- עביא
- עַבְיָא m. (עבי) cover, concealment. Targ. Y. II Ex. 19:9 (Y. I a. O. עֵיבָא; h. text עַב).Y.Taan.II, 65b top (expl. ויעבתוה, Mic. 7:3) עבדוה ע׳ עבדוה קליעהוכ׳ they make it (their speech) a cover, they make it a screen for their guilty acts (cmp. עָבֹות).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
