- עונה III
- עֹונָהIII f. (denom. of עַיִן) 1) sight or affliction of the eye. Men.64b, v. next w. 2) shade of color, pattern (in weaving, v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Tela).Pl. עוֹנוֹת. Lev. R. s. 17 (read:) אלו לציבים ולע׳ (v. Ar. s. v. אספדיטין, where our w. reads: ולעֵינֹות) these (the coarse threads) are used for tassels and for producing (raised) patterns; Yalk. Ps. 808 לצביתים ולעֵנֹות.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.