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dyr, dyrˀ (dēr, day/ērā) n.m./f. dwelling; monastery
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dwelling
Nabatean, JLAtg, Syr, JBA
TgO Ex15:13↗ לְדֵירָא דְקוּדשָך‏ ; P Ex15:13↗ ܕܝܪܐ ܕܩܘܕܫܟ‏ ; P Je31:23↗ ܕܝܪܐ ܙܕܝܩܐ‏ ; MG 23:109.1.16↗ ואתא בההיא דירא‏ : he spent the night in that dwelling place
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sanctuary
Palmyrene, Nabatean, Hatran, JLAtg
PAT862:1.3↗ qšyšˀ dy dyrˀ : elder of the sanctuary ; H 35:.7↗ dyrˀ klh gwwtˀ wbrytˀ dbrmryn : the entire inner and outer sanctuary (or: residents of the sanctuary) of DN ; TgO Ex15:13↗ דַבַרהִי בְתוּקפָך לְדֵירָא דְקוּדשָך‏
2
monastery, convent
Syr
RM 39:1 ܟܘܠܗܘܢ ܡܕܝܢܬ݁ܐ ܘܕܝܪܘܬ݁ܐ ܘܐܬ݁ܪܘܬܐ‏ ; Pel 1.19 ܬܘܠܡܕܗ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܗܘܐ ܐܓܘܒܛܝܐ܂ ܡܢ ܕܝܪܐ ܡܫܡܗܬܐ‏ : his doctrine was Coptic, from the famous monastery ; JulSok 57(25):22↗ ܘܐܫܡܥ ܠܟܠܗܝܢ ܕܝܪ̈ܬܐ ܕܬܡܢ܂ ܘܟܢ݁ܫ ܠܟܠܗܘܢ ܕܝܪ̈ܝܐ‏ ; ChronEdess 8:7↗ ܒܢ݂ܐ ݁݁݁ ܕܝܪ̈ܬܐ‏
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followed by a personal name as the name of a monastery; see PS
Syr
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ܪܝܫ ܕܝܪܐ : abbot
Syr
JELet56:4↗ ܩܫܝܫܐ ܐܘ ܣܥܘܪܐ ܐܘ ܪܝܫ ܕܝܪܐ‏ : priest, chorepiscopus, or abbot
3
sheepfold
Qumran, JLAtg, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, LJLA
4QEnc4..8↗ אתיב̇ א̇מרא דן לכול ענא טעיתא לדיריה[ון]‏ : this sheep returned all the straying flock to their folds ; TgJ 2Sam7:8↗ אְנָא דְבַרתָך מִן דִירָא מִבָתַר עָנָא לְמִהוֵי מַלכָא עַל עַמִי‏ : I led you from the sheepfold, from behind the sheep, to be king over my people ; TN Num32:16↗ דירין/דירוון/ דען‏ ; Hom2 14.2:13↗ ܘܡܢ ܕܐ݁ܬܩܢܬ ܕܝܪܐ ܘܟܢܫܬ ܐܝܡܪ̈ܬܐ‏ : after I have prepared the fold and gathered up the ewes ; P 2S7:8↗ ܡܢ ܕܝܪܐ ܡܢ ܒܣܬܪ ܥܢܐ‏ ; PJ Num32:24↗ בנו לכון קוריין לטפלכון ודירין לענכון‏ : build yourselves towns for your children and folds for your small cattle
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shed
Syr, JBA
JBABowl 78.1:19↗ ולא נישבוק להו חיה בדיריהו‏ : we shall not spare a living being in their sheds ; BT BQ 113b(44)↗ הני דמידירי דירי‏ : certain (people) who make cattle sheds
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temporary dwelling for shepherds
JLAtg, PTA
TgJ Jer50:44↗ דִיר רַעֲיָן‏ ; GT G Exod15:13↗ סוֹבַרְהִי בְתֻקְפָך לְדִירָא דְקָדְשָך‏ : [MT: נֵהַלְתָּ בְעָזְּךָ אֶל־נְוֵה קָדְשֶׁךָ]
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clerical community (i.e., of shepherd's)
Palmyrene, Hatran, JLAtg, Syr
PAT862:1.3↗ qšyšˀ dy dyrˀ ; H 290:.6↗ wˁl ḥyˀ dyrˀ dy brmryn : for the life of the community of DN ; TgJ Is31:4↗ דְמִזדָמְנִין עְלוֹהִי דִיר רָעַיִן מִקָלְהוֹן לָא מִתְבַר וֻמֵאִתרְגוֹשַתהוֹן לָא מִתעַכַב‏ : (a lion) upon whom a community of shepherds comes together is not stopped by their voice nor deterred by their commotion ; EphNis 17:3.2↗ ܚܕܝܬ ܕܝܪܐ ܕܥ̈ܠܢܐ‏ : the fold of young shepherds rejoiced
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JPA pl. דירין, דירוָן ; Syr., CPA ܕܲܝܪܵܐ, pl. ܕܝܪ̈ܬܐ܂ ܕܝܪ̈ܘܬܐ
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Generally feminine in the sense 'monastery'. For "sanctuary" in Hatran and Palmyrene see DNWSI s.v.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 300[147]DJPA: 148bDJBA: 336aJastrow: 305Payne-Smith: 852J. Payne-Smith: 91Levy Ch-W: 1:173Tal Sam: 176DNWSI: 246DCPA[Schulthess]: 87[43]Qumran: 54

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