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str (a/u) vb. to destroy
GDCGt
Gpəˁalto destroy3 senses▶
1
to destroy
Common Aramaic
(1)
lit. to dismantle or destroy a built object
Common (except: OA)
TAD C1.1(Ahiqar) .173↗ כאיש {{זי}} גנב זי שתר בי וישתכ̇[ח‏ : like a thief who destroys a house and is found out ; Ezra 5:12↗ וּבַיְתָה דְנָה סַתְרֵהּ‏ : he destroyed that temple † ; TgJ 2K11:18↗ וְסַתרוּהִי יָת אֵיגוֹרוֹהִי וְיָת צַלמוֹהִי תְבַרוּ‏ : they dismantled his pagan altars and broke apart his statues ; P Mt27:40↗ ܣܵܬ݂ܲܪ ܗܲܝܟ݁ܠܵܐ‏ ; BT AZ 2b(41)↗ אינהו סתור בית המקדש ואנן מיבנא בנינן ליה‏ : they destroyed the Temple, while we actually built it ; PJ Lev11:35↗ תנורין ותפיין יסתרון‏ : one must destroy ovens and hearths
(2)
fig.:
JLAtg, Syr
TgJ Jer1:19↗ לְמִסתַר יָת פִתגָמֵי נֻבוּאֲתָך‏ ; EphNis 41:1 ܣ݁ܬܪ ܠܗ ܠܟܠ ܡܐ ܕܒܢܝܬ‏ : he is destroying everything I have built [Satan of Jesus]
(1)
to refute
Gal, Syr, JBA
BhBS.E Eth 1.5.4 text not cited ; BT Šab 9b(24)↗ דילמא חאזי טענתא וסתר דינא‏ : perhaps he accepts the claim and refutes the judgment
(2)
to destroy a reputation, speak against
Syr
Ath 35:22 ܣܬܪܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܠܢ ܩܕܡ ܡܠܟܐ‏ ; IAB 412:3 ܥܐܠܝܢ ܣܬܪܝܢ ܠܚܕܕ̈ܐ܃ ܫܘܦܪ̈ܢܐ ܩܕܡ ܥܬܝܪ̈ܐ‏ : the adulators come in and speak against one another before the rich ; IshSong 221:9↗ ܐܝܟ ܕܠܐ ܐܣܬܒܪܘ ܕܐܝܬܝ ܣ݁ܬܪ ܐܒ̈ܗܐ ܪ̈ܘܚܢܝܐ‏ : so that they did not think that I speak against the spiritual fathers
(3)
to negate (the number of days required for purification and need to start over)
JBA
BT Nid 33b(2)↗ text not cited
2
(intransitive) to come apart
Syr, JBA
BT Šab 105a(35)↗ אלימי תרי סתרי תלתא לא סתרי קטיני תרי נמי לא סתרי‏ : thick ones (i.e., threads), two unravel, three do not unravel; thin ones, two also do not unravel
(1)
(of a wound) to break open afresh
Syr
ESSerm2 29:v1579 ܩ݁ܢܛ ܗܘܐ ܕܠܡܐ ܢܣܬܘܪ | ܟܐܒܐ ܕܚܬܡ ܘܐܬܐܣܝ‏ : he feared lest the wound that had closed up and been healed would open up
3
to keep loose, unravel (hair)
JBAmb, LJLA
TgEsth2sup15.2-06:11↗ נשי {סזורן}<סתרן> סעריהון‏ : †
Dpaˁˁelto unravel, take apart (hair)1 sense▶
to unravel, take apart (hair)
JBA, Man
BT Ned 50b(28)↗ עד דמסת׳ אינשי ביתי׳ עליה שעריהון‏ : until his wife unraveled (the braids of ) her hair because of him ; GY 329:2↗ gdulẖ satra brišẖ : she unraveled her braids on her head
Cˀafˁelto destroy1 sense▶
to destroy
Sam
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be dismantled2 senses▶
1
to be dismantled
JLAtg, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr
MegTaan 19↗ בעשרים ותלתא במרחשון אסתתר סוריגה‏ : on the 23rd of Marcheswan its tunnels were destroyed † ; TN Lev11:35↗ תנור או תפיין יסתתרון‏ : oven or hearths should be destroyed ; P Mt24:2↗ ܕ݁ܠܵܐ ܬܸ݁ܫܬ݁ܒ݂ܸܩ ܗܵܪܟ̇ܵܐ ܟܼ݁ܐܦ݂ ܥܲܠ ܟܼ݁ܐܦ݂܃ ܕ݁ܠܵܐ ܬܸ݁ܣܬ݁ܬ݂ܲܪ‏ : for there will be no stone left here upon stone that is not dismantled
(1)
to break open
Syr
P 1S5:9↗ ܘܐܣܬܬܪܘ ܥܠܝܗܘܢ ܛܚܘܪ̈ܝܗܘܢ‏
(2)
fig. to have one's reputation destroyed, be slandered
Syr
BhKJ 16:3 ܣܬܘ݂ܪܝܐ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܡܥܗܕܢܘ݂ܬ ܫܪ̈ܥܬܗ ܕܐܚܪܢܐ ܐܚܪܢܐ܂ ܟܕ ܠܐ ܡܛܝܒ ܗ݀ܘ ܕܡܣܬܬܪ‏ : slander is mentioning another's faults to another when the one being slandered is not available
2
(hair) to be unraveled
LJLA
TgTosPr Isaiah.66:10↗ בעידן די^נ^פלת ואסתתרת שערכי‏ : when you fell down and your hair unraveled
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OfA also śtr, though there may have been scribal confusion with str #2.
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1052[503]DJPA: 390bDJBA: 834bJastrow: 1033Drower/Macuch: 339aJ. Payne-Smith: 393bLevy Ch-W: 2:193Tal Sam: 613bDNWSI: 1200DCPA[Schulthess]: 293[140]DJA: 68bQumran: 168

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