בע"ר ובע"י בעברית ובארמית

The present paper discusses the roots ר"בע and י"בע in Hebrew and Aramaic
|with regard to their meaning and grammatical forms. The verse Ex 22:3 י ִ ּכ
| and its parallels in the DSS, the Samaritan Pentateuch …יַ בְ עֶ ר אִ ישׁ שָׂ דֶ ה אוֹ כֶ רֶ ם
|and in the Targums are examined in an attempt to describe relations
|between various versions. In some of them the verb י"בע substitutes ר"בע.
|In this context, the verb י"בע “eat” is argued to be an original Hebrew one
|which seems to have had no relationship with the Aramaic י"בע “ask” .