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rps (a/u) vb. to trample
GC
Gpəˁalto trample3 senses▶
1
to trample
BADan, JLAtg, PTA, JBAmb, Man
Dan 7:19↗ וּשְׁאָרָא בְּרַגְלַיהּ רָפְסָה‏ : it tramples the rest with its feet ; TgJ 2Sam22:43↗ כִסיָן שוּקִין בְעַטִית בְהוֹן רְפַסתִנוּן‏ : I kicked and trampled them like street mud ; TN Ex21:22↗ וארום יתנצון גברין וירפשׂון אתה מעברתה‏ : if men are fighting and trample a pregnant woman
(1)
to stomp
Gal, Syr
BR 1158:1(1)↗ ורפש חד רפיש וזעת כל פלטין‏ : he stomped a single stomping and the whole palace shook ; FTV Gen49:11↗ והוא מדמי לרפיס עינבין‏ : it would look like trampled stuff of grapes ; AphDem5.85:11↗ ܪܦܣ ܒܪܓܠܗ‏ ; JulSok 53(23):26↗ ܘܬܪܦܘܣ ܒܪ̈ܓܠܝܗ݀‏
(1)
to dance
Syr
AphDem5.85:11↗ ܚܕܝ ܠܗܘܢ ܘܪܦܣ ܒܪܓܠܗ‏
(1)
fig. : to rejoice
Syr
PO2 262:2 text not cited
2
to block up
Syr
JohEphB 122:27 ܢܪܦܣܘܢ ܟܠܗܝܢ ܟܘ̈ܐ ܕܦܠܛܝܢ‏
(1)
to pave
LJLA
TgEsth301:6↗ רפיסן עלוי מרמרין סמקין ירקין וברקין ומ{ד}<ר>וקין וחורין‏ : paved with red-green marble and saffron and white gemstones
(2)
to attach tightly together
Syr
PsC 268:3 ܐܪܡܝ ܣܸܟ̈ܐ ܕܦܪܙܠܐ ܘܪܦܲܣ ܐܢܝܢ ܚܕܐ ܒܚܕܐ‏ : he installed iron nails and tightly pounded one to another ; PsC 268:6 ܟܡܐ ܬܪܥܐ ܕܪܦܝ݂ܣ ܒܡ̈ܘ݂ܟܠܐ ܩܵܐܹ݁ܡ‏ : as long as the gate bolted together with bars is standing
3
to wriggle
Man
(1)
mirpas (zapa ḏ) aina : twinkling of an eye, instant
Man
JohnBook 65:5↗ kḏ mirpas zapẖ ḏaina lhaka ana atit : I have come here like the twinkling of an eye-lash ; SidraDNishmata 75.105:14↗ ˁl mirpas aina uˁl tapukia garglia : about a twinkling of an eye and a turn of the (cosmic) wheels
Cˀafˁelto open wide (eyes)1 sense▶
to open wide (eyes)
JBA
BT Bek 36b(14)↗ ארפסינהו לעייניה חזייה בש{י}קריה‏ : he opened his eyes wide, saw him, and recognized him
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There is little reason to associate the Babylonian usage with eyes with Akkadian, as does DJBA.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1485[741]DJPA: 528bDJBA: 1092aJastrow: 1491Drower/Macuch: 437a, 270aJ. Payne-Smith: 548Levy Ch-W: 2:433

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