- מַכְתָּשָׁא
- מַכְתַּש, מַכְתָּשָׁאm. (כְּתַש) 1) wound, plague, affliction. Targ. Ex. 11:1. Targ. Lev. 13:29; a. fr.Targ. Y. Gen. 12:19 fem.Pl. מַכְתָּשִׁין, מַכְתְּ׳. Targ. Gen. 12:17. Targ. Ps. 89:33. 2) (pounding.Pl. מַכְתָּשֵׁי, מַכְתְּ׳. Targ. Prov. 27:22, combining massoretic vers. with one from which LXX. a. Pesh. are translated, v. אוּרְדָּךְ.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
