עֵיבָא, (preced.) = h. עָב, thickness, darkness, cloud. Targ. Ex. XIX, 9 (Y. some ed. עִיכָּא). Targ. Job XXX, 15 (ed. Lag. a. oth. עבא). Targ. Is. XLIV, 22; a. fr.—Ber. 59ᵃ דאתא בע׳ Ms. M. (ed. דקטר, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) when it (the morning) comes with a heavy cloud, opp. עננא. Taan. 3ᵇ ע׳ דבתר מיטרא כמיטרא a covered sky after the rain is as beneficial as the rain itself. Ib. 20ᵇ כל יומא דע׳ on every cloudy day (when heavy rains were threatening). Yoma 28ᵇ יומא דע׳ כוליה שמשא on a cloudy day the sun is felt all over; a. fr.