ברקא II

בַּרְקָאII m. (ברק) 1) (adj.) shining, white. Snh.98a סוסיא ב׳ a white horse, v. בָּארַג.Pl. בַּרְקֵי. Y.B. Bath.VIII, 16b top; Y.Kidd.I, 60c bot. he let him ride אתרי ריכשי ב׳ on two white steeds (i. e. the donator gave him a doubly fortified document; another opin.: he made him ride on two …, which run in different direction, i. e. the document is invalid; v. explan. ibid., cmp. B. Bath. 152a, Keth.55a. Gitt.69a שודרא ב׳ a string of white hair. Sabb.67a; Ab. Zar.28b נירא ב׳ a white thread (of hair). 2) (as a noun) something white, white thread. Ib. וליתוב ב׳וכ׳ and let him put a white thread around one end. Ib. פתילי ב׳ Ms. M. (ed. פתילתא ביקרא, corr. acc.) strings of white stuff.