The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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b_ p02

  1 in Com. --(a) a place Com. --(b) within a structure or other enclosing object Com. --(c) during a time period Com.
  2 with (instrumentative) Com. --(a) using, according to Com. (a.1) w. ymˀ, etc., : to swear by Com. --(b) (as opposed to "without") having Syr.
  3 among Com. --(a) adjective + b_ = superlative Com. --(b) with a number: multiplicative Syr. --(c) w. transitive verbs: to do some (damage, building, fixing, etc.) to something Qum, JLAtg, PTA, LJLA.
  4 at Com. --(a) a certain time Com.
  5 to, into Com.
  6 with regard to (i.e., as a general adverbializing particle w. various verbs, nouns, and adjectives) . --(a) (w. to give:) for, in exchange for Com. --(b) specialized meanings with various verbs: see s.vv. šlṭ, ḥzy, ḥwy Com. --(c) idiomatic usages with various nouns: see s.vv. ryš, šm, . --(d) see also under various complete collocations as adverbs and preps, e.g. bˀnpy, byd p., etc. .

pwm noun sg. emphatic

pwm, pwmˀ (pū/em, pū/emā) n.m. mouth

The vocalization in oldest Aramaic is uncertain, though it is written defectively up to and including Middle Aramaic. In later Western dialects it is pem, in literary and Eastern dialects pūm. CPA p. ܦܝܡ̈ܝܢ and ܦܡ̈ܡܝܢ ‍<‍ܨܦܲ‍>‍܂ ܬܗܸ ܠܲܬܬܸܪ ܦܸܪܗܲܦܣ oܢܠܝ ܼܢ ܬܗܸ ܡܸܲܢܼܢܓ "ܒܠܲܕܸ"܂ܿ

  1 mouth Com. --(a) of animals Com. --(b) mouthful Syr.
  2 fig.: opening Com. --(a) of a vessel Com. --(b) of a body of water Com. --(c) (bot.) blossoming of a fruit tree Syr, JBA.
  3 surface JLAtg, Syr. --(a) flesh of a fruit Syr.
  4 idiomatic expressions: Com. --(a) mn pwm, אפום : orally, by heart Syr, JBA. --(b) אפום , אפומא ד : on top of JBA. --(c) see s.v. lpwm . --(d) blade, sharp edge of a sword or knife Com, ^-OA ^-BA. --(e) of animals: units, like English "head" JBAg. --(f) פם חד : in unison, agreement Qum. (f.1) suddenly (??) Sam.
  5 oral order, command Syr. --(a) (l pwm, אַפּוּם : according to the order of, by authority of : see s.v. ̔l pwm .

b_ p02

b_ prep. in, with

)pyn noun pl. emphatic

ˀpyn, ˀpyˀ (ˀappīn, ˀappayyā) n.m./f.pl. face

In the literary Aramaic tradition spelled with nasalization: אנפין; CPA also ܐܒܝܢ ; Gal also אופין ; in JBA (and spoken Mandaic!) the form may be re-formed as a singular, thus ˀappā. Syr. pl. ܐܲܦܿܲܝ̈ܵܐ , a feminine plural, but also treated as a singular. in Syr., mostly but not always as a feminine, but generally masc. pl. elsewhere.

  1 face Com. --(a) mn ˀpy : from before the face Qum. --(b) fig. : front surface Syr, JBA.
  2 (of ground, water) surface OA, Qum, JLAtg, PTA, CPA, Syr, JBAg. --(a) mn ˀpy: from (a surface) CPA, Syr. --(b) ˁl ˀpy : see s.v. ˁl ˀpy prep. . --(c) ܒܐܦ̈ܐ : fig. adv. : superficially, on the face of it Syr.
  3 way, manner Gal, Sam, Syr, Man. --(a) const. as prep.: according to Palm. --(b) brazen manner Sam.
  4 side, party Gal, Syr.
  5 region Syr. --(a) in compounds with structures : curtain or cover of something Syr.
  6 in compound prepositions/adverbs. Com. --(a) w. l_ : see also s.v. lˀpy prep. Com. (a.1) la)p.iyn forwards Syr. --(b) בַאפַּי : see s.v. bˀpy prep. . --(c) ˁal ˀap.ay : see s.v. ˁl ˀpy prep. . --(d) w. mn : see 1.1, 2.1 Jud, Syr. --(e) ܐܦܝ̈ܢ ܒܐܦܝ̈ܢ : face to face Syr. (e.1) ܐܦܝ̈ܢ ܠܘܩܒܠ ܐܦܝ̈ܢ Syr. --(f) עם אפי : towards (a time of day) Sam.
  7 w. forms of gly, see s.v. Com.
  8 w. ܗܘܝ ܐܦܐ ܠ : to become visible Syr.
  9 w. swm : to be set on a course, to pay attention Syr.