יְהָבָא m. (= b. h. יְהָב; preced.) [that which is put on,] bundle, load on the back. R. Hash. 26ᵇ; Meg. 18ᵃ (as an analogy to יהב, Ps. LV, 23) the Arab said, שקול יְהָבִיךְ וכ׳ take off thy bundle and put it on my camel; Gen. R. s. 79, end תלי הדין י׳ עלי help me to put my load on; שמעון מיניה י׳ משדי from this they learned that y’haba means load
יְהָבָא
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יְהָבָא m. (= b. h. יְהָב ; preced. ) [ that which is put on ,] bundle, load on the back. R. Hash. 26ᵇ ; Meg. 18ᵃ (as an analogy to יהב , Ps. LV, 23…
References
- Jastrow, יְהַב 1
- Rosh Hashanah 26b
- Megillah 18a
- Psalms 55:23
- Bereishit Rabbah 79:7