בעיר, v. בער.
בעיר, בעירא ch. . (b. h. בעיר; בער; cmp. also בעה) grazing animal, cattle. Targ. Gen. I, 24 q.; a. fr. --- Y. B. Mets. II, 8c bot.; Lev. R. s. 27, a. e. דקיקא ב׳ smmall cattle; v. בהמה. - Pesik. B'shall. p. 93a ב׳ לי אתקן get an animal ready for me (for travel). Snh. 105a (in Hebr. dict., play on בעור).
בעית, v. בעת.
בעל (b. h.; בע, v. בעה, to enter into, take posses- sion) [in b. h. to be master, protect;] to have sexual intercourse (both legal or ilicit), to embrace a woman. Kidd. 9b וכ׳ מלמד ובעלה 'and he embraced her' (Deut. XXIV, 1), this intimates that woman can be acquired as wife by intercourse, v. ביאה. -- בועלל loover, adulterer, con- trad. to בעל husband. Sot. V, 1, a. fr. לבעל שאסורה כשם לבועל . . . . as well as the woman suspected of adultery is forbidden to her husband (who must separate himself from her), so is she forbidden to the lover (who cannot marry her after leaving her husband). Yeb. 103a לשבע וכ׳ ב׳ בעילות that wicked man had seven sexual connect- ions &c.; a. fr. --Part. pass. f. בעולה one no longer a virgin, opp. to בתולה; married woman, opp. to ארוסה, v. ארס. Keth. 10b; a. fr. - Pl. בעולות. Y. Kidd. I, 58b bot.; a. fr. Nif. נבעלה she had intercourse. Keth. 5a . . . נישאת וכ׳ ונבעלת is married on the fourth day and embraced in the night of the fifth day of the week. Ib. 3b תיבעל וכ׳ לטפסר must first be surrendered to the (Roman) officer (jus primae noctis); a. fr. -- Masc. נבעל (of the hermaphro- dite). Tosef. Bicc. II, 5; Y. Yeb. VIII, 9d bot.
בעל, בעיל ch. same. Targ. O. Deut. XXI, 13; a. fr. - Keth. 6b למיבעל דבעי because he is anxious to perform his marital duty. Ib. בעיל דלא דטריד he is excited because he has not &c.; a. fr. Pa. בעל, part. pass. f. מבעלא married, having had inter- course. Targ. Ruth I, 12; a. e. tthpe. איביגלא as preced. Nif. Yoma 19b כמה ואבעול, וכ׳ (Ms. M. ואיבעיל) and how many virgins have been seduced (to-day) in Nahardeal
בעל m. (b. h.; preced.) 1) husband. Kidd. I, 1 and she becomes her own master הב׳ ובמיתת בגט through a. letter of divorce or on the husband's death; a. v. fr. -- 2) the idol Baal. Y. Ab. Zar. III, 43a bot. גוייה ראש ב׳ וכ׳ הוה the Baal was the phallus and had the shape of a bean [readוכאפו. -- 3) [the fructifer,] rain (v. Taan. 6b; cmp.Is. LV, 10). ב׳ בית a feld sufficiently watered by rain and requiring no artificial irrigation. Tosef. M. Kat. I, 1 הב׳ (בית) שדה. B. Bath. III, 1. Tosef. Succ. II, 7ב של ערבה (sub. בית) a willow in a naturally watered field. Ib. Shebi. II, 4 ב׳ בשל (=ב של בשדה), opp. שוקי של. Num. R. s. 16 the Egyptian gods הם שקר של (read שקי) are gods of artificial drainage, but those of Canaan הם ב׳ של are gods of rain; (Tanh. Sh'lah 13, through misunder- standing, כה בעלי. . . שקר. --) (mostly iin compounds) owner of, master of, possessed of, given to &c.; e. g. אבידה ב׳ owner of a lost object; ב׳אגדה masterof Agadah, lecturer; דין ב׳ opponent in court; v. infra. Pes. 86b אני השם ב׳ I am so named. -- Pl. בעלים, בעלין owners; mostly as sing. owner. B. Mets. VIII, 1; a. fr. [Y. Dem. III, 23b bot. לבלעין, read לבעלין.] Compounds; מחשבות ב׳ He who knows man's thoaghts. Snh. 19b. -- Ib. מ׳ בעלי those entertaining considerations (of fear), hesitating to do justice. -- שיבה ב׳ gray-haired. Ned. III, 8. -- תשובה ב׳ repentant sinner. Succ. 53a; a. fr. --- תשובות ב׳ a man of many ojections or excuses. Gen. R. s. l20 beg. -l[For other compounds, not seltsevident, see the respective determinants.]
בעלא, constr. בעיל, בעל ch. same. 1) husband. Targ. O. Ex. XXI, 3; a. fr. -- Taan. 6b וכ׳ ב׳ מטרא the rain is the husband (fructifier) of the field; v. preced. 3). -- 2) Baal. Targ. Jud. VI, 25; a. e. - Pl. בעליא. Ib. II, 11; a. fr.
בעלה f. (preced.) mistress, owner &c. Gen. R. s. 52 (rendering בעלת, Gen. XX, 3, as though בעלת) דבעלה מרתא her husband's mistress. -- Compounds are mostly self- evident, e. g. הגט בעלת the woman receiving the letter of divorce; -איברים־ ב׳ an animal of large build. Ber. 32a; v. בעל.
בעע (v. בעה; cmp. בהל) to be excited. -Af. אבע to hurry. Targ. I Kings XXII, 9 מיכיה א׳ Ar. (ed. תבע, h. text מהרה) bring .. . quickly. Targ. Ezek. XXIV, 5. -- Part. pass. מבע, מבעא (מב) quick. Targ. Deut. XXXII, 35. - Pl. מבעין. Targ. Num. XXXII, 17. ttaf. אתבע to be in a hurry, be anxious. Targ. Ps. XXXI, 23 באתבעותי Ms. (ed. באתבעותי). Targ. II Kings VII, 15; Targ. I Sam. IV, 4, v. בעי I. *בע 1) (dislectic for בעט) to tread. Targ. Ps. XCI, 13 תבעון some ed. (oth. תבעוט). -- 2) to wrap in tin, v. בעין.
בעץ m. (cmp. בוץ, v. עבץ a. אבצא) tin, plumbum albusm. Kel. XXX, 3 בב׳ בין עשאו if he mended it either with &c. B. Bath. 89b (diff fr. אבר, a. גיסטרא, cassiterum, v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Plumbum). Men. 28b; a. fr.
בעצא, בעיץ ch. same. Targ. Ezek. XXII, 18. Targ. Y. Num. XXXI, 22 Ar. a. Levita (ed. קסיטרא, O. אבצא).
בער (b. h.; בע, v. בעה; cmp. באר) [to clear,] 1) to burn (act. a. neut.). Ex. R. s. 2 בוערת אש burning fire. Ib. וכ׳ בוער שהסנה כשם as the bush is burning &c. [Num. R. s. 9, end בע״ לבוערים, read לבוסרים, v. בסר I, Var. לכופרים.]-- 2) to be empty. Denom. בער. --3) to eat up. Denom. בעיר. P. ביער 1) to clear, remove (out of existence or out of possession). Pes. 6a לבער זקוק is bound to remove (the leaven by burning or otherwise); a. fr. -- Shebi. VII, 7 לב׳ חייב is bound to remove (dispose of the fruits of the Sabbath year in due time). [Num. R. s. 9 (p. 230b ed. Amst.) העון את מבערים, read with Yalk. Num. 708, Sifre Num. 11 מערערין; oth. vers. מבררין, v. ברר.] 2) to clear, eat up. B. Kam. 2b השן ז ובער 'and it clears (Ex. XXII, 4) this refers to injury by the tooth (animals eating). [3) (b. h.) to start a fre, enkindle. V. בערה.]
