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mskn, msknˀ (meskēn, meskēnā) n.m. poor man
1
poor man
Common Aramaic
TAD C2.1 11..68↗ ٠ע̇בד זי מסכן יעבד‏ ; Lag(380) John12:5↗ ܠܝܡܐ ܗܕܢ ܒܝܣܡܐ ܠܐ ܐܙܕܒܢ ܒܬ݁ܠܬ݁ ܡܐܐ ܕܝܢܪ̈ܝܢ ܘܐܬ݁ܝܗܒ ܠܡܣ̈ܟܝܢܐ‏ : why was this ointment not sold for three hundred dinars and given to the poor? ; JSB1 373:ult↗ ܕܡܸܣܟܹܝܢ ܘܲܚܠܝܡ ܡ݂ܢ ܥܬ݁ܝܪܐ ܕܟܪܝܗܐ ܛܒ ܗܘ‏ : for one who is poor and healthy is better the a sick rich man ; P Mt19:21↗ ܙܸܠ ܙܲܒܸ݁ܢ ܩܸܢܝܵܢܵܟ݂܂ ܘܗܲܒ݂ ܠܡܸܣܟܼ݁ܢܸܐ̈‏
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adj:
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penurious, poor
Syr
ActsThom 320:11↗ ܐܢܫܘܬܢ ܡܣܟܢܬܐ‏ : our poor humanity
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fig.: modest, deprived
Syr, LJLA
IIMac15:38↗ ܐܢ ܕܝܢ ܒܨܝܪܐܝܬ ܘܡܣܟܢܐ ܬܗܘܐ ܬܫܬܒܩ ܠܝ‏ : but if it is minimal and modest that I be forgiven ; MaryMagi 14↗ ܒܲܝܬܵܐ ܡܸܣܟܼܝܢ ܘܥܽܘܡܪܵܐ ܣܦܼܝܩ‏ : the house is poor and the living is spare ; TgSong8:9↗ ואפילו היא מסכינא מן פקודיא‏ : even if she is deprived of the commandments
(3)
leprous (??)
Syr
P Lk16:20↗ text not cited
3
(astron.) ܙܲܒܢܵܐ : a star name
Syr
Act14congr2 162:5 text not cited
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From Akkadian muškēnu, originally a subservient class, later simply "indigent".
For "leper" see R. Köbert, Biblica 58, No. 4 (1977), p. 531 and see also s.v. mnsy adj.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 791[474]DJPA: 320bDJBA: 690bJastrow: 807Drower/Macuch: 268b, 250aJ. Payne-Smith: 285Levy Ch-W: 2:52Tal Sam: 479DNWSI: 665DCPA[Schulthess]: 239[114]Qumran: 145

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