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rḥy, rḥyˀ (rḥē, re/aḥyā) n.m. millstone, mill
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millstone, mill
Common Aramaic
BukânStele 9↗ wyˀbd | mn | mth | tnn | ˀšh | wql | rḥyn : may the smoke of fire and the sound of mills disappear from his country ; TgJ 2Sam11:21↗ אִתְתָא רְמָת עְלוֹהִי פַלגוּת רְכַב רְחֵי‏ : the woman threw half of an upper millstone down on him ; PTQid 61.b:38[2]↗ חד בר נש הוה טחין בריחייא‏ : a certain man was grinding at the mill ; FTV Num11:8↗ ברחותא‏ : in mills ; P Ex11:5↗ ܐܡܬܐ ܕܐܝܬ ܒܝܬ ܪܚܝܐ‏ : the slave-girl at the mill-house ; BT MQ 10a(49)↗ שמעיה לההוא גברא דקא נקר ריחיא בחולא דמועדא‏ : he heard about a certain man who was hewing millstones on an intermediate festival day ; BT Ket 103a(4)↗ ההוא גברא דאוגר ל׳ ריחייא {{̇מ̇}}^ל^חבריה לטחינה‏ : a certain man who leased a mill to another for grinding ; PJ Num11:8↗ מלקטין וטחנין בריחותא‏ : they were gathering it and grinding it in mills [=MT וְלָקְטוּ וְטָחֲנוּ בָרֵחַיִם]
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ܕܚܡܵܪܵܐ : a very large millstone [Greek calque]
Syr
P Mt18:6↗ ܦܲܩܵܚ ܗܼܘܵܐ ܠܸܗ ܕܬܸܗܘܸܐ ܬܲܠܝܵܐ ܪܲܚܝܵܐ ܕܲܚܡܵܪܵܐ ܒܨܲܘܪܸܗ‏ : it would have been better for a very heavy millstone to be hanging on his neck
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any heavy stone?
Syr
Am5 539:20↗ ܘܦܩܕ ܕܢܲܝܬܘ݁ܢ ܪܲܚܝܵܐ ܘܢܩܛܪܘܢ ܒܩܕܠܗ‏ : he ordered them to bring a heavy stone and tie it on his neck
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perh. anchor(?)
Syr
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molar
Syr
PsS 13:3↗ ܒܫܢ̈ܝܗܝܢ ܡܢ̈ܬܦܢ ܗ݂̈ܘܝ ܒܣ݂ܪܗܘܢ݁܂ ܘܒܪ̈ܚܘܬܐ ܡܩܨܨܢ ܗ݂̈ܘܝ ܓܪ̈ܡܝܗܘܢ݁‏ : with their teeth they pulled out their flesh and with the molars they were cutting up their bones
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JPATg emph: ריחייה ; pl. Syr. ܪܚ̈ܘܬܐ‏ , JBA רחואתא ; late Sam. erroneously: רחם taking the plural ending as part of the root
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Given the well-attested Syriac plural form, the forms רחותא in FTV and (erroneously) ריחותא in PsJon have been taken as similar plurals (against the interp. of Levy 2:415).
The meaning "molar" is a calque on Greek usage from PsSol.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1455[723]DJPA: 520bDJBA: 1075bJastrow: 1466J. Payne-Smith: 537aLevy Ch-W: 2:415Tal Sam: 829DNWSI: 1067

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