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mll vb. D to speak
DCDt
Dpaˁˁelto speak2 senses▶
1
to speak
Common Aramaic
Sf.3 a2↗ wymll mln lḥyt : should he speak evil words ; Dan 7:8↗ וּפֻם מְמַלִּל רַבְרְבָן‏ : while a mouth was speaking great things ; P Ps2:5↗ ܢܡܠܠ ܥܠܝܗܘܢ ܒܪܘܓܙܗ‏ ; JBABowl 71.1:10↗ ידבוק לישניהון בפומיהון ולא ימללון עלי מלל ביש‏ : may their tongue adhere to their mouth so that they should not speak an evil word against me ; BT Sot 35a(10)↗ ריש קטיעא ימלל‏ : should one with a severed head speak? ; HM(1) 80:(1)29↗ ולמללא במיתין‏ : to speak with dead people ; PJ Gen11:1↗ בלישן קודשה הוו ממללין דאיתבריא ביה עלמא מן שירויא‏ : they used to speak in the holy tongue for by it the world was created in the beginning
(1)
w. b_ : to have a long chat with (?)
Syr
P 1S25:39↗ ܫܕܪ ܕܘܝܕ ܘܡܠܠ ܒܐܒܝܓܠ ܕܢܣܒܝܗ݀ ܠܗ ܐܢܬܬܐ‏ : David sent word and had a discussion with Abigail to marry her
(2)
w. blb : to console
Syr
P Ps12:3↗ ܒܠܒܐ ܘܒܠܒܐ ܡܡܠܠܝܢ‏ : [=MT בְּלֵב וָלֵב יְדַבֵּרוּ but in a negative context apparently misunderstood: compare TargPS בלבבהון מנכלין ובלבא <מ>שׁקרא ממללין]
2
to sound
Syr
JulSok 89(41):3↗ ܘܢܩ݂ܫ ܛܒܠܐ܂ ܘܡܠܠ ܩܪ̈ܢܬܐ‏ : the drum beat and the horns sounded
Cˀafˁelto enable someone to speak1 sense▶
to enable someone to speak
Man
GY 4:24↗ uiatir ukabir nhurẖ mn amlulia uˁš{{a}}taiia bmalalia : its light is far beyond enabling one to speak of and recite with words
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto be spoken3 senses▶
1
to be spoken
Common (except: OA, OfA, BA)
4QEnb1.2.4↗ ואתמ̇[ללו‏ ; TgJ 1Sam15:16↗ וַאְחַוֵי לָך יָת דְאִתמַלַל מִן קֳדָם יְיָ‏ ; OS MtSin1:22↗ ܕܢܬܡܠܐ ܡܕܡ ܕܐܬܡܠܠ ܡܢ ܡܪܝܐ ܒܐܫܥܝܐ‏ : so that what was spoken by the Lord in Isaiah would be fulfilled ; TgPs87:3↗ מילין דיקר אתמליל עלך‏ : words of honor was spoken about you ; TgEsth301:13↗ היכדין יאה למהוי מתמלל פתגם מלכא קדם חכים‏ : how is it proper for the order of the king to be spoken before a sage?
2
(of divinity) w. ˁm : to converse w. someone
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Syr, Man, LJLA
TgO Gen16:13↗ וְצַלִיאַת בִשמָא דַיוי דְאִתמַלַל עִימַה‏ : she prayed in the name of the Lord who had conversed with her ; TgO Ex20:16↗ מַלֵיל אַת עִימַנָא וֻנקַבֵיל וְלָא יִתמַלַל עִמַנָא‏ : you speak to us and we will obey, but let Him not converse with us ; TN Ex20:19↗ ולא יתמלל עמן מן קדם ייי‏ ; AGnEx 73.15↗ ܟܕ ܕܝܢ ܐܬܡܠܠ ܥܡܗ݀܂ ܐܬܚܙܝ ܠܗ݀ ܚܙܘܐ ܒܓܘ ܚܙܘܐ܂ ܗܢܘ ܕܝܢ ܐܠܗܐ ܒܡܠܐܟܐ‏ ; AGnEx 132.21↗ ܡܢ ܝܘܡܐ ܕܐܬܡܠܠ ܥܡܗ ܒܚܘܪܝܒ‏ : from the day he conversed with him at Horeb ; Pashar Mihla 696↗ ḏˁtmalal ˁm miša br simrud bṭura ḏsinai : who conversed with Moses on Mt. Sinai ; Nisan1 32↗ נָ̊פַק וְאִתְמַלַּל עִם תְּרֵי נְבִיַּיָּא‏
(1)
with עם implied
JLAtg
TgJ Ez1:28↗ וֻשמַעִית קָל דְמִתמַלַל‏ : I heard a voice that was speaking [but see 2:2!]
3
to be accused ܒ of (orally)
Syr
EbMai10 217a:20 ܐܢ ܡܬܡܠܠܐ ܐܢܬܬܐ ܒܐܣܟܝܡܐ ܕܙܢܝܘܬܐ ܘܕܙܠܝܠܘܬܐ ܡܢ ܦܘܡ ܫܒ̈ܒܐ ܣܓܝ̈ܐܐ‏ : if the wife is accused of the appearance of harlotry and shamelessness by many neighbors ; EChe 180:17 ܬܫܥܝܬܐܐ ܥܠ ܐܢܬܬܐ ܚܕܐ݁܂ ܕܐܬ݂ܡܠܠܬ݁ ܗܘܬ ܒܚ̈ܬܗܐ ܣܓ̈ܝܐܐ‏ : a story about a certain woman who was accused of many many sins
§Form & Usage▶
Mandaic uses a form that appears to be C for the participle of D
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D (paˁˁel)
C (ˀafˁel)
Dt (ˀeṯpaˁˁal)
✎Notes & Bibliography▶
Note the use of the Dt for the divine role in a conversation with divinity, perhaps borrowed in Syriac from targumic sources?
In the CPA horologion used to reflect the ability to proclaim the Word as reflected in the adjective mmlln, q.v.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 773[387]DJPA: 311aDJBA: 681bJastrow: 792Drower/Macuch: 273bPayne-Smith: 2109J. Payne-Smith: 273Levy Ch-W: 2:41Tal Sam: 473aDNWSI: 644DCPA[Schulthess]: 229[111]Qumran: 141
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