The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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אֲבֶן אַבְנָא‏ n.f. stone

stone Com. TgO Gen31:46 : וֻנסִיבֻו אַבנִין וַעֲבַדֻו דְגוֹרָא וַאֲכַלֻו תַמָן עַל דְגוֹרָא‏ they took stones and made them into a heap and ate there on the heap.

rock, stone as a material Com. Ezra6:4 : נִדְבָּכִין דִּי־אֶבֶן גְּלָל תְּלָתָא‏ three layers of hewn stone. QumNJ 5:1:1:9 : לכל תרע ותרע דשין תרין די אבן‏ each gate has two stone door panels. PJ Gen11:3 : והות להון לבינתא לאבנא וטינא הוות להום לישיע‏ bricks was their stone and mud was their plaster.

gem Qumran, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Syr, LJLA. 4QTQah 3,2:11 : ٠٠٠]בה יקרו א֗ב֗ניא‏ . TgO Ex31:5 : וֻבאֻומָנֻות אַבַן טָבָא‏ . TN Ex25:7 : אבנין טבין ואבנין דאשלמן למקבעא באפודא ובחשנא‏ precious stones and stones for setting in the ephod and the breastplate. (usually + brd) hail stone OA, PTA, CPA, LJLA. TN Ex14:24 . PJ Ex19:13 : לא תיקרב ביה ידא ארום <א>יתרגמא יתרגם באבנא ברדא או גירין דאישא‏ a hand should not draw near to him for he will actually be stoned with hail stone or fiery arrows. piece of metal PTA. TN Lev26:1 : אבן דמתכה לא תתנון בארעכון למסגד קדמה‏ you may not install a chunk of cast metal in your land in order to worship before it.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 33b; DJBA: 75b; Jastrow: 7; Levy Ch-W: 1:5; Tal Sam: 4; DNWSI: 6; DJA: 29a; Cook,Qumran: 2;

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Derivatives:

ˀbn ˀt, ˀbn ˀtˀ n.f. milestone

ˀbn ḥzy, ˀbn ḥzytˀ n.f. cornerstone

ˀbn skw, ˀbn skwtˀ n.f. overlook

ˀbn šˀybh, ˀbnˀ šˀybtˀ n.f. magnetic stone

ˀbn šˁyn, ˀbn šˁyˀ n.m. sun-dial

ˀbn štyh n.f. the foundation stone

ḥzy, ḥzytˀ (*ḥzī, ḥzīṯā) n.m. #5 appearance; facet