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The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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mtl noun sg. emphatic
mtl, mtlˀ (mṯal, maṯlā) n.m. parable
1 parable, riddle JLAtg, Gal, CPA, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA. ▶ more

--(a) moral tale CPA, Sam, Syr.

--(b) proverb Gal, CPA, Syr.

--(c) astonishing tale or example JLAtg, Syr, LJLA.
2 w. (to raise, take up) : prophetic oracle Qum, JLAtg, Sam, Syr, LJLA.