Jastrow: צוּרְתָא

צוּרְתָא, צוּרָא, (צוּרָה) f. = h. צוּרָה. Targ. O. Deut. IV, 16. Targ. Y. Ex. XX, 4 צורה. Targ. O. ib. XXVI, 1. Targ. Ez. XXVIII, 12; a. fr.—B. Mets. 69ᵇ לצור בה צ׳ דצבו וכ׳ to put a painting on (as a sign), which people like, and by which trade is increased. Yoma 54ᵃ, v. כְּרוּב I. B. Bath. 54ᵃ רב לא קני … אלא בצ׳ Rab took symbolical possession of the garden of the school-house merely by drawing a figure. B. Mets. 45ᵇ דעתיה אצ׳ his mind is on the figure (the legend on the coin which determines its value), וצ׳ עבידא דבטלה and the legend is liable to abrogation. Sabb. 63ᵃ צ׳ דשמעתא the form (general outlines) of the subject to be discussed; a. e.