ܒܥܠܕܒܒܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From ܒܥܠ (b(ə)ʿel, lord of) + ܕܒܒܐ (d(ə)ḇāḇā(ʾ), the fly). Compare Arabic بَعَل الذَّبَاب (baʿal aḏ-ḏabāb) and Hebrew בַּעַל זְבוּב (baʿal zəḇûḇ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [b(ə)ʕɛld(ə)vɑvɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [b(ə)ʕɛld(ə)vɑve(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܒܥܠܕܒܒܐ (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܥܠܕܒܒܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܒܥܠܕܒܒܬܐ)

  1. enemy, adversary
  2. accuser

Inflection

Proper noun

ܒܥܠܕܒܒܐ (transliteration needed) m

  1. Beelzebub, the Devil

References

  • bˁldbb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 34b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 51a
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana; Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 171a
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