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ḥbl (ḥḇāl) interj. alas !
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alas !
Palmyrene, Gal, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA
passim in Palmyrene ḥbl ; SYAP 41:15↗ חבל עלי‏ ; BT San 111a(37)↗ חבל על דאבדין ולא משתכחין‏ : woe for the ones who perish and are not found [i.e. who cannot be replaced] ; PJ Deut28:15↗ חבול על בנינן כד יחובון וימטון עליהון לווטייא אילין‏ : alas for our children when the will sin and these curses come upon them
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pl. w. pron. suffixes
ParthMidAr, Syr
Tang-e-Sarvak 13.7↗ prsmn mlk ḥbl ḥblyk ; JulSok 23(8):6↗ ܚܒܠܝܗ ܠܡܠܟܘܬܢ ܕܐܬܓܠܙܬ ܡܢ ܡܕܒܪܢܘܬܟܘܢ‏ : woe to our kingdom that has been removed from your direction ; SyrAhiq 2 49:8↗ ܚܒܠܟܝ ܚܟܡܬܝ ܕܐܦܟܗܟܝ ܢܕܢ ܒܪܝ܃ ܘܡ̈ܠܝ ܚܟܝܡ̈ܬܐ ܐܫܛ ܐܢܝܢ‏ : woe unto you my wisdom that my son PN has dirtied and wise words has despised
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LJLA also חבול ; takes plural type pronominal suffixes in Syriac
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 407[210]DJPA: 185aDJBA: 427aJastrow: 418Drower/Macuch: 128bJ. Payne-Smith: 124Levy Ch-W: 1:234DNWSI: 345

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