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pgr, pgrˀ (pəḡar, paḡrā) n.m. corpse; body
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(anat.) (human) corpse
Common Aramaic
Sf.1.b30↗ wpgṙ ̇q̇ḃṙṅ ˁl pgr bˀr[p]d : we buried corpse upon corpse in GN ; TAD C1.1(Ahiqar) .63↗ פגרה זי אחיקר זנה למחזה‏ : to see the corpse of this Ahiqar ; TgO Num14:29↗ בְמַדבְרָא הָדֵין יִפְלוּן פִגרֵיכוֹן‏ ; TN Num14:32↗ ופיגרכון אתון יפלון במ<<ד>>ברה הדין‏ ; P Je33:5↗ ܦܓܪ̈ܐ ܕܒܢ̈ܝ ܐܢܫܐ܃ ܕܩ݁ܛܠܬ ܒܪܘܓܙܝ ܘܒܚܡܬܝ‏ : the corpses of people that I killed in my anger and in my wrath ; PJ Lev26:30↗ ואישוי ית פיגריכון רמאין על פיגרי טעוותיכון‏ : I will set your corpses lying on top of the carcasses of your abominations
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(non-human) carcass
Palmyrene, JLAtg, Sam
Trf 2.3.108↗ pgryn dy mštdn mks lˀ ḥybyn : discarded carcasses are not liable for tax † ; TgJ Jud14:9↗ אְרֵי מִפִגרָא"משלדא" דְאַריָא נְסֵיח דֻבשָא‏ : that he had drawn out the honey from the lion's carcass
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(living) body
JPAEpig, Syr, JBAmb, Man, LJLA
Amu2 1.109↗ געורו אשתה ועריתה שידתה רוחתה מן פגרה דיאיתה ברתה דמרין‏ : rebuke the fever and cold, the demonness and the spirit from the body of PN ; OS MtCur6:22↗ ܫܪܓܗ ܓܝܪ ܕܦܓܪܐ ܥܝܢܐ ܗܝ‏ : the eye is the lamp of the body ; JBAmb2 1:5↗ ו̊ר̊ו̊ח̊א ד̊שכבא בפגרה בראשה בצידעה באודנה ובבית גילגליהי דעינה‏ : the spirit that lies on his body: on his head, temple, ear, or between his eyeballs ; ATS 1.1:07↗ ḏnpaq mn pagraihun uldqaimia bpagraihun : (to) those who have left their bodies or to those who remain in their bodies ; TgProv10:13↗ ושובטא לפיגריה דחסיר רעיונא‏ : [=MT וְשֵׁבֶט לְגֵו חֲסַר־לֵב] ; TgTosPr Ezek.28:13↗ ולא איסתכלתא בפיגרך דאת עביד חיללין וניקבין‏ : you did not look at your body: that you are made of hollows and openings
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ܒܦܓܪ : in the flesh
Syr
LG 3:16(2)↗ ܘܡܵܪܬܵܐ ܘܲܛܒܼܝܬܵܐ ܡܫܲܡ̈ܫܵܢ ܗܼܘܲܝ܃ ܠܸܗ ܠܡܵܪܲܢ ܒܲܦܓܲܪ‏ : while Martha and Tabitha were serving our Lord in the flesh ; ActsThom 236:14↗ ܠܐ ܝ݁ܕܥ ܐܢܐ ܐܢ ܬܘܒ ܚ݁ܙܐ ܐܢܐ ܠܟܘܢ ܒܦܓܪ‏ : I do not know if I shall be seeing you again in the flesh
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ܦܓܪܐ ܡܪܢܝܐ : the Lord's body = the eucharist
Syr
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(alone)
Syr
BHNom 46:14↗ ܦܓܪܐ ܐܝܢܐ ܕܒܝܕ ܡܲܗܡܝܵܢܘܬܐ ܕܩܫܝܫܐ ܡܩܡܠ‏ : eucharist material that becomes moldy due to the negligence of a priest
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CPA pŭḡor, puḡrā
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In Syriac pgr is usually "body" while šld is "corpse" (but see citations). The variant between those two words at TgJ Jud14:9 is indicative rather that in the Jewish tradition there was uncertainty over whether this word could serve for the carcass of an animal. Note that it is never a living body in JLAtg or earlier texts.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1155[556]DJPA: 424bDJBA: 887bJastrow: 1136Drower/Macuch: 359aPayne-Smith: 3033J. Payne-Smith: 434Levy Ch-W: 2:254Tal Sam: 673DNWSI: 901DCPA[Schulthess]: 324[154]

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