- ביסתרקא
- בִּיסְתַּרְקָא, בִּסְ׳,c. (= בֵּי אִסְתַּרְקָא, Ithpe. noun of סרק) receptacle of hackled or hatcheled wool, whence mattress, cushion. B. Kam. 117a חד ב׳ Ms. R. (ed. חדא fem.).Pl. בִּיסְתַּרְקֵי, בִּסְ׳. Targ. Y. Deut. 34:6 בב׳ מילת (not כב׳) with fine woolen mattresses.B. Kam. l. c. Bekh.8b. Taan.21b bot. מאיך להו ב׳ Ar. (ed. מך) laid down before them mattresses (to sleep on). Yeb.63a. Snh.95a. B. Bath.58a (= חביתא דאודדא in an enigma).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.