Jastrow: סוּמָא I

סוּמָא I m. (preced.) blind, blind man. Ḥag. I, 1. Ib. 2ᵃ ס׳ באחת מעיניו blind in one eye. Taan. 21ᵃ ס׳ משתי עיניו blind in both eyes. Ex. R. s. 36 פקח וס׳ שהיו וכ׳ a seeing and a blind man that were walking &c. B. Bath. 12ᵇ; Nidd. 20ᵇ כס׳ בארובה, v. אֲרוּבָּה; a. fr.—Pl. סוּמִים, סוּמִין. Gen. R. s. 53 בשעה … הרבה ס׳ נתפתחו when Sarah was remembered, many childless women were remembered with her, … many blind persons had their eyes opened. Ib. (ref. to Gen. XXI, 19) הכל בחזקת ס׳ עד וכ׳ all men are to be considered as blind, until the Lord opens their eyes. Snh. 34ᵇ שלא בס׳ cannot be performed by blind persons; a. fr.—Fem. סוּמָא, סוּמָה. Keth. 17ᵃ הרי … או ס׳ suppose the bride is lame or blind. Y. Sot. II, end, 18ᵇ הוא סומא היא ס׳ whether he (the husband) be blind, or she, (the law is the same). Ḥull. 139ᵇ; a. fr.—[Ch. סוֹמָא, v. סַמְיָא.]