אֵדֶר II, אִדְרָא II, אֲדָרָא I ch. m. (v. אָדַר) [thick-leaved, dark] 1) a cedar species, prob. Spanish Juniper. R. Hash. 23ᵃ מאי קדרוס (ם) אדרא Ms. M. (ed. קתרוס) what is kedros (κέδρος)? Adara. Snh. 108ᵇ what is gofer? רב אמר אדרא דבי ר׳ שילא אמר וכ׳ Ar. a Ms. Fl. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.); cmp. Gen. R. s. 31; Yalk. Gen. 51.—Bets. 15ᵇ יטע אדר וכ׳ let him plant an edar (allud. to addir &c., Ps. XCIII, 4); א"נ אדרא וכ׳ or adara as its (popular or Chald.) name is; as people say, it is called adara because it lasts for generations (א־דרא). Git. 69ᵇ אטרף א׳ leaves of ad. Ib. מיא דא׳ decoct thereof. —2) אִדְרָא fig-tree. Targ. II, Esth. VII, 9 (to which perhaps belongs. Git. l. c.).
אֵדֶר II
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אֵדֶר II , אִדְרָא II , אֲדָרָא I ch. m. (v. אָדַר ) [ thick-leaved, dark ] 1) a cedar species , prob. Spanish Juniper . R. Hash. 23ᵃ מאי קדרוס ( ם )…
References
- Jastrow, אָדַר 1
- Rosh Hashanah 23a:5
- Jastrow, קַתְרוֹס I 1
- Sanhedrin 108b
- Bereishit Rabbah 31
- Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 51
- Beitzah 15b:20
- Psalms 93:4
- Gittin 69b:19
- Esther 7:9