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ṭmr (a/u[a]) vb. to hide or bury s.t. in the ground
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Gpəˁalto hide in the ground or bury something2 senses▶
1
to hide in the ground or bury something
Common Aramaic
P Gn35:4↗ ܘܛܡ݂ܪ ܐܢܘܢ‏ ; P Ps31:5↗ ܡܨܝܕܬܐ ܗܕܐ ܕܛܡܪܘ ܠܝ‏ ; P Neh13:25↗ ܘܩ݁ܛܠܬ ܡܢܗܘܢ ܓܒܪ̈ܐ ܘܛܡ݁ܪܬ ܐܢܘܢ‏
(1)
lit.
Common Aramaic
11QtgJob 34.8=40:13↗ וטמר [ה]מ̇ון בעפר כח̇[דה‏ ; TN Ex2:12↗ וקטל ית מצרייה וטמריה בחלא‏ : he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand
(2)
fig.:
Addai.26.19↗ ܥܕܠܝܐ ܕܝܢ ܕܛܡܝܪܐ ܒܗ ܟܐܢܘܬܐ݂ ܕܝܠܟܘܢ ܗܘ‏ : the blame, in which the truth is hidden, is yours
(1)
to hide, to conceal
Qumran, PTA, CPA, Sam, LJLA
GenApoc 6.12↗ וטמרת רזא דן בלבבי ולכול אנוש לא אחויתה‏ : I hid this secret in my heart and did not reveal it to anyone ; TN Ex3:6marg.↗ ואטמר/וטמר/ משה אפוי‏ : Moses hid his face ; CPA Deut7:20↗ ܘܗܠܝܢ ܕܛܡܝܪ̈ܝܢ ܡܢ ܩܘܕܡ ܐܦ̈ܝܟ‏ ; CPA Psalms30:21↗ ܬ݁ܛܡܘܪ ܝܬ݁ܗܘܢ ܒܛܡܘܪܝܐ ܕܐܝܦ̈ܟ ܡܢ ܥܪܒܘܒܐ ܕܒܢܝܢܫܐ‏ : you should hide them in the hidden places of your presence from human disturbance ; Marqe 1.628↗ ותסק ערדניה ותטמר כל ארע מצרים‏ : let the frogs emerge and cover the entire land of Egypt
2
to penetrate
Syr
JohEphB 281:12 ܛ݁ܡܪܝܢ ܒܡ݁ܫܪܝܬܗ ܕܡ݂ܢܕܪ‏ : penetrating into PN's camp
Dpaˁˁelto conceal2 senses▶
1
to conceal
JLAtg, Sam, LJLA
TgO Gen31:27↗ לְמָא טַמַרתָא לְמֵיזַל וְכַסִיתָא מִנִי‏ : why did you conceal your going and cover it from me? ; TgJ Is16:3↗ טַמַרִי מְטֻלטְלַיָא וֻמבֻדְרַיָא לָא תְקָרְבִין‏ : hide the wanderers and do not go near the dispersed ones ; SamTgJ Ex2:12↗ וקטל ית מצראה וטמרה בחלה‏ : he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand ; TgIChron 21:20↗ וארבעתי בנוי מטמרן מן קדם מלאכא‏ : while his four sons were hiding from the angel
2
to bury (??)
Syr
Cˀafˁelto conceal2 senses▶
1
to conceal
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, LJLA
TgO Ex2:2↗ וְאַטמַרתֵיה תְלָתָה יַרחִין‏ : she hid him for three months ; TgJ 2K11:2↗ וְאַטמַרוּ יָתֵיה מִן קְֹדָם עְתַליָה וְלָא אִתקְטִיל‏ : they hid him from Athaliah and he was not killed ; PTSan 29.b:25[2]↗ ואטמרון בעיליתיה‏ : he hid them in his attic ; TN Ex2:3↗ ולא יכלת תוב למטמרה יתיה‏ ; PJ Ex2:3↗ ולא הוה אפשר לה תוב לאטמרתיה‏ : she was unable to hide him any more ; TgIIChron 18:24↗ הא את חמי ביומא ההוא די תיעול תוון בגוא תוון לאטמרא‏ : on that day you are going to see that you enter into one room after another to hide
2
to bury
Gal
PTShvi 38.d:32[2]↗ אזל ואטמריה הן דדכי‏ : he went and interred him where he had purified (the ground
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto hide oneself2 senses▶
1
to hide oneself
JLAtg, Syr, JBA, LJLA
TgJ Jer36:19↗ אִיזֵיל אִיטְמַר‏ : go and hide ; P Is2:10↗ ܘܐܬܛܡܪܘ ܒܥܦܪܐ‏ ; BT San 14a(40)↗ ר׳ זירא הוה קא מיטמר מלמיסמכי‏ : PN used to hide himself to avoid being ordained ; PJ Gen3:8↗ ואיטמר אדם ואינתתיה מן קדם ייי‏
(1)
as co-verb : to do something in secret
JLAtg, Sam, LJLA
TgO Gen31:27↗ לְמָא טַמַרתָא"אִטְמַרתָא" לְמֵיזַל‏ ; SamTgJ Gen31:27↗ למה אטמרת למעקר‏ : why did you flee in secret? ; PJ Gen31:27↗ למא איטמרת ל‏
2
to be buried
Syr
Bhchr 51:10↗ ܟܕ ܗܲܝܵܐ ܐܸܬ݁ܛܲܡܪܲܬ̤‏ : she was buried alive ; Chrmin ܐܬܛܡܪ ܬܚܝܬ ܡܕܝܪ̈ܐ‏ : he became buried under the dwellings
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto hide, conceal oneself1 sense▶
to hide, conceal oneself
Qumran, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, LJLA
TgJ Is40:27↗ מִטַמרָא אוֹרחִי מִן קְֹדָם יוי‏ ; KohR[1]11:1(11)↗ ואיטמר תותי ערסא‏ : he hid under the bed ; GT B Gen4:14↗ וּמֶן קְדָמֵיךְ אְדנָי לֶית אֶפְשַר לברנש לְמֶטַמָָּרה‏ : it is not possible, Lord, for a person to hide himself from you ; GT G Exod20:2↗ אנא אנא הוּא מלקדמין יחידא ٠٠٠ ומכל עין מִטַמָּר‏ : I am the one alone from the first ... and hidden from every eye ; Lag(374) John8:59↗ ܐܬ݁ܛܡܪ ܘܢܦܩ ܠܗ ܡܢ ܢܘܣܐ‏ : he hid and left the Temple ; PJ Num5:13↗ ויהי מכסי מעיני בעלה ומיטמרא‏ : should it be hidden from her husband's sight and she hides
Ctˀettafˁalto be buried, concealed in the ground1 sense▶
to be buried, concealed in the ground
Syr
Rie 125:23 ܣܝܵܢܵܐ ܕܝܢ ܕܝܠܗ ܕܓܘܒܐ ܙܕܩ݁ ܕܢܸܣܲܩ ܡܢ ܒܬܪܟܢ ܘܢܬܬܛܡܪ ܒܚܲܩܠܐ ܒܕܘܟܬܐ ܢܲܩܕܬܐ‏ : it is proper for the pit's mud to come out afterwards and be buried in the field in a clean place
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impf. is known only from Syr. and LJLA, where it is /u/, but presumably it was /a/ in an earlier period
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ithpe and ithpa forms cannot be easily disambiguated in unvocalized texts in the JLA tradition. Moreover, the G examples of "to hide" from Qumran (and, of course, CTLevi) may well belong rather to D.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 537[280]DJPA: 227aDJBA: 507bJastrow: 540Drower/Macuch: 180bJ. Payne-Smith: 176fLevy Ch-W: 1:308Tal Sam: 317aDCPA[Schulthess]: 151[76]Qumran: 96

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