- בצל
- בָּצֵלm. (b. h.; v. preced.) onion. Nidd.17a; a. fr.Maasr. V, 7 (8) ב׳ של רכפה, expl. in Y. ib. 52a ‘the stalk of which is pressed inward; oth. opin. ‘which has no acerbity, v. אֶרֶס.Pl. בְּצָלִים. Shebi. II, 9 הב׳ הסריסים which produce no seeds. Ib. V, 4 ב׳ הקיצונים summer onions; a. fr.Ukts. II, 8 עלי ב׳ ובני ב׳ the leek-like sprouts, and the central sprouts of onions. Gen. R. s. 82 (ref. to Obad. 6) קליפת ב׳ (not בצליא) like peeling onions (laying bare Esaus shame).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.