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ḥmr (a/a) vb. to become hard
GDCDt
Gpəˁal(ruling) to be stringent1 sense▶
(ruling) to be stringent
Gal
PTŠab 13.d:4[2]↗ קלת וחמרת על דרבנן‏ : according to the opinion of the Rabbis it is both lenient and stringent
Dpaˁˁelto turn into ruins (city, city-wall)2 senses▶
1
to turn into ruins (city, city-wall)
JLAtg, LJLA
TgJ Is17:1↗ וֻתהֵי לִכרַך מְחַמְרָא‏ : it will become a ruined city ; TgPs140:11↗ בנורא דגהינם יפילינון בגיצין דמחמרין‏ : he will fell them with the fire of Gehenna, with sparks of ruined places [?? so for hapax MT בְּמַהֲמֹרוֹת]
2
to leaven
CPA
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perhaps: to blow up from within?
Syr
Fab 46:4 ܥܕܡܐ ܕܚܡܪܬ ܒܗ݀ ܡܐܟܘܠܬܐ ܘܡܝܬܬ‏ : so much that the food was too much for her and she died
Cˀafˁelto make a stringent ruling1 sense▶
to make a stringent ruling
Gal, JBA
PTDem 22.a:4[2]↗ דהיא מחמרה על גרמה סגין‏ : for she is very stringent when it comes to herself ; BT Nid 66a(51)↗ היכ׳ דאחמור אחמור היכ׳ דלא אחמור לא אחמור‏ : where they applied a restriction (not required by the law) they have done so [i.e. it applies]. Where they did not apply a restriction, they have not done so [i.e. it does not apply]
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto be turned into ruins2 senses▶
1
to be turned into ruins
JLAtg
TgJ Is17:9↗ יִהוְייָן קִרוֵי תוּקפְהוֹן כִכרָך דְחָרוּב וְאִתחַמַר‏ ; TgJ Jer51:58↗ שוּרֵי בָבַל פְתַיָא אִתחַמָרָא יִתחַמְרוּן וְתַרעַהָא רָמַיָא בְנוּרָא יִתוֹקְדוּן‏
2
to congeal (?)
Syr
DuvB2 100:9 text not cited
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See also s.v. ḥmˁ , a root that has been absorbed into this one in the meaning "to ferment".
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 467[242]DJPA: 207bDJBA: 470bJastrow: 479J. Payne-Smith: 147Levy Ch-W: 1:267DNWSI: 382Audo: 1:352DCPA[Schulthess]: 134[]

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