The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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Variant reading 1 of 2

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m(brh noun sg. emphatic

mˁbrh, mˁbrtˀ (maˁbərā, maˁbartā) n.f. crossing, passing through

1 place of or for passing through . ▶ more

--(a) ford, pass Gal, Syr, JBA.

--(b) ferry Syr, Man.

--(c) passageway Syr.

(c.1) passageway for the strap of Tefillin JBA.

(c.2) (of water) channel Syr.

1 fig.: Syr.

--(d) metaph.: interpreter, transmitter Syr.

--(e) of a beard JBA.

2 process or action of passing through, transition Syr. ▶ more

--(a) crossing a body of water Syr.

--(b) passing through territory Syr.

--(c) finishing Syr.

--(d) passing wind Syr.

--(e) passing of food (poorly digested?) through the digestive system Syr.

Variant reading 2 of 2

b_ p02

b_ prep. in, with

m(rh noun sg. emphatic

mˁrh, mˁrtˀ (maˁrā, mˁarṯā) n.f. cave

1 cave Com, ^-OA ^-OfA ^-BA. ▶ more

--(a) fig.: Syr.

2 burial chamber, hypogeum OfAGen, OfA-West, Palm, JLAtg, PTA, Syr, JBA, LJLA. ▶ more

--(a) esp. ⁧מְעָרַת כָפֵילתָא⁩ : the patriarchal burial cave in Hebron JLAtg, PTA, Syr, LJLA.

(a.1) ܡ܊ ܐܥܝܦܬܐ܂ ܥܦܝܦܬܐ Syr.