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tl, tlˀ (tel, tellā) n.m. tell, mound
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tell, city's (or ruin's) mound
Common Aramaic
Sf.1.a32↗ lyšmn ˀḥwh wthwy ˀrpd tl l[... : may its vegetation not grow fat and may Arpad become a tell fo[rever ; TgJ Jer49:2↗ ותהֵי לְתֵל צָדוּ‏ : it will become a desolate tell ; P Dt13:17↗ ܬܗܘܐ ܬܠܠܐ ܠܥܠܡ܂ ܘܬܘܒ ܠܐ ܬܬܒܢܐ‏ ; P Je30:18↗ ܘܬܬ݂ܒܢܐ ܩܪܝܬܐ݂ ܥܠ ܬܠܗ‏ : the city shall be rebuilt on its tel ; BT Meg 26b(2)↗ ההוא תילא דבי כנשתא‏ : a certain ruin-mound of a synagogue ; PJ Deut13:17↗ ותהי תל חרוב לעלם‏ : it shall be a destroyed tell forever
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siege mound
CPA, Syr
ApMyth 4.1:4↗ ܕܣ̈ܓܝ ܡܝ̈ܬܘ ܒܗܕܢ ܝܡܐ ܕܬܝܠܝܐ‏ : that many have died in this sea of siege-works ; EphNis 2:9.2↗ ܬ̈ܠܠܐ ܙܩܦ ܕܒܗܘܢ ܢܡܟܟ ܠܫܘܒܗܪܢ‏ : he erected mounds through which we might lessen our pride
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hill
CPA, Syr
BSV1 Hab. 3:6↗ ܫܐܚܘ ܬ݁ܠܠܝܐ ܕܠܝܥܠܡ‏ : the eternal hills melted away ; Geop 2:18↗ ܚܘܪܢܝܬܐ ܘ̈ܬܠܐ ܒܣܬܘܐ ܢܬܦܠܚܝ݂ܢ‏ : clay soils with hills should be worked in the winter
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mound, pile
Syr
Months1 11b↗ ܓܕܼܝ̈ܫܸܐ ܪ̈ܵܡܸܐ ܒܼܝ ܡܸܬܟܲܢܫܼܝܢ ܬܸܠ̈ܠܼܝܢ ܬܸܠ̈ܠܼܝܢ ܒܓܲܘ ܐܸܕܪܸ̈ܐ‏ : the high grain piles are collected in me, mounds and mounds in the threshing floors
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relief needlework
Syr
JohEphB 64:11 ܟܬܝܢܬܐ ܫܦܝܪܬܐ ܢܩܕܬܐ ܕܬ̈ܠܝܗ݀‏ : a beautiful tunic with its fancy needlework bumps
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metaph. : a large amount
Syr
EChe 10 4:58 ܬܠܠܐ ܕܒܝܫܘܬܗܘܢ‏
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Syr. also ܬܸܠ݂ܠܵܐ‏ and ܬܐܠܐ‏; CPA pl. ܬܠܠܐ
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An ancient culture word, not a borrowing from Akkadian (or Sumerian!); see AIOA p. 108.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1646[824]DJPA: 581bDJBA: 1205aJastrow: 1670Drower/Macuch: 485b, 479aPayne-Smith ~: 4437J. Payne-Smith: 613Levy Ch-W: 2:538Tal Sam: 951DNWSI: 1215DCPA[Schulthess]: 454[220]

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