- מערתא
- מְעַרְתָּא, מְעַרְתָּהf. ch. = h. מְעָרָה. Targ. Gen. 19:30; a. fr.Sabb.33b, a. fr.Esp. burial cave. B. Bath.58a מ׳ דאברהם the cave where Abraham was buried; a. fr.Pl. מְעָרָתָא. Targ. 1 Sam. 13:6.B. Bath. l. c. הוה מציין מ׳ undertook to mark the burial caves.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
