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twb (a/u) vb. to return
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Gpəˁalto return (intransitive)3 senses▶
1
to return (intransitive)
Common Aramaic
Sf.3 a25↗ wšbt tlˀym l[brgˀy]h wlbrh wlbr brh wlˁqrh ˁd ˁlm : GN has returned to RN and to his son and his grandson and his line forever ; Dan 4:33↗ בֵּהּ־זִמְנָא מַנְדְּעִי יְתוּב עֲלַי‏ : at that time my wits were returning to me ; GenApoc 22.29↗ וחדא מן די תבת מן מצרין‏ : one (year) since you returned from Egypt ; TgO Gen8:9↗ וְתַבַת לְוָתֵיה לְתֵיבוֹתָא‏ : so it returned to him in the ark ; P 2K5:10↗ ܘܢܬܘܒ ܒܣܪܟ ܥܠܝܟ‏ ; PJ Gen3:19↗ ארום עפרא אנת ולעפרא תתוב‏ : you are dust and will return to the dust
(1)
to come back, appear again
LJLA
PJ Lev14:43↗ ואין יתוב מכתשא ויסגי בביתא‏
2
to change direction, turn away
Common Aramaic
11QtgJob 33.4=39:22↗ יזוע ולא יתוב מן אנפי חרב‏ : he does not turn away from a fight ; PJ Ex14:2↗ ויתובון לאחוריהון‏ : they should turn back
(1)
to regret, repent
Common Aramaic
TAD B7.1. R.5↗ מן מומאה] אתוב‏ : should I regret the oath ; TgO Gen4:7↗ וְאִם תְתוּב יִשתְבֵיק לָך‏ : if you repent you will be forgiven ; SYAP 63:23↗ למתוב מן חובייה‏ : to repent of the sins ; CPA Deut13:17↗ ܕܝܬܘܒ ܡܪܐ ܡܢ ܪܘܓܙܐ ܕܚܡܬܗ‏ : so that the Lord may turn away from his anger's wrath ; P Gn27:40↗ ܘܐܢ ܬܬܘܒ ܢܥܒܪ ܢܝܪܗ ܡܢ ܨܘܪܟ‏ : if you repent he will remove his yoke from your neck ; IICor12:21↗ ܣܲܓܼ݁ܝܸܐܐ̈ ܐܲܝܠܸܝܢ ܕ݁ܲܚܛܲܘ܂ ܘܠܵܐ ܬ̇ܵܒ݂ܘ‏ : those many who sinned and did not repent ; PJ Gen4:24↗ ארום קין ד{ה}<ח>ב ותב בתיובא‏ : for Cain, who sinned but repented
(2)
+ˁl : to forgive
PTA, Syr, Man
TN Num10:36↗ חזור כען ייי מן תקוף רוג{ד}<ז>ך ותוב עלינן ברחמיך טבייה‏ ; AphDem21.417:15↗ ܘܬܒ ܥܠܝܗܘܢ ܒܪ̈ܚܡܐ‏ ; P PrMan 7↗ ܘܬܐ݁ܒ ܐܢܬ ܥܠ ܒܝ݂̈ܫܬܗܘܢ ܕܒܢܝ̈ܢܫܐ‏ : you forgive human evils ; AlmaRZ 197↗ iahaiasa hus ˁlan uiataiaba tub ˁlan
3
as co-verb : to do again
Qumran, CPA, Syr, Man
4QEnastr b 7 iii:5↗ בליליא דן ש̇ר̇י שמשא למתב ולמתא‏ : on this night the sun begins to come again ; CPA Psalms6:11↗ ܝܬܘܒ‍{‍ܝ‍}‍‍<‍ܘ‍>‍ܢ ܒܗܬ݁ܝܢ ܠܚܕܐ ܒܐܘܦܪܥ‏ ; TDN.136:14↗ ܫܠܝܐ ܢܓܒܐ ܠܗ ܥܕܡܐ ܕܬܘܒ ܢܫܬܐܠ‏ : he must choose silence until he is excused again ; JohnBook 163:5↗ utub utraham : pray again
Cˀafˁelto restore, return (trans.)3 senses▶
1
to restore, return (trans.)
Common Aramaic
Sf.3 a24↗ wkˁt hšbw ˀlhn šybt by[t ˀby : now the gods have restored my father's house ; TAD A4.4R.8↗ בתיא זי עלו בהן ביב ונכסיא זי לקחו אתבו‏ : they have restored the houses in Elephantine in which they settled and the property they took ; 4QpapTob ar2..10=02:1↗ ואתבת לי ח{{ה}}נה אנתתי‏ : PN my wife was restored to me ; TgO Gen20:7↗ וֻכעַן אֲתֵיב אִיתַת גְבַר‏ ; Lag(314) Matt27:3↗ ܘܐܬ݁ܝܒ ܬ݁ܠܬ݁ܝܢ ܕܟܣܦ̈ܐ‏ : he returned the thirty pieces of silver ; PJ Gen24:5↗ האתבה אתיב ית ברך לארעא די נפקתא מתמן‏ : shall I truly return your son to the land you went away from?
(1)
+yhb, ntn : to give back
OfAPer, OfASam
TAD A6.15 .10↗ ומה זי לקחת נכס[ן] מן גרדא התב הב להם‏ : give back to them whatever goods you took from the staff ; SamPap.8..9↗ אנחנה נהתיב ננתן לך‏ : we shall give it back to you
2
(w. or without an object) to answer
Common (except: OA, OfA)
Ezra 5:11↗ וּכְנֵמָא פִתְגָמָא הֲתִיבוּנָא‏ : they answered us as follows ; Dan 2:14↗ בֵּאדַיִן דָּנִיֵּאל הֲתִיב עֵטָא וּטְעֵם לְאַרְיוֹךְ‏ : then Daniel responded with advice for Arioch ; TgO Gen23:5↗ וַאֲתִיבוּ בְנֵי חִתָאָה יָת אברהם לְמֵימַר לֵיה‏ ; OS LkCur19:34↗ ܐܬܝܒܘ ܐܢܘܢ ܦܬܓܡܐ‏ ; P 2S24:13↗ ܡܢܐ ܦܬܓܡܐ ܡܬܝܒ ܐܢܬ‏ : what word do you answer? ; HM(1) 83:(1)4↗ וכל דתשאל יתיה יתיבינך‏ : he will answer whatever you ask him ; PJ Gen23:5↗ ואתיבו בני חיתאה‏
(1)
to raise an objection
Gal, JBA
PTBer 3.d:28[2]↗ התיב ר׳ אלעזר ביר׳ יוסה קומי ר׳ יוסה‏ : PN1 raised an objection before PN2 ; BT Šab 21a(28)↗ אדמותבת ליה מדרבן שמעון בן גמליאל סייעיה מדתנא קמא‏ : before you have raised an objection from PN, support it from the first tanna
3
to vomit
Syr
EphNis 21:14.3↗ ܓܘܥܡܐ ܕܝ̈ܥܢܐ ܡ݁ܛܝ | ܕܢܬܝܒܘܢ ܟܠ ܡܐ ܕܒܠ݂ܥܘ‏ : vomiting overcame the greedy so that they would vomit back everything they had swallowed ; AphDem22.422:15↗ ܡܬܝܒ ܡܢ ܟܪܣܗ ܣܝܒܪܬܐ ܕܚܠܝܛ ܒܗ݀ ܣܡܐ ܕܡܘܬܐ‏ : he vomits up the nourishment in which the poison was mixed ; P Job20:15↗ ܘܡܐܟܘܠܬܐ ܕܒܠܥ ܢܬܝܒܝܗ݀ ܡܢ ܟܪܣܗ‏
Ctˀettafˁalto be restored, returned3 senses▶
1
to be restored, returned
JLAtg, LJLA
TgO Gen42:28↗ אִיתָתַב כַספִי‏ : my silver has been returned ; PJ Gen42:28↗ ואמר לאחוהי איתותב כספי‏
2
(of a request or difficult textual problem) to be answered, refuted
JLAtg, Gal
TgJ Hab2:1↗ וּמָא אִיתָתַב עַל בָעוּתִי‏ : how my request shall be answered ; PTTan 67.c:30[2]↗ ולא כבר איתתבת‏ : was that not already answered?
(1)
(of the scholar proposing such) to be refuted
JBA
BT BM 12b(24)↗ ולאו איתותב ריש לקיש‏ : has not PN been refuted?
3
to be vomited
Syr
HunQuest 306:16 ܡܢܗܘܢ ܕܝܢ ܐܦܢ ܢܬܡܨܘܢ ܩܠܝܠ ܠܡܟܬܪܘ ܒܟܪܣܐ܃ ܐܠܐ ܡܬܬܝܒܝܢ ܒܬܪܟܢ‏ : some of them, even though they may be able to stay a bit in the stomach, are nonetheless vomited out afterwards ; IAB1 196:8 ܘܟܕ ܡܲܝܠܠ ܠܐ ܡܬܬܝܒܐ‏ : when wailing it is not vomited out
PLPLpalpelתָבֵיב : to deliver to someone or something for punishment1 sense▶
תָבֵיב : to deliver to someone or something for punishment
JLAtg, LJLA
TgJ Jud4:7↗ וַאְתָבֵיב עַל יְדָך לְנַחלָא דְקִישוֹן יָת סִיסְרָא‏ : I shall deliver Sisera into your hands at the wadi Qishon ; TgIChron 11:111↗ ונצח בקרבא ומתביב על ידא דמורניתא תלת מאה קטילין בזמנא חדא‏ : he used to be victorious in battle and deliver up 300 dead at one time by means of the lance
PLPLteṯpalpalto be answered (?), to be delivered for punishment (?)1 sense▶
to be answered (?), to be delivered for punishment (?)
JLAtg
TgJ Is53:7↗ בָעֵי וְהוּא מִיתָבַב‏ : ask and it is answered (or: he asks and is delivered to be punished: [MT נִגַּשׂ וְהוּא נַעֲנֶה ]) †
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OA, OfA(?), JLAtg (1x as err. var. ), Sam (as Hebraism) šwb; JLA אִיתָתַב ; Qum. C pass. 3ms. אתבת ; JBA (+1x LJLA) afel אותיב , ittaf (also LJLA) איתותב
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For the lack of pael in Gal. see DJPA 846.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1625[817]DJPA: 576bDJBA: 1196aJastrow: 1649Drower/Macuch: 483aJ. Payne-Smith: 606Levy Ch-W: 2:531Tal Sam: 943DNWSI: 1114DCPA[Schulthess]: 449[218]DJA: 86aQumran: 251

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