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bsys, bsysˀ (bāsēs, bassīs, bsīs) n.f./m. base, basis
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base, pedestal
Palmyrene, Nabatean, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, LJLA
NabTomb 1:1↗ dnh kprˀ wbssˀ wkrkˀ dy ˁbd ḥwšbw br npyw : this is the tomb, the pedestal, and the burial niche that PN made ; TgO Ex30:18↗ וְתַעְבֵיד כִיוֹרָא דִנחָשָא וֻבסִיסֵיה דִנחָשָא‏ ; PTŠab 16.b:7[2]↗ בסיס דידיה‏ ; PTSuk 55.b:39[2]↗ כל דתלי מאה אמין בעי בסיס תלתין ותלת‏ : everything which is 100 cubits high, requires a base of 33 ; TN Ex30:18↗ ותעבד כיור דנחש ובסיס דידה דנחש‏ : and you should make a bronze basin, and (you should make) its base of bronze ; JEhCh 289b:6 ܐܝܟ ܕܥܠ ܒܐܣ̈ܝܣ ܚܠܝܡ̈ܬܐ ܘܠܐ ܡܚܕܥܲܙܥ̈ܢܝܬܐ‏ : as if upon sound and immovable bases ; P Ex25:31↗ ܒܣܣ ܕܝܠܗ݀ ܘܩ̈ܢܝܗ‏ ; PJ Ex40:30↗ ושוי ית כיורא על בסיסיה ביני משכן זימנא וביני מדבחא‏ : place the basin on its base between the tent of the meeting and the altar
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(geom.) the flat side of a figure
Syr
SbS 26:9 ܗ݀ܘ ܡܐ ܕܐܝܬ ܠܗ ܬܪܥܣܪ ܒܲܐܣܝ̈ܣ ܡܚܡ̈ܫܬܐ݂܂ ܘܡ݂ܬܩܪܸܐ ܡܲܘܙܠܬܢܝܐ‏ : that (figure) that has twelve pentagonal bases and is called "celestial" (i.e. dodecahedron)
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Syr ܒܵܣܹܣ܂ ܒܲܣܼܝܣ‏, also ܒܣܣ‏ both as singular and plural; JLA בְסִיס ; feminine in Syriac
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Greek βάσις ( Lehnw 161). See Healey, Madaˀin Salih, pp. 69f.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 164[81]DJPA: 106bDJBA: 183Jastrow: 179J. Payne-Smith: 48Levy Ch-W: 1:103Tal Sam: 105DNWSI: 179DCPA[Schulthess]: 53[225]

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