- נִי׳
- נֵבֶל, נִבְלָא, נִי׳I ch. sam( נֶבֶל, נֵבֶל m. (b. h.; cmp. b. h. נבב, a. אַבּוּב) leather bottle), 1) lyre, nebel. Targ. Is. 5:12. Targ. O. Gen. 4:21; a. e.Pl. נִבְלִין, נִבְלַיָּא, נִי׳. Targ. 1 Sam. 10:5. Targ. Is. 22:24; a. e. 2) (from its shape, cmp. Sm. Dict. Ant. s. v. Tela, Amer. ed. 1858, p. 955, explaining pecten and jugum) the upright loom. Y.Kil.IX, 32a top דלא מזקמה נ׳ דעמרוכ׳ not to put up a loom for wool in front of a loom for linen, on account of the fringes (which may become mixed).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.