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ntn (a/e) vb. to give; make into
GGt
Gpəˁalto give7 senses▶
1
to give
Common Aramaic
AECT.53 1.4↗ hn lh ntn šˁryˀ bˀdrˀ : if he does not give the barley at the threshing floor ; TAD B2.1 R.7↗ הן כליתך אנתן לך כסף כרשן 5 באבני מלך‏ : should I hinder you I will give you 5 karsh of silver by the royal weight ; Ezra 7:20↗ וּשְׁאָר חַשְׁחוּת בֵּית אֱלָהָךְ דִּי יִפֶּל־לָךְ לְמִנְתַּן תִּנְתֵּן מִן־בֵּית גִּנְזֵי מַלְכָּא‏ ; NabCvLet 2:.9↗ lmq̇ṅˀ wlżḃṅh wlmrhn wlmnḥl wlmntn wlmˁbd bzbnyˀ ˀlh kl dy yṣb : to buy, sell, pledge, give as inheritance, give away (or: exchange?), and work with these purchases as much as he wishes ; GenApoc 22.24↗ אנון שליטין בחולקהון למנתן לך‏ : they have the right to give you from their portion ; BT Šab 104a(22)↗ כי היכי דליתן ליה בצינעא דלא ליכסיף {{ליה}} מיניה‏ : so that he should give it [i.e. charity] to him in private in order that he should not be shamed by him ; HP Sassoon(1) 65.3↗ מאן דבאעי למיתן לחבריה ארעא במתנה‏
(1)
to provide, make available
Common Aramaic
Fakh.2↗ ntn | rˁy wmšqy | lmt | kln : who provides pasturage and watering for all the lands ; BukânStele 12↗ wšbˁ | šnn | ˀl | ytn | hḋd | ql̇ḣ : may Hadad not give forth his voice for seven years ; TgO Gen4:12↗ בְאַרעָ לָא תוֹסֵיף לְמִתַן חֵילַה לָך‏ : in a land that will no longer provide its potency to you ; PJ Gen3:19↗ למיתן דינא וחושבנא על כל מה דעבדת ביום דינא רבא‏ : to provide the accounting for all you did on the Great Day of Judgment
(2)
to pay
Common Aramaic
Ezra 4:13↗ מִנְדָּה־בְלוֹ וַהֲלָךְ לָא יִנְתְּנוּן‏ ; 4QpapTob ar16..1=12:1↗ ונתן לה אגרה̇‏ ; 5/6Hev 10..:16↗ עד ז]מן די יצבון י̇[רת]י̇ למנת̇ן̇ לך כס̇ף̇ כתבתך‏ ; TgO Gen23:13↗ איתין כַספָא דְמֵי חַקלָא‏
2
b_ : to sell for, exchange for
OfAEg-inf, JLAtg, PTA
TAD A2.1 R.5↗ הן חזית מה אתרתן אתננה בתקבה לאטי‏ : if I see what/where? you specified I shall sell (the torn shirt) for the t-vessel for PN ; TgO Gen47:16↗ הַבוּ גֵיתֵיכוֹן וְאִיתֵין לְכוֹן בְגֵיתֵיכוֹן‏ : bring your flocks and I will exchange for your flocks ; TN Gen47:16↗ text not cited
3
to place
Common Aramaic
(1)
w. ˁl : to punish someone for something [Hebrew calque]
JLAtg, Syr
TgJ Ez7:3↗ וְאַתֵין עֲלַך יָת כָל תוֹעֵיבָתִיך‏ : I shall punish you for all your abominations ; P Ez7:8↗ ܘܐܬܠ ܥܠܝܟܝ ܟܠܗ݀ ܛܢܦܘܬܟܝ‏ : [But note the next verse where the same Hebrew expression is rendered ܐܦܪܥܟܝ]
4
נסב + : to negotiate
Gal
BR 451:6(1)↗ הלוי נסב ונתן עם מרה‏
5
to take into account
Syr
HippAp 5(8)↗ ܙ݁ܕܩ ܕܝܢ ܕܢܬܠ ܡܕܡ ܘܠܙܒܢܐ ܕܫܢܬܐ ܘܠܥܝܕܐ ܘܠܩܘܡܬܐ‏ : but it is proper to allow something for the season, the year, local custom, and physical age
6
w. following verbal clause : to allow, grant
CPA, Sam, Syr, LJLA
CPA IITim1:18↗ ܝܬܢ ܠܗ ܡܪܐ ܕܝܫܟܚ ܪ̈ܝܚܡܝܢ ܠܘܬܗ ܒܗܘ ܝܘܡܐ̈‏ : may the Lord grant that he find mercy for himself on that day ; SamTgJ Ex3:19↗ לא יתן יתכון מלך מצרים למיזל‏ : the King of Egypt will not allow you to go ; P Job6:8↗ ܡܢܘ ܢܬܠ ܠܝ ܕܬܐܬܐ ܫܐܠܬܝ‏ : who will grant me that my request come about? ; TgEsth2 9:13(0)↗ יתן אוף למחר ליהודאי דאית בשושן למיעבד היך גזירת יומא הדין‏ : let him allow the Jews in Susa tomorrow, too, to do according to this day's decree
(1)
מַן יִתֵּן ו+imperfect : if only, would that [Hebraism]
PTA, Sam
TN Deut5:29↗ לווי מן יתן ויהוי לבה שלמה‏ : [MT מִי־יִתֵּן וְהָיָה לְבָבָם] (double reading!) ; SamTgJ Ex(1)20:17 (=MT Deut5:29!)↗ מן יתן ויהי לבון דן לון למדחלה מני‏ ; SamTgJ Num11:29↗ ומן יתן כל עם יהוה נביים‏ : would that all of Lord's people were prophets
7
in various expressions: see s.v. the other word
Common Aramaic
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be given1 sense▶
to be given
OfAEg
TAD B3.13 R.4↗ פתפא זי יתנתן לי מן אוצר מלכא‏ : the ration that is given me from the royal treasury
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OA impf. regularly with preserved initial nun, presumably yintin, etc.
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The perfect is of this verb still appears regularly in Old Aramaic and Official Aramaic. In the later dialects it is regularly suppletively used in the pre-formative patterns for the even more irregular yhb. In Syriac (and less commonly CPA as a borrowing thereof) the dative preposition is assimilated to the end of the word, yielding the new root ntl. In Babylonian, ntn and yhb merge producing ntb (see s.v. yhb).
In all these instances, users should also consult s.v. yhb for possible semantic values.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 565[298]DJPA: 362bDJBA: 780bJastrow: 944Drower/Macuch: 307bJ. Payne-Smith: 354Levy Ch-W: 2:133Tal Sam: 554DNWSI: 766DCPA[Schulthess]: 274[129]DJA: 66bQumran: 161

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