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prpr vb. to writhe
QQt
√ prr vb.
Qquadriliteralto writhe in death (or death-like) agony2 senses▶
1
to writhe in death (or death-like) agony
Gal, PTA, CPA, Syr
PTŠvu 34.c:49[2]↗ חמתיה מפרפר ויהב ליה‏ : he saw him writhing in death and gave him some ; TN Gen42:21↗ אחונה די חמינן בעקת נפשיה כד הוה מפרפר קדמינן‏ : our brother whose soul's agony we witnessed as he was writhing before us ; ApMyth 1.2:1↗ ܘܪܓܙ ܒܚܡܘ ܘܒܥܠ ܧܪܦܪ‏ : he grew angrywith wrath and writhed with ? ; EphNis 10:5.1↗ ܘܢܦܠ ܘܐܬܦܪܦܪ | ܥܘܠܐ ܡܢ ܐܡܗ ܕܠܐ ܠܗ ܠܡܐܢܩ | ܘܠܐ ܠܗ݀ ܠܡܫܬܐ‏ : the babe fell from its mother and writhed in death, without anything for him to suck nor anything for her to drink
2
to flap (wings)
Syr
JEhCh 221b:bot ܘܡ݁ܫܘܪ ܘܡ݁ܦܪܦܪ ܓܦܘ̈ܗܝ‏ : (the heron) leaps up and flaps its wings
QtquadTto wriggle out1 sense▶
to wriggle out
Syr
JSB2 52:16↗ ܐܬܦܪܦܪ ܗܘ ܢܫܪܐ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܡܢ ܐܝܠܢܗ‏ : the eagle Messiah wriggled out of his tree ; EphNis 10:5.1↗ ܘܢܦܠ ܘܐܬܦܪܦܪ ܘܠܐ ܡܢ ܐܡܗ‏ : the fetus fell and wriggled out from its mother
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See also s.v. prpˁ.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1249[604]DJPA: 450aJastrow: 1236Payne-Smith: 3225J. Payne-Smith: 464Levy Ch-W: 2:297
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