מִסְחֲתָא, מְסַחְתָּא f. (נְסַח) 1) = מְסָחָא balance, pair of scales. Targ. Ps. LXII, 10.—Pl. מִסְחָאתָא. Targ. Job VI, 2 ed. Lag. (ed. Wil. מְסַחְתָּא). Ib. XXXI, 6 מסאחתא Ms. (corr. acc.; ed. מְשַׁחְתָּא). Targ. Y. Deut. XXV, 15 (not מִסְחַאֲ׳). —2) weighing counter, esp. butcher’s stall. Ḥull. 132ᵇ קבע מ׳ he put up a permanent stall for selling meat. Shebu. 42ᵃ איתיבת אמ׳ וכ׳ you sat by the stall and took your (advanced) money as the meat was being sold. B. Kam. 23ᵇ תיב אמ׳ וכ׳ (sell your animal to the butcher, and) sit by the stall and get your money (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note); a. e.
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מִסְחֲתָא , מְסַחְתָּא f. ( נְסַח ) 1) = מְסָחָא balance, pair of scales . Targ. Ps. LXII, 10 .—Pl. מִסְחָאתָא . Targ. Job VI, 2 ed. Lag. (ed. Wil.…
References
- Jastrow, נְסַח 1
- Jastrow, מְסָחָא 1
- Aramaic Targum to Psalms 62:10
- Aramaic Targum to Job 6:2
- Jastrow, מִסְחֲתָא 1
- Aramaic Targum to Job 31:6
- Jastrow, מְשַׁחְתָּא 1
- Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy 25:15
- Chullin 132b:7
- Shevuot 42a:3
- Bava Kamma 23b:15