The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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בְּרָה בְּרַתָּא בַּת־‏ n.f. daughter

JLA בְּרה, בַּת, בְּרַתָּא‏, pl.בְּנָן, בְּנָתָא‏

daughter Com. 4QTob b4.1.17=06:11 : ג]ב֗ר֗א מן בית אבונא הוא ואיתי לה ברא שפירה‏ he is a man from our paternal family and he has a lovely daughter. TgJ Mal2:11 : וְאִתרְעִיאוּ לְמִיסַב לְהוֹן נְשִין מִבְנָת עַמְמַיָא‏ they desired to take wives from the daughters of the gentiles. daughter of a relation Com. view entire list a female member of a animal species Com. view entire list in construct with a noun characterizing the nature of such a species LJLA. view entire list minor town Com.

in compounds: member of the same cohort: see s.vv. brt_, bnt Com. a type of female relative Com. view entire list characterizing individual f. members of a class or group Com. view entire list same X one : someone sharing a characteristic Com. view entire list fellow female member of a group Com. view entire list

in construct with a unit of time: female (gender) aged X Com. 4QVisAmram^c01.1.6 : אנתה ברת תלתין שנין‏ a thirty year old woman. GT FF Exod12:42 : ושׂרה הות ברת ת֯שעין שנין‏ . view entire list

in construct with a unit of measure to express size or value Syr, JBA, LJLA. PJ Num21:35 : נרגא ברת עישרתי אמין‏ an axe of ten cubits.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 111a; DJBA: 248a; Jastrow: 189; Levy Ch-W: 1:112; Tal Sam: 102; DJA: 37a; Cook,Qumran: 38;

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Derivatives:

brt ˀnš, brt ˀnšˀ (baṯ nāš, baṯ nāšā) n.f. woman; person

brt ym n.f. dolphin

brt ql, brt qlˀ (baṯ qāl, baṯ qālā) n.f. voice, sound