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nḥwt, nḥwtˀ (nāḥōṯ, nāḥōṯā) nom.ag. one who goes down
1
one who goes down
CPA, LJLA
TgPs115:17↗ כל נחותי בית קבורת אדמתא‏ : all those who descend into earthen tombs
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emigrant or traveler to Babylonia from Eretz Israel
Gal, JBA
BT Ḥul 124a(52)↗ כי אתא רבין וכל נחותי‏ : when PN and all the travelers from Eretz Israel came
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+ ימא : seafarer
JBA, LJLA
BT BB 73a(20)↗ אשתע̇ו̇ לי נחותי ימא‏ : some seafarers told me a story ; TgPs107:23↗ מלחיא נחותי ימא באלפיא‏ : sailors: those who go down to the sea in ships
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see s.v. šnby
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 346aDJBA: 740bDCPA[Schulthess]: 260[]

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