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br, brˀ (bar, barrā) n.f. field, outside
1
field
Common Aramaic
SamTgJ Lev26:20↗ ואילן ברה לא יתן פריו‏ : the field's tree will not provide its fruit ; P Gn25:27↗ ܘܗܘ݂ܐ ܥܣܘ ܓܒܪܐ ܝܕܥ݁ ܨܝܕܐ ܓܒܪܐ ܕܒܪܐ‏ : Esau was a hunter, a man of the field
(1)
outside area, non-living space
Common Aramaic
TgO Gen24:31↗ לְמָא אַת קָאֵים בְבָרָא‏ : why are you standing outside? ; SamTgJ Gen24:31↗ למה תקעם בברה‏
(1)
אפי ברא
Gal, PTA, LJLA
SYAP 44[1]:27↗ בבייתה ובאפי ברה‏ : in the house and outside ; GT B Gen4:8↗ וְנֶפוֹק תְּרֵינַן לְאַפֵּי בָרָא‏ : let the two of us go outside ; PJ Gen3:18↗ ותיכול ית עיסבא דעל אפי ברא‏
(1)
כלפי ברא : outward
LJLA
TgIChron 26:18↗ כלפי ברא למערבא‏
(2)
the wild
Common Aramaic
P Mt3:4↗ ܩܲܡܨܸܐ̈܂ ܘܕ݂ܸܒ݂ܫܵܐ ܕ݁ܒ݂ܲܪܵܐ‏ : ἀκρίδες καὶ μέλι ἄγριον
(1)
חיות٠ חית בר : wild, undomesticated animal; see s.v. ḥywt br, ḥywt brˀ n.f.
Common Aramaic
Dan 4:18↗ חֵיוַת בָּרָא‏ ; 4QEnGiantsc22.8↗ די חיות ברא אתה ואי̇ש ברא‏ ; TgO Gen2:19↗ כֹל חַיַת בָרָא‏ ; P StDan(1)4:12 ↗ ܘܥܡ ܚܝܘܬ ܒܪܐ ܡܥܡܪܗ ܒܥܣܒܐ ܕܐܪܥܐ‏ ; PJ Lev26:6↗ ואיבטיל רשות חיות ברא מן ארעא דישראל‏ : I shall cancel the ability of the wild animals to use the land of Israel
(1)
with specific animal and plant names, see also s.vv.
Common Aramaic
TAD D5.$b2↗ חמר ברא‏ ; Rom11:24↗ ܐܸܢ ܓܸܝܪ ܐܲܢܼܬ݁ ܕܡܸܢ ܙܲܝܬܵܐ ܐܲܢܼܬ݁ ܕܒܲܪܵܐ‏ : for if you are from the olive of the wild
2
outside of an object
Palmyrene, Syr, JBA
PAT1919:1.4↗ wktlˀ dy brˀ : the outer wall ; OS MtSin23:25↗ ܕܡܕܟܝܢ ܐܢܬܘܢ ܒܪܗ ܕܟܣܐ‏ : for you make clean the outside of the cup ; BT Šab 78a(28)↗ וסימניך גוא לגוא וברא לברא‏ : your sign is: inside to inside, outside to outside
(1)
fig.: external thing
Syr
(1)
apparent meaning
Syr
BhEth 347:7 ܠܐ ܒܒܲܪܗܹܝܢ܃ ܐܠܐ ܒܐܪ̈ܙܐ ܟܣܝ̈ܐ ܕܚܡܝܠܝܢ ܒܓܘܗܝܢ ܘܵܠܹܐ ܠܡܲCܵܕܘ݂‏ : it is right to look, not at (scripture's words') external meaning, but for the hidden mysteries packed inside them
3
in prepositional use: outside of, except for : see s.vv. lbr, br mn, llbr mn
Common Aramaic
4
adverbial: see s.v. brˀ adv.
Common Aramaic
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See note s.v. ˀbr prep.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 185[88]DJPA: 110bDJBA: 239bJastrow: 188Drower/Macuch: 50aJ. Payne-Smith: 53Levy Ch-W: 1:110Tal Sam: 118DNWSI: 195DCPA[Schulthess]: 61[31]DJA: 37aQumran: 38

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