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אֲבַר אִבְרָא‏ n.m. member, limb

of a human being Qumran, CPA, BabMBK, JBA, JBAg. 4Q561.1.1.4 : ו]ד֗ק להוה֗[ ו]לא ש֗ג֗יא אברוהי‏ he should be thin and not large in his limbs. of an animal or a demon Qumran, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, BabMBK, LJLA. TgO Ex29:17 : וְיַת דִכרָא תְפַלֵיג לְאִברוֹהִי‏ . TN Lev22:23 : ותור או אמר דחסיר אבר או יתיר אבר‏ an ox or a sheep that is missing a limb or has an extra limb. CTLevi ar b D.3 : ושרי להנסקה אבריה מליחי‏ . for cooking JLAtg. TgJ Mi3:3 : כְמָא דִמפַלְגִין אַברַיָא לְגוֹ דוּדָא‏ as one separates limbs into the cooking pot. wing (of birds, fig.: wind) Gal, PTA, Syr. TN Deut32:11 : וטען יתהון על תקוף אברוי‏ He bore them by the power of His wings. similarly shaped topographical feature: see s.v. ˀbyr LJLA.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 33b; DJBA: 109b; Jastrow: 44; Levy Ch-W: 1:7; Tal Sam: 5; DNWSI: 7; Cook,Qumran: 2;

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Derivatives:

ˀbyr n.m. cape; i.e. wing of land (??)

ˀbr vb. Dt to soar