- חדוא
- חֶדְוָא, חֶדְוָוא, חִדְ׳f. 1) same. Targ. O. Gen. 31:27 חִדְוָא ed. Berl. (Y. חדווא; some ed. חֶדְוָן pl.). Targ. Is. 32:14; a. e. 2) (an exclamation of joy) aha! (h. הֶאָח). Targ. Ps. 35:21 (Var. חֶדְוָה). Ib. 25 Ms. (ed. חדיאתוכ׳, v. חֲדֵי).Pl. חֶדְוָן, v. supra; חֶדְוָתָא, v. חֶדְוְתָא. 3) enigma, allegory; Pl. חֶדְוָן, v. חוּדִיתָא.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
