חוּשְׁבָּנָא, = h. חֶשְׁבּוֹן, calculation, number, measurement. Targ. Ex. XXX, 12. Targ. Koh. IX, 10 (Ms. חֶשְׁבּוֹנָא); a. e.—Yoma 17ᵇ ח׳ בעלמא הוא it is merely an account of measurements (without observing a particular order). Ḥull. 95ᵇ השתא ח׳ בעלמא ידע now I see only that he understands astronomical calculations. Y. Ber. II, 5ᵃ top חוּשְׁבָּנֵיה דהדין וכ׳ the numerical value of the letters of the one (צ̇מ̇ח̇) is the same as of those of the other (מ̇נ̇ח̇ם̇). Lev. R. s. 30 מן הכא נחיל ח׳ from now let us commence a new account; Koh. R. to IX, 7; Pesik. Ul’kaḥ. p. 103ᵃ. Sabb. 32ᵃ, v. חוּטְרָא II. Lam. R. to I, 5 ח׳ דאצבע (Ar. חוּשְׁבָּנַיָּא דאצבעי) calculation with fingers (Roman notation?); a. fr.—Pl. חוּשְׁבָּנַיָּא, constr. חוּשְׁבָּנֵי. Targ. Cant. VII, 5.—Lam. R. l. c., v. supra.