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byms noun pl. emphatic
byms (bēm, bēmā, bēmas) n.m. pedestal
 In Syriac often treated as a pure loanword, i.e., using the absolute form: ܒܹܝܡܝ ܒܹܝܡܐ or even ܒܝܡ ; pl. ܒܹܡܐܛܐ ܒܐܡܐܣ ܒܐܡܐܛܐ . In JBA Aramaized: בימוסא ; CPA emph. ܒܝܼܡܐ

  1 elevated stand, pedestal, rostrum Nab, CPA, Syr, JBA. --(a) the judgment seat; i.e. CPA, Syr. (a.1) ecclesiastic throne Syr. (a.2) ambo of a church Syr.
  2 shrine (as a place of pagan worship) JLAtg, PTA, LJLA.
  3 elevation PTA.