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bˀš (e/a) vb. to be bad, to be displeasing
GCGt
Gpəˁalto be bad4 senses▶
1
to be bad
Common Aramaic
4QEnc5.2.27↗ ד]ר̇ מן דר יבאש‏ : one generation shall be worse than the other ; TB 3:23.7↗ ܡܣܡ ܒܪܝܫܐ ܕܐܬ݂ܐ ܥܠܘܗܝ ܝܬܝܪܐܝܬ ܒܐܫ‏ : the punishment that came upon him was especially bad
(1)
w. l_ : to be upset, to become worse for
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Syr, JBA
TgJ Jonah4:1↗ וֻבאֵיש לְיוֹנָה בִישָא רַבָא‏ ; PTQid 62.d:44[2]↗ text not cited ; GT B Gen4:6↗ לְמָה כְעַן בְּאֶש לַךְ‏ ; SyrAhiq 4 283:23↗ ܐܢ ܢܒܐܫ ܠܟ ܢܠܘܛܘܢܟ‏ : if things are going bad for you they will curse you ; P Ex5:23↗ ܕܡܢ ܫܥܬܐ ܕܐܬ݁ܝܬ ܠܘܬ ܦܪܥܘܢ ܂܂܂ ܒܐ݂ܫ ܠܥܡܐ ܗܢܐ‏ : from the time you came to Pharaoh ... things have gotten bad for this people
(1)
קדם (of God)
JLAtg
TgO Gen38:10↗ וֻבאֵיש קדם יוי דַעֲבַד וַאֲמִית אַף יָתֵיה‏ : what he did upset God so He also killed him
2
to be sick
Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, JBA
GT D Gen48:1↗ דְּהָא אַבוּ̊ךְ בָּאֵיש‏ ; BT Ned 40a(1)↗ רב חלבו באיש‏ : PN is sick
3
w. face, heart : to be sad
JLAtg, Syr
TgO Deut15:10↗ וְלָא יִבאַש לִיבָך"עינך" בְמִיתְנָך‏ : do not become upset when you give it ; P Dt15:10↗ ܘܠܐ ܢܒܐܫ ܠܒܟ‏ : do not be sad about it ; P Neh2:2↗ ܡܛܠ ܡܢܐ ܐܦ̈ܝܟ ܒܝ̈ܫܢ‏ : why are you looking so sad?
4
impersonal w. על : to be sad
BADan, Qumran, LJLA
Dan 6:15↗ כְּדִי מִלְּתָא שְׁמַע שַׂגִּיא בְּאֵשׁ עֲלוֹהִי‏ : when he heard the matter he became greatly upset ; GenApoc 21.7↗ ובאש עלי די פרש לוט בר אחי מן לואתי‏ : I was saddened that Lot my nephew separated from me ; TgEsth2 6:10(8)↗ וכד שמע <<המן ית>> פתגמא הדין סגי באש עלוהי‏
Cˀafˁelto do evil3 senses▶
1
to do evil
JLAtg, PTA, Sam, Syr, LJLA
TgO Gen19:7↗ בְבָעוּ כְעַן אֲחַי לָא תַבאֲשוּן‏ : please now my brothers, do not do evil ; GT G Exod15:7↗ קָמוֹ עַל עַמָּך לְאַבאָשָא‏ ; Am7 220:20↗ ܡܛܠ ܕܠܐ ܫܠܝܛ ܠܝ ܕܐܲܒܐܸܫ‏ : since I am not permitted to do evil ; PJ Gen19:7↗ text not cited
(1)
to treat badly
Qumran, JLAtg, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, LJLA, LJLAmag
QumNJ 554:4:3:7↗ ויבאשון לזרעך‏ : they shall harm your seed ; TgO Gen43:6↗ לְמָא אַבאֵישתוּן לִי‏ : why have you treated me badly? ; P Num11:11↗ ܐܒܐܫܬ ܠܥܒܕܟ‏ ; PJ Gen29:12↗ לית ליה רשו לאבאשא לי‏ : he has no right to treat me badly ; MTKG II#25 1b:10 אבדון ומחון אילן גובריא דאתין למבאשא לי‏ : destroy and strike down these men who are coming to treat me badly
(2)
to violate (agreement)
PTA
GT C Gen31:52↗ יַת קָיֶמְתָּא הָדָא לְמַבְאָשָה‏
(3)
to be very bad
Sam
SamTgJ Num11:10↗ ובעיני משה אבעש‏
2
to make displeasing
Sam, Syr
SamTgJ Gen38:10↗ ואבעש בעיני יהוה ית דעבד‏ : that which he did was displeasing in the Lord's eyes ; P Ex5:21↗ ܐܒܐܫܬܘܢ ܠܪܘܚܢ‏
3
as co-verb : to do something badly
JLAtg
TgJ Jer16:12↗ וְאַתוּן אַבאֵישתוּן לְמַעֲבַד מֵאֲבָהָתְכוֹן‏ : you have acted worse than your fathers
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be sick4 senses▶
1
to be sick
JPAEpig, JBAmb
TrShem 2b:12↗ כל דשמיה יוד או ס׳ לקי ומבאש‏ : everyone whose name (starts with) yod or samekh will be struck and sickened ; JBABowl 71.1:7↗ מריעין ומבאשין‏
(1)
to be on the verge of death
CPA
CPA Gen49:33↗ ܘܦܫܛ ܪ̈ܝܓܠܘܝ ܥܠ ܥܪܣܗ ܘܐܬܒܐܫ ܘܐܬܘܣܦ ܥܠ ܩܗܠܐ‏ : he stretched out his feet on his bed, weakened, and was gathered to the congregation
2
to be ill-treated
CPA, Sam, Syr
CPA Psalms37:9↗ ܐܬ݁ܒܝܫܬ ܘܐܬ݁ܡܟܡܟܬ ܥܕܡܐ ܠܚܕܐ‏ : I was utterly vilified and humiliated
(1)
+ _ impersonal : to be harmed
JLAtg, LJLA
TgO Ex5:23↗ אִתבְאַש לְעַמָא הָדֵין‏ : things have gone badly for this people ; TgJ 1K17:20↗ לָא יִתבְאַש לַה‏ : let her not be harmed ; PJ Ex5:23↗ text not cited
(1)
to become upset, very displeased
Syr
OS MtCur21:15↗ ܘܟܕ ܚܙܘ ܣ̈ܦܪܐ ܘܪ̈ܒܝ ܟܗ̈ܢܐ ܬܕܡ̈ܪܬܐ ܕܥܒܕ ܂܂܂ ܐܬܒܐܫ ܠܗܘܢ‏ : when the scribes and chief priests saw the miracles he performed ... they became upset ; P Neh2:10↗ ܘܐܬܐܒܫܬ ܠܗܘܢ ܒܝܫܐܝܬ‏
3
to show oneself evil
Syr
4
+ܒܥܝ̈ܢܝ : to displease
Sam, Syr
P 1S8:6↗ ܘܐܬܒܐܫ ܦܬܓܡܐ ܒܥܝܢ̈ܘܗܝ ܕܫܡܘܐܝܠ‏ ; P 2S11:25↗ ܠܐ ܢܬܒܐܫ ܒܥܝܢ̈ܝܟ ܥܠ ܗܕܐ‏ : do not be displeased over this
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Syr. ithpe also ܐܬܐܒܫ‏; Sam. regularly בעש
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Note that, for the G stem, if an impersonal construction is used, or the subject is a part of the body, then the meaning is "to be bad, upset", but if the subject is a person, then it is "to be sick".
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 115[56]DJPA: 83aDJBA: 183aJastrow: 135Drower/Macuch: 63aPayne-Smith: 438J. Payne-Smith: 34Levy Ch-W: 1:79Tal Sam: 78DNWSI: 142Audo: 1:56DCPA[Schulthess]: 39[21a]Qumran: 30

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