עִקְבָא, = h. עָקֵב, heel; curve. Targ. Y. Gen. XLIX, 17; a. fr.—Cant. R. to V, 16 כד אתא מיתלי ע׳ מן ארעא when he (Abraham) began to lift his heel from the ground (from the time he attempted to walk).—Pl. עִקְּבִין, עִקְּבֵי, עִי׳. Targ. Y. I Gen. III, 15. Targ. Is. X, 32.—Ḥull. 52ᵃ ע׳ דגפי the curved ends of the wings (where they are attached to the body).
עִקְבָא, (v. preced.) end, future. Targ. Y. I Gen. l. c.; Targ. Y. II ib. עֵקֶב (constr.).