The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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w_ c

by noun sg. emphatic

by, bytˀ (bay, baytā) n.m./f. house; structure; place

const. bēṯ > bē in many compounds; pl. bāttīn, etc.; Mand: baitia; JLA abs. בָא in the expression בָא עַל בָא (TgIs 5:8)

  1 house Com. --(a) household Com. (a.1) family Com. 1 in construct with (or impying) a proper noun: dynastic house or the like Com. 2 dby, dbytˀ : q.v. . --(b) part of house, room Syr. (b.1) (astron.) house Syr. (b.2) (with genit. name of a teacher) school (see also s.v. by rb) JLAtg, Gal, PTA, JBA. --(c) of animals: Syr. (c.1) stable Syr. (c.2) hive Syr. --(d) w. divinity : temple Com. --(e) with royalty : palace Com.
  2 a structure Com. --(a) strophe; section of a literary work Syr. (a.1) ܒܝܬ ܡܲܘ̈ܬܒܸܐ section of the Old Testament Syr. --(b) structure, building or part theeof where something occurs .
  3 place, area Syr, JBA. --(a) land Syr. (a.1) homeland, territory . 1 see collocations w. byt + pl. gentilic, e.g., byt ˀ wrhyˀ , byt ywnyˀ , byt ˁbryˀ . 2 before proper nouns as a geographical or political term Com. --(b) place or area where something occurs or is found Com. (b.1) receptacle for something Syr, JBA. 1 (med.) seat, socket Syr. 2 a utensil used by or for X . --(c) storage area for things Syr, JBA. (c.1) compartment of a phylactery JBA. --(d) area of the body characterized by something Com. --(e) area of such and such a size Com. (e.1) byt X : field sufficient for X amount of seed Com. 1 something of such a capacity JLAtg, Syr. --(f) w. v.n.: place where something occurs Com.

l_ p03

l_ prep. to, for

  0 to, for Com.
  1 : of general relationship (nominal) Com. --(a) non-animate genitive Com. --(b) of interest or disinterest Com.
  2 : of general relationship (verbal) Com. --(a) + infinitive : purpose Com. --(b) + infinitive : it is necessary to Syr.
  3 : dative Com. --(a) with transitive verbs Com. --(b) with intransitive verbs Com. --(c) ethical dative Com.
  4 : direction Com. --(a) addressee of letters Com. --(b) כל + direction name : in the direction of Qum.
  5 : possession Com. --(a) forming a compound substantive : that which belongs to ... Com.
  6 : marking the definite direct object Com.
  7 : subject of a passive part. in a perfective construction OfA-Pers, Syr, JBA, LJLA.
  8 + number : after X Syr.
  9 in fixed expressions . --(a) to give or take lˀntw. lˀnth : as wife Com. --(b) לאמר , לְמֵמַר : as follows, quoteative introduction , OfAGen.

)n$ noun sg. abs. or construct

ˀnš, ˀnšˀ ((ˀĕ)nāš, (ˀĕ)nāšā) n.m. person, someone

Syr. ܐ̄ܢܵܫܵܐ but often in the absolute in the meaning "someone"; JLAmb, LJLA abs. often אינש (see discussion s.v. ˀynyš) [Note that in TgPsJon all forms are spelled with אי , but not so in other LJLA texts.]

  1 person, someone Com. --(a) inhabitant Com. (a.1) sg. with pl. referent BA-Ez. (a.2) +by : household members : see s.v. ˀnšy bytˀ , JLAtg. --(b) with negative verb: no one Com. --(c) sg. emph. as a collective (w. plural agreement) Syr. --(d) unspecified male person JBA.
  2 Man, humanity (usually in the emphatic) BA-Da, Qum, Syr. --(a) people Syr. --(b) some Syr. --(c) family, relatives Syr.
  3 often in the absolute state (i.e., as a pronoun, even in Eastern Aramaic): . --(a) anyone Com, ^-OA. (a.1) ܟܠ ܐܢܫ, ܟܠܢܫ : everyone : see s.v. klnš CPA, Syr. --(b) ܠܐ ܐܢܫ : no one Syr. --(c) after a descriptive term for a person: a certain Syr. (c.1) even after a feminine noun! Syr. --(d) ܐܢܫ ܐܢܫ : each one CPA, Syr.