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by noun sg. emphatic
1 house: a building for dwelling Com.
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--(a) household Com.
(a.1) family Com.
1 in construct with (or implying) a proper noun: dynastic house or the like Com.
2 dby, dbytˀ : q.v. .
--(b) (with genitive name of a teacher) school, teachings (see also s.v. by rb) Gal, Syr, JBA.
--(c) with divinity : temple Com.
--(d) with royalty : palace Com.
--(e) for animals: Com.
(e.1) stable Syr.
(e.2) cell (of a beehive) Syr.
2 a structure .
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--(a) structure, building or part thereof where something occurs .
--(b) strophe; section of a literary work Syr.
3 place, area, home Syr, JBA.
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--(a) land Syr.
(a.1) homeland, territory .
1 see collocations w. byt + pl. gentilic, e.g., byt ˀ wrhyˀ , byt ywnyˀ , byt ˁbryˀ .
2 before proper nouns as a geographical or political term Com.
--(b) place or area where something occurs or is found Com.
(b.1) receptacle for something Syr, JBA.
1 (med.) seat, socket Syr.
2 a utensil used by or for X .
--(c) storage area for things Syr, JBA.
(c.1) compartment of a phylactery JBA.
--(d) area of the body characterized by something Com.
--(e) area of such and such a size Com.
(e.1) byt X : field sufficient for X amount of seed .
1 something of such a capacity JLAtg, Syr.
--(f) with verbal noun: place where something occurs Com.
--(g) the physical universe Man.
4 (astron.) house, astrological sign Syr, Man, LJLA.
