ܒܥܠܕܒܒܐ

By surface analysis, ܒܥܸܠ (bˁil, “lord of”) +‎ ܕܒ݂ܵܒ݂ܵܐ (dḇāḇā). From Classical Syriac, itself a partial calque of Akkadian (bēl dabābi, “Lord of the speech”); compare Arabic بَعَل الذَّبَاب (baʕal aḏ-ḏabāb) and Hebrew בַּעַל זְבוּב (ba'al zvuv). Doublet of ܒܥܸܠܙܒ݂ܘܿܒ݂ (bˁilzḇōḇ).

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ܒܥܸܠܕܒ݂ܵܒ݂ܵܐ • (bˁildḇāḇā) m sg (plural ܒܥܸܠܕܒ݂ܵܒ݂ܹ̈ܐ (bˁildḇāḇē), feminine ܒܥܸܠܕܒ݂ܵܒ݂ܬܵܐ (bˁildḇāḇtā))

1. enemy, foe, adversary, accuser

   Synonyms: ܣܲܢܵܝܵܐ (sannāyā), ܣܵܩܘܿܪܵܐ (sāqōrā), ܣܲܩܘܼܒ݂ܠܵܐ (saquḇlā), ܕܸܫ̃ܡܸܢ (dižmin)

   Antonyms: ܚܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ (ḥaḇrā), ܪܵܚܡܵܐ (rāḥmā), ܝܲܕܝܼܕ݂ܵܐ (yadīḏā), ܕܵܘܣܬ (dāwst)

• ܒܥܸܠܕܒ݂ܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܪܹܫܵܝܵܐ (bˁildḇāḇā rēšāyā, “the archenemy, the main adversary”)

From ܒܥܠ (b(ə)ʿel, “lord of”) + ܕܒܒܐ (d(ə)ḇāḇā(ʾ), “the fly”). Compare Arabic بَعَل الذَّبَاب (baʕal aḏ-ḏabāb) and Hebrew בַּעַל זְבוּב (baʿal zəḇûḇ).

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ܒܥܠܕܒܒܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܒܥܠܕܒܒܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܒܥܠܕܒܒܬܐ)

1. enemy, adversary
2. accuser

ܒܥܠܕܒܒܐ • (transliteration needed) m

1. Beelzebub, the Devil

• “bˁldbb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 34b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 51a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 171a