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Variant reading 1 of 2
l_ p03
by noun sg. abs. or construct
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.
Variant reading 2 of 2
lwt p01
1 towards (animates) Com, -OA -OfA -BA.
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--(a) ܕܠܘܬ : introducing an adjectival phrase Syr.
--(b) w. verbs of speech Syr.
2 at, with, to be with (persons) Jud, CPA, Syr, Man.
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--(a) according to Syr.
--(b) l- X lwt Y: Y has for X Palm, Syr.
--(c) concerning, with regard to CPA, Syr.
(c.1) with non-personal Syr.
--(d) biluat : along with Man.
(d.1) min biluat, biluat min : idem. Man.
--(e) to the home of (cf. French chez) CPA.
3 w. inanimates : towards, in the direction of Sam, Syr.
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--(a) in front of, facing Syr.
(a.1) next to, up against (?) Syr.
(a.2) w. verbal noun : to the point of x Syr.
--(b) respecting, as regards, for a purpose (with impersonal objects) OfA-Egypt, Syr.
(b.1) ܐܝܟ ܕܠܘܬ idem. (also with animates) Syr.
--(c) juxtaposed with, compared to Syr.
(c.1) (philos.) ܠܘܬ ܡܕܡ : category of relatives Syr.
