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ḥmh, ḥmtˀ (ḥemmā, ḥemmṯā) n.f. anger
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anger
Common Aramaic
Dan 3:19↗ הִתְמְלִי חֱמָא‏ : he grew filled with anger ; 11QtgJob 34.7=40:11↗ העדי נא חמת רגזך‏ : please put away your anger ; TgO Gen27:44↗ עַד דְתִתוּב חִמתָא דַאֲחוּך‏ : until your brother's anger settles down ; EphTim 2.2:3↗ text not cited ; SamTgJ Num25:11↗ עזר ית אמתי מן על בני ישראל‏ : he turned back my anger from upon the Israelites ; GY 90:11↗ libẖ ˁtmlia himta ; MegAntioch 13↗ אִתמְלִי רְגַז וְחֵימָא‏
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fierceness, ardor
PTA, Syr
TN Deut32:33↗ עמא האיליין חמתהון מדמייא לחמתהון דתניניה‏ : those people's fierceness is like that of the venom of serpents ; P StDan(1)11:44 ↗ ܘܢܦܘܩ ܒܚܡܬܐ ܪܒܬܐ܂ ܠܡܚܪܒ ܘܠܡܘܒܕܘ ܠܣܓܝܐ̈ܐ‏
2
venom
PTA, Syr
TN Deut32:33↗ text not cited ; Rom3:13↗ ܚܸܡܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܸ݁ܐܣܦܸ݁ܣ‏ ; WisSol16:5↗ ܚܡܬܐ ܕܚ̈ܘܘܬܐ‏
3
heat
LJLA
PJ Ex12:39↗ ומתאפי להון מחומתא דשמשא‏ : they became baked from the heat of the Sun
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Syr. pl: ܚܸܡ̈ܬܸܐ‏
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The unique JTA usage "venom" is a dubious Hebraism following the MT; elsewhere in Jewish texts always "anger".
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 469[242]DJPA: 204bDJBA: 473aJastrow: 458Drower/Macuch: 123b, 146aPayne-Smith: 1299J. Payne-Smith: 148Levy Ch-W: 1:268Tal Sam: 341DNWSI: 381DCPA[Schulthess]: 132[65]Qumran: 86

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