- דְּרַע
- דְּרַעIII, (דְּרֹועָא) דְּרָעָא c. ch. = h. זְרֹועַ, arm, (of animals) shoulder. Targ. Ex. 6:6. Targ. O. Num. 6:19 (Y. אֶדְרֹועָא); a. fr.Gitt.31b; Ber.5b לדְרָעֵיה, v. גְּלֵי. Keth.65a (read:) איגלי דְּרָעָהּ her arm was uncovered; a. fr.(Gen. R. s. 80 שגלה בה דרועה, a corrupt., prob. to be read: שגלתה את זרועה.Yoma 33b עבורי ד׳וכ׳ it is forbidden to forego the arm in favor of the forehead, i. e. to reverse the order of putting on Tfillin (Deut. 6:8; oth. interpret. v. Tosaf. a. l.). Ib. מד׳ (Ms. M. מאִידְרְעָא).Pl. דְּרָעַיָּא, דְּרֹועַ׳. Targ. Ps. 37:17 דְּרֹועֵי.Targ. O. Gen. 49:24.דְּרָעָתָא. Targ. Job 22:9 ודְרָעַת Ms. (ed. אדרעת).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.