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qrm (a/u) vb. to cover
GDGt
Gpəˁalto spread over tightly, cover (intransitive)2 senses▶
1
to spread over tightly, cover (intransitive)
JLAtg, Syr, Man
TgJ Ez37:8↗ וֻבִסרָא סְלֵיק וֻקרַם עֲלֵיהוֹן‏ : flesh emerged and spread over them ; P Lv3:3↗ ܚܠܒܐ ܕܩܪܝܡ ܠܓܘܝܐ‏ : the fatty tissue spread over the innards
2
to spread s.t over, cover
JLAtg, Syr, LJLA
TgJ Ez37:6↗ וְאַקרוֹם עֲלֵיכוֹן מַשכָא‏ : I shall spread skin over them ; AGnEx 12.23↗ ܠܡܪܕܦܗ ܠܚܫܘܟܐ ܕܥܠ ܐܦ̈ܝ ܟܘܠܐ ܩܪܝܡ ܗܘܐ‏ : to dispel the darkness that was spread over everything ; Addai.26.23↗ ܥܪܦܠܐ ܕܛܘܥܝܝ ܕܩܪܝܡܐ ܥܠ ܪܥܝܢܝܟܘܢ‏ : the fog of error spread over your thinking ; TgProv7:16↗ בתש{יו}תא שוית ערסי ובקרמא מצראה קרמתה‏ : I laid out my sleeping mat on my bed and covered it with Egyptian felt
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to overlay with metal
Syr, LJLA
P Ex25:13↗ ܬܩܪܘܡ ܐܢܘܢ ܕܗܒܐ‏ ; P 1Ch29:4↗ ܠܡܩܪܡ ܐܣ̈ܐ ܕܒܝܬܐ‏ : (gold and silver) to overlay the walls of the Temple ; ChronEdess 1:15↗ ܒܦܪ̈ܙܠܐ ܪܘܪ̈ܒܐ ܕܩܪܝܡܝܢ ܗܘܘ‏ : with large iron plates that were overlaid ; TgProv26:23↗ היך סימא מסליא דקרים על חצפא‏ : like waste silver overlaid on ceramic
Dpaˁˁelto spread s.t. over thoroughly1 sense▶
to spread s.t. over thoroughly
JBAmb
Moussaieff148 7 מן תרביהון לחתומיהון ומן גילדיהון שקלית לרקומיהון‏ : to seal them up with some of their fat and I took some of their skin to cover them up thoroughly
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be covered2 senses▶
1
to be covered
Qumran, Syr
11QtgJob 31.7=38:30↗ כא[בן] מ̇ין התקרמו‏ : [MT כָּאֶבֶן מַיִם יִתְחַבָּאוּ] ; P Ez37:8↗ ܘܐܬܩܪܡ ܥܠܝܗܘܢ ܡܫܟܐ‏
2
to form a film (or aphel?)
JBA
BT Ber 25a(49)↗ ליחזו אי מקרמו פניה‏ : go see if its edges have formed a crust
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JBAmb D with metathesis רקם, perhaps based on the earlier homographic root.
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1411[696]DJBA: 1043bJastrow: 1421Drower/Macuch: 416aJ. Payne-Smith: 520aLevy Ch-W: 2:388Qumran: 213

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