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mrwh n.f. control
1
control, subjugation
JLAtg, Man
TgJ Is28:20↗ אְרֵי יִתקְצַר חֵילְהוֹן מִשִעבוּד תַקִיף וְשִלטוֹן מָעִיק יִסגֵי מַרוָא‏ : when you are weakened under strong subjugation and an oppressive government asserts much [read as afel!] control ; TgJ Is47:2↗ קַבִילִי מְרוּעָא"מרוה" וְעוּלִי בְשִעבוּד‏ : accept subjugation and enter into servitude ; TgJ Na3:14↗ אַסגַא מַרוָא וְשַעֲבִידִי בְטִינָא‏ : [MT בֹּאִי בַטִּיט וְרִמְסִי בַחֹמֶר] † ; Pishra D-ainia 24 ↗ huṭra ḏmura lgaṭ bˁda : he took the staff of dominion in his hand
2
(uncertain)
Gal
EchRB[1]137(4)↗ מררוותא בישין‏ : †
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Levy connects the Nahum passage with the root rwy and argues that the word literally renders Biblical ṭyṭ, thus "mortar" or the like. But the passage is clearly rendered metaphorically in the Targum, and such an interpretation ignores the parallel usage in the Isaiah passage. Note that it is always used with שעבד, i.e. control your slaves more as they work in the mud.
The unique Mandaic example may well be deemed a separate word, but we find no other form in the other dialects with which to connect it.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 328bJastrow: 838Levy Ch-W: 2:68

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