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brwt, brwtˀ/brtˀ (brōṯ, brōṯā [brāṯā]) n.m. cypress
(bot.) cypress
Common Aramaic
TgJ Hos14:9↗ בְמֵימְרִי אַעבְדִינֵיה כְבִירָוָן שַפִיר‏ : [MT אֲנִי כִּבְרוֹשׁ רַעֲנָן] ; PTKet 31.d:31[2]↗ ברתא‏ ; P Is55:13↗ ܚܠܦ ܚܓܬܐ ܬܐܥܐ ܒܪܘܬܐ‏ : the cypress will grow instead of the thistle ; BT Pes 4a(12)↗ אכיף ימיא סיסני {ו}איבראתא‏ : on the seashore there are branches of the juniper tree
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JBA בראתא, ברתא ; LJLA following Hebrew: ברוש;. JLAtg plural (10x) בֵירָוָן ( thus taking final taw as a formative!) would at first appear to be a scribal error based on the plural form of bˀr "well", but its frequency is quite astonishing in that case.
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Cypress trees constitute a large family. Whether or not this term refers specifically only to junipers or not is questionable. Flora 3:33+.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 187[98]DJPA: 112aDJBA: 250aJastrow: 198Levy Ch-W: 1:118DCPA[Schulthess]: 62[32b]Qumran: 39

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