אריחַ

אָרִיחַm. (ארח) 1) bond-timber, also small bricks, which are placed at intervals between the rows of bricks (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Paries II); lath (of half the width of a brick). Erub.I, 3; B. Bath.3b; a. e.Pl. אָרִיהִין. Y.Erub.I, 19a top ארחין (corr. acc.). 2) ariaḥ, a term used in rules for writing certain passages of Holy Scriptures metrically arranged, the short space filled out with writing, opp. לבנה (brick, the larger space); v. R. Niss. to Meg.16b; (Rashi: א׳ the writing, לבנה the blank). Y.Meg.III, 74b bot; Bab. ib. l. c.; Treat. Sofrim XII, 10 א׳ע״ג ל׳וכ׳ small brick (lath) above brick, and brick above small brick (lath); e. g. (Ex. ch. 15)