Jastrow: אִבּוּלָא

אִבּוּלָא, אִיבּוּלָא ch. same , esp. (corresp. to h. מבוא העיר) city gate-way which is opened for wagons &c.; fortified place where judges sit &c.; cmp. שַׁעַר.—M. Kat. 22ᵃ begin to count the days of mourning מבבא דא׳ from the time ye turn your faces from the city gate-way (to go home while the corpse is carried to the grave-yard). Keth. 17ᵃ; Meg. 29ᵃ when people form a lane מא׳ ועד סיכרא from the city gate-way to the burial place. [Ar. house of mourning, v. אִבּוּל I.] B. Bath. 58ᵃ bot. there was written אבבא דא׳ Ms. M. (ed. incorr. בא׳) over the gate of the town entrance (where court was held).—Pl. אִבּוּלֵי. Erub. 6ᵇ. Yoma 11ᵃ. Targ. Y. Deut. XXVIII, 52 אבוליכון (ed. Vien. אכול׳). Targ. Jer. L, 26 אִיבּוּלָהָא (h. text מאבסיה; v. Pesh. a. l.).