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sryq (srīq) adj. empty
1
empty
Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA
P Gn37:24↗ ܘܓܘܒܐ ܣܪܝܩ ܗܘܐ‏ ; P Lk20:10↗ ܘܫܲܕ݁ܪܘ݂ܗܼܝ ܟ݁ܲܕ݂ ܣܪܼܝܩ‏ ; BT Yev 87b(1)↗ גופא סריקא‏ : an empty body ; PJ Gen37:24↗ וגובא סריק לית ביה מוי‏ : the cistern was empty, no water in it
(1)
(of a camel): without any load
Palmyrene
Trf 2.2.61↗ lgmlˀ kdy ytˀyˁl sryq ygbˀ d 1 : 1 dinar for a camel brought in empty (i.e. without any load) ; Trf 2.3.118↗ gmlyˀ hn ṭˁynyn whn sryqyn : camels, be they loaded or not
(2)
hollow
Syr
2
vain, valueless, meaningless
Syr, Man
BHMQ7 2.3.3 ܒܫܘܒܚܐ ܣܪܝܩܐ‏ : in vain glory ; Sahd 373:11 ܐܠܐܝܢܝ ܓܝܪ ܫܘܒܚܐ ܣܪܝܩܐ‏
3
idle fellow, bum
JLAtg, Syr, JBAg, LJLA
TgJ Jud9:4↗ גֻברִין סְרִיקִין‏ : [MT אֲנָשִׁים רֵיקִים] ; P Ju11:3↗ ܘܐܬܠܩܛܘ ܠܘܬ ܢܦܬܚ ܐܢܫ̈ܐ ܣܪ̈ܝܩܐ‏ ; Sheel 75:6var. סריקי דמתא‏ : the town bums ; TgIIChron 13:7↗ אנשין סריקין בני רשעא‏ : worthless people, evil ones
4
gnat or mosquito
JBA
SM 1(20):28.1(17)↗ חצבי חיוארי דמלן סריקאתא‏ : unglazed pitchers full of gnats
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1047[501]DJBA: 831bDrower/Macuch: 337bJ. Payne-Smith: 392Qumran: 168

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