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Note: the primary source itself has an uncertain reading here (marked with a slash in the text), not a manuscript variant. The entries below are speculative alternate readings, listed in sequence.

Variant reading 1 of 2

w_ c
w_ (wə_) conj. and, also


l_ p03
l_ prep. to, for


)m noun sg. emphatic
ˀm, ˀmˀ (ˀem, ˀemmā) n.f. mother
1 mother Com. ▶ more

--(a) of human beings Com.

(a.1) אימא דאימא : maternal grandmother JBA.

(a.2) fig.: abbess Syr.

(a.3) אמה רבתי : grandmother JBA.

--(b) of animals Com.
2 origin, source Syr. ▶ more

--(a) main shoot of a vine Syr.

--(b) of branching roads Gal.

--(c) +ܕܪܹܝܫܵܐ : top of the head Syr.

--(d) fig. : the way a stone of a fruit is attached to the flesh JBA.

--(e) w. hšuka : (?) Man.
3 fig.: central city of a region, metropolis Syr. ▶ more

--(a) central, main piece JLAtg.
4 +ܕܓܲܡܠܸܐ : a musical instrument Syr.


Variant reading 2 of 2

)w c01
ˀw (ˀaw/ˀō) conj. or
1 or Com.
2 ˀw ... ˀw : if . . . but if, whether . . . or Com. ▶ more

--(a) alone : if, but if JBA, JBAg, Man.
3 equivalent to MT אִם as the second clause in a question Qum, Gal.
4 with comparative adjs. or actions (calque of Greek): rather than, more than Syr.