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rpp, rppˀ (rp̄āp̄ā, rp̄āp̄ā) v.n. movement; twitch
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movement
Syr
ER 91:19 ܝܗܒ݂ ܪܦܦܐ ܕܠܐ ܡܢܝܢܐ‏ : it produced innumerable movement
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sudden movement, twitch
Syr
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ܪܦܦ ܥܝܢܐ : blink of an eye, as the smallest instant of time
Syr
AGnEx 15.12↗ ܘܪܗܛܘ ܠܗ݀ ܒܪܦܦ ܥܝܢܐ ܡܝ̈ܐ ܠܨܠܝܗܘܢ‏ : instantly the water ran down into [the sea bed], into its [the water's] inclined places ; LG 21:8(2)↗ ܐܲܝܟ ܕܲܒܪܸܡܙܵܐ ܕܲܪܦܵܦ ܥܲܝܢܵܐ‏ : like the wink of the blink of an eye ; ICor15:52↗ ܚܲܪܝܼܦ݂ܵܐܝܼܬ݂܂ ܐܲܝܟ݂ ܪܦ݂ܵܦ݂ ܥܲܝܢܵܐ‏ : instantly, like the blink of an eye ; WisSol11:22↗ ܕܐܝܟ ܪܦܦ ܥܝܢܐ ܗܝ ܟܠܗ݀ ܓܒܝܠܬܐ ܕܥܠܡܐ ܩܕܡܝܟ‏ : for You the entire creation of the world was like a blink of the eye ; IshGen 24:24↗ ܘܒܪܦܦ ܥܝܢܐ ܐܬܩܫܝ ܘܐܬܡܬܚ‏ : (the firmament) congealed and spread out in an eye-blink
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lit.
Syr
(2)
without ܥܝܢܐ
Syr
Act14congr2 160:7 ܟܠܕܝܐ ܕܢܛ݂ܪ ܫܥܬܐ ܘܢܠܒܘܟ ܪܦܦ݂ܐ‏ : a astrologer who keeps time and holds on to the moment ; BHcar 1:10 ܠܥܠ ܡܢ ܙܘ̈ܥܐ ܘܙܒ̈ܢܐ ܘܛܘܪ̈ܐ ܟܝܬ ܘܪ̈ܦܦܐ‏ : beyond movements, times, and extents, i.e., moments ; Kays 32:15↗ ܟܕ ܠܐ ܡܲܗܡܸܐ ܡ݂ܢܝ ܐܲܦܠܐ ܐܝ ܪܦܵܦܵܐ ܙܥܘ݂ܪܐ‏ : while he does not look away from me not even for a tiny instant
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divination by such a movement (i.e. "palmomancy")
Syr, LJLA
JulSok 103(48):27↗ ܟܠܗܘܢ ܣܦܪ̈ܝܗ݀ ܕܚܪܫܘܬܐ܂ ܘܪ̈ܦܦܐ ܕܚ̈ܘܫܒܢܝܗ݀ ܕܟܠܕܝܘܬܐ‏ ; BodHeb g.8.(47-)48:1 (so G. Bohak) רפפיה דבר נשא{י}‏ : human palmomancy (as the rubric of a list of such omens)
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