- אוֹבַנְתָּא
- אֲבַנְתָּא, אוֹבַנְתָּאf. (בין) understanding, speculation. Meg.24b בא׳ דל׳ תלי (Ms. M. באוב׳) it depends on the speculative faculty (not on the physical sight). Ab. Zar.28b באו׳ דל׳ תלי (Ms. M. בליבא תליא, cmp. Tosaf. a. l.) an affection of the eye-sight is connected with (has influence on) the mental faculties; (oth. opin., cmp. אֹבֶן, the fat surrounding the heart).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
