תָּא I, (b. h.; = תאו, v. אָוָה II; cmp. b. h. תָּאָה) cell, esp. compartment back of the Holy of Holies. Midd. IV, 7; Yoma 52ᵃ.—Midd. IV, 2; a. fr.—B. Bath. 61ᵃ an extension has three names: יציע … תא yatsiʿa, tselʿa, ta.— Pl. תָּאִים, תָּאִין. Midr. Till. to Ps. XVIII, 28 בת׳ היה טמון Joash was kept hidden in the compartments of the Temple.