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  • 1 רנן

    רְנַןch. sam( Pi. רִינֵּן same, to murmur, complain), 1) to think, meditate. Targ. Prov. 15:28, v. רְנֵי. Targ. Ps. 37:30; a. e. 2) to murmur. Targ. 1 Sam. 2:24 דרַנְנִין (ed. Lag. דדננין, Var. דר׳, דמְרַנְּנִין). Pa. רַנֵּין 1) to think, meditate. Targ. Ps. 1:2. Ib. 39:4 ברַנְּנִי Ms. (ed. ברִנְנִי, ברִי׳, v. next w.); a. e. 2) to murmur. Targ. 1 Sam. l. c., v. supra.Y.Ab. Zar. III, 42c top והוו … מְרַנְּנִין ביה and the scholars murmured against him (considered his conduct unbecoming). Yeb.34b קא מְרַנְּנֵי … אבתרך the scholars speak ill of thee; a. e. 3) to sing, rejoice. Targ. Ps. 13:5, sq. Ib. 14:7; a. fr.

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  • 2 רְנַן

    רְנַןch. sam( Pi. רִינֵּן same, to murmur, complain), 1) to think, meditate. Targ. Prov. 15:28, v. רְנֵי. Targ. Ps. 37:30; a. e. 2) to murmur. Targ. 1 Sam. 2:24 דרַנְנִין (ed. Lag. דדננין, Var. דר׳, דמְרַנְּנִין). Pa. רַנֵּין 1) to think, meditate. Targ. Ps. 1:2. Ib. 39:4 ברַנְּנִי Ms. (ed. ברִנְנִי, ברִי׳, v. next w.); a. e. 2) to murmur. Targ. 1 Sam. l. c., v. supra.Y.Ab. Zar. III, 42c top והוו … מְרַנְּנִין ביה and the scholars murmured against him (considered his conduct unbecoming). Yeb.34b קא מְרַנְּנֵי … אבתרך the scholars speak ill of thee; a. e. 3) to sing, rejoice. Targ. Ps. 13:5, sq. Ib. 14:7; a. fr.

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  • 3 תה

    v. to wonder; meditate; be amazed, dumbfounded
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  • 4 הרהר

    הִרְהֵר, הִירְ׳(Pilp. of הרר; v. הָרָה, cmp. esp. Is. 59:13) 1) to conceive in mind, to think, meditate, plan. Ber.III, 4 מְהַרְהֵר בלבו thinks (recites the Shma) in his heart, v. הִרְהוּר. Gitt.57b הי׳ תשובה בדעתיה he conceived the idea of repentance. 2) to be heated, entertain impure thoughts. Ḥull.37b לא הִרְהַרְתִּי ביום I allowed no impure thoughts to rise in me in day-time; a. fr. 3) (followed by אחר) to disparage, criticise, detract from. Snh.110a המְהַרְהֵר אחר רבו who speaks evil of his teacher. Num. R. s. 7 אם הִרְהַרְתָּוכ׳ if thou criticisest them Ber.19a אל תְּהַרְהֵר אחריו ביום do not think evil of him the day after (for he surely repented). Sifré Deut. 307 אין להַרְהֵר אחר מדותיו you must not criticise His dealings with man; a. fr. 4) to heat, make sick with fever. Lev. R. s. 17 (play on ה̇ר̇צבות, Ps. 73:4; v. ה״א) לא הִרְהַרְתִּים בחלאים (Var. חרחר׳; Ar. s. v. חרצב: ערער׳) I did not make them bot with diseases; Yalk. Ps. 808. Ukts. III, 11, v. חרְחֵר.

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  • 5 היר׳

    הִרְהֵר, הִירְ׳(Pilp. of הרר; v. הָרָה, cmp. esp. Is. 59:13) 1) to conceive in mind, to think, meditate, plan. Ber.III, 4 מְהַרְהֵר בלבו thinks (recites the Shma) in his heart, v. הִרְהוּר. Gitt.57b הי׳ תשובה בדעתיה he conceived the idea of repentance. 2) to be heated, entertain impure thoughts. Ḥull.37b לא הִרְהַרְתִּי ביום I allowed no impure thoughts to rise in me in day-time; a. fr. 3) (followed by אחר) to disparage, criticise, detract from. Snh.110a המְהַרְהֵר אחר רבו who speaks evil of his teacher. Num. R. s. 7 אם הִרְהַרְתָּוכ׳ if thou criticisest them Ber.19a אל תְּהַרְהֵר אחריו ביום do not think evil of him the day after (for he surely repented). Sifré Deut. 307 אין להַרְהֵר אחר מדותיו you must not criticise His dealings with man; a. fr. 4) to heat, make sick with fever. Lev. R. s. 17 (play on ה̇ר̇צבות, Ps. 73:4; v. ה״א) לא הִרְהַרְתִּים בחלאים (Var. חרחר׳; Ar. s. v. חרצב: ערער׳) I did not make them bot with diseases; Yalk. Ps. 808. Ukts. III, 11, v. חרְחֵר.

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  • 6 הִרְהֵר

    הִרְהֵר, הִירְ׳(Pilp. of הרר; v. הָרָה, cmp. esp. Is. 59:13) 1) to conceive in mind, to think, meditate, plan. Ber.III, 4 מְהַרְהֵר בלבו thinks (recites the Shma) in his heart, v. הִרְהוּר. Gitt.57b הי׳ תשובה בדעתיה he conceived the idea of repentance. 2) to be heated, entertain impure thoughts. Ḥull.37b לא הִרְהַרְתִּי ביום I allowed no impure thoughts to rise in me in day-time; a. fr. 3) (followed by אחר) to disparage, criticise, detract from. Snh.110a המְהַרְהֵר אחר רבו who speaks evil of his teacher. Num. R. s. 7 אם הִרְהַרְתָּוכ׳ if thou criticisest them Ber.19a אל תְּהַרְהֵר אחריו ביום do not think evil of him the day after (for he surely repented). Sifré Deut. 307 אין להַרְהֵר אחר מדותיו you must not criticise His dealings with man; a. fr. 4) to heat, make sick with fever. Lev. R. s. 17 (play on ה̇ר̇צבות, Ps. 73:4; v. ה״א) לא הִרְהַרְתִּים בחלאים (Var. חרחר׳; Ar. s. v. חרצב: ערער׳) I did not make them bot with diseases; Yalk. Ps. 808. Ukts. III, 11, v. חרְחֵר.

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  • 7 הִירְ׳

    הִרְהֵר, הִירְ׳(Pilp. of הרר; v. הָרָה, cmp. esp. Is. 59:13) 1) to conceive in mind, to think, meditate, plan. Ber.III, 4 מְהַרְהֵר בלבו thinks (recites the Shma) in his heart, v. הִרְהוּר. Gitt.57b הי׳ תשובה בדעתיה he conceived the idea of repentance. 2) to be heated, entertain impure thoughts. Ḥull.37b לא הִרְהַרְתִּי ביום I allowed no impure thoughts to rise in me in day-time; a. fr. 3) (followed by אחר) to disparage, criticise, detract from. Snh.110a המְהַרְהֵר אחר רבו who speaks evil of his teacher. Num. R. s. 7 אם הִרְהַרְתָּוכ׳ if thou criticisest them Ber.19a אל תְּהַרְהֵר אחריו ביום do not think evil of him the day after (for he surely repented). Sifré Deut. 307 אין להַרְהֵר אחר מדותיו you must not criticise His dealings with man; a. fr. 4) to heat, make sick with fever. Lev. R. s. 17 (play on ה̇ר̇צבות, Ps. 73:4; v. ה״א) לא הִרְהַרְתִּים בחלאים (Var. חרחר׳; Ar. s. v. חרצב: ערער׳) I did not make them bot with diseases; Yalk. Ps. 808. Ukts. III, 11, v. חרְחֵר.

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  • 8 הרהר

    הַרְהֵר, הַרְהֵירch. sam( הִרְהֵר, הִירְ׳ (Pilp. of הרר; v. הָרָה, cmp. esp. Is. 59:13) to conceive in mind, to think, meditate, plan). Targ. Y. Gen 6:2.Targ. Job 2:10 הַירְהֵר; a. fr.

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  • 9 הרהיר

    הַרְהֵר, הַרְהֵירch. sam( הִרְהֵר, הִירְ׳ (Pilp. of הרר; v. הָרָה, cmp. esp. Is. 59:13) to conceive in mind, to think, meditate, plan). Targ. Y. Gen 6:2.Targ. Job 2:10 הַירְהֵר; a. fr.

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  • 10 הַרְהֵר

    הַרְהֵר, הַרְהֵירch. sam( הִרְהֵר, הִירְ׳ (Pilp. of הרר; v. הָרָה, cmp. esp. Is. 59:13) to conceive in mind, to think, meditate, plan). Targ. Y. Gen 6:2.Targ. Job 2:10 הַירְהֵר; a. fr.

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  • 11 הַרְהֵיר

    הַרְהֵר, הַרְהֵירch. sam( הִרְהֵר, הִירְ׳ (Pilp. of הרר; v. הָרָה, cmp. esp. Is. 59:13) to conceive in mind, to think, meditate, plan). Targ. Y. Gen 6:2.Targ. Job 2:10 הַירְהֵר; a. fr.

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  • 12 זמם I

    זָמַםI (b. h.; cmp. דמם, דבב) to mumble; to meditate, plan (mostly in an evil sense, cmp. דִּבָּה).Part. זוֹמֵם planning evil, esp. (with ref. to Deut. 19:19) a) giving false testimony, amenable to the law of retaliation; b) rebutting witness. Tosef.Macc.I, 1 עד ז׳ a witness convicted of false testimony; a. fr.Fem. זוֹמֶמֶת (sub. עדות). Macc.I, 9 נמצאת אחת מהן ז׳ if one evidence (of one set of witnesses) has been disproved; a. e.Pl. זוֹמְמִין, זוֹמְמִים. Ib. 4 אין אלו ז׳ they do not come under the law of retaliation, Ib. נעשים ז׳ are declared amenable to the law a. fr.Tosef. Ib. I, 10 זוֹמְמֵיהֶן those witnesses on whose evidence they had been declared guilty of false testimony. Y. Ib. I, beg.31a זוֹמְמָיו those who witnessed falsely against him. Tosef.Snh.VIII, 2 העדים וזוממיהן וזוֹמְמֵי זוממיהן the original witnesses and their refuters, and the refuters of their refuters; a. fr. Hif. הֵזֵים to make a person a זוֹמֵם, to refute witnesses by testifying to an alibi, to rebut. Macc.I, 5 if other witnesses came again והֵזֵימּוּם and rebutted them. Keth.20a, v. כָּחַש; a. fr. Macc.I, 4 (5a) שיזימו Bab. ed., read שיזומו, v. infra. Hof. הוּזַם, Nif. נִיזּוֹם to be refuted, to be declared liable to the law of retaliation. Snh.10a פלוני … והוּזַמּוּ if witnesses declared, This man did, and were declared guilty Macc.3a הוּזַמְּנוּוכ׳ we have been convicted before that certain court, and made to pay. Ib. I, 4 עד שיִזּוֹמּוּ את עצמן (Ar. בעצמן, Bab. ed. שיזימו corr. acc.) unless an alibi is established against their own persons (not an alibi of any of the alleged actors in the case). Ib. 5b עד שיזומו שניהם unless both of them are refuted; a. fr. Pi. זִמֵּם to rebut. Part. מְזַמֵּם, pl. מְזַמְּמִין, contr. מְזַמִּים. Y. Ib. I, 31b top.Part. pass. מְזוּמָּם one accused by false witnesses. Snh.VI, 2 אם היה יודע שהוא מ׳ if he knew that he was innocent. Nithpa. נִזְדַּמֵּם 1) to be refuted, v. Hof. Y.Macc.1, beg.31a נִזְדַּמְּמוּ = נִיזוֹמּוּ. 2) to be mumbled. Gen. R. s. 81, beg. (ref. to זמות, Prov. 30:32) אם נִזְדַּמְּמוּ אחריך דבריםוכ׳ (Yalk. Prov. 964 נִזְמְמוּ Nif.) if thou hast been slandered, put thy hand to thy mouth; v. זָמַם II.Denom. זְמָם I.

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  • 13 זָמַם

    זָמַםI (b. h.; cmp. דמם, דבב) to mumble; to meditate, plan (mostly in an evil sense, cmp. דִּבָּה).Part. זוֹמֵם planning evil, esp. (with ref. to Deut. 19:19) a) giving false testimony, amenable to the law of retaliation; b) rebutting witness. Tosef.Macc.I, 1 עד ז׳ a witness convicted of false testimony; a. fr.Fem. זוֹמֶמֶת (sub. עדות). Macc.I, 9 נמצאת אחת מהן ז׳ if one evidence (of one set of witnesses) has been disproved; a. e.Pl. זוֹמְמִין, זוֹמְמִים. Ib. 4 אין אלו ז׳ they do not come under the law of retaliation, Ib. נעשים ז׳ are declared amenable to the law a. fr.Tosef. Ib. I, 10 זוֹמְמֵיהֶן those witnesses on whose evidence they had been declared guilty of false testimony. Y. Ib. I, beg.31a זוֹמְמָיו those who witnessed falsely against him. Tosef.Snh.VIII, 2 העדים וזוממיהן וזוֹמְמֵי זוממיהן the original witnesses and their refuters, and the refuters of their refuters; a. fr. Hif. הֵזֵים to make a person a זוֹמֵם, to refute witnesses by testifying to an alibi, to rebut. Macc.I, 5 if other witnesses came again והֵזֵימּוּם and rebutted them. Keth.20a, v. כָּחַש; a. fr. Macc.I, 4 (5a) שיזימו Bab. ed., read שיזומו, v. infra. Hof. הוּזַם, Nif. נִיזּוֹם to be refuted, to be declared liable to the law of retaliation. Snh.10a פלוני … והוּזַמּוּ if witnesses declared, This man did, and were declared guilty Macc.3a הוּזַמְּנוּוכ׳ we have been convicted before that certain court, and made to pay. Ib. I, 4 עד שיִזּוֹמּוּ את עצמן (Ar. בעצמן, Bab. ed. שיזימו corr. acc.) unless an alibi is established against their own persons (not an alibi of any of the alleged actors in the case). Ib. 5b עד שיזומו שניהם unless both of them are refuted; a. fr. Pi. זִמֵּם to rebut. Part. מְזַמֵּם, pl. מְזַמְּמִין, contr. מְזַמִּים. Y. Ib. I, 31b top.Part. pass. מְזוּמָּם one accused by false witnesses. Snh.VI, 2 אם היה יודע שהוא מ׳ if he knew that he was innocent. Nithpa. נִזְדַּמֵּם 1) to be refuted, v. Hof. Y.Macc.1, beg.31a נִזְדַּמְּמוּ = נִיזוֹמּוּ. 2) to be mumbled. Gen. R. s. 81, beg. (ref. to זמות, Prov. 30:32) אם נִזְדַּמְּמוּ אחריך דבריםוכ׳ (Yalk. Prov. 964 נִזְמְמוּ Nif.) if thou hast been slandered, put thy hand to thy mouth; v. זָמַם II.Denom. זְמָם I.

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  • 14 עון

    עוּןch., Pa. עֵיּין, עַיֵּן same, 1) to watch, guard. Targ. Y. II Deut. 32:10 עַיְּינֵי ( Paeli).B. Kam.32b איבעי ליה עַיּוּנֵי (עַיּוּנֵיה) he ought to have been on his guard; Macc.8a לעַיּיוּנֵיה. 2) to look out for, select. Targ. Job 8:17 יְעַיֵּין ed. Lag. (oth. ed. יְעוֹיִן). 3) to look into, meditate, study, speculate. M. Kat. 14b לעיוני בדיניה to study his case (not to decide it). Ib. אתו מצפרא ומְעַיְּינֵי בדיניהוכ׳ they meet in the morning and consider his case …, and then they come again at sunset Ber.25a עַיֵּין איוכ׳ examine and see whether Ib. 58a עד דמעייני ביה בדינא while they were arguing about him in court. Snh.18b זמְעַיְּינִינָאוכ׳ and we argue on his case. Meg.30b מְעַיְּינִינָן במילי דמתא we look into the affairs (the moral condition) of the town. Gitt.60a; Tem.14b מְעַיְּינֵי בספראוכ׳ used to study the book of, R. Hash. 16a בחינה עיוני בעלמא היא ‘to probe ( בחן) means merely to investigate (without decreeing). Ber.55a דמְעַיּין בה when he thinks of his prayer (expecting its fulfilment), v. preced; a. fr.(Pol. עֹונֵן, v. עֲנַן.

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  • 15 עוּן

    עוּןch., Pa. עֵיּין, עַיֵּן same, 1) to watch, guard. Targ. Y. II Deut. 32:10 עַיְּינֵי ( Paeli).B. Kam.32b איבעי ליה עַיּוּנֵי (עַיּוּנֵיה) he ought to have been on his guard; Macc.8a לעַיּיוּנֵיה. 2) to look out for, select. Targ. Job 8:17 יְעַיֵּין ed. Lag. (oth. ed. יְעוֹיִן). 3) to look into, meditate, study, speculate. M. Kat. 14b לעיוני בדיניה to study his case (not to decide it). Ib. אתו מצפרא ומְעַיְּינֵי בדיניהוכ׳ they meet in the morning and consider his case …, and then they come again at sunset Ber.25a עַיֵּין איוכ׳ examine and see whether Ib. 58a עד דמעייני ביה בדינא while they were arguing about him in court. Snh.18b זמְעַיְּינִינָאוכ׳ and we argue on his case. Meg.30b מְעַיְּינִינָן במילי דמתא we look into the affairs (the moral condition) of the town. Gitt.60a; Tem.14b מְעַיְּינֵי בספראוכ׳ used to study the book of, R. Hash. 16a בחינה עיוני בעלמא היא ‘to probe ( בחן) means merely to investigate (without decreeing). Ber.55a דמְעַיּין בה when he thinks of his prayer (expecting its fulfilment), v. preced; a. fr.(Pol. עֹונֵן, v. עֲנַן.

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  • 16 עמל I

    עָמֵלI (b. h.) to labor, take pains; to be wearied. Deut. R. s. 11 זו היא שילום … שעָמַלְתִּיוכ׳ is this the payment for the service of forty years during which I worked hard, until they became a holy and faithful people? Yalk. Prov. 950 מדבר בעוֹמְלֵי תורה it refers to those studying the Law industriously; Tanḥ. ed. Bub., Mick. 2 בעֲמֵלֵי; a. fr.Part. or adj. עָמֵל; f. עֲמֵלָה; pl. עֲמֵלִים, עֲמֵלִין; עֲמֵלוֹת. Cant. R. to I, 2 מה המים … כל מי שהוא ע׳ בהןוכ׳ as water raises plants, so the words of the Law raise him who works at (studies) them sufficiently. Deut. R. l. c. ולא אמר בעֲמֵלֶיהָ … בעושיה and he (Moses) did not say (in his blessing, blessed be who delights) in those laboring to study it, or in those who meditate on it, but in those who do it. Ber.28b אני ע׳ והם ע׳ I wear myself out (in study), and they wear themselves out (in vanities). Ab. II, 2 כל הע׳ עם הצבור יהיו ע׳וכ׳ (Var. העוסקים … עוסקים) all those who are engaged in public affairs must do their work for the sake of heaven (disinterestedly); a. fr. Pi. עִימֵּל to work through, knead, esp. to stimulate and heat the body (v. Hithpa.). Sabb.147b מפני שמְעַמֶּלֶת ומרפא (read with Alf.: ומרפאת, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 10) because it (the mud of Dimsith) exercises the body and loosens (the bowels). Hithpa. הִתְעַמֵּל 1) to be kneaded, have massage. Ib. XXII, 6 סכין … אבל לא מִתְעַמְּלִיםוכ׳ you may have yourself ointed and rubbed on the Sabbath, but not. kneaded or scraped. 2) to wear ones self out, esp. to exercise ( and heat) the body. Tosef.Peah IV, 10 Hillel bought for a poor man of good breeding סוס שהיה מִתְעַמֵּל בו a horse on which to take exercise; Y. ib. VIII, 21a bot. להִתְעַמֵּל בו; (Keth.67b לרכיב עליו). Tosef.Sabb. XVI (XVII), 22 אין רצין בשבת כדי להִתְעַמֵּלוכ׳ you must not run on the Sabbath for the sake of exercise, but you may walk in an ordinary way the entire day.

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  • 17 עָמֵל

    עָמֵלI (b. h.) to labor, take pains; to be wearied. Deut. R. s. 11 זו היא שילום … שעָמַלְתִּיוכ׳ is this the payment for the service of forty years during which I worked hard, until they became a holy and faithful people? Yalk. Prov. 950 מדבר בעוֹמְלֵי תורה it refers to those studying the Law industriously; Tanḥ. ed. Bub., Mick. 2 בעֲמֵלֵי; a. fr.Part. or adj. עָמֵל; f. עֲמֵלָה; pl. עֲמֵלִים, עֲמֵלִין; עֲמֵלוֹת. Cant. R. to I, 2 מה המים … כל מי שהוא ע׳ בהןוכ׳ as water raises plants, so the words of the Law raise him who works at (studies) them sufficiently. Deut. R. l. c. ולא אמר בעֲמֵלֶיהָ … בעושיה and he (Moses) did not say (in his blessing, blessed be who delights) in those laboring to study it, or in those who meditate on it, but in those who do it. Ber.28b אני ע׳ והם ע׳ I wear myself out (in study), and they wear themselves out (in vanities). Ab. II, 2 כל הע׳ עם הצבור יהיו ע׳וכ׳ (Var. העוסקים … עוסקים) all those who are engaged in public affairs must do their work for the sake of heaven (disinterestedly); a. fr. Pi. עִימֵּל to work through, knead, esp. to stimulate and heat the body (v. Hithpa.). Sabb.147b מפני שמְעַמֶּלֶת ומרפא (read with Alf.: ומרפאת, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 10) because it (the mud of Dimsith) exercises the body and loosens (the bowels). Hithpa. הִתְעַמֵּל 1) to be kneaded, have massage. Ib. XXII, 6 סכין … אבל לא מִתְעַמְּלִיםוכ׳ you may have yourself ointed and rubbed on the Sabbath, but not. kneaded or scraped. 2) to wear ones self out, esp. to exercise ( and heat) the body. Tosef.Peah IV, 10 Hillel bought for a poor man of good breeding סוס שהיה מִתְעַמֵּל בו a horse on which to take exercise; Y. ib. VIII, 21a bot. להִתְעַמֵּל בו; (Keth.67b לרכיב עליו). Tosef.Sabb. XVI (XVII), 22 אין רצין בשבת כדי להִתְעַמֵּלוכ׳ you must not run on the Sabbath for the sake of exercise, but you may walk in an ordinary way the entire day.

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  • 18 רני

    רְנֵי, רְנָא(v. next w.) to think, meditate. Part. רָנֵא, רָנֵי, רָאנֵי. Targ. Prov. 8:7 (some ed. דנא, corr. acc.), Ib. 15:28 ראני ed. Lag. (Var. יאני, corr. acc.; ed. Wil. רָנֵן).

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  • 19 רנא

    רְנֵי, רְנָא(v. next w.) to think, meditate. Part. רָנֵא, רָנֵי, רָאנֵי. Targ. Prov. 8:7 (some ed. דנא, corr. acc.), Ib. 15:28 ראני ed. Lag. (Var. יאני, corr. acc.; ed. Wil. רָנֵן).

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  • 20 רְנֵי

    רְנֵי, רְנָא(v. next w.) to think, meditate. Part. רָנֵא, רָנֵי, רָאנֵי. Targ. Prov. 8:7 (some ed. דנא, corr. acc.), Ib. 15:28 ראני ed. Lag. (Var. יאני, corr. acc.; ed. Wil. רָנֵן).

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