עַרְעִיתָא II, = h. צִרְעָה, wasp, hornet. Targ. O. Ex. XXIII, 28 עָרָ׳ ed. Berl. (oth. ed. עֲרָ׳, עַרְ׳). Targ. Josh. XXIV, 12; a. e.—Sabb. 80ᵇ ונפקא ע׳ מן וכ׳ a wasp came out of the wall and stung him &c., v. אַנְדִּיפֵי.—V. אוּרְעִיתָא.