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bˁw, bˁwtˀ (bāˁū, bāˁūṯā) n.f. petition
1
petition, beseeching, supplication
BADan, Qumran, CPA, Sam, Syr, Man, LJLA
Dan 6:14↗ זִמְנִין תְּלָתָה בְּיוֹמָא בָּעֵא בָּעוּתֵהּ‏ : he was praying three times a day ; 4QEnGiantsb07.3↗ בעות ארכת גבריא‏ : petition for the giants' reprieve(?) ; TgJ 1Sam1:27↗ וִיהַב יְיָ לִי יָת בָעוּתִי דִבעֵיתִי מִן קֳדָמוֹהִי‏ : the Lord gave me the supplication that I beseeched from him ; CPA Luke1:13↗ ܗܐ ܓܪ ܫܡܥ ܐܠܗܐ ܒܥܘܬܟ‏ : for God has now heard your prayer ; AGnEx 5.27↗ ܘܥܠ ܒܥܘܬܗ ܕܐܒܪܗܡ ܕܥܠܝܗܘܢ‏ : concerning Abraham's supplication on their behalf ; Syr-RomLaw.27.1↗ ܒܠܥܕ ܒܥܘܬܐ ܕܡܠܟܘܬܐ܃ ܒܢ̈ܝܗܘܢ ܠܐ ܢܐܪܬܘܢ ܐܢܘܢ‏ : absent a royal petition their sons shall not inherit them ; GY 42:18↗ man ḏbaiia buta minaikun : whoever asks you for something ; PJ Gen30:8↗ קביל בעותי דיהי לי בר כאחתי‏ : accept my prayer that I have a son like my sister
(1)
see s.v. bbˁw interj. : please
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Syr, LJLA
(2)
rogation: a formal fast of supplication
Syr
JSB4 164:9↗ ܥܒܕܘ ܒܥܘܬܐ ܕܡܐ ܕܐܬܒܨܝܬ ܡܨܘܬܐ ܗܘܬ‏ : they prepared a rogation that when investigated was a confrontation
(3)
wish
Sam
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consolation
Syr
OS LkSin2:25↗ ܡܩܒܠ ܗܘܐ ܒܥܘܬܐ‏
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 169[83]DJPA: 84aJastrow: 180Drower/Macuch: 57b, 46b, 60aPayne-Smith ~: 556J. Payne-Smith: 50Levy Ch-W: 1:104Tal Sam: 108DNWSI: 180DCPA[Schulthess]: 55[29a]Qumran: 36

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