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nksh, nkstˀ (neḵsā, neḵsəṯā) n.f. slaughtering
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slaughtering
JLAtg, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA
TgO Gen31:54↗ וֻנכַס יַעֲקֹב נִכסְתָא בְטוּרָא‏ ; SamTgJ Deut18:3↗ נכסי אנכיסה‏ : those who slaughter the slaughter ; P Gn43:16↗ ܘܟܘܣ ܢܟܣܬܐ ܘܬܩܢ‏ : slaughter and slaughter and prepare it ; BT BQ 46a(23)↗ ואי גברא דזבין לנכסתא לנכסת׳‏ : if he is a man who buys (cattle) for slaughter, (this ox is) for slaughter ; BT BQ 46a(25)↗ ואי דמי נכסאתא לנכסתא‏ ; PJ Gen31:54↗ ונכס יעקב ניכסתא בטוורא‏
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sacrificial animal, sacrifice
JLAtg, CPA, Syr, Man, LJLA
TgO Lev7:16↗ בְיוֹמָא דִיקָרֵיב יָת נִכסְתֵיה/דבחיה/ יִתאְכִיל‏ : on the day he offers his slaughter/animal sacrifice/ it should be eaten ; CPA(le97) Rom 12:1↗ ܕܬ݁ܝܩܝܡܘܢ ܦܘܓܪܝܟܘܢ ܢܟ̈ܣܐ ܚܝܐ‏ : that you keep your bodies as a living sacrifice ; P Dt18:3↗ ܢ݁ܟ̈ܣܝ ܢܟܣܬܐ‏ ; PJ Ex5:3↗ ונדבח ניכסת חגא קדם ייי‏
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Mand. nkusta, nikista
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See also s.v. nkysh n.f. DCPA joins the two forms. By etymology and most frequent usage, one has the impression that, at least originally, nksh was "slaughter" while nkysh was "slaughtered animal".
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 919[429]DJBA: 754bJastrow: 911Drower/Macuch: 300b, 354aJ. Payne-Smith: 340Levy Ch-W: 2:110Tal Sam: 527aDCPA[Schulthess]: 264[124]

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