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PArm
*bsr - to put to shame, to despise
(EDA I 440)
Probably a metaphoric meaning shift “to make bad fame of someone, to spread bad rumors about one” occured.
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Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
bsr
- to despise, to put to shame
(DJPA 106)
Christian Palestinian Aramaic
bsr
- to despise, to loath
(DCPA 54)
Syriac
bsr
- to rebuke, to put to shame
(LSyr. 81, SL 167)
Mandaic
bsr
- to despise, to scorn
(MD 68)