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ḥbl (a/a, a/u) vb. to perish
GDCGtDt
Gpəˁalto perish2 senses▶
1
to perish
Syr
(1)
to become ill, suffer
JBA, Man, LJLA
BT Šab 86b(21)↗ ישראל דדייגי במצות חביל גופייהו גוים דלא דייגי במצות לא חביל גופיהו‏ : the body of Jews who are concerned about (fulfilling) commandments becomes sick (and their semen loses its potency). The body of pagans who are not concerned about (fulfilling) commandments does not become sick ; TgJob34:31↗ סוברית לא אחבול‏ : I bore up and will not suffer
2
to injure
Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, JBAmb
TN Ex21:26↗ ויחבול יתיה‏ : [=MT וְשִׁחֲתָהּ] (others: pael or afel)
Dpaˁˁelto damage, injure something/someone3 senses▶
1
to damage, injure something/someone
Common Aramaic
TAD C1.1(Ahiqar) .36↗ למה ה̇ו יחבל מתא עלין‏ : why should he ruin the country for us ; Ezra 6:12↗ לְהַשְׁנָיָה לְחַבָּלָה בֵּית־אֱלָהָא‏ : to violate, damage God's temple ; Dan 6:23↗ וּסֲגַר פֻּם אַרְיָוָתָא וְלָא חַבְּלוּנִי‏ : he shut the lions' mouth and they did not injure me ; TgO Ex21:26↗ וִיחַבְלִינַה‏ : [MT: וְשִׁחֲתָהּ] ; CPAHor 388:16↗ ܘܛܠܐ ܕܚܙܕܐ ܡܢ ܪܘܡܐ ܚܒܠܬܘܢ‏ : you ruined Grace's dew from on high ; JBABowl 59.1:9↗ ורוחא בישתא דימחבלא ית בני אינושה‏ : an evil spirit which harms people ; BT Git 42b(21)↗ חבולי ביה חבולי ביה אחריני יהב ל׳ ^ל^רביה חביל ביה גופיה יהב ליה לדידיה‏ : (if ) others injure him [i.e. the slave], they pay his master. If his master himself injures him, does he pay him [i.e. the slave]? ; ShPDm 576 ↗ lhambulia pagria ḏgbilia bisra uzma : to harm the bodies of those formed of flesh and blood
(1)
to disfigure
Syr
P Mt6:16↗ ܡܚܲܒ݁ܠܼܝܢ ܓܸ݁ܝܪ ܦ݁ܲܪܨܘ݂ܦ݁ܲܝܗܘ݂ܢ̈‏ : for they disfigure their faces
(2)
without object : to do wrong, act perversely
Syr
P Is65:25↗ ܘܠܐ ܢܚܒܠܘܢ ܒܟܠܗ ܛܘܪܝ ܩܕܝܫܐ‏ : they shall not do wrong upon all of my holy mountain ; P 2Ch27:2↗ ܘܥܕܡܐ ܠܗܫܐ ܥܡܐ ܡܚܒܠܝܢ ܗܘܘ‏
2
to kill, to destroy
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Sam, Syr, LJLA
TgO Gen6:13↗ וְהָא אֲנָא מְחַבֵילְהוֹן עִם ארעא‏ : now I am going to destroy them along with the earth ; GT E Gen9:11↗ ולא יהוי עוד מבול למחבלה ארעה‏ : there will not be a deluge again to destroy the earth ; SamTgJ Gen13:10↗ לקדם חבלות יהוה ית סדם וית עמרה‏ : before the Lord's destroying Sodom and Gomorrah ; AphDem23.446:6↗ ܨܒܐ ܗܘܐ ܡܪܗ ܕܣܓܘܠܐ ܕܢܚܒܠܝܘܗܝ‏ : the owner of the bunch of grapes wanted to destroy it ; P Ex12:23↗ ܘܠܐ ܢܫܒܘܩ ܠܡܚܒܠܢܐ ܕܢܥܘܠ ܠܒܬ̈ܝܟܘܢ ܘܢܚ݁ܒܠ‏ : we will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to destroy ; PJ Gen6:17↗ לחבלא כל בישרא דביה רוחא דחיי‏ : to destroy all flesh in which there is the life force
(1)
to ravish or seduce
JLAtg, Syr, LJLA
TgO Gen4:23↗ לָא גַברָא קַטֵילִית ٠٠٠ וְאַף לָא עוּלֵימָא חַבֵילִית‏ : I did not kill a man … nor did I molest a youth ; Am7 129:14↗ ܒܟܠ ܦܘܪ̈ܣܝܢ ܐܨܛܢܥ ܕܢܚܲܒ݁ܠܝܗ݀‏ : he contrived to seduce her by all manner of methods ; Didasc 13:9 text not cited ; PJ Gen4:23↗ text not cited
(2)
ܒܬܘܠܘܬܐ : to deflower
Syr
ShemQart 3:20↗ text not cited
(3)
to abort
Syr
P Job21:10↗ ܘܦ݁ܠܛܐ ܬܘܪܬܗ ܘܠܐ ܡܚܒܠܐ‏
3
to corrupt
PTA, Syr
TN Gen6:11↗ וחבלו דיירי ארעא עובדיהון‏ : the land's inhabitants corrupted their acts ; BHMQ 5.4.1.1 ܘܒܢܝ̈ܢܫܐ ܡܝ̈ܘܬܐ ܐܢܘܢ ܘܡܬܚ̈ܒܠܢܐ‏ : and men (in contrast to angels) are mortal and corruptible
(1)
to foul ejaculation
JLAtg, Syr, LJLA
TgO Gen38:9↗ וֻמחַבֵיל אוֹרחֵיה עַל ארעא‏ ; P Gn38:9↗ ܡ݁ܚܒܠ ܗܘܐ ܥܠ ܐܪܥܐ‏ ; PJ Gen6:12↗ ארום חביל{ת}<ו> כל בישרא כל חד וחד ית אורחיה על ארעה‏
(2)
to ruin a religious ceremony
Man
ATS 1.1:297↗ halin šugiania ḏšagin tarmidia umhamblia masqatun : those mistakes that the disciples make while ruining their "ascension"
Cˀafˁelto injure2 senses▶
1
to injure
PTA
GT A Exod21:26↗ ויַחְבֵל י[תה‏ : [=MT וְשִׁחֲתָהּ] †
2
to destroy
LJLA
TgLamYem 2:5var.↗ חַבֵיל"אַחבֵיל" כַל כַרכַהָא‏ : †
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be perverted1 sense▶
to be perverted
Man
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto be destroyed, ruined1 sense▶
to be destroyed, ruined
JLAtg, PTA, Syr, Man, LJLA
TgJ Jer18:4↗ וְאִתחַבַל מָנָא דְהוּא עָבֵיד דְטִינָא‏ : the vessel he was making out of clay was ruined ; TNM Gen25:23↗ דלא תתחבל ולא תפסוק מיניה לעלמי עלמין‏ : so that (his kingdom) not be destroyed and not cease from being his forever ; AphDem23.446:6↗ ܕܠܐ ܢܬܚܒܠ ܣܓܘܠܐ‏ ; P Gn6:12↗ ܠܐܪܥܐ ܕܐܬܚ݂ܒܠܬ‏ ; PJ Gen6:11↗ ואיתחבלת ארעא בגין דיירהא‏ : the earth was destroyed because of its inhabitants
(1)
to become ill after eating
JBAmb, JBA, JBAg
JBABowl 125.1:11↗ דניכו מיניה וניחבן‏ : so that he eat from it and become ill ; BT BM 97a(12)↗ אכל עכברי ואיחבל ומית‏ : (the cat) ate mice, became sick, and died ; HG1 189:59 לא מיכל ואיתחבוני‏ : not to eat and become ill
(2)
to be (sexually) defiled
Syr
Rabb 218:18 ܐܢ ܕܝܢ ܐܦ ܗܝܐ ܒܨܒܝܢܗ݀ ܐܬ݂ܚܒܠܬ݂‏ : even if she was defiled willingly
(3)
to be corrupted
Man
GY 21:10↗ latirihṣun ˁl špur pagria ḏmn šilia mithamblia : do not rely upon the beauty of bodies that are in a stroke corrupted
(1)
(corpse) to be putrefied
Syr
SevHym 92:7 ܪܒܝܥܝ ܓܝܪ ܝܘ̈ܡܬܐ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܗܘܐ ܒܩܒܪܐ ܘܡܟܝܠ ܫܪܝ ܗܘܐ ܠܡ݁ܬܚܒܠܘ‏ : for he was the fourth of the days in the grave and already began to be putrefied
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intrans. impf. in /a/, trans. impf. in /u/; pael Qum also with nasalization of the double radical: חנבל ; Mand. also with mimation instead : HMBL; in colloquial JBA the T stem "to become ill" appears as חבן .
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For the colloquial JBA T-stem with final nun see note s.v. ḥbn vb. and M. Morgenstern, Aramaic Studies 2.2(2004):219f.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 407[210]DJPA: 185aDJBA: 426bJastrow: 420Drower/Macuch: 129b, 115bPayne-Smith: 1179J. Payne-Smith: 123fLevy Ch-W: 1:234Tal Sam: 242aDNWSI: 344DCPA[Schulthess]: 117[59]Qumran: 74

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