Jastrow: בִּישׁ I

בִּישׁ I, בִּישָׁא m. (v. באיש) bad, wrong (of persons and deeds); also ill, sick. Targ. Gen. VI, 5; a. v. fr.—Lev. R. s. 22 (prov.) טב לב׳ וכ׳ when thou hast done good to a bad man, thou hast done evil (to thyself). B. Kam. 115ᵃ חנן בישא Ḥanan, the bad man.—B. Mets. 75ᵇ bot. דב׳ ליה וכ׳ he who fares badly in one place; a. fr.—Pl. בִּישִׁין, בִּישַׁיָּא, בִּישַׁיָּיא. Targ. Gen. XIII, 13; a. v. fr.—בִּישַׁיָּיא freq. the sick. Koh. R. to IV, 6 ומפלגא לב׳ and distributes (the apples) among the sick.—Y. Bets. I, 60ᶜ bot. מבקרא ביש׳ (not בייש׳) to visit the sick.—Fem. בִּישָׁא, בִּישְׁתָּא 1) (adj.) bad; 2) (noun) evil, wickedness, illness. Targ. Gen. XXXVII, 20; a. fr.—Ib. VI, 5, a. fr. בִּישַׁת constr.—Sabb. 129ᵃ ב׳ מי וכ׳ can bad be good? Y. ib. XIV, 14ᶜ bot. טב לבישתא וכ׳ (vinegar is) good for a sore, but bad for a sound tooth. Lev. R. s. 33, beg., from it (the tongue) comes the good ומינה ב׳ and from it the evil; a. fr.—Pl. בִּישָׁתָא, בִּישָׁאתָא, בִּישָׁן.—Targ. Gen. XXVIII, 8 (ed. Vien. O. בישא, corr. acc.); a. fr.—Snh. 7ᵃ happy is he who hears (himself insulted) and keeps silence חלפוה בישתיה מאה (corr. חלפוהו בישתא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 7) a hundred evils pass by him (he escapes &c.); a. fr.