←
msy vb. to melt, rot
GDCGtDt
Gpəˁal(of body parts, bodies) to melt away, rot3 senses▶
1
(of body parts, bodies) to melt away, rot
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam
TgO Num5:21↗ בִדיִתֵין יוי יָת יִרכִיך מַסיָא וְיָת מְעַכִי נְפִיחִין‏ ; SYAP 32:35↗ וליבי וכול[יי]תי לגו מני מסיי‏ : my heart and kidneys melted away inside of me ; TN Lev26:39↗ בחובי אבהתהון עמהון ימסון‏ : [MT בַּעֲוֹנֹת אֲבֹתָם אִתָּם יִמָּקּוּ] ; CPA(le97) Job 16:7↗ ܠܐܐ݁ ܘܫܩܝܩ ܘܡܣܐ݁‏ : weary, worn-out and wasted-away ; SamTgJ Num5:27↗ ותנפח מעיה ותמסי ירכה‏
(1)
to become fainthearted
JLAtg
TgJ 2Sam17:10↗ גְבַר גִבָר דְלִבֵיה כְלִבָא דְאַריָא איפשר דממסא ימסי‏ : is it possible for a heroic fellow whose heart is like a lion to actually become a coward?
2
to condense (intransitive)
Syr, JBA, Man
KwDW 399:6↗ ܟܕ ܡ݁ܣܐ ܘܡܬܥ݁ܒܐ ܩܠܝܠ‏ : when it condenses and becomes a bit thicker ; MG 1:59.1.27↗ מטרא בעננא ממסא מסי‏ : the rain actually condenses in the cloud ; ATS 1.1:98↗ umsat msuta btša iahria : coagulation condensed over nine months
3
to thicken, coagulate (trans.)
Syr, Man
P Job10:10↗ ܘܐܝܟ ܓܒܬܐ ܡܣܝܬܢܝ‏ : you made me condense like cheese ; ATS 1.1:98↗ umsat msuta btša iahria : coagulation condensed over nine months
Dpaˁˁel(of body parts, bodies) to melt away, rot1 sense▶
(of body parts, bodies) to melt away, rot
LJLA
TgPs39:12↗ ומסיית היך עמר דאיתגרדים גושמיה‏ : his body fell apart like moth-eaten wool †
Cˀafˁelto cause to melt3 senses▶
1
to cause to melt
JLAtg, PTA, LJLA
TgO Num5:22↗ לְאַפָחָא מְעִין וֻלאַמסָאָה יִרַך‏ : to inflate the innards and melt a buttocks ; TN Num5:22↗ למנפחה מעיך ולממסיה ירכיך‏ ; PJ Num5:22↗ למנפחא כריסן ולמסייא ירכונין‏
(1)
to moisten
Syr
P Ps6:7↗ ܬܫܘܝܬܝ ܐܡܣܝܬ‏
(2)
to dissolve something
CPA
CPA Job7:5↗ ܘܐܢܐ ܡܡܣܝ ܩܠܥ̈ܝܗ݀ ܕܐܪܥܐ ܡܢ ܡܐܘܠܐ ܕܐܢܐ ܓܪܕ‏ : I dissolve the clods of earth from the pus I scrape off †
(3)
fig.:
Syr
BalJos 176:14↗ ܘܐܲܡ݂ܣܝ݂ ܒܠܒܢ ܟܘܠܝ̈ܬܲܢ‏ : (he yelled at us) at melted our kidneys inside us [but perhaps to be taken literally!?] ; IMac7a1 4:32↗ ܘܐܡܣܐ ܡܪܚܘܬܐ ܕܚܝܠܗܘܢ‏ : and melt the boldness of their strength
2
to cause to coagulate
JBAg, Man
JohnBook 233:8↗ ana ˁiamsia limsuta : I shall do the coagulation
3
to putrefy something
Syr
P Num5:21↗ ܢܡܣܐ ܡܪܝܐ ܥܛܡ̈ܬܟܝ‏
(1)
to form pus
Syr
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto melt away3 senses▶
1
to melt away
JLAtg, JBAmb, LJLA
TgJ Mi1:4↗ וְיִתמְסוֹן טוּרַיָא תְחוֹתוֹהִי‏ ; JBAmb2 22:7↗ וטוריא בהון א̊יתעקרו ורא̊מ̊ת̊א̊ בהון איתמסיאה‏ ; PJ Gen7:21↗ ואיתמסי כל ביסרא דרחיש על ארעא‏ : all flesh that moves over the earth melted away
(1)
to flow with melt
JLAtg
TgJ Is34:3↗ וֻפִגרֵיהוֹן יִסַק תַננְהוֹן וְיִתמְסוֹן טוּרַיָא מִדַמהוֹן‏ : as for their corpses, their smoke will rise and the mountains run with their blood
(2)
to disappear gradually
JLAtg, PTA, LJLA
TgO Lev26:39↗ וֻדיִשתְאַרוּן בְכוֹן יִתמְסוֹן בְחוֹבֵיהוֹן בְאַרעָתָא דְסָנְאֵיהוֹן‏ : those left among you shall gradually disappear in the lands of their enemies because of their sins ; TN Lev26:39↗ יתמסון בחוביהון‏ ; PJ Lev26:39↗ יתימסון בחוביהון ٠٠٠ יתימסון‏
2
to be(come) rotten
JLAtg, CPA, Syr
TgJ Joel1:17↗ אִתמְסִיאוּ גַרבֵי חֲמַר תְחוֹת מְגוּפַתהוֹן‏ : the wineskins rotted beneath their stoppers ; TgJ Zec14:12↗ יִתמְסֵי בִסרֵיה וְהוּא קָאֵים עַל רַגלוֹהִי וְעֵינוֹהִי יִתמַסיָן בְגִלגְלֵיהוֹן‏ : his flesh will rot while he is standing on his feet and his eyes will rot in their eyeballs ; CPA Psalms37:6↗ ܐܣܪܝ ܘܐܬ݁ܡܣܝ ܡܚܘܬ݁ܝ‏ : my wound stank and became rotten ; Geop 13:3↗ ܡܪܦܝܢ ܠܗܘܢ ܡܬܡܣܝܢ ܒܗ݀ ܒܕܘܟܬܐ‏ : they allow them to rot in that place ; AphDem23.457:8↗ ܡܬܡܣܐ ܘܡܬܚܒܠ‏
(1)
to be weakened, wasted away
PTA, Syr, LJLA
TN Num5:27↗ ויתנפח כרסה ותתמסי ירכה‏ : her belly will swell up and her buttocks waste away ; Ps-Clem Recogs 2.148:1↗ ܕܡܢ ܝܒܝܫܘܬܗ ܕܦܓܪܐ ܢܦܫ̈ܬܗܘܢ ܡܬܡܣܝ̈ܢ‏ : because their souls have weakened due to the body’s dryness ; PJ Gen7:21↗ ואיתמסי כל ביסרא‏ ; PJ Num5:21↗ יתן ייי ית ירכוניך מתמסיין וית כריסיך מנפחא‏ : the Lord shall make your buttocks wasted away and your belly swell up
(1)
fig. w. various body parts : to lose heart, become despondent
JLAtg, PTA, Syr
TgJ Jos2:11↗ וֻשמַענָא וְאִתמְסִי לִבַנָא‏ ; TgJ Is19:3↗ וְתִתמְסֵי רוּחָא דְמִצרָאֵי בִמעֵיהוֹן‏ ; TN Ex15:15↗ אתמסי לבהון בגויהון‏ ; P 2S17:10↗ ܡܬܡܣܝܘ ܡܬܡܣܐ‏ : shall he actually lose heart?
3
to condense, coagulate
JBAmb, Man
JBABowl 74.1:2↗ דנ^י^בש לישניה בפומיה ויתמסי רוקיה בגרגרתיה‏ : so that his tongue dries out in his mouth and his spittle coagulates in his throat ; GY 33:22↗ ungad rqiha uˁtmisiat arqa tibil : he stretched out the sky and the ground of the Earth condensed
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalfig. : to be dissolved (?)1 sense▶
fig. : to be dissolved (?)
JLAtg
TgJ Ez24:11↗ וְיִתמַסוֹן בְגַוַה עָבְדֵי סוֹבְתַה‏ : [MT וְנִתְּכָה בְתוֹכָהּ טֻמְאָתָהּ] †
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the LJLA (and JLA var.) Gt form יתימסון should be seen as the normal late phonetic shift /CCǝC/ > /CǝCC/ rather than as a secondary root *yms.
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The sole JLA ex. of Dt is dubious.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 789[396]DJPA: 320aDJBA: 690bJastrow: 806Drower/Macuch: 275a, 276aPayne-Smith: 2176J. Payne-Smith: 283Levy Ch-W: 2:51Tal Sam: 479bAudo: 2:65DCPA[Schulthess]: 239[114]

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