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ṣpp vb. to burn
GD
Gpəˁalto burn wildly, sizzle2 senses▶
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to burn wildly, sizzle
Syr
Gr 97:3 ܐܟܙܢܐ ܕܠܓܘܙܠܬܐ ܒܥܪܝܪܝܬܐ ܕܡܢ ܢܘܪܐ܃ ܕܢܗܡܐ ܘܡܫܘܪܐ ܘܨܐܦܐ‏ : as for a wild flame from the fire that groans and leaps and sizzles
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fig.:
Syr
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to move to attack
Syr
IsHex 5:29 ܨ݁ܦܝܢ ܐܝܟ ܐܪ̈ܝܘܬܐ‏ : [LXX: ὁρμῶσιν ὡς λέοντες]
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to be distressed
Syr
OS MtSin26:37↗ ܘܫܪܝ ܗܘܐ ܠܡܬܟܡܪܘ ܘܠܡܨܦ ̈‏ : he began to become sorrowful and distressed
2
to make dry, thirsty
Syr
ESVirg 164:13↗ ܠܦܩܚܐ ܒܪ ܝܘܡܐ ܨܦܘ ܚܢܩܘܗܝ ܒܟܢܫܗܘܢ‏ : together they dried out and strangled the one-day-old blossom
Dpaˁˁelto leap about1 sense▶
to leap about
Syr
IsHex 35:6 ܗܝ݁ܕܝܢ ܢܨ݁ܦܦ ܐܝܟ ܐܝܠܐ ܚܓܝܪܐ‏ : [LXX: τότε ἁλεῖται ὡς ἔλαφος ὁ χωλός]
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The passage cited under "to move to attack" would best be emended to a form of ṣpḥ (q.v.) were it not for the D form cited from the same text meaning "to leap"; see the discussion in Bernstein, ZDMG 4(1850):201. Apparently, for this translator, the two verbs may have been interchangeable.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1298[634]Payne-Smith: 3428

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