אֵינְפֵֿירַה

Judeo-Italian

Etymology

PIE word
*h₁n̥dʰér

Inherited from Classical Latin īnfrā (“below”), syncopic form of īnferā, ellipsis of īnferā parte (“in the low part”).

Noun

אֵינְפֵֿירַה (ʾenəp̄erah /enfera/)

1. among, amidst, in the midst of
   • 16^th century [750–450 BCE], “לוּ לִיבֵירוֹ דֵי יְחֵזְקְאֶל [Lu libero de Jezekièl, The Book of Ezekiel]”, in נְבִיאִים [Neviim, Prophets]‎^[1] (manuscript), translation of נְבִיאִים [Nəvīʾīm, Prophets] (in Biblical Hebrew), chapter 5, verse 5:

     קוּסִי דִיסֵי דוּמֵידֵית דֵית קוּוֵיסְטַה יְרוּשַלַיִם אֵינְפֵֿירַה לִי יֵינְטִי פוּסִי אֵיסַה אֵי לִי קוּנְטוֹרְנִי סוּאִי טֵירִי (Judeo-Roman)

     qusi dise dumedeṯ deṯ quvesəṭah yərušalayim ʾenəp̄erah li yyenəṭi pusi ʾesah ʾe li qunəṭorni suʾi ṭeri

     /Cusì disse Dumedeo Deo: "Quvesta Irušalajim; enfera li jjenti pusi essa, e li cuntorni sui terri"/

     Thus said the Lord God: "This [is] Jerusalem, I set it amidst the nations, and the borders [are] lands"

2. (followed by דֵי (de)) among, amidst, in the midst of
   • 1560, “לוּ לִיבֵירוֹ דֵי יְחֵזְקְאֶל [The Book of Ezekiel]”, in נְבִיאִים [Prophets] (incomplete manuscript), chapter 14, verse 16, archived as part of the National Library of Israel's catalogue:

     לִי טְרֵי אוּמֵינִי קוּוֵיסְטִי אֵינְפֵֿירַה דֵי אֵיסַה וִיווֹ אִייוֹ דִיטוֹ דֵי דוּמֵידֵית דֵית […] (Judeo-Roman)

     Li ṭəre ʾumeni quvesəṭi ʾenəp̄erah de ʾesah vivo ʾiyo diṭu de dumedeṯ deṯ […]

     /"Li tre umeni cuvesti enfera de essa, vivo ijo", dittu de Dumedeo Deo […] /

     "[Despite] these three men in its midst—[as] I live," [was] the word of Lord God […]

     (literally, “"These three men in the midst of it, live I", word of Lord God […] ”)