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srp (a/u) vb. to suck
GDGt
Gpəˁalto suck, suck in3 senses▶
1
to suck, suck in
Syr, JBAg
JSBhom 125:1377↗ ܘܲܒܣܸܦܘ̈ܵܬܵܗ݀ ܣܵܪܦܵܐ ܠܲܕܡܸܗ ܡܸܢ ܡܲܚܘ̈ܵܬܸܗ‏ : with her lips she sucks his blood from his wounds
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to gulp down, slurp
Syr, JBA
BhEth 125:7 ܢܣܪܘܦ ܫܪܟܢܐ ܕܙܘܡܐ‏ : to slurp the remnant of the broth ; BT Naz 36b(7)↗ אין דקשריף משרף‏ : if he is actually gulping it down
2
to absorb
Syr, JBA
P 4Ezra 8:4↗ ܣܪܘܦܝ ܢܦܫܝ ܡܕܥܐ݂‏ ; BT Ker 22a(22) Var.V↗ בשעה שהנשמה יוצאה מישרף שריף‏ : when the breath goes out the blood is in fact absorbed
3
to produce olive oil
Sam
Dpaˁˁelto absorb1 sense▶
to absorb
Syr
JSB4 761:3↗ ܘܗܐ ܡܣܲܪܸܦ ܠܗ ܥܠܡܐ ܠܕܡܟ ܐܝܟ ܣܡ ܚܝ̈ܐ‏ : here does the world absorb Your blood as a life-giving drug
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be sucked up, absorbed1 sense▶
to be sucked up, absorbed
Syr
Ps-Nonn 230(4) ܡ̈ܝܐ ܕܒܗܕܐ ܡܢܬܐ ܥ݁ܪܩܝܢ ܘܐܝܟ ܗ݀ܘ ܕܡܣܬܪܦܝܢ܃ ܘܬܘܒ ܡܬܓ݂ܣܝܢ‏ : the water in this part (of the sea) escapes as if it were being sucked up, and then is vomited back up
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JBA often שׂרפ .
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See also s.v. zrp #2.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1049[500]DJBA: 1190bJastrow: 1633Drower/Macuch: 338aJ. Payne-Smith: 392Tal Sam: 613

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