Jastrow: עֲטָרָה

עֲטָרָה f. (b. h.; עָטַר) 1) protection. Gen. R. s. 63, beg. (ref. to Prov. XVII, 6) האבות ע׳ לבנים והבנים ע׳ וכ׳ the fathers are a protection to their children (who are saved for their parents’ sake), and the children are a protection to their fathers; v. עָטַר Hithpa. —2) wreath, crown, decoration. Ex. R. s. 5 לא היה יודע לשלח לי ע׳ did (your God) not have sense enough to send me a crown? Y. Sot. IX, 24ᵇ bot. ע׳ של זית a wreath of olive leaves; Lam. R. to V, 16 עֲטֶרֶת זית. Tosef. Sot. XV, 3 בטלה עטרת חכמים שעטרת חכמים עושרם the crown (or protection) of the scholars ceased, for the crown of the scholars is their wealth (independence, Prov. XIV, 24); Sot. 49ᵇ בטלו עַטְרוֹת וכ׳. Y. Dem. II, 22ᶜ bot., v. עָטַר Hithpa.—Yoma 69ᵇ החזירו ע׳ ליושנה they restored the crown (the praise of the Lord) to its original condition (by re-introducing the phrase האל הגדול הגבור והנורא; Y. Ber. VII, 11ᶜ הַגְּדוּלָּה). Ned. 62ᵃ; Ab. IV, 5 אל תעשם ע׳ וכ׳, v. גָּדַל. Meg. 15ᵇ; Snh. 111ᵇ עתיד הקב"ה להיות ע׳ וכ׳ the Lord, in the time to come, shall be a crown on the head of every righteous man (ref. to Is. XXVIII, 5); a. fr.—Pl. עֲטָרוֹת. Ab. Zar. IV, 2 ע׳ של שבלים wreaths of ears (used for idolatrous purposes); Y. ib. IV, 43ᵈ עַטְרוֹת שיבולים. Ib. ע׳ של וורד rose garlands. Sot. IX, 14 גזרו על ע׳ חתנים they forbade bridegrooms’ garlands; ע׳ כלות brides’ crowns. Ib. 49ᵇ איזהו ע׳ כלות עיר וכ׳ what brides’ crowns were forbidden? A golden representation of the city (of Jerusalem); a. fr.—Sabb. 87ᵇ אותו יום נטל עשר ע׳ that day carried off ten distinctions. —3) a) brickwork of an oven. Kel. V, 3 עטרת כירה, v. טִירָה.—b) moulding, sill, cornice.—Pl. as ab. Ohol. XIV, 1. Midd. III, 8.—c) corona of the membrum virile. Yeb. 55ᵇ, a. e., v. הַכְנָסָה.—d) the ring around the teat of a woman, as a symptom of puberty. Nidd. 47ᵃ; 52ᵇ עד שתקיף הע׳ until a ring is formed around &c.; Tosef. ib. VI, 4 משתקיף הע׳ (not משיקיף); ib. 5; a. e.