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The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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$bT noun sg. emphatic
šbṭ, šbṭˀ (šḇeṭ, ša/iḇṭā) n.m. tribe; staff; plague
1 tribe Com.
2 rod, staff Syr, LJLA. ▶ more

--(a) scepter Syr.

--(b) branch Syr.

(b.1) branch of candelabra Syr.

--(c) metaph.: punishment, instrument of punishment Syr.
3 plague (or the demon causing it!) OA-Mesop, Syr, JBAmb, CGMagic.
4 spear Syr. ▶ more

--(a) (geog.) a type of (silent?) lightning Syr.
5 a stripe of color Syr.