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rmk, rmkˀ (ramaḵ, ramḵā) n.f./m. herd
1
herd (of any kind)
Syr, Man
Am7 71:16↗ ܪܡܟܐ ܚܕܐ ܕܒܘ̈ܒܠܐ‏ : a herd of buffalos ; ActsThomSinai 69,223901↗ ܚܙܐ ܝܗܘܕܐ ܓܝܪ ܪܡܟܐ ܕܥܪܕܐ ܟܕ ܪܥܝܐ ܠܗܠ ܡܢ ܐܣܛܪܛ ܂܂܂ ܙܠ ܠܗܝ ܪܡܟܐ ܘܐܡܪ ܠܗܘܢ‏ : for Judah saw a herd of onagers grazing beyond the street ... go to that herd an say to them
2
of equids
Syr
P Esth8:10↗ ܪܟ݂̈ܒܝ ܪܟ݂̈ܫܐ ܒܢ̈ܝ ܪ̈ܡܟܐ‏ ; JSmem 3:305↗ ܗܘ̈ܝ ܠܝ ܒܩܪ̈ܐ ܥܢ̈ܐ ܘܪ̈ܡܟܐ ܣܓܝ̈ܐܬܐ‏
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(zool.) a type of mule
OfAIdeog., Gal, JBA, LJLA
PTKil 31.c:46[2]↗ רמכה דלא כלינס‏ : the mule without a bridle ; [AC 7:281] חמרתיה הוה מעברא אולידא רמכי רמכי‏ : his jenny had been pregnant and gave birth to mule after mule ; TgEsth108:10↗ ורכבי רכשא ערטוליני רמכין דאיתנטלו טחוליהון ואיקדרו פיסת כף רגליהון‏ : riders on unadorned equids: mules whose spleens had been removed and their hooves calloused
3
fig.: multitude
Syr
AS4 50:27 ܐܦ ܪܡܟܐ ܕܢ̈ܫܐ ܢܡܘܣܝ̈ܬܐ ܒܩܕܝܫܘܬܐ ܫܩ݁ܠܝܢ ܗܘܘ܂ ܘܒܠܐ ܥܕܠܝܘܬܐ ܒܗܕܐ ܗ݀ܘܝܢ ܗܘܘ‏ : they even married a multitude of legal wives in sanctity and were blameless in this ; Ming2 138:1 ܣܓܝܐܘܬ ܪ̈ܲܡܟ݁ܐ ܕܙܩܘܦܹ̈ܐ‏ : many multitudes of crucifiers
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=MP ramag (s S. Shaked, JAOS 1993 78f.); for fem. gender see Bh Gr2 10(25).
In Rabbinic tradition this kind of mule is offspring of a female horse and male ass, and refuses to be bridled and is thus particularly swift. See discussion in Levy.
We assume that using this image for "a multitude" of people has a negative connotation similar to what it would in English.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1474[734]DJPA: 526aDJBA: 1088bJastrow: 1483Drower/Macuch: 421bJ. Payne-Smith: 543Levy Ch-W: 2:427DNWSI: 1078

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