אָח I m. (b. h.; אחה; cmp. אָב) brother, kinsman; fellow, equal, fellow-believer &c. Meg. 11ᵃ (play on ăhashverosh, Ahasverus) אָׄחִׄיו ש̇ל ר̇אש̇ וכ׳ a brother (in cruelty) to the chief tyrant (Nebucadn.); a. fr.—Pl. אַחִים, אַחִין. Gen. R. s. 89, beg. (play on āḥu, Gen. XLI, 2) in years of plenty הבריות נעשו א׳ וכ׳ people are brotherly to each other. Gen. R. s. 99 אחים דפחתא וכ׳ brothers to the degraded woman (Dinah), … but not to Joseph; a. fr.—Cant. R. to VIII, 1 שני אחים brother and sister
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אָח I m. (b. h.; אחה ; cmp. אָב ) brother, kinsman; fellow, equal, fellow-believer &c. Meg. 11ᵃ (play on ăhashverosh , Ahasverus) אָׄחִׄיו ש̇ל ר̇אש̇…
References
- Jastrow, אַבָּא I 1
- Megillah 11a:15
- Jastrow, אַחִים 1
- Bereishit Rabbah 89:8
- Genesis 41:2
- Bereishit Rabbah 99:8
- Shir HaShirim Rabbah 8:1:1