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qry, qrytˀ (qrē, qrīṯā) n.f. town
town
JLAtg, PTA, Syr, Man, LJLA
TgJ Is19:2↗ וִיגִיחוּן קְרָב גְבַר בַאְחוּהִי וֻגבַר בְחַברֵיה קְרֵי בִקרֵי מַלכוּ בְמַלכוּ‏ : they shall make war, a man with his brother, city with city, kingdom with kingdom ; TNM Gen47:21↗ טלטל יתהון מן קרי לקרי‏ : he moved them from one town to another † ; ESSerm4 40:16 ܡܢ ܩ݂ܪܐ ܠܩ݂ܪܐ ܒܥܐ ܐܢܬ ܠܟ ܩܘܦܢܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܬܐܙܠ ܒܗܘܢ‏ : you are looking to take shortcuts from town to town ; IshGen 210:16↗ ܡ݂ܢ ܩܪܐ ܠܩܪܐ‏ ; ATS 2.7:2593↗ ulkulhun lišania ḏamamia utaumia uqiriata : for all the languages of nations, tribes, and towns ; TgIIChron 11:12↗ ובכל קרי וקרי יהב עגילין ומורנין‏ : he installed shields and spears in every town ; TgIIChron 19:5↗ ואקים דיינין בארעא בכל קרוי יהודה כריכן מקרי לקרי‏ : he set up judges in the land in all the towns that are fortified, from town to town
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See also s.v. qryh of which this is an alternate form distinguishable from it in the absolute. Note the comment of Ishodadh at Gen. 47:21 (text 63101, p. 210) that it is the Harranians who call a qryh qrē. In Mandaic only a plural is attested.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1410[695]DJPA: 504bJastrow: 1419Drower/Macuch: 412bJ. Payne-Smith: 517

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