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ḥsr (a/a[u]) vb. to be lacking
GDCDtCt
Gpəˁalto be lacking4 senses▶
1
to be lacking
Common Aramaic
TgO Gen8:3↗ וַחסַרוּ מַיָא מִסוֹף מְאָה וְחַמשִין יוֹמִין‏ : after 150 days the water was gone ; TgO Gen18:28↗ מָא אִם יַחסְרוּן חַמשִין/מחמשין/ זַכָאִין חַמשָה‏ : what if the fifty are lacking five righteous ; P Dt2:7↗ ܘܠܐ ܚܣܪ ܠܟܘܢ ܡܕܡ‏ ; P 1K(1)11:22↗ ܡܢܐ ܓܝܪ ܚܣܪܬ ܠܘܬܝ‏ ; 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 ; ATS 1.1:29↗ ulamitpisqia ulahasria : (the waters) are not cut off and not lacking ; PJ Gen8:3↗ text not cited
(1)
to diminish
JLAtg, Syr, LJLA
TgO Gen8:5↗ text not cited ; P Gn8:5↗ ܘܡ̈ܝܐ ܐܙܠܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܘܚܣܪܝܢ‏ ; PJ Gen8:5↗ ומיא הוו אזלין וחסרין עד ירח עשיריי‏ : the water continued to diminish until the tenth month
(1)
(moon) to wane
Syr
Algorithmic §165 ܐܡܬܝ ܡܠܐ ܘܐܡܬܝ ܚܣܪ‏ : when (the moon) waxes and when it wanes ; JSBhom 71day4 1333↗ ܝܲܗ̄ܒ ܠܸܗ ܠܣܲܗܪܵܐ ܕܢܸܡܠܸܐ ܘܢܸܚܣܲܪ ܘܲܕܢܸܫܬܲܚܠܲܦ‏ : He made the moon wax, wane, and change
2
to suffer damage
Syr
PhilV 146:20 ܠܐ ܒܬܘܬܠܐ ܚܣܪܬ ܟܕ ܐܬܓܫܡ ܒܪܐ‏ : the Virgin did not suffer damage when the Son was embodied
(1)
to perish
Syr
StSin11 83b:4 text not cited
(2)
to be fined
Syr
BHNom 432:12↗ ܐܝܟ ܦܠܓܐ ܕܚܘܣܪܢܐ ܕܗܘ݁ ܕܩܡܘܗܝ ܚܝܒ ܕܢܚܣܪ‏ : he has to be fined about a half of that preceding fine ; BHNom 439:6↗ ܐܦܝܒܘܠܐ ܡܫܡܠܝܬܐ ܚܣܪ‏ : he is fined the total fine
3
+b_ : to offend, fail morally
Syr, Man
IsNin2 14:3↗ ܚܲܦܵܐ ܥܲܠ ܚܲܛܵܝܵܐ܃ ܟܲܕ݂ ܠܵܐ ܚܵܣܲܪ ܐܲܢܼܬ݁ ܒܹܗ‏ : protect the sinner while you do not offend him ; JohnBook 97:2↗ kulman ḏbgaura hasar ... kulman ḏbgunba hasar : whoever fails through adultery ... whoever fails through thievery
4
to lose
Syr
P Mt16:26↗ ܡܵܢܵܐ ܓܸܝܪ ܡܸܬܗܲܢܸܐ ܒܲܪܢܵܫܵܐ܃ ܐܸܢ ܟܠܸܗ ܥܵܠܡܵܐ ܢܸܩܢܸܐ܂ ܘܢܲܦܫܸܗ ܢܸܚܣܲܪ‏ : For what does a man gain if he would acquire the whole world and lose his soul?
(1)
to spend (? or D?)
Palmyrene
PAT1415:1.2↗ dy špr lhwn wḥsr lhwn mn kysh : which he improved and spent (?) from his purse [possibly to be read ḥsk?]
Dpaˁˁelto make to lack2 senses▶
1
to make to lack
Qumran, JLAtg, Syr, JBA, LJLA
4QEnastr b 26:3↗ text not cited ; TgJ Is17:1var.↗ וֻתהֵי לִכרַך מְחַמְרָא"מחסרא"מחמדא"‏ ; BT BQ 112b(55)↗ ממונא הוא דקא מחסר ליה‏ : (if ) he filed it down [i.e. the coin] with a file, he severely diminished its size ; BT BB 141a(21)↗ דאפלו ברתא נמי לא חסריה רחמ׳‏ : the Merciful One did not also make him want even for a daughter ; PJ Num11:32↗ מחסרי הימנותא‏ : the ones lacking in faith
(1)
to deprive
Sam, Syr, JBA, LJLA
P Ps23:1↗ ܡܪܝܐ ܢܪܥܝܢܝ ܘܡܕܡ ܠܐ ܢܚܣܪ ܠܝ‏ : the Lord shall pasture me and not deprive me of anything [so interpreted!] ; BT Ber 13b(52)↗ חסורי מיחסרא והכי קתני‏ : (the Mishnah) is totally lacking but is teaching thus ; BT BQ 98a(18)↗ שאפיה בשופינא חסורי חסריה‏ : (if ) he filed it down [i.e. the coin] with a file, he severely diminished its size ; TgQoh4:8↗ למא דין אנא טרח ומחסר ית נפשי‏ : why then I am toiling and depriving myself
(2)
מן : to make less than, diminish from
LJLA
TgPs8:6↗ וחסרתא יתיה קליל ממלאכיא‏ : You have made him a little less than the angels
(3)
to truncate (a tannaitic text)
JBA
BT Ber 13b(54)↗ חסורי מיחסרא והכי קתני‏ : he is just truncating it and learning it that way
2
to harm
JLAtg, Syr
TgO Lev13:51↗ סְגִירוּת מְחַסְרָא מַכתָשָא‏ : the skin sore is harmful leprosy ; Didasc 121:6 text not cited
(1)
to do injury
Syr
Philem 1:18 text not cited
(2)
to fine
Syr
P Dt22:19↗ ܢܚܣܪܘܢܗ ܡܐܐ ܕܟܣܦܐ‏
Cˀafˁelto deprive4 senses▶
1
to deprive
CPA, Syr
CPA Psalms83:12↗ ܠܐ ܡܚܣܝܪ ܛܒܝܢ ܠܗܠܝܢ ܕܐܙܠܝܢ ܒܬ݁ܡܝܡܘܬܐ‏ : he does not deprive those who go in innocence of good things ; Syr-RomLaw.15.10↗ ܗ݀ܘ ܓܒܪܐ ܕܐܡ݁ܪ ܥܠ ܢܦܫܗ ܕܥܒ݂ܕܐ ܗܘ ܘܒܪ ܥܣܪ̈ܝܢ ܗ݂ܘ ܫܢ̈ܝܢ܃ ܡܚܣܪ ܠܗ݀ ܠܚܐܪܘܬܗ‏ : that man who says of himself that he is a slave and he is twenty years old, deprives himself of his freedom
(1)
to steal
Syr
Didasc 141:24 text not cited
2
to harm
Syr
Balai 6:19:3↗ ܘܠܐ ܐܚܣܪܢܝ ܓܐܪܗ‏ : his arrow did not harm me ; ChronEdess 9:13↗ ܒܛܝܒܘܬܗ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܡܕܡ ܠܐ ܐܚܣܪ‏ : by God's grace he did not harm anything
(1)
to fine
Syr
MiS 467a:38 ܘܐܚܣܪ ܐܢܘܢ ܐܪܒܥܐ ܐܠܦ̈ܝܐ ܕܝܢܪ̈ܐ‏ : he fined them 4,000 dinars
3
to do less than necessary
Syr
P Ex16:18↗ ܕܐܙܥ݂ܪ ܠܐ ܐܚܣܪ‏ : one who did a little did not do less than was necessary
4
to lack, have need of
CPA
Lag(361) John2:3↗ ܘܟܕ ܐܚܣܪ̈ܘ ܚܡܪܐ‏ : when they lacked wine
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto be fined3 senses▶
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to be fined
Syr, JBAg
P Ex21:22↗ ܡܬܚܣܪܘ ܢܬܚܣܪ‏ ; TGHark 162:3 איחסר ממונא‏ : he was fined money
(1)
to have one's status revoked (? but not: infected!)
Syr
BHce1 57:26 ܡܬܚܲܣܪ ܗܘܐ ܐܦ ܒܙܢܝܘܬܐ‏ : he was even revoked (or: fined?) for fornication
2
to be destroyed, ruined
Syr
MiS 505a:40 ܒܝ̈ܡܬܐ ܙܥܘܪ̈ܐ ܒܢ݂ܘ ܠܟܠ ܡܐ ܕܐ݁ܬܚܣܪ‏ : in a few days they rebuilt all that had been ruined
3
to be in want, to be empty
LJLA
TgEsth2sup10.2-05:13↗ וכרסיה דרשיעה תתחסר‏ : the belly of the wicked shall be empty †
Ctˀettafˁalto be fined1 sense▶
to be fined
Syr
Bhchr 547:25↗ ܐܬ݁ܬ݁ܚܣܪ ܟܠ ܡܐ ܕܲܩܢܸܐ ܗܘܐ‏ : he was fined everything he had ; Bhchr 574:6↗ ܥܣܪ ܪ̈ܒ݁ܘܵܢ ܕܗܒܐ ܢܸܬ݁ܬܲܚܣܪܘ݂ܢ‏ : they should be fined 10 myriads of gold ; BHNom 431:16↗ ܕܢܸܬ݁ܬܲܚܣܲܪ ܐܠܦܐ ܕܝܢܪ̈ܝܢ ܕܗܒܐ‏ : to be fined 1,000 gold dinars
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 479[248]DJPA: 211aDJBA: 476bJastrow: 489Drower/Macuch: 151a, 125bJ. Payne-Smith: 152fLevy Ch-W: 1:274Tal Sam: 287DNWSI: 394DCPA[Schulthess]: 136[68]Qumran: 88

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