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mr, mrˀ, mˀrˀ (mar, marrā) n.m. a type of spade
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a type of spade or shovel
Hatran, Syr, JBA, Man
H 281:.4↗ ḥṭmˀ ˀw mrˀ wnrgˀ wksydˀ : hoe, spade, axe, and k-implement ; JBh 2:16 ܕܗܢܘܢ ܩܝ̈ܢܝܐ ܚܟܡܝܢ ܠܡܥܒܕ ܐܢܘܢ ܠܡܐ̈ܢܐ ܕܦܪܙܠܐ܃ ܠܣܟܬ ܦܕܢܐ ܐܡܪ ܐܢܐ ܘܲܠܡܲܪܵܐ ܘܠܢܪܓܐ ܘܠܡܓܠܐ‏ : for those smiths know how to make iron utensils: I mean the plowshare, the spade, the axe, and the sickle ; BT Ket 64a(20)↗ בעינא חוטרא לידא ומרא לקבורה‏ : I need a staff for (my) hand and a spade for (my) burial ; GS 111:15↗ mahu mhara šna bˁdak ˁu mia brahaṭak ˁstakariun : is the spade gone from your hand; has the water in your channels been blocked?
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blow of a spade
JBA
BT BB 17b(26)↗ כל מרא ומרא דקא מחית קא מרפית ליה לארעאי‏ : you weaken my field with every spade after spade that you strike
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mallet
Syr
IA2 112:v86 ܡܐܪܐ ܕܕܗܒܐ ܐܢ ܢܐܚܘܕ܂ ܗܕܝܘܛܐ ܠܐ ܒ݁ܢܐ ܒܗ‏ : even if he holds a golden mallet, the unskilled person will not build with it
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Mand. mhara
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From Sumerian > Akkadian marru; see AIOA p. 70.
The identification of the Mandaic form with augmented /h/ was shown by Modern Mandaic as noted by H. Mutzafi and M. Morgenstern, Aram 24(2012): 173.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 823[400]DJBA: 703aJastrow: 835Drower/Macuch: 240bJ. Payne-Smith: 247DNWSI: 682

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