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mlwˀ, mlwˀˀ (mlōˀ, mlōˀā) n.m. fullness
1
fullness, complete amount
JLAtg, CPA, Sam, Syr, LJLA
TgO Ex16:32↗ מְלוֹ עוּמרָא‏ : [=MT מְלֹא הָעֹמֶר ] ; PJ Num35:17↗ ואין באבנא מלוא ידא די כמיסת דימות בה מחהי‏ : if he struck him with a complete handful of stone that is enough for him to die from
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material constituting something
Syr
BHde Plantis 75:67 ܓܘܫܡܐ ܕܡܗ ܪܕ݁ܐ ܡܠܘܐܐ ܒܐܘܪ̈ܓܢܐ ܕܡܥܬܕܝܢ ܠܗ‏ : a structure from which flows matter by means of organs devoted to that ; JEhCh 141b:25 ܡܠܘܐܐ ܚܫ݁ܚܐ ܘܡ݁ܥܕܪܢܐ ܠܨܒ̈ܘܬܐ ܣܓܝܐ̈ܬܐ ܗܠܝܢ ܕܡ̈ܬܒܥܝܢ ܠܗܘܦܟܐ‏ : useful and helpful material (from apparently otherwise useless plants) for the many objects needed for normal life
(1)
supply, fuel
Syr
GregOr 41 22.1.25↗ ܡܢܐ ܓܝܪ ܡܬܒ݂ܥܐ ܠܫܠܗܒܝܬܐ ܡܠܘܐܐ ܝܬܝܪܐ‏ : for what need does the flame have of additional fuel?
(2)
strength, substance
Syr
PhiloxDisc 13:54↗ ܚܲܝܠܐ ܕܢܲܟܦܽܘܬܐ܆ ܕܢܸܗܘܸܐ ܠܵܟ ܡܠܽܘܐܐ ܠܲܩܪܵܒܐ ܕܠܽܘܩܒܲܠ ܙܵܢܝܽܘܬܐ‏
(1)
profit, riches
Syr
2
sum
Syr, JBA
LSt.143:22↗ ܘܐܝܬܝܗ݀ ܕܝܪܬܬ݂ ܡ݂ܢܒܥܠܗ݀ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܡܠܘܐܐ ܪܒܐ‏ : she is someone who inherited a large sum from her former husband
3
occasion for something, opportunity
Syr
Rechts2 .2.16 ܡܠܘܐܐ ܝܗܒܐ ܠܣܛܢܐ ܠܡܬܓܢܒܪܘ‏ : it gives Satan the opportunity to boast ; JSBhom 125:889↗ ܘܲܗܘܵܐ ܡܠܽܘܐܵܐ ܠܟܽܠ ܡܲܠܦܵܢܸ̈ܐ ܕܲܟܢܽܘܫ̈ܵܬܵܐ܃ ܠܲܡܦܲܫܵܩܽܘ‏ : there was an opportunity for all the synagogues' teachers to expound
4
earthen wall
Sam
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JLAtg also has the regular variant מְלֵי (see s.v. mly adj.) in almost every instance
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This form is well established in Rabbinic Hebrew and Syriac, but DJBA implicitly rejects this form for JBA, preferring the readings as מלא, מלי adj. in every case. Given the Syriac usage, however, we prefer to assume that such a form probably did exist in JBA if not in JLAtg, if only hiding in the defective spelling without waw.

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