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Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
šuryānē, suryānē - (pl.) muscles (of the eye)
(Jastrow 1542, DJBA 1124b)
In šuryānē d-ˁēnā.
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*ŝVry/w/ˁ-, *ŝVry/ ˁ-ān-
- (Achilles) tendon; sinew, muscle (of leg)
(SED I No. 268)
A very difficult case (v. SED I).