אבן תקומה

Hebrew

Noun

אֶבֶן תְּקוּמָה • (éven t'kumá) f (plural indefinite אַבְנֵי תְּקוּמָה)

  1. (Mishnaic Hebrew, folklore) Preserving stone (a stone believed to protect a woman against miscarriage)
    • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud. Shabbat, 66b:
      יוצאין באבן תקומה בשבת
      One may go out with a preserving stone on Sabbath.

References

  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903), A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 7
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