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try (a/e, i/e) vb. to soak s.t.
GDCGt
Gpəˁalto soak something4 senses▶
1
to soak something
Gal, JBA
PTYom 44.d:22[2]↗ תרי מרטוטה‏ : he used to soak a rag ; PTSan 21.b:47[2]↗ נפק למיתרי משכין‏ : he went out to soak some hides ; BT AZ 32a(10)↗ וכל היכא דמטו תרו להו ושתו מיניה‏ : wherever (the wine-impregnated sherds) arrived, they used to steep them (in water) and drink from it
(1)
to ret flax
JBA
BT Er 104b(1)↗ כיון דחזא דקתרו בהו כיתנא אסר להו‏ : when he saw that they were retting flax in them he forbade it
2
to dissolve (trans.)
Syr
LSt.100:9↗ ܬܪܝ ܠܗ ܛܝܢܐ ܗ݀ܘ‏ : that clay became dissolved
3
to be soaked
Syr
P Is34:7↗ ܘܬܬܪܐ ܐܪܥܐ ܡܢ ܕܡܗܘܢ‏ : the earth shall be soaked by their blood
4
p.p. : moist, fresh
Syr
Dpaˁˁelto drench1 sense▶
to drench
CPA
Lag(338) Luke7:38↗ ܘܒܕܡܥܝܢ ܫܪܝܬ݁ ܡܬܪܝܐ ܪܝܓ̈ܠܘܝ‏ : she began to drench his feet with tears
Cˀafˁelto moisten2 senses▶
1
to moisten
Syr
Geop 91:10↗ ܘܡܐ ܕܡܬܪܐ ܐܢܬ ܠܙܪ̈ܥܘܢܐ ܒܥܨܪܐ ܕܩ̈ܬܝ ܚܘܝܐ‏ : when you moisten the small seeds with colocynth juice
2
to macerate, soak
Syr
Am7 161:20↗ ܠܒܘ̈ܬܐ ܡܲܬ݂ܪ̈ܲܝܵܐ ܕܕܩ̈ܠܐ‏ : soaked palm piths ; JAOS 20/1 p. 188 1.4 ܘܐܲܬ݁ܪܐ ܐܢܘܢ ܚܕ ܝܘܡܐ ܘܚܕ ܠܠ!ܝܐ܂ ܘܒܬܪܟܢ ܐܲܪܬܲܚ ܘܫܲܦܐ‏ : let them soak for one day and one night, then afterwards boil and strain ; LSt.15:9↗ ܦܝܠܣܘܦܐ ܐܢܫ ܟܕ ܡܲܬܪܐ ܗܘܐ ܠܚܡܐ ܝܒܝܫܐ ܕܢܐܟܠܝܘܗܝ‏ : when a certain philosopher was soaking dry bread to eat it
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be moistened, soaked2 senses▶
1
to be moistened, soaked
Syr, LJLA
Geop 5:11↗ ܢܬܬܪ̈ܘܢ ܒܡ̈ܝܐ ܕܐܝܬ ܒܗܘܢ ܢܬܪܐ‏ ; IshDan 103(19)↗ ܛܠܦܚ̈ܐ ܘܚܡ̈ܨܐ ܘܡܓܐ܃ ܘܕܫܪܟܐ܃ ܕܡܬܬܪܝܢ ܐܘ ܡܬܒܫܠܝܢ‏ : lentils, chickpeas, and mung beans, etc., that are soaked or boiled ; PJ Num6:3↗ וכל שיקייני דאיתרו ביה עינבי‏ : all potables in which grapes have been soaked
2
to be dissolved
Syr
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