עִיָּיא pr. n. m. ʿIyya, dialectic pronunciation of חִיָּיא. M. Kat. 16ᵇ אמר ליה ע׳ וכ׳ he (Rabbi, being angry with R. Ḥiyyah) said to him, Iyya, who calls thee outside? Ker. 8ᵃ צריכין לדברי ע׳ they still need the interpretation of Iyya (of whom you spoke so contemptuously as ‘the Babylonian’).
עִיָּיא
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עִיָּיא pr. n. m. ʿIyya , dialectic pronunciation of חִיָּיא . M. Kat. 16ᵇ אמר ליה ע׳ וכ׳ he (Rabbi, being angry with R. Ḥiyyah) said to him, Iyya,…
References
- Jastrow, חִיָּיא 1
- Moed Katan 16b:2
- Keritot 8a:11