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ˁbr, ˁbrˀ (ˁĕḇar, ˁeḇrā) n.m. crossing
1
crossing
Syr
JSB5 834:10↗ ܡܘܬܐ ܥܒܪܐ ܗܘ ܕܠܟܐ ܡܢܗ ܩܢܛܐ ܪܒܐ܃ ܘܠܗܠ ܡܢܗ ܫܝܢܐ‏ : death is a crossing on this side of which is fear and beyond which is peace
(1)
ford
Syr
Bhchr 297:14↗ ܒܝܕ ܥܸܒ݂ܪܐ ܕܐܝܬ ܗܘܐ ܬܡܢ ܐܬܦܠܛ‏ : he escaped by means of a ford that was there
2
farther bank
JLAtg, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, LJLA
TgO Gen50:10↗ עִברָא דְיַרדְנָא‏ ; TN Num21:13↗ ושרון מן עבר ארנונה‏ : they stayed on the far bank of the Arnon ; CPA Gen50:10↗ ܘܐܬܘ ܥܠ ܐܕܪܐ ܕܐܛܛ ܕܐܝܬ ܗܘ ܒܥܒܪܗ ܕܝܪܕܢܐ‏ ; SamTgJ Num(1)20:13↗ ית ארעה טבתה דבעבר ירדנה‏ ; OS JnCur6:1↗ ܥܒܪܐ ܕܝܡܬܐ ܕܓܠܝܠܐ‏ : the other side of the Sea of Galilee ; P Dt1:1↗ ܒܥܒܪܐ ܕܝܘܪܕܢܢ ܒܡܕܒܪܐ‏ ; P Mt8:18↗ ܕ݁ܢܼܐܙܽܠܼܘܢ ܠܥܸܒ݂ܪܵܐ‏ ; PJ Gen30:23↗ מעיברא לירדנא‏
(1)
see s.vv. ˁbr nhr, ˁbr ym
Common Aramaic
(2)
bank, riverside
JBA, Man
BT BM 107b(46)↗ text not cited ; GY 54:21 ↗ aqar piria ˁmbia uˁlania mn hazin ˁbrẖ ḏiama ušadilẖ bhak ˁbrẖ ḏiama : he uproots fruit-trees and vines and (nut) trees from this side of the sea and casts them to the other side of the sea
3
end, edge
JLAtg, Sam, Syr, JBAg
TgO Ex27:14↗ וַחְמֵיש עַסרֵי אַמִין סְרָדֵי לְעִברָא‏ : the curtains are fifteen cubits up to the edge [MT: לַכָּתֵף] ; OS MtSin24:31↗ ܡܢ ܥܒܪܐ ܕܫܡܝܐ ܥܕܡܐ ܠܥܒܪܐ‏ : from one end of heaven to the other end
(1)
(w. and w.o. ܕܐܪܥܐ) : the ends of the Earth, distant lands
Syr
P Ps2:8↗ text not cited ; JSmem 2:261↗ ܟܠܗ ܥܠܡܐ ܘܥܒܪ̈ܝܗ݀ ܕܐܪܥܐ‏ ; JSmem 11:267↗ ܒܥܒܪ̈ܐ ܥ̈ܐܕܘܗܝ ܘܒܓܙܪ̈ܬܐ ܫܡܗ ܡܬܢܨܚ‏ : His feasts [are celebrated] in the furthest lands, his name is celebrated in the foreign islands
(2)
side
JLAtg, Sam
TgO Ex27:9↗ לְרוּחַ עֵיבַר דָרוֹמָא‏ : toward the direction on the southern side ; SamTgJ Ex32:15↗ לוחים כתיבים מתרי עבריון‏ : tablets written on their two sides
(3)
coast-land, territory
Syr, Man
Am7 144:`8↗ ܡܕܒܪܐ ܐܘ ܓܙܪܬܐ ܐܘ ܥܸܒ݂ܪܐ‏ : desert, island or coast ; GY 390:3 ↗ haizak ˁbrẖ ḏgaukai akla hamšin šnia : then the area of Gaukai will rule for fifty years
4
base
Syr
P Job38:6↗ ܥܠ ܡܢܐ ܩܡܘ ܥܒܪ̈ܝܗ݀‏
(1)
ܒܝܬܐ ܕܥܒܼܪܐ : dormitory or the like (?)
Syr
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Syriac reading traditions vary as to ˁbr and ˁbr #3.
The example rendered here (from LS2 "base" (JPSm "stake") might better be treated as a unique literary example of #2 "bolt" or the like in Syriac.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1066[508]DJPA: 393bDJBA: 851aJastrow: 1040Drower/Macuch: 340b, 69bJ. Payne-Smith: 399Levy Ch-W: 2:199Tal Sam: 620DCPA[Schulthess]: 299[]

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