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bsr, bsrˀ (bsar, besrā) n.m. flesh
1
flesh
Common Aramaic
Dan 7:5↗ קוּמִי אֲכֻלִי בְּשַׂר שַׂגִּיא‏ ; GenApoc 10.15↗ וכול בשׂרהון על מדבחא אקטרת‏ : I burnt up all their flesh upon the altar ; P Gn2:21↗ ܘܐܘܚܕ ܒܣܪܐ ܚܠܦܝܗ‏ ; Rev 19:18↗ ܒܸ݁ܣܪܵܐ ܕ݁ܡܲܠܟܸ݁ܐ̈‏ ; BT BQ 84a(33)↗ דיל׳ איכא איניש דסליק בשריה הייא‏ : perhaps there is someone whose flesh heals quickly ; DSumqa 34 ↗ ugilda ubisra ugirmia ugiada : the skin and flesh and bones and sinews
(1)
ܒܒܣܪ : in the flesh, i.e. alive
Syr
ICor3:3↗ ܠܵܐ ܗܵܐ ܦ݁ܲܓ݂ܪ̈ܵܢܸܐ ܐܢܼܬ݁ܘ݂ܢ܂ ܘܒ݂ܲܒ݂ܣܲܪ ܡܗܲܠܟ݂ܝܼܢ ܐܢܼܬ݁ܘ݂ܢ‏ : are you not corporal and walking in the flesh?
(2)
blood relationship
Syr
Rechts2 34:28 ܗ݀ܘ ܕܩ݁ܪܝܒ ܝܬܝܪ ܒܒܣܪܐ݂‏ : the closest blood relative ; AphDem13.232:16↗ ܟܠ ܩܪܝܒ ܒܣܪܗܘܢ‏ : every close relative
(3)
kl bśr, kl bsr, klbsr : all flesh, everyone
Qumran, Syr, LJLA
GenApoc 1.28↗ ואף לכול בשרא‏ ; ApocDan.52.22↗ ܘܟܠܒܣܪ ܢܕܡܟ ܠܗ ܒܝܘܡܐ ܗ݀ܘ‏ ; TgTosPr (Hag.)/Zech.2:15var.↗ למידן כל בישׂרא‏
(4)
living creatures
BADan
Dan 2:11↗ אֱלָהִין דִּי מְדָרְהוֹן עִם־בִּשְׂרָא לָא אִיתוֹהִי‏ : gods whose dwelling place is not with (those of) flesh ; Dan 4:9↗ וּמִנֵּהּ יִתְּזִין כָּל־בִּשְׂרָא‏ : all flesh is nourished from it
(5)
meat
JBA, JBAg
BT San 39a(13)↗ הבו לי אומצא דבסרא‏ : give me a chunk of meat
(6)
fleshy part of a fruit
Syr
JEhCh 133b:10 ܟܕ ܠܡܢܗܘܢ ܡ݁ܢ ܝܗ݂ܒܐ݂܂ ܕܒܣܪܐ ܣܓܝܐܐ ܢܛܥܢܘܢ ܠܒܪ ܡܢ ܙܪ̈ܥܝܗܘܢ‏ : while for some of (the fruit trees) He provided that they would bear much flesh outside of their seeds
2
penis
Sam, Syr
AphDem11.210:7↗ ܟܕ ܐܫܟܚܬ ܠܡܘܫܐ܂ ܡܢ ܩܝܡܐ ܕܒܒܣܪܗ ܐܫܬܘܕܥܬ ܕܡܢ ܒ̈ܢܝ ܐܝܣܪܝܠ ܗܘ‏ : when she found Moses, she recognized from the sign of the covenant that was on his flesh that he was an Israelite
3
+ wdm : human being
CPA, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA
Hom13 2.1:16↗ ܐܕܡܐ ܠܝܬ ܗ̇ܘ ܡܢ ܒܣܪ ܘܐܕܡ‏ : is not blood from flesh and blood? ; OS MtCur16:17↗ ܕܒܣܪܐ ܘܕܡܐ ܠܐ ܓܠܐ ܠܟ܂ ܐܠܐ ܐܒܝ ܕܒܫܡܝܐ‏ : for a human being has not revealed it to you but rather my father in heaven ; BT Tam 32b(18)↗ גולגלא דבשר̇א̇ ודמא הוא דלא קא שבע‏ : it is the eyeball of a human being who is not satisfied ; AM 7:22↗ bnia bisra uzma ; TgJob37:20↗ הכשר דישתעי בישרא ואדמא כולהון תושבחתיה דקיריס‏ : is it proper for all of humanity to proclaim the Lord's praise?
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 167[82]DJPA: 115bDJBA: 207aJastrow: 199Drower/Macuch: 62a, 67b, 68aJ. Payne-Smith: 49Levy Ch-W: 1:103Tal Sam: 106DNWSI: 204DCPA[Schulthess]: 54[28b]Qumran: 40
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