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byšw, byšwtˀ (bīšūt, bīšūṯā) n.f. evil
1
evil, wickedness
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA
TgJ Jer23:2↗ הָאֲנָא מַסעַר עֲלֵיכוֹן יָת בִישוּת עוּבָדֵיכוֹן‏ : I am about to exact the evil of your deeds upon you ; TNM Deut30:15↗ בישותה דגיהינם‏ : Gehenna's evil ; CPA Eph4:18↗ ܕܗܢܘܢ ܢܘܟܪ̈ܝܝܢ ܡܢ ܚܝ̈ܝܐ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܠܒܕܝܠ ܒܝܫܘܬ ܐܟܪܘܬܗܘܢ ܕܒܓܘܗܘܢ‏ : for they are alienated by the life of God because of the evil of the ignorance that is in them ; Marqe 2.208↗ כי פרעה אתרבה בבישו יתרה‏ : for Pharaoh excelled in excessive wickedness ; P Acts8:22↗ ܬ݁ܘ݂ܒ݂ ܡܸܢ ܒܼ݁ܝܫܘ݂ܬ݂ܵܟ‏ : repent of your evil ; BT AZ 65a(20)↗ עינא דחזיא לכו בבישותא ליפקע‏ : may the eye which looks at you with wickedness rupture ; GY 3:9↗ ṭaba hu ḏbišuta litbẖ : he is the good one in whom there is no evil ; TgPs28:4↗ הב הון כעובדיהון וכבישות עובדיהון‏
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as collective: erroneous interpretations
JBA
BT Men 52a(33)var.↗ text not cited
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w. "heart" : sadness
Syr, Man
P Neh2:2↗ ܠܝܬ ܗܢܐ܂ ܐܠܐ ܐܢ ܒܝܫܘܬ ܠܒܐ‏ ; AM 34:2↗ uakil ušatia ubišuta blibẖ : may he eat and drink with sadness in his heart
3
bad conditions
JLAtg, Gal, Man, LJLA
TgJ Jer24:2↗ תֵינִין בִישָן לַחדָא דְלָא מִתאַכלָן מִבִישוּ‏ : very bad figs that cannot be eaten due to their poor condition ; PTTan 66.c:41[2]↗ מדינתא אזלא בבאישות‏ : while the city is disappearing in ruination (due to a plague) ; AM 212:16↗ ukupna rba nihuia ubišuta balma tihuia : there will be great famine and bad conditions in the world ; PJ Gen41:19↗ לא חמית דכוותהן בכל ארעא דמצרים לבישו‏ : I have not seen anything like them in the entire land of Egypt as far as poor state is concerned
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sickness
CPA
Hom6 2.1:7↗ ܕܬܦܩܘܕ ܠܗܕܢ ܕܒܒܝܫܘ‏ : that you should visit the sick
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adverbial:
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lbyšw : for ill
JLAtg, CPA, JBA, Man, LJLA
TgO Gen31:52↗ לָא תְעִיבַר לְוָתִי יָת דְגוֹרָא הָדֵין וְיָת קָמְתָא הָדָא לְבִישוּ‏ : you will not pass by this pile and this stele for ill ; CPA Psalms55:6↗ ܘܥܠܝ ܟܘܠ ܚܫܒܬ݁ܗܘܢ ܠܒܝܫܘ‏ : all their thoughts about me are for ill ; BT Šab 156a(27)↗ אלא או כוליה לטיבו או כוליה לבישו‏ : either it is all for the good or all for ill ; ḏ-Hibil Ziwa 470↗ upuma ḏkul bnia ḏadam uhaua ḏlanimalalun ˁlai lb{a}^i^šu : nor should the the mouth of any of Adam and Eve's children speak ill of me ; PJ Gen41:19↗ לא חמית דכוותהן בכל ארעא דמצרים לבישו‏ : I have not seen any as bad as them in all of Egypt
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בישׁות : with displeasure
JBA
BT Mak 5b(13)↗ הדר חזייה לר׳ אלעזר בישות‏ : he looked at PN again with displeasure
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in construct with following noun: equivalent to Greek privative alpha
CPA
CPA Eph4:18↗ ܠܒܕܝܠ ܒܝܫܘܬ ܐܟܪܘܬܗܘܢ ܕܒܓܘܗܘܢ‏ : because of the ignorance [Gk.: ἄγνοιαν] that is in them
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 144[57]DJPA: 102bDJBA: 206bJastrow: 167Drower/Macuch: 63aPayne-Smith: 441J. Payne-Smith: 43Levy Ch-W: 1:95Tal Sam: 79DCPA[Schulthess]: 48[22a]

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