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ḥyry (ḥērāy) adj. free
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free
Sam, Syr, Man, LJLA
SamTgJ Ex21:5↗ לא אפק חראי‏ ; BHMQ7 2.1.4 ܡܢ ܨܒܝܢܗܘܢ ܚܐܪܝܐ‏ : from their free will ; IVMac14:2↗ ܘܡܢ ܚܐܪ̈ܐ ܚܐܪܝܝܢ ܗܘܘ‏ : they were more free than freemen ; PJ Lev19:20↗ והיא אמתא וחרתא מתארסא לגבר חרי‏ : she being a maidservant or(?) a free woman engaged to a free man
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free royal worker (?) [=MT הַכְּרֵתִי]
Syr
P 2S8:18↗ ܘܒܢܝܐ ܒܪ ܝܘܝܕܥ ܥܠ ܚܐܪ̈ܐ ܘܥܠ ܦܠܚ̈ܐ‏ : while PN was in charge of the independent contractors and the attendants ; P 2S20:7↗ text not cited
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שׁלח לחירי : to set free
Sam
SamTgJ Ex21:26↗ לחראי ישלחנה תחת עינה‏ : he must set him free in return for his eye
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noble, aristocratic
Hatran, Syr, JBAg, Man
H 107:.5↗ byt ḥd/r/yˀ ˁlyˀ d[y] sgyl hyklˀ rbˀ : the upper chamber of nobles/joy?/ of the sanctuary of the great temple ; AGnEx 6.5↗ ܡܛܠ ܕܓܚ݂ܟ ܗܘܐ ܒܒܪܗ݀ ܕܚܐܪܬܐ‏ : because he made fun of the son of the noble lady ; Addai.18.18↗ ܪ̈ܫܢܐ݂ ܘܚܐܪ̈ܐ ܕܡܠܟܐ݂݁‏ : the king's magnates and nobles ; HippAp 9(21)↗ ܪܒܘܬܐ ܕܝܢ ܕܦܓܪܐ ܒܥܠܝܡܘܬܐ ܡ݁ܢ ܚܐܪܝܐ ܘܠܐ ܠܐ ܗܢܝܐܐ‏ : largeness of body in youth is noble and not unbecoming
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Syr. fem. ܚܐܪܝܬܐ܂ ܚܐܪܬܐ‏; Sam. חראי
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Note that in P 1Kg הַכְּרֵתִי is rendered rather as "bowmen".
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 403[252]Drower/Macuch: 127aJ. Payne-Smith: 122Tal Sam: 297

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