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trˁ, trˁˀ (traˁ, tarˁā) n.m. gate
1
gate, doorway
Common Aramaic
TAD B2.1 R.14↗ ואנת שליט למפתח תרעא זך למנפק בשוקא זי בינין‏ : you are permitted to open that gate to go out to the street that is between us ; UrukInc 13↗ ta—ra—ha ; XHev/Se 7.4↗ דרתה ובתיה ותרעיה‏ : the courtyard, its buildings, and its gates ; SamTgJ Num27:2↗ תרח משכן זימונה‏ : at the door of the tent of meeting ; P Ez46:12↗ ܬܪܥܐ ܕܚܐ݁ܪ ܠܡܕܢܚܐ‏ : the gate facing east ; BT Yom 72b(35)↗ חבל על דלית לי̇ה̇ דירתא ותרעא לדירתא עביד‏ : woe upon one who does not have a dwelling and makes a gate for his dwelling ; PJ Gen19:11↗ גוברייא דבתרע ביתא‏
2
entrance, opening
Common Aramaic
Dan 3:26↗ לתְרַע אַתּוּן נוּרָא יָקִדְתָּא‏ : the entrance to the fiery furnace ; TgO Gen6:16↗ וְתַרעַה דְתֵיבוֹתָא בְסִטרַה תְשַוֵי‏ : you should put the entryway to the ark in its side ; PTHag 78.a:1[2]↗ תרעא דמערתא‏ : the entrance to the cave ; Med 20:23 ܬܪܥܗ ܬܚܬܝܐ ܕܟܪܣܐ‏ : the lower opening of the stomach ; JS_Elijah 2:310↗ ܒܬܲܪܥܵܐ ܠܒܲܪ ܕܲܡܥܲܪܬܵܐ‏ : at the entrance outside the cave ; PJ Gen6:16↗ text not cited
(1)
fig.:
(1)
beginning of a season
Syr
JARS<sup>3</sup> 128:6 ܥܕ ܢܸܚܬ݂ܘ݂ܢ ܚܝ̈ܠܘܬܐ܃ ܒܬܪܥ ܣܲܬ݂ܘܵܐ‏ : until the armies come down at the start of winter
(2)
way of accomplishing something, stratagem, approach
Sam, Syr, JBAmb
Amram Dare #23:74↗ קעמין אנן על תרח חסדיך‏ : we stand at the gate of Your mercy ; KwD<sup>2</sup> 46:9 ܡܚܘܐ ܐܢܐ ܠܟ ܬܪܥܐ‏ : I can show you a way [to get revenge] ; Rechtsb3 239:2 ܬܪ̈ܥܐ ܐܼܚܪ̈ܢܐ‏ : other means ; JBABowl 56.1:14↗ ויתפתחון להון להדין פרוכדד דנן ٠٠٠ תרעי דימזונא מארבע כנפי ארעה מילעילא ומילרע‏ : may these PNs have the gates of sustenance opened for them from the four directions of the earth, from above, and from below
(2)
(astron.) section of the horizon wherein an object rises or sets
Qumran, Syr, Man
4QEnastr b 7 ii:10↗ ובאדין נפק מן תרעא תנינא ואניר בשאר ליליא דן שביע חד ופלג‏ : then it emerges from the second gate and shines for the rest of this night for one seventh and a half ; Act14congr2 149:4 ܗܠܝܢ ܬܪ̈ܥܣܪ ܬܪ̈ܥܐ܂ ܒܝܬ ܫܥ̈ܐ ܡ̈ܬܚܡܢ ܠܗܘܢ‏ : these twelve gates are defined as the zodiacal houses ; Act14congr2 159:7 ܡܥܒܪ̈ܬܗ ܕܫܡܫܐ ܘܬܪ̈ܥܘܗܝ‏ ; GY 175:21↗ utiria ušibiahia nišiplun lˁumqia ḏarqa : the gates and the seven (planets) will be lowered to the depths of the earth
3
of "king" or "palace" : royal court
OfAEg, BADan, Syr, LJLA
TAD C1.1(Ahiqar) .44↗ זי הקימת בתרע היכלא‏ : whom you installed in the palace court ; Dan 2:49↗ וְדָנִיֵּאל בִּתְרַע מַלְכָּא‏ ; P StDan(1)2:49 ↗ ܘܕܢܝܐܝܠ ܗܘ݂ܐ ܒܬܪܥܐ ܕܡ݁ܠܟܐ‏ ; TgEsth2 6:12↗ בכין חזר מרדכי לתרע בית מלכ׳‏
(1)
ellipt. : court, entourage
Syr
KwD<sup>2</sup> 2(13) ܐܝܬ ܗܘܐ ܒܬܪܥܗ ܕܐܪܝܐ ܬܪ̈ܝܢ ܫܓܠ‏ : there were two jackals in the lion's entourage
4
section of a composition, chapter
Syr
DuvB2 40:12 text not cited ; Med 589:11, 16, 18, 21 text not cited
(1)
strophe
Syr
CatBerl1 206:26, 207b:24 text not cited
5
market price
JBA
BT BQ 98a(1)↗ ואי מחמת תרעא זל‏ : if (the value of the fruit) went down because of the market price ; BT BM 60b(1)↗ משום דקא מרוח ליה לתרעא‏ : because it is easing the market price
6
fig.: adverbial construction:
(1)
ܥܠ ܬܪܥܐ: imminent
Syr
EphSerm 1:9.17↗ ܗܫܐ ܕܫܒܝܐ ܥܠ ܬܪܥܐ‏ : now that captivity is imminent
(2)
ברתרע : suddenly
Sam
SamTgJ Num6:9↗ ואן ימות מית עליו בתרע עטף‏ : if someone dies on him in a sudden instant
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For an extensive discussion of the astronomical "gates" in the Enoch literature at Qumran see now Jacobus, Zodiac Calendars pp. 344ff.
The Sam. usage "suddenly" is due to the homonymy in that dialect between the Hebrew equivalent פֶּתַח and פֶתַע.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1670[836]DJPA: 592bDJBA: 1236aJastrow: 1700Drower/Macuch: 486b, 358bJ. Payne-Smith: 621Levy Ch-W: 2:561Tal Sam: 966DNWSI: 1232DCPA[Schulthess]: 463[224]DJA: 87bQumran: 259

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