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sm, smˀ (sam, sammā) n.m. medicine; poison; pigment
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medicine
Qumran, JLAtg, Sam, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA
TgJ Jer46:11↗ לָא לַהֲנָאָה אַסגֵית סַמָמְנִין אָסוּ לָא סְלֵיקַת לִיך‏ ; Marqe 1.633↗ ישקון לה סמנין‏ : they will give him medicine to drink ; Marqe 4.866↗ כסמן מאסי לכל‏ ; AphDiatess1990 98:6↗ ܣܡܐ ܕܒܟܝܢܗ ܡܐܣܐ ܠܟܠ ܕܢܣܒ ܠܗ‏ : a medicine which by its nature heals all who take it ; BT BB 58b(14)↗ באתרא דלית חמר תמן מתבעין סמנין‏ : in a place where there is no wine, there medicines are needed ; GY 28:7↗ sama uasuta : medicine and healing ; GY 274:24↗ sam<<i>>a anat ḏmasia kulhun rahmia šumak : you are the medicine<<s>> that heal all those who love your name ; PJ Gen49:20↗ מרביא בושמין ועיקרי סמנין‏ : growing spices and medicinal roots
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spice, herb
Gal, Sam
PTBQ 6.d:59[2]↗ חמשה {מיני}<מניי> עמר וחמשה מ{י}ני<י> סממנין‏ : five kinds (var.: minas) of wool and five kinds/minas/ of spices ; SamTgJ Ex25:6↗ ולאועדות סמניה‏ : [Heb. לקטרת הסמים]
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fig.:
Syr
AphDem9.182:18↗ ܣܡܐ ܡܕܡ ܠܝܬ ܠܛܢܢܐ܂ ܐܠܐ ܐܢ ܫܬܩܐ ܘܡܟܝܟܘܬܐ‏ : there is no medicine for envy except for quiet and humility
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poison
Qumran, Syr, JBA, LJLA
GenApoc 1.9↗ ס̇מין כ̇ש̇פ̇ין ו̇ח̇ר̇[שין‏ : poisons, enchantments, and spells ; PO V:5:25 713:11 ܟܕ ܐܡܪܝܢ܂ ܕܗ݂ܢܘܢ ܝܗ݂ܒܘ ܠܗ ܣܡܐ ܠܚܢܦܐ ܘܡܝܬ‏ : saying that they gave the pagan poison and he died ; TgEsth302:21↗ ואמרו לאשקאה סמא ולאושטא ידא במלכא אחשורוש‏ : the said to give poison to drink and assault king Ahasuerus
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סמא דמותא٠ סמא דמיתותא٠ סמא דקטול : deadly poison
JLAtg, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA
TgJ Jer11:19↗ נִרמֵי סַמָא דְמוֹתָא בְמֵיכְלֵיה‏ : let us put poison in his food ; P Mk16:18↗ ܘܸܐܢ ܣܲܡܵܐ ܕ݁ܡܲܘܬ̇ܵܐ ܢܸܫܬ݁ܘ݂ܢ‏ ; BT Pes 88a(6)↗ מיכלהו סמא דמיתותא והיכי עסקי בבלאי באוריתא‏ : their food is 'poison', so how do the Babylonians study the Torah? ; GY 216:7↗ biša damia lˁlana marira ḏmapiq piria sama ḏmuta ḏpiria ṭabia litbẖ : an evil person is like a bitter tree that produces poison fruit, that has no good fruit in it ; PJ Gen40:1↗ ואיתיעטו למירמי סמא דמותא במיכליה ובמשקייה‏ : they conspired to put poison in his food and drink
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(as an abortifacient)
Man
JohnBook 98:3↗ minẖ baṭna usama šaqla uazla bqiqlia šadialẖ : she becomes pregnant by him, takes an abortifacient, and goes to the garbage dump and tosses it away
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color, pigment
JLAtg, Gal, Syr
TgJ Jer22:14↗ וֻמטַלֵיל בְכִיוֹרֵי אַרזַיָא וֻמצַיַיר בְסַמָמְנִין‏ : roofed with cedar panels and decorated with pigments [MT וְסָפוּן בָּאָרֶז וּמָשׁוֹחַ בַּשָּׁשַׁר] ; PTŠab 10.b:43[2]↗ דגבל גיר`גבסין עפר קילורין מלוגמא סממנין‏ : one who mixes lime, gypsum, eye salve, poultice, or dyes ; Addai.4.23↗ ܘܨܪ ܨܠܡܗ ܕܝܫܘܥ ܒܣܡ̈ܡܢܐ ܓܒ̈ܝܐ݂‏ : he decorated Jesus' image with choice pigments ; P Ez23:14↗ ܨ̈ܠܡܐ ܕܟ̈ܠܕܝܐ ܕܨܝܪ̈ܝܢ ܒܣܡ̈ܡܢܐ‏ : Chaldean idols decorated with dyes
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ingredient
Syr
Geop 119:22↗ ܐܬܚܫܚ ܒܟܡܝܘܬܐ ܕܡ̈ܬܩܠܐ ܕܣܡ̈ܡܢܐ ܗܠܝܢ‏ : use the amounts of the weights of these ingredients
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fig. : essential part
Gal, Syr
EchR[1]66(14)↗ כל סמא דמילתא‏ : the entire essence of the matter ; JEhCh 312b:21 ܗܠܝܢ ܐܝܬܝܗܘܢ ܣܡ̈ܡܢܐ ܕܨܘܪܬܐ ܕܨܘܠܡ݁ܐ ܘܡܕܡܝܢܘܬܐ ܕܗܘܢܐ ܐܢܫܝܐ ܕܠܘܬ ܐܠܗܐ‏ : these are the distinctive features of the human mind's being formed and made like God
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compounded as part of the name of various plant and medicinal agents, for example:
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(bot.) ܕܥܲܝ̈ܢܸܐ : a plant name: see also s.v. kdkdw, kdkdwtˀ n.f.
Syr
Med 562:9 ܥܩܘܪ ܗܝ݁ ܟܲܕ݂ܟ݁ܕ݂ܘܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܗܲܘܹܐ ܣܲܡܵܐ ܕܥܝܢܹ̈ܐ‏
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ܪܲܒܿܵܐ : dog poop (!?)
Syr
BAli2 172:14 text not cited
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(med.) ܣܲܡܬܪܸ̈ܝܢ : see s.v. smtryn n.m.
Syr
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ܚܸܘܝܵܐ : gentian
SyrLex
BAli2 172:13 text not cited
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pl: samməmānīn (with some irregular and incorrect vocalization in JLA), Mand. sa/imania; Sam. also a back-formation סמן from the plural.
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See also s.v. smmn n.; from Akkadian šammu (itself a Sumerian loan), the general word for plants and grasses.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1016[479]DJPA: 381aDJBA: 817bJastrow: 71Drower/Macuch: 312b, 327aJ. Payne-Smith: 379Levy Ch-W: 2:169Tal Sam: 595BarBahlul: 457:10; 1356:5; 579:14; 1337:6; 1360:14Qumran: 167

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