אַרְדִּיכָל, ; ch. form אַרְדִּיכְלָא (אדר׳) m. (prob. from a place or country, cmp. אַרְגּוּבְלָא) artist, artisan (v. P. Sm. 370 s. v., a. derivat.) esp. architect, key-stone-setter. B. Mets. 118ᵇ בנאי … לא׳ (ed. אדרי׳) when the builder has handed the key-stone over to the architect (to set it). Y. ib. X, end, 12ᶜ ארדכל. Gen. R. s. 8 אר׳; ib. s. 27 אד׳.—Pl. ארְדִּיכְלִין. Targ. II Sam. V, 11 (h. text חרשי אבן קיר); a. e.—Erub. 26ᵃ אַרְדַּ׳ Ar. (Ms. M. דאַרְדַּכְלֵי; ed. אדר׳).—אַרְדִּיכְלַיָּא Targ. Ps. CXVIII, 22; a. e.