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skr (a/u[a]) vb. to close up, shut
GDCGtDt
Gpəˁalto close up, shut2 senses▶
1
to close up, shut
Gal, CPA, Syr, JBAmb, JBA, LJLA
P Ju3:22↗ ܘܣܟܪܗ݀ ܚܠܒܐ ܠܡܚܘܬܐ‏ : the fatty tissue closed over the wound ; P 1K(1)11:27↗ ܘܣܟܪ ܬܘܪ̈ܥܬܐ‏ ; TgEsth2 8:15(6)var.↗ ועשרה בני המן סכרין ידיהון‏
(1)
to block up
Qumran, Syr, JBA
4QEne4.2.2↗ חדריא שכירו‏ : the chambers were blocked up ; JulSok 313(153):4↗ ܘܣܟܘܪ ܒܐ̈ܦܝܗܝܢ ܟܐ̈ܦܐ ܪܘܪ̈ܒܬܐ ܥܠ ܦܘܡ̈ܐ ܕܡܥܪ̈ܐ݂‏ ; BT BB 7a(19)↗ סכירנא להי ועבידנא לך כוי מלעיל‏ : I will block them up and make you windows above it
2
to inspect
Syr
P Neh2:13↗ ܘܗ݀ܘܝܬ ܣ݁ܟܪ ܒܫܘܪ̈ܝܗ݀‏
Dpaˁˁelto shut (pl.)2 senses▶
1
to shut (pl.)
Syr
(1)
to stop up (ears, mouth)
Syr, LJLA
AphDem9.176:15↗ ܡܣܟܪ ܐ̈ܕܢܘܗܝ ܘܠܐ ܥܐܠܢ ܠܠܒܗ‏ : he stops up his ears and they do not enter his heart ; P Acts7:57↗ ܣܲܟ݁ܲܪܘ ܐܸܕ݂ܢܲܝܗܘ݂ܢ̈‏ ; TgProv21:13↗ דמסכר אודניה דלא נשמע לצווחתיה דמסכינא‏ : who stops up his ears so as not to hear the cries of the poor
(2)
to keep something away
Man
AM 14:16↗ ḏqiniana ḏabahatẖ ianuq msakarlẖ alma lsrin uarbia šnia : as a child, any of his father's property is kept from him for 24 years
(1)
to end up devoid of
Man
AM 25:16↗ uˁnta qadmaita nisakar : he will put away the first wife
2
to command to shut
Syr
IA1 190:v267 text not cited
Cˀafˁelw. byd or l_ : to turn over to someone else's control1 sense▶
w. byd or l_ : to turn over to someone else's control
OA
Sf.3 a2↗ hskr thskrhm bydy : you must surely put them in my control ; Sf.3 a3↗ wbrk yhskr lbry wˁqrk y<h>skr lˁqry : and your son must turn over to me and your descendants turn over to my descendants
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be shut, blocked1 sense▶
to be shut, blocked
CPA, Syr, JBA, Man
P Neh4:1↗ ܘܫ݁ܪܝ ܬܘܪ̈ܥܬܐ ܠܡܣܬܟܪܘ‏ ; Rom3:19↗ ܟ݂ܽܠ ܦ݁ܘ݂ܡ ܢܸܣܬ݁ܟ݂ܲܪ‏ ; BT Git 73a(37)↗ לסוף איסתכר נהר{{א}} מלך‏ : finally the royal canal was stopped up
(1)
in particular, of the mouth or voice
Gal, PTA
53420.220029↗ קלן אסתכר מן צוקתה‏ : our voice was stopped up because of distress ; GT G Exod15:10↗ וְאֵסְתְכָרוּ פוּמֵיהוֹן‏
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto be shut1 sense▶
1
to be shut
JLAtg, Syr, Man
TgO Gen8:2↗ וְאִסתַכַרוּ מַבוּעֵי תְהוֹמָא‏ ; P Gn8:2↗ ܘܐܣܬܟܪ̈ܘ ܡܒ̈ܘܥܐ ܕܬܗܘܡܐ‏ ; JohnBook 155:4↗ kḏ ailia nunia umistakria laiadin ˁuhra ḏsairia : when the fish go in and are shut in they do not know the way to get away
(1)
to be blocked from returning to the source of life
Man
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Qumran: a hypercorrective spelling: שכר due to the regular biblical spelling of skr #2.
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For 1QapGen 22:31 see s.v. ˀspr.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1011[475]DJPA: 378bDJBA: 811bJastrow: 993Drower/Macuch: 331aJ. Payne-Smith: 378DNWSI: 786DCPA[Schulthess]: 288[136]Qumran: 248

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