- עצא
- עֲצֵי, עֲצָא, עֲצָה 1) to press, squeeze; to oppress, esp. (= h. עָשַׁק) to withhold what is due to a neighbor. Targ. Y. Lev. 5:23. Targ. Y. II ib. 21 עֲצָה some ed. (not עֵ׳). Targ. Y. II Deut. 24:14; a. e.Part. pass. עָצֵי, pl. עַצְיָין. Targ. Y. ib. 28:29. 2) to be hard, dry; sapless. Part. pl. עֶצְיָין. Targ. Y. II Num. 13:20 (21).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
