- סלמנדרא
- סַלְמַנְדָּרָאc. (σαλαμάνδρα) salamander, a reptile believed to be engendered in fire. Targ. Y. Lev. 11:29 Ar. (ed. עכברא); ib. 30 ed. (h. text תנשמת).Sifra Shmini, ch. VI, Par. 5; Ḥull.127a (classified under צָב).Ḥag.27a ס׳ … הסך מדמהוכ׳ he who oints himself with the blood of the salamander becomes fire-proof; Yalk. Ex. 373; Tanḥ. Vayesheb 3.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
