תרעסר
Aramaic
Alternative forms
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| Cardinal : תרעסר (tərēʿsar) Ordinal : תרעסרי | ||
Etymology
Compare Hebrew שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר (sh'ném 'asár).
Numeral
תְּרֵעְסַר • (tərēʿsar) m (feminine תַּרְתַּעֶסְרֵא (tartaʿesrē))
- twelve (12)
- c. 1001, Targum Onkelos, B'reishit 14:4:
- תַּרְתֵּא עַשְׂרֵי שְׁנִין פְּלָחוּ יָת כְּדָרְלָעֹמֶר וּתְלָת עַשְׂרֵי שְׁנִין מְרָדוּ:
- tartē ʿasərē šənin pəlāḥu yāṯ kəḏārəlāʿomer uṯəlāṯ ʿasərē šənin mərāḏu.
- [For] twelve years they had served Kedorlaomer, and for thirteen years they rebelled.
Descendants
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܪܸܥܣܲܪ (triˁsar)
References
- “try ˁsr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Jastrow, Marcus (1903), “תְּרֵיסַר”, in A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons