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spd (a/u) vb. to lament or eulogize; to tremble
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Gpəˁalto lament or eulogize3 senses▶
1
to lament or eulogize
JLAtg, JBA, LJLA
TgO Gen23:2↗ וַאֲתָא אברהם לְמִספְדַה דְשָׂרָה"לשׂרה" וֻלמִבכַה‏ : Abraham came to mourn Sarah (var.: to the mourning for Sarah) and to weep over her ; BT Meg 6a(8)↗ כי שכיב איניש הכא ספדו ליה התם‏ : when a (great) man dies here [i.e. in Babylonia] they lament him there [i.e. in Eretz Israel] ; BT Meg 28b(35)↗ ר׳ זירא ספדיה לההוא מרבנן בבי כנשתא‏ : PN eulogized one of the scholars in the synagogue ; PJ Gen23:2↗ ויתיב למיספד לשרה ולמבכייה‏
(1)
על : to lament over someone
JLAtg, LJLA
TgJ 1Sam25:1↗ וְאִתכְנִישוּ כָל יִשרָאֵל וֻספַדוּ עְלוֹהִי‏ ; TgJ 2Sam11:26↗ וֻספַדַת עַל בַעלַה‏ ; TgQoh3:4↗ עידן בחיר למספד על קטילא‏
2
to tremble
Syr
ESVirg 38:20↗ ܠܒܗ ܣ݂ܦܕ‏ : [G! met.caus.] ; JulSok 165(79):25↗ ܘܣܦܕ ܠܒܗܘܢ ܡܢ ܕܚܠܬܗܘ݁ܢ‏
(1)
to be afraid
Syr
JSSahd 753:20 text not cited
3
to shrink in on oneself
Syr
JSB5 302:9↗ ܘܣܦܕ ܘܩܦܣ ܡܬܚܐ ܪܘܝܚܐ ܕܙܠܝܩܝ̈ܗܘܢ‏ : the broad expanse of their rays shrank and contracted ; AGnEx 15.11↗ ܐܘ ܕܘܟܬ ܝܡܐ ܣܦܕܬ ܘܗܘ݂ܐ ܒܗ݀ ܥܘܡܩܐ‏ : the water's place shrank in on itself and depth developed in it
Dpaˁˁelto tremble2 senses▶
1
to tremble
Syr
2
to clap the hands
Syr
AM 2:334:11 ܘܣܦܕ ܐܝ̈ܕܘ̈ ܐܝܟ ܕܡܠܝܢ ܡܢ ܗ݀ܘ ܚ‍{‍ܚ‍}‍‍<‍ܢܢ‍>‍ܐ‏ : he clapped his hands as if they were full of that "grace-oil"
Cˀafˁelto mourn, to lament1 sense▶
to mourn, to lament
Qumran, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, JBA, LJLA
4Q539 2..3↗ ٠٠ ]מ̇א̇ספד אבי י̇[עקוב ٠٠٠‏ : mourning my father Ja[cob ; TN Gen23:2↗ ואתה אברהם למספדא לשרה‏ ; CPA Gen50:10↗ ܘܐܣܦܕܘ ܝܬܗ ܣܦܕ ܪܒ‏ ; BT Sot 35a(26)↗ ואיטרידו כולי עלמא לאספודיה‏ : everyone was occupied in lamenting him ; TgLam1:1↗ ואספד מרי עלמא עליהון‏
(1)
to eulogize(?)
PTA, CPA
TN Gen50:10↗ text not cited
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be eulogized1 sense▶
to be eulogized
JLAtg
TgJ Jer16:4↗ מְמָתֵי כְפַן יְמוּתוּן לָא יִסתַפדוּן וְלָא יִתקַברוּן‏
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