The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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l_ p03

  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.

$bb noun pl. emphatic

šbb, šybbˀ (š(ē)ḇāḇ, š(ē)ḇāḇā) n.m. neighbor

In Jewish texts this and all derived forms have /ē/ (var. /ī/) in the first syllable while in Syriac this etymologically correct vowel has been treated as short and reduced.

1 neighbor Palm, JLAtg, Syr, JBA, JBAg, LJLA.
2 (bot.) + ܢܲܗܪܵܐ : an aquatic plant Syr.