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ḥdr, ḥdrˀ (ḥḏār, ḥḏārā) n.m. area around, surroundings
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surrounding area
Syr
Addai.37.1↗ ܘܒܚܕܪ̈ܝܗ݀ ܕܡܕܝܢܬܐ݂‏ ; IIMac6:4↗ ܐܦ ܥܡ ܢܫ̈ܐ ܡܫܬܘܬܦܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܒܟܠܗ ܚܕܪܗܘܢ‏ : they were also having intercourse with women throughout their surrounding area
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construct, usually pl. : as prep. : surrounding
Syr
OS MkSin3:32↗ ܝܬܒ ܗܘܐ ܚܕܪܘܗܝ ܟܢܫܐ‏ : a gathering was sitting around him ; ApocDan.54.26↗ ܢܘܪܐ ܬܟܘܠܝ ܩܕܡܘܗܝ ܘܫܠܗܒܝܬܐ ܚܕܪܘܗܝ ܬܬܓܘܙܠܝ‏ ; HS.21↗ ܚܕܪ̈ܘܗܝ ܕܐܫܦܙܗ ܫ݁ܪܝܬ‏ : I encamped in the area around his lodging place
2
region
Syr
LawsCoun.54.19↗ ܒܡܠܟܘ ܡܠܟܘ ܘܒܐܬܪ ܐܬܪ܂ ܘܒܚܕܪ̈ܝܢ ܚܕܪ̈ܝܢ‏ : in each kingdom, each place, and all regions
3
chamber(?? = Heb.)
Qumran, Sam, LJLA
4QEne4.1.17↗ והא חדרין פתיחו בגוא ארעא‏ : look, chambers had opened up in the middle of the ground ; 4QEne4.2.2↗ חדריא שכירו‏ ; TgEsth2 3:8(4)↗ מנהון סלקין בשורין ופרסין גידרין ועלין בחדרין‏ : some of them go up on our walls and spread(? or divide up?) our fences and come into our chambers
4
circuit
Man
5
vertigo, dizziness(?)
Man
AM 29:8↗ kib riša ušinia nihuilẖ ˁu hdara/hidara/ ḏriša ˁu kiba ḏliba nihuilẖ : may he get headache, tooth ache and dizziness and heartburn
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Poirier and Crégheur p. 141 suggests that the use cited here as "region" in BLC should be rendered "circle" and refers to regions of astrologically determined climate areas.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 417[217]Drower/Macuch: 131bJ. Payne-Smith: 128Tal Sam: 249Qumran: 77

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