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ḥlb, ḥlbˀ (ḥăla/eḇ, ḥalḇā) n.m. milk
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milk
Common Aramaic
ClGanCol 72.R 2↗ text not cited ; NsaqPap 23.R.4↗ text not cited ; TgO Gen18:8↗ שְמַן וַחלַב וֻבַר תוֹרֵי דַעֲבַד‏ : oil, milk, and calf-meat that he prepared ; EchR[1]117(10)↗ הוה ברא זעירא בעי למינק ולא משכח חלב‏ : her younger son wanted to nurse and did not find any milk ; GT AA Deut26:15↗ ארע דעבדה פירין טבין נקין כחלבה וח̊לין כדבשה‏ : a land producing fine fruit as white as milk and as sweet as honey ; CPA(le97) Is 60:16↗ ܘܬܝܢܘܩܝܢ ܚܠܒ ܕܡܝܢܝܢ܀ ܘܥܘܬ݁ܝܪ̈ ܕܡܠܟܝܢ ܬܝܟܘܠܝܢ‏ : you will suck the milk of gentiles and eat the wealth of kings ; SamTgJ Ex3:8↗ לארע מדיבה חלב ודבש‏ : to a land flowing with milk and honey ; AGnEx 117.13↗ ܡܐ ܕܪܬܚ ܚܠܒܐ ܕܬ̈ܕܝܗ݀‏ : when her breasts' milk is overflowing ; LG 16:5(3)↗ ܐܲܝܟ ܝܲܠܘ݂ܕܵܐ ܕܝܵܢܸܩ ܚܲܠܒܵܐ‏ ; BT Ket 60b(52)↗ מינייהו פסקי חלבא ומינייהו עכרי חלבא‏ : some of them [i.e. the foods mentioned] make the (mother's) milk cease, and some of them make the milk turbid ; PJ Ex3:8↗ לארע טבתא ופתייא בתחומין לארע עבדא חלב ודבש‏ : to the good land, wide of territory, a land making milk and honey
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juice
Syr
GalSimp 261:10 text not cited
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sap
Syr
BHde Plantis 79:105 ܕܐܢܫܝܢ ܡ݁ܢ ܚܠܒܐ ܐܢܫܝ̈ܢ ܕܝܢ ܕܡܥܬܐ ܩ݁ܪܝܢ ܠܗ݀܂ ܐܝܟ ܪܝܛܝܢܝ ܡܘܪܐ ܘܠܒܘܢܬܐ‏ : (non useful things for a plant) that some people call "milk" and some people call "tears", like resin and myrrh, and frankincense
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abs. JLA חלַב , Syr. ܚܠܸܒ‏
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 452[232]DJPA: 201bDJBA: 461aJastrow: 464Drower/Macuch: 121aJ. Payne-Smith: 142Levy Ch-W: 1:257Tal Sam: 270DNWSI: 372DCPA[Schulthess]: 130[64]BarBahlul: 443:24
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