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qdl, qdlˀ (qḏāl, qḏālā) n.m. back of the neck
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back of the neck
OfAEg, Qumran, JLAtg, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBAg, LJLA
TAD C1.1(Ahiqar) .134↗ מכדב גזיר קדלה כבתולה תימנה‏ : a liar's neck is as smooth(?) as a southern(?) virgin† ; 4QEnGiantsc20.1↗ ٠٠ ]ף̇ ק̇ד̇ל̇א̇[‏ ; TgJ Jer18:17↗ קְדָל וְלָא אַפִין אַחזֵינון בְיוֹם תְבָרְהוֹן‏ : back of the neck and not face will I show you on the day of your disaster ; GT PP Exod14:29↗ טולו בדרע מר^ו^ממא ובקדל זקיף‏ : move on with raised up arm and straight up neck ; SamTgJ Ex23:27↗ ואתן ית כל דבביך לידך קדל‏ ; AphDem11.207:15↗ ܘܩܕܠܗܘܢ ܩܫܝܐ‏ ; P Gn49:8↗ ܩܕܠܐ ܕܒ̈ܥܠܕܒܒܝܟ‏ ; P Ex23:27↗ ܕܢ݁ܦܢܘܢ ܩܕܠܗܘܢ ܩܕܡܝܟ‏ ; PJ Ex32:9↗ עם קשי קדל הוא‏ : it is a stiff-necked people
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(pig) hard back, bacon
JBA
BT Meg 13a(37)↗ קדלי דחזירי‏
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fig.:
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bank (river)
Syr
DionT4 106:14 = BO2 113b:28 ܩܕܠܗ ܕܢܗܪܐ‏
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reins or bridle
Syr
Ish Job 73:15 text not cited
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the bend at the top of a letter
JBA
(4)
as a sign of strength
JLAtg
TgJ Na2:2↗ תַקִיפִי קְדָל וְחַסִינִי חֵיל‏ : strengthen (your) neck and fortify (your) strength
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neck or mouth of a vessel or organ
Syr
BHCandBak 424:4 ܩܕܠܗ݀ ܡ݁ܢ ܬܚܬܝܐ ܛܵܒ ܡܢ ܗ݀ܘ ܥܠܝܐ ܐܸܬܸܐܠܸܨ‏ : (the stomach's) lower neck is pressured more than the upper one
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idioms:
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to remain/be delayed on one's neck = to be obligated for later payment
Gal
JMP 25.1.R(3)↗ ח]ד עשׂר קדמות מהרה ותלתא מאחרין על קדליה‏ : eleven (dinars) at the onset of the mohar and he remains obligated for three
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אחזר קדל : (with self-reference) to retreat
JLAtg
TgO Gen49:8↗ סָנְאָך יְהוֹן מַחזְרֵי קְדָל קְדָמָך‏ : your enemies will turn tail before you
(1)
(with other reference) to destroy (?), behead (?)
JLAtg
TgJ Hos10:2↗ יַחזַר קְדָלְהוֹן דְאֵיגָרֵיהוֹן יִבוֹז קַמָתְהוֹן‏ : he will turn round their pagan altars' neck and despoil their steles
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JBA also קותלא, כותלא
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DBJA lemmatizes the menaing "back part of a pig" under כותלא#2, but we disagree.
The Babylonian forms with /k/ and /t/ probably reflect Akkadian kutallu; see AIOA p. 65.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1317[646]DJPA: 474bDJBA: 984aJastrow: 1316J. Payne-Smith: 490Levy Ch-W: 2:344Tal Sam: 753DNWSI: 986DCPA[Schulthess]: 363[174]

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