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ytyr (yattīr) adj. excessive, extra
1
excessive, extra
Common Aramaic
TAD A6.9 .6↗ יתיר פתף אל תנתנו להם‏ : do not give them extra rations ; ADAB A.1:R:9↗ ˀp nhmrnytˀ ytyr yḥyṭw ˁlyhm : moreover they imposed an additional surcharge on them ; Dan 2:31↗ צַלְמָא דִּכֵּן רַב וְזִיוֵהּ יַתִּיר‏ : that image was large and its splendor excessive ; Trf 1.1.11↗ lˀ yhwˀ gbˀ ˀgwrˀ mn ˀnš mdˁm ytyr : he must not collect any extra fee at all from anyone ; TgO Num3:46↗ דְיַתִירִין עַל לֵיוָאֵי‏ : which are extra for the Levites ; Marqe 3.18↗ ואתמסר לי׳ בקנאה יתרה‏ : he devoted himself to the Lord with exceptional zeal ; P Lv25:27↗ ܘܢܦܢܐ ܝܬܝܪܐ‏ : he should return the extra amount ; BT Šab 51b(28)↗ נטירותא יתירתא‏ : additional watchfulness ; BT BB 104b(1)↗ ואי איכא יתירא למליתא דתשעת קבין הדרי‏ : if there is an additional amount (in the area of the field) above the quantity of nine qabs it returns ; BT Bek 3b(30)↗ בריותא יתירתא ,, כחישותא יתירתא‏ : excessive obesity/emaciation ; PJ Ex26:12↗ פלגות יריעתא דיתירא תשפע על אחורי משכנא‏ : the half of the curtain that is extra will overflow into the back of the tabernacle
(1)
superfluous
JLAtg, Syr, JBA
TgO Ex26:13↗ וְאַמְתָא מִיכָא וְאַמתָא מִיכָא בִדיַתִיר בְאוֹרַך יְרִיעָת מַשכְנָא‏ : one cubit on either side extending beyond the length of the tent’s curtains ; EphFid 2:10.2↗ ܢܫܐܠ ܝܬܝܪ̈ܬܐ‏ ; TB 3:28.20↗ ܕܒܣܓܝ ܕܝܢ ܢܐܡܪ ܥܠ ܗ݀ܢܝܢ ܕܓܠܝܢ ܐܢܝܢ ܟܒܪ ܝܬܝܪܬܐ ܗܝ‏ : that we should talk much about those things that are clear is probably superfluous ; IshDan 105(26)↗ ܝܬܝܪܐ ܗܘ ܫܘܐܠܟ ܕܡܬܩܪܒ ܠܢ‏ : your inquiry toward us is a superfluous thing ; BT Meg 11a(45)↗ דקרא יתיר‏ : a superfluous biblical verse ; BT MQ 8a(12)↗ כוליה קרא יתירא היא‏
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cognomen
Syr
BhGr 7:22 text not cited
(3)
estranged
Syr
AphDem14.262:15↗ ܐܢܬ ܡܢ ܚܝ̈ܐ ܝܬܝܪܐ ܠܐ ܬܗܘܐ‏ : you will not be estranged from life ; AphDem14.289:16↗ ܘܥܒ݁ܕ ܠܗܘܢ ܝܬܝܪ̈ܐ ܠܚܝܝܗ̈ܘܢ‏ : (Satan) makes their lives lost ; JulSok 177(85):4↗ ܟܒܪ ܕܝܢ ܐܝܬܝܟ ܗܫܐ ܝܬܝܪܐ ܠܚܝ̈ܝܟ݂‏ : you would have been estranged from your life
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sublime, superior
Man
GY 1:3↗ almia ḏnhura iatiria ḏˁlauia kulhun ˁubadia : the sublime worlds of light that are above all works
(1)
wealthy
Man
GY 387:22↗ mindam mitpik iatir{{ia}}<<ẖ>> miskina hauia umiskina iatira hauia : everything will be turned upside down: rich will become poor and poor will become rich
2
absolute as adverb : more
OfAEg, OfAPer, OfAEast, Palmyrene, Jud, JLAtg, Gal, CPA, Syr, LJLA
Trf 2.3.127↗ dnr ˀw ytyr ; XHev/Se 9.3↗ סאין תלת הן חסיר או יתר‏ : three seah, be it more or less ; TgO Lev22:23↗ וְתוֹר וְאִימַר יַתִיר וְחַסִיר נְדַבתָא תַעְבֵיד יָתֵיה‏ : an ox or a sheep, more or less (=MT שָׂרוּעַ וְקָלוּט, i.e. with excess limbs or missing limbs!) you may make into a free-will offering (but not as a vow) ; JulSok 43(18):8↗ ܕܡ݁ܠܟܐ ܩ݁ܪܐ ܐܢܬ ܠܗ ܠܫܢܝܐ ܘܠܐ ܝܬܝܪ ܛܪܘܢܐ‏ : that you call the crazy one king, and not more, the tyrant
(1)
ytyr mn : more than
OfAGen, OfAEg, OfAPer, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Syr, LJLA
IduOstr 4:84.5↗ הן 50 והן יתיר̇ מ̇נ̇ה‏ : be it 50 or more than that ; TAD A4.7R.3↗ ולרחמן ישימנך קדם דריוהוש מלכא ובני ביתא יתיר מן זי כען חד אלף‏ : may he grant you favor before King Darius and the princes a thousand times more than now ; TAD A6.9 .6↗ והן יהוה באתר חד יתיר מן יום חד‏ ; TgJ Is4:5↗ יַתִיר מִן יְקָרָא דַאְמִיר לְאֵיתָאָה עְלוֹהִי שְכִינְתָא תְהֵי מַגְנָא עְלוֹהִי כִגנוּן‏ : more than the glory that was said to bring the Shekhinah upon it, it will protect it like a canopy ; PRK300.5↗ יתיר מן אילין אנא חייב לך‏ : I owe you more than these ; TN Gen19:9↗ נבאש לך יתיר מנהון‏ : we will make things worse for you than for them ; Hom13 5.1:2↗ ܐ݁ܫܦܘܪ ܠܡܪܐ ܝܬܝܪ ܡܢ ܥܓܠ ܛܠܐ݁‏ : let me please the Lord more than a young calf ; P Gn37:3↗ ܘܐܝܣܪܝܠ ܪܚ݁ܡ ܗܘܐ ܠܗ ܠܝܘܣܦ ܝܬܝܪ ܡܢ ܟܠܗܘܢ ܒܢ̈ܘܗܝ‏ : Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons ; PJ Gen22:1↗ אנא זכאי יתיר מינך‏ : I am more righteous than you
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יתיר על [Hebraism]
JLAtg, LJLA
TgO Gen48:22↗ וַאֲנָא יְהַבִית לָך חוּלָק חַד יַתִיר עַל אֲחָך‏ ; PJ Gen48:22↗ חולק חד למתנא יתיר על אחך‏ : [MT: שְׁכֶם אַחַד עַל־אַחֶיךָ]
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ܡܢ ܕܝܬܝܪ : much more
CPA
(3)
especially
Syr
AGnEx 128.27↗ ܡܛܠ ܫܘܦܪܗ ܕܝܢ ܕܡܘܫܐ ܘܫܪܪܗ܂ ܘܝܬܝܪ ܡܛܠ ܐܠܗܐ‏ : because of Moses' beauty and his truth, but especially because of God ; IshIsa 6:5↗ ܝܬܝܪ ܕܝܢ ܐ݁ܡܪ ܥܠ ܐܣܬܪܐ‏ : but he especially refers to Ishtar
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ܡܢ ܝܬܝܪ
Syr
DQLA 206.5 ܒܐܝܢܐ ܡܢ ܝܬܝܪ ܡܬܩܫܐ ܥܠܘܗܝ ܩܪܒܐ‏ : for whom the battle is especially difficult
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ܝܬܝܪ ܒܝܬܝܪ܂ ܝܬܝܪ ܥܠ ܝܬܝܪ : more and more
Syr
JulSok 137(65):27↗ ܝܬܝܪ ܥܠ ܝܬܝܪ‏
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ܝܲܬܿܝܼܪ ܚܲܣܝܼܪ : more or less : see s.v. ḥsyr adj.
Syr
(6)
ܒܝܬܝܪ : moreover, additionally
Syr
LSt.91:24↗ ܘܒܝܬܝܪܐ ܗܒܠܝ ܓܙܪ̈ܐ‏ : additionally give me some carrots (or: slices?)
3
(math.) uneven, odd
Syr
SbS 8:12 ܡܢܝܢܐ ܂܂܂ ܫ݁ܘܝܐ ܗܘ܂ ܐܘ݁ ܝܲܬܝ݂ܪܐ‏ : a number is an even one or an odd one
4
fem. subst. : lobe, appendage
Sam
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 589[313]DJPA: 248aDJBA: 547aJastrow: 604Drower/Macuch: 187bJ. Payne-Smith: 199Levy Ch-W: 1:349Tal Sam: 370DNWSI: 481DCPA[Schulthess]: 169[89]

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