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myt (mīṯ) adj. dead
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dead
Common Aramaic
PTBer 6.a:35[2]↗ הוה יתיב מתני ועאל מיתא‏ : he was sitting and learning, and a body was brought in ; FTV Deut32:39↗ ומחייה מיתין לעלמ׳ דאתי‏ : he resurrects the dead in the world to come ; AphDem8.168:17↗ ܕܚܛܝܐ ܟܕ ܚܝ ܡܝܬܐ ܗܘ ܠܐܠܗܐ‏ : a sinner while alive is a dead person to God
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mortal
Syr
Rom6:12↗ ܦ݂ܲܓ݂ܪܟ݂ܘ݂ܢ ܡܼܝܬ݂ܵܐ‏
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Qum. מת , probably mēṯ as in Hebrew.
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Note that unlike Hebrew, Aramaic can distinguish between the adjective "dead" and he participle "dying", although in magical text recipes this form can be used for "not quite dead yet!"
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 755[378]DJPA: 306bDJBA: 674bJastrow: 780Drower/Macuch: 271aJ. Payne-Smith: 270Levy Ch-W: 2:34Tal Sam: 459DNWSI: 707DCPA[Schulthess]: 222[107]DJA: 62bQumran: 150

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