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*byn - to (be) separate(d)
(DRS 62; Kogan 2015: 80)
the priority of the verbal root over the nominal formation
*bayn-
(Lipiński 1997:468) rather than vice versa remains to be substantiated (cf. Blažek 2007:32)
Words
Ugaritic
byn
- to understand
(DUL 222)
Hebrew
byn
- to understand
(HALOT 122)
Hebrew
bīnā
- understanding
(HALOT 123)
Palmyrean
byn
- (aph.) to cause to understand
(DNWSI 152, Hillers; Cussini 346)
Note the semantic shift “to cause to understand” > “to lay down rules”
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
bynh
- wisdom, understanding
(DJPA 96)
Christian Palestinian Aramaic
byn
- (pol.) to instruct, to teach
(DCPA 45)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
byn
- (pa.) to explain
(DJPA 96)
Syriac
byn
- (pa.) to make understand, teach
(LSyr. 68, SL 141)
Mandaic
bwn
- to expound, to explain, to teach
(MD 55)
Arabic
byn
- to be clear, evident; II. to explain
(Lane 286)
Geez
bayyana
- to discern, to distinguish, to recognize
(CDG 115)
Tigre
təbäyyänä
- s’éclaircir (to clear)
(WTS 295)
Tigrinya
bäyyänä
- to judge, to decree, to ordain
(TED 1192)
Amharic
bäyyänä
- to give a verdict
(AED 933)
Mehri
bəyōn
- to appear
(ML 60)
Jibbali
bɛ̄n
- to appear
(JL 32)