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ˀbr, ˀbrˀ (ˀăḇar, ˀeḇrā) n.m. member, limb
1
(anat.) limb
(1)
of a human being
Qumran, CPA, JBAmb, JBA, JBAg
4Q561.1.1.4↗ ו]ד̇ק להוה̇[ ו]לא ש̇ג̇יא אברוהי‏ : he should be thin and not large in his limbs ; FMSD 7.2:19↗ ܕܐܬܩ̈ܛܥܘ ܐܒܪ̈ܝܢ ܐܒܪ̈ܝܢ ܘܫ̈ܕܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܥܠ ܐܪܥܐ‏ : who were cut up limb by limb and tossed on the ground ; JBAmb2 9:10↗ דאם אזלת ורדפת בפגרה בראשה באודנ̊ה בעינה בינחירה באטמה בימעה באיברה ויבהדמה‏ : if you go and chase after her body, her head, her ears, her eyes, her nostrils, her thighs, her loins, her limbs, or her organs ; BT Yom 25b(37)↗ מר אזיל בתר {{שו}}<א>ברא דבשרא, ומר אזיל בתר שומנא דבשרא‏ : one scholar goes by (i.e., takes into consideration) the fleshy limb, while another master goes by the fleshy fat ; Anan 33:11↗ משו אבריהו בהדי כרעיהו‏ : they wash their limbs along with their feet ; Anan 35:8↗ דצריכין למימשא אבריהו‏ : they need to wash their limbs
(2)
of an animal or a demon
Qumran, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, JBAmb, LJLA
TgO Ex29:17↗ וְיַת דִכרָא תְפַלֵיג לְאִברוֹהִי‏ ; KohR[1]15:3(1)↗ כיון דקרב ליה ההוא חויא נ{ש}<ת>רין אבריה‏ : as soon as that snake approached him, its limbs fell out ; TN Lev22:23↗ ותור או אמר דחסיר אבר או יתיר אבר‏ : an ox or a sheep that is missing a limb or has an extra limb ; CPA Lev8:20↗ ܪܝܫܐ ܘܐܒܪ̈ܝܐ ܘܬܪܒܐ‏ : the head, the limbs, and the fat ; CTLevi ar b D.3↗ ושרי להנסקה אבריה מליחי‏
(1)
for cooking
JLAtg
TgJ Mi3:3↗ כְמָא דִמפַלְגִין אַברַיָא לְגוֹ דוּדָא‏ : as one separates limbs into the cooking pot
2
arm
JBA, Man
BT Ber 60a(53)↗ שיזיב מאה וחד גברא בחד איבריה ומאה וחד גברא בחד איבריה‏ : he saved one hundred and one men with his one arm and one hundred and one men with his other arm
(1)
wing (of birds, fig.: wind)
Gal, PTA, Syr
TN Deut32:11↗ וטען יתהון על תקוף אברוי‏ : He bore them by the power of His wings ; AphDem14.281:1↗ ܘܦܪܚܝܢ ܙܠܝܩ̈ܝܗ݀ ܡܢ ܪܘܚܐ܂ ܐܝܟ ܐܒܪܐ ܩܠܝܠܐ ܠܟܠ ܓܒ̈ܝܢ‏ ; JulSok 387(190):1↗ ܛܐ݁ܣ ܒܐܒܪ̈ܐ ܪ̈ܘܚܢܐ ܕܐܠܗܘܬܗ‏
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feather
Syr
P Ps68:14↗ ܓܦ̈ܐ ܕܝܘܢܐ ܕܩܪܝܡܝܢ ܒܟܣܦܐ܂ ܘܐܒܪ̈ܝܗ݀ ܒܕܗܒܐ ܣܢܝܢܐ‏ : doves’ wings overlaid with silver, and its feathers with fine gold
(2)
-- met. of above (fr. Latin ala) wing (of army), corps
Palmyrene
PAT200:1.3↗ pršyˀ bˀbr[ˀ] dy gmlˀ wˁnˀ : riders in the corps of Gamla and of Ana †
(3)
base of a wing
Syr
IshDeut 135:24↗ ܐܒܪ̈ܐ݂ ܥܩܪ̈ܐ ܕܓܦ̈ܐ‏
(4)
fig: : requirement for a full life
Syr
AS 169:28 ܐܝܟܢܐ ܓܝܪ ܕܦܓܪܐ ܒܥܡܠܐ ܘܒܓܡܢܣܢ ܪܒ݁ܐ݂܂ ܗܟܢܐ ܘܐܦ ܢܦܫܢ ܒܡ̈ܠܐ ܛܒ̈ܬܐ ܂܂܂ ܒܐܝܠܝܢ ܐܒܪ̈ܝܢ ܬܪܒܐ‏ : for just as the body grows with labor and gymnastic training, so too our soul with good words … so you should grow with these wings
(2)
euph.: male sexual organ
JBA
BT BM 84a(13)↗ אברי׳ דר׳ ישמעאל בר׳ יוסי {ב}<כ>חמת בת תשעת קבין‏ : PN's penis was the size of a jug of nine qabs
(1)
similarly shaped topographical feature: see s.v. ˀbyr
LJLA
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CPA ܐܒܪ‏ but can be simply ܒܪ‏ after prefixes
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 5[3a]DJPA: 33bDJBA: 109bJastrow: 44Drower/Macuch: 341aJ. Payne-Smith: 2Levy Ch-W: 1:7Tal Sam: 5DNWSI: 7DCPA[Schulthess]: 3[2]Qumran: 2

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