בבא

Aramaic

Alternative forms

• ܒܒܐ

Etymology

Compare Arabic بَاب (bāb).

Noun

בָּבָא • (bāḇā) m (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, 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