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mtyḥˀyt (məṯīḥāˀīṯ) adv. in an extended way
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for an extended time, extensively
Syr
JonHex 3:8 ܘܓܥܘ ܠܘܬ ܐܠܗܐ ܡܬܝܚ݁ܐܝܬ݂‏ : [LXX: καὶ ἀνεβόησαν πρὸς τὸν θεὸν ἐκτενῶς] ; PO 6.114:2 ܡܬܝܚܐܝܬ ܐܬܬܠܝܬ ܥܠܘܗܝ‏ : you were hung on it for a long time ; SebokhtLogic 60:8↗ ܘܐܘܕܝܬ ܝܬܝܪ ܡܬܝ‍{‍ܢܢ‍}‍‍<‍ܚ‍>‍ܐܝܬ‏ : I gave thanks for an even longer time
2
over a long distance
Syr
JohEphLES [515]:5↗ ܡܬܟܪܟܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܒܫ̈ܘܩܐ ܣ̈ܓܝܐܐ ܡܬܝܚܐܝܬ‏ : they were going around extensively by means of many streets
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JPSm renders the first meaning as "earnestly", based on one of the meanings of the Greek ἐκτενῶς; but "extensively" makes better sense
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 867[409]J. Payne-Smith: 316

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