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bˁl, bˁlˀ (bˁel, baˁlā) n.m. husband; lord; master
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husband
Common Aramaic
TAD B3.8 R.24↗ והן יהוישמ[ע] תשנא לבעלה ענניה ותאמר לה שניתך לא אהוה לך אנתת‏ : should PN1 hate her husband PN2 and say to him: I hate you, I shall not be a wife for you ; GenApoc 20.23↗ וכען אזל אמר למלכא וישלח אנתתה מנה לבעלהא‏ ; TgO Gen2:23↗ לְדָא יִתקְרֵי אִיתְתָא אֲרֵי מִבַעֲלַה נְסִיבָא דָא‏ ; BhBS.E Econ 1.1.3 ܒܥ̈ܠܐ ܘܒܥܝ̈ܠܬܐ‏ : husbands and wives ; P Gn3:6↗ ܘܝܗ݂ܒܬ ܐܦ ܠܒܥܠܗ‏ ; BT Yev 97b(11)↗ מ{{ח}}^א^ח דהוא אב והוא בעל והוא בר בעלה והוא בעלה דאם ואנא ברתה דאיתתיה‏ : my brother who is my father. He is my husband and he is my husband's son. He is my mother's husband, and I am his wife's daughter ; GY 389:5 ↗ ˁnta bilẖ gaṭla ulhurina hauia : a woman kills her husband and goes with another ; PJ Gen3:16↗ ולות בעליך תהי מתויך‏ : your longing will be for your husband
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fig. : inseminator, fructifier
JBA
BT Tan 6b(18)↗ מיטרא בעלה דארעא‏ : rain, the fructifier of the earth
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lord, master
Common Aramaic
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epithet of the north semitic god Had(a)d/Ad(a)d : see s.v. bˁl div.
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owner
Common Aramaic
BarRak.1.10↗ bmṣˁt | mlkn | rbrbn | bˁly | ksp | wbˁly | zhb : among great kings, possessors of silver and gold ; TAD C1.1(Ahiqar) .42↗ ובעל עטתא טבתא‏ : possessor of good advice
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full citizen, property owner
OA
Sf.1.a4↗ ˁdy bˁly ktk ˁm ˁdy bˁly ˀrpd : the treaty of the citizens of KTK with the citizens of Arpad
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fellow member
OfAEg
TAD B2.1 R.9↗ בר וברה אח ואחה קריב ורחיק בעל דגל וקריה‏ : son or daughter, brother or sister, near or far relative, member of the same regiment or town
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in compounds: master of X
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 171[83]DJPA: 108bDJBA: 227bJastrow: 182Drower/Macuch: 60bJ. Payne-Smith: 51Levy Ch-W: 1:106Tal Sam: 109DNWSI: 182DCPA[Schulthess]: 57[]DJA: 36bQumran: 37

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