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Variant reading 1 of 2
b_ p02
(yn noun pl. emphatic
1 (anat.) eye Com.
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--(a) fig.: Syr.
--(b) metaph. anything that looks like an eye Com.
(b.1) ring, hole JBA, Man.
1 draft hole of an oven Gal.
2 a part of the prow of a boat JBA.
3 (bot.) bulb or node of a plant Syr.
4 kneecap Man.
5 (of a bridge) arch? Syr.
6 flaw or hole in silk Man.
--(c) metaph. focus, center, main part Com.
(c.1) leader Syr.
(c.2) ܕܝܲܘܡܵܐ the middle of the day Syr.
--(d) w. yhb b_ : to look askance at, suspect JBA.
2 spring, fountain Com, -OA -OfA -BA.
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--(a) fig.: font, source Qum, Syr, Man.
3 that which is seen, appearance, aspect Sam, Syr.
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--(a) color or splendor of colored objects such as wine or gems Com.
--(b) see s.v. kˁyn prep. .
--(c) natural form : see s.v. b(yny prep. JBA.
4 in adv. expressions: Com.
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--(a) ܥܹܝܢ ܒܥܹܝܢ : face to face Syr.
--(b) see s.v. l ˁyn, lˁyny prep. Com.
--(c) ܒܥܝܢܐ ܛܒܐ : willingly, generously Syr.
--(d) bˁyny : in one's sight, from one's perspective [biblical calque] Qum, JLAtg, PTA, CPA, Syr, LJLA.
--(e) ܡܢ ܥܝܢ : by sight Syr.
5 (geol.) as part of the name of precious stones .
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--(a) see s.v. ˁyn ˁgl : sardonyx .
6 (bot.) as part of plant names: .
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--(a) ܥܝܢ ܬܲܘܪܵܐ : a kind of plant Syr.
7 +byšh source of evil, the evil eye JPAEpig, Syr, JBAmb, JBA, Man.
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--(a) alone Syr.
Variant reading 2 of 2
byny p01 = byny p --> byn p
1 between Com.
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--(a) of location .
(a.1) +hands : in the possession of PTA, CPA, Syr.
(a.2) לביני, ܠܒܝܢ : to a position between CPA, JBA.
--(b) of relation .
2 with two explicit end points Com.
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--(a) byn ... wbyn ... .
--(b) byn ... (w)l_... Syr, LJLA.
(b.1) with identical suffixes : of oneself Syr.
(b.2) with different suffixes : between one another in a private manner CPA, Syr.
--(c) byny ... lbyny ... Palm, CPA, LJLA.
3 among Com.
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--(a) מביני : from among : see s.v. mn byny .
(a.1) מלבין: among a large group, out of Sam.
--(b) within (a number of days) OfA-Egypt.
--(c) along with of many in the presence of one Syr.
4 conj./prep.: בין ... בין : whether ... or Gal, JBAmb, LJLA.
