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bsym (bassīm) adj. sweet
1
sweet
Common Aramaic
P Ez20:41↗ ܒܪܝܚܐ ܒܣܝܡܐ ܐܩܒܠܟܘܢ‏ ; BT RH 21a(2)↗ בסים {ונכ}<תב>שילא דבבלאיי ביומא רבא דמערבא‏ : how sweet is the cooked dish of the Babylonians on the Great Day [i.e. the Day of Atonement] of (the calculation) of Eretz Israel ; BT Meg 7b(16)↗ רווחא לבסימא שכיח‏ : there is always room for something sweet ; GY 12:12 ↗ alma ḏsruta ḏriha bisima litbẖ : a world of stench in which there is no sweet smell ; PJ Num33:46↗ על דשבקו פתגמי אורייתא דבסימין כדבלתא‏ : because they had abandoned the words of the Torah that are as sweet as fig-cakes
(1)
metaph. : pleasant, enjoyable
PTA, CPA, Syr, Man, LJLA
GT B Gen2:21↗ שְנָא בַסִּימָא‏ : a pleasant sleep ; CPA Tit2:2↗ ܩܫܝ̈ܫܝܐ ܢܗܝ̈ܪܝܢ ܒܣ̈ܝܡܝܢ ܚܟܝܡ̈ܝܢ‏ : the elders are aware, pleasant, and wise ; LG 19:7(4)↗ ܘܟܲܕܢܲܢ ܒܢܼܝܪܵܐ ܒܲܣܼܝܡܵܐ ܘܩܲܠܼܝܠܵܐ ܕܕܼܝܲܬܼܩܼܐ ܚܕܲܬܵܐ‏ : he harnessed us with the pleasant and light yoke of the New Testament ; PJ Gen49:15↗ וחמא נייחא דעלמא דאתי ארום טב וחולקא דארעא דישראל ארום בסימא הוא‏ : he saw how good is the rest in the World to Come and how sweet the portion of of the land of Israel
(2)
(of water) fresh
Syr, LJLA
AGnEx 14.21↗ ܡ̈ܝܐ ܒܣܝ̈ܡܐ ܕܛܘܦܢܐ‏ ; PJ Ex15:19↗ ותמן סלקון עיניוון בסימן‏ : sweet springs emerged there ; PJ Num33:28↗ אתר דבסימין מוהי‏
2
perfumed
Palmyrene, Syr
OS LkSin7:46↗ ܒܡܫܚܐ ܕܒܣܝܡܐ ܪ̈ܓܠܝ ܡܫܚܬ‏ : she anointed my feet with perfumed oil ; SyrAhiq 2 44:17↗ ܡܫܚܢ̈ܐ ܒܣܝܡ̈ܐ‏
(1)
embalmed
LJLA
PJ Gen50:3↗ ארום כדין שלמין יומי בסימיא‏ : thus are finished the days of the embalmed (or: embalming)
3
kind, lenient
Syr
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Given little difference in meaning, one cannot be certain of the attribution of unvocalized forms between #1 and #2.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 164[81]DJPA: 106bDJBA: 224aJastrow: 178Drower/Macuch: 48b, 62aJ. Payne-Smith: 49Levy Ch-W: 1:102DNWSI: 179DCPA[Schulthess]: 52[28a]

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