- אֲרוּכָה
- אֲרוּכָהI f. 1) fem. of אָרוּךְ. 2) (noun) long board, longside of bedstead, bedside. Succ.15b א׳ ושתי כרעים the long bedside with its two knees (supporters); 16a.Pl. אֲרוּכֹות. Ib. I, 8 (Var. ארובות, v. Rabb. D. S. ib. ad 15a>, note 1); Sabb.43a; ib. XXIII, 5 (151b) א׳ המטה (some ed. ארובות, corr. acc.).Kel. XV, 2 א׳ של נחתומים Ar. Var. the long ranging boards used by the bakers: Maim.; the prevailing versions are אֲרוּבֹּות or אֲרֵיבֹות; Tosef.B. Mets.V, 4 ארובות, (Var. ארונות) basins or moulds in which loaves or cakes are shaped.Var. Ar. עֲרִיכֹות.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.