A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature/אבל - אבנימוס

A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature
Marcus Jastrow

London, W.C.: Luzac & Co. ; New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 7

2352744A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic LiteratureMarcus Jastrow

Gen. XXXVII, 34; a. fr.—Y. Ab. Zar. I, 39^c top. v. אִימִירָא. Esth. R. beg. כי ילידת הוו מִתְאַבְּלִין when the Empress gave birth, they (the Jews) mourned (it being the Ninth of Ab). B. Kam. 59^b את חשיבא לאִתְאַבּוּלֵי וכו׳ ed. (Ms. R. לאַבּוּלֵי, v. infra) art thou distinguished enough to wear mourning for Jerusalem?

*Pa. אַבֵּל, אַבֵּיל. Ib. מְאַבֵּילְנָא ed. (Ms. F. מאבלנא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l., note 6) I wear mourning.

אֵבֶל m. (b. h., foreg.) mourning; cmp. אֲבֵילוּת. Y. M. Kat. III, 82^b; a. fr.—Pl. אֲבֵילִים. M. Kat. 7^b מי שתכפוהו אֲבֵילָיו he whom his mourning days overtook, i. e. a second case occurring before the mourning days of the first expired.—אֵבֶל רַבַּתִי Ebel Rabbathi (Great Mourning), name of a Talmudic treatise, also named euphemistically שְׂמָחוֹת Rejoicings.—[Chald. Targ. Gen. L, 11; v. אֶבְלָא.]

אֻבָל, v. אוּבָל.

אֲבֵלָא, אָבִיל, אֲבֵילָא ch.=h. אָבֵל. Targ. Koh. VII, 2; a. e.—Pl., אֲבֵילַיָּא, אֲבֵלֵי, אֲבֵילִין. Targ. Prov. XXXI, 6; a. e.—Y. M. Kat. III, 82^d bot.; a. e.

אֶבְלָא, אֶבְלָה, אִיבְלָא ch.=h. אֵבֶל. Targ. Gen. L, 11 (Var. אִיבְלָא אָבֵל). Ib. O. XXVII, 41; a. e. Targ. Y. II Lev. X, 19 אֲבֵילָא—Gen. R. s. 27 (prov.) comes joy, rejoice; בשעת א׳ א׳ comes mourning, mourn.

אֶבְלוּ, אֲבֵלוּ f.=אֲבֵלוּתָא. Targ. Y. II Deut. XXVI, 14.

אבלומוס Ar. ed. Koh., v. אבלוסמוס.

*אבלונים, אבליניס(?) name of a spring. Gen. R. s. 33 (Snh. 108^a בלועה דגדר). Cmp. אבילין, אובלין.

*אַבְלוּסְמוּס (Ar. ed. Koh. אבלומוס) m. (αὔλιομος) night-lodging in open air. כלי א׳ camping apparels (leather covers etc.). Zeb. 94^a Ar. (ed. אַכְסִלְגְיָא q. v.).

*אַבְלוֹשֵׁי m. pl. (בלש 2); cmp. פלש, a. b. h. פלס) those who cut through (cmp. בקע a. deriv.), whence ground-diggers. (Maim.). B. Mets. 77^a א׳ דמחוזא Ar. Var. (ed. a. Ar. אכ׳ q. v.; Ms. M. אוכלסי, Ms. R. אוכלזי) the ground-diggers (working men) of M.

אַבְלֵט pr. n. m. Ablet, a gentile scholar, Ab. Zar. 30^a. Y. Sabb. III, 6^a bot., Y. Bets. II, 61^c.

*אבליג, אבליגה pr. n. m. Pesik. R. s. 33 [Y. Naz. VII, 56^a מבליגה; Y. Ber. III, 6^a bot. גבילה].

*אַבְלִינָא m. (ἐβέλινος=ἐβένινος S.) ebony-wood. Y'lamd. B'haal. מטות של א׳ (quot. in Ar., Tanḥ. a. Num. R. s. 14 only מנורות…) couches of ebony wood. [Jellin, Beth Hammidr. VI, 88, Nr. 53 אבליגא.]

*אַבְלַס, אַוְולַס pr. n. pl. Avlas, in Cilicia, mentioned as one of the northern border places of the land of Israel. Targ. Y. I Num. XXXIV, 8 אב׳ דקילאי; Y. II ibid, תחומא דאוְו׳ דקל׳ (the district of) A. of the Cilicians. Tosef. Shebi. IV, 11 עילי רבתא ed. Zuck. (Var. אולם); Sifré Deut. 51 לולא רבתא; Yalk. Deut. 624 לילא רבתא; Y. Shebi. VI, 36^c אולם רבתא. [Probably identical with Pylæ Ciliciæ, Πύλαι τῆς Κιλίχιας.] [Sifré Num. 131 סבטיא מאולם; Y. Snh. X, 28^d סובתה מאולם S. of Ulam; Bab. ib. 64^a סבטא בן אלס(?).]

אֶבְמוֹסוֹס pr. n. m. (Εὔμουσος) Eumusus. Y. Meg. III, 74^a bot., rendered in a secret letter טוב למד well-learned; v. אֶבְדּוֹקוֹס.

אֶבְמָכוֹס pr.n. m. (Εὔμαχος) Eumachus, an Amora. Y. Snh. III, end, 21^d.

אֶבֶן f. (b. h., √אב, comp. אבר, v. Ges. H. Dict. s. v.) stone. Sabb. 10^a; Pes. 12^b כזורק א׳ וכ׳ like throwing a stone into a leather bottle (has no effect, or is indigestible). Num. R. s. 22 (prov.) into a well out of which you drank אל תזרוק בו א׳ cast no stone.—א׳ טובה jewel. B. Bath. 16^b; a. fr. Pl. אֲבָנִים, const. אַבְנֵי. Gen. R. s. 68 שנים עשרה א׳ Ib. אם מתאחות הן שלשה א׳ (read שלש) if these three stones shall grow into one; a. fr.

Compounds and combinations: בית א׳ Stone Chamber, name of a Temple compartment. Parah III, 1.—א׳ גליון, v. אָוֶן.—א׳ הטועים (א׳ הטועין, א׳ טוען, v. טָעָה) Stone of Losers (Claims), a place in Jerusalem where lost and found things were deposited and claimed. Taan. III, 8; Y. ib. 66^d bot.; B. Mets. 28^b—א׳ המכר or א׳ המקח auction place (for slaves). Sifré Deut. 26. Sifra B'har ch. VII, s. 6. Yalk. Lev. 667 א׳ הלקח.—א׳ מסמא a stone used for closing a pit etc. Nid. 69^b בא׳ מ׳ the corpse was put on a closing (immovable) stone; a. e.—א׳ קבועה a stone rooted in the ground, opp. תלושה. Y. Sotah IX, 23^c top.—אבני השדה v. אדני.—א׳ שׁוֹאֶבֶת magnetic stone, load-stone. Snh. 107^b; a. e.— א׳ הַשָּׁעוֹת stone-dial, Kel. XII, 4; a. e.—א׳ שְׁתִיָּה foundation stone, stone Sh'thiya which in the second Temple occupied the place of the Holy Arc. Yoma V, 2 (3); v. Gem. a. l.—אבנים תּוֹשָׁבוֹת immigrant stones, i. e. stones brought over from another ground. Tosef. Shebi; III, 4; cmp. Shebi..III, 7 a. Y. Gem. a. l.—א׳ תלושה v. sup. א׳ קבועה.—א׳ תקומה preserving stone, a stone believed to protect against abortion. Sabb. 66^a. — [For other combinations see respective determinants.]

אֶבֶן, אַבְנָא ch. same. Targ. Gen. XXVIII, 18; a. fr—Pl. אַבְנַיָּא, אַבְנֵי, אַבְנִין. Targ. Ex. XXVIII, 11; a. fr. Lev. R. s. 16; a. e.—א׳ דאכפא weight-stones, to prevent the sheaves being blown away. B. Bath. 69^a.—א׳ דכוחלא black marble stone. Kid. 12^a. [Targ. Prov. XXIII, 28, read with Ms. Luzz. וצאדא בניא שברי and captures foolish sons.] [Y. B. Bath. II, 13^c …דיין אבן corrupt a. defective.]

אֹבֶן m., only in Du. אָבְנַיִם (b. h., √בן, v. בֵּין, cmp. אֹפֶן) 1) the potter's turning implement.—2) the passage of the embryo, vagina. Ex R. s. 1 (etym.) מקום שהולד נפנה (some ed. נקנה incorr.) where the child turns (to come to light). [Oth. etym. v. ibid. a. Sot. 11^b.]

אַבְנָא, v. אֶבֶן ch.

אבנגר Sabb. 109^b, v. כנגר.

אַבְנֵט m. (b. h., בנט. √בט, cmp. בטן) belt. B. Kam. 94^b. Yoma 6^a; 12^a; a. fr.—Pl. אַבְנֵטִים. Zeb. 18^a.