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bṣwrh, bṣwrtˀ (biṣṣurā, biṣṣurtā) n.f. drought
drought and its accompanying famine
JLAtg, PTA, JBA, LJLA
TgJ Is58:11↗ בִשנֵי בוּצרָתָא‏ : in the drought years ; TN Deut5:21↗ ובצורתה אתייה על עלמא‏ : drought will come upon the world ; FTPa Ex20:17↗ ובצורתא אתיא על עלמא‏ ; BT Tan 19b(1)↗ נהרא אנהרא ביצורתא מדינתא אמדינתא כפנא‏ : (having to transport food from) one canal to another is a shortage; one province to another is a famine ; BT Ket 97a(33)↗ ההיא בצורתא דהואי בנהרדעא‏ : a certain shortage which occurred in GN ; PJ Ex20:16↗ ומיטרא לא נחית ובצורתא אתיא על עלמא‏
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JLAtg pl. emph. בֻוצרָתָא
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This is a distinctively Jewish Aramaic usage, based perhaps on Biblical Hebrew parallels. Note how the Syriac at Jer. 14:1 must paraphrase the Hebrew.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 109bDJBA: 205aJastrow: 184Levy Ch-W: 1:109

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