- עֲכִינָא
- עַכְנָא, עֲכִינָאc. ch. (also in H. dict.) same. Targ. Y. Ex. 26:28 (ed. pr. עכי׳).B. Mets.84b אשכחוה לע׳ דהדירא לה למערתא they found a snake encircling the cave; ע׳ ע׳ פתחי פיךוכ׳ snake, snake, open thy mouth (drop the tail out of thy mouth), and let the son enter ; ib. 85a פתחי דלת Ms. M. (ed. פיך); B. Kam. 117b ע׳ ע׳ פתח דלת Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note; ed. פתח פומיך). Deut. R. s. 6 עכי׳ m., עכנא f. (contrad. to דרקון). Ber.19a; B. Mets.59b, v. next w.Pl. עֲכִינִין, עַכְנִין, v. preced.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
