Jastrow: תֶּלֶם

תֶּלֶם m. (b. h.) ridge, furrow. Macc. III, 9 (21ᵇ) יש חורש ת׳ אחד וכ׳ (Mish. ed. אחת, corr. acc.) one may plough only one furrow, and be guilty of eight sins (v. לַאו); Pes. 47ᵃ. Gen. R. s. 67 [read:] אפי׳ הדיוט אינו חורש ת׳ בתוך ת׳ ונביאים חורשים תבתוך ת׳ (v. Matt. K. a. l.) even a common man will not plough a ridge within a ridge, and will prophets plough &c. (i.e. mistrust their own previsions)?; Yalk. ib. 116 (corr. acc.); a. e.—Pl. תְּלָמִים, תְּלָמִין. Kil. II, 6, a. e., v. פָּתִיחַ. Yoma 10ᵃ תלמי שמשים … ת׳ ת׳ his name was Talmai (Num. XIII, 22), because he made the ground full of ridges (with his steps); Sot. 34ᵇ; Num. R. s. 1611. Ruth R. to I, 19, v. רַדְיָינִית; Yalk. ib. 601 תְּלָמֶיהָ. Kil. II, 3 כתַלְמֵי הרביעה as deep as the furrows made after the rainy season; a. e.