אַלְיָה f. (b. h.; לוי; v. infra) attachment, whence 1) (cmp. זָנָב, גֹּונְבָא) tail, fat-tail. Ab. Zar. 25ᵃ (ref. to I Sam. IX, 24) what means v’heãleha (and that which is upon [or by] it)? שוק וא׳ that means the leg (with thigh) and the fat-tail. מאי והעליה וכ׳ and why is it called ‘and that which is upon it’? Because the leg is near the fat-tail (back). Ḥull. 117ᵃ; a. fr.—כלפי א׳ (Ar. s. v. כלפי; ed. כלפי לָיָיא, Mss. לָיָא) towards the tail! i.e. just the reverse!, reverse it. Pes. 5ᵇ; Sabb. 93ᵇ; Ab. Zar. 75ᵃ; a. fr. [Rashi: כלפי ליֵיא where are you turning to?] —2) ear-lap. Keth. 5ᵇ
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אַלְיָה f. (b. h.; לוי ; v. infra) attachment , whence 1) (cmp. זָנָב , גֹּונְבָא ) tail, fat-tail . Ab. Zar. 25ᵃ (ref. to I Sam. IX, 24 ) what means…
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- Jastrow, לוי 1
- Jastrow, זָנָב 1
- Jastrow, גְּנוּבְתָּא I 1
- Avodah Zarah 25a
- I Samuel 9:24
- Chullin 117a:8
- Jastrow, כְּלַפֵּי 1
- Jastrow, לָיָא 1
- Pesachim 5b
- Shabbat 93b
- Avodah Zarah 75a
- Ketubot 5b:2