Jastrow: חוּטָא

חוּטָא ch. same 1) thread &c. Targ. Gen. XIV, 23 (cmp. חֲוַט); a. fr.—B. Bath. 91ᵇ ח׳ דדובשא a continuous flow of honey; a. fr. —2) border-line (v. preced. 2). Y. Shebi. VI, 36ᶜ bot. ח׳ דנוה the border-line of Naveh (separating the territory occupied by Jews from the neighboring heathen colony for levitical purposes).—Pl. חוּטִין, חוּטַיָּא, חוּטֵי. Targ. O. Ex. XXXIX, 3; a. fr.—Ḥull. 93ᵃ חמשא ח׳ הוו there are five veins or sinews which must be removed; a. fr.—Esp. the show-fringes (צִיצִית). Ib. 110ᵃ לא רמי ח׳ had no show-fringes put on his garment; a. fr.