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ḥwr (ḥiwwār) adj. white
1
white
Common Aramaic
Brussels 54.4↗ qpn ḥrn zy ˁmr : white ?? of wool (but the reading and interpretation are dubious!) ; NTA.4:18↗ ˀwrh | swsyn | ḥwrn yhb | lšhr : his stable shall provide (or: he shall provide a team/stable/ of) white horses for DN) ; IduOstr 1:189.4↗ חורא רבע כפת חזהאל‏ : ?? ; Dan 7:9↗ לְבוּשֵׁהּ כִּתְלַג חִוָּר‏ : his clothing like white snow ; QumNJ 2:8::3↗ [٠٠٠٠ ]כותליא אבן ח[ור‏ : the walls: white stone ; QumNJ 5:1:1:6↗ ר]ציפין באבן חור‏ : paved with white stone ; TgJ Zec6:3↗ וֻבִרתִיכָא תְלִיתֵיתָא סוּסָוָון חִוָרִין‏ : white horses were on the third chariot ; P Gn49:12↗ ܘܚܘܪ̈ܢ ܫ̈ܢܘܗܝ ܡܢ ܚܠܒܐ‏ : his teeth are whiter than mill ; P Mt5:36↗ ܕ݁ܣܲܥܪܵܐ ܐܘ݂ܟ̇ܵܡܬ̇ܵܐ܂ ܐܲܘ ܚܸܘܵܪܬ̇ܵܐ‏ ; BT AZ 28a(43)↗ חיואר רישיה‏ : its [i.e. the pustule's] top part is white ; GY 9:15 ↗ hahˁ arqa ḏaiar hiuartia : that white land of ether ; PJ Gen30:37↗ וקליף בהון קליפין חיוורין לגלאה חיוורא דעל חטרייא‏ : he peeled white peelings in them in order to reveal the white on the rods
(1)
(pottery) unglazed
JBA, Man
BT Ber 28a(17)↗ חצבי חיוורי דמליאן סר{{י}}קאתא‏ : white jugs that had been filled with worthless things ; BT AZ 39a(32)↗ חפייה במשיכלי חיוארי‏ : he covered it with white basins
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(of other colors) light, pale
JBA
BT BM 28a(22)↗ בחיורא וסומקא‏ ; MG 22:73.1.19↗ כי צוציתא דנורא חיורתי‏ : like a pale curl of fire
2
white clothing
Sam, Syr
SamTgJ Lev6:3↗ וילבש כהנה מדי עבר‏ : the priest should wear cloaks of white fabric ; P Acts10:30↗ ܟ݁ܲܕ݂ ܠܒ݂ܼܝܫ ܚܸܘܵܪܸ̈ܐ‏
(1)
pl. white cloths as decoration
Syr
JulSok 463(228):20↗ ܚܕܝܬ ܘܪܘܙܬ ܘܐܬܦܨܚܬ܂ ܘܠܒܫܘ ܫܘ̈ܩ݁ܝܗ݀ ܚܘܪ̈ܐ݂‏ : [Edessa] was happy, celebrated and rejoiced, and its market squares were dressed in whites
(1)
ܫܒܬܐ ܕܚܘܪ̈ܐ : Easter week
Syr
Bhchr 284:14↗ ܒܝܘܡ ܐܪܒܥܐ ܕܫܒܬܐ ܕܚܸܘܵܪܹ̈ܐ‏
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silver
Sam, Syr
DuvB2 12:4 ܗܘܠܐ ܕܣܘܡܩܐ ܘܕܚܘܪܐ‏ : the substance of red stuff (i.e., gold) and of white stuff (i.e., silver)
4
subst.: white, white object
OAEast, Syr, JBAg
Brussels 54.5↗ ḥwr zy ˁmr mn ˁz wyd ˀsḥr šmh ydkn : they have placed white goats' wool into your hands through PN ; LSt.155:4↗ ܐܘܟܡܐ ܕܥܝܢܗ݀ ܝܬܝܪ ܗܘ ܡ݂ܢ ܚܘܪܗ݀‏ : the black part of her eye is greater than its white part ; Kays 227:12↗ ܐܝܟ ܚܘܪܐ ܕܒܝ݂ܥܬܐ ܠܡܘ݂ܩܪܐ‏ : as the egg-white (surrounds) the yolk ; HM(1) 83:(1)3↗ כגבר דלביש חיורין‏ : a man wearing white (clothes)
(1)
white stone, limestone
Palmyrene
PAT1624:1.11↗ ktl dy ḥwrˀ ˀw ḥmryn dy yrḥ : a wall of white stone or of crescent-shaped beads †
(2)
fem.pl. : white hair
Syr, JBA
P Is47:2↗ ܓܠܝ ܬܚܦܝܬܟܝ ܓܘܙܝ ܚܘܪ̈ܬܟܝ‏ : uncover your veil, shear your white hairs ; P Sirach 30:24↗ ܕܠܐ ܒܙܒܢܗܝܢ ܡܦܩܐ ܚܘܪ̈ܬܐ ܨܦܬܐ‏ : worry produces white hairs before their time ; WisSol4:9↗ ܚܘܪ̈ܬܐ ܕܝܢ ܐܝܬܝܗܝܢ ܣܘܟܠܐ ܕܐܢܫܐ‏ ; BT Ber 28a(3)↗ והא לית לך חיורתא‏ : do you not have white hair?
(1)
ܐܟܠ ܚܸܘܵܪ̈ܵܬܸܗ : one who eats his own grey hair, a term of disrespect for an elderly person
Syr
Am7 79:4↗ ܡܢܐ ܬܘܒ ܒܥܐ ܐܢܬ܃ ܐܲܟܹ݁ܠ ܚܸܘܵܪ̈ܵܬܹܗ‏ : what else do you want, old man? ; Pel 7.27 ܐܘ ܡܢܟ ܠܐܪܣܐ܂ ܐܟ݁ܠ ܚܘܪ̈ܬܗ‏ : O you old joker
(3)
fem. : a type of white flour
JBA
MG 18:56.1.34↗ סמידא לא איכא חיוריתא איכא זיל איתי לי חיוריתא‏ : there is no fine flour, but there is white flour; go bring me white flour
(4)
white spot on meat and/or an anatomical feature
JBA
BT Git 68a(5)↗ אנא מיכל אכילנא וטעימנא טעמא דחיוורא‏ : I was simply eating it and tasted a taste of a white spot ; BT Ḥul 55b(1)↗ חיוורא"חיוורתא" דתותי מתני‏ : the white section below the loins
5
fig.: acrimonious (? see s.v. #2?)
Man
6
transparent
JBA, Man
BT Git 68b(29)↗ וחפייה קינא בזוגיתא חיוורתא‏ : he covered the nest with transparent glass [so the bird could see its young inside!] ; GY 32:13↗ iardnia ḏalmia ḏnhura mia hiuaria mlin : the rivers of the worlds of light are filled with transparent water
(1)
fig. : clear, understandable
JBA
BT Qid 39a(38)↗ לא חווריתו‏ : you are not clear
7
(of trees) non-productive (?)
Syr, JBA
BBah 2029:3↗ ܬܐ̈ܢܐ ܚܘܪ̈ܬܐ‏ : glossed as ةين شاهنجير ; BT Ber 40b(48)↗ תאני חוורתא‏ : "white" figs
(1)
(of land) non-irrigated (?)
Jud
5/6Hev 7..:44↗ וכות ארעא חורתא ותמריא די בה‏ : similarly [i.e. in addition to the irrigated property] the "white" land and the palms in it
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White clothing and hangings are a sign of joy and celebration, black ones of mourning and sadness; compare Jul 228:20 etc., with the use of ˀwkm at Jul 123:1.
For fem. as substantive, see s.v. ḥwrh n.f.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 432[223]DJPA: 189bDJBA: 450bJastrow: 452Drower/Macuch: 142a, 117aJ. Payne-Smith: 134Levy Ch-W: 1:244Tal Sam: 257DNWSI: 356DCPA[Schulthess]: 123[61]BarBahlul: 733:9Qumran: 79

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