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brt ql, brt qlˀ (baṯ qāl, baṯ qālā) n.f. voice, sound
1
voice, sound
JPAEpig, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA
T-S K1.143 18.3↗ כל מן דחמי יתה ושמע ברת קלה‏ : everyone who sees him and hears his voice ; Gal4:20↗ ܨܵܒ݂ܸܐ ܗܼܘܝ݂ܬ݂ ܕܸ݁ܝܢ ܕܸ݁ܐܗܘܸܐ ܠܘܵܬ݂ܟ݂ܘ݁ܢ ܗܵܫܵܐ܃ ܘܸܐܫܲܚܠܸܦ݂ ܒܲܪܼܬ݂ ܩܵܠܝ܃‏ : and I wish that I could be with you now and could change my tone ; JSBhom 71day3 855↗ ܘܲܒܢ̈ܵܬ ܩ̈ܵܠܸܐ ܕܥܵܒܽܘܕܽܘܬܵܐ ܫܡܲܥ ܗ̄ܘܵܐ ܡܽܘܫܸܐ‏ ; BT Ket 77b(29)↗ נפקא בת קלא ואמר׳ ליה‏ : a voice went out and said to him ; MandAmulet 5:217↗ upt qala ḏšuqia : the sound of the marketplaces ; TgEsth2sup08.2-05:10↗ text not cited
(1)
in particular: a divine voice, usually from heaven
Gal, PTA, LJLA
TgJ Jud5:5tos↗ נפלת ברת קלא מן שמי מרוםא‏ ; PTKil 32.b:20[2]↗ text not cited ; TN Gen27:33↗ text not cited ; PJ Num21:6↗ ברת קלא נפלת מן שמי מרומא וכן אמרת‏
(2)
as a type of demonic force
JBAmb
JBAmb2 91:1↗ ליליתא ומבכלתא בישתא ובת קלא דשריא בביתיה דפאפא‏ : Lilith, tormenter, and sound that lives in PN's house
2
utterance, spoken word
Syr
BhBS Rhet 7.1.3 ܫܚܝܡܘܬ ܒܪܬ ܩܠܐ‏ : verbal simplicity ; BHMQ7 2.1.2 ܒܪܬ ܩܠܐ ܡ݁ܪܐܢܝܬܐ‏ : a dominical saying
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(philos.) word
Syr
3
language
Syr
BHMQ 5.2.1 ܒܒܪܬ ܩܠܐ ܥܒܪܝܬܐ‏ : in Hebrew parlance
(1)
accent
Syr
ET 31:21 text not cited
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JBA בת קל, בת קול
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The spelling without resh in square script texts reflects the same pronunciation as that of the Syriac where it is spelled historically but not pronounced.

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