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rbwbytˀ, ˀrbwbytˀ (rḇūḇyāṯā, ˀarḇūḇyāṯā) n.f.pl. swellings
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swellings in the groin
Syr
AS2 315:20 ܙܘ̈ܝܢ ܗܘܝܢ ܐܪ̈ܒܘܒܝܬܗܘܢ‏ : their glands become swollen ; AS2 315:9 ܒܡܚܘܬܐ ܗ݀ܝ ܕܪ̈ܒܘܒܝܬܗܘܢ܃ ܒܟܐܒܐ ܗ݀ܘ ܕܢܦܩ̈ܐ܂ ܕܒܠܫܢܢ ܕܝܠܢ ܣܘܪܝܝ̈ܐ ܡܬܦ݁ܫܩ‏ : with that affliction of swellings, with that illness that is "tumors" when explained in our Syriac language ; Bhchr 80:23↗ ܡܚܘܬܐ ܗܝ ܕܐܪ̈ܒܘܒܝܬܐ ܕܗܝ ܒܘ݁ܢܘܒܝ݂ܢܘ݁ܣ܃ ܐܝܟܝܬ ܫܪܥܘܛܐ‏ : the buboes sickness, which is the bubonic, i.e. postule(s)
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prostate gland (?)
Syr
JEhCh 300b:11 ܠܥܠ ܡܢ ܐܣ݁ܪܗܝܢ ܕܥܛܡ̈ܬܐ ܠܘܬ ܐܪ̈ܒܘܒܝܬܐ݂܂ ܐܠܘܬ ܣܡ ܐܘܡܢܐ ܠܚܡ݁ܐܝܬ܃ ܐܦ ܠܗܕܡܐ ܡ݁ܘ ܡ݁ܦܪܝܢܐ ܘܕܟܪܢܝܐ‏ : above the joint of the thighs toward the "swellings" the artisan attached, and also placed to match, the male reproductive organ ; JohEphB 130:25 ܗܝܕܝܢ ܐܬܓ݂ܙܪ ܩܫ݂ܝܐܝܬ݂ ܒܬܪ̈ܬܝܗܝܢ ܐܪ̈ܒ݁ܘܒܝܬܐ‏ : then he was cut up harshly in his two swellings [when suffering from urinary blockage]
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groin, genital region
Syr
BHCandBak 426:4[ ܗܘ ܗܢܐ ܩܕܠܐ ܥܡ ܚܒܪܗ ܐܪ̈ܒܘܒܝܬܐ ܡܬܩܪܝܢ‏ : this this "neck", along with its fellow, are called the groin ; JEhCh 306a:10 ܢ݁ܘܥܐ ܣܥܪܐ ܒܐܪ̈ܒܘܒܝܬܗ ܠܬܚܦܝܬܐ ܕܦܘܪܣܝܗ‏ : (the human) grows hair on his groin as a covering for his nudity
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also pl. ܐܪ̈ܒ݁ܘܒܝܬܐ‏
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LS2 guess "testicles" is quite incorrect. Although they are described as being between the kidneys and the bladder, given the context of the passage the reference at JohEphB 130:25 is almost certainly to the two globes of the prostate. In the passage cited from AS2 315:20, it is said that even the smallest tame and wild animals down to the size of mice can be affected. In any case, the cited passages from JEhCh demonstrate that, for this writer at least, the reference need not be to illness.

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