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dyr, dyrˀ (dayyār, dayyārā) n.m./adj. inhabitant
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inhabitant
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Sam, Syr, JBAmb, JBA, Man, LJLA
TgO Gen23:4↗ דַייָר וְתוֹתָב אֲנָא עִימְכוֹן‏ : I am a resident alien with you ; SYAP 47:9↗ למפרנסה בחכמה לכל דאירי עלמה‏ : to sustain all the world's inhabitants with wisdom ; TN Gen18:25↗ דיירי ארעא‏ : inhabitants of the land ; MarqePoem14:124↗ שמשה דדלק בכסיאתה מן דיארין דכסיאתה‏ : the sun that burns among the secret things from the inhabitant of the secret things ; ApocDan.38.8↗ ܘܡܫܲܘܚܕܐ ܡܢ ܕܝܪ̈ܝܗ݀‏ : deprived of its inhabitants ; JBABowl 78.1:10↗ בני ארעא מקטלא דירה‏ : sons of a land (that) kills its inhabitants ; GY 33:1 ↗ ˁzil kbuš hšuka udaiaria ḏminẖ ˁtigbil : go and subdue the darkness, and the inhabitants that were formed from it ; PJ Gen1:5↗ ועבדיה למפלח ביה דיירי עלמא‏ : he made (the daytime) for the world's inhabitants to work in it
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unspecialized (?) monk
Syr
Vc 88:24 ܠܩܛܝܩܪ̈ܐ ܘܕܝܪ̈ܝܐ ܘܫܗܪ̈ܐ‏ : litter bearers, monk residents, and nighttime guards
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proselyte
JBA
BT Git 54a(11)↗ דיירא בר דיירתא‏ : a proselyte the son of a proselyte (f.)
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 300[147]DJPA: 146aDJBA: 330aJastrow: 297Drower/Macuch: 99aPayne-Smith ~: 850J. Payne-Smith: 91Levy Ch-W: 1:173Tal Sam: 175

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