The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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$bT noun sg. emphatic

šbṭ, šbṭˀ (šḇeṭ, ša/iḇṭā) n.m. tribe; staff; plague

Syr rarely ܫܦܛܐ ; CPA also ܫܘܒܛ ; BA pl. const. שִבְטֵי ; JBA שיבטא٠ שיפטא ; JBAmb also שובטא

  1 tribe Com.
  2 rod, staff Syr, LJLA. --(a) sceptre Syr. --(b) branch of candelabra Syr. --(c) metaph.: punishment, instrument of punishment Syr.
  3 plague OA-Mesop, Syr, JBAmb.
  4 spear Syr. --(a) (geog.) a type of (silent?) lightning Syr.

xyyl noun pl. construct= xyyl N --> xyl N

ḥyl, ḥylˀ (ḥayl/ḥēl, ḥaylā) n.m.(f.) army; force

const: ḥēl; pl: normally masc., but often ḥaylāwān when used as an abstract idea or in reference to armies in general or in particular the hosts of Heaven. (Jacob of Sarugh, for example, regularly distinguishes betweeen ܚܝ̈ܠܐ for "mighty deeds" or individual fighters and ܚܝ̈ܠܘܬܐ for "armies.")

Note, then that Payne-Smith and Levy created a separate, feminine lemma accordingly, where LS2 has just one. See the citations for an ex. of the fem. form of the plural used with masculine concord.

  1 army OA, OfA-Mes, OfA-Iran, Qum, JLAtg, PTA, CPA, Syr, JBA, LJLA. --(a) multitude JLAtg, Gal. --(b) heavenly power JLAtg, Syr.
  2 coll.: military unit/garrison and its members OfA-Egypt. --(a) sacred, clerical cohort Syr, LJLA. --(b) an order of angels, heavenly host JLAtg, Syr. --(c) sg. w. pl. numeral : size of a military force Syr.
  3 power, strength Com. --(a) ܠܦܘܬ or ܐܝܟ ܚܝܠܝ or Syr. --(b) miracle, incredible deed Syr. --(c) intrinsic potency, innate force Syr. --(d) ܒܚܝܠܐ : especially, virtually Syr. --(e) as an epithet of God : (due to late phonetic equivalence with ēl) Sam.
  4 metaph. . --(a) strength, essence, best part OA, Gal, Syr. --(b) intent, meaning Syr. (b.1) corroboration Syr. (b.2) force of an argument Gal, Syr, JBA. --(c) preciousness Syr. --(d) seriousness Syr.