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mḥy, mḥytˀ n.f. affliction; webbing
1
blow, affliction
Sam, Syr, JBAmb, Man
Marqe 1.77↗ הלא חכמת מחיה‏ : am I not aware of his affliction? ; SyrIncBowl 2.8↗ ܒܡܚܝܬܟܘܢ ܢܛܪܘ ܒܝܬܐ ܕܝܠܝ‏ : guard my house with your blows ; GY 229:4 ↗ nitimhia mhita bgu mhita : let him be smitten by a blow within a blow ; MandMB 17:110 ↗ anat asia ḏmasia mhiata bmlala : you are the healer that heals blows through speech
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stroke
Man
2
protest
JBA, JBAg
BT BB 39b(11)↗ גדול בר מניומי הויא ליה ההיא מחית׳ למחויי‏ : PN had a certain protest to make
3
pollution
Man
ATS 1.1:337 ↗ mitparaq mn hak mhita : he is released from this impurity
4
fabric, webbing
CPA, Sam, JBA
(1)
fastening (?) : see s.v. mḥy vb.
JBA
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Syriac only in magical texts; Mand: mhita, pl. mihiata; Sam. emphatic is מחיה
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 656bJastrow: 761Drower/Macuch: 260a, 266aPayne-Smith ~: 2065J. Payne-Smith: 264Tal Sam: 461aDCPA[Schulthess]: 216[108]

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