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Syriac
bəˁīrā - brute animal, a beast of burden; a herd of cattle; a beast of burden, packhorse
(LSyr. 85, SL 173)
Reconstruction
PS
*bVˁVr-
- bull
(SED II No. 53; Kogan 2011: 205)
a more general meaning ‘livestock, cattle’ is also possible