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title: בַּר — son · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: בַּר (lemma:בַּר), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 27 times: son. BDB 1906: n.m. son. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# בַּר

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«בַּר» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **son** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 27 times · **Key:** lemma:בַּר · **BDB:** בַּר

### Glosses

of (6); the.sons (5); the.son (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

son [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b7_5bc_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. son [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b7_5bc_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. son (𝔗 id.; Syriac ܒܰܪ, Mand. ברא Nö M § 148, Old Aramaic Nab. Palm. בר (and בן) Lzb 242 f.; Sab. בר according to Mordtm VOJ x. 154 f.; = בֵּן, ן becoming ר, Philippi ZMG xxxii (1878), 36 ff. Brock Syriac Gr. § 76 al.; √ diff. from בן according to JHMich Thes K§ 63 al.; BH בַּר Aramaism for בֵּן);—cstr. ב׳ Dn 3:25 +; sf. בְּרֵהּ 5:22; pl. cstr. בְּנֵי Ezr 6:9 +; sf. בְּנ֫וֹהִי 6:10; 7:23, בְּנֵיהוֹן Dn 6:25;— son(s) Ezr 5:1, 2(×2); 6:14; Dn 5:22; 6:25; Ezr 6:10; 7:23; בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל 6:16 = Israelites, בְּנֵי גָלוּתָא = captives v 16; Dn 2:25; 5:13; 6:14; בַּר־אֱנָשׁ 7:13 i.e. one of human kind, בְּנֵי אֲנָשָׁא men 2:38; 5:21; בַּר־אֱלָהִין 3:25 a divine (or angelic) being (v. Dr, and cf.BH Gn 6:2; Jb 1:6); בַּר שְׁנִין וגו׳ 6:1 a son of 62 years = 62 years old (BH בֵּן 9). of bullocks, בְּנֵי תוֹרִין Ezr 6:9.

### Jastrow 1903

בַּר II: son, offspring grandson scholar diver maniac rational being [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b7_5bc_5e8/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (b. h. בַּר poetic; ברי) son, offspring. Targ. Gen. IV, 25; a. v. fr.—ב׳ שמואל son of Sam.; … בְּרֵיה דר׳ son of … Ber. 3ᵃ. Ḥull. 11ᵃ; a. v. fr.—B. Mets. 110ᵃ … בְּרָהּ דבת the son of the daughter of … Sabb. 116ᵇ במקום ברא ברתא וכ׳ where there is a son, the daughter cannot inherit. Y. Shebi. IX, 39ᵃ bot. אמה דהן ילדת ב׳ this nan’s mother has born a son, i.e. she may be proud of him; Y. Ab. Zar. IV, 43ᵈ אית לאימיה ב׳ (not ואית); a. v. fr.—Pl. \[בְּרִין, בְּרֵי. Targ. Y. Ex. X, 9 (some ed.). Targ. Ps. CXXVII, 5 Ms.\] בְּנִין, בְּנֵי, בְּנַיָּא. Targ. Gen. V, 4 בְּנִין וּבְנָן sons and daughters; a. fr.—Keth. IV, 10 (in a marriage contract) בנין דכרין male issue, opp. בְּנָן נוקבין, ib. 11.—Ber. 10ᵃ ב׳ דמעלו good children. Y. B. Bath. VIII, 16ᵇ bot. אין הוון בנוי דהנייה (read בָּנַיי) if my children turn out well; a. v. fr.—בר בר, בר בת grandson. Esth. R. introd. (expl. נין ונכד) בר ובר בר (not וברבר) son and grandson; a. fr. \[The meaning of בר in compounds is generally the same as of בן a. בעל, e.g. ב׳ אולפן a scholar, ב׳ אמודאי a diver, ב׳ שטיא a maniac, ב׳ דעת a rational being. בר בי רב, v. בֵּי. For compounds which are not self-evident, see the respective determinants.\]

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (27 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «בַּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1489/lemma_3a_5d1_5b7_5bc_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 6:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.1/)

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וְדָרְיָ֙וֶשׁ֙ מָֽדָיָ֔אקַבֵּ֖ל מַלְכוּתָ֑א כְּבַ֥ר שְׁנִ֖ין שִׁתִּ֥ין וְתַרְתֵּֽין׃

*Word for word:* and Darius the Mede he.received the kingdom about a.son of.years sixty and two

*JPS 1917:* And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.

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[Daniel 5:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.22/)

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וְאַ֤נְתְּ בְּרֵהּ֙ בֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֔ר לָ֥א הַשְׁפֵּ֖לְתְּ לִבְבָ֑ךְ כָּל־קֳבֵ֕ל דִּ֥י כָל־דְּנָ֖ה יְדַֽעְתָּ׃

*Word for word:* and you son his O.Belshazzar not you.have.brought.low heart your as to because that all this you.knew

*JPS 1917:* And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thy heart, though thou knewest all this;

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