הימנותא

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Noun

הַימָנוּתָא (haymānūt̲āf

  1. faith, belief; faithfulness, fidelity; trust, confidence
    • 616 CE, Harkelian Peshitta, Jude v.3 (with KJV translation)
      חַבִּיבַי כַּד כֻּלָה יַצִיפוּתָא עָבֵד אנָא למֵכתַּב לכוּן עַל חַיֵא דִּילַן דּגַוָא אַנַנקאִ אִית לִי למֵכתַּב לכוּן כַּד מפִּיס אנָא דַּאגוּנָא תֵּעבּדוּן חלָפ הַימָנוּתָא אַידָא דַּחדָא זבַן אֵשׁתַּלמַת לקַדִּישֵׁא
      Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
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  2. religion, doctrine, creed

References

  • hymnw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press