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yrt (i/a) vb. to inherit
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Gpəˁalto inherit2 senses▶
1
to inherit
Common Aramaic
Sf.1.c24↗ ˀl yrt šṙ[š//]h ˀšm : let his posterity not inherit a name ; TAD B2.6 R.21↗ הו ירתנה בנכסיה וקנינה‏ : he shall inherit her property and purchased possessions ; TgJ Is63:18↗ זְעֵיר דִירִיתוּ עַמָא דְקוּדשָך‏ : little is what Your holy people inherited ; SamTgJ Gen15:3↗ ואה בר ביתי יירת יתי‏ ; P Gn15:4↗ ܠܐ ܢܐܪܬܟ ܗܢܐ‏ : this one shall not inherit you ; BT Ket 108b(11)↗ אילו מאן דעסיק בתורה הוא דירית מאן דלא עסיק בתורה לא ירית‏ : does one who engages in the study of Torah inherit and one who does not engage in the study of Torah not inherit? ; PJ Gen15:3↗ והא בר פרנסת ביתי ירת יתי‏ : now my majordomo is going to inherit me
(1)
to profit, i.e., to inherit things of value
Syr
OS MkSin8:36↗ ܐܢ ܗܘ ܕܥܠܡܐ ܟܘܠܗ ܢܐܪܬ‏ ; P Gn13:12↗ ܘܝܪܬ ܥܕܡܐ ܠܣܕܘܡ‏ ; WisSol3:5↗ ܕܩܠܝܠ ܒܩܐ ܐܢܘܢ ܘܩܠܝܠ ܐܬܪܕܝܘ ܣܓܝ ܢܐܪܬܘܢ‏ : those whom He examined a little and were chastised a little shall profit a lot
2
to take possession
Common Aramaic
TgO Deut3:12↗ וְיָת ארעא הָדָא יְרֵיתנָא בְעִידָנָא הַהוּא‏ ; SamTgJ Ex2:24↗ רת וסדר בה קרבה‏ : take possession and battle for it ; IMac7a1 1:32↗ ܘܫܒܐ ܢܫ̈ܐ ܘܛ̈ܠܝܐ ܘܒܥܝܪܐ ܝܪܬ‏ : he captured the women and youths while taking possession of the livestock
Cˀafˁelto bequeath2 senses▶
1
to bequeath
Gal, Syr, LJLA
SYAP 33:11↗ בַיְתַא ירתַּת ולמרדכי ארתת‏ ; AphDem1.20:4↗ ܘܐܘܪܬ ܐܪܥܐ ܠܒ̈ܢܝ ܐܝܣܪܝܠ‏ ; P Je12:14↗ ܒܝܪܬܘܬܐ ܕܐ݁ܘܪܬܬ ܠܥܡܝ‏ ; PJ Deut18:8↗ דאוריתו להון אלעזר ואיתמר אבהתהון‏ : that their fathers PN1 and PN2 bequeathed to them
(1)
to make an heir of
Syr
(2)
to hold responsible for
LJLA
TgJob13:26↗ ותורתנני עויית טליותי‏ : you would hold me responsible for the sins of my youth
2
to dispossess (Hebraism)
Jud, JLAtg
5/6Hev 7..:56↗ ל̇[מ]קנא ולמזבנו ולמנחל ולמורתו ולמרהן ולמנתן‏ : to buy and sell, to bequeath and to disinherit, to pledge and to give ; TgJ Jos14:12↗ text not cited : †
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be given as an inheritance2 senses▶
1
to be given as an inheritance
Syr
2
to take possession
JLAtg
TgJ Jos23:5var.↗ וְתֵירְתוּן"ותתירתון" יָת אְרַעהוֹן‏ : †
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JLAtg C אורית; אירית
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The single OA example (Sf.1.c24 is dubious: possibly to be read as the beginning of a reflexive verbal form such as yrtšm?; for we would have expected the form to be spelled with shin rather than taw in Old Aramaic.
"To dispossess" is a Hebrew calque.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 585[310]DJPA: 246aDJBA: 543bJastrow: 598J. Payne-Smith: 197fLevy Ch-W: 1:346Tal Sam: 362DNWSI: 471Audo: 1:441DCPA[Schulthess]: 167[87]DJA: 55aQumran: 107

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