The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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l_ p03

  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.

rwx noun sg. abs. or construct

rwḥ, rwḥˀ (rūḥ, rūḥā) n.f./m. wind; spirit

pl. rūḥīn; Syr. also ܪܘܚ̈ܬܐ andܪܘܚܢ̈ܐ , though the latter may well have an "individuating" connotation. In Sam. only ריח by conflation with ṛyḥ under Arabic influence.

  1 wind Com. --(a) fig. : direction, cardinal point Com. --(b) breath Syr. --(c) blowing Syr.
  2 spirit Com. --(a) ܪܘܼܚܵܐ ܕܩܘܼܕܫܵܐ, ܪܘܼܚ ܩܘܼܕܫܵܐ : The Holy Spirit CPA, Syr, JBAg. --(b) in Mandaism: Ruha the primary spirit of the dark side Man. --(c) ܒܪܘܚ : in spirt, i.e. within a prophetic vision Syr. (c.1) ܕܒܪܘܚ : spiritual (as opposed to bodily: ܕܒܦܓܪ) Syr.
  3 demon Qum, Syr. --(a) ܕܲܪܝܵܐ : leprosy Syr.
  4 odor Syr. --(a) pl. : flatulence Syr. --(b) fig. : apparent value, smell of something LJLA.