- אכילה
- אֲכִילָהf. (b. h.; אכל) eating, food, meal, dish. Y.Sabb.I, 4a top, a. e. אֲכִילַת בן דרוסא (דרוסאי, דור׳) the food Ben Drosa used to eat, i. e. third done. Yoma 80b א׳ גסה excessive meal. Ib. 81a, a. fr. א׳ בכזית wherever אכל (to eat) is mentioned in the Bible text, the size of an olive is meant. Y.Sot.III, 19b top אכילת מזבח the consumption (of sacrifices) on the altar. Zeb.31b; a. fr. א׳ פרס, v. פְּרָס. Kil. II, 10, v. אָכְלָה II.Pl. אֲכִילֹות. Pes.78a. Gen. R. s. 86, beg. (play on אוכיל Hos. 11:4) א׳ הרבה (some ed. אבילותאוביל corr. acc.) purveyances.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.