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shd, shdˀ (sāheḏ/sāhīḏ, sāhḏā) n.m. witness
√ shd vb.
1
witness
Common Aramaic
4QEng1.4.12↗ ל̇שהדי̇ קשט‏ : as truthful witnesses ; Naveh 77.1↗ דכירן לטב מנחמה ישוע שהדה ומנחמה ש[٠٠٠‏ ; PTSan 21.d:26[2]↗ וקבלון לשהדייא דלא באפוי דר׳ ירמיה‏ : they received the witnesses in the absence of PN ; TN Gen38:25↗ ובעת תלתא סהדי‏ : she sought her! three witnesses ; P Gn31:44↗ ܘܢܗܘܐ ܣܗܕܐ ܒܝܢ̈ܝ ܘܠܟ‏ ; PJ Gen9:6↗ דישוד דמא דאינשא בסהדין דיינייא מחייבין ליה קטול‏ : whoever sheds a person's blood, judges find him worthy of execution through witnesses
(1)
observer in a ritual
Man
(2)
evidence
JBA
BT Šab 65b(4)↗ מיטרא במערבא סהדא רבה פרת‏ : the Euphrates is the great witness to rain in the west
2
martyr
Syr
JulSok 19(6):1↗ ܣܗܕܐ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܐܘܣܒܝܣ ܐܦܣܩܦܐ ܛܘܒܢܐ ܕܥܕܬܐ ܕܪܗܘܡ‏ : Eusebius, martyr of God, sainted bishop of the Church of Rome
3
testimony
Sam
§Form & Usage▶
OA, OfA, Old Syriac, Palm, Judaean (often) śhd; JLAtg סָהִיד but emph. סָהדָא, etc.
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 973[461]DJPA: 571aDJBA: 790bJastrow: 959Drower/Macuch: 310bJ. Payne-Smith: 362Levy Ch-W: 2:148Tal Sam: 571DNWSI: 1113DCPA[Schulthess]: 280[132]Qumran: 247
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