The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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hwy verb G

In Jewish texts (BA, Qum, and LJLA in particular), the 3ms. sg. is usually להוה to avoid homography w. the Tetragrammaton. The imperf. is often apocopated to y/nhē in most dialects, especially as a jussive, possibly for similar reasons.

G
  1 to be Com. --(a) (gram.) as a marker of tense Com. (a.1) w. participle to mark progressivity or imperfectivity Com. (a.2) past tense, to mark perfectivity or conditionality Com. --(b) to become Com. (b.1) w. l_ : to change state, to turn into Com, ^-OA ^-OfA.
  2 to endure, to exist Com.
  3 to come to pass, to happen Com. --(a) to come into being Syr. --(b) w. suffixed pron. indirect obj. : to happen to Syr.
  4 in idioms: Com. --(a) ܠܘܵܬ ܢܲܦܫܸܗ : to come to one's senses Syr. --(b) ܠܘܵܬ : to stay with someone Syr.

C
1 to create Syr.

Gt
1 to become, to be changed Sam.

Ct
1 to be created Syr.

d_ c = d_ c --> dy c

dy conj. who,which (relative)

OA, OfA zy; MA dy, d; later d but also dy in various positions; Sam. often אד; in Mand. written with a unique ligature developed from "d" + "y" and in our code transcribed as "ḏ".

  1 who, which (indeclinable relative) Com.
  2 the one(s) who (determinative) Com.
  3 that (complement to verbs) Com. --(a) how it is that Syr.
  4 so that Com.
  5 because Com.
  6 in compound conjunctions Com.
  7 before direct speech Syr, JBA, JBAg.
  8 with correlatives Com.

bry verb Gt

bry vb. to create

Since the infinitival form באיתבריותהון at TNGen 2:4 is unusual for that dialect, DJPA takes it to be a separate noun.

G
1 to create Com. --(a) p.p. f.s. see also s.v. bryyh n.f. .
2 to get well JBA.

C
1 to permeate JBA.

Gt
1 to be created Com.