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bqr, bqrˀ (bqar, baqrā) n.f. cattle
1
cattle, herd of cattle
Common Aramaic
TgO Deut28:4↗ בַקרֵי תוֹרָך וְעַדרֵי עָנָך‏ : your herds of oxen and your flocks of small cattle ; P Gn18:7↗ ܘܠܒܩܪܐ ܪܗܛ ܐܒܪܗܡ܂ ܘܢܣ݂ܒ ܥܓܠܐ ܚܕ‏ ; JSBhom 71day6 1982↗ ܒܲܩܪ̈ܲܘܗ̄ܝ ܟܽܠܗܸܝܢ‏ ; BT BM 84a(6)↗ הוה עילא בקרא דתורא בין חד לחד‏ : a herd of oxen could come in between the two of them
2
other domesticated animals
Common Aramaic
(1)
sheep (?)
Syr
Am1 285:13↗ ܥܪ̈ܒܐ ܣܓܝܐܐ ܐܝܬ ܠܝ ܕܐܓܒܐ ܡܢ ܗܕܐ ܒܩܪܐ‏
(2)
swine
Syr
P Mt8:31↗ ܠܒܲܩܪܵܐ ܕܲܚܙܝ݂ܪܸܐ̈‏ : a herd of swine
(3)
camels
Syr
BBah 16:26↗ text not cited
3
metaph. : herd, group
Syr
(1)
of demons
Syr
Cyr2 127:20 ܒܩܪܐ ܕܪ̈ܘܚܐ ܛܢܦ̈ܬܐ‏
(2)
of heretics
Syr
HoffmAusz 107965 text not cited
(3)
of apes
Syr
KwD<sup>2</sup> 43:17 ܒܩܪܐ ܕܩܘ̈ܦܐ‏
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For fem. gender see Bh Gr2 10(25). Some apparently emphatic forms may belong rather with bqrh; cf. Levy s.v. בקרתא.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 177[88]DJPA: 110aDJBA: 231aJastrow: 187Drower/Macuch: 49bJ. Payne-Smith: 52bLevy Ch-W: 1:110Tal Sam: 112BarBahlul: 16:26

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