עליונה

אִלִּיתָא, עִלִּיתָאf. (pronunc. and meaning doubtful) Illitha, something supposed to render fire-proof or extinguish the fire. Snh.108b יש לנו דבר אחד וא׳ שמה Ar. (ed. וע׳) we have something, its name is III. (perhaps to be read דבר אחר a (female) idol); Yalk. Job 906 עיל׳, Ms. עליונה). B. Bath.73a ומחינן ליה באלי׳ Ar. Var. s. v. אלתא, ed. אַלּוּתָא, Rashi אַלְיָותָא, Ms. Oxf. ואית לן, אלוותא pl. of אַלָּתָא. The use of the masc. gend. in connection with the word, makes the passage appear spurious.

אִלִּיתָא, עִלִּיתָאf. (pronunc. and meaning doubtful) Illitha, something supposed to render fire-proof or extinguish the fire. Snh.108b יש לנו דבר אחד וא׳ שמה Ar. (ed. וע׳) we have something, its name is III. (perhaps to be read דבר אחר a (female) idol); Yalk. Job 906 עיל׳, Ms. עליונה). B. Bath.73a ומחינן ליה באלי׳ Ar. Var. s. v. אלתא, ed. אַלּוּתָא, Rashi אַלְיָותָא, Ms. Oxf. ואית לן, אלוותא pl. of אַלָּתָא. The use of the masc. gend. in connection with the word, makes the passage appear spurious.

אִלִּיתָא, עִלִּיתָאf. (pronunc. and meaning doubtful) Illitha, something supposed to render fire-proof or extinguish the fire. Snh.108b יש לנו דבר אחד וא׳ שמה Ar. (ed. וע׳) we have something, its name is III. (perhaps to be read דבר אחר a (female) idol); Yalk. Job 906 עיל׳, Ms. עליונה). B. Bath.73a ומחינן ליה באלי׳ Ar. Var. s. v. אלתא, ed. אַלּוּתָא, Rashi אַלְיָותָא, Ms. Oxf. ואית לן, אלוותא pl. of אַלָּתָא. The use of the masc. gend. in connection with the word, makes the passage appear spurious.

אִלִּיתָא, עִלִּיתָאf. (pronunc. and meaning doubtful) Illitha, something supposed to render fire-proof or extinguish the fire. Snh.108b יש לנו דבר אחד וא׳ שמה Ar. (ed. וע׳) we have something, its name is III. (perhaps to be read דבר אחר a (female) idol); Yalk. Job 906 עיל׳, Ms. עליונה). B. Bath.73a ומחינן ליה באלי׳ Ar. Var. s. v. אלתא, ed. אַלּוּתָא, Rashi אַלְיָותָא, Ms. Oxf. ואית לן, אלוותא pl. of אַלָּתָא. The use of the masc. gend. in connection with the word, makes the passage appear spurious.

הֶבֶלm., constr. הֲבֵל or הֲבַל (b. h.) 1) breath, vapor, air, heat. Sabb.88b בה׳ שבפיהם with the (fiery) breath of their mouths. Ib. 119b ה׳ תינוקותוכ׳ the breath of school children. Ib. ה׳ שאין בו חטא a sinless breath (of children). Y.Ab. Zar. III, 42d bot. ה׳ המרחץוכ׳ the vapor of the bath room is injurious to the teeth. Yeb.80b אין בשרו מעלהה׳ his body (after bathing) does not steam. Pesik. Baḥod. p. 154a>; Lev. R. s. 29 (ref. to Ps. 62:10) עד שהן עשוייןה׳ בתוךוכ׳ while they are yet a gas (in the first embryonic stage) …, they are predestined for marital union. Y.Ter.X, 47a bot. הה׳ כובש the heat (of the fresh bread placed on top of an open wine casket) keeps the evaporations of the wine down. B. Kam. 50b להַבְלוֹ for injuries suffered through the bad air of the pit (into which the animal fell), opp. to לחבטו injuries arising from knocking against the ground. Koh. R. to I, 2 ה׳ של תנור the hot air of the stove; ה׳ של עליונה the vapor of the topmost pot; Yalk. ib. 966 ה׳ שביעית; a. e. 2) (b. h.) vanity. B. Bath.16b תנחומין שלה׳ vain consolations. Koh. R. l. c.; Yalk. l. c. (ref. to Ps. 144:4) לאיזוה׳ to what kind of hebel (breath) man is like; a. fr.Pl. הֲבָלִים. Ib. שבעהה׳וכ׳ the seven times that Solomon used the word hebel. Pesik. Baḥod. l. c.; Lev. R. l. c. כלה׳ וכזביםוכ׳ all the vain things and falsehoods which the Israelites commit.

הֶבֶלm., constr. הֲבֵל or הֲבַל (b. h.) 1) breath, vapor, air, heat. Sabb.88b בה׳ שבפיהם with the (fiery) breath of their mouths. Ib. 119b ה׳ תינוקותוכ׳ the breath of school children. Ib. ה׳ שאין בו חטא a sinless breath (of children). Y.Ab. Zar. III, 42d bot. ה׳ המרחץוכ׳ the vapor of the bath room is injurious to the teeth. Yeb.80b אין בשרו מעלהה׳ his body (after bathing) does not steam. Pesik. Baḥod. p. 154a>; Lev. R. s. 29 (ref. to Ps. 62:10) עד שהן עשוייןה׳ בתוךוכ׳ while they are yet a gas (in the first embryonic stage) …, they are predestined for marital union. Y.Ter.X, 47a bot. הה׳ כובש the heat (of the fresh bread placed on top of an open wine casket) keeps the evaporations of the wine down. B. Kam. 50b להַבְלוֹ for injuries suffered through the bad air of the pit (into which the animal fell), opp. to לחבטו injuries arising from knocking against the ground. Koh. R. to I, 2 ה׳ של תנור the hot air of the stove; ה׳ של עליונה the vapor of the topmost pot; Yalk. ib. 966 ה׳ שביעית; a. e. 2) (b. h.) vanity. B. Bath.16b תנחומין שלה׳ vain consolations. Koh. R. l. c.; Yalk. l. c. (ref. to Ps. 144:4) לאיזוה׳ to what kind of hebel (breath) man is like; a. fr.Pl. הֲבָלִים. Ib. שבעהה׳וכ׳ the seven times that Solomon used the word hebel. Pesik. Baḥod. l. c.; Lev. R. l. c. כלה׳ וכזביםוכ׳ all the vain things and falsehoods which the Israelites commit.