- מוקרא II
- מוֹקְרָאII m. (נְקַר I, cmp. קוֹר I) (pickings, marrow, brain (v. מוֹחָא). Targ. Job 21:24. Targ. Y. Deut. 28:28 דמטפשא מ׳ (not מוקדא) which makes the brain fat (dulls mans reason, v. טְפַש).Ḥull.93a דביעי ודמ׳ the membrane covering the testicles and that covering the brain.Yalk. Gen. 3, end; Gen. R. s. 64, end מוקריה some ed., v. מַקּוֹרָא.V. מוֹקְדָא II.
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