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ˁmr (a/a) vb. to dwell
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Gpəˁalto dwell, inhabit2 senses▶
1
to dwell, inhabit
Nabatean, Hatran, Qumran, Jud, CPA, Syr, Man, LJLA
NabCvLet 1:.14↗ ˀnh mqẏmw bˁlh br ˁwtˀlhy br ḥlpˀlhy dy ˁmr bˁẏṅˀ šḥṙw : I PN who lives in GN ; H 343:.4↗ wkwl dy ˁmr bḥṭrˀ : and all who live in Hatra ; 5/6Hev 7..:25↗ די הן תתארמל ולא יהוא לה בעל די תהוא עמרה בבית אוריא‏ ; Lag(359) John1:14↗ ܘܡܠܬܐ ܒܣܪ ܐܬ݁ܥܒܕܬ ܘܥܡܪܬ݁ ܒܓܘܢ‏ : the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us ; P Gn4:20↗ ܐܒܐ ܠܥܡܪ̈ܝ ܡܫܟܢܐ‏ : [MT אֲבִי יֹשֵׁב אֹהֶל] ; P Lv18:3↗ ܐܝܟ ܥܒ݁ܕܐ ܕܐܪܥܐ ܕܡܨܪܝܢ ܕܥܡܪܬܘܢ ܒܗ݀ ܠܐ ܬܥܒܕܘܢ‏ ; JSBhom 71day5 1631↗ ܥܽܘܒܐ ܕܡܲܝ̈ܵܐ ܗܘܵܐ ܐܲܝܟ ܒܲܝܬܐ ܠܥܵܡܪ̈ܲܝ ܡܲܝ̈ܵܐ‏ : the water's womb became like a home for the water-dwellers (i.e., aquatic creatures)
(1)
to stay in place
CPA, Syr, Man
CPA Psalms16:12↗ ܗܝܟ ܓܘܪܝܐ ܕܥܡܪ ܒܛܡܘܪܝܢ‏ : like the whelp staying hidden ; SyrAhiq 4 284:8↗ ܟܠܒܐ ܕܫܒ݁ܩ ܡܪ̈ܘܗܝ ܘܐܬܐ ܒܬܪܟ ܒܟ̈ܐܦܐ ܪܓܘܡܝܗܝ܃ ܡܛܠ ܕܠܘܬܟ ܠܐ ܥ݁ܡܪ‏ : a dog that leaves its master and comes after you: stone it, because it will not stay with you
(2)
p.p. : as active perfective
CPA
FMSD 11.2:22↗ ܝܚܝ̈ܕܝܐ ܕܥܡܝܪ̈ܝܢ ܬܡ݁ܢ‏ : the monks who have been living there ; FMSD 12.2:21↗ ܠܝܬ ܠܝ ܥܡܝܪ ܬܡܢ ܣܓܝ ܩܝܪܘܣ‏ : I had not been living there a long time
(3)
metaph.
Syr
P Sirach 41:6↗ ܥܡ ܙܪܥܗ ܢܥܡܪ ܚܘܣܪܢܐ‏ : loss shall dwell with his offspring ; WisSol7:28↗ ܐܝܠܝܢ ܕܥܡܪܐ ܒܗܘܢ ܗܝ ܚܟܡܬܐ‏ : those in whom wisdom itself dwells
2
to be inhabited (?)
CPA, Syr
CPA Ex16:35↗ ܥܕܡܐ ܕܐܬ̈ܘ ܠܐܪܥܐ ܥܡܪܬܐ‏ : before they came to the inhabited land ; TB 1:9.24↗ ܐܪܥܐ ܚܪܒܬܐ݁ ܕܠܐ ܥܡܪܐ‏ : deserted land that is uninhabited
Dpaˁˁelto make dwell1 sense▶
to make dwell
Syr
(1)
to settle in (?)
Qumran, Sam
VisAmramc01.2.13↗ למ̇ק̇ם ולעמרה ולמבנא‏
(2)
to arrange, plant
Sam
Marqe 1.791↗ וביומה תליתה עמרת פתור‏ : on the third day I set a table
Cˀafˁelto make to dwell2 senses▶
1
to make to dwell
Syr
JulSok 275(134):16↗ ܗܠܝܢ ܕܚ̈ܛܗܝܢ ܐܥܡܪܘܢ ܥܡܗܘܢ݁‏ : those with whom our sins have made us dwell ; P Ps4:9↗ ܒܫܠܝܐ ܬܥܡܪܢܝ‏
(1)
to found a place for dwelling : see s.v. mˁmrn
Sam, Syr
Marqe 4.1021↗ ולגפנה עמרו וביתי חרבו‏ : they founded Jerusalem and destroyed my temple
(2)
to ascribe as a place of dwelling
Syr
AGnEx 22.27↗ ܘܐܦܢ ܠܠܘܝܬܢ ܢܒܝ݂̈ܐ ܒܝܡܐ ܡܥܡܪܝܢ ܠܗ‏ : even though the Prophets say that Leviathan lives in the sea
(3)
make cohabit with
Syr
1Esdras(3 Ezra) 8:89↗ ܐܥܡܪܢܢ ܢܫ̈ܐ ܐܚܪ̈ܢܝܬ ܓܢܣܐ‏ : we took wives of other nations
2
fig.:
Syr
ActsThom 194:14↗ ܒܨܦܬܐ ܘܒܥܩܬܐ ܡ݁ܥܡܪ ܠܗ݀ ܠܢܦܫܐ‏ : (gluttony) puts the soul in care and trouble ; JSBhom 71day3 916↗ ܠܲܐܝܟܵܐ ܕܲܨܒܵܐ ܕܢܲܥܡܲܪ ܐܸܢܽܘܢ‏ : whither He wanted to make (the water) dwell
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto inhabit2 senses▶
1
to inhabit
Syr, Man
2
to be inhabited
Syr, Man
Ctˀettafˁalto settle1 sense▶
to settle
Syr
1Esdras(3 Ezra) 5:45↗ ܘܐܬܬܥܡܪܘ ܟܗ̈ܢܐ ܘܠܘ̈ܝܐ ܘܗܢܘܢ ܕܡܢ ܥܡܐ ܕܝܠܗ ܒܐܘܪܝܫܠܡ‏
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The three roots corresponding to English "to live" in Aramaic must be carefully distinguished by the student. ḥyy means "to be alive", dwr normally means "to inhabit a dwelling", and ˁmr means "to inhabit a place", although there is some semantic overlap among them.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1113[532]Jastrow: 1090Drower/Macuch: 23bJ. Payne-Smith: 418Levy Ch-W: 2:225Tal Sam: 645DNWSI: 873DCPA[Schulthess]: 313[148]DJA: 72aQumran: 184

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