בִּית
Biblical Aramaic
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
lodge tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
בִּית: vb.denom. (lodge,) pass the night tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb.denom. (lodge,) pass the night (𝔗 id.);— Pf. 3 ms. בָּת Dn 6:19.
Jastrow 1903
בִּית: to go in, lodge, pass the night. to keep over night, postpone burial tree →
The whole Jastrow entry
, inf. בּוּת (sec. r. of בוא) to go in, lodge, pass the night. Dan. VI, 19. Targ. Gen. XXXII, 22; a. fr.—Pes. 107ᵃ בת טוות (Dan. l. c.) he went to bed without tasting food. Snh. 95ᵃ (prov.) בת דינא וכ׳ if punishment is procrastinated, punishment is gone. Taan. 24ᵇ ביתו כולי וכ׳ go ye all to bed fasting. Pes. 42ᵃ מיא דביתו (Chald. transl. of the ambiguous מים שֶׁלָּנוּ) water kept in vessels over night. Ber. 60ᵇ בת בדברא he slept in the open field. Snh. 63ᵇ.—Ib. 109ᵃ top בעי למֵיבַת he wanted to stay over night; a. e.—Part. בָּאֵית. Targ. Is. LVIII, 5. same. Erub. 73ᵃ (opp. to taking meals). to keep over night, postpone burial. Snh. 47ᵃ מֵבִית ליה למת dare one postpone the burial of the dead?
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he passed the night (1).
In the verses
אֱ֠דַיִן אֲזַ֨ל מַלְכָּ֤א לְהֵֽיכְלֵהּ֙ וּבָ֣ת טְוָ֔ת וְדַחֲוָ֖ן לָא־הַנְעֵ֣ל קָֽדָמ֑וֹהִי וְשִׁנְתֵּ֖הּ נַדַּ֥ת עֲלֽוֹהִי׃
Word for word: then he.went the king to palace his and he.passed.the.night fasting and diversions not he.brought.in before him and sleep his it.fled on him
JPS 1917: Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were diversions brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.
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