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mwtb, mwtbˀ (mawtab/mōṯaḇ, mawtəḇā/mōṯəḇā) n.m. seat; dwelling place
1
seat
Common Aramaic
P Ps1:1↗ ܥܠ ܡܘܬܒܐ ܕܡܡܝ̈ܩܢܐ ܠܐ ܝܬܒ‏ : he did not sit on the seat of the scoffers
(1)
throne
Nabatean, Syr
Col1:16↗ ܐܸܢ ܡܲܘ̈ܬ݁ܒ݂ܸܐ܂ ܘܸܐܢ ܡܵܪ̈ܲܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ‏ : whether thrones or dominions
(1)
a rank of angel
Syr
Caverne 1:3 text not cited ; Cyr2 20:18 ܪ̈ܝܫܢܘܬܐ ܘܡܘ̈ܬܒܐ ܘܡܪ̈ܢܘܬܐ‏ ; ThbK1 29:3↗ text not cited ; Bee 13:2 text not cited
(2)
(treated as divine or a symbol thereof)
Nabatean
NabTomb 39:3↗ dwšrˀ ˀlh mrˀnˀ wmwtbh ḥryšˀ : DN our lord god and his divine throne DN2
2
sitting
Common Aramaic
JECategories 7:302↗ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܓܝܪ ܐܦ ܡܓܢܝܐ ܘܩܘܡܐ ܘܡܘܬܒܐ ܣܝ̈ܡܐ ̈ fܿܪ ܠܝܼܢܓ ܕܿܘܢ܂ ܪܼܣܼܢܓ܂ ܲܢܕ ܣܼܬܬܼܢܓ ܲܪܸ ܦܿܣܼܬܼܿܢܣ‏ : for lying down, rising, and sitting are positions
(1)
ܥܠ ܟܘܪܣܝܐ : ordination, installation
Syr
CatPar 73a:27 text not cited
3
setting, locality, site
JLAtg, Gal, Syr, Man, LJLA
TgO Gen10:30↗ text not cited ; TgO Lev25:29↗ וֻגבַר אְרֵי יְזַבֵין בֵית מוֹתַב קַרתָא מַקְפָא שוּר‏ : should someone sell a house located in a town surrounded by a wall ; JMP 15.1.R(3)↗ במדינת צא דעל נילוס מותבה‏ : in the town of GN whose location is on the Nile ; P 2K2:19↗ ܡܘܬܒܗ ܕܩܪܝܬܐ‏ ; IIIMac7:17↗ ܫܦܝܪܘܬܐ ܕܡܘܬܒܗ‏ : its setting's beauty ; PJ Gen19:20↗ קרתא הדא קריבא מותבהא‏ : this town's site is nearby
(1)
dwelling place
JLAtg, PTA, Syr, LJLA
TgO Ex12:20↗ בְכֹל מוֹתְבָנֵיכוֹן תֵיכְלוּן פַטִירָא‏ : you must eat unleavened in all your dwellings ; TNM Ex10:23↗ דהוון עסיקי׳ בפיתגמי אורייתא במותבניהון‏ ; P 2S7:5↗ ܠܐ ܬܒܢܐ ܠܝ ܒܝܬܐ ܠܡܘܬܒܝ‏ : you shall not build a temple for My dwelling place ; PJ Gen24:3↗ ייי אלקא דמותביה בשמי מרומא‏ : the Lord God whose dwelling place is in the highest heavens ; PJ Gen27:39↗ בטוב פירי ארעא יהי מותבך‏
(1)
habitation
Syr
TgO Gen10:30↗ וַהֲוָה מוֹתַבהוֹן מִמֵישָא מָטֵי לִספַר טוּר מַדִינחָא‏ : their place of habitation was from GN1 reaching GN2 on the eastern mountain ; P Gn27:39↗ ܗܐ ܒܫܘܡܢܗ݀ ܕܐܪܥܐ ܢܗܘܐ ܡܘܬܒܟ‏ ; P 1K(1)10:5↗ ܘܡܘܬܒ ܥܒ̈ܕܘܗܝ‏
(2)
time of dwelling
Syr
P Ex12:40↗ ܡܘܬ݁ܒܗܘܢ ܕܝܬܒܘ ܒܢ̈ܝ ܐܝܣܪܝܠ ܒܡܨܪܝ݂ܢ‏
(3)
seat of government
Syr
Chran1 142:12↗ ܕܢܒܢܐ ܕܘܟܬܐ ܕܥܗܢܐ ܠܡܘܬܒܐ ܕܡܠܟܘܬܗ‏ : to build a place appropriate for the seat of his empire
4
session
Common Aramaic
PTSan 19.a:48[2]↗ במותב פל׳ ופל׳‏ : in the court session of so-and-so vs. so-and-so ; JBAmb2 14:1↗ עובד̊א̊ ע̊ב̊[י]ד̊נא ד̊ה̊ו̊ה̊ במותב ר̊ב̊[י יהושוע בר] פ̊[ר]ח̊י̊א̊‏ : I perform the incantation that used to be in rabbi PN's court session
(1)
counsel
Syr, JBA
(1)
presidency of a session
Palmyrene
(2)
academy (i.e., yeshiva)
PTA
TNM Ex10:23↗ על דהוון עסיקי׳ בפיתגמי אורייתא במותבניהון‏ : because they were busy dealing with words of Torah in their academies
(3)
liturgy sung while sitting, prayer session
Syr
BO3/1 291b:2 ܨܠܘܬܐ ܕܦܣܩ ܡܲܘ̈ܬܒܸܐ‏ : the prayer for inter-sessions ; CatWr1 396b:1ff text not cited
5
buttocks
Syr
ChrPsD1 108:4↗ ܘܫ̈ܒܛܐ ܚܪ̈ܝܦܐ ܡܚܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܒܡ̈ܘܬܒܝܗܘܢ‏ : sharp rods were hitting their rear ends ; PsC 238:10 ܛܠܝܐ܂ ܕܡܢ ܡܵܘܬܒܗ ܘܠܥܠ ܕܡܘ݂ܬ ܒܪܢܫܐ܂ ܘܡ݂ܢ ܡܵܘܬܒܗ ܘܠܬܲܚܬ݁ ܣܘ݁ܓܐܐ ܕܕܸܡ̈ܘܵܬܵܐ ܕܚܝ̈ܘܬܐ‏ : a child with human likeness above his buttocks and many animal shapes below his buttocks
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pl. JLA, PTA, LJLA מֹותְבָנִין , Syr. ܡܲܘ̈ܬ݁ܒ݂ܸܐ‏
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See also s.v. mwtbn, mwtbnˀ n.m.
For the divine throne in Nabataean see Healey, Mada'in Salih pp. 156ff.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 732[311]DJPA: 297aDJBA: 651aJastrow: 752Drower/Macuch: 241a, 263bJ. Payne-Smith: 260Levy Ch-W: 2:18DNWSI: 697Qumran: 135

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