- מְרִיעַ
- מְרִיעַm. (v. מְרַע) weak, ailing. Targ. Mal. 1:8 דמ׳ (ed. Lag. דמרע) that which is sick; ib. 13.Pl. מְרִיעִין, מְרִיעַיָּא, מְרִיעֵי. Targ. Y. Ex. 18:20. Targ. Ez. 34:4 (ed. Lag. מְרָעַיָּא).R. Hash. 16a מצלינן … אקצירי ואמ׳ we pray now for the sick and the ailing; Ned.49b קצירי קצירי ממש מ׳ רבנן by ḳtsire we mean the really sick, by mriʿé we mean the scholars (in delicate health).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
