יַרְקָא, same, herb. Targ. Deut. XI, 10. Targ. I Kings XXI, 2; a. e.—Men. 85ᵃ (prov.) לבית י׳ י׳ שקול Ms. M. (Ms. L. למַת, ed. למתא) to Herbtown carry herbs.—Pl. יַרְקִין, יַרְקַיָּא, יַרְקֵי. Targ. Y. Ex. XV, 19 (ed. Amst. יִרְקֵי). Targ. Y. Deut. XXVIII, 23.—R. Hash. 20ᵃ משום י׳ on account of the herbs (which would spoil by lying over two days, if the Day of Atonement would immediately precede or follow the Sabbath).
יַרְקָא, (adj.) green. Targ. Job XXVIII, 19 מרגלא י׳ (h. text פטדה, v. יַרְקָן).—Pl. יַרְקִין, fem.יַרְקַן. Targ. Esth. I, 6.—Targ. O. Lev. XIV, 37 (Y. יוּרְקַן), v. יָרוֹקָא.