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nqb, nqbˀ (nqe/oḇ, ne/uqbā) n.m. perforation
1
perforation
Syr, LJLA
BHCandBak 419:11 ܓܪܡܐ ܡܕܡ ܐܣܦܘܓܢܝܐ ܣܓܝ ܢܩ̈ܒܐ‏ : a somewhat spongy bone of many perforations ; TgIIChron 33:12↗ ועבדו כשדאי מולוות נחשא ונקבוהא נקבין נקבין דקיקין‏ : the Chaldeans made a brazen mule and perforated it here and there with fine perforations
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bodily orifice
JLAtg, JBA, LJLA
TgJ Ez28:13↗ אַת עָבֵיד חֲלָלִין וְנִקבִין‏ : you are made of hollows and orifices ; BT Šab 90a(22)↗ בנוקבא דמרגניתא‏ : the cavity of the pearl [i.e. in which it is located] ; BT Šab 109b(25)↗ נסכרינון לניקבין דידיה ולישתי‏ : let him block up his body orifices and drink (the potion) ; TgTosPr Ezek.28:13↗ text not cited
2
hole, hollow place
Gal, CPA, Syr, JBAmb, JBA, JBAg, Man
VR 250:5(5)↗ חמא נוקבא‏ : he saw the hole ; VR 251:1(5)↗ הב כאנא בהדין נוקבא‏ : put a tube in that hole ; LESC 72.1:10↗ ܘܐܫܟܚ ܢܩܘܒ ܚܕ ܙܥܘܪ‏ : he found a small hole ; P 2K12:10↗ ܘܢܩܒ ܢܩܒܐ ܒܬܪܥܗ‏ ; Pishra D-ainia 255 ↗ usarṭana lnaqubẖ : the crab to its hollow
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lacuna
Syr
NEMBN43:1905 90:n ܬܘܣܦ̈ܬܐ ܘܡܩ̈ܦܢܘܬܐ ܂܂܂ ܕܡܠܚܡܝܢ ܦܐܝܐܝܬ ܒܢܩܒܐ ܕܗܠܝܢ ܕܪܒܢ ܚܘܢܝܢ‏ : additions and annexations that fit nicely in the lacuna of R. Hunain's matters
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JBA both נוקבא; ניקבא ; CPA ܢܩܘܒ
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DJBA distinguishes between נוקבא and ניקבא, though the meanings are identical. This is another example, however, of the free alternation between short /u/ and /i/ in initial closed syllables in Eastern Aramaic. Cf. e.g. ṭpr, twšbxh.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 943[444]DJBA: 738aJastrow: 930Drower/Macuch: 294a, 299bJ. Payne-Smith: 350Levy Ch-W: 2:126DCPA[Schulthess]: 272[]

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