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sylyh, sylytˀ n.f. fishing net
1
fishing net
JBA, JBAg, Man
BT Ḥul 95b(1) Var.H169↗ אייתי סליתא"סילתא"‏ : he brought a fishing net/piece of wood/ ; JohnBook 149:10 ↗ silitak hazin akma šapir atana ḏˁtbẖ : how seemly is this your net, and the meshing that is in it ; Shapta D-Qashtina 202↗ maštin ˁzlia rmilẖ bšuqia usalita lpumaihun ḏbiriata : they weave nets thrown down in the main streets and and a fishing net at the entrance to the side streets
2
snare
JBAmb
JBABowl 21.1:10↗ ומתקנא ליה סילתיה סיליתא דאברא‏ : she prepares a snare for him, a snare of lead
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See note s.v. cly, "net, snare".
Inasmuch as this is a "circular fishing net", a figurative use of the meaning of the homograph "afterbirth" is not excluded. The first millennium assumed spelling of the first syllable in Akkadian with "a" (see DJBA) is irrelevant, given first millennium Akkadian orthographic practice.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 804bDrower/Macuch: 326b, 312a, 331b, 29a

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