- עלעול
- עַלְעוֹל, עַלְעוֹלָאch. sam(עלעול, עי׳ whirlwind, hurricane). Targ. Is 29:6 (h. text רעם). Targ. Job 4:15 (h. text שערת!); a. fr.Trnsf. misfortune, trouble. Targ. Y. I Num. 21:14 ע׳ דסגירותא the misfortune of leprosy (h. text סופה; v. Ber.54a bot.). Targ. Job 38:1 ע׳ דצערא; ib. 40:6 עַלְעוֹלִיתָא (ed. Lag. עַלְעוֹלְתָּא).Pl. עַלְעוֹלִין. Targ. Jer 4:13. Targ. Ez. 13:11;, a. e.Y.Ber.II, 5a אתון רוהין וע׳וכ׳ (ed. Krot. עַלְעוֹלֵי) winds and storms (demons) came and tore him away from me; Lam. R. to I, 16.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
