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tḥty vb. to lower
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√ tḥwt, tḥyt, tḥt prep.
Qquadriliteralto lower2 senses▶
1
to lower
Syr, JBA
MB 5:49 ܒܪ ܐܠܗܐ ܕܬܚܬܝ ܢܦܫܗ ܠܙܥܘܪܘܬܢ‏ : Son of God who has lowered himself to our smallness ; BT Zev 19a(3)↗ והוה מדלי המיאנא ותתייה נילי‏ : he would raise the belt and lower it for me ; BT Zev 54b(21)↗ מוטב ליתתי ביה פורתא‏ : it is better that we should lower some of it a little
(1)
as a co-verb: to do something in a low manner
Syr, JBA
Ps-Clem Recogs 2.90:28↗ ܘܗܟܢܐ ܥܡ ܗܢܘܢ ܥܣܪܝܢ ܘܬܫ̈ܥܐ ܪ̈ܫܢܐ ܬܚܬܝ ܣܡ ܢܦܫܗ‏ : thus he placed himself lower along with those twenty nine leaders ; BT Bek 8b(26)↗ שקל סיכתא תת̇י̇ {ר}<ד>צה ולא על‏ : he took a peg, stuck it in below, and it did not go in
2
to humiliate
Syr
ROrChr 5 586:40 text not cited
QtquadTto subside, lower oneself2 senses▶
1
to subside, lower oneself
Syr
AGnEx 15.8↗ ܐܪܥܐ ܕܝܡܐ ܐܬܬܚܬܝܬ ܡ݂ܢ ܐܪܥܐ ܠܡܩܒܠܘ ܒܓܘܗ݀ ܡ̈ܝܝ ܢܦܫܗ݀‏ : the bottom of the sea became lower than the ground to receive its own water into it
(1)
to descend
Syr
BHads 8:22↗ ܐܝܛܐ ܡܫܪܐ ܠܡܬܬܲܚܬܵܝܘ ܒܩܠܝܠ ܩܠܝܠ ܥܕܡܐ ܕܥܵܪܒ‏ : then (the star) begins to descend little by little until it sets ; PsC 128:11 ܣܵܒܲܪ ܗܘ݂ܐ ܕܡܗܝ݂ܪ ܐܠܗܐ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܘܐܸܬ݁ܬܲܚܬܝ݂‏ : he thought that he was the god Mithra and had come down (to Earth; or: let himself become diminished in nature)
2
to submit oneself
Syr
ES1 273:35 ܠܘܬ ܪܓܬܐ ܕܬܘܪܣܝܐ ܡܬ݁ܬܚܬܸܐ ܗܘ݂ܐ ܒܚܘܫܒܗ‏ : he submitted himself to the desire for nourishment in his thought
(1)
to humiliate oneself
Syr
JulSok 425(209):22↗ ܒܗܕܐ ܕܐܬܬܚܬܝܬ ܕܐܣܒ ܡܢܟܘܢ ܡܠ݂ܟܐ‏
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For the suggestion to emend the TargAmidah text and the problems of its dating and origin see Mendelssohn, MGWJ 39(1895): 303.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1639[821]DJBA: 1239bJastrow: 1662Payne-Smith: 4424J. Payne-Smith: 610
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