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חַיָּה   n.f.  midwife


  midwife  JLAtg, Syr, LJLA.  TgO Gen35:17 : וַהֲוָה בְקַשָיוּתַה בְמֵילְדַה וַאֲמַרַת לַה חָיְתָא  when she had trouble giving birth, the midwife said to her.  PJ Gen38:28 : ופשט וולדא ית ידיה ונסבת חייתא וקטרת על ידיה חוט זהורי  the newborn stuck out his hand and the midwife took it and tied a scarlet thread on it.


  
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 198b; DJBA: 455a; Jastrow: 455; Levy Ch-W: 1:252;

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