- עלוקא
- עֲלוּקָא, עַלְקָאf. = next w. Targ. Ps. 12:9 (Ar. עלקא).Targ. Prov. 30:15 (ed. Lag. עֲלוּקָה), (perh. pr. n. of a person).Bekh.44b ותיפוק לי משום עלקא (Ar. ערקא) but may I not assume that the swelling of his belly arose from swallowing a leech?; Yalk. Deut. 848 עֲלוּקָה.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
