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mgyr, mgyrˀ n.m. neighbor (m.)
√ gyr vb.
neighbor (m.)
JLAtg, Gal, CPA, Sam
TgJ Is7:20↗ בְסִבכַיָא"בסיבביא" בִמגִירַיָא‏ : among the thickets (incorrect var. סיבביא glossed as "neighbor", i.e. = שיבביא) ; TgJ Jer6:21↗ אֲבָהָן וֻבנִין כַחדָא מְגִיר וְקָרִיבֵיה‏ : [MT אָבוֹת וּבָנִים יַחְדָּו שָׁכֵן וְרֵעוֹ] ; MPs 274:15↗ לא כמה דאמר{ת}ה אמה אלא כמה דאמרין מג{ו}<י>ריה‏ : not as the mother says, but as the neighbors say ; PTYom 45.b:28[2]↗ חד נפתיי הוה מגיריה דר׳ יונה‏ ; CPA Luke1:58↗ ܘܫܡܥܘ ܡܓܝܪ̈ܝܗ݀ ܘܩܪ̈ܝܒܝܗ݀ ܕܐ^ܪ^ܒܝ ܡܪܐ ܪ̈ܚܡܘܝ ܥܠܝܗ݀‏ : her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had multiplied His mercy on her ; SamTgJ Ex12:4↗ הוא ומגירה‏ : he and his neighbor
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This is clearly a Palestinian word corresponding to the more widespread but mostly eastern Akkadian loan šbb n.m.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 290aTal Sam: 139DCPA[Schulthess]: 209[35]
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