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דְּבֵלָה דִּבְלְתָא   n.f.  cake of figs


  cake of figs  OfAEg-informal, Jud, Gal, Syr, LJLA.  TgJ Hos1:2tos : דבלים דתבעי לה אינשי כמה דתבעי האי דבילתא  (she was called the daughter of) "Figgy" because people want her like they want that fig-cake.  PJ Num33:46 : פתגמי אורייתא דבסימין כדבלתא  the words of Torah that are as sweet as fig cake.


  
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 138a; Jastrow: 277; Levy Ch-W: 1:159; DNWSI: 238; DJA: 40a;

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