The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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yhwdh PN Personal name

d_ p = d_ p --> dy p

OA, OfA zy; MA dy, d; later d but also dy in various positions; Sam. often אד; in Mandaic written with a unique ligature developed from "d" + "y", in our code transcribed as "ḏ", and considered to be the last letter of the alphabet.

  1 of, genitive particle Com. --(a) w. implied head word: the thing(s) belonging/related to s..o./something Com.
  2 first element of lexemes Com.
  3 in split genitive phrases Com. --(a) after certain prepositions with pronominal suffix : itself, very Syr.
  4 after numbers Com. --(a) before cardinal numbers: as ordinal Syr.
  5 determinative pron. Com.
  6 per, by Syr.

$bT noun sg. emphatic

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

Syr rarely ܫܦܛܐ ; CPA also ܫܘܒܛ ; BA pl. const. שִבְטֵי ; JBA שיבטא٠ שיפטא ; JBAmb also שובטא

  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.