זְיבֹּורָא

זְיבֹּורָאm. (זבר; cmp. h. דְּבֹורָה) bee, wasp. Targ. Y. Lev. 11:20.Gitt.70a האי מאן דבלע זי׳וכ׳ he who swallowed a wasp cannot live.Midr. Till. to Ps. 1, end אמרין לז׳וכ׳ (not אומרין) people say to the wasp, we want neither thy sting nor thy honey. Ab. Zar.28b bot. וקרירי לז׳ and cold water is good for the sting of a wasp. Ḥag.5a evils opposing each other כגון ז׳ ועקרבא as a bite of a wasp (requiring cold water) and one by a scorpion (requiring hot water); a. e.Pl. זִיבּוֹרֵי. Targ. Y. Lev. l. c.; a. e.Snh.109b; a. e.Fem. זִיבֹּורְתָּא. Ab. Zar.17b Ms. M. (ed. זִיבֹּורִיתָא). Meg.14b חדא שמה ז׳ one was named wasp (Deborah).Pl. זִיבֹּורְיָיתָא. Targ. Ps. 118:12 (ed. Wil. זִבּ׳).