- רִי׳
- רִקְמָא, רִי׳m. (preced.) checker, spot.Pl. רִקְמֵי, רִי׳. Sabb.107b (ref. to Jer. 13:23) מאי … דקאיר׳ ר׳וכ׳ what does ḥăbharbarothav mean? shall I say, it means checkered? Then it ought not to read ḥăb., but gavvanav (its colors).V. רִקְמְתָא.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.