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The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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Variant reading 1 of 2

by$ A05
byš (bīš) adj. bad
1 bad, evil ( i.e., harmful, debilitating) Com. ▶ more

--(a) as a substantive Com.

(a.1) evil person, thing Com.

1 The Evil One: i.e., the Devil Syr.

2 (as a substantival d.o.) OfA-Egypt, OfA-West, CPA, LJLA.

(a.2) lḇīš : adv. : for evil Syr, Man, LJLA.

(a.3) ܒܝܫ ܒܝܫ : adv. : in the worst way Syr.

--(b) (of the body, face, heart) sad, upset JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Syr, LJLA.
2 bad (i.e., the antithesis of good), not functioning properly Com.


Variant reading 2 of 2

b_ p02
b_ prep. in, with


by$h noun pl. emphatic
byšh, byštˀ (bīšā, bīštā) n.f. evil
1 evil, bad thing OfA-Egypt, Qum, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, LJLA. ▶ more

--(a) improper behavior JLAtg, Gal, PTA, LJLA.
2 לבישׁא : for ill, in a negative way (=MT לרעה) JLAtg, LJLA. ▶ more

--(a) לבישׁתא (error?) PTA.
3 in construct with following noun: equivalent to Greek privative alpha CPA.