אַרְיֵינְטוֹ

Judeo-Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Latin argentum, from Proto-Italic *argentom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm, derived from the root *h₂erǵ- (“white, argent, glittering”).

Noun

אַרְיֵינְטוֹ (ʾarəyenəṭo /arjento/) m

1. (uncountable) silver
   • 16^th century [750–450 BCE], “לוּ לִיבֵירוֹ דֵי יִרְמִיַהוּ [Lu libero de Jirmiau, The Book of Jeremiah]”, in נְבִיאִים [Neviim, Prophets]‎^[1] (manuscript), translation of נְבִיאִים [Nəvīʾīm, Prophets] (in Biblical Hebrew), chapter 6, verse 30, leaf 1, left page, lines 3–4:

     אַרְיֵינְטוֹ [translating כֶּ֣סֶף (kesep̄)] אַגְרוֹוִיאַטוֹ קְלַאמַארוֹ אַה אֵיסִי קֵי אַגְרוֹוִיאַווֹ דוּמֵידֵית אִינ אֵיסִי׃ (Judeo-Roman)

     ʾarəyenəṭo ʾagəroviʾaṭo qəlaʾmaʾro ʾah ʾesi qe ʾagəroviʾavo dumedeṯ ʾin ʾesi

     /Arjento ag(g)roviato clamaro a essi, ché ag(g)roviavo Dumedeo in essi./

     They were called "rejected silver", for the Lord has abhorred them.