טבלא I

טַבְלָאI (טבל, cmp. Aeth. טבלל to tie around, v. Ges. H. Dict.10> s. v. טְבוּלִים; cmp. טבעת, טבור) a bell or collection of bells, an instrument especially used at public processions (in Arab. drum, Gr. ταβαλά; v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Tintinnabulum as to forms and uses of bells). Targ. Koh. 7:5 קל ט׳וכ׳ the music of the fools. Targ. Cant. 1:1.Sot.49b (expl. אֵירוּס) ט׳ דחד פומא a tabla with one mouth (a single bell). Ber.57a תלאי ט׳וכ׳ (I dreamt) I suspended a tabla and shouted into it (differ. in Rashi). Sabb.110a בט׳ to the sound of a tabla (at a wedding). M. Kat. 9b (prov.) בת שיתין … לקל ט׳ רהטא a woman of sixty years, like one of six, runs at the sound of the tabla (to see the procession). Y.Erub.VIII, 25a bot. אפי׳ ט׳ if even he has there a t. (which he dare not move on the Sabbath); Bab. ib. 86a יש לו טבל.In gen. musical instrument. Arakh.10b, v. גּוּרְגָּנָא.