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rwpsˀ (rupsā) n.m. a fraction of a hour
one-seventeenth! part of minute
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Med 531:12 text not cited ; Simanql 14:7 text not cited
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LS2 "1/17 of a minute " is ridiculous. JPS claims that it is "twenty minutes"; we assume that in fact the correct rendering or the text is 17 minutes.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1452[741]J. Payne-Smith: 535BarBahlul: 1501:11

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