Jastrow: עוּמְקָא I

עוּמְקָא I ch. same 1) depth, foundation; the soil under a building. B. Bath. IV, 2 לא את הבור … אע"פ שכתב לו ע׳ ורומא (in selling a building, one has not implicitly sold) the well or the subterranean store-room, although he wrote in the contract ‘depth and height’ (ground under the building and space above the roof); ib. 61ᵃ עומקה ורומה (corr. acc.). Ib. 63ᵇ ע׳ ורומא בסתמא לא קני depth and height, unless explicitly stated, are not sold with the house (and the seller has a right to dig under and to build on top of the house); אהני ע׳ ורומא למיקני ע׳ ורומא the specification of ‘depth and height’ in the contract, has the effect to give possession of the ground beneath and the space above. Ib. ואי ס"ד בסתמא קני ע׳ ורומא ליהני ע׳ ורומא למיקנא בור וכ׳ but if we were to assume that depth and height are implied in the sale, let the specification of ‘depth and height’ have the effect to give possession of the well &c. Ib. 64ᵃ; a. fr.—Gen. R. s. 50 וסדום בע׳ היא וכ׳ now, Sodom was situated in a depression, therefore he said, and I cannot escape to the mountain; שרי בע׳ וכ׳ he dwelt in a valley, and they say to him, go out to the mountain (which has a healthier climate), and yet he speaks in that manner? B. Mets. 117ᵇ נחית לע׳ דדינא; B. Kam. 53ᵃ; ib. 39ᵃ לעוּמְקֵיה וכ׳, v. נְחַת; a. e.—Pl. עוּמְקַיָּא, עוּמְקִין. Targ. Ps. CXXX, 1. Targ. Ez. XXVII, 34; a. e.—V. עִמְקָא. —2) (trnsf., cmp. חָלָל III) intricacy, cunning, reservation. Targ. Y. I Gen. XXII, 14 (Y. II פַּלְגּוּ).