Jastrow: רוֹמִי I

רוֹמִי I, רוֹמָא pr. n. pl. (Ῥώμη, Roma) Rome; also the Roman empire. Targ. Is. XXXIV, 9 ed. Lag. (omitted in oth. ed.). Ib. LIV, 1 ed. Lag. (oth. ed. כרכא). Targ. Ps. CVIII, 11 כרכא דר׳ רשיעא ed. Lag. (oth. ed. כרכא רשיעא; ed. Wil. כרכא תקיפא; h. text אדום). Targ. Y. Num. XXIV, 19 Levita (ed. קוסטנטיני, קושט׳); a. fr. (mostly changed through the censor’s influence).—Y. Ab. Zar. I, 39ᶜ יום שנתחתן שלמה … וזהו כרך גדול שבר׳ on the day that Solomon was connected by marriage with Pharaoh Necho of Egypt, Michael stuck a reed into the sea …, and this is the origin of the great city of the Roman empire; Snh. 21ᵇ; Sabb. 56ᵇ Ms. M. (ed. שברומי omitted). Y. Ab. Zar. l. c. יום שנסתלק … מלך בר׳ on the day that Elijah was removed, a king was installed in Rome. Y. Taan. I, 64ᵃ top בספרו … משא דומה משא ר׳ (not דומי) in R. Meir’s Bible was (a note) written, massa dumah (Is. XXI, 11) ‘the burden of Rome.’ Ib. אם יאמר לך … בכרך הגדול שבר׳ if one should ask thee, where is thy God? tell him, in the great city of Rome; a. v. fr.—Ab. Zar. 8ᵃ ר׳ שעשתה קלנדא (Alf. עיר) a Roman colony which celebrates the Calenda.