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br by, br bytˀ (bar bay, bar baytā) n.m. servant
1
household servant
OfAEg, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr
TgO Gen15:3↗ וְהָא בַר בֵיתִי יָרֵית יָתִי‏ ; BR 431:13(1)↗ בן משק ביתו בר בייתיה‏ : Biblical בן משק ביתו [conflating Gen 15:2-3] means "my household servant" ; TN Gen15:3↗ והא בר בתי ירית יתי‏ ; P Eccl2:7↗ ܩܢܝܬ ܠܝ ܥܒ݂̈ܕܐ ܘܐܡܗ̈ܬܐ ܘܒܢ̈ܝ ܒܝܬܐ ܗܘܘ ܠܝ ܣܘܓܐܐ‏
2
prince
OfAEg, OfAPer
3
(plural) wife, wives
Gal, JBA
PTŠab 3.b:44[2]↗ אמרה ליה בני ביתיה‏ : his wife says to him
4
family member
Gal, PTA, CPA, Syr
PTBer 7.a:54[2]↗ כד הוה מצלי בביתא הוה מצלי בקלא עד דיילפון בני בייתיה צלותיה‏ : when he would pray in the house he would pray aloud until the household would learn his prayer ; TN Gen24:38var.↗ ברם אלה הן בני<בי>יתיה דאבא‏ ; IMac7a1 1:61↗ ܬܠܘ ܠܝܠܘ̈ܕܐ ܒܨܘܪ̈ܝܗܝܢ ܘܠܒ̈ܢܝ ܒܝܬܗܘܢ ܕܐܝܠܝܢ ܕܓܙܪܘ ܐܢܘܢ‏ : they hanged the children by the neck as well as the family members of those who had them circumcised
5
familiar
Syr
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The meaning "prince" is a calque from Old Persian.
Where the meaning of the two words is simply "a member of the household" it has been lemmatized as two separate words. For the meaning of the plural-looking form as "wife" (sg.!) see the discussion s.v. dby_, dbytˀ.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 179[90]DJPA: 98aDJBA: 235aPayne-Smith ~: 478Tal Sam: 89DCPA[Schulthess]: 59[]

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