«If I may»: בבעו in the corpus of Targum Neofiti

בבעו is a Aramaic term that is found in the Targumim. Specifically in the Targum Neofiti it is always in a direct speech. The article tries to explain its use in this Targum, studying the different occurrences trough a text-linguistic approach. This methodology allows to define this term in a new way, analyzing בבעו as Macrosyntactic Sign. It introduces not just a plea or a prayer but also a statement in a polite way. In fact, the speaker uses בבעו to address his words to someone more authoritative.