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ḥmr, ḥmrˀ (ḥmār, ḥmārā) n.m./f. ass
1
ass
Common Aramaic
1QEnGiantsaX1.2↗ ח̇מר̇י̇ן מ̇אתי̇ן ערד̇ין מאת[ין‏ ; TgO Gen12:16↗ עָן וְתוֹרִין וֻחמָרִין‏ ; CPA(le97) Gen 22:3↗ ܘܩܡ ܐܒܪܗܡ ܒܨܦܪܐ ܘܫܘܝ ܚܡܪܗ‏ : Abraham got up in the morning and saddled his ass ; OS MtCur18:6↗ ܦܩܚ ܗܘܐ ܠܗ ܕܬܗܘܐ ܬܠܝܐ ܪܚܝܐ ܕܚܡܪܐ ܒܨܘܪܗ‏ : it would be better for him that a donkey's millstone were hung on his neck ; HS 3005 1:4↗ ויתרחקון מן חמריה ומן אורייה‏ : may they keep away from his asses and from his pens ; BT San 67b(37)↗ הות חמארא רכבה‏ : she turned into a donkey (and) he rode her ; PJ Gen43:24↗ ויהב אספסתא לחמריהון‏ : he gave their asses fodder
2
she-ass
Gal, Syr
PTBM 8.c:19[2]↗ אנן זבנין לך חדא חמר ולית את את לעי סוגין‏ : we will buy you an ass and you will not toil so much [but cf. ביה in subsequent line] ; P Mt21:2↗ ܚܡܵܪܵܐ ܕ݁ܲܐܣܼܝܪܵܐ‏
3
'ass-load' - a dry measure
OAEast, OfAEg
TAD B1.1 R5↗ חמר קבל חמר פר[ס קבל ]פרס טבא ולחיא נפלג כחדה שויוי‏ : we shall divide equally ass-load to ass-load, p-measure to p-measure, the good and the bad
(1)
dḥmr : very heavy : see s.v rḥy n.m. and rxyh n.f.
Syr
4
metaph.
(1)
a stupid, stubborn person
Gal, Syr
SYAP 5:9↗ טבח חמרין דלן הוון ממרין‏ : he has slaughtered the stubborn people who were embittering us ; LSt.66:9↗ ܠܐ ܝܕ݁ܥ ܗܘܝ݁ܬ ܕܚܡܪܐ ܐܝܬܝܟ ܥܕܡܐ ܠܗܫܐ‏ : I did not know you were an "ass" until now
(2)
a mechanical device (compare English 'mule')
Gal
PTŠab 8.c:31[2]↗ חמרא דיידה‏
(3)
earthworm
Syr
BBah 669:9↗ text not cited
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Syr. pl. ܚܸܡܪܸ̈ܐ‏ and ܚܸܡܪ̈ܵܐ‏; Sam. also in Hebrew fashion חמור
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For double gender see Bh Gr2 11(13ff.) and cited examples.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 467[241]DJPA: 207aDJBA: 471bJastrow: 480Drower/Macuch: 122b, 145b, 149J. Payne-Smith: 147Levy Ch-W: 1:267Tal Sam: 280DNWSI: 383DCPA[Schulthess]: 134[66]BarBahlul: 669:9DJA: 49bQumran: 87
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