- אלה
- אַלָּהf. (b. h. Josh. 24:26; v. אַלָּתָא) (pointed, prominent) 1) lance, fork. Kel. XVI, 8 חפוי הא׳, v. חִפּוּי. Pes.57a אוי לי מֵאַלָּתָן woe to me (I am afraid) of their fork (weapon). Sabb.VI, 3 (63a) ed. (Ms. אלא); Y. ibid. 8b (expl. דייקרן). 2) sign-pole, used in the barn as a mark. Ib; Y.Maasr.I, 49a bot.; Tosef.Ter.III, 11 משתיעקר הא׳ (ed. Zuck. משיתעשר, corr. acc.) as soon as the sign-pole (fork) is removed (indicating that the grain is ready for use and priestly gifts).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.