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zbn, zbnˀ (zḇan, zaḇnā) n.m./f. time
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time, instance
Palmyrene, Jud, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBAmb, Man, LJLA
PAT278:1.4↗ ˀty lkˀ yt lgynyˀ zbnyn sgyˀn : he brought the legions here many times ; XHev/Se 50.21↗ ובזבן די תאמר לנה‏ : whenever you tell us ; TNM Lev25:8↗ שובין דשנין שבע {שנין} זבנין‏ ; SamTgJ Ex18:25↗ יוזף עליכון כבתכון אלף זבנים‏ : may he add onto you 1,000 times like you ; OS MtSin17:15↗ ܘܟܡܐ ܙܒܢܝܢ ܓܝܪ ܒܢܘܪܐ ܢܦܠ ܘܟܡܐ ܙܒܢ̈ܝܢ ܒܡ̈ܝܐ‏ : sometimes he falls into fire and sometimes into water ; P Ex10:17↗ ܐܦ ܗܫܐ ܫܒܘܩܘ ܣܘܪܚܢܝ ܗܢܐ ܙܒܢܐ‏ : now, too, forgive my crime this time ; JBABowl 142.1:11↗ עדאמי דנמטי זבן ואידן‏ : until the time and moment arrives ; TgTosPr Isaiah.66:23↗ תלת זימנין/זבנין/ בשיתא‏ ; TgTosPr Isaiah.66:23var.↗ תלת זימנין/זבנין/ בשיתא‏ : three times a year
(1)
ܒܗ ܒܙܒܢܐ : at that very moment, immediately
Syr
AphDem23.476:4↗ ܘܗܘܐ ܡܡܘܠܐ ܒܗ ܒܙܒܢܐ ܕܡܝܬ ܓܒܪܐ ܙܕܝܩܐ‏ : the Deluge occurred at the very moment that a righteous man died
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stretch of time, period
Syr
BrCh ܬܘ ܒܙܒܢܐ ܢܘܚܝܐ‏ : in Noah's time ; OS LkCur20:9↗ ܘܥܢܕ ܙܒܢܐ ܣܓܝܐܐ‏ : he went away for a long time ; IshGen 197:23↗ ܒܡܟܬܒܢܘܬ ܙܒܢ̈ܐ ܕܓܪܝܓܘܪܝܘܣ ܡܦܪܝܢܐ‏ : in the chronicles of patriarch PN
(1)
physical age, aging
Syr
(1)
especially : time of maturity
Syr
ThbK2 46:8↗ ܕܩܢܐ ܠܓܒܪܐ ܒܙܒܢܗ‏ : a beard of a man when he is matured
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expressions:
Syr
(1)
abs.: for a long time (?)
Palmyrene
PAT+11.8↗ dy hww ytbyn zbn mḥṭˀ ˁl šyrtˀ : who stayed damaging the caravan for a long while [=Greek ἐπί χρόνον]
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ܒܙܒܢ܂ ܒܙܒܢ ܙܒܢ : see s.v. bzbn adv.
Syr
(3)
ܙܒܢ̈ܬܐ : adv. : many times
Syr
BHPO31 212.2↗ ܐܝܟ ܕܙܒܢ̈ܬܐ ܐܦܘܕܝܟܣܐ ܥܒ݂ܕܢܢ‏ : as we have many times demonstrated
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ܡܢ ܙܒܢܐ : at any previous time
Syr
SinSatan2 17:4↗ ܥܒܕܘܬܐ ܕܠܟܝ ܦܠܝܚܐ ܠܝ ܠܐ ܦܠܝܚܐ ܠܐܢܫ ܡܢ ܙܒܢܐ‏ : the service I have done for you has never before been done by anyone
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ܝܘܡܐ ܕܙܒܢܐ : seasonal festival
Syr
BarHex 1:14 ܒܝܘܡ ܕܥܐܕܐ݂ ܘܒܝܘ̈ܡܬܐ ܕܙܒܢܐ‏
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ܒܠܐ ܙܒܢܐ timeless, beyond the concept of time
Syr
(7)
bla zibna, bla zibnia : in no time, not at the expected time
Man
ATS 2.4:1748↗ upraṭ purṭta brqiha bla zibna ˁtatna ˁlẖ hatma : a cleft opened up in the sky and a seal was placed on it in no time ; GY 223:1↗ umapqilin lnišmata mn pagraihin bla zibnaihun : they take the souls from their graves before their time
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construct state -- w./w.o. ܒ : at the time of, during
Syr
BHCandBak 422:7 ܙܒܢ ܒܠܵܥܵܐ‏ : during swallowing ; BHNom 221:19↗ ܘܙܒܲܢ ܦܘܪܥܢܐ ܠܐ ܢܫܬܟܚܢ ܚܛ̈ܐ ܒܕܘܟܬܐ ܕܐܫܬܘܕܝ ܕܒܗ݀ ܢܦܪܘܥ‏ : at the time of payment there is no wheat available where he promised to pay
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as an abstract concept
Syr
(1)
temporality, fragility
Syr
BO3/1 331b:23 ܥܠܡ ܙܒܢܐ‏ : the temporal world
(1)
ܕܙܒܢܐ or as nomen rectum : temporary (opp. ܕܠܥܠܡ)
Syr
JSB4 185:17↗ ܐܦ ܫܘܒܩܢܐ ܕܙܒܢܐ ܗܘܐ ܠܗ‏ : he only had temporary forgiveness ; DeathSatan3 5↗ ܗܵܕܸܐ ܡܼܝܬܽܘܬܵܐ ܕܦܲܓܪܵܐ ܫܸܢܲܬ ܙܲܒܢܵܐ ܗ̄ܝ‏ : this bodily death is a temporary sleep
(1)
temporal
Syr
Narsai 2:1:2 ܐܝܡܬ ܫܠܡ ܥܠܡܐ ܕܙܒܢܐ‏ : when the temporal world ends ; EphFid 83:14.5↗ ܒܡܪܓܢܝܬܐ ܕܙܒܢܐ ܢܚܙܝܗ ܠܗ݀ܝ ܕܠܥܠܡ‏ : let us see in the temporal pearl that one that is eternal ; ActsThom 223:14↗ ܠܐ ܡܕܡ ܣܟ ܡܢ ܐܪ̈ܥܢܝܬܐ ܗܠܝܢ ܕܙܒܢܐ ܐܢ̈ܝܢ݁‏ : nothing at all of these terrestrial things that are temporal
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(gram.) tense
Syr
BhGr 163:11 ܬܪ̈ܝܗܘܢ ܙܒܢ̈ܐ ܣܟ̈ܢܝܐ‏ : the two finite tenses
(3)
(math.) pl. : times larger
Syr
BHCandBak [198]:5 ܘܫܡܫܐ ܗܐܘ ܗܟܘܬ ܡܬܬܙܝ݂ܥ܂ ܘܡ̈ܐܐ ܘܫܬܝܢ ܘܫܝܬ ܙܒܢ̈ܝܢ ܗ݀ܘܐ ܐܝܟ ܐܪܥܐ‏ : the Sun moves the same and is 166 times as large as the earth
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fem. in CPA; generally masc. in Syriac but feminine in the sense of "instance" with pl. both in -īn and -ān (see s.v. zbnh!
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✎▶
A phonetic variant of zmn. See also s.v. bzbn adv.
The entry zbn #3 "assembly, gathering" in DCPA should be deleted. See s.v. mškn.
The expansion of the concept from "set time" (see s.v. zmn n.m./f.) into the abstract idea of "time" is surely due to Iranian influence.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 363[187]DJPA: 171bDrower/Macuch: 165a, 157aJ. Payne-Smith: 109fTal Sam: 220DNWSI: 305DCPA[Schulthess]: 107[53]

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