The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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by$ A03

OA, OfA bˀyš; CPA distinguishes between the spellings with and without aleph, with the former reserved for the meaning "sick". What difference in pronunciation may have existed is not clear, but one normally assumes the former is bisyllabic as opposed to this form; cf. bˀyš #2 adj.

  1 evil, bad (i.e., the anithesis of good) Com. --(a) The Evil One: i.e., the Devil Syr.
  2 bad ( i.e., harmful, debilitating) Com. --(a) ܒܝܫ ܒܝܫ : adv. : in the worst way Syr.
  3 (of face) sad looking, upset Gal, PTA, Syr, LJLA.
  4 b)y$ : sick : see s.v. bˀyš #2 adj. CPA.

w_ c

w_ (wǝ_) conj. and, also

(l p01

ˁl (ˁal) prep. upon; against; to

In JBA as an independent word prothetic א _ w. doubling of the following consonant. Withe pron. suffixes, spelled in full in JBA aעלי , but can be אלי in JBAmb.

  1 upon, over Com. --(a) lit. Com. --(b) fig. Com.
  2 against, over against Com. --(a) by (in measurements) Gal. (a.1) see ˁl ḥd kmh wkmh Gal.
  3 toward, to Com. --(a) next to, alongside Com. (a.1) together with Com. (a.2) during (time period = Greek ἐπί) Palm, Nab, Hat, Jud. (a.3) in addition to JBA.
  4 about, concerning Com. --(a) for, on behalf of BA-Ez, Palm, Hat, ParthMA. --(b) according to JBA. (b.1) על ד : according to the opinion of Gal. --(c) w. pronominal suffixes : woe upon me, you etc. Man. --(d) because of BA-Ez, Qum. --(e) using, by means of (?) JBA. (e.1) with (as an alternative to b_ in adverbal constructions) CPA.
  5 of obligation: owed by, responsible for OA-East, OfAGen, PTA, Sam.
  6 governing the indirect obj. of verbal ideas in each of the various meanings Com.
  7 as the first element of compound prepositions, conjunctions, and adverbs Com. --(a) prepositions Com. --(b) conjunctions Com. --(c) adverbs Com.