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qṭr (a/a) vb. to bind
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Gpəˁalto bind, tie on, tie together3 senses▶
1
to bind, tie on, tie together
Common Aramaic
11QtgJob 35.8=40:29↗ ו]ת̇קטרנה בחוטא לבנתך‏ : [MT וְתִקְשְׁרֶנּוּ לְנַעֲרוֹתֶיךָ] ; TgJ Jer51:63↗ תִקטַר בֵיה אַבנָא וְתִרמִינֵיה לְגוֹ פְרָת‏ : tie a stone onto it and throw it into the Euphrates ; GT AA Exod12:11↗ חרציכון קטירין נעליכון ברגליכון‏ : with your loins bound (i.e. clothing on) and your shoes on your feet ; CPA Deut6:8↗ ܘܬܩܛܘܪ ܝܬܗܝܢ ܠܐܬ݁ ܥܠ ܐܝܕܟ݁‏ ; P Jos2:18↗ ܩܛܘܪܝ ܒܟܘܬܐ ܕܐܚܬܬܝܢ ܡܢܗ݀‏ : tie it on the window from which you lowered us ; BT Šab 111b(25)↗ קטרא דקטרי בזממא וקטרא דקטרי באסתדירא‏ : a knot which one ties (with the guide rope) through the nose-ring, and a knot which one ties through the parral ; PJ Gen38:30↗ אחוי דעל ידי<ה> קטיר חוט זהורי‏ : his brother on whose hand a scarlet thread was tied
(1)
+tgˀ, klylˀ : to put on the crown
JLAtg, Syr, JBAmb, JBA, Man, LJLA
TgJ Is10:32↗ מַלכִין קְטִירֵי תַאגָא‏ ; JulSok 155(74):22↗ ܩܛܪ ܬܓܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܢܡܪܘܕ‏ ; P Sirach 6:31↗ ܘܟܠܝܠܐ ܕܬܫܒܘܚܬܐ ܬܩܛܪܟ‏ ; Davidov 41↗ קטי̊רי תגא סגידו לי‏ : crown-wearers bowed to me ; BT Meg 6b(3)↗ תלתמאה ושתין מלכי קטירי תגא‏ : three hundred and sixty crowned kings ; SidraDNishmata 1.3:4↗ klila brišiẖ lagṭar ; PJ Ex19:6↗ מלכין קטרי כלילא‏ : crowned kings
(2)
fig. : p.p. : to be tightly connected
PTA, LJLA
TNM Gen25:1↗ קטורה היא הגר דהות קטירא ליה מלקדמין‏ ; PJ Gen22:4↗ וחמא ענן איקרא קטיר על טוורא ואשתמודעיה מן רחיק‏ : he saw the cloud of glory connected to the mountain, so he recognized it from afar ; PJ Gen25:1↗ ושמא קטורה היא הגר דקטירא ליה מן שירויא‏ : her name was Qeturah, she is Hagar who was tied to him from the start
2
to frame, shape, construct
Syr, JBA, Man
JSmem 7:158↗ ܘܥܒ݂ܕܗ ܚܬܢܐ ܒܗܢܐ ܓܢܘܢܐ ܪܒܐ ܕܩ݂ܛܪ‏ : He made him the bridegroom in this great bridal chamber he had framed ; BT Ber 16a(6)↗ הוו קטרין ליה גננא לר׳ אלעזר‏ : they were constructing the bridal canopy for PN ; JohnBook 109:6↗ ˁu alaha gṭar nagara pas nagara man giṭrẖ : if a carpenter constructed the god, then who constructed the carpenter?
(1)
lit. : (things that require connections to be assembled)
Syr
(2)
fig. : to plot
Syr
HS.39↗ ܘܩܛܪܘ ܥܠܝ ܐܦܪܣܢܐ‏ : they put together a plot against me ; LG 9:7(2)↗ ܒܡܲܘܬܸܗ ܩܵܛܲܪ ܗܼܘܵܐ ܒܥܸܠܕܒܵܒܘ݂ܬܵܐ‏ : with his death he framed enmity ; SyrAhiq 3 151:151↗ ܠܐ ܬܩܛܘܪ ܪܐܙܐ ܥܡ ܐܢܫ̈ܐ ܣܟ̈ܠܐ ܡܛܠ ܕܠܐ ܡܫܟܚܝܢ ܠܡܟܣܝܘܬܗ‏ : do not plot secretly with foolish women because they are unable to keep it secret
(1)
+ܪܐܙܐ ܥܡ : to consult with in secret, conspire
Syr
Bhcar 142:8 ܗܘ ܥܡܗ ܪܐܙܐ ܩܛܪ܂ ܕܒܚܸܟܡܵܐ ܠܐ ܢܸܣܬܲܛܲܪ‏ : he consults with himself so that he not take wisdom's side ; P 1Ch12:20↗ ܡܛܠ ܕܐܪܙܐ ܐܙܠܘ ‍<‍ܗܘܘ‍>‍ ܩܛܪܘ ܥܡ ܪ̈ܘܪܒܢܐ ܕܦܠܫ̈ܬܝܐ‏ : because they had secretly gone and consulted the lords of the Philistines
3
to bind with a magic spell
JPAEpig
Rot 95 text not cited
(1)
ܩܵܛܪ̈ܲܝ ܩܸܛܪܸ̈ܐ : enchanters
Syr
Dpaˁˁelto bind (pl.)2 senses▶
1
to bind (pl.)
Syr
JSmem 7:410↗ ܡܩܛܪ ܦܓܪ̈ܐ ܘܡܩܝܡ ܡܝ̈ܬܐ ܒܫܘܒܚܐ ܪܒܐ‏
(1)
p.p. : joined
Syr
JSBhom 126:110↗ ܗܽܘ ܓܸܝܪ ܫܸܠܝܲܢ ܒܸܟܝܵܐ ܡܩܲܛܲܪ ܐܸܢ ܙܵܟܸܝܢܲܢ‏ : for our quiet then is joined with weeping if we are victorious
2
to attach, make adjacent
JLAtg
TgJ Ez46:22↗ בְאַרבַע זָויָת דָרָתָא דָרְתָא מְקַטְרָן‏ : on each of the courts' four corners a (smaller) courtyard were! attached
Cˀafˁelto bind2 senses▶
1
to bind
Syr
2
to incite
Syr
Kays 42:7↗ ܡܲܩܛܪ ܗ݂ܪ̈ܵܬܵܐ ܘܬܟܬܘ݂ܫ̈ܐ‏ : (who) incites strifes and arguments?
(1)
to bring about, solidify
Syr, JBAg
ChrPsD2 200:27↗ ܘܐܩܛܪܬ ܚܫܘܟܐ ܥܠ ܐܪܥܐ‏ : it brought about darkness on the earth ; OHT Ber 130:22(Ar) דמקטרא לפירי‏ : which makes fruit solid
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be bound together2 senses▶
1
to be bound together
Syr, JBA, LJLA
BT BQ 82a(37)↗ דיל׳ מיקטר‏ : perhaps it is knotted ; TgEsth2 6:11(2)↗ ומתקטרין קטרוי ומחלזין חלוזוי‏ : his ties tied together and his fastenings fastened
(1)
(bridge) to be erected
Syr
Bhchr 509:19↗ ܐܬܩܛܪܘ ܓܫܪ̈ܐ ܥܠ ܦܪܬ‏ : bridges were erected over the Euphrates
(2)
w. b_ : to be crowned with
Syr
JulSok 437(215):9↗ ܕܒܐܘܚܕܢܗ݀ ܕܡܠܟܘܬܢ ܐܬܩܛܪ ܠܗ ܬܓܐ‏
2
to be enchanted (?)
JPAEpig
Rot 43; 97 text not cited
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto be bound tightly1 sense▶
to be bound tightly
Syr
Eph4:16↗ ܘܡܸܢܸܗ ܟܽܠܸܗ ܦܲܓ݂ܪܵܐ ܡܸܬ݂ܪܲܟ݁ܲܒ݂ ܘܡܸܬ݂ܩܲܛܲܪ ܒܟܽܠ ܫܵܪ̈ܝܵܢ‏ : from whom the entire body is put together and tied tightly together with all its joins
(1)
w. ܒ : to stay close to
Syr
Am5 590:2↗ ܐܬܩܛܲܪ ܒܗ݀ ܒܦܒܪܘܢܝܐ‏ : they stayed close (or literally: tied themselves to?) PN
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Mandaic gṭr
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See note s.v. qṭr #2 vb.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1356[662]DJPA: 488bDJBA: 1008aJastrow: 1353Drower/Macuch: 88a, 87b, 410aJ. Payne-Smith: 502Levy Ch-W: 2:356Tal Sam: 774DCPA[Schulthess]: 370[178]BarBahlul: 443:24Qumran: 209

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