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zmrh, zmrtˀ (zammārā, zammārtā) n.f. songstress
√ zmr, zmrˀ n.m.
1
songstress
Syr, Man
P Sirach 9:4↗ ܥܡ ܙܡܪܬܐ ܠܐ ܬܣܬܘܕ܂ ܕܠܐ ܬܘܒܕܟ ܒܫܘܥ̈ܝܬܗ‏ : do not talk to a songstress, lest she ruin you with her stories ; JohnBook 95:8↗ ḏazil aluat zamarta uzira zara ḏkadba : who goes to a songstress (i.e. harlot) and sows rotten seed
(1)
musician
LJLA
TgQoh2:8↗ וקתרוסין ואבובין לזמרא בהום זמריא וזמרייתא בבית משתי חמרא‏ : lyres and pipes for the male and female musicians to play on in the wine-drinking house
2
a kind of female demon
JBAmb
JBAmb2 51:7↗ אנתי זני זמרתא זניתא ליליתא דשריה בביתיה‏
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In JBAmagic and Mandaic the songstress is associated with prostitution.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: Drower/Macuch: 159b, 169aJ. Payne-Smith: 118
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