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swmq, swmqˀ (summāq, summāqā) adj./n.m. red
1
red
JLAtg, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA
TgO Lev13:30↗ מִחזוֹהִי עַמִיק מִן מַשכָא וֻבֵיה סְעַר סוּמָק‏ : it appears to be deeper than the skin with red hair in it ; P Gn25:30↗ ܐܛܥܡܝܢܝ ܡܢ ܣܘܡ̈ܩܐ ܣܘܡܩܐ ܗܢܐ‏ : feed me some of this reddest of stuff ; P Is63:1↗ ܘܣܘܡܩܝܢ ܢܚ̈ܬܘܗܝ‏ ; BT Hag 9b(37)↗ כברזא סומקא לסוסיא חיורא‏ : like a red strap on a white horse ; DSumqa 709↗ pšar sumqa sumaqa upšar sumqa ˁkuma : the red redness dissolved and the black redness dissolved ; PJ Num19:2↗ תורתא סומקתא ברת תרתין שנין‏ : two-year-old red heifer
2
dark colored
Man, LJLA
PJ Gen2:7↗ ובריה סומק שחים וחיור‏ : He created him red, black, and white
(1)
rusty
JBA
BT BB 32b(30)↗ דשיפי וסומקי הוו‏ : for (the coins) were worn down and rusty
3
substantive:
(1)
red ink
Syr
JBhSy 4:17, 5:2 text not cited
(2)
red pottage
Syr
(3)
pl. tanner's bark
Syr
Geop 69:9, 112:29↗ text not cited ; Med 413:7 text not cited
(4)
milt (??)
JBA
BT Git 69a(13)↗ לייתי שבעה סומקי מג̇{{ו}}^א^̇וא דחיותא‏ : let him bring seven milts from the innards of beasts
(5)
gold coin
Syr
MiS 714a:21 text not cited
(6)
(bot.) sumac
Syr
DuvB2 7:9, EN 25:v64 text not cited
(7)
red gem
Syr
P Ex28:17↗ text not cited
(8)
dark dust, soil
Man
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Mand. sumaqa, sumaqtia but var. smaqa
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See also s.v. smwq.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 981[482]DJBA: 794aJastrow: 966Drower/Macuch: 322a, 322b, 390bJ. Payne-Smith: 367Levy Ch-W: 2:173BarBahlul: 1521:15

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