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מחבלה , det. מחבלתה n.f. woman in travail, midwife (denom. < TA חבלין birth pangs Jast 420; cf. Sy *לא ילדא :חב * LS 210) 1. woman in travail: sg. מחבלתא דהות ממשכנא למיתה (the woman in travail is called) meh.abbela because she was seized as a pledge (v. Ex 22:25) to death VR 639:2; 2. midwife: sg. בין חייתה למחבלתה between the woman in travail and the midwife BR 643:4 // VR 867:2 // KohR 27c(14)On mng. 2, v. Kut, Studies 334, n. 5 (Heb).
