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plpl vb. to sprinkle; to debate
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Qquadriliteralto sprinkle and make dirty2 senses▶
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to sprinkle and make dirty
Syr, LJLA
P Job16:15↗ ܘܦܠܦܠܬ ܒܥܦܪܐ ܪܝܫܝ‏ ; ApocBar 85:15↗ ܢܘܒܕ ܠܐܝܠܝܢ ܕܒܚ̈ܛܗܐ ܡܦܠܦܠܝܢ‏ : to destroy those sprinkled with sins ; TgJob16:15↗ ופלפלית בעפרא איקרי‏ : I sprinkled my glory with dirt
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to sprinkle w. blood = to defile
Syr
GeschJosWein 20(7) ܘܠܐ ܬܦܠܦܠܘܢ ܐܢܬܘܢ ܐܝܕ̈ܝܟܘܢ ܒܕܡܗ‏ : you will not defile your hands with his blood ; P Gn37:31↗ ܘܦܠܦܠܘܗ݀ ܠܟܘܬܝܢܐ ܒܕܡܗ‏
2
fig.: to debate
JBAg, LJLA
TgJob11:12var.↗ ובר נש מפלפל ודייק‏ : †
QtquadTto be sprinkled with dirt2 senses▶
1
to be sprinkled with dirt
Syr
P Mi1:10↗ ܐܬܦܠܦܠܘ ܒܥܦܪܐ‏
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to be defiled
Syr
IshNum 113:2↗ ܡܫܡܠܝܐܝܬ ܐܬܦܠܦܠ ܒܪܘܫܥܗ‏
2
to sprinkle oneself in dirt
LJLA
TgEsth2 4:1(12)↗ ואתכסי שקא ואתפלפל בקטמא‏ : he covered himself in sackcloth and sprinkled himself with ashes
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The Geonic figurative usage "to debate" is from MH.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1202[569]DJBA: 914Jastrow: 1184J. Payne-Smith: 445Levy Ch-W: 2:271

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