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dbḥ, dbḥˀ (dḇaḥ, diḇḥā) n.m. animal sacrifice
1
animal sacrifice
Common Aramaic
Xanthos.1.16↗ wr/dḃṣ/ḥ/ šnh bšnh twr : and an annual animal sacrifice of a bull ; Ezra 6:3↗ בַּיְתָא יִתְבְּנֵא אֲתַר דִּי־דָבְחִין דִּבְחִין‏ : let the temple, a place where they make animal sacrifices, be rebuilt † ; P Num25:2↗ ܕܒܚ̈ܐ ܕܐ̈ܠܗܝܗܝܢ‏ ; BT Hag 10b(4)↗ ממאי דהאי וחגתם אתו חג לייי דיבחא הוא‏ : from what (do we know) that (the verse) וְחַגֹּתֶם חַג [Num 29:12] refers to a sacrifice? ; BT Zev 36a(28)↗ זיבחא גופיה‏ : the sacrifice itself
(1)
a meal made from such a sacrifice
Syr, LJLA
TgProv17:1↗ טבא הוא לחמא שרבתא"שריבתא" ושליותא בה מן ביתא דמלי דבחי דדינא‏ : dry bread with tranquility is better than a house full of contested slaughterings
2
fig.: victim
Syr
3
holiday requiring a special animal sacrifice
JBA
HP Sassoon(1) 182.23↗ דיבחיא דימטליא‏ : the holidays [i.e. the first two days] of Sukkot
(1)
specifically, Passover
JBA
BT Pes 42b(21)↗ מן דבחא לעצרתא‏ : from Passover to Shavuot
(2)
of Christ, the Passover sacrifice
Syr
ES2 24:3 ܕܒܚܐ ܡܪܢܐ‏
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feast
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 269[138]DJPA: 138aDJBA: 326bJastrow: 277Drower/Macuch: 107aJ. Payne-Smith: 81Levy Ch-W: 1:159Tal Sam: 165DNWSI: 301Qumran: 49

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