סִיקָרִין m. pl. (sicarii) murderers, robbers. Makhsh. I, 6 מעשה … מפני הס׳ it happened in Jerusalem that they hid their fig-cakes in water to save them from the robbers (ref. to the terrorists during the last siege of Jerusalem, cmp. סִיקְרָא III); [Var. lect. סְרִיקִין; R. Hai G. reads: סיקריקין, v. next w.] Ab. d’R. N. II, ch. VII (ed. Schechter, p. 20) עמדו כל הס׳ וכ׳ all the terrorists arose and burnt all the provision stores in Jerusalem; (Ab. d’R. N. I, ch. VII קנאים).
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סִיקָרִין m. pl. (sicarii) murderers, robbers. Makhsh. I, 6 מעשה … מפני הס׳ it happened in Jerusalem that they hid their fig-cakes in water to save…
References
- Mishnah Makhshirin 1:6
- Jastrow, סִיקְרָא III 1
- Jastrow, סְרִיקִין 1
- Avot D'Rabbi Natan 2
- Avot D'Rabbi Natan 1