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bdr (a/a, a/u) vb. to disperse; D to scatter
GDGtDt
Gpəˁaltrans.: usually w. על: to spread or smear something all over something3 senses▶
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trans.: usually w. על: to spread or smear something all over something
OfAWest, Syr, JBA
LydBil.8↗ trbṣh byth qnynh ṭyn wmyn wmndˁmth ybdrwnh : may they spread mud, water and all sorts of stuff over his court, his house, and his possessions ; Dalyatha 20:1↗ ܨܝ݁ܕܐ ܕܨ݁ܐܕ܂ ܨܝܕܐ܃ ܠ݂ܩܛܐ ܒ݁ܕܪ ܥܠ ܦܚܗ‏ : a hunter hunting game spreads bait on his trap
2
int.: to disperse
JLAtg, Sam, Syr, JBA
TgO Ex5:12 var.↗ וְאִתבַדַר"ובדר" עַמָא בְכֹל ארעא דמצרים‏ : the people were dispersed over the whole land of Egypt ; SamTgJ Ex5:12↗ ובדר עמה בכל ארע מצרים‏
(1)
of fire: to spread
JBAg
Sheel 72:2 text not cited
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of plants: to take root
JBA
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p.p. : spread all around
Syr
AGnEx 59.13↗ ܚܝܘ̈ܬܐ ܘܦܪܚܬܐ ܕܒܟܠ ܦܢܝ̈ܬܐ ܒܕܝܪܝܢ‏ : the animals and birds that are widespread in every region ; JSBhom 71day3 974↗ ܘܲܐܝܟ ܕܲܒܫܽܘܪܵܐ ܪܵܡܵܐ ܒܚܵܠܵܐ ܒܕܼܝܪܵܐ ܚܲܒܫܸܗ‏ : He enclosed (the sea) with widespread sand like a high rampart
Dpaˁˁelto disperse, to scatter2 senses▶
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to disperse, to scatter
Common Aramaic
LydBil.8↗ trbṣh byth qnynh ṭyn wmyn wmndˁmth ybdrwnh : [may the gods] disperse [i.e. allow others to possess] his court, his house, his property: clay, water and whatever ; Dan 4:11↗ קַצִּצוּ עַנְפוֹהִי אַתַּרוּ עָפְיֵהּ וּבַדַּרוּ אִנְבֵּהּ‏ : cut off its branches, make its foliage drop, and scatter its fruit around ; 5/6Hev 7..:48↗ כל תמרין ואילן מבדרין די לי במחוזא על שקיא‏ : all palms and (seed-)scattering trees belonging to me in GN under irrigation ; TgO Gen11:8↗ וֻבַדַר יוי יָתְהוֹן מִתַמָן עַל אַפֵי כֹל ארעא‏ ; TgJ Jer23:1↗ פַרנָסַיָא דִמאַבְדִין וֻמבַדְרִין יָת עַם דְאִתקְרִי שְמִי עֲלוֹהִי‏ : the leaders who destroy and scatter the people upon whom My name is called ; STM Ps. 17 MTKG81 סב מלא ידך עפ̊[ר]א̊ אמ׳ עליה הד̊]ין מז]מו̊רא ובזר באפי שנאך‏ : take your handful of dirt, recite this psalm over it, and scatter it in your enemy's face ; BR 363:6(1)↗ ונסגוד לרוחא דמבדר עננא‏ : we should bow down to the wind that disperses the cloud ; GT G Exod20:1↗ לעִידַּן דְיֵיתִי מְכַנֵש מְבַדָּרַא‏ : toward the time when the one who will gather in the dispersed will come ; CPA(le97) Is 35:8↗ ܗܠܝܢ ܕܝ ܗܘܘ ܡܒܕܪ̈ܝܢ‏ : those who were scattered ; SamTgJ Gen49:7↗ אפלגנון ביעקב ואבדרנון בישראל‏ ; P Gn11:9↗ ܒ݁ܕܪ ܐܢܘܢ ܡܪܝܐ ܥܠ ܐ̈ܦܝ ܟܠܗ݀ ܐܪܥܐ‏ ; P Mt25:24↗ ܘܲܡܟ݂ܲܢܸܫ ܐܲܢܼܬ݁ ܡܸܢ ܐܲܝܟ̇ܵܐ ܕ݁ܠܵܐ ܒ݁ܲܕ݁ܲܪܬ݁‏ ; BT Git 56b(46)↗ קליוה לההוא גברא ובדרוה לקיטמיה אשב ימי‏ : burn me and spread my ash upon the seven seas ; BT AZ 28b(5)↗ וקלי לה ובדר עילויה‏ : burn it [i.e. the cord] and spread (the ashes) on it [i.e. the sore]
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p.p. : loose and subject to fire
JBA
BT Šab 20a(42)↗ קנים מבדרן, אגדן לא מבדרן, גרענין מבדרן, נתנן בחותלות לא מבדרן‏ : reeds can be fired: in bunches they are not fired, as kernels they are; (if) he put them in baskets, they are not subject to spreading fire
(2)
p.p. : scattered, diverse
Jud, JLAtg, Gal, Syr
5/6Hev 7..:48↗ כל תמרין ואילן מבדרין די לי‏ : all the palms and various trees of mine ; TgJ 1K22:17↗ חֲזֵיתִי יָת כָל יִשרָאֵל מְבֻדְרִין עַל טוּרַיָא‏ ; MSam(1) 42:7↗ בשעה דמבדרין כניש ובשעה דמכנשין בדר‏ : when they are scattered, collect them; and when they are collected, scatter them ; DionbSalResponse 2:12 ܟܕ ܗܘܐ ܠܗ ܥܢܝܢܐ ܥܡ ܝܘܕܝ̈ܐ ܡܒܕܪ̈ܐ‏ : when he had business discussion with diverse Jews
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+ברוחא : to winnow
LJLA
TgRuth3:2↗ הא הוא מבדר ית אידר דשערין ברוחא‏ : [MT הִנֵּה־הוּא זֹרֶה אֶת־גֹּרֶן הַשְּׂעֹרִים]
2
to abrogate
CPA
CPA(le97) Is 8:10↗ ܘܟܘܠ ܡܝܠܟ ܕܬܬ݁ܡܠܝܟܘܢ ܝܒܕܪ̈ ܡܪ̈ܐ‏ : the Lord shall abrogate all counsel that you are counseled
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be dispersed1 sense▶
to be dispersed
Syr
BAli2 112:13 text not cited
Dtˀeṯpaˁˁalto be dispersed, scattered1 sense▶
to be dispersed, scattered
Common (except: OA, OfA, BA, MidAr)
TgO Ex5:12↗ וְאִתבַדַר"ובדר" עַמָא בְכֹל ארעא דמצרים ְ‏ : the people were dispersed over the whole land of Egypt ; TN Num10:35↗ קום בבעו ייי ויתבדרון בעלידבבך‏ ; CPA Matt26:31↗ ܘܝܬܒܕܪ̈ܘܢ ܐܝܡܪ̈ܝܐ ܕܡܪܥܝܬܗ܂‏ : the sheep of his flock will be scattered ; P Gn9:19↗ ܐ݁ܬܒܕܪܘ ܒܟܠܗ݀ ܐܪܥܐ‏ ; P Mt26:31↗ ܘܢܸܬ݂ܒ݁ܲܕ݁ܪܘ݂ܢ ܥܸܪܒܸ݁ܐ̈ ܕ݁ܥܵܢܸܗ‏ ; BT Git 33b(44)↗ ליבדרו איבדורי‏ : let (the two witnesses) merely be disbanded ; GY 215:3 ↗ mkika damia lmia ḏnaplia umitbadria bkul dukta : a meek person is like water that falls and scatters everywhere ; PJ Gen9:19↗ תלתא אילין בנוי דנח ומאילן איתבדרו למיתב בכל ארעא‏ : these three are Noah's sons and from them they were dispersed to settle throughout the world
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to dissipate
JBA
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JPA also as a Hebraism: בזר.
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 120[60]DJPA: 85bDJBA: 187bJastrow: 141Drower/Macuch: 52bJ. Payne-Smith: 36Levy Ch-W: 1:83Tal Sam: 82DNWSI: 145DCPA[Schulthess]: 41[23a]DJA: 35bQumran: 31

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