תָּא I m. (b. h.; = תאו, v. אָוָה II; cmp. b. h. תָּאָה) cell, esp. compartment back of the Holy of Holies. Midd. IV, 7; Yoma 52ᵃ.—Midd. IV, 2; a. fr.—B. Bath. 61ᵃ an extension has three names: יציע … תא yatsiʿa, tselʿa, ta.— Pl. תָּאִים, תָּאִין. Midr. Till. to Ps. XVIII, 28 בת׳ היה טמון Joash was kept hidden in the compartments of the Temple.
תָּא I
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תָּא I m. (b. h.; = תאו , v. אָוָה II ; cmp. b. h. תָּאָה ) cell , esp. compartment back of the Holy of Holies . Midd. IV, 7 ; Yoma 52ᵃ .— Midd. IV,…
References
- Jastrow, אוי ² 1
- Jastrow, תָּוָה 1
- Mishnah Middot 4:7
- Yoma 52a
- Mishnah Middot 4:2
- Bava Batra 61a:3
- Jastrow, תָּמִים 1
- Midrash Tehillim 18:21