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zbn (a/e[u]) vb. to buy; D to sell
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Gpəˁalto buy1 sense▶
to buy
Common Aramaic
TAD A2.2 R.11↗ וכעת זבנת משח זית ליקה‏ : now then I have bought some olive oil for PN ; TAD B3.12 R.12↗ ביתן זי זבן מן בגזשת‏ : this house that we bought from PN ; GenApoc 21.6↗ ודבק עד סודם וזבן לה בסודם בי‏ : he reached as far as Sodom and bought a house in Sodom † ; XHev/Se 21:.7↗ יהוסף זבנה‏ : PN its buyer ; TgO Gen33:19↗ וֻזבַן יָת אַחסָנַת חַקלָא דְפַרסֵיה תַמָן לְמַשכְנֵיה מִיַד בְנֵי חֲמוֹר‏ : he bought the field property where he had pitched his tent from the sons of PN ; CPA Ex12:44↗ ܘܟܘܠ ܥܒܕܗ ܕܐܢܫ ܙܒܝܢ ܟܣܦܗ ܬܓܙܘܪ̈ܘܢ‏ : you must circumcise every person's slave purchased with his money ; SamTgJ Gen25:10↗ חקלה דזבן אברהם‏ : the field that Abraham bought ; P Gn25:10↗ ܚܩܠܐ ܕܙܒܢ ܐܒܪܗܡ ܡܢ ܒ̈ܢܝ ܚܝܬ‏ ; BT Qid 59a(17)↗ זיל זבנה נהלי להאי ארעא אזל זבנה לנפשיה‏ : go (and) buy that field for me. He went (and) bought it for himself ; JohnBook 82:7↗ tangaria lazabnia biahud : the merchants do not buy in Judah ; PJ Gen25:10↗ חקלא דיזבן אברהם מן בני חיתאה‏
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p.p. : see also s.v. zbyn n.m.
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fig.:
BADan
Dan 2:8↗ יָדַע אֲנָה דִּי עִדָנָא אַנְתּוּן זָבְנִין‏ : I know that you are buying some time (i.e., delaying)
Dpaˁˁelto sell (b_ for)1 sense▶
to sell (b_ for)
Common Aramaic
Brussels 48.1↗ tbn | zy | zbn šmˁˀyh : straw that PN sold ; TAD B2.4 R.6↗ להן ביתא זנך לא שליט אנת לזבנה ולמנתן רחמת לאחרנן‏ : but you do not have a right to sell or gift that house to others ; Trf 2.1.46↗ mn dy yhwˀ mzbn mšḥˀ bšymˀ : whoever sells spiced oil ; NabTomb 9:3↗ wlˀ ršyn wˀlt wbnyh dy yzbnwn ˀw ymšknwn ˀw ywgrwn kprˀ dnh : but PN and her children are not permitted to sell, pledge, or hire out this tomb ; TgO Gen37:28↗ וְזַבִינוּ יָת יוֹסֵף לְעַרבָאֵי בְעַסרִין כְסַף‏ : they sold Joseph to the Arabs for 20 pieces of silver ; Am7 220:9↗ ܘܫܟܐ ܙܒܢ ܡܚܡܪܐ ܘܐܫܬܝ‏ : he sold the rest for wine and drank it ; P Gn25:31↗ ܙܒ݁ܢ ܠܝ ܝܘܡܢܐ ܒܘܟܪܘܬܟ‏ ; P 1K(1)21:15↗ ܕܢܙܒܢܝܘܗܝ ܠܟ ܒܟܣܦܐ‏ ; BT Ara 30b(27)↗ ניחא {ו}לאיניש דלזבין ברתיה ולא ל{ו}<י>זיף בריביתא‏ : a man prefers to sell his daughter (as a maidservant) and not to borrow on interest ; PJ Gen31:15↗ ארום זבננא‏ : for he has sold us
Cˀafˁelto force to sell1 sense▶
to force to sell
JBAg
SSSad 268:17↗ רשו וחייל למתבע ולאשבועי ולאפטורי ולאחולי ולארשו<׳> ולזבוני ולאזבוני‏ : the right and authority to sue, adjure, exempt, pardon, obligate, sell, and to force to sell
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be bought1 sense▶
to be bought
Syr
ICor7:23↗ ܒܲܕ݂ܡܲܝܵܐ̈ ܐܸܙܕ݁ܒ݂ܸܢܬ݁ܘ݂ܢ‏ : you have been bought for a price ; Rev 14:4↗ ܗܵܠܸܝܢ ܐܸܙܕ݁ܒ݂ܸܢܘ ܡܸܢ ܐܼܢܵܫܵܐ‏ : these were bought from men
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto be sold1 sense▶
to be sold
Common Aramaic
NabTomb 28:4↗ wdy lˀ ytzbn wlˀ ytrhn kprˀ dnh : that this tomb must not be sold or pledged ; TgO Gen42:1↗ וַחזָא יַעֲקֹב אֲרֵי עִיבוּר מִזדַבַן בְמִצרָיִם‏ : Jacob saw that grain was being sold in Egypt ; Lag(345) Luke12:6↗ ܠܐ ܚܡܝܫ ܨܦܪ̈ܝܢ ܡܙܕܒ̈ܢܢ ܒܬ݁ܪ̈ܝܢ ܐܣܪ̈ܝܢ‏ : are not five birds sold for two small coins? ; P Ex22:2↗ ܢܙܕܒܢ ܒܓܢܘܒܬܗ"ܒܓܢܒܘܬܗ"‏ : he should be sold for his theft ; BT Mak 2b(40)↗ אי אנת הוה מזדבנת אנן נמי לא מזדבנינן‏ : would you be sold (as a slave)? So, too, we shall not be sold ; TgEsth307:4↗ ארי אזדבננא מגן אנא ועמי‏ : [MT: כִּי נִמְכַּרְנוּ אֲנִי וְעַמִּי]
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Syr. a/e but generally a/u in Jewish texts. In JBA pael often without a spelled final nun. In JBA prints peal often with thematic i vowel -- surely erroneously; in Nabataean the T stem is without dental-sibilant metathesis.
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For the ultimate etymology of this uniquely Aramaic verb see discussion in AIOA pp. 112f.
Note that effectively it is very difficult to distinguish between Dt and Gt in unvocalized texts; perhaps it is better simply to render either as "to be subjected to a purchase transaction". Explicit examples of Gt, however, appear to be quite rare.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 359[187]DJPA: 171bDJBA: 398bJastrow: 379Drower/Macuch: 161bJ. Payne-Smith: 109Levy Ch-W: 1:209Tal Sam: 219DNWSI: 303DCPA[Schulthess]: 106[53]DJA: 46aQumran: 70

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