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plg, plgˀ (ple/aḡ, pe/algā) n.m. half; waist
1
half
Common Aramaic
Brussels 62.4↗ zph rbyh bplgn : a loan whose interest is by halves (i.e., 50%!) ; Dan 7:25↗ וּפְלַג עִדָּן‏ : half a time-period ; PAT562:1.2↗ plgh dqbrˀ wmˁrtˀ dy bgwh : half the tomb and the cave within it ; NabTomb 33:5↗ text not cited ; 4QEnastr b 7 ii:4↗ שביעין תרין ופלג‏ : two and a half sevenths ; 5/6Hev 7..:38↗ מין שעה ופלג מן שעין תלת‏ : an hour and a half of water out of (every) three hours ; TgJ Zec14:8↗ פַלגהוֹן לְיַמָא מַדנָחָאָה וֻפַלגְהוֹן לְיַמָא מַערְבָאָה‏ : half (of the water shall flow) to the eastern sea and half of it to the western sea ; KohR[1]20:1(12)↗ הב את פלגא מן דידך ואנא פלגא מן דידי‏ : you provide half from yours and I half from mine ; SamTgJ Num22:39↗ מדינת פלגיה‏ : the city of the halves [Heb.: קרית חצות] ; P Gn15:17↗ ܕܥܒ݁ܪ ܒܝܬ ܦ̈ܠܓܐ ܗܠܝܢ‏ : that passes between these halves ; BT BB 132b(17)↗ ופלגא לברת‏ : half (of my estate) for my daughter ; Anan 51:20↗ קרבן דלא קביע מיקמי פלגיה דיומא קאריב‏ : a non-regular sacrifice is sacrificed before the middle of the day ; AM 22:1↗ umn palga lilai ˁlimia ugaṭinia šaqa : from half-way upward her legs are strong and thin
(1)
part (i.e., an inexact half)
KohR[1]20:1(12)↗ הב את פלגא מן דידך ואנא פלגא מן דידי‏ : you give part from yours and I (will give) a part from mine ; AphDem21.396:11↗ ܟܠܗ ܦܬܓܡܐ ܕܪܘܓܙܐ ܗܘ܂ ܐܘ ܕܠܡܐ ܦܠܓܗ ܕܪܘܓܙܐ ܘܦܠܓܗ ܕܚܢܢܐ‏ : is the whole statement is one of anger or perhaps it is partly angry and partly merciful
2
middle
JLAtg, Man
TgJ Zec14:4↗ וְיִתבְזַע טוּר זֵיתַיָא מִפַלגֵיה לְמַדנְחָא וֻלמַערְבָא‏ : the Mount of Olives shall be split from its middle to the East and to the West ; GY 116:5↗ uqam^a^lẖ ˁla palga ḏˁuhra : she took a position in the middle of the road
(1)
groin area, waist
Syr, JBA, LJLA
P 2S20:10↗ ܡܚܝܗܝ ܒܗ݀ ܥܠ ܦܠܓܗ‏ : he struck him with it in his groin area ; BT San 39a(29)↗ מ{{ל}}^פ^לגך לתתאי דאהו רמיז אמ׳ ליה היכי שביק ליה אהו רמיז‏ : from the your waist upward is (under the control) of Ormizd; from your waist downward (is under the control) of Ahriman ; TgIChron 19:4↗ וגרענון ופסק ית לבושיהון מן פלגיהון עד בית בהתתהון‏ : he shaved them and cut off their clothing from their waists to their privates
(2)
ܦܠܸܓ ܫܢ̈ܲܝܵܐ : middle aged
Syr
PsC 10:17 ܒܐܩܡܗ ܗܟܝܠ ܦܠܸܓ݂ ܫ̈ܢܲܝܵܐ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ‏ : in his age, then, he is middle-aged
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as a reciprocal pronoun
(1)
repeated : one another, see also s.v. plg bplg, plg lplg
Gal, CPA
GnDer 50(38)↗ ולמתרחמה על פלגהון פלג‏ : to have mercy on one another ; CPA Mark9:33↗ ܡܐ ܗ‍[‍ܘܝ̈‍]‍ܬܘܢ ܡܬܚ̈ܫܒܝܢ ‍[‍ܒ‍]‍ܐܘܪܚܐ ‍[‍ܦܠܓܟ‍]‍ܘܢ ܠܘܬ ܦܠܓ‏ : what were you discussing with one another on the way? ; LESC 65.1:8↗ ܘܝܬܒ̈ܘ ܠܗܘܢ ܡܡ̈ܠܠܝܢ ܦܠܓܗܘܢ ܥܡ ܦܠܓ ܠܗܢܝܬܗ݀ ܕܢܦܫܐ‏ : they sat and were talking with each other in a pleasing way
4
(zool.) two-humped camel
Syr
JEhCh 247b:17-248a:bot ܦܠܓܐ ܂܂܂ ܒܚܛܪ̈ܬܐ ܦܠܝܓܬ̈ܐ ܘܕܫ̈ܘܝܢ ܠܚܕܕܐ ܡܢ ܟܝܢܐ ܂܂܂ ܟܠܗܘܢ ܓܡ̈ܠܐ ܗ݀ܢܘܢ ܕܡܢܗ ܟܕ ܡܢܗ ܕܓܢܣܐ ܕܦ̈ܠܓܐ ܐܝܬܝܗܘܢ‏ : the p' -- with divided humps equal to one another by nature ... all those camels that are of the very same genre as the p'
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1194[570]DJPA: 431aDJBA: 910aJastrow: 1176Drower/Macuch: 360bPayne-Smith ~: 3136J. Payne-Smith: 446Levy Ch-W: 2:266Tal Sam: 681DNWSI: 912DCPA[Schulthess]: 330[157]DJA: 73aQumran: 191

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