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shr, shrˀ (sher [śehr], sahrā) n.m./f. the Moon
1
Sehr (the moon god)
OA
Nerab.1.2↗ šnzrbn kmr šhr bnrb : Sinzeribni, priest of Sehr at Nerab
2
the Moon
Common Aramaic
GenApoc 13.10↗ חזה הוית לשמשא ולשהרא ולכוכביא‏ : I watched the sun and the moon and the stars ; 4QEnastr b 7 iii:2↗ באדין שהרא ערב ועל וקבל שאר ליליא דן‏ : then the moon sets, enters, and stays dark for the rest of this night ; TgJ Is24:23↗ וְיִבַהתוּן דְפָלְחִין לְסֵיהְרָא‏ : those who worship the moon shall come to shame ; SYAP 36:1↗ תבחר̊ זהרה לקידוש ירחין‏ : the moon was chosen for sanctifying months ; P Gn37:9↗ ܫܡܫܐ ܘܣܗܪܐ‏ ; JBAmb2 65:5↗ ובחתמא דשימשא ובעיזקתיה דסהירא‏ : by the seal of the Sun and the seal-ring of the Moon ; BT Er 65a(34)↗ לא איברי סיהרא אלא לגירסא‏ : the moon was only created (to provide light) for study ; ATS 1.1:533↗ ḏhu šamiš usira uhu lilia uˁumama ; PJ Ex40:4↗ בסטר דרומא מטול דמתמן שבילי שמשא וסיהרא ומתמן איסרטוון דנהורי‏ : on the south side because from there are the paths of the sun and the moon and from there the courses of the light-sources
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the monthly lunar cycle
Syr
GeZA8 8:19 ܐܢ ܒܫ̈ܬܐ ܒܢܝܣܢ ܟܝ݁ܢܐ ܐܪܒܥܣܪܐ ܕܣܗܪܐ ܒܫܢܬܐ ܕܝܛ܊ ܕܓܝܓܠܐ‏ : if the fourteenth (day) of the lunar cycle falls on the sixth of Nisan in the 19th year of the (Metonic) cycle
(1)
lunar month
PTA, Syr, Man
TN Gen1:14↗ עבור שהרין ירחין‏ : intercalation of lunar months ; Am2 275:bot↗ ܒܬܠܬܥܣܪ ܒܬܫܪܝ ܐ̄ܚܪܝ ܒܕܣܗܪܐ‏ : on the thirteenth of second Tisri according to lunar calendration ; AM 117:20↗ ḏbtrin bsira mikṣar qšia ˁlẖ : one who falls ill on the second day of the lunar month will have difficulty
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ܒܕܣܗܪܐ : lunar year
Syr
IshGen 120:28↗ ܗܕܐ ܒܕ ܫܡܫܐ ܂ ܒܕ ܣܗܪܐ ܕܝܢ ܟܕ ܡܬܬܘܣܦܝܢ ܚܕܥܣܪ ܫܢܬܐ ܫܠܡܬܐ ܗܘܝܬ‏ : the solar year is complete when 11 is added to the lunar year
3
(chem.) silver
Syr
DuvB2 4:8 text not cited ; Kays 266:12↗ ܣܗܪܐ ܣܐܡܐ‏
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OA-MA śhr; JLA סֵיהְַרָא JPA also זהר Mand: sira
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Textual variants for ṭyhr "noon" are surely errors.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 974[462]DJPA: 369aJastrow: 960Drower/Macuch: 329bJ. Payne-Smith: 362fLevy Ch-W: 2:149Audo: 2:129Qumran: 247

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