The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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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.

)lh noun sg. emphatic

ˀlh, ˀlhˀ (ˀĕ/ălāh, ˀĕ/ălāhā) n.m. god

Sam. also an Arabizing spelling: אללה

1 god, God Com. --(a) pagan god(s) Com. --(b) the God of Israel Com. (b.1) in oaths and curses JBA. --(c) ܠܐ ܐܠܗ : godless Syr.

hw P01 = hw R --> hw) R

hwˀ (hū) pron. he

OA hˀ; OfA and Middle Aramaic often just hw; Syriac ܗܘ; Qum also Hebraizing (Qum dialect) הואה

  1 he Com. --(a) combined with itself as copula: ܗܘܝܘ : he himself, he is the one Syr. (a.1) as conj. : see s.v. hwyw conj. Syr. (a.2) ܗܘ ܟܕ ܗܘ : the very same Syr.
  2 as copula Com.
  3 emphatic enclitic particle focusing on the word it follows Syr.
  4 ܕܗܘ : fol. interog. adverbs : some X or the other. See, sv. ˀmty Syr.