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mdˁm, mdm, mydy (mendˁam/meddem/meddē) pron. something
1
something
Common (except: OA, BA)
ClGanCol 42.V 2↗ הן יהב לך פתחנם מנדעם או איש אחרן‏ : if PN or another person gives you something ; TAD A4.7R.12↗ מזרקיא זי זהבא וכסף ומנדעמתא זי הוה באגורא זך כלא לקח^ו‏ : they took the gold and silver bowls and whatever else was in that temple ; LydBil.8↗ trbṣh byth qnynh ṭyn wmyn wmndˁmth ; 4Q534.1.4↗ כא]נוש די לא ידע מדעם̇ ע̇ד̇ עדן די ٠٠٠‏ ; JARS<sup>3</sup> 160:1 ܥܕܡܐ ܕܐܕܪܟܘ ܐܢܘܢ ܡܸܕ݂ܡܹ̈ܐ ܕܠܐ ܣܒܪܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܠܡܸܗܘܵܐ‏ : until the things that they had not thought could be had reached them ; MTS 70:L2 ܘܒܕ‍[‍ܚܠ‍]‍ܬܐ ܣܥܪ ܡܢܕܥܡ ܕܦܩܕܗ ܗ݀ܘ ܫܠܝܛܗ‏ : in fear he performed that which that ruler of his had ordered ; BT Ned 2b(7)↗ מידעם דמיתסר חפצא עליה‏ : something in which the object is forbidden to him ; HM(1) 85:(1)26↗ סב חומרתא דפרזלא ודאברא, ותלי במדעם, דאריך על דוכתא דבעית‏ : take an iron or lead amulet and hang it something that is long on some place you wish ; AM 157:13↗ kḏ baiit mizban mindam : when you want to buy something ; PJ Ex22:5↗ ותגמר גדיש או מידעם דקאי‏ : it consumes a pile or something standing
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in negative contexts: nothing, anything
Common (except: OA, BA)
TAD D.20.5:2↗ מנדעם באיש לא עבדת‏ : she never did anything bad ; TAD A2.5 R.3↗ מדעם לה מפקן לן מן סון‏ : they are not bringing us anything out [or: expending anything for us] from Syene ; TAD A6.13 .2↗ מנדעם מן תמה לא מהיתין עלי‏ ; TgO Gen19:8↗ לְחוֹד לְגַברַיָא הָאִילֵין לָא תַעבְדוּן מִדָעַם‏ : but you shall do nothing to these men ; TgJ 1Sam18:19tos↗ מאן דמקדיש בפחות משוה פרוטה לא קדיש ולא מידי‏ : someone who has betrothed for something less than equal to a prutah has not betrothed at all ; TgJ 1K17:12↗ קַיָים הוּא יוי אֲלָהָך אִם אִית לִי מִדָעַם אֲלָהֵין מְלֵי פַסַת יְדָא קַמחָא בְמָנָא‏ : I swear as YHWH your God lives that I have nothing except a handful of flour in a vessel ; IMac7a1 8:15↗ ܕܠܐ ܢܚܣܪ ܠܗܘܢ ܡܢܕܥܡ‏ : so that they would lack nothing ; BT Er 44a(31)↗ הכא שרי דלאו מידי קא עביד‏ : here it is allowed for nothing is being made ; Dec 7:5 לית לי לותי מידעם‏ ; ATS 1.1:291↗ umindam mn ginziẖ lahasar : while nothing is missing from his "treasure" ; TgEsth306:3↗ לא אתעבד עמה שום מדעם‏ : do not do anything with him
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w. kl : everything : see s.v. klmdm pron.
NabCvLet 3:.30↗ wkl mndˁm zˁyr wšgyˀ k̇ḋẏ ḥ̇zh lh : everything small [or: few] and large[many?] as is appropriate for it ; 4QpapTob ar2..2=01:20↗ כ]ל̇ ד̇[י ]הוה לי ולא שביק{{נ}} לי כל מנד̇[עם‏ ; 5/6Hev 7..:55↗ כל מנדעם זעיר[ ו]סגיא די יהוא לי‏
(3)
anything
JLAtg, PTA
TgO Num22:38↗ הֲמֵיכָל יָכֵילנָא לְמַלָלָא מִידָעַם‏ : can I just speak anything at all? ; GT K Gen22:5↗ חמן אתון מידעם בעלמא‏ : do you see anything out there? ; PJ Num22:38↗ text not cited
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repeated
(1)
ܡܕܡ ܡܕܡ : something or other
Syr
Pel 1.16 ܓܕܫܬ ܕܝܢ ܕܗܘܬ ܬܘܚܪܬܐ ܬܡܢ܂ ܡܛܠ ܣܘܥܪ̈ܢܐ ܕܡܕܡ ܡܕܡ‏ : but it so happened that there was a delay there, on account of one thing or another
(2)
each and every thing
Palmyrene
Trf 1.1.8↗ wyktb lmdˁmˀ mdˁmˀ mksh dy mn ˁydˀ : for each and every thing its customary tariff should be written down
(5)
_מידי ד, מידי דהוה א : something analogous to
JBA, JBAg
BT BM 45b(41)↗ מידי דהוה אפירי לרב נחמן‏ : similarly as for fruit for PN
2
following a noun : a certain kind of ...
Syr, Man
IshExod 28:18↗ ܐܝܬ ܥܠ ܡܪܟܒܬܐ ܐܝܟ ܩܘܒܬܐ ܡܕܡ ܕܝ݁ܬܒ ܒܓܘܗ݀ ܗܢܝܘܟܐ‏ : on the chariot there is something like a certain kind of cubicle in which the charioteer sits ; GY 243:18↗ ušauialẖ lbuša mindam : she made it into a kind of garment
3
ܡܕܡ ܡܢ : some of, a bit of
Syr
P 4Ezra 5:34↗ ܘܐܥ݁ܩܒ ܡܕܡ ܡܢ ܕܝܢ݂ܗ‏ : I would examine some of His judgment
(1)
w. negative : any of
Syr, LJLA
OS JnCur5:30↗ ܠܐ ܡܫܟܚ ܐܢܐ ܡܕܡ ܡܢ ܨܒܘܬ ܪܥܝܢܝ ܠܡܥܒܕ‏ : I am unable to do anything of my own desire ; PJ Deut13:18↗ ולא תידבק בידיכון מדעם מן שמתא‏ : do not let any of the ban stick to your hands
4
pl. מידאני : items, pieces
JBA
BT Šab 33b(41)↗ תרי מדאני דאסא‏ : two myrtle pieces
5
interrogative particle : see s.v. mydy conj.
JBA
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OfA mdˁm, mndˁm; Syr, CPA ܡܸܕܸ݁ܡ‏ (=Jud-Syr מידם ), JBA (and JBAmb rarely) מידי and (JBAgeon, JBAmb, and archaizing) מידעם Mand mindam, earliest Syr. and Manichaean Syr ܡܢܕܥܡ‏; pl.: OfA Eg. מנדעמתא , Syr. ܡܸܕ̈݁ܡܸܐ‏ (extremely rare!), JBA מִידֵּי, מידאני ; PTA also מן דעם
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Generally quite limited to specific usages (i.e. w. negative or kl) in the earlier dialects. The CPA form is probably a syriacism.
At Palmyra both mdˁm and mdˁn are used, generally without distinction. In the Palmyrene Trf, however, the former form seems to mean "something" whereas the latter is something like "anything".
In JBA, מידי predominates in the main Talmudic tractates while מידעם is regularly used in the "special" tractates and in the geonic literature, as pointed out by Epstein "Post-Talmudic-Aramaic Lexicography" pp.322f.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 715[375]DJPA: 303bDJBA: 664Jastrow: 734Drower/Macuch: 267J. Payne-Smith: 253Levy Ch-W: 2:11Tal Sam: 453DNWSI: 598DISO: 158DCPA[Schulthess]: 210[107]Qumran: 144

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