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ḥblyn, ḥblyˀ (ḥeḇlīn, ḥeḇlē) n.m.pl. labor pains
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labor pains
Qumran, JLAtg, CPA, Syr
TgJ Is21:3↗ דַחלָא אְחַדַתנוּן הָא כְחִבלִין לְיָלֵידתָא‏ : fear has seized them like labor pains for a woman giving birth ; CPA Ex15:14↗ text not cited ; CPA Psalms114:3↗ ܚܒܠܘܝ ܕܡܘܬ݁‏ ; OS MtSin24:8↗ ܗܠܝܢ ܕܝܢ ܟܠܗܝܢ ܪܫܐ ܐܢܝܢ ܕܚܒܠܐ‏ : for all of these are the beginning of the labor pains ; EphPar 10:9.2↗ ܡܘܠܕ ܠܗܘܢ ܡܢ ܫܠܝ ܚܒܠܗ ܕܪܝܫ ܝܪܚܐ‏ : the labor pain of the new month suddenly gives birth to them ; INW 23↗ ܐܝܟܢܐ ܕܡܢ ܚܒ̈ܠܐ ܡܬܝܠܕ ܦܐܪܐ ܡܚܕܝܢܐ ܠܒܛܬܐ‏ : just as through labor pains the offspring that gives joy to the pregnant woman is born
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fig.:
Syr
P 1K(1)22:34↗ ܡܛܠ ܕܡܛܝܘܢܝ ܚ̈ܒܠܐ ܕܡܘܬܐ‏ : for the pangs of death have overcome me
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(magic) a type of demon
JBAmb
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in Syriac poetry the singular is also found
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See also s.v. ḥblh. JBAmb example as a demon highly uncertain; DJBA takes it to be an unusual spelling of a hypothetical חבלן.

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