עוּכְלָא m. (עכל, cmp. אוּכְלָא II a. כְּלָה) ‘Ukhla, a small measure of capacity (also a weight). B. Bath. 89ᵇ. Ib. 90ᵃ וכמה היא ע׳ אחד משמונה ברובע (ed. מחמשה ברביע, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. to 89ᵇ note 400) and how much is an ‘Ukhla? One-eighth (fifth) of a fourth of a Kab. Sot. 8ᵇ; Tosef. ib. III, 1 (missing in ed. Zuck.; Y. ib. I, 17ᵃ אוכלא); Num. R. s. 9. Erub. 29ᵃ ע׳ תבלין an ‘U. of spices (v. כְּלָה).—Pl. עוּכְלֵי. B. Bath. 85ᵇ מחו לה מאה ע׳ עוכלא they struck (defeated) that opinion with a hundred measures against one (a hundred arguments against for one in favor of it; Rashi: with a hundred strokes with a lash to which the weight of an ‘Ukhla was attached); Keth. 53ᵃ דאמינא כמאן דקא מחו וכ׳ for I may adopt the opinion of him who said, they struck &c.
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עוּכְלָא m. ( עכל , cmp. אוּכְלָא II a. כְּלָה ) ‘Ukhla , a small measure of capacity (also a weight). B. Bath. 89ᵇ . Ib. 90ᵃ וכמה היא ע׳ אחד משמונה…
References
- Jastrow, אוּבְלָא II 1
- Jastrow, *כְּלָה 1
- Bava Batra 89b
- Bava Batra 90a:1
- Sotah 8b
- Tosefta Sotah 3:1
- Bamidbar Rabbah 9:24
- Eruvin 29a:9
- Bava Batra 85b:4
- Ketubot 53a:6