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dly vb. to draw out or up
GDDt
Gpəˁalto draw out (liquid)2 senses▶
1
to draw out (liquid)
JLAtg, PTA, Sam, Syr, JBA, JBAg, LJLA
TgO Ex2:16↗ וַאְתַאָה וֻדלַאָה וֻמלַאָה‏ : they came, drew out, and filled ; TN Ex2:16↗ text not cited ; SamTgJ Ex2:16↗ ואתי ודלי ומלי ית מרכעיה‏ : they came, drew up, and filled the troughs ; P Ex2:16↗ ܘܐܬ̈ܝܢ ܘܕܠܝ̈ܢ ܘܡ̈ܠܝܢ ܪ̈ܗܛܐ‏ : they would come and draw water and fill the troughs ; BT BQ 27b(27)↗ דכל יומא הוה דלי חד מיניהו‏ : every day one of them used to draw water ; PJ Ex2:19↗ דלה לן ואשקי ית ענא‏ : he drew water for us and watered the small cattle
2
metaph.: to lift out
PTA, Syr, LJLA
GT E Gen37:28↗ ודלון ואסקן ית יוסף מן גובה‏ : they lifted and raised Joseph out of the pit ; P Lk14:5↗ ܡܲܢܘ݂ ܡܸܢܟ݂ܘ݂ܢ ܕ݁ܢܸܦܸ݁ܠ ܒ݁ܪܸܗ܂ ܐܲܘ ܬ݁ܲܘܪܸܗ܂ ܒ݁ܒ݂ܼܪܵܐ ܒ݁ܝܲܘܡܵܐ ܕ݁ܫܲܒ݁ܬ݂ܵܐ܃ ܘܠܵܐ ܡܸܚܕ݂ܵܐ ܕ̇ܵܠܸܐ ܡܲܣܸܩ ܠܸܗ‏ : who among you whose child or ox should fall into a well on the Sabbath day would not immediately draw him out and raise him up? ; PJ Gen41:14↗ ודלוניה מן בית אסירי‏ : they took him out of prison
(1)
to lift up
JBAmb, JBA, Man, LJLA
JBABowl 29.1:13↗ וכל דנידלי ראשיה‏ : whoever raises his head ; BT BB 73b(35)↗ חדא דליא לי אטמא וחדא דליא לי גדפא‏ : one lifts a leg to me while one lifts a wing to me ; PJ Num14:14↗ למככא טוריא וגלימתא ולמדלי מישריא‏ : to lower the mountains and the hills and to lift up the plains
(2)
to hang up
LJLA
TgEsth301:6↗ אשלי מטכסין צביען כארגונא דלין עלוי סגלגלין דכסף‏ : silver rings hung on it
Dpaˁˁelto bring up out, to extract3 senses▶
1
to bring up out, to extract
Syr
EphFid 54:3.3↗ ܢܚܬ ܬܘܒ ܘܕܠܝ ܐܢܘܢ ܡܢܗ ܕܦܘܠܦܠܐ‏ : he again descended and brought them up out of from the stained state
2
to lift up
Syr, JBA, JBAg, Man
JSBhom 125:73↗ ܐܸܢ ܠܲܡܪܲܘܡܵܐ ܢܕܲܠܸܝܢܝ ܗܲܘܢܵܐ ܠܵܟ ܚܵܙܸܐ ܐ̄ܢܵܐ‏ : if the mind should lift me up to the heights I shall see You ; BT Sot 34a(40)↗ דטעונה דמדלי איניש לנפשיה לכתפיה תילתא דטעונה הוי‏ : a load which a person can raise by himself to his shoulder is a third of a load (which he can carry if placed there by another) ; Anan 20:11↗ דלוי<י> ידא ומיסגד‏ : raising the hand and prostrating
(1)
to raise (the eyes)
Syr, JBA
BT Pes 113b(7)↗ ולא מדלי עיניהו ומיסתכלי בהי‏ : they do not raise their eyes and look at them ; BT Meg 16a(29)↗ דלי עיניה וחזייה‏ : he raised his eyes and saw her
(2)
to heal : see s.v. mdly n.m.
Man
GS 52:7 ↗ ˁu mhata mahilia šuba hu niˁiasian unidalian : should the Seven strike me a blow, he will cure and heal me
(1)
w. מן : to allow temporary relief to
LJLA
PJ Deut32:50↗ דלי מיני דאעבור ית יורדנא‏ : grant me leave to cross the Jordan ; PJ Deut32:50↗ ואתקנס דין קטול ולא דלו מיניה‏ : he was punished with a verdict of death and they did not grant relief from it
(3)
p.p. : (of stature) tall
Syr
(4)
(of wind) to become forceful (compare American "to pick up")
JBA
BT BM 86a(40)↗ דלי זעפא, דלייה לההוא טייעא‏ : the storm became powerful and picked up that Arab
(5)
to move something upstream
JBA
BT Qid 72a(1)↗ וגי{{רש}}^שר^א דפרת לתתאי הוה קאי, האידנא הוא דלייוה פרסאי‏ : the Euphrates bridge used to be located downriver; but now the Persians moved it upstream
3
to hold back, suspend
JBAg
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto be drawn out2 senses▶
1
to be drawn out
Syr
(1)
to be rescued (from water)
Syr
ESSerm2 1:v33 ܐܝܟ ܕܐܬܕܠܝ ܡܢ ܝܡܐ‏ : just as (Jonah) was rescued from the sea ; JoshStyl 4.4↗ ܡܬܕ݁ܠܐ ܐܢܐ ܡܢ ܝܡܐ ܕܐܪܡܝܬܢܝ ܒܗ‏ : I have been rescued from the sea into which you threw me
(2)
(well) to have its water drawn
Syr
BHBS.M Min 1.3.4.5 ܒܪ̈ܐ ܕܩ݁ܝܡܝܢ ܡܝ̈ܗܝܢ ܟܡܐ ܕܡܬܕ̈ܠܝܢ ܡܝ̈ܐ ܐܚܪ̈ܢܐ ܒܕܘܟܬܗܘܢ ܡܬܢܬܦܝܢ‏ : as wells whose water is stagnant are drawn out of, other water drips into its place
2
to be lifted up
JBA, Man
JBABowl 55.1:5↗ דמישפלי דמידלי‏ : who are lowered and raised up
(1)
to be exalted
JBA, Man
BT Bek 8b(26)↗ מאי חזיה דאזיל להיכא דמידלו מיניה‏ : is it proper for him to go where they are of higher status than he is?
(2)
to rise
JBA
(1)
to be relieved, recover
JBA, Man
BT BB 16b(39)↗ הינו דאמרי אינשי, אידלאי יומא אידלאי קצירה‏ : that is what people say: the sun rose and the sick person rose ; ShPDm 508↗ utihuilia asuta ldilia unitasia unidalia hazin pagra : may I have healing and this body be healed and recover
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The reading and interpretation of TrShem 2a:6 as a T-stem of this root (read as אדלי) is highly uncertain; the manuscript seems to have undergone several corrections at that point.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 304[154]DJPA: 150bDJBA: 339aJastrow: 310Drower/Macuch: 110b, 111aPayne-Smith: 903J. Payne-Smith: 92Levy Ch-W: 1:177Tal Sam: 183aDCPA[Schulthess]: 89[]

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