חוֹרָא I ch. = h. חוֹר I , hole. Targ. II Kings XII, 10 (ed. Wil. חוּ׳); a. fr.—Arakh. 30ᵃ, a. e. (prov.) לאו עכברא גנב אלא ח׳ גנב not the mouse is the thief but the hole (which hides the theft, i.e. fine the purchaser of the slave but not the seller). Ib. אי לאו … ח׳ מנא ליה but for the mouse (which steals), whence would the hole have something to hide?—Pl. חוֹרָאֵי. Targ. I Sam. XIV, 11.—Meg. 12ᵃ (expl. חור Esth. I, 6) Ms. חוֹרֵי חוֹרֵי F. (ed. חֹרֵי חֹרֵי) webs full of holes, net-work
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חוֹרָא I ch. = h. חוֹר I , hole . Targ. II Kings XII, 10 (ed. Wil. חוּ׳ ); a. fr.— Arakh. 30ᵃ , a. e. (prov.) לאו עכברא גנב אלא ח׳ גנב not the mouse…
References
- Jastrow, חוֹר I 1
- Targum Jonathan on II Kings 12:10
- Jastrow, חֵימְתָא 1
- Arakhin 30a:11
- Arakhin 30a:12
- Jastrow, חוֹרָאֵי 1
- Targum Jonathan on I Samuel 14:11
- Megillah 12a:12
- Esther 1:6