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lb, lbˀ (leḇ, lebbāˀ) n.m. heart; mind
1
(anat.) heart
Common Aramaic
HippAp 26(5)↗ ܫܠܦܘܚܬܐ܂ ܐܘ݁ ܡܘܚܐ ܕܪܝܫܐ܂ ܐܘ ܠܒܐ܂ ܐܘ݁ ܦܪܗܢܗܣ‏ : bladder, brain, heart, or diaphragm ; BT Meil 20b(21)↗ פרח ליביה כי ציפרא‏ : his heart will palpitate like (the fluttering of ) a bird
2
mind
Common Aramaic
TgO Gen42:28↗ וֻנפַק מַדַע לִיבְהוֹן‏ : they were confused (lit.: their mind's knowledge went away) ; TgJ Jud5:16↗ מַחשְבָת לִבָא‏ : the thoughts of the mind ; OS MkSin7:21↗ ܡܢ ܠܒܐ ܗܘ ܓܝܪ ܢܦܩܢ ܡܚܫܒܬܐ ܒܝܫܬܐ‏ : for evil thoughts come from the mind ; JSBhom 71day6 2275↗ ܘܲܒܓܲܘ ܠܸܒܐ ܣܵܡ ܚܽܘ̈ܫܵܒܸܐ‏ ; BT Nid 20a(34)↗ כמה נפיש גברא דליביה כשמעתיה‏ : how great is the man whose mind is like his legal tradition ; GS 15:2↗ ublibẖ špaklẖ hukumta : he poured wisdom into his mind ; PJ Gen11:28↗ ובכין איתפליג ליביה דהרן‏ : then Haran became doubtful [lit.: his mind was divided]
(1)
ˁl lb: kept in mind, known by heart
Common Aramaic
LSt.51:11↗ ܪ̈ܥܝܢܐ ܕܒܟܬܒ̈ܐ ܚܡܝܠܝܢ܂ ܩܪܢܐ ܢܗܘܘܢ ܠܟ܂ ܘܪ̈ܥܝܢܐ ܕܥܠ ܠܒܟ ܪ̈ܒܝܬܐ‏ : ideas collected in writings should be your capital, while ideas kept in your mind are the interest
(1)
ܡܢ ܠܒܐ : from memory
Syr
IshGen 1:12↗ ܒܬܪ ܦܘܢܝܐ ܟ‍[‍ܬ݂ܒ‍]‍ ܐܢܘܢ ܡ݂ܢ ܠ‍[‍ܒ‍]‍ܗ ܥܙܪܐ ܟܗܢܐ‏ : after the return Ezra the priest wrote them from memory
(1)
ܡܢ ܠܒܗ : from one's own mind
Syr
AM3 264:13 ܘܟܠ ܡܕܡ ܕܝܕܥ ܐܢܬ ܡܢ ܠܒܟ ܥܒܕ‏ : make whatever you know from your own mind
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ܕܠܐ ܡܢ ܠܒܐ : without thought
Syr
ApocBar 14:11↗ ܐܝ݁ܟܢܐ ܓܝܪ ܕܗܒܠܐ ܣ݁ܠܩ ܕܠܐ ܡܢ ܠܒܐ ܘܗ݀ܦܟ ܕܥ݁ܟ‏ : for just as the breath rises without thought and then changes and disappears
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w. "to give, turn" : to pay attention
JLAtg, Syr
TgJ Is57:14↗ אַלִיפוּ וְאַזהַרוּ אַפנוֹ לֵב עַמָא לְאוֹרַח תָקְנָא‏ : teach, warn, and make the people pay attention to the proper way ; Am7 222:8↗ ܗܒ ܕܝܢ ܠܒܟ ܠܫܗܪܐ‏ : pay attention to the nocturnes
(2)
blb : secret(ly), internally
BADan, JLAtg, Syr
Dan 7:28↗ וּמִלְּתָא בְּלִבִּי נִטְרֵת‏ : while I kept the matter a secret † ; TgO Lev19:17↗ לָא תִסנֵי יָת אְחוּך בְלִיבָך‏ ; P Ps4:5↗ ܐܡܪܘ ܒ̈ܠܒܝܟܘܢ‏ ; PJ Gen27:41↗ ונטר עשו שנא בליביה‏ : Esau kept the hatred a secret
(3)
as a seat of emotions
Common Aramaic
TgO Ex4:14↗ וְיִחזֵינָך וְיִחדֵי בְלִיבֵיה‏ ; OS MtCur11:29↗ ܕܢܝܚ ܐܢܐ ܘܡܟܝܟ ܐܢܐ ܒܠܒܝ‏ : for I am meek and lowly in my heart
(1)
mindset
Syr
3
center, core
JLAtg, PTA, Syr, JBAg, Man
TgO Ex15:8↗ בְלִיבָא דְיַמָא‏ ; GT G Exod15:8↗ text not cited ; P Prov23:34↗ ܒܠܒܗ ܕܝܡܐ‏ ; P Mt12:40↗ ܒ݁ܠܸܒ̇ܵܗ ܕ݁ܲܐܪܥܵܐ‏ ; BT Pes 56a(10)↗ וסליק ראמי ליה לדקלא בלביה‏ : he goes up and pours it into the palm in its center ; Anan 9;13↗ תרין אטירפי דנפקין בליבא דאילנא‏ : two leaves coming out of the core (i.e., trunk? base?) of the tree
(1)
pith
Syr
GeZA8 35:10 ܠܒܘ̈ܬܐ ܘܛܪ̈ܦܐ ܕܐܝ̈ܠܢܐ‏ : the insides and the leaves of the trees ; P Lv23:40↗ ܠܒ̈ܘܬܐ ܕܕܩ̈ܠܐ‏ : hearts of palms
(2)
(of humans)
JBA
BT Šab 109b(19)↗ מאומצא אליבא ריקנא ומבשרא שמינה אליבא ריקנא ומבשרא דתורא אליבא ריקנא‏ : (it is caused) by (eating) raw meat on an empty stomach and by fat meat on an empty stomach and beef on an empty stomach
(1)
ܣܦܪ ܠܒܐ : genitals(?)
Syr
(3)
inwards
Syr
4
pl. : (unleavened, spiced, heart-shaped) cakes
SyrLex
BBah 937:14↗ text not cited ; EN 27:v1↗ text not cited
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pl: lebbīn, but in derived contexts the Syriac plural is normally ܠܒ̈ܘܬܐ (compare the treatment of yd); JLAtg abs. is לַב in the Babylonian pointing. Mandaic and JBAmb plural often lilbia!
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See also s.v. lbb n.
Note the cited TgOnk passage from Gen 42:28 (where MT וַיֵּצֵא לִבָּם is rendered "the knowledge of their heart") that demonstrates how the ancients well understood that the "heart" was the seat of knowledge as well as life. See also in that regard BarBahlul 1014:20.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 666[354]DJPA: 275aDJBA: 623bJastrow: 686Drower/Macuch: 234bJ. Payne-Smith: 233Levy Ch-W: 1:399Tal Sam: 422DNWSI: 561DISO: 134DCPA[Schulthess]: 191[100]BarBahlul: 529:25; 937:12Qumran: 125

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