Jastrow: תּוֹעֵבָה

תּוֹעֵבָה f. (b. h.; יעב , Barth Et. St. p. 28; cmp., however, עֲבָבִית, עַוִּית) that which is repulsive, abomination. Ber. 23ᵃ תפלתו ת׳ (fr. Prov. XXVIII, 9) his prayer is an abomination (unacceptable). Lev. R. s. 27 (ref. to Is. XLI, 24) אותה ת׳ שכתוב בה … מאותה הת׳ וכ׳ that abomination of which it is said (Ex. XXXII, 8) ‘they have made themselves a molten image’—of that abomination (that class of animals) bring ye an offering &c.; Tanḥ. Emor 11. Nidd. 70ᵃ; Yeb. 11ᵇ (ref. to Deut. XXIV, 4) היא ת׳ ואין בניה תּוֹעֵבִין she (the divorced woman remarried after having been another man’s wife) is an abomination, but her children are not abominations (her daughters may be married by priests); Kidd. 77ᵃ תּוֹעֵבִים. Y. Yeb. IV, 6ᵇ bot. היא ת׳ ואין הוולד ת׳. Tem. 29ᵇ; a. fr.