*עַבְיָא, (עבי) cover, concealment. Targ. Y. II, Ex. XIX, 9 (Y. I a. O. עֵיבָא; h. text עַב).—Y. Taan. II, 65ᵇ top (expl. ויעבתוה, Mic. VII, 3) עבדוה ע׳ עבדוה קליעה וכ׳ they make it (their speech) a cover, they make it a screen for their guilty acts (cmp. עָבוֹת).