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bls vb. D to stop up the mouth
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Dpaˁˁelto stop up the mouth with something1 sense▶
to stop up the mouth with something
JBA, Man
ShPDm 285 ↗ mia siauia ˁlauaikun ubsinkun ubalsinun : black waters are upon you, and he despised you and muzzled them (unclear)
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As shown by H. Mutzafi in Leshonenu 80:3(2018):284f., the BT forms are not just errors for blm. Rather, as shown by NENA, it is a portmanteau of blˁ and lˁs > *blˁs, with elision of the ayin.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 221bDrower/Macuch: 66aAudo: 1:79

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