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zhm vb. to be contaminated
GDDt
Gpəˁalto become fouled2 senses▶
1
to become fouled
JBA
BT Naz 28b(18)(Ar)↗ פיאה נכרית איידי דזהמא לא ניחא ליה‏ : one does not like a wig because it get dirty
2
to contaminate
Gal
VR 353:3(1) ↗ הוה מרגים ליה באבניא אמ׳ ליה פוק לאתרך לא תזהום"תזהמונ" ית ברייתא‏ : he would stone him with stone and said to him: go out to your place, do not contaminate the living beings
Dpaˁˁelto contaminate, pollute1 sense▶
to contaminate, pollute
Gal, Syr
VR 353:3(1)var.↗ text not cited : (see var. above) ; Am2 74:4↗ ܙܲܗܸܡ݂ܘ ܐܝܕܝ̈ܗܘܢ ܛܲܢ̈ܦܹܐ ܒܕܡܟܘܢ ܒܲܣܝ݂ܡܐ‏ : the polluted ones have polluted their hands with your sweet-smelling blood
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto stink2 senses▶
1
to stink
Syr, JBA, LJLA
IshLevit 61:8↗ ܘܫܟܢܝܢ ܥܠܘܗܝ ܕܒ̈ܒܐ ܐܘ ܡܕܡ ܐܚܪܝܢ ܘܡܙܕܗܡ‏ : flies or something else dwell on it and it stinks ; BT AZ 26a(49)↗ לא מזדהמנא באפי גבראי‏ : I shall not become foul smelling for my husband (by breast feeding a pagan's baby) ; TgPs106:20↗ תור דאכיל עסבא ומזדהם‏ : an ox that eats grass and stinks
2
to become contaminated
Syr
Kays 75:12↗ ܡܙܕܗܡܐ ܘܡܣ݂ܬܡܝܐ ܘܢ݁ܦܩܐ ܡ݂ܢ ܕܝܠ̈ܝܬܐ ܕܟܝ݁ܢܗ݀‏ : (the mind) becomes contaminated, blind, and leaves its natural characteristics
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 368[190]DJPA: 172bDJBA: 400aJastrow: 382Drower/Macuch: 163aJ. Payne-Smith: 111
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