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The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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Note: the primary source itself has an uncertain reading here (marked with a slash in the text), not a manuscript variant. The entries below are speculative alternate readings, listed in sequence.

Variant reading 1 of 2

b_ p02
b_ prep. in, with


xbr noun sg. emphatic
ḥbr, ḥbrˀ (ḥḇar, ḥaḇrā) n.m. comrade
1 companion, comrade Com. ▶ more

--(a) business partner Syr.
2 other one, its fellow . ▶ more

--(a) animate beings Com.

(a.1) in reference to a female Syr.

--(b) inanimates JLAtg, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA.
3 a scholar or student Gal, JBA.


Variant reading 2 of 2

(l p01
ˁl (ˁal) prep. upon; against; to
1 upon, over, on to Com. ▶ more

--(a) lit. Com.

--(b) fig.: Com.
2 against, over against Com. ▶ more

--(a) by, over against (in measurements) Gal, JBAg.

(a.1) see ˁl ḥd kmh wkmh Gal.
3 toward, to Com. ▶ more

--(a) next to, alongside, at Com.

(a.1) together with Com.

(a.2) during (time period = Greek ἐπί) Palm, Nab, Hat, Jud.

(a.3) in addition to Syr, JBA.

(a.4) in the presence of JBA.
4 about, concerning Com. ▶ more

--(a) for, on behalf of BA-Ez, Palm, Hat, ParthMA.

--(b) +šm : according to the name of Syr, JBA.

(b.1) על ד : according to the opinion of Gal.

--(c) w. pronominal suffixes : woe upon me, you etc. Man.

--(d) because of BA-Ez, Qum, JLAtg, Syr.

--(e) using, by means of (?) JBA.

(e.1) with (as an alternative to b_ in adverbial constructions) CPA.
5 of obligation: owed by, responsible for OA-East, OfAGen, PTA, Sam, Syr. ▶ more

--(a) w. infinitive : to be obligated to ... JLAtg.
6 governing the indirect obj. of verbal ideas in each of the various meanings Com.
7 as the first element of compound prepositions, conjunctions, and adverbs Com. ▶ more

--(a) prepositions Com.

--(b) conjunctions Com.

--(c) adverbs Com.