Jastrow: תּוֹלֵעָה

תּוֹלֵעָה, תּוֹלַעַת f. (b. h.) = תּוֹלָע. B. Mets. 83ᵇ, v. רִמָּה. B. Bath. 17ᵃ שבעה … רמה ות׳ over seven persons no kind of worms had power. Midr. Till. to Ps. XXII, 7 מה הת׳ הזאת וכ׳ as the worm has (for its defense) nothing but its mouth, so Israel has nothing but the prayer of his mouth; ib. ed. Bub. מה ת׳ מעקרת … מעקרין וכ׳ (not מתעקרת, מתעקרין) as the worm uproots the tree, so Israelites, through their mouth and their prayer, undo evil decrees &c. Midd. II, 5 כל עץ … ת׳ וכ׳ wood in which a worm was found was unfit for the altar; a. e.—שני(ה) ת׳ scarlet-dyed (yarn). Midr. Till. l. c. משכן של ת׳ ש׳ a tabernacle of scarlet yarn. Num. R. s. 413. Par. III, 10 שְׁנִי ת׳; a. e.