• בְאֻשִׁים n. [ m. ] pl. stinking or worthless things, wild grapes ( NH n. unit.
בְּאוּשָׁה
)
(perhaps
adj.
om.
עֲנָבִים
cf.
D
i)
Is 5:2
,
4
of Yahweh’s vineyard,
É
labruscau
(
v
further
De
).
•
[
בָּבָה
S
892
TWOT
196
GK
949
]
n.f.
only
בָּבַת עֵינֹו
Zc 2:12
the apple of his eye
(
Aramaic
ܒܳܒܬܳܐ ܕܥܰܝܢܳܐ
(
bobto d˓ayno
);
בָּבָא
gate
å
Est 5:1
4;
Thes
sub
נבב
to which
Ges
gives sense
perforate
, hence
opening of eye;
but
cf.
Arabic
عين بُؤْبُؤُ
(
˓yn bu˒bu˒u
)
pupil
of eye, perhaps
=
بَنَّةٌ
(
bannatun
)
Dozy
49 babe, baby, bébé
(imitating infant’s prattle) i.e. child of the eye;
v. Hi S
t,
Fl
in
ChWB
i. 419 b
;
cf.
אישׁוֹן
?
)
בֵּבַי
S
893
GK
950
n.pr.m.
a chief of returning exiles
בֵּבָ˜י
Ne 10:1
6;
בְּנֵי בֵבַי
Ezr 8:1
1;
בֶּן־בֵּבָ˜י
Ezr 8:1
1;
בְּנֵי בֵבָ˜י
Ezr 2:1
1;
10:28 Ne 7:1
6.
בָּבֶ˜ל S 894, 895 TWOT 197 GK 10093, 951262 n.pr.loc. Babel, Babylon ( in Assyrian written Bâb-ili , gate of god Dl Pa 212, cf. on other hand Jen Kosmol. 498) — c.
ה — ָ loc. בָּבֶ˜לָה Ez 12:13 +, בָּבֶ˜לָה 2 K 20:17 + once
מִכָּבֶ˜לָה Je 27:1 6;—the ancient capital of Babylonia, mod. Hillah , situated on Euphrates, in long. c. 44 ° 30 ˊ E., and lat. c. 32 ° 50 ˊ N.; Gn 10:10 ; 11:9 (where
name connected with בלל confuse, confound ), both J , not elsewhere in Hex ; 2 K 17:24 + 31 times 2 K; 18 times Chr; Est 2:6 ; late ψ 87:4 ; 137:1 , 8 ; Is 2 , 3 , viz.
13:1
,
9
;
14:4
,
22
;
21:9
;
39:1
,
3
,
6
,
7
;
43:14
;
47:1
;
48:14
,
20
;
Mi 4:10
(but here prob. not orig.,
cf.
RS
Proph. vii. n. 5
& reff.)
Zc 2:11
;
6:10 Dn 1:1 Ez 12:13
+
19 times Ez;
Je 20:4
(×2)
5,
6
+
165 times Je;—note especially
אֶרֶץ בּ׳
Je 50:2
8; also of land & people
=
realm, partic. in
מֶלֶךְ בּ׳
2 K 20:12
of Merodach Baladan;
v
18
;
24:1
,
7
,
11
,
12
(×2) +
often of Nebuchadrezzar;
2 K 25:27
=
Je 52:31
cf.
v
34
of
Ges W. Gesenius. Dozy R. Dozy, (usually) Supple. aux Dict. Arabes. St H. Steiner.
Fl
H.L. Fleischer.
ChWB
J. Levy, Chaldäisches Wörterbuch.
Dl
Friedrich Delitzsch,
Wo lag das Paradies?
Jen
P. Jensen,
Cosmologie der Babylonier
.
°
superfluous.
RS W. Robertson Smith, Prophets of Israel.