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rtḥ, rtḥˀ (rṯaḥ, ra/eṯḥā) n.m. hot object; anger
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hot object
Gal
PTŠab 6.d:37[2]↗ ההן חלא מ{י}רתח רתחא‏ : s keeps a hot object hot
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boiling
Syr, Man
Med 327: 6 ܘܢܸܪܬܙܚ܂ ܚܲܕ ܐܵܘ ܬܪܹܝܢ ܪܸ̈ܬ݂ܚܹܐ‏ : let it boil for one or two boilings ; GY 19:20↗ dudia ḏrahta : the cauldrons of seething
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pl. boiling water : see s.v. rtḥyn
Gal
BR 1057:4(1)↗ מזוג רתחין והא רתחין‏ : pour boiling water, and behold boiling water
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fermentation
Syr
HunQuest 266:12ff. text not cited
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(med.) a critical condition of humors in illness, coction
Syr
HunQuest 552:16 ܕܒܥܘܙܐ ܕܪܬܚܗܘܢ ܐܝܬܝܗܘܢ ܟܘ̈ܡܘ‏ : that the humors are at the maximum strength of their coction
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heat, inflammation
Sam, Syr, Man
SamTgJ Gen18:1↗ והוא יתיב תרח משכנה כארתע יומה‏ : he was sitting at the opening of his tent at about the hottest time of the day ; P Ez24:10↗ ܘܐܪܬܚ ܪܬܚܐ‏ ; IshDan 106(7)↗ ܝܩܕܘ ܡܢ ܪܬܚܐ ܕܐܬܘܢܐ‏ : they caught fire due to the heat of the furnace
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fig.:
Sam, Syr, JBA
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anger
Sam, JBA, LJLA
BT San 105a(33)↗ כל כי האי ריתחא לירתח עלן קדשא ב׳ה ולפרוקינן‏ : let the Holy One, Blessed be He, be angry at us so much and redeem us ; PJ Gen27:44↗ עד די תישדוך ריתחא דאחוך‏ : until your brother's anger quiets down
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ardor, enthusiasm, fervor
Syr
MB 15:187 ܒܗܠܝܢ ܪ̈ܬܚܐ ܐܫܬܠܗܒܘ݂ ܗܘܘ‏ : when they had become enflamed with these enthusiasms ; JSBhom 159:63↗ ܥܲܠ ܗܲܘ ܪܸܬܚܵܐ ܕܗܲܝܡܵܢܽܘܬܵܐ ܕܣܲܦ ܐܲܝܟ ܢܽܘܪܵܐ‏ ; Dalyatha 22:3↗ ܠܢ ܡ݁ܩܪܫܝܢ ܡܢ ܪܬܚܢ‏ : they cool us down from our enthusiasm [=JDalBeulay 126:16]
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trouble
LJLA
Tobit(Med) 7.18 chap 4↗ ואם תעביד צדקתא דרופתק טב תקנה ביום ריתחא‏ : if you do charity you will acquire a stormy-day fund
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pestilence
JBA
BT Ket 106a(10)↗ בימי רב יוסף הוה ריתחא לעלמא‏ : in the time of PN there was pestilence in the world
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foam
JLAtg
TgJ Hos10:7↗ כְרִתחָא עַל אַפֵי מַיָא‏ : [=MT כְּקֶצֶף עַל־פְּנֵי־מָיִם]
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(med.) foaming sore, erupting boil
Syr
Med 84:14 ܠܫܘܚ̈ܢܹܐ ܕܵܘܹ݁ܝܢ ܒܥܲܝ̈ܢܹܐ ܘܠܪܸ̈ܬ݂ܚܹܐ ܘܠܢܘ݂ܦ‍{‍ܩܹ̈‍}‍‍<‍ܚܹ̈‍>‍ܐ‏ : for sores in the eyes, boils, and blisters
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Mand. rahta
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See also s.v. rwtḥ n.m.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1494[747]DJPA: 531aDJBA: 1083aJastrow: 1464Drower/Macuch: 419b, 438aJ. Payne-Smith: 552Levy Ch-W: 2:441Tal Sam: 855

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