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dmk (i[u]/u) vb. to lie down
GDCDt
Gpəˁalto lie down4 senses▶
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to lie down
Common Aramaic
CPA Job7:4↗ ܐܢ ܕܡܟܬ ܐܢܐ ܐܡܪ ܐܡܬܝ ܝܗܐ݁ ܐܝܡܡܐ‏ : If I lay down (to sleep!) I say: when will it be daytime? ; BT San 18b(38)↗ ובטיהרא בטול תינתא ידמוך‏ : (if the ox) can lie at noon in the shade of the fig tree
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to sleep
Common Aramaic
TgJ Ob1:5↗ אִם גַנָבִין אֲתוֹ עֲלָך אִם בָזוֹזֵי לֵיליָא אֵיכְדֵין הֲוֵיתָא דָמוּך עַד דִגנַבוּ מִסָתְהוֹן‏ : if thieves came upon you, if nighttime robbers, how is it that you were sleeping until they stole their entire amount? ; P Gn2:21↗ ܘܐܪܡܝ ܡܪܝܐ ܐܠܗܐ ܫܠܝܐ ܥܠ ܐܕܡ ܘܕܡܟ‏ ; P Is5:27↗ ܘܠܐ ܢܕܡܟܘܢ܂ ܘܠܐ ܢܫܪܘܢ‏ ; P Mt25:5↗ ܟ݁ܲܕ݂ ܐܲܘܚܲܪ ܕܸ݁ܝܢ ܚܲܬ݂ܢܵܐ܃ ܢܵܡ ܟ݁ܽܠܗܸܝܢ܂ ܘܲܕ݂ܡܸܟ݂‏ : so while the groom tarried, all of them dozed and slept ; ChronEdess 2:6↗ ܟܕ ܕܡܟܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܒܠܠܝܐ‏
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to sleep through
Syr
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to sleep through a dream
Syr
MiS 437a:2 ܡܬܐܡܪܐ ܕܫܪܐ ܗܘܐ ܘܕܡܟ ܚܠܡܐ ܕܡܫܘܕܥ ܥܠ ܐܒܕܢܗ‏ : it is said that he had been relaxing and saw a dream predicting its destruction
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+ ˁm, lwt : to lie with sexually
Sam, Syr, Man
Marqe 3.866↗ מן דמך עם בהמתה לא אשפיר בעובדה אך יתאבד ובהמתה עמה‏ : one who sleeps with his beast has not done well but rather is to be destroyed along with his beast ; P Ex22:15↗ ܢܕܡܟ ܥܡܗ‏ ; YBC 2364 1:7 ↗ azlat udimkat lut marẖ ḏbita uṭuhma šiqlat minẖ : she went and lay with the master of the house and took semen from him
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euph.: to have sex
LJLA
PJ Deut13:7↗ איתתך דדמכא בעבך או חברך‏ ; TgPs68:14↗ אין דמכין אתון בבתי תיאטריכון דמתילין לקילקלתא‏ : if you lie in "theaters", which are likened to garbage heaps
2
to die
Common Aramaic
P Je51:39↗ ܢܕܡ݂ܟܘܢ ܫܢܬܐ ܠܥܠܡ݂ ܘܠܐ‏ ; P Ps13:4↗ ܐܕܡܟ ܠܡܘܬܐ‏ ; ICor7:39↗ ܐܸܢ ܕܸ݁ܝܢ ܢܸܕ݂ܡܲܟ݂ ܒ݁ܲܥܠܵܗ܃ ܡܚܲܪܪܵܐ‏
3
fig. : to be motionless, take a rest from functioning
Gal, Syr
VR 248:2(5)↗ כהדא אילפא דדמכא בפילגוס דימא נחתא וסלקה נחתה וסלקה‏ : like a boat unmoving in the deep sea, it goes down and up, down and up ; DeMundo 154:19↗ ܕܡ݁ܝܐ ܓܝܪ ܐܝܟ ܕܒܫܪܪܐ ܐܦܢ ܐܝܬܝܗ݀ ܕܡ݂ܟܐ ܛܒ ܘܙܥܘܪܬܐ ܠܗܢ݁ܘܢ ܕܡܬܩܪ̈ܝܢ ܐܣܪ̈ܐ ܕܒܡܣܦܪܬܐ‏ : for it [God's action upon nature] is like-even though in truth it is very immobile and small -those things called scissor pins ; WisSol7:10↗ ܠܐ ܕܡܟ ܢܘܗܪܗ݀ ܕܝܠܗ݀ ܕܚܟܡܬܐ‏ : wisdom's light does not rest
4
(of inanimates) to spend the night
PTA
TN Deut24:12var.↗ לא ידמוך גבך משכונה‏ : his pledge must not spend the night with you
Dpaˁˁelto put to sleep1 sense▶
to put to sleep
Syr
JSB3 598:8↗ ܓܘܪܝܐ ܕܐܪܝܐ ܕܲܡܸܟ݂ ܢܲܦܫܹܗ ܒܝܬ ܥܢܝ̈ܕܐ‏ : the lion cub put himself to sleep among the departed ; ActsThom 290:3↗ ܗ݂ܘ ܦܬ݂ܚ ܬܪ̈ܥܐ ܘܕܡ݁ܟ ܠܢܛܘܪ̈ܐ‏ : He opened the gates and put the guards to sleep
Cˀafˁelto put to sleep2 senses▶
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to put to sleep
Syr
P Ju16:19↗ ܐܕܡܟܬܗ ܥܠ ܒܘܪ̈ܟܝܗ‏ : she put him to sleep on her knees ; P 2S12:9↗ ܘܝܗܒܬ ܠܟ ܒܢ̈ܬ ܡܪܟ ܘܢܫ̈ܘܗܝ ܕܡܪܟ ܐܕܡܟܬ ܒܥܘܒܟ‏ : I have given you your master's daughters, while your master's wives you made sleep in your lap
2
to bury
Sam
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto be put to sleep1 sense▶
to be put to sleep
Syr
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fig.:
Syr
TB 1:17.14↗ ܐܬܕܡܟܬ ܠܡ ܗܝܠܐ‏ : matter was put to sleep
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JLAtg perf. דמֻוך , ptcp. דָמֻוך !
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 310[157]DJPA: 152aDJBA: 343bJastrow: 313Drower/Macuch: Not in MDPayne-Smith: 918J. Payne-Smith: 94Levy Ch-W: 1:180Tal Sam: 187aDNWSI: 252Audo: 1:198DCPA[Schulthess]: 91[47]Qumran: 56

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