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bry(y)h, bry(y)tˀ (bi/aryā, brīṯā/biryəṯā) n.f. creation, creature
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creation (v.n.)
Qumran, Gal, PTA, Sam, Syr, Man
4Q529 11↗ וידכר רבי מרא עלמא לבריתה‏ : may my Lord master of the universe recall His creation ; TN Gen2:1↗ ואשלמו ברית/חילוות/ שמ<<י>>א וארעא‏ : the acts of creation/var: hosts/ of heaven and earth ; P Mk13:19↗ ܪܼܝܫ ܒ݁ܪܼܝܬ݂ܵܐ ܕ݁ܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ‏
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creation, universe (subst.)
JLAtg, Syr
TgJ Hab1:12↗ מִבְרֵאשִית אַת אֲלָהָא דַיָין קְשוֹט עַל כָל בִריָתָך קַדִיש‏ : from Genesis you, God, are an honest judge, holy over all Your creation ; P Mk16:15↗ ܒ݁ܟ݂ܽܠܵܗ ܒ݁ܪܼܝܬ݂ܵܐ‏
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the objects of the natural world
LJLA
TgTosPr Judges.18:4↗ וגמירנא דיאה לגברא לאוגורי גרמיה לפולחנא נוכראה מלמיצטרכה לבירייתא‏ : I have learned that it is preferable for a man to hire himself out to foreign worship that to be in need of things
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natural state
JBAg
HM(1) 84:(1)4↗ אם כברייתיה תיזיל ומצלחת‏ : if it is like its natural state, go on and you will succeed
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Genesis
CPA
LN:30a↗ text not cited
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wonder, miraculous event [Heb.]
Sam, Syr
Marqe 2.229↗ ובריאתה דנדנדוני‏ : the miracles that shook me ; P Num16:30↗ ܒܪܝܬܐ ܢܒܪܐ ܡܪܝܐ‏
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creature, person
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBA, LJLA
TgJ Jud18:4tos↗ וגמירנא דיאה לגברא לאוגורי גרמיה לפולחנא נוכראה מלמיצטרכא לבירייתא‏ : I have learned that it is better for a man to hire himself out to foreign worship than to be dependent on people ; TgJ 2K19:35tos↗ וכל בירייתיה דהוו עימיה‏ : all its creatures that were with him ; TN Num16:29↗ ואין גזרתה דמתגזר על כל ברייתה יתגזר על אילין‏ : if His decree that has been decreed for all creatures is decreed for us ; P 1Ch29:12↗ ܠܟܠܗܝܢ ܒܪ̈ܝܬܐ ܕܐܢܬ ܒܪܝܬ‏ ; Rom1:20↗ ܠܒ݂ܸܪ̈ܝܵܬ݂ܸܗ ܒ݁ܣܘ݂ܟ̇ܵܠܵܐ ܡܸܬ݂ܚܲܙܝܵܢ̈‏ ; BT BM 92a(26)↗ לא שביק איסי חיי לכל בריה‏ : PN does not allow life to any person ; PJ Gen1:5↗ ולחשוכא קרא לילייא ועבדיה למינח ביה ברייתא‏ : He called the darkness night and made it for the creatures to rest in it
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technically this is a fem. sg. G p.p., Syr. ܒܲܪܝܵܐ܂ ܒܪܝ݂ܬܵܐ‏, pl. emph. ܒܸܪ̈ܝܵܬܵܐ܂ ܒܲܪ̈ܝܵܬܵܐ‏
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MD includes the meaning 'ritual food for the dead' under this lemma, but that is certainly from a different root; cf. bry#4 vb.
Some separate "creation" from "creature" (see e.g. Levy p. 1:115).
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 189[96]DJPA: 113aDJBA: 245Jastrow: 194Drower/Macuch: 70a, 51a, 62bPayne-Smith ~: 576J. Payne-Smith: 55bLevy Ch-W: 1:113Tal Sam: 114DNWSI: 198DCPA[Schulthess]: 62[31a]Qumran: 39

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