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tryn (trēn, [f.] tartēn) num. two
two
Common Aramaic
IduOstr 1:152.2↗ חנטן סאן תרתין וקב חד ופלג‏ : two seah and one and a half qab of wheat ; TAD C1.1(Ahiqar) .56↗ אמר לכנותה גבריא אלך תרין‏ : he said to those two men his associates ; TAD C1.1(Ahiqar) .187↗ תרתין מלן שפירה וזי תלתא רחימה לשמש‏ : two things are beautiful and the third beloved of Shamash ; TAD A6.9 .3↗ חמר או שכר חפנן תרתין‏ : two handfuls of wine or beer ; Dan 6:1↗ קַבֵּל מַלְכוּתָא כְּבַר שְׁנִין שִׁתִּין וְתַרְתֵּין‏ : he received the kingship as a 62-year old ; PAT57:1.1↗ ˀksdryn trn mn mˁrtˀ dh dy bt ˁlmˀ : two arcades of this cave of the tomb ; GenApoc 20.8↗ מלי חרקנוש ומלי תרין חברוהי די פם חד תלתהון ממללין‏ : PN's words and the words of his two friends, the three of whom were speaking with one mouth ; TgO Gen1:16↗ וַעֲבַד יוי יָת תְרֵין נְהוֹרַיָא רַברְבַיָא‏ ; OS MtCur4:18↗ ܚܙܐ ܬܪ̈ܝܢ ܐ̈ܚܝܢ‏ : he saw two brothers ; OS MtCur19:5↗ ܘܢܗܘܘܢ ܬܪ̈ܝܗܘܢ ܚܕ ܒܣܪ‏ : the two of them will become one flesh
(1)
ܕܬܪܝܢ (m.), ܕܬܪܬܝܢ (f.) : second, secondly
Syr
AthanSyr1 85:4 ܒ݁ܥܐ ܐܢܐ ܗܟܝܠ ܠܘܩܕܡ ܡܢ ܚܣܝܘܬܟ܂ ܘܕܬܪ̈ܝܢ ܡܢ ܟܘܠ ܕܫܡ݁ܥ‏ : so I beg first of your holiness and secondly, from all who hear it ; OS LkSin12:38↗ ܘܐܢ ܒܡܛܪܬܐ ܕܬܪܬܝܢ ܐܘ ܕܬܠܬ‏ : if in the second watch or the third ; Ps-Clem Recogs 1.54:27↗ ܒܡܐܬܝܬܗ ܩܕܡܝܬܐ ܡܡܟܟܬܐ܂ ܘܒܡܐܬܝܬܗ ܕܝܢ ܕܬܪܬܝܢ ܡܫܒܚܬܐ‏ : humiliated at his first coming but praised at his second coming
(2)
elliptical for תרי בשׁבא : Monday
JPAEpig, JBA
Zoar 7:3↗ דמית ביום [ת]ריה בר ארבעין שנין‏ : who died on Monday aged forty years
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fem. with pron. suffixes: group of two, both of ...
Qumran, Gal, Syr
4Q547.3..3↗ בין תרתיהון‏ : between the two of them ; PTTer 44.a:40[2]↗ ואנן תנינן תרתיהון‏ : while we have learned the two of them ; Kays 204:4↗ ܘܬܪ̈ܬܝܗܘܢ ܣ݁ܗܕ̈ܢ ܘܫܪܪ̈ܢ‏ : both of them give evidence and are true
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תרוי : with pron. suffixes : two of ...
Palmyrene, Qumran, JLAtg, JBAmb, JBA, JBAg, LJLA
PAT276:1.1↗ bwlˀ wdms ˁbdw ṣlmyˀ ˀln trwyhwn : the council and the people made these two images ; TgO Gen31:37↗ וְיוֹכְחוּן בֵין תַרוַנָא‏ : let them judge between the two of us ; JBAmb2 99:22↗ תרויהון תלתיהון וארבעתיהון וחמישתיהון‏ : the two of them, three of them, four of them, and five of them ; BT Ber 48a(8)↗ תרוויכו רבנן הויתו‏ : the two of you would become scholars ; Anan 28:2↗ ואמא בתרויהו ברוח‏ : he said ברוח with both of them ; PJ Gen22:8↗ ואזלו תרויהום בלב שלים כחדא‏ : the two of them went on together wholeheartedly
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Construct state: trē/ay, tartē/ay; JBA often תרי ; masc. w. pronominal suffixes Palm, JLAtg, JBA, LJLA:tarwē-; others trē-/tray- as a back-formation from the construct state.; Sam. also תרים , תרתים
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1666[834]DJPA: 591bDJBA: 1233aJastrow: 1698Drower/Macuch: 490a, 44b, 359b, 482aJ. Payne-Smith: 620aLevy Ch-W: 2:559Tal Sam: 964DNWSI: 1231DCPA[Schulthess]: 462[223]DJA: 87bQumran: 258

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