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PWS
*zVr(-at)- - (spread) hand; span
(SED I 298, HALOT 283)
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Ugaritic
drt
- a span
(Gordon 1965: 387)
Interpreted as ‘wohl Hirse’ in Aist. 83, ‘salvado, ahechadura’ in DLU 138.
Hebrew
zärät
- span
(HALOT 283)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
zrt
- span
(DJPA 183)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
zartā
- span
(DJBA 422)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
zwārā
- handful
(DJBA 402)
Syriac
zartā
- span
(LSyr. 208, SL 401)
Syriac
zwārā
- fist; hand; handful
(LSyr. 194, SL 376)
Mandaic
zirta
- a span (space between thumb and little finger when extended)
(MD 168)
Tigre
zärat
- middle finger
(WTS 161)
Found only in the combination räyam zära(t), räyam meaning ‘long’.