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ˀbn, ˀbnˀ (ˀăḇen, ˀabnā,) n.f. stone
1
stone
Common Aramaic
TgO Gen31:46↗ וֻנסִיבוּ אַבנִין וַעֲבַדוּ דְגוֹרָא וַאֲכַלוּ תַמָן עַל דְגוֹרָא‏ : they took stones and made them into a heap and ate there on the heap ; P Is65:3↗ ܘܣܝ݁ܡܝܢ ܒܣ̈ܡܐ/ܒܣ̈ܡܢܐ/ ܥܠ ܐܒ̈ܢܐ/ܐܒܒ̈ܢܐ‏ ; IPet2:8↗ ܘܲܐܒ݂ܢܵܐ ܕ݁ܟ݂ܸܫܠܵܐ‏ ; IshIsa 60:9↗ ܐܒܢܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܥܒܪܝܐ ܟܐܦܐ ܗܝ‏ ; BT Tam 26b(24)↗ אבני זוטרתא ואבני ̇ר̇ברבתא‏ : small stones and large stones
2
rock, stone as a material
Common Aramaic
TAD A4.7R.9↗ ועמודיא זי אבנא‏ : the stone pillars ; TAD A4.8R.9↗ תרען רברבן 5 בנין פסלה זי אבן‏ : five large gates built of hewn stone ; Ezra 6:4↗ נִדְבָּכִין דִּי־אֶבֶן גְּלָל תְּלָתָא‏ : three layers of hewn stone ; PAT1624:1.10↗ text not cited : dubious! read yhwˀ bnˀ ; QumNJ 5:1:1:9↗ לכל תרע ותרע דשין תרין די אבן‏ : each gate has two stone door panels ; BT Suk 51b(24)↗ באבני כוחלא שישא ומרמרא‏ : rocks of stibnite, š'-marble, and m'-marble ; PJ Gen11:3↗ והות להון לבינתא לאבנא וטינא הוות להום לישיע‏ : bricks was their stone and mud was their plaster
3
gem
Qumran, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Syr, LJLA
4QTQah 3,2:11↗ ٠٠٠]בה יקרו א̇ב̇ניא‏ ; TgO Ex31:5↗ וֻבאוּמָנוּת אַבַן טָבָא‏ ; BR 125:3(2)↗ אבן טבא‏ ; TN Ex25:7↗ אבנין טבין ואבנין דאשלמן למקבעא באפודא ובחשנא‏ : precious stones and stones for setting in the ephod and the breastplate
4
stone-like objects
(1)
(usually + brd) hail stone
OA, PTA, CPA, LJLA
Sf.1.a26 (reconst.)↗ wysk ˁl ˀrpd [ˀbny b]rd ; TN Ex14:24↗ text not cited ; CPA(le97) Exod 9:18↗ ܗܐ ܐܢܐ ܡܡܛܪ ܒܗܕܐ ܫܥܬ݁ܐ ܡܚܪ ܐܒܢ ܒܪ̈ܕ ܣܓܝ ܠܚܕܐ‏ : at this time tomorrow I am going to rain down a very large amount of hail ; PJ Ex19:13↗ לא תיקרב ביה ידא ארום <א>יתרגמא יתרגם באבנא ברדא או גירין דאישא‏ : a hand should not draw near to him for he will actually be stoned with hail stone or fiery arrows
(2)
piece of a brick
Syr
BAli1 74 text not cited
(3)
piece of metal
PTA
TN Lev26:1↗ אבן דמתכה לא תתנון בארעכון למסגד קדמה‏ : you may not install a chunk of cast metal in your land in order to worship before it
(4)
interpreted to mean a small building or column
Syr
IshIsa 60:10↗ ܐܒܢܐ ܒܠܫܢܐ ܥܒܪܝܐ ܟܐܦܐ ܗܝ܂ ܬܢܢ ܕܝܢ ܐ݁ܡܪ܃ ܥܠ ܒܢܝܬܐ ܡܕܡ ܐܘ ܐܣܛܘ‍<‍ܢ‍>‍ܐ ܙܥܘܪܐ‏
5
weight
OfAEg, Nabatean, Syr
TAD B2.6 R.36↗ [כס]ף כרשן 20 באבני מלכא‏ : twenty karsh of silver by the royal weight [passim in this expression] ; TAD B4.2 R.2↗ שק[לן 3 ר ]4̇ באבני פתח‏ : three and a half shekels by the Ptah temple weight ; pYadin 22:33↗ k̇k̇ṙyn ˀrbˁyn wtrtyn ḃˀḃṅẏ ṅḃṭ̇w : forty-two talents according to the Nabatean weight
6
pl. (du?) : birth stool [Heb]
Sam
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rarely treated as masculine in heavily tradited LJLA, but surely erroneously so
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Note especially Ishodadh's comment cited here on the Is 65:3 passage, which shows that later (at least Eastern) Syriac did not recognize this early usage.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 4[3]DJPA: 33bDJBA: 75bJastrow: 7Drower/Macuch: 4bJ. Payne-Smith: 2Levy Ch-W: 1:5Tal Sam: 4DNWSI: 6Audo: 1:5DCPA[Schulthess]: 3[2]BarBahlul: 17:17DJA: 29aQumran: 2

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