תַּכְתַּקָּא , m. (v. תַּכָּא II) a low table or stool in the form of a shield, tabouret. Sabb. 119ᵃ הוה יתיב את׳ דשינא וכ׳ (ed. Sonc. אתק׳; Ms. M. דפילא; Rashi quotes a Var. דשאגא; Ms. O. דשיגא) used to sit on an ivory stool (a teak stool) and fan the fire (for the Sabbath meals). Ib. 129ᵃ צלחו ליה ת׳ וכ׳ split a teak stool for him (to start a fire on his day of blood-letting); a. e.—Pl. תֵּכְתַּקֵּי. Bekh. 31ᵃ קטיר להו … ת׳ wreathed four hundred stools for them. Keth. 77ᵇ הוה יתיב … תכטקי פיזא (corr. acc.) was seated (in heaven) on thirteen gold stools; a. e.
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תַּכְתַּקָּא , m. (v. תַּכָּא II ) a low table or stool in the form of a shield, tabouret . Sabb. 119ᵃ הוה יתיב את׳ דשינא וכ׳ (ed. Sonc. אתק׳ ; Ms.…
References
- Jastrow, תַּכָּא II 1
- Shabbat 119a:3
- Bekhorot 31a:5
- Ketubot 77b:6-9