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phy, phyˀ (pahyā, pehyā) n.m. wandering
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wandering, being lost
Syr
PhiloxGaugal1 155:21↗ ܠܐ ܥܕܟܝܠ ܥܠ ܡܢ ܦ݂ܗܝܐ ܕܛܥܝܘܬܐ ܠܛܝܪܐ ܕܝܕܥܬܗ ܕܡܫܝܚܐ‏ : he has not yet come from the erroneous wandering into the fold of the knowledge of the messiah
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freq. of the mind, thoughts, desires, etc.
Syr
StatNis.62.2↗ ܦܗܝܐ ܕܪ̈ܓܝܓܬܐ‏ ; Kays 265:11↗ ܘܐܬ݂ܒܝܢܘ܂ ܘܟܢܘ݂ܫܘ ܗܘܢ̈ܝܟܘܢ ܡ݂ܢ ܦ݂ܗܝܐ‏ : pay attention and reign in your thoughts from wandering
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ܒܵܬܲܪ : speculating about
Syr
INB 4:22↗ ܦܸܗܝܵܐ ܕܒܬܪ ܥܘܩܒ̈ܐ ܕܣܘܟܠܝܗܘܢ ܕܦܬܓܡ̈ܐ ܕܟܬܒ̈ܐ‏ : speculating about the precise meanings of scriptural statements
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bewilderment, state of confusion
Syr
JSBhom 71day1 196↗ ܪܽܘܚܵܐ ܕܢܵܫܒܵܐ ܢܽܘܪܵܐ ܕܝܵܩܕܵܐ ܦܸܗܝܵܐ ܪܲܒܵܐ‏ : the wind blowing, the fire burning: a great amount of bewilderment
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falling apart, listlessness
JBA, Man
BT Meg 13b(45)↗ דמפקי לה לשתא בשיהי פיהי‏ : they cause the year to go by listlessly ; JohnBook 231:10↗ ḏšaiia upaiia litlun : who are without lethargy and listlessness
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dispersal
Syr
IAB 472:20 ܠܐ ܪܚܡ ܦܗܝܐ ܗܢ ܡܘܫܟ܃ ܘܐܢ ܐܦܗܝܬܝܗܝ ܐܘܒܕܬܝܗܝ‏ : this musk does not like dispersal; if you dispersed it you made it go away
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(of words) error, flaw
Syr
MaryJoseph 33↗ ܦܸܗܝܵܐ ܒܡܸܠܲܝ̈ܟܝ ܐܵܘ ܒܬܽܘܠܬܵܐ ܠܡܸܕܚܲܠ ܡܸܢܸܟܝ ܡܵܢ ܕܵܐܡܪܲܬܝ‏ : O virgin your words fail to convince one to fear you for what you say
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See also s.v. šyhy pyhy.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1158[558]DJBA: 888bDrower/Macuch: 360bPayne-Smith ~: 3040J. Payne-Smith: 435

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