--- title: גְּמַר — complete · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary description: גְּמַר (lemma:גְּמַר), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: complete. BDB 1906: vb. complete. 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Targ. Ps. LVII, 3 דְּיִגְמַר (ed. Lag. די גמר, corr. acc.); a. fr.—Pes. 55ᵃ גַּמְרִינָן we dare finish a work commenced. Ib. מִיגְמַר אין אתחולי לא to finish is permitted, but not to begin; a. fr. to consume, destroy. Targ. Job I, 16. Ib. XXII, 20; a. fr. (also Pa.). to end, cease. Targ. Ps. XII, 2 גְּמִירוּ they are gone. Targ. Prov. V, 11. Ib. XXII, 8; a. e. to conclude, derive. Ḥull. 98ᵇ ולִיגְמַר מיניה now let one draw a conclusion from this (by analogy)! Ib. מחידוש לא גַבְרִינָן from an exception we draw no conclusions; a. fr. to be perfect, ready to answer, to know well. \[Targ. Y. Deut. VI, 7 ותִגְמְרִינוּן וכ׳, read ותַגְ׳, v. infra.\]—Part. גָּמֵיר. Sabb. 63ᵃ והוה גְמִירְנָא וכ׳ and I knew well the whole Talmud (v. Rabh. D. S. a. l.). Taan. 7ᵃ bot. דגְמִירֵי who are learned; ib. 7ᵇ top טפי הוו ג׳ they would be more learned; a. fr.—Whence: to learn by heart, esp. to learn traditional law (cmp. גְּרַס II). Targ. Job XXII, 22 (h. text קח, cmp. לֶקַח).—Sabb. l. c. לִיגְמַר איניש והדר ליסבר one must first learn traditions, and then he may reason; Ab. Zar. 19ᵃ, v. גְּרַס II.—Ber. 43ᵃ וברכת … גַּמְרִינָן and we are not sufficiently familiar with the laws concerning grace at meals. Yoma 29ᵃ מִיגְמַר בעתיקא וכ׳ to remember well something old (to refresh the memory) is more difficult than to commit to memory a fresh thing. Sabb. l. c. למיגמר מיניה from whom to receive traditions. Sot. 36ᵇ לא הוה קגמר he could not remember; a. fr.—Sabb. 96ᵇ גמרא גְמִירֵי לה they (the scholars) know it by tradition; ib. 97ᵃ הילכתא ג׳ לה.—גְּמִירֵי they have a tradition, it is a well-known maxim. Snh. 37ᵇ bot. Sot. 34ᵃ. Gitt. 47ᵃ; a. fr. to finish; to consume. Targ. Job XXI, 13 ed. (Ms. גַּמְרִין Part. Pe.). Ib. XIII, 28; a. fr. to teach verbally. Targ. Y. Deut. VI, 7 \[read:\] ותַגְמְרִינוּן and thou shalt teach them (v. Ber. 13ᵇ).—Sot. 36ᵇ אַגְמְרֵיה ולא גמר he taught him (the Hebrew language), but he (Pharaoh) could not remember it. Ḥull. 45ᵇ אַגְמְרָךְ גמרא I will teach thee a tradition. B. Kam. 17ᵃ לאַגְמוּרֵי as to teaching. Ber. 13ᵇ, v. גְּרַס II. to be finished; to be destroyed. Targ. Job XXIII, 17. Targ. Ps. CIX, 23.—Targ. Y. Num. XVIII, 14 דמִגְּמַר (h. text חֵרֶם). Targ. Y. Ex. XXII, 19 יִתְגַּמְרוּן (h. text יָחֳרָם). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (8 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «גְּמַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b0_5bc_5de_5b7_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Ezra 7:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.12/) אַ֨רְתַּחְשַׁ֔סְתְּא מֶ֖לֶךְ מַלְכַיָּ֑א לְעֶזְרָ֣א כָ֠הֲנָא סָפַ֨ר דָּתָ֜א דִּֽי־אֱלָ֧הּ שְׁמַיָּ֛א גְּמִ֖יר וּכְעֶֽנֶת׃ *Word for word:* Artaxerxes the.king of.(the) kings to Ezra the priest the.scribe of the.law (diy).of the.God of the.heavens perfect and now *JPS 1917:* 'Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, and so forth. - ← previous: [גְּלָל](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d2_5b0_5bc_5dc_5b8_5dc.md) - next →: [גְּנַז](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d2_5b0_5bc_5e0_5b7_5d6.md) - ↑ back to [ג](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1490.md)