- אַכְסַנְדַרְיָה
- אַכְסַנְדַּרְיָא, אַכְסַנְדַרְיָהf. (v. אלכסנדרית) an Alexandrian merchantman (Alexandria navis); trnsf. a high mast (satyrically for cross, gallows). Targ. II, Esth. 7:10 the son of Hamdatha wants to ascend לא׳ דבר פנדירא (Ms. לאַלַכְסַ׳) the mast of the son of Pandira (is to be hanged). Neg. XII, 1 באכסנדריא (marginal vers. in Mishn. edit., text אסקריא, Var. אסדא, אכסדיא, אסכדיא q. v.) in the rigging.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
