*bṯn [#g8adbd75] Name, masculine, "serpent, dragon". -Hebrew '''ptn''', '''The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament''', vols. I-V((Revised Enlglish Translation of L. Koehler – W. Baumgartner, '''Hebräisches und aramäisches Lexikon zum Alten Testament''', Leiden 1967-1990 by M.E.J. Richardson.)), Leiden 1994 ff., 990;~ Aramaic '''ptn''', '''ptnʔ''', Jastrow 1255;~ Syriac '''patnō''', LS 618;~ Ebra cf. /baṯmum/ in MAḪ.MUŠ = '''ba-ša-mu-um''', Fronzaroli EL 138;~ '''ba-ša-nu-um''', EV 0031;~ Akkad '''bašmu''', AHw 112; CAD B 351f.; -cf. Sasson RPS 1 401f.: Hebrew '''bšn'''?;~ cf. Day GCD 113ff. ¶ paralell: