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ḥsyr (ḥassīr) adj. lacking, deficient
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lacking, deficient
Common Aramaic
UrukInc 15↗ ha—as—si—ir—ta—a ; Dan 5:27↗ תְּקִילְתָּה בְמֹאזַנְיָא וְהִשְׁתְּכַחַתְּ חַסִּיר‏ : you have been weighed in the balance and found to be deficient † ; 4Q582 .1.2↗ ] חסיר מנדע̇[‏ : lacking knowledge ; OS LkCur12:20↗ ܚܣܝܪ ܪܥܝܢܐ‏ : Oh mindless one ; AphDem2.28:6↗ ܚܣܝܪ ܗܘ݂ܐ ܢܡܘܣܐ ܘܢܒ̈ܝܐ‏ : the Law and the Prophets were deficient ; BT Šab 129a(52)↗ בדיק והוה חסיר ארחא‏ : he checked (and it turned out that the wall) was deficient by a half brick (width) ; HibilZiwa 1:29↗ halin kulh{{u}}n ˁbidatak lanihuibin hasir ubṣir : nothing shall be lacking or deficient in all these works of yours ; PJ Lev22:23↗ ותור ואימר יתיר כוליא או דחסיר כוליא‏ : an ox or sheep with an extra kidney or lacking a kidney
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l_ : to lack
Common Aramaic
TgO Deut15:8↗ וְאוֹזָפָא תוֹזְפִינֵיה כְמִסַת חוּסרָנֵיה דְחַסִיר לֵיה‏ : you must surely lend him his deficiency that he lacks ; OS MkSin10:21↗ ܚܕܐ ܚܣܝܪܐ ܠܟ‏ : you lack one thing ; TgProv21:17↗ גברא דחסיר ליה‏
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(gram.) lacking vowel letters, i.e., written defectively
Gal
BR 583:2(1)↗ עוד מן אתרה לית היא חסירה‏ : it (i.e. proof of the exegetical point) is not lacking in this very place (i.e. verse)
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idioms
Syr
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yattīr (w)ḥassīr : more or less
JLAtg, Syr
TgO Lev22:23↗ וְתוֹר וְאִימַר יַתִיר וְחַסִיר‏ : an ox or sheep lacking or excessive (i.e. something is missing or something is extra, probably testicles: see BT Bechoroth 40a) ; Rechts2 58:8 ܫܬܝܢ ܓܝܪ ܘܚܡܫ ܫܢܝ̈ܢ ܝܬܝܪ ܚܣܝܪ܃ ܐܝܬ ܠܝ ܒܚܝ̈ܝ ܗܠܝܢ‏ : for I have 65 years, more or less, in this life ; SAOC11 52c:12 ܚܡ̈ܫ ܪ̈ܒ݂ܘܬܐ ܕܟܬ̈ܒܐ ܘܐܪ̈ܒܥܐ ܐ̈ܠܦܝܐ݂ ܘܬܡܢܡܐܐ ܝܬܝܪ ܚܣܝܪ‏ : more or less 54,800 writings
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חסיר יתיר : more or less
JBA
BT Ḥul 47a(7)↗ אי חסיר אי {{̇חס̇}}^ית^יר‏ : if there are less or more (than five lobes of the lung)
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ܚܲܣܝܼܪܵܐ ܗ̄ܘܵܬ : to remain
Syr
Clrep 298:1 text not cited
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ܚܲܣܝܼܪ ܩܲܠܝܼܠ : little short of, almost
Syr
JosephB 777:3 ܚܢܢ ܕܝܢ܃ ܕܐܚܝܕܝܢ ܚܢܢ ܚܲܣܝ݂ܪܩܲܠܝ݂ܠ ܐܪܥܐ ܟܠܗ݀ ܘܝܲܡܵܐ‏ : we, then, who control almost the entire earth and the sea ; ThMarg 2:106:1 ܫܒܥܝܢ ܫܢ̈ܝܐ ܚܣܝܪ ܩܠܝܠ‏ : just short of 70 years
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fem.pl. : necessary things
Syr
RHRB 89:16 ܠܢܦܩ̈ܬܐ܂ ܘܠܚܣܝܪ̈ܬܗ ܕܥܘܡܪܐ‏ : for the expenses and necessities of the monastery
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Books of Chronicles [Greek calque: Paralipomenon]
Syr
Rie 59:23 ܕܡܠܟܘ̈ܬܐ܂ ܕ܊܂ ܕܚܣܝܪ̈ܬܐ ܒ܊‏ : Kings:4 (books), Chronicles: 2 (books) [in a list of the "Old Testament" books]
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See also s.v. ḥsr adj.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 476[248]DJPA: 210bDJBA: 475aJastrow: 487Drower/Macuch: 125bJ. Payne-Smith: 151Levy Ch-W: 1:275Tal Sam: 287DCPA[Schulthess]: 135[68]DJA: 49bQumran: 88

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