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nṣb (a/o) vb. to plant
GDCGt
Gpəˁalto plant3 senses▶
1
to plant
Common Aramaic
IduOstr 1:189.1↗ חלקן נצב עליאל זרע ס 2‏ ; TgO Gen9:20↗ וֻנצַב כַרמָא‏ : he planted a vineyard ; SamTgJ Lev19:23↗ ותצבון כל אילן מיכל‏ : you plant any edible tree ; P Ex15:17↗ ܘܬܨܘܒ ܐܢܘܢ ܒܛܘܪܐ ܕܝܪܬܘܬܟ‏ ; P Is17:10↗ ܡܛܠ ܗܢܐ ܬܨܒܝܢ ܢܨܒܬܐ ܝܐܝܬܐ‏ : because of this you will plant a pleasant planting ; ChronEdess 7:2↗ ܕܒܟܝܢܐ ܢܨܝܒܐ ܚܛܝ݂ܬܐ‏
(1)
to insert in the ground
Syr
ChronEdess 8:25↗ ܩܡܨܐ ܣܓܝܐܐ ܐܬܚܙܝ܂ ܡܕܡ ܕܝܢ ܠܐ ܣܓܝ ܣܪܚ ܒܫܢܬܐ ܗ݀ܝ܂ ܢܨܒ ܕܝܢ ܡܢܨܒ‏ : a lot of locusts appeared but did not do much damage that year: they just implanted (i.e., their eggs)
(2)
to embed
Syr
P Ps94:9↗ ܗܘ ܕܢܨܒ ܐ̈ܕܢܐ‏ : He who installed the ears
(1)
p.p. : embedded
Syr
BhBS.E Eth 4.6.2 ܟܕ ܚܡܝܡܘܬܐ ܢܨܝܒܬܐ ܡܫܪܝܐ ܠܡܕܥܟ‏ : when the embedded heat begins to vanish
(3)
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Syr
P Ps94:9↗ ܗܘ ܕܢܨܒ ܐ̈ܕܢܐ ܕܠܡܐ ܠܐ ܫܡܥ‏ : could the one who implanted the ears not hear?
2
to erect
Palmyrene, Sam, Syr, Man
PAT318:1.2↗ mṣbˀ dnh nṣb ˁtntn br zbdˁth : PN erected this stela
(1)
to pitch a tent
Sam, Syr
IshNum 109:22↗ ܐܝܟ ܡܫܟܢܐ ܕܢܨܝܒ ܡܫܪܪܐܝܬ ܘܠܐ ܡܬܥܩܪ ܕܠܝܠܐܝܬ‏ : like a tent firmly pitched and not easily uprooted
(2)
to found a place or structure, enable to function
Palmyrene, Nabatean, Syr, Man
AllatTemple2↗ dnh bytˀ dy bnh rwḥw br mlkw br ˀklbw br rwḥw lˀlt ˀlhthm dy bṣlḥd wdy nṣb rwḥw br qṣyw ˁm rwḥw dnh dy ˁlˀ : this is the temple that PN1 built for Allat their goddess in GN and that PN2 founded along with the aforementioned PN1 ; unpublished Inscription of 536CE ܕܢܨܒ ܕܝܪܐ‏ : who founded the monastery ; P 1Ch17:9↗ ܘܐܨܘܒ ܕܘܟܬܐ‏ : [MT: וְשַׂמְתִּי מָקוֹם]
(3)
to fix, assess (taxes)
Sam
3
to create a productive being
Man
GY 89:23↗ lka naitun mia uniniṣibun iardna balma : let them bring water here and create the Jordan in the world
(1)
to enable propagation by marrying
Man
ATS 1.1:126↗ unṣab niṣubta lnapšiẖ : he planted a planting for himself (= he took a wife)
Dpaˁˁelto plant (plur.)2 senses▶
1
to plant (plur.)
JLAtg, Sam, Syr
TgO Deut28:39↗ כַרמִין תִיצוּב"תנציב" וְתִפלַח‏
2
to set up
Sam, Syr
Cˀafˁelto have planted2 senses▶
1
to have planted
LJLA
TgQoh2:4↗ אנציבית לי כרמין ביבנה‏ : I had vineyards planted in GN †
2
to fix, infix
JLAtg
TgJ 1Sam13:21var.↗ וֻלאַנָצָא"ולאפצא"ולאנצבא" זְקַת‏ : for installing a goad
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto plant oneself, to be fixed3 senses▶
1
to plant oneself, to be fixed
Sam, Syr
(1)
to embed oneself
Syr
ESNisB2 57:10 ܩܡܨܐ ܕܐܬܢܨܒ ܒܓܘ ܐܪܥܐ‏ : a locust (whose egg) has embedded itself in the earth
2
to be planted
Qumran, CPA, Sam, Syr, Man, LJLA
Prodig2 1.1:21↗ ܗܢ ܕܓܘܦܢܐ ܕܠܒܝܟܘܬܐ ܠܐ ܐܬܢܨܒܬ‏ : where the resilient vine is not planted ; Geop 2:2↗ ܙܕܩ݁ ܕܝܢ ܕܒܐܪܥܐ ܡܠܝܚܬܐ ܢܬܢܨܒܢ ܬܡܪ̈ܐ‏ : it is proper then for palms to be planted in salty ground ; PJ Gen2:8↗ ואיתנציב במימרא דייי אלקים גינוניתא מעדן לצדיקייא קדם בריית עלם‏ : through the Word of God the garden from Eden was planted for the righteous before the creation of the world †
(1)
to be embedded, grafted in
Syr
LG 20:3(2)↗ ܚܛܼܝܬܵܐ ܕܸܐܬܢܲܨܒܲܬ ܒܲܐܒܘ݂ܢ ܐܵܕܵܡ‏ : the sin implanted in our father Adam
(2)
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LJLA
TgPs94:9↗ האפשר דאיתנציבא אודנא ולא שמיע אולפנא‏ : is it possible that the ear was implanted but the lesson is not heard?
3
to be established, created
Syr, Man
JohnBook 56:5↗ aiar ziqa lhaka latalẖ ulaˁtinṣib aiar : blowing air would not have come here and air would not have been created
(1)
to be taken as wife
Man
ATS 2.5:2263↗ uhanatẖ niṣubta ḏmitniṣba : that wife that was taken as wife
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JLAtg imv. צוּב and נְצוּב
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For the unpublished Syriac inscription. see Brock, Hugoye 5/1 n. to p. 33.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 938[442]DJPA: 358bJastrow: 927Drower/Macuch: 305aJ. Payne-Smith: 347Levy Ch-W: 2:124Tal Sam: 541bDNWSI: 749DCPA[Schulthess]: 271[127]DJA: 66bQumran: 159

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