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sky vb. to expect, watch for
GDCGtDt
Gpəˁalto look2 senses▶
1
to look
JLAtg, Gal, CPA, Sam, Man, LJLA
TgJ 1K18:43↗ סַכִי לְאוֹרַח מַערְבָא וֻסלֵיק וֻסכָא וַאֲמַר לֵית מִדָעַם‏ : look out to the west; so he went up and looked and said: there is nothing
(1)
to watch for, look at
JLAtg, Sam, Man, LJLA
TgO Num23:9↗ אֲרֵי מֵרֵיש טוּרַיָא חֲזֵיתֵיה וֻמֵירמָתָא סְכֵיתֵיה‏ : for I saw him from the mountaintop and looked at him from the heights ; GS 78:1 ↗ ainai ḏsakia lnhura : my eyes that look to the light
2
to expect, look for expectantly
Gal, Sam, LJLA
BR 818:5(1)↗ מה את סכי דאנן דביזיון דכוותכון‏ : do you expect us to be as disgraceful as you? ; TgPs25:3↗ כל דסכיין לך /דסברין במימרך/‏
Dpaˁˁelto look out for someone or something3 senses▶
1
to look out for someone or something
JLAtg, JBA
TgJ 1K18:43↗ סַכִי לְאוֹרַח מַערְבָא‏ : (see above) ; TgJ Jer48:19↗ עַל אוֹרחָא קוּמוּ וְסַכוּ דְיָתְבִין בַעֲרוֹעֵר‏ ; SYAP 32:16 ↗ חדותה סכיית בבייתה ואתת לה תונחתה‏ : she expected joy in her home, but groaning befell her
2
to expect
JLAtg, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, LJLA
TgJ Hos9:8↗ text not cited ; BR 916:3(1)↗ חנוקה {{מן סכית}} ^מה סברת^ מחנקני‏ : strangler, did you expect to strangle me? ; TN Gen48:11↗ סבר אפיך לא סכיית למיחמי‏ : I never expected to see your face ; Marqe 1.597↗ סכית אערק מנון ועד אנון נפקין לזימוני‏ : I hoped to flee from them, but they are still coming out toward me ; P Is5:2↗ ܘܣܟܝ ܕܢܥܒܕ ܥܢ̈ܒܐ‏ : he expected that it would produce grapes ; PJ Gen15:2↗ מסכי למירת יתי‏ : he expects to inherit me
(1)
to wait expectantly
JLAtg, Gal, CPA, Syr, Man
TgJ Hab2:1↗ וֻמסַכֵינָא לְמִחזֵי מָא יִתמַלַל‏ : I am waiting to see what will be said ; P Gn49:10↗ ܘܠܗ ܢܣ݁ܟܘܢ ܥܡ̈ܡܐ‏ : the nations shall wait expectantly for him ; Rom8:19↗ ܟ݁ܽܠܵܗ ܓܸ݁ܝܪ ܒ݁ܪܼܝܬ݂ܵܐ ܡܣܲܒ݁ܪܵܐ ܘܲܡܣܲܟ݁ܝܵܐ܂ ܠܓ݂ܸܠܝܵܢܵܐ ܕ݁ܲܒ݂ܢܲܘܗܼܝ̈ ܕ݁ܲܐܠܵܗܵܐ‏ ; WisSol8:12↗ ܟܕ ܫܬܝܩ ܐܢܐ ܠܝ ܡܣܟܝܢ‏ ; GY 344:12↗ knap umsakin lmirmia tigra : they gathered hoping to instigate a quarrel
3
to be concerned (?)
Sam
SamTgJ Gen31:30↗ הלא סכוי סכית לבית אבוך למה גנבת ית אלהי‏ : †
Cˀafˁelto look out for : var. of D1 sense▶
to look out for : var. of D
JLAtg
TgJ Hos9:8↗ /מַסכַן"מְסַכַן" בֵית יִשרָאֵל‏
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto expect1 sense▶
to expect
Sam
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto peer out, look4 senses▶
1
to peer out, look
JLAtg, LJLA
TgJ 1Sam24:9↗ וֻקרָא בָתַר שָאוּל לְמֵימַר רִבוֹנִי מַלכָא וְאִסתַכִי שָאוּל לַאְחוֹרוֹהִי‏ : he called out after Saul: my lord king! So Saul looked behind him ; TgPs25:16↗ אסתכי לוותי וחוס עלי‏ : look at me and show me mercy
(1)
to supervise, oversee
JBAg
(2)
to notice
LJLA
PJ Ex2:21↗ ואיסתכי ית חוטרא דאיתבריאת ביני שימשתא‏ : he noticed the staff that was created "between the sunsets"
2
to hope, to expect
PTA, JBA, LJLA
TNM Gen45:28↗ אסתכיתי למחמי‏ ; TgPs5:4↗ בצפרא אסדר קדמך ואסתכי‏ : [MT: בֹּקֶר אֶעֱרָךְ־לְךָ וַאֲצַפֶּה]
3
to be expected, to be looked for
JLAtg, Syr
TgJ Jer6:1↗ אֲרֵי בִשתָא אִסתַכִיאַת מִצִפוּנָא‏ : evil was looked for from the north ; SevAntLet 329:6 ܡܢ ܙܥܘܪ̈ܐ ܕܝܢ ܡܣܬ݁ܟܐ܃ ܐܝܟ ܡܐ ܕܙܕ݁ܩ ܕܢ݁ܣܬܟܐ‏ : (the Day of Judgment) is looked forward to by few in the way it should be looked for properly
4
(topog.) to overlook, provide an overlook
JLAtg
TgO Num23:28↗ רֵיש רָמְתָא דְמִסתַכיָא עַל אַפֵי בֵית יְשִימוֹן‏ : the top of the hill that overlooks the surface of GN
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