ליפס
Grammatical information: noun m.
Inflected:
Grammatical information: pl.
Translation: arrears, delinquent taxes, remainder
Translation equivalent: λοιπάς(Post-Classical Greek)
Usage:
Domain: economy
Socio-cultural norm: cultural borrowing
Normativity: standard
Meaning type: lit.
למדינה שחייבת ליפס למלך שלח המלך גביי טימיון לגבותה
14,3 [I 403: 2]
[This may be compared] to a province that owed arrears to the king, and the king sent a treasury officer to collect them. (cf. Freedman / Simon I 343)
= LevR Shemini 11,7; LevR Emor 30,7; PesK 27; TanhB Emor 30; Tan Emor 22; Yalq 651 (203d: 12-13); Yalq Rut 597 (520a: 36-38); Yalq Est 1044 (526c: 27-28); KohR 9,7 (ליפסין)
Pronunciation acc. to AC IV 53. Cf. Levy II 504; Jastrow II 709; Sperber (1984) 23. For further literature cf. Krauss. The version of Vat 1 is a product of partition of ליפס into פס לי after omission of לי. Pl. attested in the KohR parallel.
Bibliography:
How to cite: Art. ליפס in: Dictionary of Loanwords in Rabbinic Literature. Eds. . https://lrl.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/laipas.html. 2024.
