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nqb (a/u) vb. to pierce
GDCGt
Gpəˁalto pierce3 senses▶
1
to pierce
Common Aramaic
11QtgJob 35.5=40:26↗ התשוא זמם באפה ובחרתך תקוב לסתה‏ : could you put a bridle in his nose and bore his cheek with your stylus? ; P Ex21:6↗ ܘܢܩܘܒ ܡܪܗ ܐܕܢܗ ܒܡܩܒܐ‏ ; P Job40:26↗ ܘܢ݁ܩܒ ܐܢܬ ܦܟܗ‏ : will you pierce his cheek? ; BT Ber 54b(23)↗ ואיתי קב׳ה קומצי ונקבוה ונחית לצואריה‏ : the Holy One, Blessed be He, brought locusts, they bored through it [i.e. the mountain], and it came down upon his neck ; DSumqa 605 ↗ miqria qarina uminqab naqibna umiška bazana : I rend and pierce and I tear the skin ; ḏ-Hibil Ziwa 886↗ kisna ḏlanqiba : an unpierced coral
(1)
to embed into a hole
Syr
EphFid 64:3.3↗ ܘܐܝܟܢ ܡܪܟܒ ܟܝ ܘܐܝܟܐ ܢܩܝܒܢ ܠܢ ܐ̈ܕܢܐ ܘܒܒ̈ܬܐ‏ : how then are the ears and eyes constructed and embedded into us?
2
to dig
Syr
IshDeut 146:2var.↗ ܕܠܐ ܢܐܬܘܢ ܢܥܩܪܘܢ/ܢܩܒܘܢ/ ܘܢܘܩܕܘܢ ܓܪ̈ܡܘܗܝ‏ : lest they come and dig up and burn his bones
3
to mark, indicate, specify
Palmyrene, Nabatean
NabCvLet 10:3.13↗ kdy ˀnw nqybyn bšmhn wtḥwmyn [b]štr ˁdwˀ : as they are indicated by their names and boundaries in the transfer document
Dpaˁˁelto pierce4 senses▶
1
to pierce
Syr, JBA
P Ps40:7↗ ܐ̈ܕܢܐ ܕܝܢ ܢܩܒܬ ܠܝ‏ : you pierced ears for me ; BT Ḥul 48b(13)↗ נקובי נקיב ועייל‏ : (the needle) completely perforated (the lung) and entered
2
to tattoo
Syr
ES2 124:3 ܡܢܩܒܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܕܪ̈ܥܝܗܘܢ ܚܢܦܐܝܬ‏ : they tattooed their arms like pagans (explaining the painted raptor of Jer. 12:9)
3
to corrode
Syr
Am7 76:12↗ ܐܟܝܠ ܗܘܐ ܟܠܗ ܪܫܗ ܘܡܢܩܒ ܡܢ ܟܐܒܐ ܕܡܬܩܪܐ ܣܪܛܢܐ‏ : his whole head was eaten and corroded by the illness called cancer
4
to make of the feminine gender
Syr
BHMetGr 44:9 ܐܬ̈ܘܬܐ ܟܝܬ ܕܡܢܩ̈ܒܢ‏ : the letters then that make into feminine gender
Cˀafˁelto drill in (sexually?)2 senses▶
1
to drill in (sexually?)
Syr
LSt.117:11↗ ܕܡܢܘ ܕܝܢ ܕܡܩܒ ܠܩܛܐܝܬ ܠܐ ܥܕܟܝܠ ܝܕ݁ܥܬ‏ : but I do not understand (know??) one who drills collectively (i.e. everything he can??)
2
DJPA error! see s.v. qbˁ
PTA
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be pierced1 sense▶
to be pierced
Syr, JBA
HP Sassoon(1) 198.19↗ כד מינקיב קראמא דמוחא‏ : when the membrane of the brain is perforated
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 943[444]DJPA: 359bDJBA: 772aJastrow: 930Drower/Macuch: 306aJ. Payne-Smith: 349fLevy Ch-W: 2:126DNWSI: 756Audo: 2:111Qumran: 160

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