מופת
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See also: מופֿת
Aramaic
[edit]Noun
[edit]מוֹפָת • (mofát) m (plural מוֹפְתִין or מוֹפְתַיָּא)
- a wonder
- c. 1001, Targum Onkelos, D'varim 13:2:
- אֲרֵי יְקוּם בֵּינָךְ נְבִיָּא אוֹ חָלֵים חֶלְמָא וְיִתֵּין לָךְ אָת אוֹ מוֹפָת
- If there will arise in the midst of thee a prophet or a dreamer of dreams and he will give thee a sign or a wonder
References
[edit]- Jastrow, Marcus (1903), 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, page 746
Hebrew
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Modern Israeli) IPA(key): /moˈfet/
Noun
[edit]מוֹפֵת • (mofét) m (plural indefinite מוֹפְתִים) [pattern: מַקְטֶלֶת]
- a wonder
- Tanach, Exodus 7:9, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- כִּי יְדַבֵּר אֲלֵכֶם פַּרְעֹה לֵאמֹר תְּנוּ לָכֶם מוֹפֵת וְאָמַרְתָּ אֶל אַהֲרֹן קַח אֶת מַטְּךָ וְהַשְׁלֵךְ לִפְנֵי פַרְעֹה יְהִי לְתַנִּין
- When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying: Show a wonder for you; then thou shalt say unto Aaron: Take thy rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it become a serpent.
Descendants
[edit]- → Yiddish: מופֿת (moyfes)
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