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bbly adj. Babylonian
Babylonian
Common (except: OA, MidAr)
TAD B2.2 R.19 R1↗ שהד הדדנורי בבליא‏ : witness: PN the Babylonian ; Ezra 4:9↗ ארכוי"אַרְכְּוָיֵא" בָבְלָיֵא‏ : the Babylonian Urukaeans † ; BR 306:6(1)↗ אילין הילכתא דבבלאי‏ : these are the laws of the Babylonians ; IshPs 51(22)↗ ܢܒܗܬܘܢ ܒܒ̈ܠܝܐ ܘܢܚܬܘܢ ܠܫܝܘܠ ܒܝܕ ܡ̈ܕܝܐ‏ : may the Babylonians be shamed and descend to Sheol by the hand of the Medes ; IshPs 131(10)↗ ܐܬܘܪ̈ܝܐ ܒܒ̈ܠܝܐ ܡܬܩܪܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܘܒܒ̈ܠܝܐ ܐܬܘܪ̈ܝܐ܂ ܚܕ ܐܢܘܢ ܓܝܪ ܥܡܐ ܘܚܕ ܠܫܢܐ‏ : the Assyrians were called Babylonians and the Babylonians, Assyrians; for they were one nation and one language ; JBABowl 125.1:2↗ לבבליתא דמינא באסופי יתבנא אנה‏ : I am like a Babylonian woman sitting on the porch ; TgEsth2 1:10(4)↗ לית נשי בעלמא דשפירן אלא בבליתא‏ : there are no women in the world who are beautiful except Babylonian women
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as a description of quality or type
JLAtg, JBA
TgJ Jos7:21↗ אִצטְלַאי בָבְלַאי‏ : a babylonian cloak ; P Jos7:21↗ ܐܡܠܐ ܚܕܐ ܒܒܠܝܬܐ‏ : a certain babylonian cloak ; BT Šab 147a(33)↗ כישי בבליאתא‏ : babylonian bunches
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Syr. also ܒܒܝܠܝܐ‏
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