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mry, mryˀ (mārē, māryā, mārā) n.m. master, lord
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master
Common Aramaic
SyrAhiq 3 154:154↗ ܟܠܒܐ ܕܫܒ݁ܩ ܡܪ̈ܘܗܝ‏ ; P Mt6:24↗ ܠܲܬ݂ܪܸ̈ܝܢ ܡܵܪ̈ܲܘܵܢ‏ ; BT San 63b(49)↗ דעאני ליה למאריה בקרבא‏ : (the horse) responds to its master in battle
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human
Common Aramaic
BarRak.1.3↗ tgltplysr mrˀ rbˁy ˀrqˀ : RN, lord of the four corners of the Earth ; TAD A1.1.6↗ מרא מלכן פרעה‏ : Pharaoh, lord of kings ; GenApoc 2.24↗ ו]א̇מ̇ר̇ לח̇נוך אבוהי יא אבי ויא מרי‏
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vs. ˁbd "servant" as an epistolary title of respect
OfAEg
TAD A4.2R.1↗ אל מראי ידניה מעוזיה אוריה וחילא עבדכ[ם‏
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divine
Common Aramaic
BarH.3↗ nṣbˀ zy šm br[h]dd br ˁtrṡmk mlk ˀrm lmrˀh lmlqrt : the stela that RN, king of Aram, erected for his lord, Melqart ; Dan 5:23↗ עַל מָרֵא־שְׁמַיָּא הִתְרוֹמַמְתָּ‏ ; PAT258:1.1↗ lbˁlšmn mrˀ ˁlmˀ ; H 25:.2↗ qdm mrn wmrtn wbrmryn wbˁšmyn ˀlhˀ rbˀ : before Our Lord, Our Lady, and Son of Our Lords, and Belshamayin the great god ; 4Q529 6↗ רבי מרא עלמא‏ : my Lord Master of the World
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ܡܵܪܝܵܐ : the Lord, God
Syr
P Gn2:4↗ ܒܝܘܡܐ ܕܥܒ݂ܕ ܡܪܝܐ ܐܠܗܐ ܫܡܝܐ ܘܐܪܥܐ‏ ; P Mt1:22↗ ܡܸܕܸ݁ܡ ܕܸ݁ܐܬ݂ܸܐܡܲܪ ܡܸܢ ܡܵܪܝܵܐ ܒ݁ܝܲܕ݂ ܢܒ݂ܼܝܵܐ‏
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ܡܵܪܝ : my Lord, usually in reference to Jesus
Syr
P Mt7:21↗ ܡܵܪܝ ܡܵܪܝ‏
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owner
Common Aramaic
Decree.R.5↗ מרא ביתא זי על בביתה‏ : the owner of the house that he entered ; TAD A6.10 .4↗ מתנצחן גרדא ונכסי מראיהם חסין נטרן‏ : the staff are diligently taking good care of their owner's property ; OS LkCur10:2↗ ܒܥܘ ܗܟܝܠ ܡܢ ܡܪܗ ܕܚܨܕܐ‏ : so ask the owner of the harvest ; AphDem5.98:19↗ ܡܪ̈ܘܗܝ ܕܟܪܡܐ‏ ; BT BB 98a(16)↗ חמרא מזלא דמאריה גרים‏ : the fortune of the owner of the wine is the determining factor (in its quality, souring, etc.) ; PJ Ex22:7↗ מריה ביתא‏ : the house-owner
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(of a text) author
Syr
Bhchr 28:11↗ ܦܛܘܠܘܡܘܣ ܩܘܕܝܘܣ ܡܪܗ ܕܟܬܒܐ ܕܡܓܝܣܬܝ‏ : Ptolomy Claudius, author of the book of the Almagest
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title of respect
Common Aramaic
PAT284:1.3↗ dwqnrˀ dy qsr mrn : ducenarius of our Lord, Caesar ; NabTomb 29:4↗ byrḥ nysn šnt ˁšr wšbˁ lmrˀnˀ ḥrtt mlk nbṭw ; BT San 65b(26)↗ דמארי צאבי‏ : because my lord [i.e. the Emperor/God] wants (it so)
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ܡܵܪܝ : clerical title
Syr
Himy 25b:17 text not cited
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w. first pers. suffix (מר٠ מור) in respectfully addressing a man : sir
JBA
BT Yev 45a(45)↗ אי מור לא יהיב ליה אחריני נמי לא יהבי ליה‏ : if you, sir, do not give him, others also will not give him ; BT Ket 94b(27)↗ דאנא דיינא ומר לאו דיינא‏ : for I am a judge while you, sir, are not a judge
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in contrast: one scholar, the other scholar
JBA
BT BQ 60b(31)↗ מר אמ׳ ליה לימא מר שמעתא ומר אמ׳ ליה לימא מר אגדתא‏ : one scholar said to him, let my lord recite a tradition; the other said to him, let my lord recite a homily
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pl.: neighbors
Syr
Sind 14:23 text not cited
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in the construct state as the head of many compound expressions
Common Aramaic
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chief of ...
Common Aramaic
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owner of ...
Common Aramaic
TgO Gen46:32↗ אֲרֵי גֻברֵי מָרֵי גֵיתֵי הֲווֹ‏ : for they were flock-owning men ; AphDem3.51:4↗ ܘܡܪܐ ܐܓܪܐ݂ ܠܝܬ ܠܗܘܢ‏ : they have no one in charge of payment ; AphDem8.172:2↗ ܡܪܐ ܟܣܦܐ‏ : the creditor ; P Ex22:24↗ ܠܐ ܬܗܘܐ ܠܗ ܐܝܟ ܡܪܐ ܚܘܒܐ‏ : do not relate to him like a creditor
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see also s.vv. mry by, mry dwrˀ, etc.
Syr
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ܡܪܝ ܢܟܣ̈ܐ : patrician
Syr
LSt.27:5↗ ܠܐܚܪܝܢ ܡܪܐ ܢܟܣ̈ܐ ܐܬܐܡܪ܂‏ : it was said to another patrician
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master of (i.e. specialist in) ...
Common Aramaic
EphFid 2:15.2↗ ܛܘܒ ܠܐܝܢܐ ܕܗܘܐ ܠܟ ܡܪܝ ܠܫܢܗ ܐܝܟ ܩܝܬܪܐ ܘܙܡ݂ܪ ܒܗ ܩ̈ܠܐ ܕܡܨܝܢ ܕܢܐܣܘܢ ܫܡܘܥܝ̈ܗܘܢ‏ : blessed be the one who has become a master of his language for you like a lyre and with it sang sounds able to heal their hearers
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an element of many PN's
JBA
BT Ber 45b(30)↗ מר זוטרא‏ ; BT Er 74b(2)↗ מר שמואל‏ ; BT Beṣ 23a(11)↗ אמימר‏
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mariba : "sir father" = "respected senior", but used euphemistically
Man
JohnBook 120:12↗ mariba rba ḏqaš uazal ṭamẖ : great senile one who has grown old and his reason gone away
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an angelic order
Syr
ThbK1 29:4↗ text not cited
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Originally absolute and construct māreˁ ( > mārē), emphatic māryā, but already in OfA the construct can appear simply as mār_. Regularly shortened as a title of respect to mār (i.e., from the first person suffixed form?) and regularly spelled ܡܪܝ‏ in Syriac but simply מר in Jewish texts; pl. mārwān, mārayyā, and mārē, the latter especially in compounds. The full determined form is māryā, but in Syriac that is used only for the Lord God (ie. the Tetragrammaton) and a new form mārā based on the short abs. is used in other contexts, even regularly so in reference to Jesus. Note that in JLAtg the sg. and pl. constructs are both מָרֵי ; in LJLA also מרוות
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Semitic māriˀ; compare Arabic ˀimraˀatun, "lady;" Akkadian māru, "son".
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 823[401]DJPA: 329bDJBA: 707aJastrow: 834Drower/Macuch: 251a, 253bPayne-Smith: 2204J. Payne-Smith: 298Levy Ch-W: 2:64Tal Sam: 484DNWSI: 682DCPA[Schulthess]: 245[115]DJA: 64aQumran: 147

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