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בִּישׁ‏ adj. evil

bad, evil ( i.e., harmful, debilitating) Com. Ezra 4:12 : קִרְיְתָא מָרָדְתָּא וּבִאישְׁתָא בָּנַיִן‏ they are building the rebellious and harmful city. IVQ242 A..2 : בשחנא באישא‏ with a bad case of boils. as a substantive Com. TgO Gen2:9 : וְאִילָן דְאָכְלֵי פֵירוֹהִי חָכְמִין בֵין טָב לְבִיש‏ the tree that those who eat its fruit know the difference between good and evil. evil person, thing Com. TgO Num32:13 : כֹל דָרָא דַעֲבַד דְבִיש/ביש/ קדם יוי‏ every generation that did \that which is bad/bad/ before the Lord. (as a substantival d.o.) OfA^Eg, OfA^West, CPA, LJLA. TgPs7:5 : אין פרעית לבעיל שלמי ביש‏ . lḇīš : adv. : for evil Syr, Man, LJLA. PJ Gen3:1 : וחויא הוה חכים לביש מכל חיות ברא דעבד ייי אלקים‏ the serpent was the smartest for doing evil of all the wild animals that the Lord God made. (of the body, face, heart) sad, upset JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Syr, LJLA. TgJ 1Sam1:18 : וַאְכַלַת וְאַפִין בִישִין לָא הְווֹ לַה עוֹד‏ she ate and no longer was sad looking. TN Gen40:7 : מן בגלל מן אפיכון בישן‏ on account of whom are you upset?. PJ Gen40:7 : מדין סבר אפיכון ביש יומא דין‏ .

bad (i.e., the antithesis of good), not functioning properly Com. TgQoh11:2 .

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 102a; DJBA: 206b; Jastrow: 167; Levy Ch-W: 1:95; Tal Sam: 78; DNWSI: 142; DJA: 35a; Cook,Qumran: 29;

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Derivatives:

bˀyš (baˀˀīš) adj. #2 very sick

bbyš adv. antagonistically

bbyšh adv. antagonistically

byšh, byštˀ (bīšā, bīštā) n.f. evil

byšw, byšwtˀ (bīšūt, bīšūṯā) n.f. evil