Jastrow: תְּלוֹי

תְּלוֹי m. (תָּלָה) 1) hanger, handle, cord, chain. Sabb. VIII, 2 (78ᵃ) גמי כדי לעשות ת׳ וכ׳ Ar. a. Mish. ed. Pes. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 400; ed. תְּלָאי) as much reed grass as is required for the making of a hanger for a sieve &c. Eduy. III, 9; Kel. XII, 6; Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. II, 12 ת׳ המגררות וכ׳ the chain on which the strigils in the bathhouse are suspended. Kel. XV, 4 ת׳ מקל וכ׳ the handle of the constable’s staff. Ib. העשוי לת׳ טהור whatever is made for suspending or handling is not susceptible of uncleanness; a. fr.—Pl. תְּלוֹיִים, תְּלוֹיִין, תְּלוֹיוֹת. Ib. כל התלויים … חוץ מתְּלוֹיֵי וכ׳ ed. Dehr. (Bab. ed. התלויות תלוי; Mish. ed. התְּלוֹיִם) all hangers or handles are clean except those of &c.; Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. V, 6 התלויין. —2) hanging down, letting hang down. Yalk. Ps. 624, v. הֲרָמָה; [Pesik. Shek., p. 10ᵇ; Midr. Till. to Ps. III; Yalk. Ex. 3Yalk. Ex. 365 ת׳ ראש lifting up the head, הרמת ראש removal of the head]. —3) [hanging over,] interlinear writing. Tosef. Gitt. IX (VII), 8 שטר … ת׳ מגופו וכ׳ a document which has an erasure or an interlinear insertion in its body (essential portion, v. תּוֹרֵף) is unlawful; Y. ib. IX, 50ᶜ תלות (corr. acc.).