The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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לֵב לִבָּא‏ n.m. heart; mind

heart Com.

mind Com. TgO Gen42:28 : וַאֲמַר לְאַחוֹהִי אִיתָתַב כַספִי וְהָא הֻוא בְטֻוענִי וֻנפַק מַדַע לִיבְהוֹן וֻתוַהֻו גְבַר בַאֲחֻוהִי לְמֵימַר מָא דָא עֲבָד יוי לַנָ‏ he said to his brothers: my silver has been returned and here it is in my pack; they were bufuddled and said in astonishment to each other: what has the Lord done to us?. TgJ Jud5:16 : מַחשְבָת לִבָא‏ the thoughts of the mind. PJ Gen11:28 : ובכין איתפליג ליביה דהרן‏ then Haran became doubtful [lit.: his mind was divided]. ˁl lb: kept in mind, known by heart Com. blb : secret(ly), internally BA^Dan, JLAtg, Syr. Dan7:28 : וּמִלְּתָא בְּלִבִּי נִטְרֵת‏ while I kept the matter a secret †. TgO Lev19:17 : לָא תִסנֵי יָת אְחוּך בְלִיבָך‏ . PJ Gen27:41 : ונטר עשו שנא בליביה‏ Esau kept the hatred a secret. as a seat of emotions Com. TgO Ex4:14 : וְיִחזֵינָך וְיִחדֵי בְלִיבֵיה‏ .

center, core JLAtg, PTA, Syr, JBAg, Man. TgO Ex15:8 : בְלִיבָא דְיַמָא‏ . GT G Exod15:8 .

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 275a; DJBA: 623b; Jastrow: 686; Levy Ch-W: 1:399; Tal Sam: 422; DNWSI: 561; Cook,Qumran: 125;

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Derivatives:

lbb, lbbˀ n.m. heart

lblb n.m. bloom, sprout

lblb vb. to sprout

lwly, lbly vb. to shout

lblwb (liḇlūḇ, liḇlūḇā) n.m. blossom