בְּשׂוֹרָה f. (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 mother’s 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. XII, 12; Ezek. XXXVI, 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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בְּשׂוֹרָה f. (b. h. בְּשׂרָה ; בָּשַׂר ) joy, glad tiding; in gen. tidings . Keth. 16ᵇ כוס של ב׳ cup of joy (wine carried in the bridal procession…
References
- Jastrow, בָּשַׂר 1
- Ketubot 16b:4
- Jerusalem Talmud Ketubot 2:1:7
- Bamidbar Rabbah 14:4
- Ecclesiastes 12:12
- Ezekiel 36:26
- Mishnah Berakhot 9:2
- Shabbat 63a:21