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ḥypˀ n.m. large straight stick
1
protruding part of a loom, perhaps the beam
JBA
BT Šab 96b(37)↗ מטו גבי הדדי בחיפא‏ : they come together at the weaver's beam
2
straight-edge rule
JBAg
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The connection with the verb ḥpp would seem to be the carding of flax. Presumably this object was used in that process as well.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 458aJastrow: 459

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