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Root b-y-t

Phoenician Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —𐤁-𐤉-𐤕b-y-t. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Phoenician

phn
root: 𐤁-𐤉-𐤕
  • 𐤁𐤉𐤕noun
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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

aii
root: b-y-t
  • ܒ-prep
    various senses: in, on, upon, at, among, to, into, by, about, as, against, during
  • ܒܹܝܬ݂bēṯnoun
    beth (the second letter of the Assyrian alphabet and Syriac script)
  • ܒܹܝܬ݂bēṯprep
    between
  • ܒܹܝܬ݂ܐܹܝܠbēṯˀēlname
    Bethel
  • ܒܹܝܬ݂ܠܚܸܡbēṯlḥimname
    alternative spelling of ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܠܚܸܡ (bēṯ lḥim, “Bethlehem”)
  • ܒܹܝܬ݇ ܟܵܪܹ̈ܐbēy kārēnoun
    basement or lower part of the house used for housing livestock (usually during wintertime) and often storage
  • ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܠܚܸܡbēṯ lḥimname
    Bethlehem (a city in the West Bank, Palestine, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus)
  • ܒܹܝܬ݂ ܬܸܟܹ̈ܐbēṯ tikkēnoun
    waist
Canonical root family: b-y-t