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ḥmh (ḥmwt), ḥmtˀ (ḥmwtˀ) (ḥammā, ḥ[am]mātā, ) n.f. mother-in-law
mother-in-law
Common Aramaic
TgJ Mi7:6↗ בְרַתָא נָציָא עִם אִמַה כַלְתָא מֵיקְלָא לַחֲמָתַא‏ : the daughter quarrels with her mother and the daughter-in-law belittles her mother-in-law ; SYAP 10:29↗ ותנית לחמתה בדיעה‏ : she told her mother-in-law sensibly (or: while sweating!?) ; P Dt27:23↗ ܠܝܛ ܗܘ ܟܠ ܕܢܕܡܟ ܥܡ ܚܡܬܗ‏ : cursed be everyone who sleeps with his mother-in-law ; JBAmb2 107:7↗ חרשי כלתא וחמתא‏ : the sorceries of the daughter-in-law and the mother-in-law ; BT Git 67b(44)↗ אתיבו קמיה דיסתנא חנקא חמתא‏ : they put before him a portion that could choke a mother-in-law ; Pashar Mihla 248 ↗ udˁma ubrata udhamata udkalta : of the mother and her daughter, and the mother-in-law and her daughter-in-law ; TgRuth2:11↗ בגין טיבותא דעבדת עם חמותך‏ : on account of the good deed you did with your mother-in-law
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JLA, LJLA Hebraizing var. חמות
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 469[239]DJPA: 205aDJBA: 472bJastrow: 481Drower/Macuch: 123aPayne-Smith: 1300J. Payne-Smith: 148Levy Ch-W: 1:265Tal Sam: 279DCPA[Schulthess]: 132[65]

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