אִילפָא

אִילפָאI, אִלְפָא, f. (אלף, ילף; Assyr. êlippu) ship, raft. Targ. Jon. 1:3; a. e.Lev. R. s. 12, beg. כהדא א׳ like the ship tossed about on high sea. Koh. R. to III, 2 (prov.) at the time thou tiest thy Lulab (for the Feast of Booths) קטר אלפך tie thy ship (cease navigation). Ab. Zar.10b ווי לה לאי׳וכ׳ woe to the ship which leades without having paid its toll (of a convert who died before circumcision).Trnsf. the body of a chicken (chest-bone resembling a ship). Lam. R. to I, 1 נסבית הדין אי׳וכ׳ (רבתי) I took for myself this ship (of the chicken), for in a ship I came Pl. אִילְפַיָּא. Targ. Ps. 104:26; a. e.