בבא

Aramaic

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Compare Arabic بَاب (bāb).

    Noun

    בָּבָא • (bāḇām (plural בָּבַיָּא)

    1. gate, door, entrance
    2. section, clause
    3. chapter

    References

    • bb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
    • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
    • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press