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mytw, mytwtˀ (mīṯū, mīṯūṯā) n.f. death
1
death, dying
Jud, Gal, PTA, CPA, Syr, JBA, LJLA
Mur 21 R:16?↗ text not cited ; KohR[1]24:3(12)↗ לא יחמי במיתותיה‏ : let him not see (the images) in death ; PTPea 21.b:14[2]↗ ניטפל ביה במיתותיה‏ : we should attend to him in his death ; GT DD Deut33:6↗ במיתותה דמייתון בה רשיעייה לעלמא דאתי‏ ; OS MkSin3:5↗ ܡܝܬܘܬ ܠܒܗܘܢ‏ ; IICor4:10↗ ܡܼܝܬ݂ܘ݂ܬ݂ܸܗ ܕ݁ܝܸܫܘ݂ܥ‏ ; BT Tan 23a(53)↗ אי חברא אי מיתותא‏ : either a friend or death ; PJ Gen46:30↗ מיתותא דמייתין בה צדיקייא‏ : the death that the righteous die
(1)
mortality, mortal state
Syr
ESHebd 67:v1414↗ ܡܢܚܡܢܐ ܕܡܝܬܘܬܢ‏ : the one who resurrects our mortal state ; PhiloxMonks2 63:5↗ ܘܡܘܬܗ݂ ܡܝܬܘܬܗ ܕܟܝܢܢ ܡܥܒܪ ܗܘܐ‏ : His death removed our natural mortality
2
fig.:
Syr
BHce2 671:22 ܡܢ ܡܝܬܘܬ ܒܘܪܘܬܐ ܐܚܝܐܗ݀ ܠܥܕܬܐ ܩܕ܊ ܕܐܠܗܐ‏ : he revived God's holy church from its dead state of ignorance
(1)
barrenness
CPA
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Some writers may have distinguished between mwt as an event, i.e., "death", and mytw as a characteristic feature of living things or the like, i.e., "mortality".
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 755[378]DJPA: 307aDJBA: 674bJastrow: 780J. Payne-Smith: 270Levy Ch-W: 2:34DNWSI: 708DCPA[Schulthess]: 222[]

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