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zˁr (a/a) vb. to be(come) small
GDCGtDt
Gpəˁalto be small, to become small3 senses▶
1
to be small, to become small
Jud, JLAtg, Syr
34Se papDeed ar 2:1↗ text not cited ; TgJ 2Sam7:19↗ וֻזעַרַת עוֹד דָא קֳדָמָך‏ : this, too, was a minor matter for You ; P Job14:21↗ ܢܙܥܪܘܢ‏
2
to be lacking, to be few
OfAEast, JLAtg, Syr, LJLA
Asok.3↗ zˁyr mrˁˀ lklhm ˀnšn wklhm ˀdwšyˀ hwbd : there was little sickness for all those people and he did away with all misfortune ; TgJ Ez32:7↗ וְיִזעֲרוּן עַם מַשרְיָתָך דַהְווֹ סַגִיאִין כְכוֹכְבַיָא‏ : your camp's people, who were as many as the stars, will become few ; P Is21:17↗ ܕܒ̈ܢܝ ܩܕܪ ܢܙܥܪܘܢ‏ ; P Je29:6↗ ܘܣܓ݂ܘ ܬܡ݁ܢ݂ ܘܠܐ ܬܙܥ݂ܪܘܢ‏ : be many there, not few ; TgProv10:27↗ ושניא דרשיעי נזערן‏ : the years of the wicked will be few
(1)
w. npš
(1)
to faint
Gal, CPA, Syr
BR 307:5(1)↗ דלא ישהי ותזער נפשיה‏ : so that he should not stay too long (in the tepidarium) and faint ; LESC 79.2:22↗ ܒܟܢ ܙܥܪܬ݁ ܢܦܫܝ‏ : then I (almost?) fainted ; Ps-Clem Hom 7.314:1↗ ܡܢ ܚܕܘܬܐ ܣܓܝܐܬܐ ܢܦܫܗ݀ ܙܥܪܬ ܗܘܬ܂ ܘܠܡܚܣܢ ܕܝܢ ܕܢܚܝܠܝܗ݀ ܐܫܟܚܢ‏ : out of the great joy she fainted and only with difficulty were we able to revive her
(2)
to be disheartened or indolent
CPA, Syr
FMSD 35.2:2↗ ܠܟܘܢ ܘܠܐ ܬܝܙܥܘܪ ܢܦܫܟܘܢ‏ : do not be disheartened ; JulSok 381(187):9↗ ܘܬܚܒ ܘܐܘܦܝ ܚܝܠܗܘܢ ܙܥܪܬ ܢܦܫܗܘܢ‏ : their strength grew weak and powerless and! they were disheartened
3
to spare, withhold (?)
JLAtg
TgJ 2Sam18:16↗ אְרֵי זְעַר"מְנַע" יוֹאָב יָת עַמָא‏ : [MT כִּי־חָשַׂךְ יוֹאָב אֶת־הָעָם]
Dpaˁˁelto make small2 senses▶
1
to make small
Syr
TB 3:73.31↗ ܗ݀ܢܘܢ ܕܡܙܥܪܝܢ ܡܫܘܚܬܐ ܕܐܝܩܪܗ‏
(1)
to diminish
Syr
ES1 529:24 ܢܒܝܐ ܂܂܂ ܠܪܒܘܬܗ ܙܲܥܲܪ ܘܩܦܣ ܠܩܘܡܬܗ‏ : the prophet diminished his largeness and contracted his stature
(2)
fig.: to disdain, think little of
Syr
KwDW 175:11↗ ܠܐ ܬܬܦ݂݁ܠܓ ܘܬܙ݂݁ܥܪ ܬܪܥܝܬܟ‏ : do not doubt or think little of your mind
2
to curse
PTA, LJLA
FTP Num23:7↗ איתא כען לוט לי דבית יעקב ואיתא זעיר לי שבטיא דבית ישראל‏ ; PJ Num23:7↗ ואיתא זעיר לי ישראל‏ : †
Cˀafˁelto make small, diminish4 senses▶
1
to make small, diminish
JLAtg, Syr, LJLA
TgJ Amos8:5↗ לְאַזעָרָא מְכִילְתָא‏ : to diminish the measure ; EphPar 4:9.2↗ ܘܐܙܥܪܗ ܕܠܐ ܣܦ݂ܩ ܠܗ‏ : it has diminished it for it was insufficient for it ; P Am8:5↗ ܘܢܙܥܪ ܟܝ̈ܠܬܐ‏ ; PJ Num35:8↗ מן שבטא דעמיה סגי תסגון ומן שיבטא דעמיה זעיר תזערון‏ : you should take more from the tribe that has much and take less from the tribe that has little
(1)
fig.: to regard as of little worth
Syr
2
to do little
JLAtg, Sam, Syr, LJLA
TgO Num11:32↗ דְאַזעַר כְנַש עַסרָה דְגוֹרִין‏ : the one who did the least collected ten heaps ; SamTgJ Ex16:17↗ דאסגה ודאזער‏ ; P Ex16:17↗ ܘܐܝܬ ܕܐܙܥܪ /ܕܐܙܥܪ ܘܐܝܬ ܕܐܣܓܝ/‏ ; P 2K4:3↗ ܠܐ ܬܙܥܪܝܢ‏ : do not do too few ; PJ Ex16:18↗ לא אישתייר מן מכילתא מאן דאסגי למילקט ודאזער למילקט לא חסר מן מכילתא‏ : no measure was left over from the one who collected too much and no measure was defective from the one who collected too little
3
to make poor
Syr
IA1 262:v284 text not cited
4
to curse
PTA
TN Num23:7var.↗ ואזער דבית ישראל‏
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto become small1 sense▶
to become small
Gal, Man
PTHal 58.d:1[2]↗ קבייא באתריה{ון} רובעיא {אזדרעון}<אזדערון> ויאמר‏ : the qabs in his place became smaller by a fourth
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto be diminished, made small1 sense▶
to be diminished, made small
Syr, LJLA
RS8 68:8 text not cited ; PJ Gen1:16↗ ומן בתר כן אישתעיית סיהרא עילוי שימשא לישן תליתאיי ואיזדערת‏ : afterwards the moon spoke slander against the sun and was made small
§Form & Usage▶
Mand. ethp. ˁṣṭar; JLA G and C often confused in the imperfect; CPA also a/u; OfA apparently also(?) i/a
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Complete KWIC concordance
G (pəˁal)
D (paˁˁel)
C (ˀafˁel)
Gt (ˀeṯpəˁel)
Dt (ˀeṯpaˁˁal)
✎Notes & Bibliography▶
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 391[202]DJPA: 180bDJBA: 418aJastrow: 407Drower/Macuch: 392bJ. Payne-Smith: 119Tal Sam: 237DNWSI: 337Audo: 1:285DCPA[Schulthess]: 113[57]
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