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zqp (a/u) vb. to erect; be erect
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Gpəˁalto raise something high5 senses▶
1
to raise something high
Common Aramaic
1Q63-68 3.2↗ עד ש]מין זקפין ּ[٠٠٠‏ ; TgJ Jer51:12↗ עַל שוּרֵי בָבַל זְקוּפוּ אָתָא‏ ; SYAP 4:19↗ קרנהון אנה עתיד זקיף למרוממייה‏ : I shall raise their horn to the heights ; BT Šab 53b(45)↗ דזקפי להו חוטמייהו‏ : (the sheep) raise up their noses ; BT Beṣ 22a(22)↗ קם שמעיה וזקף שרגא‏ : his servant arose and set up the candelabrum
(1)
to raise erect
Syr, LJLA
AphDem12.224:7↗ ܠܗܘܢ ܙܩܦ ܡܘܫܐ ܚܘܝܐ ܕܢܚܫܐ‏ ; EpisJer 27↗ ܐܦ ܠܐ ܐܢ ܐܢܫ ܢܙܩܘܦ ܐܢܘܢ ܢܬܬܙܝܥܘܢ‏ : nor can they move unless a person lifts them up ; PJ Gen31:45↗ ונסיב יעקב אבנא וזקפ{א}<ה> לקמא‏ : Jacob took the stone and erected it into a pillar
(2)
w. עין : to raise the eyes to look
JLAtg, PTA, LJLA
TgJ Is37:23↗ וֻקְֹדָם מַן אְרֵימתָא קָלָא וֻזקַפתָא לְרוּמָא עֵינָך‏ : before whom did you raise your voice and lift your eye on high? ; FTP Ex14:10↗ וזקפו בני ישראל ית עייניהון‏ ; PJ Gen13:10↗ וזקף לוט ית עינוי לזנו‏ : Lot raised his eyes toward harlotry
(3)
to plant
JBA
BT San 30b(35)↗ דשדיתו דקלי וזקפיתו להו‏
2
to suspend, hang
Syr, JBA
BT BM 59b(51)↗ text not cited
(1)
to crucify
Syr, JBA
P Gn40:19↗ ܘܢܙܩܦܟ ܥܠ ܩܝܣܐ‏ ; P Lk23:21↗ ܙܩܘ݂ܦ݂ܵܝܗܼܝ‏ ; BT Yom 87b(11)↗ חזייה לרב בחילמיה דזקפוה בבבל‏ : he saw in his dream that they hanged PN in GN
(2)
(math.) to add
Syr
Syn 151:23 ܙܩܦܘ ܪܒܝܬܐ ܥܠ ܩܪܢܐ ܟܥ ܡܡܫܚܥܝܬ‏ : they added improper interest to the principal
(1)
to append one sum to another
JBA
BT BM 68a(13)↗ דזקפי ליה רווחא אקרנא וכתבי לה בשטרא‏ : they append the (assumed) profit to the principal and write it in the contract
3
to stir up, rouse
Syr
apap 108:4 ܘܙܩ݂ܦ ܝܡܐ ܓ̈ܠܠܘܗܝ܂ ܐܝܟ ܕܢܣ݂ܩܘܢ ܠܥܠ ܡܢ ܩܝܣܗ݀ ܕܐܠܦ݂ܐ‏ : the sea stirred up its waves so as to go up over the ship's wood
(1)
to plow
Syr
P Is28:24↗ ܘܙܩ݁ܦ ܘܫ݁ܦܢ ܐܪܥܗ‏
4
(gram.) to pronounce with zqapa
Syr
BhGr 130:18 text not cited
5
to be straight up, erect
Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA
BT Ber 12b(1)↗ כי הוה כרע כרע כחיזרא כי זקיף זקיף כח{{ז}}ויא‏ : he used to bow down only like a thorn. He used to stand up only like a snake ; Mishqal Ainia 502↗ arbik burkak ḏiaminak uzqup bbrak ḏsmalak : kneel your right knee down and straighten up with your left knee ; TgJob29:8↗ וקשישיא קמו וזקפו‏ : the old men stood up erect
(1)
(the sea) to rise, make waves
Syr
EphNis 1:1.14↗ ܙܩܦ ܓܠܠܘ̈ܗܝ ܠܘܩܒܠ ܫܘܪ̈ܝܢ‏ ; AphDem14.247:15↗ ܙܩܦܘ ܓܠܠܐ̈‏
(2)
(hair) to bristle
Syr
P Job18:20↗ ܙܩܦܬ ܣܥܪܬܗܘܢ‏
(3)
to be crucified
Syr
Dpaˁˁelto raise a body part1 sense▶
to raise a body part
Syr, LJLA
P Sirach 27:14↗ ܡܘܗܒܬܗ ܕܪܫܝܥܐ ܡܙܩܦܐ ܡܢ̈ܐ ܕܣܥܪܐ‏ : a wicked person's gift is hair raising ; TgEsth106:11↗ זקף רישיה ואמר לה‏
Cˀafˁelto raise up1 sense▶
to raise up
LJLA
TgPs30:2↗ אשבחינך ייי ארום אזקפתני‏ : †
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto stand erect4 senses▶
1
to stand erect
JLAtg, Syr, LJLA
TgO Gen37:7↗ קַמַת אֵיסַרְתִי וְאַף אִזדְקֵיפַת‏ : my sheaf stood up and stayed erect ; P Gn37:7↗ ܘܗܐ ܩܡܬ ܟܦܝ ܘܐܙܕܩ݂ܦܬ‏ ; PJ Gen37:7↗ והא קמת {פ}<כ>ורכתי ואוף איזדקפת‏
(1)
to bristle
Syr
BhEth 397:4 ܡܘܪܩܘܬ ܐܦ̈ܐ ܘܡܸܙܕܲܩܦܵܢܘ݂ܬ݂ ܣܥܪ̈ܬܐ‏ : yellowing of the face and bristling of the hairs ; P Job4:15↗ ܘܐܙܕܩܦܬ ܣܥܪܬܐ ܕܒܣܪܝ‏ : my flesh's hair bristled
(2)
fig.: to persevere
Syr
(1)
to insist, urge forcefully
Syr
AGnEx 108.7↗ ܐܢܬ ܐܙܕܩܦܬ ܕܥܪܛܠ ܘܒܦܪ̈ܙܠܐ ܢܙܕܒܢ ܠܥܪ̈ܒܝ‏ : you insisted that he be sold to the Arabs naked and in irons
(3)
(gram.) to be pronounced with zqapa
Syr
MobergTerm 36* text not cited
2
to be crucified, hung
Syr, JBA, LJLA
P Dt21:22↗ ܢܙܕܩܦ ܥܠ ܩܝܣܐ ܘܢܬܩܛܠ‏ ; BT Meg 16b(35)↗ כולהו בחדא זקיפ̇א̇ אזדקיפו‏ : all of them were hanged on one gallows ; TgEsth109:13↗ וית עשרתי בנוי דהמן יזדקפון על קיסא‏
3
(the sea, storms) to rise up
Syr
P Jn6:18↗ ܝܲܡܵܐ ܕܸ݁ܝܢ ܐܸܙܕ݁ܩܸܦ݂ ܗܼܘܵܐ ܥܠܲܝܗܘ݂ܢ‏
(1)
fig.:
Syr
Jsddev2 69:14 ܐܡܬܝ ܕܡܙܕܩܦܝܢ ܥܠܝܢ ܚܘܬܚܬܘܗ̈ܝ‏ : when his incitements rise up against us
4
co-verbal : to get moving [=MT קום]
LJLA
PJ Gen21:18↗ אזדקפי טולי ית טליא‏ : [MT: קוּמִי שְׂאִי אֶת־הַנַּעַר]
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto stand in opposition, contradict2 senses▶
1
to stand in opposition, contradict
CPA
2
to hold oneself high
LJLA
PJ Num25:8↗ אזדקף שיקפא עיל מיניה עד דנפק‏ : the lintel stayed high above him until he had gone out
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See also s.vv. śgb, sqp. For Samaritan see also Tal pp. 608f. Given that śgb would seem to be the native Aramaic form of this root, combined with the absence of early usage of this form in Aramaic, zqp is probably an Akkadianizing form.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 394[204]DJPA: 181aDJBA: 419Jastrow: 410Drower/Macuch: 169bJ. Payne-Smith: 119Tal Sam: 238Audo: 1:288DCPA[Schulthess]: 114[57]BarBahlul: 698:5Qumran: 73

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