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yhb (a/a) vb. to give
GCGt
Gpəˁalto give8 senses▶
1
to give
Common Aramaic
P Jos15:19↗ ܕܒܐܪܥܐ ܕܬܝܡܢܐ ܝܗܒܬܢܝ‏ ; BT BM 84a(41)↗ אי הדרת בך יהיבנא לך אחתי דשפירא מנאי‏ : if you repent, I shall give you my sister who is more beautiful than I (in marriage) ; PJ Gen15:3↗ הא לי לא יהבת בר‏ : look, you have not given me a son
(1)
as a gift or donation
Common Aramaic
GenApoc 10.16↗ יהבת סולת נשיפא פילא במשח עם לבונא למנ̇ח̇א̇‏
(2)
to provide necessities
Common Aramaic
BT Yom 69b(32)↗ ניתבוה ניהלן לפלגא לפלגא מרקיעא לא יהבי‏ : let them give us half (of our request). They do not give half (a request) from heaven
(3)
to pay off an obligation
Common Aramaic
BT Ber 56a(10)↗ מאן דיהיב ליה זוזא מפשר ליה חילמיה לטבא‏ : he used to interpret a dream positively for one who paid him a zuz ; BT BM 79b(9)↗ כוליה אגריה בעי למתבא ליה‏ : he would want to pay him his entire fee
(4)
to give up something
Syr
Dalyatha 39:13↗ ܕܠܐ ܝ݂ܗܒܬ ܥܠܡܐ܃ ܘܢ݂ܣܒܬ ܡܥ݁ܠܡܢܐ‏ : you did not give up the world and take in return the praiseworthy One [=JDalBeulay 168:2]
(1)
w. nsb: to bargain, negotiate a commercial transfer
JLAtg, Sam
TgJ Zec5:6↗ דַהֲווֹ נָסְבִין וְיָהֲבִין בִמכִילְתָא דִשקרָא‏ : who were negotiating with the false measure
2
to place
Common Aramaic
Ezra 5:16↗ יְהַב אֻשַּׁיָּא דִּי־בֵית אֱלָהָא‏ : he installed the foundations of God's temple ; TgO Gen1:17↗ וִיהַב יָתְהוֹן יוי בִרקִיעָא דִשמַיָא לְאַנהָרָא עַל אַרעָא‏ : the Lord placed them in the sky to provide light on the earth ; EstR[2] 9.2(1)↗ ויהבוניה בחד בית עלם‏ : they put him in a cemetery ; TN Gen41:48↗ ושוי מזון בקרויא מזון תחומה דקרתא די חזר חזר לה יהב בגוה‏ : he placed the food in the towns: the food from the surroundings of the town he put inside it ; AphDem4.71:9↗ ܗܒ ܠܒܟ ܠܥܠ ܘܥܝ̈ܢܝܟ ܠܬܚܬ‏ : put your mind above and your eyes below ; P Gn1:17↗ ܘܝܗ݂ܒ ܐܢܘܢ ܐܠܗܐ ܒܐܪܩܝܥܐ ܕܫܡܝܐ‏ ; P 2Ch23:11↗ ܘܝܗܒܘ ܒܪܫܗ ܬܓܐ‏ ; BT AZ 65b(8)↗ דיהיב ליה קיטרי‏ : he used to place knots (on the vessels as identifying signs) ; TgEsth2 1:2(93)↗ ונסיב כיתרא דמלכות׳ ויהיב ית כיתרא ברישיה דמלכא שלמה‏ : it took the royal crown and placed the crown on King Solomon’s head
(1)
to make into, consign to
JLAtg, Syr
TgJ Mal2:9↗ וְאַף אֲנָא יְהַבִית יָתְכוֹן בְסִירִין וְחַלָשִין‏ : I also made you despised and weak ; AphDem11.202:4↗ ܠܐ ܗܘ݂ܐ ܐܒܐ ܠܚܕ ܥܡܐ ܝܗܒܗ ܐܠܗܐ܂ ܐܠܐ ܠܥܡ̈ܡܐ ܣܓ̈ܝܐܐ‏ : it is not that God made him father to a single nation but rather to many nations ; JulSok 13(3):9↗ ܟܠܗ ܩܝܡܐ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܠܨܥܪܐ ܘܠܒܙܚܐ ܐܬܝܗܒ‏ : all the holy clerics were given over to strife and shame ; P Ma2:9↗ ܐܢܐ ܝܗܒܬܟܘܢ ܫܝܛܝܢ ܘܡܟܝܟܝܢ‏
(1)
to assign to
JBA
BT Er 48a(30)↗ באמה של קודש יהבינן ליה, או באמה דידיה יהבינן ליה‏ : do we assign him with the cubit of sancta or assign him with his own cubit
(2)
p.p. : located, subject to
Sam
Marqe 1.630↗ רב הו איעשה דהוה יהיב תמן‏ : great was the despair that occurred there
3
to permit, allow
Sam, Syr, JBA, JBAg, LJLA
SamTgJ Num21:23↗ ולא יהב סיחון ית ישראל עבר בתחומה‏ : Sichon did not allow Israel to cross his territory ; Syr-RomLaw.45.17↗ ܐܦܠܐ ܠܒܪܗ ܒܪ ܟܝܢܗ ܝܗ݀ܒܝܢ ܠܗ ܢܡ̈ܘܣܐ ܕܢܛܪܘܕ ܐܢܫ ܣܦܝܩܐܝܬ‏ : the laws do not even allow him to drive away his natural son empty-handed ; BT Ḥul 86b(36)↗ אמרו ליה הבו ליבריך והדר אמרו ליה הב̇ו̇ לישתי‏ : they said to him: "allow him to make the blessing (after the meal);" they said to him again: "allow him to drink" ; BT Nid 64b(45)↗ דאהב לה בימי קטנות‏ : he permitted her (these nights) when she was a minor ; SSSad 232:15↗ האבי כען ואייבים יתיכי‏ : now please allow me to make levirate marriage with you ; PJ Gen6:3↗ הא יהבית להון ארכא מאה ועשרין שנין‏ : I hereby have allowed you an extension of 120 years
(1)
metaph. with non-human subjects
Syr
JSB4 138:2↗ ܕܢܗܠܟܘܢ ܒܗ݀ ܬܪܝܢ ܠܐ ܝܗܒܬ̤‏ : [the road] did not allow two to walk along it
(2)
to concede (i.e. to 'give in')
Syr
EphFid 52:12.4↗ ܐܘ ܗܒ ܕܟܦܘܪܐ ܗܘ ܐܘ ܗܒ ܕܙܐܦܢܐ ܗܘ‏ : either concede that he is a denier or concede that he is a falsifier
4
as co-verb: to be on the point of doing something, give oneself over to
Syr
SAOC11 45a:29 ܝܗ݂ܒ ܗ݂ܘ ܠܗ ܠܡܥܡܠ ܘܠܡܟ݁ܢܫܘ ܡܢ ܟܠܗܘܢ‏ : he gave himself over to work hard and collect from all of them
(1)
ܗܲܒܘ : come on!
Syr
P Ex1:10↗ ܗܒܘ ܢܬܚܟܡ ܠܗܘܢ‏
(2)
imv. הב ל : understood as : it is required for
Sam
MarqePoem5:28↗ הב לן משבחתה‏ : we must praise Him
5
idioms
(1)
w. ܒܢܫ̈ܐ : to give in marriage
Syr
ICor7:38↗ ܘܲܐܝܢܵܐ ܗܵܟ݂ܼܝܠ ܕ݁ܝܵܗܸܒ݂ ܒ݁ܬ݂ܘ݂ܠܬܸ݁ܗ‏
(2)
man yhb : would that (lit.: who will enable)
Syr, JBA
JulSok 169(81):25↗ ܘܡ݁ܢ ܝܗ݀ܒ ܗܘ݂ܐ‏ : would that were the case ; ActsThom 191:2↗ ܠܝ ܒܝܪܬܐ ܒܫܡܝܐ݂ ܡ݁ܢ ܝܗ݂ܒ ܠܝ‏ : would that I had a palace in Heaven ; BT Ber 41b(13)↗ מאן יהיב לן נגרי דפרזלא ונישמעינך‏ : would that we had iron legs so we could serve you
(3)
w. l_, ˁl : to hit, attack
Gal, Syr
BR 930:1(1)↗ והוון אמרין יהבון להון‏ : they would say "give it them!" ; IMac4:14↗ ܘܝܗܒܘ ܥܠܝܗܘܢ ܘܐܬܬܒܪܘ ܥܡ̈ܡܐ ܘܥܪܩܘ ܠܦܩܥܬ‏ : they attacked them, and the nations were smashed and fled to the plain
(4)
+ܛܘܒ : to pronounce blessed
Syr
EphNis 1:3.2↗ ܘܝܗܒܬ ܛܘܒܐ ܠܟܘܝܠܐ ܕܠܗ݀ ܓܠ̈ܠܐ ܗܘ ܒܠܚܘܕ ܟܪܟܘܗ݀‏ : I consider the Ark blessed that only the waves surrounded it
(5)
+self + direction : to set out for, commit oneself to
CPA, Syr
FMSD 3.1:7↗ ܝܗܒܬ ܕܝ ܓܪܡܝ ܠܡܕܒܪܐ‏ : I set out for the desert ; IIMac12:22↗ ܘܝܗܒܘ ܟܘܠܗܘܢ ܠܡܥܪܩ‏ : they all set out to flee
(6)
+ql : to raise the voice, make a loud noise
JLAtg, CPA, Syr, LJLA
TgO Num14:1↗ וַאֲרֵימַת כֹל כְנִשתָא וִיהַבוּ יָת קָלְהוֹן וֻבכוֹ‏ : the whole congregation raised their voices aloud and wept ; CPA Psalms45:4↗ ܝܗܒ ܩܠܗ ܘܐܬ݁ܥܟܪܘ ܡܝܗܘܢ‏ ; OS MkSin6:50↗ ܘܟܕ ܚܙܘܘܗܝ ܟܘܠܗܘܢ ܝܗܒܘ ܩܠܐ‏ ; JSBhom 8:435↗ ܗܵܐ ܫܡܲܝ̈ ܫܡܝܵܐ ܝܲܗܼܒ݂ܘ ܬܽܘܒ݂ ܩܵܠܵܐ‏ ; TgProv1:20↗ חכמתא בשוקא משתבחא ובשקקי יהבא קלה‏
(7)
iahib hamra : wine jug
Man
Rahmi 155.178:15↗ liahbia hamra ḏmlia hamra
(8)
for various other expressions, see the object word
Syr, JBA
6
w. b_: to sell for, exchange for
OfAEg-inf
TAD A2.4 V.9↗ והוי לקח שערן מן תשי ויהב בגשרן‏
7
to entrust
Gal
PTGit 47.b:37[2]↗ באילין דיהבון בניהון לאומנותא‏ : in the case of those who entrusted their children for a trade
8
to invest
Gal
PTAZ 42.c:18[2]↗ דיהב נפשיה על גזורתא‏ : he gave himself up for circumcision
Cˀafˁelto grant1 sense▶
to grant
CPA
RM 45:12 ܕܡܘܗܒ ܟܘܠܐ ܛܒܬ݁ܐ ܒܧ̈ܣܘܬܗܘܢ ܕܩܕܝܫܝܐ‏ : who grants all good at the beseechings of the holy ones
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be given3 senses▶
1
to be given
Common Aramaic
4QEng1.4.17↗ ויתיהבון בידהון‏ : they shall be delivered into their power ; TgO Gen38:14↗ וְהִיא לָא אִתיְהֵיבַת לֵיה לְאִיתוּ‏ : but she was not given to him in matrimony ; CPA John12:5↗ ܠܐ ܗܕܢ ܒܣܡܐ ܐܙܕܒܢ ܒܬܠܬ ܡ‍[‍ܐܐ‍]‍ ܕܢܪ̈ܝܢ ܘܐܬܝܗܒ ܠܡܣܟܝ̈ܢܝܐ‏ : (why) was this ointment not sold for 300 dinars and given to the poor? ; AphDem1.6:4↗ ܡܓܢ ܡܬܝܗܒܐ݂ ܘܡܓܢ ܡܬܢܣܒܐ‏ : freely given, freely taken ; P Ex5:13↗ ܕܡܬܝܗܒ ܗܘܐ ܠܟܘܢ ܬܒܢܐ‏ ; BTŠvu 39a(33)↗ אילימ׳ משום דאתיהיב בסיני עשר הדברות נמי בסיני איתיהיבו‏ : if we say because it [i.e. the Third Commandment] was given at Sinai, the Ten Commandments were also given at Sinai ; PJ Gen33:5↗ בניי הינון דאיתיהיבו לי‏ : they are my sons that have been given to me
2
to be granted, allowed
Syr
LawsCoun.12.12↗ ܘܐܬܝܗܒ ܠܗ݂ ܕܒܨܒܝܢ ܢܦܫܗ ܢܬ݁ܕܒܪ‏ : [Man] has been allowed to live by his own will
3
to be placed
JLAtg, Gal, PTA
TgO Lev11:38↗ וַאְרֵי יִתיַהבוּן מַיָא עַל בַר זַרעָא‏ : but if water should be put upon the seed ; TN Lev11:34↗ מכל מיכל די יתאכל די יתיהב עלוי מיין‏ : of every edible food upon which water is placed
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In JBA imperfect forms appear both as ליהב and ליתב , i.e. as if from the root ntb; infin. מיתב . See discussion s.v. ntn, which is used suppletively as the imperfect of this verb in many of the late dialects.
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 565[298]DJPA: 235bDJBA: 526bJastrow: 565Drower/Macuch: 189b, 8b, 342aJ. Payne-Smith: 188Levy Ch-W: 1:328Tal Sam: 335DNWSI: 442DCPA[Schulthess]: 157[79]DJA: 53bQumran: 100

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