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nwkth, nwkttˀ (nuḵtā, nuḵtəṯā) n.f. bite
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bite
Syr
Cyrillona 5:56↗ ܘܒܛܥܡܬܗ܂ ܢܘܟܬܬ ܚܘܝܐ ܐܬܐ݂ܣܝܬ‏ : by its taste the serpent's bite was healed ; Ps-Clem Hom 12.298:9↗ ܢܘ̈ܟܬܬܐ ܕܝܠܝ ܡܒܣܒܣ̈ܢ‏ : my ripping bites ; JnNhel 104(16)↗ ܘܒܗ݀ ܒܫܥܬܐ ܚܬܡ ܗܘ̈ܝ ܢܘ̈ܟܬܬܐ ܕܐܝܬ ܗܘ̈ܝ ܒܓܘܫܡܗ‏ : at that moment all the bites on his body closed up
2
fig.: usury
LJLA
TgProv28:8↗ דמסגיע מוליה בנוכתתא‏ : [=MT מַרְבֶּה הוֹנוֹ בְּנֶשֶׁךְ]
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For "usury" compare Biblical Hebrew נֶשֶׁך.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 899[430]Jastrow: 887Levy Ch-W: 2:112

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