Jastrow: עֶרֶס

עֶרֶס, עַרְסָא ch. 1) same. Targ. O. Deut. III, 11. Targ. O. Ex. VII, 28. Targ. Y. II ib. XXI, 18; a. fr.—תשמיש (ד)ע׳ sexual connection. Targ. Y. II ib. XIX, 15 (Y. I דעָרִיס). Targ. Y. Num. V, 13 דעריס; a. e.—Targ. II Sam. III, 31 bier.—Snh. 20ᵃ; Ned. 56ᵇ ע׳ דגדא, v. גַּדָּא. Ib. ע׳ דצלא a bed with a leather mattress. Lam. R. to I, 1 ע׳ (רבתי) פחיתא a broken bedstead. B. Bath. 22ᵃ לעַרְסֵיה וכ׳ waiting for the bier of R. A. Y. Kil. IX, 32ᶜ bot.; Y. Keth. XII, 35ᵇ יהבון עַרְסִי וכ׳ place my bier (coffin) at the sea-shore; a. fr.—Pl. עַרְסָן, עַרְסָתָא, עַרְסִין. Targ. Am. VI, 4 עַרְסַתְהוֹן ed. Lag. (oth. ed. עַרְסֵיהוֹן). Lam. R. l. c. אתקין … עַרְסָאתָא he prepared for them four beds. Lev. R. s. 5 (transl. מטות שן Am. l. c.) ע׳ דפיל ivory bedsteads. Y. Ber. III, 6ᵃ top ע׳ קיסרייתא וכ׳ Cæsarean bedsteads which have holes for the girths; a. e. —2) (cmp. עָרִיס I) arcade along a row of buildings, sidewalk. Gitt. 6ᵃ מצריך מע׳ לע׳ required identification of signatures on documents brought from one side of the street to the other. Y. Bets. I, 60ᶜ bot. מע׳ לע׳ from one side of the street to the other (or from one couch to the other, v. טְעַן II).—Pl. עַרְסָתָא. Erub. 26ᵃ מערב … ע׳ ע׳ Ar. (Ms. M. ערסא ערסא; ed. עַרְסְיָיתָא, fr. עַרְסִיתָא) provided the whole town of M. with ‘Erubs (v. עֵירוּב), one for each row of connected houses. —3) dish of the steel-yard, scales. Sabb. 60ᵃ, v. עֲדָשָׁה.