- עבית
- עָבִיתf., pl. עֲבִיּוֹת (עָבַת; cmp. עֲבוֹת) engines for hurling missiles by means of twisted fibres, ropes (Lat. tormenta). Lam. R. to IV, 19, v. דָּלַק.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.