•[בָּיַי
TWOT
238
,
בַּי] vb.
entreat
(Arabic
بَىَّ (bayya) come as suppliant, entreat
, still current in the
Ḥauran
:
v.
Wetzst in
De
Jb 34:36
)
, of which (prob.)
אָבִי
Jb 34:36
is 1 s.
impf.
(used dialectically):
יִבָּחֵן אִיֹּוב אָבִי
would that
(lit.
I entreat that
) Job were tried!
•
בִּי
S
994
TWOT
238a
GK
1065
part.
of entreaty
, craving permission to address a superior, always foll. by
אֲדֹנִי
(or
אֲדֹנָי
), and always (except
Jos 7:8
) at the beginning of a speech,
I pray, excuse me
—
(
not improb. from
√
ביי
; so that
בִּי אֲדֹנִי
will be literally
a supplication of
(i.e.
to
)
my lord
!
cf.
Wetzst
l.c.
, who compares the Arabic
دَخْلُ سَيِّدَى
(
daḫlu sayyidā
) lit.
a prayer to my lord
! a standing formula
=
Pray, excuse me
, used exactly as
בִּי אֲדֹנִי
. According to others
contr.
from
בְּעִי
, from
בָּעָה
to ask
, and so lit.
a petition
!
cf.
Aramaic
בְּבָעוּ
,
ܒܒܳܥܽܘ
(
bbo˓u
) (e.g.
Gn 19:18
å
,
Nu 12:13
ã
); but
ע
is not often elided in
Heb.
)
—
Gn 44:18
בִּי אֲדֹנִי יְדַבֶּר־נָא
I pray
, my lord, let thy servant speak, etc.; so
Nu 12:11 Ju 6:13 1 S 1:26 1 K 3:1
7,
26
, and foll. by a
pl.
subj.
Gn 43:20
בִּי א׳ יָרֹד יָרַדְנוּ
Oh
, my lord, we came down, etc.;
בִּי אֲדֹנָי
(to God)
Ex 4:10
,
13 Jos 7:8 Ju 6:1
5;
13:8
(
Ö
in Pent. and Jos.
δέοµαι
,
δεόµεθα
: in other books absurdly
ἐν ἐµοί
).
36:29 Pr 2:
5,
9
;
20:24
;
28:5
ψ 19:13
;
92:7 Je 9:1
1;
יבין משׁפט
Jb 32:9 Pr 28:
5;
יבין דעת
Pr 29:
7.
c.
with
כִּי
1 S 3:8 2 S 12:19 Is 43:1
0.
d.
with
inf.
&
לְ
,
יבין
לָדָ˜עַת
Is 32:
4.
3.
observe, mark, give heed to, distinguish, consider
(with attention):—
a.
acc.
Dt 32:7
ψ 5:2
;
50:22
;
94:7
,
8 Pr 23:
1;
21:29
(
Qr
)
Dn 9:2
;
10:1
.
b.
with
לְ
,
ψ 73:17
;
139:2 Dt 32:2
9.
c.
with
בְּ
,
Ezr 8:15 Ne 13:7 Dn 9:2
3.
d.
with
אל
,
ψ 28:5
.
e.
with
עַל
,
Dn 11:30
,
37
.
4.
have discernment, insight, understanding
Je 49:7
.
Niph.
נְבֻנֹותִי
Is 10:1
3;
Pt.
נָבֹון
Gn 41:33
+
15 times;
pl.
נְבֹונִים
Je 4:22
, elsewhere
נְבֹנִים
Dt 1:13 Is 5:22
(Baer)
Ec 9:11
;
נְבֹנָיו
Is 29:1
4;
be
part. particle. inf. Infinitive. acc. accusative (direct obj. etc.) Qr Q erê.
Pt.
Participle.
+
plus, denotes often that other passages, etc., might be cited. So also where the forms of verbs, nouns, and adjectives are illustrated by citations, near the beginning of articles; while etc. in such connexions commonly indicates that other forms of the word occur, which it has not been thought worth while to cite.
pl.
plural.