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ḥmwrh, ḥmwrtˀ, ḥwmrtˀ (ḥumrā, ḥmurtā/ḥumrṯā) n.f. cylinder; bead; amulet
1
wheel, socket
Syr
2
a circular node or joint connecting two regions
Syr
EN 9:v76↗ text not cited
(1)
in a body
Syr
(1)
vertebra
Syr, JBA, Man
IVMac11:18↗ ܗܕܡ̈ܘܗܝ ܘܚܘܡܪ̈ܘܗܝ ܡܫܬܪ̈ܝܢ ܗ̈ܘܝ‏ : his limbs and his vertebrae were taken apart ; PsS 8:5↗ ܘܐܫܬܪ̈ܝ ܚܘ݂ܡܪ̈ܝ ܚ݂݁ܨܝ ܡ݂ܢ ܫܡ݂ܥܐ‏ ; BT Git 69a(1)↗ לברוקתי לייתי עקרבא דשב חומרי‏ : for cataract he should bring a seven-jointed scorpion ; HP Sassoon(1) 203.4↗ כד חסרן מן חומרי דשדרה אפילו חדא בעלמא‏ : when even merely one of the vertebrae of (the animal's) spine is missing ; GY 118:22↗ tbartẖ lhumarta ḏhalṣẖ : I broke his lumbar vertebra (or: hip joint?)
(1)
bottom of the spine (?)
Syr
Geop 113:3↗ ܥ‍{‍ܩ‍}‍‍<‍ܡ‍>‍ܪܐ ܡܢ ܪܝܫܐ ܥܕܡܐ ܠܚܡܘܪܬܐ‏ : the wool! from the head to the bottom of the spine
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in architecture
Syr
P Song5:15↗ ܫܩ̈ܘܗܝ ܥܡ̈ܘܕܐ ܕܫܝܫܐ ܕܡܬܩܢܝܢ ܥܠ ܚܘܡܪ̈ܐ ܕܕܗܒܐ‏ : marble columns fixed on golden bases [MT שׁוֹקָיו עַמּוּדֵי שֵׁשׁ מְיֻסָּדִים עַל־אַדְנֵי־פָז]
(1)
fig.:
Syr
IshIsa 48:5↗ ܐܝܟ ܚܘܡܪ̈ܝ ܫܫ̈ܠܬܐ ܠܡ ܣܕܪ̈ܝܢ ܣܕܪ̈ܝܢ ܣܠܩܝܢ ܠܐܘܪܫܠܡ‏ : like joints of a chain, ordered after the other, they go up to Jerusalem
3
gem
Syr
LawsCoun.44.18↗ ܘܡ̈ܨܛܒܬܝܢ ܒܕܗܒܐ ܘܒܚܘܡܪ̈ܐ‏ ; P Ez16:13↗ ܐܨܛܒܬܬܝ ܒܕܗܒܐ܂ ܘܒܚܡܘܪܬܐ‏
(1)
bead
OfAEg, Palmyrene, JBA, Man
TAD C3.28 V..9.105↗ רכיסה 3 3 זי חמרין תפלה זי כסף‏ : a string of 6 beads, a silver amulet ; PAT1624:1.11↗ ktl dy ḥwrˀ ˀw ḥmryn dy yrḥ : a wall of white stone or of crescent-shaped beads
(2)
(cylinder) seal
JBAg
4
amulet
Syr, JBA
BT Šab 57b(20)↗ חומרתא דקטיפתא‏ : amulet of ...
(1)
amulet spirit
JBAmb, Man
JBABowl 21.1:16↗ שידא ודיוא ודנחיש וחומרתא ופתכרא דאית על פגריה‏ : demon, dew, d'-demon, amulet spirit, and idol spirit which are on his body ; MandMB 25:105↗ ˁsiria diuia ušidia hůmria uliliata uruhia
5
other small bead-like objects
(1)
(bot.) bud
JBA
BT Git 69a(38)↗ ^וחומרתא^ ̇ד̇כשותה‏ : and a bud of cuscuta
(2)
(med.) (bladder or kidney) stone
JBA
BT Git 69b(51)↗ וכי משתין משתין אסיסנא יבישת׳ בצינורא דדשא ^וניעיין^ בחומרתא דנפקא מיניה‏ : when he urinates he should urinate on a dry spadix in a door socket so so that he can observe the stones that come out of him
6
(med.) ܕܚܡܘܪܬܐ : a type of electuary
Syr
BBah 551:20↗ text not cited
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pl. ḥumrīn but also ܚܘܡܪ̈ܬܐ‏ for vertebrae, see BhGr 35:3.
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See also s.v. ḥwmr for the back-formed sg.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 462[241]DJBA: 440aJastrow: 436Drower/Macuch: 135b, 136aJ. Payne-Smith: 146BarBahlul: 551:20

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