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Sefer Ha'Aruch - which language?

The introduction to the 3-volume HeArukh al HaShas (edited by מאיר מיזליש) includes this in its introduction (page כ): כאשר מזכיר הרב שפת לע״ז — כוונתו לאיטלקית שבזמנו. When the author mentions the ...
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Who is בה"י referenced by the Ba'er Hetev on Shulchan Arukh, Yoreh De'ah?

Beis Hillel, which appears in the Machon Yerushalayim edition in the back. It's also a separate sefer. This particular comment can be seen here. It's hard to read, but there's a little daled that says ...
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The conqueror of the first conquest [of Israel], is called Yehoshua (the word for salvation, which is above asiyah*) because miracles were done to him that were not according to the way of the nature ...
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