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grm (e/a) vb. to cause to happen
GCGtDt
Gpəˁalto cause to happen, to bring about2 senses▶
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to cause to happen, to bring about
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Syr, JBA, LJLA
TgJ 1Sam12:20↗ אַתוּן גְרַמתוּן‏ : you caused (var.: made) all this evil ; TgJ Jer26:19↗ וַאֲנַחנָא גָרְמִין לְאֵיתָאָה בִשתָא רַבְתָא עַל נַפשָתַנָא‏ : we are causing (Him) to bring the great evil on ourselves ; TN Lev26:29↗ חטאיה דגרמו לאבהתן בירושלם למיכל בשר בניהון‏ : the sins that caused our fathers in Jerusalem to eat their children's flesh ; P 1S20:34↗ ܓܪܡܗ݀ ܐܒܘܗܝ ܥܠܘܗܝ‏ : that his father had caused it for him ; IMac7a1 11:40↗ ܟܠ ܡܕܡ ܕܓܪܡ ܕܡܛܪܝܘܣ‏ : [=LXX ὅσα συνετέλεσε Δημήτριος] ; BT Git 45a(38)↗ גרמא להו מילתא ואישתביין‏ : the turn of events caused them to be captured ; BT BB 98a(16)↗ חמרא מזלא דמאריה גרים‏ : the fortune of the owner of the wine is the determining factor ; PJ Gen9:24↗ דגרם ליה דלא יוליד בר רביעיי‏ : which caused him not to beget a fourth son ; TgTosPr Ezek.1:1↗ דאתון גרמין לאיתאה פורענותא ובישתא על קרתא ירושלים‏ : you are causing retribution and evil to be brought upon the city of Jerusalem
2
to be absolutely certain
Syr
Rom9:28↗ ܡܸܠܬ݂ܵܐ ܓ݁ܪܲܡ ܘܲܦ݂ܣܲܩ‏ : he decreed the matter firmly
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ܓܪܡܬ ܒܝܫܬܐ : the evil is absolutely determined
Syr
LG 9:5(2)↗ ܘܟܲܕ ܚܙܵܐ ܡܘ݂ܫܸܐ ܕܓܸܪܡܲܬ ܠܵܗ ܒܼܝܫܬܵܐ‏ ; P Esth7:7↗ ܕܓ݂ܪܡܬ݂ ܠܗ݀ ܥܠܘܗܝ ܒܝܫܬܐ ܡ݂ܢ ܡܠܟܐ‏ ; IMac7a1 10:5↗ ܟܠܗܝܢ ܒܝܫ̈ܬܐ ܕܓܪܡܢ ܠܗ‏
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to become plentiful or certain
PTA
GT F Lev22:27↗ וכדון די גרמו חובייה‏ : but now that the sins have been well established
Cˀafˁelto make into a firm shape1 sense▶
to make into a firm shape
LJLA
TgProv8:28↗ כד א{י}גרים ענני שמיא מלעיל‏ : when he made the clouds of heaven on high congeal
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be firmly established1 sense▶
to be firmly established
Syr, LJLA
TgProv18:10↗ וביה נרהט צדיקא ונגרי{ס}<ם>"ונתרים" ביה‏ : the righteous shall run with it and be firmly established through it
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalw. מן : to manifest superior strength1 sense▶
w. מן : to manifest superior strength
Gal, Sam
SYAP 26:23↗ אתא עמלק מחרמא מנהון למתגרמא‏ : cursed Amelek came to defeat them † ; SamTgM Gen. 26:16 הלא אתגרמת מנן‏ : surely you are too strong for us
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The meaning and form of תגרם at TargProv 5:19 (corresponding to MT תִּשְׁגֶּה ) is uncertain, but probably results from a reading of the MT with śin (thus: "you will become great (i.e. Gt)"; compare LXX, the P text at this point being clearly corrupt.)
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 260[133]DJPA: 136bDJBA: 301bJastrow: 269J. Payne-Smith: 78Levy Ch-W: 1:154Tal Sam: 158

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