- ערקא
- עַרְקָאm. (עֲרַק) 1) strap, band. Tanḥ. Bresh. 7 הדין ע׳וכ׳, v. מְשַׁךְ II.Pl. עַרְקִין. Targ. Ez. 27:19 (some ed. עדקין, corr. acc.). 2) sedge, rush. Targ. Job 8:11 (h. text אָחוּ). Ib. 40:21 (h. text בִּצָּה). 3) leech, v. עֲלוּקָא.עַרְקָא f., v. עִרְקְתָא.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
