- נְחִירָא
- נְחִירָאch. sam(נחיר outlets), nostril. Targ. Job 39:20; a. e.Gitt.69a לדמא דאתי מנ׳ for bleeding from the nose. Snh.67b נפיץ ושרי … מנְחִירֵיה blew his nose and threw bands of silk out of his nose (Rashi: מנְחִירָיו, v. preced.); a. fr.Pl. נְחִירִין, נְחִירֵי. Targ. Ps. 115:6; a. e.Y.Yeb.XVI, beg.15c יהבין … על נְחִירֵיהוֹן put plasters on their noses (to disguise themselves); Y.Sot.IX, 23c bot.; v. סִיפְלָנִי.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
