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mḥdh, mḥdˀ (meḥḏā) adv. at once, immediately
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at once, immediately, suddenly
CPA, Syr
P 2K5:3↗ ܡܚܕܐ ܡܐܣܐ ܠܗ ܡܢ ܓܪܒܗ‏ : he will heal him of his leprosy immediately ; P Mt4:22↗ ܗܸܢܘ݂ܢ ܕܸ݁ܝܢ ܡܸܚܕ݂ܵܐ ܫܒ݂ܲܩܘ ܠܸܐܠܦ݂ܵܐ ܘܠܲܐܒ݂ܘ݂ܗܘ݂ܢ‏ : so they left the ship and their father at once
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(in a genitive construction)
Syr
BHNom 462:14↗ ܚܕ ܡܢܗܘܢ ܡܚܘ݁ܬܵܐ ܠܐ ܩܵܛܠܲܬ݂ ܡܸܚܕܵܗ݀܃ ܘܐܚܪܢܐ ܡܚܘܬܐ ܩܛܠܬ ܡܸܚܕܵܗ݀‏ : one of them is a blow that does not kill immediately and the other a blow that kills immediately
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as conjunction with d_ : as soon as
Syr
JoshStyl 37.18↗ ܡܚܕܗ݀ ܕܥܛ݂ܦ^ܘ^ ܗܘܘ܃ ܡܫܟܚܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܐܚܪ̈ܢܐ‏ : as soon as they would go back they would find others
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as one
CPA
3
once and for all
CPA
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spelled both ܡܚܕܐ‏ and ܡܚܕܗ݁‏ ; CPA only ܡܢ ܚܕܐ
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As a conjunction still spelled as two separate words, see s.v. ḥd num.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 737[215]Payne-Smith ~: 1194J. Payne-Smith: 263DCPA[Schulthess]: 232[]

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