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smk, smkˀ (sāmeḵ, sāmḵā) n.m. basis, support
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base, support
Palmyrene, JLAtg, Gal, Sam, Syr, Man, LJLA
TgO Ex26:19↗ וְאַרבְעִין סָמְכִין דִכסַף תַעְבֵיד תְחוֹת עַסרִין דַפִין תְרֵין סָמְכִין תְחוֹת דַפָא חַד‏ ; TgJ Ez29:6↗ סְמַך קַניָא רְעִיעָא‏ : the support of a broken reed ; P Is36:6↗ ܗܐ ܐܬܬܟܠܬ ܥܠ ܣܡ݁ܟܐ ܕܩܢܝܐ ܪܥܝܥܐ‏ : look how you have trusted in the support of a broken reed ; GY 339:15↗ ana ḏhzitinun libai mn samkẖ npal : when I saw them my heart fell out of its base ; TgJob38:6↗ על מה סמכייהא טמעו או מן שדא אבן זווייתהא‏ : upon what are its bases sunk, who laid its cornerstone? ; TgSong5:15↗ וצדיקיא אנון עמודי עלמא בסיסן על סומכי דהב טב‏ : the righteous are the world's pillars, based on supports of fine gold
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pillar, support
Palmyrene, Syr
PAT1571:1.1↗ ˁl[t]ˀ dh wsmkˀ ˁbd [mˁny br] ˁmt : PN made this altar and the pillar (or: base) ; 3KgdHex 10:12 ܘܥܒܕ ܡܠܟܐ ܠܩܝ̈ܣܐ ܠܐ ܡ̈ܫܲܦܲܝܵܐ ܣܡ̈ܟܐ ܕܒܝܬܗ ܕܡܪܝܐ ܘܕܒܝܬܐ ܕܡܠܟܐ‏ : the king made the unhewn wood into supports for the Lord's temple and the king's palace
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fulcrum
Syr
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fig.:
Syr, Man
LSt.163:9 ↗ ܫܡܫܐ ܕܙܒܢܐ ܘܠܢܗܝܪܐ ܘܣܡܟܐ ܕܥܕܬܐ‏ : the sun of the era and the light and support of the church ; GY 20:19↗ hun simaka uadiaura lhdadia ulšalmania ḏri^d^pa maṭilun : be support and help to each other and to the perfect ones whom persecution overcomes
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reliance
JBAg
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ܣ܊ ܫܲܒܛܵܐ : wielder of the scepter, i.e., ruler
Syr
P Am1:5↗ text not cited ; P Am1:8↗ text not cited
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(gram.) name of an accent (marking that the voice is to be sustained)
Syr
MasJsApp 105:11 text not cited
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1019[480]DJPA: 382aDrower/Macuch: 313aJ. Payne-Smith: 381Tal Sam: 597DCPA[Schulthess]: 2:171[]

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