Lexical Definition

‎בְּרַם‎ bᵉram (ber-am') nevertheless ^A:Conj
(Aramaic) perhaps from ‎רוּם‎ with a prepositional prefix

but, nevertheless, yet.

• properly, highly, i.e. surely
• but used adversatively, however

1) only, nevertheless, but

See Greek: πλήν

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בְּרַם‎ adverb with adversative force, only, nevertheless (derivation uncertain: Nö^{M 202} = ‎מָא‎ + ‎בָּר‎, literally except what: ᵑ7 ‎בְּרַם‎ often for ‎אַח‎, ‎אוּלָם‎; Syriac Exod 9:16; Exod 21:21, and in NT for πλήν; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic , ); — Dan 2:28; Dan 4:12* hew down the tree etc., ‎בְּרַם ֗֗֗ שְׁבֻקוּ‎ only leave the stump, etc., v.Dan 4:20*; Dan 5:17; Ezra 5:13.

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