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sṭr, sṭrˀ (sṭar, seṭrā) n.m. side
1
side
Common Aramaic
TAD B2.1 R.5↗ ְ ^אגרא זך תדבק לשטר ביתי‏ : that wall would adjoin the side of my house ; Dan 7:5↗ וְלִשְׂטַר־חַד הֳקִמַת‏ : it was positioned on one side ; PAT42:1.8↗ wtwb rḥq lh sṭrˀ mdnḥyˀ : and furthermore he ceded to him the eastern side ; TgO Gen6:16↗ וְתַרעַה דְתֵיבוֹתָא בְסִטרַה תְשַוֵי‏ : you should put the ark's entranceway in its side ; TN Ex17:12↗ חד מן דא סטרא וחד מן דא סט׳‏ : one on this side and one on that side ; SamTgJ Gen23:9↗ דבאיצטר עקלה‏ : which is on the side of his field ; P Gn6:16↗ ܘܬܪܥܗ݀ ܕܩܒܘܬܐ ܒܣܛܪܗ݀ ܥܒ݂ܕ‏ : he made the ark's entrance in its side ; JBABowl 6.1:10↗ ולא תיקרבון לסיטרא דימינהון ולסיטרא דישמלהון‏ : you may not approach their right side or their left side ; PJ Gen2:21↗ היא עילעא תלסרית דמן סטר ימינא‏ : it is the thirteenth rib from the right side
(1)
direction
Syr, LJLA
P Ex26:18↗ ܣܛܪܐ ܕܪܘܚܐ ܕܬܝܡܢܐ‏ ; TgJob1:19↗ והא זעפא רבתא אתיא מסטרי מדברא‏ : a great storm was coming from the the desert directions ; TgQoh1:5↗ וידנח שימשא ביממא מסטר מדינחא ועאיל שמשא לסטר מערבא בליליא‏ : the sun will rise in daytime from the east and the sun sets at night to the west
(2)
(astron.) orbit, path (?); see s.v. šṭr #2 n.m.
LJLA
(3)
pl. : sections, chapters, pages (?)
Man
ATS 2.6:2516↗ bhazin dukta hua glia minẖ miqdar ḏšita ṣaṭria : in this place about six sections of it were open (i.e., missing)
(4)
end, far limit
Common Aramaic
TgO Num33:37var.↗ ושרו בְהוֹר טוּרָא בִסיָפֵי"בסטר" ארעא דַאֲדוֹם‏ : they dwelled in Mt. Hor at the edge of the land of Edom ; SongHex 1:17(Qu) ܛܘܪ̈ܐ ܕܣܛܪ̈ܐ‏ : [MT: הָרֵי בָתֶר]
2
hem/border of a garment
JBA, Man
BT Nid 56b(8)↗ דאשתכח בסיטר׳‏ : that was found on the hem ; GY 209:5 ↗ kḏ hadiaiin mgalalin usiṭraiin primlin : when their breasts are exposed and the hem (of their garment) is cut short
3
ܘܣܛܪ : adv.: besides, et cetera
Syr
BhBS Rhet 4.3.6 ܡܕܡܝܢ̈ܘܬܐ ܟܠܗܝܢ ܐܝܟ ܨܝܪܘܬܐ ܘܓܠܘܦܘܬܐ ܘܣܛܪ‏ : all the types of making of imitations, such as painting and sculpture and the rest ; Kays 192:21↗ ܐܝܟܢܐ ܕܢܩܘ݂ܡ ܥܠ ܝ݂ܕܥܬܐ ܕܙܒ̈ܢܐ ܘܟܪܘ݂ܟܝܐ ܕܫܢ̈ܝܐ ܘܬܚܘ݂ܡܐ ܕܝܪ̈ܚܐ ܘܫܒ̈ܐ ܘܝܘܡ̈ܬܐ ܘܣܛܪ‏ : so that we may be current with knowledge of yearly times and cycles, the ends of the months and sabbaths and holidays and the rest
4
in prepositions: see s.vv. sṭr, sṭr mn, dsṭr, lsṭr
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OfA, Palm śṭr; LJLA also צטר; Sam. אסטר , אצטר > איצר ; Mandaic ṣaṭra
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See note s.v. šṭr #2 n.m.
The second homograph cited by LS2 is unsupportable.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 997[468]DJPA: 373aDJBA: 801aJastrow: 973Drower/Macuch: 326a, 393aJ. Payne-Smith: 373fLevy Ch-W: 2:156Tal Sam: 582DNWSI: 1124DCPA[Schulthess]: 284[134]

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