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mḥwh, mḥwtˀ (maḥwā, mḥūtā) n.f. blow, wounding
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blow
Sam, Syr, Man
Marqe 6.89↗ לא תתוכח במלים ולא במחוהן‏ : you will not be rebuked with words nor with blows ; OS LkCur12:47↗ ܢܒܠܥ ܡܚ̈ܘܬܐ ܣ̈ܓܝܐܬܐ‏ : he will suffer many blows
2
wound
Syr
TB 4:36.23↗ ܕܒܡܚܘܬܐ ܕܒܓܒ݂ܗ‏ ; P Lv13:55↗ ܐܠܐ ܐܬܚܠܦ ܚܙܘܗ݀ ܕܡܚܘܬܐ‏
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plague
Syr
P Ex9:14↗ ܡܫܕܪ ܐܢܐ ܡܚܘܬܝ‏ ; P Mk3:11↗ ܘܲܐܝܠܸܝܢ ܕܼܐܝܬ݂ ܗܼܘܲܝ̈ ܠܗܘ݂ܢ ܡܲܚܘ̈ܵܬ݂ܵܐ܂ ܕ݁ܪ̈ܘ݂ܚܸܐ ܛܲܢܦ݂ܵܬ݂ܵܐ‏ : those who had plagues from unclean spirits
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affliction
Syr
P Lv13:2↗ ܫܘܡܬܐ ܕܡܚܘܬܐ ܕܓܪܒܐ‏ : the sore from the affliction of leprosy ; P Susanna:10↗ ܘܠܐ ܓܠܘ ܡܚܘܬܗܘܢ ܚܕ ܠܚܕ‏ : they did not reveal their affliction to one another
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pl: ܡܲܚܘ̈ܵܬܵܐ‏
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The text at Pesh. Nahum 1:1, rendered "burden" in LS2, is clearly a graphic error for ܡܫܩܠܐ the otherwise regular rendering of Biblical Hebrew מַשָּׂא. If taken as written, however, one must translate simply as "plague" rather than accommodate it to the Hebrew Vorlage.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 737[380]Payne-Smith ~: 2065J. Payne-Smith: 263Tal Sam: 460b

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