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בּדִי בד־‏ conj. inasmuch as

because, since, inasmuch as OfA^Eg-informal, OfA^Eg, OfA^Per, Palmyrene, Qumran, JLAtg, Sam, Syr, LJLA. GenApoc 2.20 : וכולא מנה ביצבא ינדע בדי הוא רחים‏ he shall know everything from him with certainty, because he is beloved. 4QEnastr b 7 iii:7 : בדי מן תמן דנחין מאני שמיא‏ inasmuch as all the heavenly bodies rise from there. TgO Deut1:27 : בִדסָנֵי יוי יתַנָא‏ inasmuch as the Lord hates us. TgJ Ez23:30 : חוֹבַך גְרַמוּ אִלֵין לִיך בְדִטעֵית בָתַר עַמְמַיָא‏ your sins cause these things for you inasmuch as you strayed after the gentiles. PJ Num5:21 : בדיתן ייי ית ירכוניך מתמסיין וית כריסיך מנפחא‏ inasmuch as the Lord shall make your buttocks misshapen and your belly swell up. as much as LJLA. TgQoh8:17 : בד יטרח אינש למתבע ית מא דעתיד למיהוי בסוף יומיא לית ליה למשכח‏ for as much as a person may labor to determine what will come to pass in the future, he cannot find out.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 310a; Levy Ch-W: 1:80; Tal Sam: 163; Cook,Qumran: 30;

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Derivatives:

bdyl prep. on account of

bdyl conj. on account of, because

bdkn conj. therefore