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mly(t), mlytˀ (*millē[ṯ], millēṯā) n.m. glacis, millo
1
glacis (as an offensive tactic)
JLAtg
TgJ Jer32:24↗ הָא מִלֵיתָא צְבַרוּ עַל קַרתָא לְמִכבְשָה‏ : look, they have heaped up a glacis against the city to conquer it [=MT הִנֵּה הַסֹּלְלוֹת בָּאוּ הָעִיר לְלָכְדָהּ] ; TgJ Hab1:10↗ הוּא לְכָל כְרָך תַקִיף מֲעִיק וְצָבֵיר מִלֵיתָא‏ : he besieges every strong city and heaps up a glacis
2
= Hebrew מִלּוֹא a defensive construction
JLAtg, LJLA
TgJ 1K9:15↗ לְמִבנֵי יָת בֵית מַקדְשָא דַיוי וְיָת בֵיתֵיה וְיָת מִלֵיתָא וְיָת שוּרָא‏ : [MT אֶת־הַמִּלּוֹא] ; TgIChron 11:8↗ ובנא קרתא חזור חזור מן מליתא‏ : [=MT: וַיִּבֶן הָעִיר מִסָּבִיב מִן־הַמִּלּוֹא]
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An absolute form with final /t/ has been reconstructed based on the variant pl. emph. מליתיא, but the latter is a dubious scribal correction based on the plural form in the MT that has a quite different meaning. Thus a formalization as mlˀh or even millō is probably to be preferred even though the only attested vocalized form is the emphatic.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: Jastrow: 790Levy Ch-W: 2:39

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