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tlyty (tlīṯāy) adj. third
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third, tertiary
Common Aramaic
MareshaOstr.29 1:1↗ כ]רם בגו תליתי‏ ; Dan 2:39↗ מַלְכוּ תליתיא"תְלִיתָאָה" אָחְֹרִי‏ : a third, other kingdom ; NabCvLet 6:.1↗ ˁl hpṭ̇yt ...qlṭwr qysr ṭ̇ṙẏṅs hdryns tlẏṫẏtˀ : at the third consulship of PN ; ESNat 170:7↗ ܒܗ݀ ܗܘ ܟܣ݂ܐ ܘܫ݂ܪܐ ܬܠܝܬܝܗ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܕܒܐܬܘܢܐ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܗܘ ܪܒܝܥܝܐ‏ : the third part of God (i.e., the Holy Spirit) that was the fourth in the furnace is hidden and indwelling in it ; JBABowl 107.1:9↗ ושום תליתיתא‏ : in the name of the third one [i.e. magical word] ; GY 189:13↗ mn hiia qadmaiia umn hiia tiniania umn hiia tlitaiia ; PJ Gen3:2↗ תליתאי אבשלום בר מעכה ברת תלמי מלכא דגשור‏ : the third (son) was Absalom son of Maakah daughter of PN king of GN ; PJ Num2:24↗ בתליתיתא נטלין‏ : they move off in third position ; TgSong1:1↗ שירתא תליתיתא‏ : the third song ; CTLevi ar a 1.C12↗ ילידת לי בר תליתי̇י‏ : she bore me a third son
(1)
a third party
Syr
BHNom 534:18↗ ܒܐܝܕܝ̈ ܬܠܝܬܵܝܵܐ ܕܣܛܪ ܡܢܗܘܢ ܬܗܐ ܨܒܘܬܐ‏ : in a case where the object is in the hands of a third party aside from (the two litigants)
(1)
third-ranking military officer
Sam, Syr
SamTgJ Ex15:4↗ ומבחר תליתאה טבעה בים סוף‏ ; Marqe 1.1087↗ כל רכב מצרים ותליתאין על כלה‏ : all of Egypt's chariotry with third men on each ; ExHex 15:4 text not cited
(2)
mediator or factor
CPA, Syr, JBA
BT Šab 88a(15)↗ בריך רחמנא די יהב אורייאן תליתאי לעם תליתאי על יד תליתאי‏ : praised be the Merciful One who has given a three-fold teaching to a threefold nation through an intermediary
(2)
(he) of the third day, i.e. Jesus risen
Syr
EphNis 41:16 ܐܘ݁ ܬܠܝܬܝܐ‏
(3)
fast of the third day
Syr
JohEphLES [359]:13↗ ܒܢܙܝܪܘܬܐ ܘܒܒ̈ܒܘܬܐ ܘܒܬܠ̈ܝܬܝܐ‏ : in abstinence, vigils, and third day fastings
(4)
(gram.) third derivative ( in ܢܵܝܵܐ)
Syr
BhGr 18:3 text not cited
(5)
of the third generation: great-grandfather, great-grandchild
Sam, Syr
SamTgJ Ex20:4↗ על בנים על תליתאים ועל רביעים‏
(6)
tertian fever
Syr
Jddev1 92:5 text not cited
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characterized by three-ness
(1)
three-fold
Syr, JBA
EzHex 42:3 ܕܣܕܝܪܝܢ ܠܘܩܒܠ ܦܪܨܘܦܐ ܕܚ̈ܕܕܐ܂ ܐܣ̈ܛܘܐ݂ ܬܠܝ̈ܬܝܐ‏ : triple stoas were in rows facing one another ; BT Šab 88a(14)↗ בריך רחמנא די יהב אורייאן תליתאי‏ : praised be the Merciful One who has given a three-fold teaching
(1)
triune : the three-in-oneness of the Trinity
Syr
EphFid 22:7.3↗ ̈ ܨܥܪܐ ܗܘ ܪܒܐ ܠܬܠܝܬܝܐ‏ ; Addai.30.5↗ ܒܫܡ̈ܗܐ ܬܠܝ̈ܬܝܐ ܘܡܫܒ̈ܚܐ‏
(2)
in construct to modify the following (usually pl.) noun
Syr
PagPhil.216.2↗ ܛܪܝܣܡܐܓܣܛܘܣ܂ ܗܢܘ ܬܠܝܬܝ ܪܒܘܬܐ‏ : Trismegistos, that is: three-fold greatness
(1)
ܬܠܝܬܝ ܐܬܘ̈ܬܐ : of three letters (not necessarily radical)
Syr
BarZubi cited LeMus 116(2003):347 text not cited ; BHGr 23:2 ܠܬܠ̈ܝܬܝܝ ܐܬܘ̈ܬܐ ܐܪܒܥ ܐܢܘܢ ܛܘ̈ܦܣܐ‏ : there are three types of triliteral (nouns)
(2)
ܬܠܝܬܝ̈ܝ ܩܘ̈ܕܫܐ : the Trisagion
Syr
SevVit 114:12 text not cited
(3)
ܬܠܝܬܝ ܫܢܝ̈ܐ : three years old
Syr
BBah 1404:18↗ text not cited
(4)
ܬܠܝܬܝ ܫܡܗ̈ܐ : with a three-fold name
Syr
SpSol4 226:16 ܚܕ ܩܢܘܡܐ ܬܠܝܬܝ ܫܡ̈ܗܐ‏ : one three-named personhood
(5)
ܬܠܝܬܝ ܩܠܝ̈ܬܐ : having three cells
Syr
PO8 28:11 ܗ݀ܘ ܕܡܬܩܪܐ ܗܘܐ ܬܠܝܬܝ ܩܠ̈ܝܬܐ‏ : that one who was called the three-celled one
(6)
ܬܠܝܬܝ̈ܝ ܐܥ̈ܦܐ : (writing tablet) with three leaves
Syr
Hebr 9 185:v314 text not cited
(3)
ܬܠܝܬܝ ܝܘ̈ܡܐ : three days long
Syr
BHebGto2Sm Ex 11:10[112:26 text not cited
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idioms
(1)
ܠܫܢܐ : third party speech, i.e., rumor, gossip
Syr, Man, LJLA
Pashar Harshia 220↗ lišania hṭimia tlitaiia umitlitaiia : and the tongues are muzzled, the third and three-fold (i.e. the slanderous) ; TgPs140:12↗ גבר דמשתעי לישן תליתי‏ ; TgJob36:33↗ דחוי לשון תליתאי על חבריה‏ ; TgQoh10:11↗ אוף לית מותר לגבר אכיל קורצין דמשתעי לישן תליתאי‏ : nor is there any profit to a man who slanders, who tells a rumor
(2)
אתמל תליתאי : yesterday and the day before, i.e. just recently
Sam
SamTgJ Gen31:2↗ לית אנון עמה כאתמל תליתאי‏
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CPA also ܬܠܘܬܐܝ
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On the meaning "three-day One" see Brock and Kiraz, Ephrem the Syrian, p. 245 n. 16.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1649[826]DJPA: 582bDJBA: 1209bJastrow: 1672Drower/Macuch: 487bJ. Payne-Smith: 614Tal Sam: 952DNWSI: 1216DCPA[Schulthess]: 455[220]BarBahlul: 1404:18DJA: 86bQumran: 254

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