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bry (barrāy) adj. exterior
1
exterior
Common Aramaic
H 336:.10↗ šwrˀ bryˀ : the exterior wall ; QumNJ 5:1:2:2↗ ל[٠٠٠٠٠٠]ע פתיח לגוא פרזיתא כמשחת תרעא בריא‏ : to the ... opening into the residential area about the size of the exterior gate ; TgJ 2K16:18↗ מַעְלַנָא דְמַלכָא בָרָאָה‏ : the king's exterior entrance ; Lag(306) Matt25:30↗ ܐܦ̈ܩ̈ܘ ܠܒܪ ܠܩܒܠܐ ܒܪܝܐ‏ : cast (him) out into the outer darkness ; EphPar 3:13.5↗ ܥܪܩ ܠܗ ܠܒܪܝܐ‏ : he fled to the outside ; P Ez46:20↗ ܠܕܪܬܐ ܒܪܝܬܐ‏ : the outer court ; BT BQ 57a(15)↗ ניגרי בריתא‏ : steps to the outside ; GY 172:19 ↗ hazilẖ laiar baraia : they see the outer ether ; TgEsth2sup14.2-06:11↗ סוסיא דקאים באוריא דמל׳ ברייא‏ : a horse that was standing in the king's outer stable
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adv. most often preceded by –א: outside
JBA, JBAg
BT MQ 6a(1)↗ ודלמא טומאה גואי ואילנות אבראי‏ : perhaps the impurity was inside and the trees outside ; BT Zev 52a(1)↗ דגואי לבראי דבראי לגואי‏ : of the inside to the outside, of the outside to the inside ; Anan 29:3↗ אבראי מן תחומא‏ : outside the boundary
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exoteric
Man
ATS 1.1:33↗ aprišinun lkulhun razia gauaiia ubraiia : he explained all the esoteric and exoteric mysteries
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תנא ברא : tanna of a baraita
JBA
BT BQ 61a(20)↗ text not cited
2
rustic
Nabatean, CPA, Syr, Man
LES2 28:6 text not cited
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uncultivated
CPA
CPA Num13:20↗ ܘܡܐ ܗܝ ܐܪܥܐ ܐܢ ܫܘܡܝܢܐ ܗܝ ܐܐ݁ ܒܪܝܐ‏ : what is the land, fat or uncultivated?
3
profane
Syr
Vc 43:25 ܩܪܝܢܐ ܕܒ݁ܪ̈ܝܐ‏ : external readings
4
foreign, alien, strange
Hatran, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, LJLA
BR 123:3(2)↗ בארעה ברייתה קריין להון עמא {תבירו}<תבורי> קדל‏ : in the foreign territory they call them the broken-necked people ; FTV Lev16:1↗ אשא בריא‏ : alien fire ; Marqe 1.22↗ אתחזי ליוסף אחד בבראי שוי וחכמה שבילה‏ : one (angel) appeared suddenly to Joseph in the alien place and showed him the path ; BhBS.E Econ 2.3.2 ܚܪܪܐ ܐܝܟ ܒܪܝܐ ܘܥܘܕܝܝܐ ܚܫܒ ܢܦܫܗ܂ ܘܛܝܦܐܝܬ ܡܫܡܫ‏ : the freedman considers himself like an outsider and alien and serves superficially ; PJ Lev16:1↗ text not cited
(1)
transcendental, supernatural
Man
(2)
pagan
Syr
BHMQ 5.1.3 ܦܝܠܠܣ̈ܘܦܐ ܒܪ̈ܝܐ‏ : pagan philosophers ; BHMQ 5.3.2.5 ܦܝܠܘܣ̈ܘܦܐ ܕܝܢ ܒܪ̈ܝܐ‏ : but pagan philosophers
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gentile
Syr
JSBhom 74:156↗ ܢܸܫܠܸܐ ܡܵܕܸܝܢ ܥܲܡܵܐ ܕܲܚܬܼܝܪ ܥܲܠ ܒܲܪ̈ܵܝܸܐ‏ : so let the nation that boasts against the gentiles be silent
5
isolation of menstruation (also: abarai )
Man
6
fem. : harlot (i.e < npqt br)
Sam
SamTgJ Lev21:7↗ אתה בראה ומחללה‏ : [Heb.: אשה זונה וחללה] ; SamTgJ Lev21:14↗ text not cited
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Mand. barai, abarai.
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 188[88]DJPA: 113aDJBA: 240bJastrow: 189Drower/Macuch: 50a, 70bPayne-Smith: 577J. Payne-Smith: 55Levy Ch-W: 1:113Tal Sam: 119DNWSI: 197DCPA[Schulthess]: 62[31]Qumran: 39

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