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prt (prā/aṯ) n.m. The Euphrates
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The Euphrates
Qumran, JLAtg, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA
GenApoc 21.17↗ עד די דבקת לפורת נהרא‏ ; TgO Gen2:14↗ text not cited ; TN Gen2:14↗ ונהרא רביעיא הוא נהרא רבה דנהרא פרת‏ ; CPA Jer13:4↗ ܘܩܘܡ ܐ݁ܙܠ ܥܠ ܦܘܪܬ ܘܐܛܡܪ ܝܬܗ ܬܡ݁ܢ‏ : get going to the Euphrates and hide it there ; AGnEx 29.10↗ ܘܠܦܪܬ ܘܠܕܩܠܬ ܒܓܪܒܝܐ‏ : to the Euphrates and the Tigris in the north ; BT Šab 65b(4)↗ מיטרא במערבא סהדא רבה פרת‏ : the Euphrates is the great witness to rain in the west ; PJ Gen15:18↗ text not cited
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fig. : source
Sam
MarqePoem9:65↗ פרת מכסיאתה אנון לוחיה‏ : the tablets are the source of the secret things
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Mand: praš, prat; CPA pwrt; Qum. פורת
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: Drower/Macuch: 378aJ. Payne-Smith: 466Tal Sam: 712DCPA[Schulthess]: [164]
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