חוֹרָא

חוֹרָאI ch. = h. חוֹר I, hole. Targ. 2 Kings 12:10 (ed. Wil. חוּ׳); a. fr.Arakh.30a, a. e. (prov.) לאו עכברא גנב אלא ח׳ גנב not the mouse is the thief but the hole (which hides the theft, i. e. fine the purchaser of the slave but not the seller). Ib. אי לאו … ח׳ מנא ליה but for the mouse (which steals), whence would the hole have something to hide?Pl. חוֹרָאֵי. Targ. 1 Sam. 14:11.Meg.12a (expl. חור Esth. 1:6) Ms. חוֹרֵי חוֹרֵי F. (ed. חֹרֵי חֹרֵי) webs full of holes, net-work.