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ḥtm, ḥtmˀ (ḥā/otem, ḥā/otmā) n.m. seal
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seal
Common Aramaic
AphDem11.214:11↗ ܚܬܡܐ ܘܪܘܫܡܐ ܠܝ̈ܠܕܘܗܝ‏ : a seal and a mark for his offspring ; P Je22:24↗ ܚܬ݁ܡܐ ܥܠ ܐܝܕܝ ܕܝܡܝܢܐ‏ ; JBABowl 64.1:15↗ בחותים כורסיה‏ : with the seal of his throne ; TgJob41:7↗ גיותנות פצידיא מתריסין ליה אחיד כחותם צאיר‏ : the pride of the pools: they protect him, closed like a tight seal
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sealed document
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CPA
CPAHor 446:1↗ ܫܝܠܡ ܠܝܟܝ ܚܬ݁ܡܝܗܘܢ ܕܢܒܝܐ‏ : greetings to you, seal of the prophets
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sign
CPA
CPA(le97) Rom 4:11↗ ܓܙܘܪ̈ܬܐ܀ ܚܬ݁ܝܡܐ ܕܝ ܕܨܕܩܐ ܐܘܦ ܗܝܡܢܘܬ݁ܗ ܗܕܐ ܕܝ ܕܒܥܘܪ̈ܠܬܐ‏ : circumcision: sign of the righteous and this faith of his that is in the foreskins
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CPA ܚܝܬܡ i.e. perhaps = #2? JBAmb may omit initial (and hence vowelless?!) ח
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The precise vocalization of this word in the earliest texts is unknown. Jewish texts show /o/ in the initial syllable, perhaps from Biblical Hebrew influence, but those forms need to be kept distinct from the verbal noun ḥwtm, q.v.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 505[264]Drower/Macuch: 128bJ. Payne-Smith: 164Levy Ch-W: 1:290DNWSI: 413DCPA[Schulthess]: 128[71]Qumran: 93

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