גניסייה
Grammatical information: noun f.
Translation: birthday
Translation equivalent: τὰ γενέσια
ויהי ביום השלישי יום הלדת וגו' יום גינוסו1 שלפרעו
1גינוסו - Vat1: גיניסייה K V: גניסיאה Ox1 Ox2: גינוסיא
88,6 [1085: 1]
And it came to pass on the third day, which was Pharao’s birthday (Gen 40,20): It was Pharao's birthday festival. (Freedman / Simon II 818)
= Yalq 147 [III 767: 23]
Used already in Targ. N. as translation for this verse (Levy, Targ I 149b). In the same meaning in PesK Naḥamu 59 [126a] and in mAZ 1,3, see Levy I 349a, Heijmanns (2013) 80. See also Krauss, LW II 180ab. See Sokoloff, DCPA 75. For Syr. ܓܢܣܝܐ 〈gnsjʾ〉 cf. Sokoloff, SL 249b.
Bibliography:
Sokoloff, DJPA, 124a.
How to cite: Art. גניסייה in: Dictionary of Loanwords in Rabbinic Literature. Eds. . https://lrl.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/genisiyyah.html. 2024.
