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Variant reading 1 of 2

ywm noun pl. absolute
ywm, ywmˀ (yawm/yōm/yūm, yawmā) n.m. day
1 day Com. ▶ more

--(a) with number: the day of the week .

(a.1) with a cardinal JPAEpig, Gal.

(a.2) with an ordinal .

--(b) ܝܘܡ ܡܢ ܝܘܡ, ܝܘܡ ܒܝܘܡ : day by day, day after day Syr.

(b.1) ywmn lywmn : daily(? see note) OA.
2 pl.: time period Com. ▶ more

--(a) lifetime Com.

(a.1) mn y'_ : during the lifetime of Gal, CPA, JBA.
3 daytime, sun light (at the end of the day) JLAtg, Syr. ▶ more

--(a) as divine witness OA.
4 this day = today adv. (see also s.v. ywmdn, ywmˀ dyn adv.) OfA, OfA-Egypt. ▶ more

--(a) (with other pronouns as adverbials) .

--(b) emph. : today (adv.) [i.e. calque of Hebrew היום] Sam.
5 סדר יומא : the talmudic tractate on Yom Kippur JBA.
6 +d_ : conj. : when, whenever Com. ▶ more

--(a) (alone) OfA-Egypt.


Variant reading 2 of 2

l_ p03
l_ prep. to, for


zmn noun sg. abs. or construct
zmn, zmnˀ (zman, zimnā) n.f./m. set time; instance
1 set time Com, -OA -Syr. ▶ more

--(a) לִזמַן : after the period of time of ... JLAtg.

(a.1) לזמן, לזימנין : subsequently JBA, LJLA.

--(b) מִזמַן לִזמַן‏ : season after season JLAtg.

--(c) summons to appear at a set time OfA-Iran.

(c.1) summons to court, i.e., subpoena JBA, JBAg.

--(d) abs. as adv. : for a set time, for a short time JLAtg.

--(e) dating JBA.
2 instance Qum, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, JBA, JBAg, LJLA. ▶ more

--(a) כִזמַן בִזמַן : adv. : as usual JLAtg.

--(b) כזמן + time period, + ב + time period : time period after time period JLAtg.

--(c) בֵּהּ־זִמְנָא : at that moment BA-Da.

(c.1) ביביזימנא LJLA.
3 pl. abs. : sometimes Qum, Gal, PTA, JBA, LJLA.
4 assembly (??) from Heb. מועד Qum, JLAtg, PTA, LJLA.
5 now (?) Syr.
6 בֵית זִמנָא : rest period (?), rest place(?) JLAtg.
7 agreed upon signal (BH מוֹעֵד) JLAtg.