The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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  0 to, for Com.
  1 : of general relationship (nominal) Com. --(a) non-animate genitive Com. --(b) of interest or disinterest Com.
  2 : of general relationship (verbal) Com. --(a) + infinitive : purpose Com. --(b) + infinitive : it is necessary to Syr.
  3 : dative Com. --(a) with transitive verbs Com. --(b) with intransitive verbs Com. --(c) ethical dative Com.
  4 : direction Com. --(a) addressee of letters Com. --(b) כל + direction name : in the direction of Qum.
  5 : possession Com. --(a) forming a compound substantive : that which belongs to ... Com.
  6 : marking the definite direct object Com.
  7 : subject of a passive part. in a perfective construction OfA-Pers, Syr, JBA, LJLA.
  8 + number : after X Syr.
  9 in fixed expressions . --(a) to give or take lˀntw. lˀnth : as wife Com. --(b) לאמר , לְמֵמַר : as follows, quoteative introduction , OfAGen.

m$kn noun sg. abs. or construct

mškn, mšknˀ (maškan, maškǝnā) n.m. tent

  1 tent Com. --(a) bny mšknˀ : bedouin (??, but see s.v. mškn #2) Palm.
  2 dwelling place (esp. of divinity) BA-Ez, Hat, JLAtg, CPA, Syr, Man, LJLA. --(a) ma$kan zabnA), מַשכַן זִמנָא : the Tent of Meeting Qum, JLAtg, CPA, Syr, LJLA. --(b) position Syr.
  3 theatre stage Syr.

zbn#2 noun sg. emphatic

zbn, zbnˀ (zḇan, zaḇnā) n.m./f. #2time

fem. in CPA; generally masc. in Syriac but feminine in the sense of "instance" with pl. both in -īn and -ān (see s.v. zbnh!

  1 time Palm, Jud, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBAmb, Man. --(a) stretch of time, era Syr. --(b) physical age, aging Syr. (b.1) spec.: time of maturity Syr.
  2 as an abstract concept Syr. --(a) temporality, fragility Syr. (a.1) ܕܙܒܢܐ : temporary (opp. ܕܠܥܠܡ) Syr. 1 temporal Syr. --(b) (gram.) tense Syr.
  3 expressions: Syr. --(a) ܙܒܲܢ : formerly, once upon a time (occsionally perhaps also zbn) Syr. (a.1) for a long time (?) Palm. --(b) ܙܒܲܢ ܙܒܲܢ : often, frequently Syr. --(c) ܒܙܒܢ : see s.v. bzbn adv. Syr. --(d) ܡܢ ܙܒܢܐ : at any previous time Syr.
  4 instance (fem.!) Syr.
  5 fate Syr.