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w_ c
w_ (wǝ_) conj. and, also

  1 and, also Com. --(a) w. a preterite pre-formative verb: then, that is when OA. --(b) introducting a nominal sentence as a circumstantial clause Com. --(c) weak adversative, but Com. --(d) in elevated language, when used without a preliminary coordinated nominal: even, too Syr, JBA.

   LS2: 357[184]. DJPA: 169a. DJBA: 394a. Jastrow: 371. Drower/Macuch: 155a. J. Payne-Smith: 107. Levy Ch-W: 1:206. Tal Sam: 214. DNWSI: 294.

$bT N03
šbṭ, šbṭˀ (šḇeṭ, ša/iḇṭā) n.m. tribe; staff; plague

  1 tribe Com.
  2 rod, staff Syr, LJLA. --(a) sceptre Syr. --(b) branch of candelabra Syr. --(c) metaph.: punishment, instrument of punishment Syr.
  3 plague OA-Mesop, Syr, JBAmb.
  4 spear Syr. --(a) (geog.) a type of (silent?) lightning Syr.

   LS2: 1501[751]. DJPA: 534b. DJBA: 1132a. Jastrow: 1513. J. Payne-Smith: 556. DNWSI: 1100.