- אֹבֶן
- אֹבֶןm., only in Du. אָבְנַיִם (b. h., √בן, v. בֵּין, cmp. אֹפֶן) 1) the potters turning implement. 2) the passage of the embryo, vagina. Ex. R. s. 1 (etym.) מקום שהולד נפנה בו (some ed. נקנה incorr.) where the child turns (to come to light). (Oth. etym. v. ibid. a. Sot.11b.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
