- אוכמא
- אוּכָּם, אוּכָּמָאm. אוּכָּמָא, אוּכַּמְתָּא f. (אכם) black, dark-complected, freckled, ungainly. Targ. Lev. 13:31; a. fr.Pes.88a.M. Kat. 9b הוה ליה ברתא א׳ Ms. M. (ed. our w. omitted) had an ungainly (freckled) daughter; Sabb.80b. Git. 67b תרנגולתא אוּכַּמְתִּי a black (checkered?) hen. Ib. 68a אוכמא בחיורא a black spot on a white skin. Pl. masc. אוּכָּמִין, אוּכָּמֵי, אוּכָּמַיָּא, אוּכְֹמַיָּא. Targ. Jer. 8:21; a. e.Ḥull.46b א׳ א׳ covered with black spots.Fem. אֻכָּמָתָא Sabb.129a. Ib. 20b אוכמוותא Ar. (ed. אוכמתא) the black (greenish) moss on ships or puddles.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
