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nḥt (e[a]/u) vb. to descend
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Gpəˁalto descend, go down physically5 senses▶
1
to descend, go down physically
Common Aramaic
TAD B3.7 R.10↗ וש[ל]יטה אנת[י ל]מנסק ולמנחת בדרגא ז[ך זי ב]יתי‏ : you have the right to go up and down that stairway of my house ; TAD C1.2 R6↗ וגרמיך לא יחתון שאול‏ : your bones shall not go down to Sheol ; Dan 4:20↗ עִיר וְקַדִּישׁ נָחִת מִן־שְׁמַיָּא‏ : a holy 'watcher' descending from Heaven ; Amu17 1.5↗ אהרן כהנה רבה [דה]וא הוה משמש בה ונחת למלא[ה‏ ; BR 1183:2(1)↗ עבדת גרמה סלקה לאיגרה ונחתה‏ : she began going up to the roof and coming down ; P Num34:11↗ ܘܢܗܘܐ ܢ݁ܚܬ ܬܚܘܡܐ‏ ; BT Ara 31b(28)↗ את נחית לעיבורא אנא לא נחי׳ לעיב̇ו̇ר׳‏ : you descended (from the womb) in the intercalary month. I did not descend (from the womb) in the intercalary month
(1)
(of naturally falling things) to fall
Common Aramaic
GenApoc 20.12↗ ואמרת באתעצבא ודמעי נחתן‏ : I said in distress, with my tears falling ; 4QEnastr b 7 iii:10↗ ונ]חת עליהון תלגא̇‏ : snow fell on them ; TgO Gen7:12↗ וַהֲוָה מִטרָא נָחֵית עַל ארעא אַרבְעִין יְמָמִין וְאַרבְעִין לֵילָוָן‏ ; BR 125:5(2)↗ כיון דנחתת רביעתה צדון חד נון‏ : when the first rainfall fell they caught a certain fish ; BR 302:6(1)↗ אמ׳ ליה ^אית^ גביכון מטר נחת‏ : he said to him: does the rain fall where you are? ; OS MtCur7:25↗ ܘܢܚܬ ܡܛܪܐ܂ ܘܐܬܘ ܢܗܪ̈ܘܬܐ‏ : the rain fell and the riverine floods came
(2)
to dismount
Common Aramaic
(3)
to go in a downwards direction
P Prov7:27↗ ܕܢܚ̈ܬܢ ܠܬܘ̈ܢܐ ܕܡܘܬܐ‏
(1)
of a traveler
Common Aramaic
GenApoc 12.8↗ כ̇ר̇ם בטורי הוררט ומן בתר כן נחתת לשפ̇ו̇לי̇ ט̇ו̇רא דן‏ : [I plante]d a vineyard on the mountains of Ararat, and afterwards I descended to to the foothills of this mountain ; BR 688:8(1)↗ נחת ויתב לה בהדה פנייס‏ : he went down and stayed in GN ; TN Gen38:1↗ והווה בשעתא ההיא ונחית יהודה מן לוות אחוי‏ ; Har 77:10 ܗܢܐ ܬܓܪܐ ܐܡܝܢܐܝܬ ܣ݁ܠܩ ܗܘܐ ܘܢܚ݁ܬ ܠܡܕܝܢܬ ܡܠܟܘܬܐ ܩܘܣܛܢܛܝܢܘܦܠܝܣ‏ : this merchant was always going up from and down to the royal city Constantinople
(1)
to leave the land of Israel
JLAtg, Gal, Syr, JBA
TgO Gen12:10↗ וַהֲוָה כַפנָא בארעא וֻנחַת אַברָם לְמִצרַיִם‏ : there was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt ; KohR[1]4:2(20)↗ נחת ליה מן תמן לבבל ודמך‏ ; AGnEx 6.25↗ ܡܚܬܗ ܕܝܥܩܘܒ ܕܠܒܝܬ ܠܒܢ‏ : Jacob's descent to Laban's family ; JSBhom 74:47↗ ܐ̄ܪܵܙܸܗ ܫܩܲܠ ܗ̄ܘܵܐ ܠܚܵܪܵܢ ܝܲܥܩܽܘܒ ܟܲܕ ܢܵܚܸܬ ܗ̄ܘܵܐ‏ : Jacob bore his symbol to Harran when he went down
(2)
in general, to go from one place to another involving a lowering of status
Common Aramaic
PRK212.13↗ בני רומי לא יחתון לסוריא ובני סוריא לא יסקון לרומי‏
(3)
to go downriver
OfAEg-inf, OfAEg, Palmyrene
TAD A3.8 R.11↗ הן נחת אנת 1 למנפי‏ : if you are going down to Memphis ; TAD D.1 5.A.7↗ ונח̇ת באלפ[א]‏ ; PAT1419:1.3↗ bny šyrtˀ dy nḥtw ˁmh mn tdmwr lˀlgšyˀ : the caravaners who went downriver with him from Palmyra to Vologesia (on the Tigris!)
(2)
of a path or direction
Syr
(3)
of a body part or garment
Common Aramaic
(4)
of any moving object
JLAtg
TgO Gen8:4↗ וְנַחַת תֵיבוֹתָא ٠٠٠ עַל טוּרֵי קַרדוּ‏
(5)
to go to be prayer-leader
JBA
BT Ber 33b(41)↗ ההוא דנחית קמיה דר׳ חנינא‏ : a certain one who led prayer before PN ; BT Pes 117b(40)↗ ונחית שליחא דציבורא‏
(4)
to move toward or into a body of water or encompassing fire
Common Aramaic
4QTob b4.1.6=06:3↗ ונחת עלימ[א‏ : the lad went down [to the river] ; KohR[1]20:2(8)↗ לא תיחות לימא דימא סכנתא‏ : do not go into the sea, for the sea is dangerous ; LESC 62.1:2↗ ܘܝܬܒܢܢ ܒܐܠܦܐ ܘܢܚܬܢܢ ܠܢܗܪܐ‏ : we sat in the boat and went into the river ; HM(1) 80:(1)28↗ אי בעית ٠٠٠ למיחת לנורא ולמיסק‏ : if you want to go down into a fire and come out ; AM 144:1↗ ulminhat biama ; PJ Ex2:5↗ ונחתת ביתיה ברתיה דפרעה לאיתקררא על נהרא‏ : Bithya, Pharaoh's daughter, when down to refresh herself on the river
(1)
+למסחי: to go down to bathe
JLAtg, Gal, Sam
TgO Ex2:5↗ וֻנחַתַת בַת פַרעֹה לְמִסחֵי עַל נַהרָא‏ ; PTBes 60.c:52[2]↗ הוה נחת מסחי בהדין דימוסין דטיבריה והוה‏ : PN used to go down to bathe in the public bath of Tiberias ; SamTgJ Ex2:5↗ ונעתת ברת פרעה למסעי על נהרה‏
2
fig.:
(1)
of a person
(1)
to be reduced in status or value
OA, JLAtg, PTA, Syr, LJLA
Sf.2.b4↗ ṗhn tšmˁ nḥt m[tˁˀl : should you then hear that RN has lost his (royal) status ; TgO Gen49:6↗ לָא נְחַתִית מִן יְקָרִי‏ ; TN Ex4:19↗ מיתו"נחתו מיניכסהון והא אינון חשיבין כמיתיא‏ : they have died (var.: they have lost their property and are thus considered like the dead) ; ChrPsD2 202:20↗ ܘܢܚ݂ܬ ܥܕܡܐ ܠܫܒ̈ܐ ܩܦ̈ܝܢܐ ܒܕܝܢܪܐ‏ : it was reduced to the point that seven q'-measures were for a dinar ; LG 9:4(1)↗ ܥܕܲܡܵܐ ܕܲܢܚܸܬ ܡܸܢ ܟܼܐܢܘ݂ܬܵܐ ܘܠܵܛ ܐܸܢܘ݂ܢ‏ : until he no longer behaved righteously and cursed them ; LSt.93:18↗ ܚܘ݁ܬ ܣܓܝ ܝܩܝܪ‏ : go down (in your offer) very much ; HP Sassoon(1) 42.27↗ כוהנת כיון דאיעברא מגוי נחיתא לה מקדושתה‏ : when a daughter of a priest became pregnant from a pagan, she went down in rank from her state of holiness ; PJ Ex4:19↗ text not cited
(2)
to be quieted
Syr
ESEpiph 148:11↗ ܛܘܒ̈ܝܟܘܢ ܕܢܚܬܬ ܢܘܪܗ ܕܚ݁ܢܢܐ‏ : blessed are you that the merciful ones' fire has abated ; JulSok 59(26):22↗ ܘܟܕ ܢܚ݂ܬ ܚܪܒܐ ܘܗܘ݂ܐ ܫܠܝܐ‏
(3)
to be descended from (mn)
Syr
MiS 579b:38 text not cited
(1)
to arise from
Syr
(2)
to descend a generational level
Syr, JBA
BHNom 504:15↗ ܐܒܐ ܠܒܪܗ܃ ܐܦܠܐ ܠܒܪ ܒܪܗ܃ ܟܡܐ ܕܢܚ݁ܬܝܢ‏ ; EbMai10 222b:6, 8 ܘܒܢܝ̈ܗܘܢ ܘܒ̈ܢܝ ܒܢܝ̈ܗܘܢ ܟܡܐ ܕܢܚܬܝܢ‏ : their children and grandchildren however far down they go ; BT Bek 17a(5)↗ דנחית לדרי‏ : (the Tanna) goes down (two) generational levels (to exempt)
(3)
to condescend
Syr
LSt.30:5↗ ܠܘ ܒܗ݀ܝ ܕܐܢܐ ܠܐ ܢܚ݁ܬܬ ܠܡܐܬܐ ܩܢܘ‍{‍ܒ‍}‍‍<‍ܡ‍>‍ܐܝܬ‏ : it is not that I did not condescend to come in person
(2)
of inanimates
Common Aramaic
TgO Gen31:40↗ בִימָמָא אַכלַנִי שַרבָא וֻגלִידָא נַחַת עֲלַי בְלֵיליָא‏ : during the day heat consumed me, while frozenness fell upon me at night ; TgO Gen49:25↗ בִרכָן דְנָחֲתָן מִטַלָא דִשמַיָא‏ : blessings that descend from the dew of heaven
(1)
to be diminished in size
Syr
(2)
to reach final form
JBA
BT Pes 52b(33)↗ דנחית לפירא‏ : it reached the final form of fruit
(3)
סלק ונחת : to collapse
Gal
KohR[1]9:3(2)↗ סליקת ההיא דרתא ונחתת לה‏ : that courtyard structure collapsed in on itself
3
to go inward
(1)
to penetrate
JBA
BT Ḥul 96a(22)↗ חות ביה טפי‏ : penetrate into it more (with a knife to remove the veins)
(2)
to send back(?)
Syr
4
as a co-verb: to do something while descending or penetrating
Common Aramaic
BR 688:8(1)↗ בתר יומין אתעבד מלך נחת ויתב לה בהדה פנייס‏ : after some time he was made king; he went down and stayed near Banias ; EchRL[1]47(2)↗ חות סב אלין קיסיא‏ : go take this wood down ; JS_Elijah 3:169↗ ܘܟܲܕ ܒܸܐܓܲܪܬܵܐ ܩܪܸܒܘ ܟܲܕ ܢܵܚܬܼܝܢ ܝܼܠܸܦܘ ܡܸܢܵܗ݀‏ : when they got closer down in the letter they learned from it
5
idioms
(1)
ܓܘܵܝܸܗ : to have a deadly case of diarrhea
Syr
Bhchr 21:4↗ ܢܚܬ ܓܘܝܗ ܘܡܝܬ‏
(2)
ܕܲܪܵܐ܂ ܩܪܵܒܵܐ : to enter battle
Syr
JSB5 234:18↗ ܡܢ ܗܘ ܢܚܬ ܕܲܪܵܐ ܠܫܘܥܐ ܫܦܝܪ ܓܘܫܡܐ‏ : who is it who goes into battle with a strong-bodied rock? ; AphDiatess1990 26:31↗ ܦܓܪܗ ܕܡܪܢ ܡܟܣ ܠܟܠ ܦܓܪ܂ ܕܐܢ ܫܠܝܚܐܝܬ ܢ݁ܚܬ ܠܩܪܒܐ ܚܐܒ݁ ܠܗ‏ : our Lord's corpse admonishes every corpse that if it goes into battle naked, it will fail
(3)
+ אדעת : to enter into a contractual agreement with someone
JBA
(4)
w. ל :
JBA
(1)
to seize, take possession of
JBA
BT BB 133a(6)↗ דנחתא לדקלא נחתא נמי לכולהו נכסי‏ : since she can seize the date palm, she can seize all of the property
(2)
to deal with a matter
JBA
(1)
לדינא : to take a case to court
JBA
BT Ket 19a(17)↗ זילו קיימו שטרייכו וחותו לדינא‏ : go and confirm your deeds and take it to court
(3)
to acquire
JBA
BT Tem 11b(30)↗ מדנחתא ליה קדושת דמים נחתא ליה נמי קדוש׳ הגוף‏ : since (one limb) acquires holiness for its value, the whole body also acquires holiness
(4)
to specify
JBA
BT Men 7b(4)↗ לא נחית למיניינא דכהנים‏ : he does not specify the number of priests
(5)
w. סלק : to be concerned with regularly
JBA
BT Pes 87b(45)↗ ב̇ה̇א סלקינן בהא נחיתינן‏ : we are concerned with this all the time [lit. with this we go up and with that we go down]
Dpaˁˁelto lead down, take down2 senses▶
1
to lead down, take down
Syr
Jul 245:19↗ ܘܢܚ݂ܬܗ ܠܒܝܬ ܫ̈ܥܐ‏ : he took him down to the sundial
(1)
ܡܸܛܪܵܐ : to make it rain (?)
Syr
AphDem4.65:25↗ ܘܢܚܬ ܡܛܪܐ‏
2
to disembark
JLAtg
TgJ Jonah1:13 var.↗ וְשָיְטִין גֻברַיָא לְאָתָבָא"לנחתא" לְיַבַשתָא‏
Cˀafˁelto lower1 sense▶
to lower
NTA.23:1↗ tḥṫ šlm : (dubious!!) ; TAD B8.12 R.3↗ ٠٠]٠ור ה̇נ̇ח̇ת̇‏
(1)
physically
Common Aramaic
11QtgJob 16.9=30:19↗ אחתוני‏ : [MT הֹרָנִי !] ; TgO Gen44:11↗ וְאוֹחִיאוּ וַאֲחִיתוּ גְבַר יָת טוּענֵיה‏ : each man hurriedly lowered his load ; P Mk15:36↗ ܐܸܢ ܐܵܬ݂ܸܐ ܐܼܠܼܝܵܐ܂ ܡܲܚܸܬ݂ ܠܸܗ‏ : if Elijah is coming and taking him down ; BT AZ 26b(22)↗ בעינא לאחותי ברי מאיגרא‏ : I want to bring my son down from the roof ; GY 137:22↗ uˁiahit ligrai bmia siauia : and I put my feet down in the dirty water ; PJ Gen24:18↗ ואוחיאת ואחיתת לגינתה על ידה ואשקיתיה‏ : she quickly lowered her pitcher in her hand and let him drink
(1)
to send down, bring down
Gal, PTA, Syr
GT E Gen42:38↗ ותחתון ית שבתי בדוי̊ שאולה‏ : you will bring my aged head in misery down to Sheol ; P Gn24:18↗ ܘܐܚܬܬ ܩܘܠܬܗ݀ ܥܠ ܐ̈ܝܕܝܗ݀‏ : she lowered her pitcher on her hands
(1)
especially: from the land of Israel
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, LJLA
TgO Gen39:1↗ text not cited ; SYAP 18:29↗ ולבבל אחתיה עמיה‏ ; GT E Gen39:1↗ סרקאי די אחיתו יתה לתמן‏ : the Saracens who had brought him down there (to Egypt) ; PJ Gen39:1↗ ערבאי דאחתוהי לתמן‏
(2)
send downriver
OfAEg-inf
TAD A3.8 V.13↗ ולעבק הנחת לי כתון 1 בידך‏ : quickly bring me down 1 garment in your possession
(2)
to put down, deposit
BAEzra, JLAtg
Ezra 5:15↗ אֵלה מָאנַיָּא שֵׂא אֵזֶל־אֲחֵת הִמּוֹ בְּהֵיכְלָא דִּי בִירוּשְׁלֶם‏ : take these vessels and deposit them in the temple that is in Jerusalem ; TgJ Jer24:1↗ וְהָא תְרֵין סַלֵי תֵינִין מָחֲתִין קְֹדָם הֵיכלָא דַיוי‏ : here were two baskets of figs installed before the Lord's Temple
(3)
to cause to fall (esp. rain)
OAMesop, Qumran, JLAtg, PTA, Syr, LJLA
Fakh.2↗ gwgl | šmyn | wˀrq | mhnḥt | ˁsr | wntn | rˁy : canal-inspector of Heaven and Earth, who causes wealth (i.e. fructifying rain) to fall and provides pasturage ; TgO Gen2:5↗ אֲרֵי לָא אַחֵית יוי אֲלֹהִים מִטרָא‏ ; TN Gen7:4↗ הא אנה מחת מטר על ארעא‏ : I am about to rain down rain on the earth ; TN Gen19:24↗ וממריה דייי אחת על סדם ועל עמרה גפרית‏ : the Lord's memra rained down sulphur on Sodom and Gomorrah ; P Gn7:4↗ ܡ݁ܚܬ ܐܢܐ ܡܛܪܐ‏ ; P Job36:28↗ ܕܡܚܬܝܢ ܫܡܝܐ ܒܙܒܢܐ܂ ܘܪ̈ܣܢ ܥܢ̈ܢܐ ܥܠ ܒܢ̈ܝ ܐܢܫܐ‏ ; PJ Gen2:6↗ ואחית מיטרא ומשקי ית כל אפי אדמתא‏
(1)
to shed tears
Syr, JBA
BT MQ 25b(36)↗ אחיתו עמודי דקסרי דמעי‏ : the pillars of GN shed tears
(2)
to expel other liquid downward
Syr
Geop 103:11↗ ܕܢܚܬܘܢ ܦܠܓܡܐ‏ : so that they may expel the phlegm
(4)
to put on phylacteries
JBA, LJLA
BT Suk 46a(25)↗ דכל אימת דמחתי מברכי‏ : whenever they put on (phylacteries), they would recite a blessing ; TgEsth108:16↗ ולאחתא תפילי על ידיהון‏ : to put phylacteries on their arms
(2)
fig. : to impose
Common Aramaic
JBABowl 2.1:6↗ מחיתנא עליכון שמתא וגזירתא ואחרמתא‏ : I impose upon you an excommunication, oath, and anathema
(1)
to assign to a task, set someone's position
JBA
(2)
to lower in rank, depose
Syr, JBA
OS LkSin1:52↗ ̈ܘܐܢܚܬ ܬܩܝܦܐ ܡܢ ܟܘܪܣܘܬܗܘܢ ܘܐܪܝܡ ܡܟܝܟܐ‏ : He lowered the strong from their thrones and raised up the lowly ; BT BB 32a(10)↗ כיון דאחתיניה לא מסקינן ליה‏ : since we lowered him in rank [i.e. from priest to non-priest] we do not raise him in rank
(1)
hofal: to be deposed
BADan
Dan 5:20↗ הָנְחַת מִן־כָּרְסֵא מַלְכוּתֵהּ‏ : he was brought down from his royal throne
(3)
to reduce someone's positive attribute
Syr
LG 9:10(3)↗ ܕܘ݂ܟܬܵܐ ܕܡܵܪܝܵܐ ܐܲܚܸܬ ܐܸܢܘ݂ܢ ܠܲܢ̈ܒܼܝܸܐ ܡܸܢ ܟܼܐܢܘ݂ܬܵܐ ܘܡܸܢ ܚܘ݂ܒܵܐ‏ : where the Lord made the prophets less just and less loving
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto descend1 sense▶
to descend
Gal, Sam
PTTan 66.d:1[2]↗ ולא איתנחת"נחית" מיטרא‏
(1)
to become diminished
Gal
Eul 22:12 מן עדן לעדן אזלין ומתנחתין | מן שנה לשנה בצרין ופחתין‏
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto be led down3 senses▶
1
to be led down
Sam, Syr
(1)
fig.:
Syr
JS_Elijah 2:359↗ ܘܲܒܩܽܘ̈ܠܵܣܸܐ ܘܲܒܣܸܓ̈ܕܵܬܵܐ ܢܸܬܢܲܚܲܬ ܗ̄ܘܵܐ܃ ܡܸܢ ܗܲܘ ܪܲܘܡܵܐ ܕܪܽܘܚܵܢܽܘܬܵܐ‏ : (lest) he be taken down from that height of religiosity by praises and obeisances
2
to let oneself down, descend
Syr
3
fig. : to concede
Syr
LSt.12:1↗ ܐܝܟܢܐ ܡܬܢܲܚܲܬ ܐܢܬ ܕܬܐܠܦ ܡܢ ܟܠܢܫ‏ : how is it that you concede to learn from everyone?
Ctˀettafˁalto descend2 senses▶
1
to descend
Syr
GregNysLR.206.10↗ ܘܕܐܝܟܢܐ ܒܙܒܢ ܠܬܚܬ ܡܬܬܚܬܝܢ܃ ܘܒܙܒܢ ܬܘܒ ܠܥܠ ܡܬܥܠܝܢ‏ : how (heavenly bodies) sometimes descend and sometimes go back up
2
to be brought down
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Sam, Syr, LJLA
TgO Gen39:1↗ וְיוֹסֵף אִתַחַת לְמִצרַיִם‏ : so Joseph had been brought down to Egypt ; TgJ Is14:15↗ לִשאוֹל תִיתַחַת לִסיָפֵי גוּב בֵית אַבדָנָא‏ ; GT E Gen39:1↗ ויוסף את^ו^חת למצרימה‏ : † ; P Mt11:23↗ ܥܕ݂ܲܡܵܐ ܠܲܫܝܘ݂ܠ ܬܸ݁ܬ݁ܲܚܬܸ݁ܝܢ‏ : you shall be brought down as far as Sheol ; TgTosPr 1Sam.2:6↗ קרח ٠٠٠ איתחת לשאול‏ : Korah ... was brought down to Sheol
(1)
to be humiliated
Syr
LSt.48:9↗ ܠܐ ܫ݁ܘܐ ܠܡܘܗܒܬܐ ܕܝܠܝ ܐܝܢܐ ܕܠܐ ܡܬ݂݁ܢܲܚܬ ܕܢܫܐܠܗ‏ : one who does not humiliate himself to ask for it, does not deserve my gift
(2)
to demean oneself
JLAtg
TgO Lev21:9↗ אְרֵי תִתַחַת לְמִטעֵי מִקְדוּשַת אְבוּהָא הִיא מִתַחְלָא‏ : should she demean herself to stray from her father's sanctified status, she has become defiled
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perfect JLA in /a/ but others in /e/; impf. JLA, JBA יֵיחֹות , Syr. ܢܸܚܘ݁ܬ‏; imv. ḥoṯ, but Sam. נת ! JBAmb also לחת !
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 909[424]DJPA: 346bDJBA: 742aJastrow: 897Drower/Macuch: 292bPayne-Smith: 2343J. Payne-Smith: 336Levy Ch-W: 2:103Tal Sam: 517DCPA[Schulthess]: 261[122]DJA: 65bQumran: 155

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