דִּילְמָא, דִּלְמָא I (= דִּי לְמָא, v. Ezra VII, 23; = h. שֶׁמָּא = שַׁלָּמָה) for why, whence 1) lest, perhaps. Targ. Deut. VII, 22; a. v. fr.—Ab. Zar. 35ᵃ ד׳ איכא וכ׳ lest there may be one who &c. Ber. 29ᵇ מסתפינא ד׳ וכ׳ I am afraid, lest I may become confused; a. fr. —2) (without the meaning of apprehension) perhaps, it may be. R. Hash. 3ᵃ; a. e. כִּי has four meanings: אי ד׳ אלא הּא if, perhaps (lest), but, because. Ber. 2ᵇ top ד׳ ביאת וכ׳ is it not possible that the word uba indicates the arrival of his sun (the morning of the eighth day)? Ib. או ד׳ or may it not be; a. v. fr.—[Pesik. Shek. p. 13ᵃ דד׳, corr. דילמא, as Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 5.]
דִּילְמָא
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דִּילְמָא , דִּלְמָא I (= דִּי לְמָא , v. Ezra VII, 23 ; = h. שֶׁמָּא = שַׁלָּמָה ) for why , whence 1) lest, perhaps . Targ. Deut. VII, 22 ; a. v.…
References
- Jastrow, דִּילְמָא 1
- Ezra 7:23
- Jastrow, שֶׁמָּא 1
- Jastrow, שַׁלָּמָא 1
- Onkelos Deuteronomy 7:22
- Avodah Zarah 35a:9
- Berakhot 29b:8
- Rosh Hashanah 3a:2
- Jastrow, כִּי 1
- Berakhot 2b:3
- Jastrow, דילמא 1