- אֹושַׁעְיָא
- אֹושַׁעְיָא(in Y. הֹושַׁעְיָא q. v.) pr. n. m. Oshāya, 1) freq. surnamed רַבָּא (the elder), an Amora of the first generation, redactor of Tosefta. Yeb.18b; a. fr. 2) one mentioned as a wool-washer. Y. B. Kam. end.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
