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title: בִּאישׁ — bad · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: בִּאישׁ (lemma:בִּאישׁ), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: bad. BDB 1906: adj. bad. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בִּאישׁ

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«בִּאישׁ» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **bad** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:בִּאישׁ · **BDB:** בִּאישׁ

### Glosses

(the) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bad [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b4_5bc_5d0_5d9_5e9_5c1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. bad [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b4_5bc_5d0_5d9_5e9_5c1/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. bad (so Egyptian Aramaic Cooke 75. 2; 𝔗 בִּישׁ, Syriac ܒܺܝܫ );—fs. emph. וּבִאישְׁתָּא Ezr 4:12 rebellious and bad city (not בִּאוּשְׁתָּא, v. Baern.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בִּאישׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b4_5bc_5d0_5d9_5e9_5c1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 4:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.12/)

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יְדִ֙יעַ֙ לֶהֱוֵ֣א לְמַלְכָּ֔א דִּ֣י יְהוּדָיֵ֗א דִּ֤י סְלִ֙קוּ֙ מִן־לְוָתָ֔ךְ עֲלֶ֥ינָא אֲת֖וֹ לִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם קִרְיְתָ֨א מָֽרָדְתָּ֤א וּבִֽישְׁתָּא֙בָּנַ֔יִן וְשׁוּרַיָּ֣א שַׁכְלִ֔ילוּ וְאֻשַּׁיָּ֖א יַחִֽיטוּ׃

*Word for word:* known let.it.be to the king (diy).that the Jews who they.came.up from beside you to us they.have.come to Jerusalem the city (the) rebellious and (the) evil \[they.are\].building and the walls they.have.finished and the foundations they.are.repairing

*JPS 1917:* be it known unto the king, that the Jews that came up from thee are come to us unto Jerusalem; they are building the rebellious and the bad city, and have finished the walls, and are digging out the foundations.

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