S9:16↗ ܠܡܕܒܪܢܐ ܥܠ ܥܡܝ‏ ; P 1K(1)16:2↗ ܘܥܒܕܬܟ ܡܕܒܪܢܐ ܥܠ ܥܡܝ ܐܝܣܪܝܠ‏ ; BT San 14a(47)↗ מדבראנא דאומתיה‏ : the leader of his nation ; TgProv11:14↗ באתר דלית מדברנא נפל עמא‏
(1)
administrator, governor
Syr, Man
INW 30↗ ܡܕܒܪܢܐ ܐܝܬ܃ ܕܡܕܒܪ ܨܒ̈ܘܬܗ ܕܥܠܡܐ ܗܢܐ‏ : there is an administrator who guides the affairs of this world
(1)
abbot
CPA, Syr
(1)
ܡܕܒܪܢܝܬܐ : abbess, mother superior
Syr
Am7 716:2↗ ܦܓܥ ܒܒܢ̈ܬ ܩܝܡܐ ܂܂܂ ܘܐܡܪܬ ܠܗ ܡܕܒܪܢܝܬܗܝܢ‏ : he met some nuns and their abbess said to him
(2)
ܡܕܒܪܢܐ ܕܐܠܦܐ : helmsman
CPA, LJLA
TgEsth2 4:1(17)↗ כענא דלית להון רעי וכאילפא בימא דלית <<ליה>> מדברנא‏ : like sheep that have no shepherd and like a ship in the sea that has no helmsman
2
in reference to the seven "planets"
Syr
(1)
(astron.) name of a star
Syr
Act14congr2 159:3 text not cited
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 712[140]DJBA: 642aJastrow: 731Drower/Macuch: 257bJ. Payne-Smith: 252Levy Ch-W: 2:9DCPA[Schulthess]: 209[42]
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