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trhy vb. D to delay (trans.)
DDt
Dpaˁˁelto delay, make wait (person)1 sense▶
to delay, make wait (person)
JBA
BT Git 68b(37)↗ תרחי{י}ה גביה עד דבני בית המקדש‏ : (Solomon) made him [i.e. Ashmedai] remain with him until he built the Temple
(1)
(event)
JBA
BT Pes 58a(21)↗ מתרחינן ליה תרתי שעי‏ : we delay it for two hours
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto wait2 senses▶
1
to wait
JBA
BT San 113b(1)↗ איתרח תרי תלתה יומי‏ : he waited for two or three days ; MG 14:111.2.47↗ מאי טעמא איתרחת‏ : why did you delay?
2
to be delayed (person)
JBA
SM 26(20):18.1(51)↗ מיתרחנא‏ : I was delayed
(1)
(event)
JBA
BT Ara 9a(11)var.↗ מיתרח סיהרא תלתא יומי‏ : the moon is delayed three days
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A confused form in the sources, the pael apparently a back-formation from the Dt stem of rhy. DJBA lists s.v. תרה, Jastrow s.v. תרח. Alternatively, the semantics suggest that this could be a development (with metathesis) from a form of ˀḥr.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 1232b

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