עֲלוּקָה f. (b. h. (?); cmp. חלק, a. Arab. ʿaliḳ) leech. Ab. Zar. 12ᵇ (סכנת) ע׳ (Ms. M. עַלְקָה; Ar. עַלְקָא) the danger of swallowing a leech in drinking.—Y. Ber. IX, 13ᶜ bot. (in Hebr. dict.) פשפש לעֲלוּקְתָּה a bed-bug is a remedy for a (swallowed) leech, (supposed to mean that a potion mixed with bed-bugs will cause the removal of the leech by causing vomiting).
עֲלוּקָה
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עֲלוּקָה f. (b. h. (?); cmp. חלק , a. Arab. ʿaliḳ ) leech . Ab. Zar. 12ᵇ ( סכנת ) ע׳ (Ms. M. עַלְקָה ; Ar. עַלְקָא ) the danger of swallowing a leech…
References
- Avodah Zarah 12b:2
- Jastrow, ע׳ 1
- Jastrow, עַלְקָא 1
- Jerusalem Talmud Berakhot 9:2:5