See מתיבתא on Wiktionary
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"text": "אָמַר רִבִּי אָבִין כָּל אִילֵּין מְתִיבָתָא דַּהֲוָה רִבִּי זְעִירָא מֵשִּׁיב קוֹמֵי רִבִּי יָסָא. וְרֵישּׁ לָקִישׁ מֵשִׁיב קוֹמֵי רִבִּי יוֹחָנָן וְהוּא מְקַבֵּל מִינַייהוּ פָּתַר לָהּ כְּאִילֵּין פִּתְרָיָיתָא.",
"translation": "Rebbi Abbahu said, all those objections that Rebbi Zeïra raised before Rebbi Yasa, Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish raised before Rebbi Joḥanan. Did he accept them from him? He solved them with those same solutions.",
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"english": "The heavenly debate concerned a case of uncertainty as to which came first, the spot or the hair. The Holy One, Blessed be He, says: The individual is pure, but every other member of the heavenly academy says: He is impure. And they said: Who can arbitrate in this dispute? They agreed that Rabba bar Naḥmani should arbitrate, as Rabba bar Naḥmani once said: I am preeminent in the halakhot of leprosy and I am preeminent in the halakhot of ritual impurity imparted by tents.",
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"text": "סָפֵק – הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אוֹמֵר: טָהוֹר, וְכוּלְּהוּ מְתִיבְתָּא דִרְקִיעָא אָמְרִי: טָמֵא. וְאָמְרִי: מַאן נוֹכַח? נוֹכַח רַבָּה בַּר נַחְמָנִי. דְּאָמַר רַבָּה בַּר נַחְמָנִי: אֲנִי יָחִיד בִּנְגָעִים, אֲנִי יָחִיד בְּאֹהָלוֹת.",
"translation": "The heavenly debate concerned a case of uncertainty as to which came first, the spot or the hair. The Holy One, Blessed be He, says: The individual is pure, but every other member of the heavenly academy says: He is impure. And they said: Who can arbitrate in this dispute? They agreed that Rabba bar Naḥmani should arbitrate, as Rabba bar Naḥmani once said: I am preeminent in the halakhot of leprosy and I am preeminent in the halakhot of ritual impurity imparted by tents.",
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"tr": "məṯīḇtā"
},
"expansion": "מְתִיבְתָּא • (məṯīḇtā) f (plural מְתִיבָתָא)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Aramaic",
"lang_code": "arc",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew terms with quotations",
"Jewish Babylonian Aramaic",
"Jewish Palestinian Aramaic"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
34,
44
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
29,
39
]
],
"english": "Rebbi Abbahu said, all those objections that Rebbi Zeïra raised before Rebbi Yasa, Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish raised before Rebbi Joḥanan. Did he accept them from him? He solved them with those same solutions.",
"ref": "a. 425 C.E., Jerusalem Talmud. Gittin, section 8.3:",
"roman": "āmar ribbī āḇīn kol īllēn məṯīḇāṯā da'hăwā ribbī zəʕīrā mēššīḇ qōmē ribbī yāsā. Wə'rēšš lāqīš mēššīḇ qōmē ribbī yōħānān wə'hū məqabēl mīnayhū pāṯar lāh kə'īllēn piṯrāyāṯā.",
"text": "אָמַר רִבִּי אָבִין כָּל אִילֵּין מְתִיבָתָא דַּהֲוָה רִבִּי זְעִירָא מֵשִּׁיב קוֹמֵי רִבִּי יָסָא. וְרֵישּׁ לָקִישׁ מֵשִׁיב קוֹמֵי רִבִּי יוֹחָנָן וְהוּא מְקַבֵּל מִינַייהוּ פָּתַר לָהּ כְּאִילֵּין פִּתְרָיָיתָא.",
"translation": "Rebbi Abbahu said, all those objections that Rebbi Zeïra raised before Rebbi Yasa, Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish raised before Rebbi Joḥanan. Did he accept them from him? He solved them with those same solutions.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"answer, argument"
],
"links": [
[
"answer",
"answer"
],
[
"argument",
"argument"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Jewish Babylonian Aramaic, Jewish Palestinian Aramaic) answer, argument"
],
"tags": [
"Jewish-Babylonian-Aramaic",
"Jewish-Palestinian-Aramaic"
]
}
],
"word": "מתיבתא"
}
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