מִסְחֲתָא, מְסַחְתָּא f. (נְסַח) 1) = מְסָחָא balance, pair of scales. Targ. Ps. LXII, 10.—Pl. מִסְחָאתָא. Targ. Job VI, 2 ed. Lag. (ed. Wil. מְסַחְתָּא). Ib. XXXI, 6 מסאחתא Ms. (corr. acc.; ed. מְשַׁחְתָּא). Targ. Y. Deut. XXV, 15 (not מִסְחַאֲ׳). —2) weighing counter, esp. butcher’s stall. Ḥull. 132ᵇ קבע מ׳ he put up a permanent stall for selling meat. Shebu. 42ᵃ איתיבת אמ׳ וכ׳ you sat by the stall and took your (advanced) money as the meat was being sold. B. Kam. 23ᵇ תיב אמ׳ וכ׳ (sell your animal to the butcher, and) sit by the stall and get your money (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note); a. e.