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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.

mdbx noun sg. emphatic
mdbḥ, mdbḥˀ (maḏbaḥ, maḏbḥā) n.m. altar
BA, JLA מַדְבְּחָא Syr ܡܲܕܒܲܚ Mand. madba, madbha; pl -ī,ē; LJLA also -āṯā (TgPs 88:4). ENA madbxa, madivxa (so, too, late Nest.)

  1 altar Com.
  2 small church, sanctuary [→ byt mdbḥ] OfA-Egypt, Syr, Man.
  3 choir of a church Syr.