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tlt vb. D to do three times
GDGtDt
Gpəˁalto do a third time1 sense▶
to do a third time
Syr, JBAg, Man
EphNis 1:11.12↗ ܠܐ ܢܙܟ݂ܐ ܒܝܫܐ ܠܪ̈ܚܡܝܟ ܕܬܢܐ ܘܬܠܬ‏ : let not the evil one who repeats and does it a third time be victorious ; TGAs28(1) 22.1.29↗ ודוכתא דמצלו בה וליכא ז׳ למיקרא בסיפרא תנו ותלתי‏ : in a place where they are praying, and there are not seven people to read in the Torah scroll, (the same people may read) a second and a third time
Dpaˁˁelto do three times4 senses▶
1
to do three times
Syr
P 1K(1)18:34↗ ܘܐܡܪ ܬܠܬܘ ܘܬܠܬܘ‏
2
to do a third time
JLAtg, Syr, Man
TgJ 1K18:34↗ אֲמַר תְנוֹ וֻתנוֹ וַאֲמַר תַלִיתוּ וְתַלִיתוּ‏ : he said "repeat it" so they repeated it, then he said "do it a third time", so they did it a third time
3
to divide in three
JLAtg, PTA, Sam, Syr, LJLA
TgO Deut19:3↗ וֻתתַלֵית יָת תְחוּם אַרעָך דְיַחסְנִינָך יוי‏ : and you should divide up the territory of your land that the Lord gives you as a holding ; TN Deut19:3↗ ותתלתון ית תחום ארעכון‏ ; P Dt19:3↗ ܘܬܠܬ ܬܚ̈ܘܡܐ ܕܐܪܥܐ ܕܡܘܪܬ ܠܟ ܡܪܝܐ ܐܠܗܟ‏ ; P Ez42:6↗ ܡܬ̈ܠܬܢ ܗ̈ܘܝ‏ ; PJ Deut19:3↗ text not cited : †
(1)
p.p.: divided into three parts
JLAtg, CPA
TgJ Ez42:6↗ אֲרֵי מְתֻלְתָן אִנִין‏ : [=MT כִּי מְשֻׁלָּשׁוֹת הֵנָּה]
(2)
to make threefold
Syr, JBA
BT Men 35b(17)↗ רב אחא בר יעקב קטר ליה ומתלית להי‏ : PN used to tie them [i.e. the straps of the phylacteries] and entwine them in a threefold fashion
4
p. p. three years old : see s.v. mtlt adj.
Sam
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be divided in three1 sense▶
to be divided in three
Man
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto be repeated the third time2 senses▶
1
to be repeated the third time
Syr, LJLA
MS2 36:6 ܡܬܬܢܝܢ ܗܘܘ܂ ܘܡܬܬܠܬܝܢ‏ ; GregOr 41 35.4.6↗ ܟܕ ܓܝܪ ܡܬܬܠܬ ܫܒܘܥܐ܃ ܠܗܢܐ ܡܢܝܢܐ ܥܒܕ‏ : for when seven is multiplied by three, it makes this number (i.e., 21) ; PJ Deut27:26↗ פיתגמיא איליין איתאמרו בסיני ואתנייו במשכן זימנא ואיתלתון במישרי מואב‏ : these words were said at Sinai, repeated in the Tent of Meeting and and repeated a third time in the Plains of Moab
2
to be divisible in three
Syr
BHNom 415:6↗ ܐܢܕܝܢ ܬܪܝܢ ܥܒܕܝ̈ܢ܃ ܐܘ ܐܪܒܥܐ܃ ܫܘ̈ܝܝ ܕܡܝ̈ܐ ܢܘܗܘܢ܃ ܘܠܐ ܡܬܬܠܬܝܢ‏ : if then there should be two or four slave, so not divisible into three
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The inconsistency and lexicographical inaccuracy of LS2 is well illustrated by this word where Etpa. 2. is rendered "to be hurled three times" instead of just "repeated three times" while the same passage uses the root tny as well, yet we find no "hurling" in LS2 there!
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1650[826]DJPA: 583aDJBA: 1211aJastrow: 1674Drower/Macuch: 487bPayne-Smith: 4450J. Payne-Smith: 614Tal Sam: 951DCPA[Schulthess]: 456[]

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