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tlt (tlāṯ [f.] tlāṯā [m.]) num. three
1
three
Common Aramaic
Brussels 64.4↗ lqḥ ˁnn mn ˀbntn bksp šlšh šqln byrḥ tmz : PN1 received it from PN2 for 3 shekels of silver in the month of Tammuz ; Ps-Clem Hom 14.334:22↗ ܐܢܚܢܢ ܬܠܬܝܢ ܢܦ݂ܠܢ ܥܠܘܗܝ‏ : we, the three of us, fell upon him ; BT Ber 42a(2)↗ תליסר ריפתי מן תלתא תלתא לקבא‏ : thirteen loaves of bread of (the size of ) three to a qab (of flour)
2
w. masc. pl. pron. suff. : group of three
Common Aramaic
TgJ Ez40:10↗ מִשחָא חַד לִתלָתֵיהוֹן‏ : a single measure for the three of them ; SamTgJ Num12:4↗ ונפקו תלתיון‏ ; JS_Elisha 116:613↗ ܐܲܢܼܬܬܵܐ ܘܲܬܪܸܝܢ ܝܲܠܕܸ̈ܝܗ݀ ܘܲܬܠܵܬܲܝ̈ܗܽܘܢ‏ : the woman and her two children, the three of them ; PJ Gen3:14↗ ואייתי ייי אלקים תלתיהון לדינא‏ : the Lord God brought the three of them to judgment
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תלתי w. nouns as a back-formation
PTA, LJLA
GT D Gen38:25↗ בְעַת תַלְתֵּי שָהַדַיָיה‏ : she looked for the three pieces of evidence ; GT E Gen7:13↗ ותלתי נשי בנוי‏ : his sons' three wives ; PJ Gen40:12↗ תלתי מצוגייא תלתי אבהת עלמא הינון‏ : the three branches are the three world forefathers
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takes pl. suffixes, hence CPA pl. det. ܬܠ̈ܬܝܐ
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1651[826]DJPA: 583bDJBA: 1211bJastrow: 1674Drower/Macuch: 487b, 43aJ. Payne-Smith: 614Levy Ch-W: 2:542Tal Sam: 952DNWSI: 1153DCPA[Schulthess]: 457[220]DJA: 86bQumran: 254

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