- מטרקא
- מַטְרְקָאm. (טְרַק I) goad, whip. Yoma 23a (expl. מַדְרָא) מ׳ קטירא דטייעיוכ׳ Ar. (ed. omit קטירא) a plaited whip of the Arabs the head (sting) of which is taken off. Ib. 77a דילמא מסוסיא ומ׳ Ar. a. Ms. M. 2 (Ms. M. 1 דמ׳; ed. ומרטקא, corr. acc.) Perhaps yaḥef (2 Sam. 15:30) means without horse and whip?
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.