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byqytˀ; byqtˀ n.f. hut, (astrol.) house; category
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hut
JBA, Man
BT Šab 77b(31)↗ ביקתא בי עקתא‏ ; BT Ket 54a(17)↗ בביתי ולא בבקתי‏ ; TGAs28(1) 164.1.11↗ ביקתא בית קטן שאין הווה אילא ארבע אמות על ארבע אמות‏ : a b' is a small house of only 4 by 4 cubits ; GY 387:23↗ ukul mindam mitpik ... batia biqiata hauin ubiqiata batia hauin : everything is turned upside-down...: houses will become huts and huts become houses
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(astron.) house, heavenly region
Man
AM 232:5↗ ˁu mn ruh madna lruh marba kukba nišuar uniṣria lbiqita ḏtaura ugadia ušumbulta : should a heavenly object jump from east to west and penetrate the region of Taurus, Capricorn, and Virgo ; AM 232:15↗ uqaimia lbiqata/lbiqita ḏṣilmia uqaina udaula ḏhu siuan utišrin ušabaṭ : they appear during the houses of Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius, i.e., Sivan, Tishri, and Shivat
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fig. : category
JBA
BT Men 24b(22)↗ כולהו בני בקתא דהדדי נינהו‏ : they are all members of each others' category ; BT Meil 17b(40)↗ לגבי שלישי בני חדא ביקתא אינון‏ : with regard to the third degree (of uncleanliness) they are members of a single category
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actually from בי עיקתא as in the citation?
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We suspect that the meaning "category" may well be rather a semantic development from bqˁh "valley".
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 205bDrower/Macuch: 62a, 4a, 49b, 6

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