- לֶסֶת
- לֶסֶתf. (contr. of לעסת, v. לָעַס) cheek, jaw. Nidd.23b; Y. ib. III, 50c bot.Pl. לְסָתוֹת. Nidd. l. c. Y.Yeb.XVI, beg.15c. Sabb.151b; Lev. R. s. 18, beg.; Koh. R. XII, 2 (expl. הכוכבים ib.) אלו (ראשי) הל׳ that means the flesh-covered cheek-bones.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
