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| br, brˀ
(bar (ber), brā)
n.m.
son |
| plural: bnīn (Sam. const. also bārī!); absolute: bar in literary and Eastern dialects, ber in Western. In the plurals of compounds br almost always appears in the plural form itself. |
1
son, child
Com.
BT Git 48a(50) : חד בר חד
an only (son), the son of an only (son).
(a)
of an animal
Com.
11QtgJob 32.2=39:3 : ילדן בניהן
[wild goats] bear their young.
P Gn15:9 : ܘܒܪ ܝܘܢܐ
.
P Lv1:5 : ܒܪ ܒܩܪܐ
.
P 1S6:10 : ܘܒܢܝ̈ܗܝܢ
.
P Esth8:10 : ܒܢ̈ܝ ܪ̈ܡܟܐ
.
BT BQ 80b(19) : אוכמא בר חיורא
a black (cat) born of a white one.
2
member of the same cohort (see also 'compounds' 3.2)
Com.
EphCruc 2:3 : ܐܝܟܢܐ ܢܪܫܘܡ ܪܙܗ ܒܐܡܪ ܥܢܐ ܒܪ ܛܘܦܣܗ
how he might mark his symbol with a lamb as one of his typological antecedants.
EphNis 41:12 : ܐܡܪ ܒܝܫܐ ܠܒ̈ܢܝ ܬܓܡܗ
the Evil One said to the members of his cohort.
EphNis 41:4 : ܗܐ ܒܪ ܢܘܓܪܐ ܐܢܐ ܕܫ̈ܢܝܐ
I am extensive in years.
IshDan 106(17) : ܛܒ ܒܪ ܥܡܗܘܢ ܘܒܪ ܫܪܒܬܗܘܢ ܘܒܪ ܗܘܦܟܗܘܢ ܗܘܐ
he was very much a member of the their people, their family and their way of life.
BT Tan 22a(25) : הני נמי בני עלמא דאתי
these also qualify for the World to Come.
(a)
metaph.: disciple
Syr.
(a.1)
in const. w. PN of a famous person
Syr.
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in compounds
(a)
literally characterizing a type of child or son
(a.1)
a kinship term
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a type of creature
Ezra6:9 : וּבְנֵי תוֹרִין
.
JBABowl 53.1:1
; .
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a small version of something
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a small object or being found attached to something else
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characterizing individual members of a class or group
TN Num7:60 : בר שבטה דבנוי דבנימין
a member of the tribe of the Benjaminites.
TN Deut18:1 : כל בני שבטה דלוי
all the members of the tribe of Levi.
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same X one: someone sharing a characteristic
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member of a gentilic group
PAT2773:1.2 : dy mn bny mʿzyn
from the tribal group of Maˁzīn.
4QpapTob ar2..1=01:19 : חד מ]ן ב^ני^ נינוה
one of the Ninevites.
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s.o marked by a particular acquired characteristic or skill
AGnEx 4.9 : ܡܨܼܥܝܐܼ܂ ܕܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܒܪ ܟܝܢܗ ܘܒܪ ܐܘܡܢܘܬܗ ܕܥܒܘܕܐ
the intercessor who was of the same nature and same skill as the Creator.
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liable to be acted upon
JBA.
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unclassified
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in construct with a unit of time to express age
Com.
Dan6:1 : וְדָרְיָוֶש מָדָאָה קַבֵּל מַלְכוּתָא כְּבַר שְנִין שִתִּין וְתַרְתֵּין
King Darius took over the kingdom as a 62-year old.
BR 362:1(1) : בר כמה שנין את
how old are you?.
GT E1.41:46 : ויסף בר תלתין שנין
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IVMac11:14 : ܐܢܐ ܒܫܢ̈ܝܐ ܡܢ ܐܚ̈ܝ ܛܠܼܐ ܐܢܐ܂ ܒܪܥܝܢܐ ܕܝܢ ܚܠܝܡܐܼ܂ ܒܪ ܫܢܝܗ̈ܘܢ ܐܢܐ
I am younger than my brothers in years but in sound mind I am the same age as they.
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separated from the time unit by a number
Syr.
AGnEx 21.20 : ܐܝܕܝܥ ܕܒܪ ܚܡܫܬܥܣܪ ܗܘܐ ܝܘ̈ܡܝܢ ܟܕ ܐܬܒܪܝ ܗܘܐ
it is obvious that it was fiften days old when it was created.
(b)
with a unit of measure to express size
Syr.
IshSong II:1 : ܫܒܘ̈ܩܐ ܩܛ̈ܝܢܐ ܕܣܸܐܡܵܐ ܒܢܝ̈ ܐܪܒܥ ܨܒ̈ܥܢ
thin strips of silver four fingers long.
Occasionally, the Hebrew/Phoenician/Arabizing form בן is found in the sg.much as we might use bin or bar as part of a Semitic name in English contexts even today.
In Syriac the first syllable has elided vowel in suffixed forms but the vowel returns as /e/ (not /a/) when necessary. It is not clear whether this is the origin of the western absolute or not. Ancient cuneiform-written names in pi-ir should be understood to reflect the word "fruit" and not our word.
Compounds are listed as independent headwords only when the meaning of the compound is other than the sum of its parts; use the "view entire list" option above to see the others, but note that some compounds share more than one of the listed semantic characteristics.
It must also be understood that any compound in br could have an equivalent in brt- if the referent is explicitly femine.
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