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mwtn, mwtnˀ (maw/ō/ūtān, maw/ō/ūtānā) n.m. plague, pestilence
√ mwt, mwtˀ n.m.
1
plague, pestilence
Common Aramaic
Fakh.23↗ mwtn | šbṭ | zy | nyrgl : plague, the rod of Nergal ; BukânStele 2↗ [k]l | mh | mwtnˀ | [k] zy | hwh | bkl | ˀrqˀ : every kind of plague that ever occurred throughout the earth ; TrShem 2b:30↗ ומותנה במצריים ומחוש בעיניה יהוי‏ : there will be a plague in Egypt and a disease in the eyes ; GT AA Num20:3↗ במותנא די מיתון בה אחינן‏ : in the plague in which our brethren died ; FTP Num16:1↗ אם כמותנא דמייתי בני נשא <ימותון> איליין‏ : if those people will die a natural death ; SamTgJ Ex5:3↗ דלא יפגענן במותן אי בחרב‏ : lest he strike us with plague or with sword ; P Ex9:3↗ ܡܘܬܢܐ݁ ܕܚܣܝ݂ܢ ܛܒ‏ ; P 2S18:7↗ ܡܘܬܢܐ ܪܒܐ‏
2
slaughter, disastrous death
Syr, Man
ApocDan.41.1↗ ܘܢܫܲܪܘܢ ܠܡܡܚܐ ܘܠܡܘܒܕܘ ܒܚܪܒܐ ܘܒܡܲܘܬܢܐ‏ : they will begin to smite and destroy with sword and with slaughter
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Possibly a loan from Akkadian mūtānu. See AIOA 74 and Maarav 3 (1982): 137ff.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 732[378]DJPA: 297aDJBA: 651bJastrow: 752Drower/Macuch: 263bPayne-Smith ~: 2057J. Payne-Smith: 260Levy Ch-W: 2:18Tal Sam: 459DNWSI: 607DCPA[Schulthess]: 214[107]
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