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syn, synˀ (syān, syānā) n.m. mud, mire
√ sˀn vb.
mud, mire
JLAtg, Gal, CPA, Syr, Man, LJLA
TgJ 2Sam22:43↗ כִסיָן"כטין" שוּקִין בְעַטִית בְהוֹן‏ ; RuR 84.45↗ עד דאת בסיין גזרתך בטלה‏ : until you are in the mire your decree is abrogated ; CYR(Catech) 6:34↗ ܥܠ ܛܒ ܐ݁ܣܝܐܢܐ ܘܣܪܝܘܬܐ ܕܠܐ ܬܗܐ݁ ܡܬܡܠܐ ܡܢܗ ܡܢ ܐ݁ܣܝܐܢܐ‏ : concerning the mire and the filth: that you should not be filled with mire by it ; AphDem3.46:3↗ ܙܒܠܐ ܘܣܝܢܐ‏ : dung and mire ; JulSok 293(143):26↗ ܕܒܣܝܢܐ ܕܚܢܦܘܬܗ‏ ; P 2S22:43↗ ܣܝܢܐ ܕܫ̈ܘܩܐ‏ : mud of the streets ; TgPs18:43↗ היך סיין אשקקי בעטית אינון‏ : I kicked them away like street mud ; TgJob41:22↗ דמיך דהבא סנינא עלוהי כסאן‏ : pure gold lies upon it like mud ; TgTosPr Isaiah.57:20↗ ועבדין מוהי סיין וטין‏ : they make its water into mud and mire
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CPA ܐܣܝܐܢ; LJLA also? סאן
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This term always has the connotation of “filth,” while ṭyn is used for the more positive uses of mud; see the note there as well as s.v. ksn.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1005[472]Jastrow: 982Drower/Macuch: 324aJ. Payne-Smith: 375Levy Ch-W: 2:159DCPA[Schulthess]: 23[]
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