- עלת
- עַלַּתf. (עלל) (turning about, ladle. Erub.53b (in enigmatic speech) ע׳ נקפתוכ׳, v. נְקַף I. Ib. (read:) יעדי כתר … ותיקפי ע׳ בכדוכ׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) shall the crown (stopper) of another (jug) be removed, that the ladle may float like a ship ?
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.