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npyl n.m. giant
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giant
Qumran, Gal, Sam
RuR 100.31↗ ٠٠٠ <נפיל> נסיב נפילא‏
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(astron.) Orion
Qumran, LJLA
TgJob9:9↗ דעבד עש נפלא וכימתא‏ : who made עש, Orion, and the Pleides ; TgJob38:31↗ או אשלי דנגדין נפלא תשרי‏ : or can you untie the ropes that pull Orion
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constellation
JLAtg
TgJ Is13:10↗ אְרֵי כוֹכְבֵי שְמַיָא וֻנפִילֵיהוֹן לָא יַזהְרוּן נֵיהוֹרְהוֹן‏ : for the heaven's stars and their constellations shall not shine their light
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Sam. not in Tal; see DJPA.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 355bJastrow: 924Levy Ch-W: 2:120Qumran: 158

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