- בשורה
- בְּשׂוֹרָהf. (b. h. בְּשׂרָה; בָּשַׂר) joy, glad tiding; in gen. tidings. Keth.16b כוס של ב׳ cup of joy (wine carried in the bridal procession of a virgin), v. explan. ib.Mekh. Bo. s. 12 ב׳ רעה evil prediction. Tanḥ. Ki. Thetse 4; Pesik. Zakh. p. 24a> בְּשׂוֹרַת אמו the news of his mothers death; a. e.Pl. בְּשׂוֹרוֹת. Y.Keth.II, 26b top חבית של ב׳ the keg of wine carried in the bridal procession, v. supra. Num. R. s. 14 (play on בשר Koh. 12:12; Ezek. 36:26) the Lord sends thee ב׳ טובות good tidings. Ber.IX, 2 ב׳ טובות … שמועות רעות Mish. ed. (Talm. ed. 54a ב׳ רעות, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 4) good tidings … bad news. Sabb.63a אין … ב׳ רעות no bad tidings will reach him.
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