זִיבֹּורָא, (זבר; cmp. h. דְּבוֹרָה) bee, wasp. Targ. Y. Lev. XI, 20.—Gitt. 70ᵃ האי מאן דבלע זי׳ וכ׳ he who swallowed a wasp cannot live.—Midr. Till. to Ps. I, end אמרין לז׳ וכ׳ (not אומרין) people say to the wasp, we want neither thy sting nor thy honey. Ab. Zar. 28ᵇ bot. וקרירי לז׳ and cold water is good for the sting of a wasp. Ḥag. 5ᵃ evils opposing each other כגון ז׳ ועקרבא as a bite of a wasp (requiring cold water) and one by a scorpion (requiring hot water); a. e.—Pl. זִיבּוֹרֵי. Targ. Y. Lev. l. c.; a. e.—Snh. 109ᵇ; a. e.—Fem. זִיבֹּורְתָּא. Ab. Zar. 17ᵇ Ms. M. (ed. זִיבֹּורִיתָא). Meg. 14ᵇ חדא שמה ז׳ one was named wasp (Deborah).—Pl. זִיבֹּורְיָיתָא. Targ. Ps. CXVIII, 12 (ed. Wil. זִבּ׳).