- אמתא
- אַמְּתָאf. ch. = h. אַמָּה. 1) cubit. Targ. Ex. 25:10; a. fr.Y.Sot.VIII, 22c bot. א׳ אישתא a cubit has six hand-breadths; a. fr. 2) membrum virile. M. Kat. 17a טרקיה אאַמְּתֵיה stung him on his membrum. 3) trnsf. enclosure; protection (cmp. חֹומָה). א׳ דריחיא enclosure of the millstones, mill. Ber.18b.Pl. אַמִּין (fr. אַמָּא). Targ. Ezek. 40:5; a. fr. אַמָּהָתָא. Ḥull.59b תשע א׳ nine cubits.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
