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rḥmh, rḥmtˀ (raḥmā, ra/eḥmat, reḥəmtā/rḥamtā) n.f. love
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love, friendship
Common Aramaic
PAT281:1.4↗ dy ˀqym l[h b]wlˀ wdmws lyqrh mn rḥmˀ : which the senate and the people established for him in his honor out of love ; TgJ 2Sam1:26↗ מְפָרְשָא רַחמְתָך לִי מֵרַחְמַת תַרתֵין נְשִין‏ : your love is more special to me than the love of two women ; P Je31:3↗ ܪܚܡܬܐ ܕܥܠܡܐ ܪܚܡܬܟܝ‏ ; IIPet 1:7↗ ܪܸܚܡܲܬ݂ ܐܲܚܘ݂ܬ݂ܵܐ‏ : brotherly love ; JBABowl 30.1:3↗ רזי רחמתא‏ ; BT BB 16a(25)↗ דילמ׳ חס ושלום מנשי ליה לרחמתיה דאברהם‏ : perhaps, heaven forbid, He will forget Abraham’s love ; AM 168:14↗ ṭabuta urhamta minẖ maškia : may they find goodness and love from him
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ברחמה : as a gift
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passion (for an endeavor)
Syr
PagPhil.216.6↗ ܐܦܠܐ ܠܟܘܢ ܪܚܡܬܐ ܕܐܝܟ ܗܕܐ ܐܚܕܬ ܗܘܬ‏ : a passion like this would not even have overcome you
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sexual
Syr, LJLA
P Prov7:18↗ ܬܐ ܢܬܒܣܡ ܒܪܚܡܬܐ ܥܕܡܐ ܠܨܦܪܐ‏ ; TgProv7:18↗ הא נתבשם ברחמתא עד צפרא‏ : come let us enjoy love until the morning †
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in collocations, generally as calques on Greek terms
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ܪܸܚܡܲܬ ܐܟܣܢܝܐ : hospitality
Syr
PhiloxPa 50:3 ܐܒܪܗܡ ܕܒܗ ܒܗܢܐ ܦܘܠܚܢܐ ܕܪܚܡܬ ܐܟܣ̈ܢܝܐ ܥܢ݁ܐ ܗܘܐ‏ : Abraham who was engaged in this very service of hospitality
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ܪܸܚܡܲܬ ܐ̄ܢܵܫܘܬܵܐ, ܪܸܚܡܲܬܐܢܵܫܵܐ : benevolence
Syr
1Esdras(3 Ezra) 8:10↗ ܘܗܠܝܢ ܪ̈ܚܡܬ ܐܢܫ̈ܐ ܐܢܐ ܟܕ ܕܢܬ‏ : I having decided on these human benevolences [LXX: καὶ τὰ φιλάνθρωπα ἐγὼ κρίνα]
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ܪܸܚܡܲܬ ܕܗܒܐ/ܟܣܦܐ : avarice
Syr
PhiloxPa 42:15-16 text not cited ; JSmem 3:171↗ ܠܡܢܐ ܐܫܠܡܬ ܢܦܫܟ ܥܒܕܐ ܠܪܚܡܬ ܟܣܦܐ‏ : why have you turned yourself into a slave of avarice?
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ܪܸܚܡܲܬ ܟܪܣܐ : love of food, gluttony
Syr
Philox 353:11 ܚܫܐ ܗܢܐ ܢܕܝܕܐ ܕܪܚܡܬ ܟܪܣܐ‏ : this filthy affliction of gluttony
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ܪܸܚܡܲܬ ܥܡܠܐ : love of labor
Syr
TB 1:2.24↗ ܒܪܚܡܬ ܥܡܠܐ ܕܚܫܚ ܪܘܫܥܐ ܕܠܘܩܒܠ ܐܠܗܐ ܐܬܦܪܣܘ‏ : with love of the necessary work they contrived evil against God
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ܪܸܚܡܲܬ ܥܕܠܐܝܬ : love of finding fault
Syr
SAL1 25:17 ܡ݁ܥܩܒ ܕܝܢ ܓ̈ܠ݂ܐ ܗ݀ܢܘܢ ܢܘܟܪ̈ܝܐ ܪܚܡܐܬ݁ ܥܕܠܐܝܬ ܘܠܘ ܒܚܘ݁ܣܢܐ ܕܥܠ ܦܘܪܩܢܐ ܕܐܚ̈ܐ‏ : looking for those alien tiny flaws out of the love of finding fault and not out of pity for the brethren's salvation
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Syr. ܪܸܚܡܵܐ܂ ܪܸܚܡܬܵܐ‏; JLA רַחמָה, רַחמתָא
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1457[724]DJPA: 521bDJBA: 1070bJastrow: 1467Drower/Macuch: 426aJ. Payne-Smith: 538Levy Ch-W: 2:417DNWSI: 1070

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