עַרְסָא

עֶרֶס, עַרְסָאch. 1) same. Targ. O. Deut. 3:11. Targ. O. Ex. 7:28. Targ. Y. II ib. 21:18; a. fr.תשמיש (ד)ע׳ sexual connection. Targ. Y. II ib. 19:15 (Y. I דעָרִיס). Targ. Y. Num. 5:13 דעריס; a. e.Targ. 2 Sam. 3:31 bier.Snh.20a; Ned.56b ע׳ דגדא, v. גַּדָּא. Ib. ע׳ דצלא a bed with a leather mattress. Lam. R. to I, 1 ע׳ (רבתי) פחיתא a broken bedstead. B. Bath.22a לעַרְסֵיהוכ׳ waiting for the bier of R. A. Y.Kil.IX, 32c bot.; Y.Keth.XII, 35b יהבון עַרְסִיוכ׳ place my bier (coffin) at the sea-shore; a. fr.Pl. עַרְסָן, עַרְסָתָא, עַרְסִין. Targ. Am. 6:4 עַרְסַתְהוֹן ed. Lag. (oth. ed. עַרְסֵיהוֹן). Lam. R. l. c. אתקין … עַרְסָאתָא he prepared for them four beds. Lev. R. s. 5 (transl. מטות שן Am. l. c.) ע׳ דפיל ivory bedsteads. Y.Ber.III, 6a top ע׳ קיסרייתאוכ׳ Cæsarean bedsteads which have holes for the girths; a. e. 2) (cmp. עָרִיס I) arcade along a row of buildings, sidewalk. Gitt.6a מצריך מע׳ לע׳ required identification of signatures on documents brought from one side of the street to the other. Y.Bets. I, 60c bot. מע׳ לע׳ from one side of the street to the other (or from one couch to the other, v. טְעַן II).Pl. עַרְסָתָא. Erub.26a מערב … ע׳ ע׳ Ar. (Ms. M. ערסא ערסא; ed. עַרְסְיָיתָא, fr. עַרְסִיתָא) provided the whole town of M. with ‘Erubs (v. עֵירוּב), one for each row of connected houses. 3) dish of the steel-yard, scales. Sabb.60a, v. עֲדָשָׁה.