- מבוי
- מָבוֹיm. (b. h. מָבוֹא; בּוֹא) entrance, gate, esp. entrance to a group of buildings, alley, lane. Erub.I, 1 מ׳ שהוא גבוהוכ׳ an entrance the joist over which lies higher than Ib. 8b מ׳ העשוי כנדל an alley formed like a polyp (with side entrances beside the main gateway). Tosef. ib. I, 2 מ׳ שיש לו צורת פתח an alley which has the shape of a gate (archway); a. fr.Pl. מְבוֹאוֹת (fem.). B. Bath.21b בני מ׳ inmates of the same alley. Y.Ber.II, 4b top מ׳ המטונפות filthy alleys; a. fr.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.