The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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בָּבְלָי‏ adj. Babylonian

Babylonian Com^-OA^-MA. Ezra4:9 : ארכוי/אַרְכְּוָיֵא/ בָבְלָיֵא‏ the Babylonian Urukaeans †. TgEsth² 1:10(4) : לית נשי בעלמא דשפירן אלא בבליתא‏ there are no women in the world who are beautiful except Babylonian women. as a description of quality or type JLAtg, JBA. TgJ Jos7:21 : אִצטְלַאי בָבְלַאי‏ a babylonian cloak.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 84a; DJBA: 184b; Jastrow: 137; Levy Ch-W: 1:80;

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