The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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)lp noun pl. emphatic

ˀlp, ˀlpˀ (ˀelle(?)p̄, ˀellǝp̄ā) n.f./m. ship

With doubled /l/ and spirantized /p/ in the Syriac and JBA Yemenite traditions, though not explicitly so in JLAtg.
TgProv regular var. is ילפא as a sophomoric hypercorrection by a scribe who knew that initial yodh words in Jewish Aramaic often corresponded to aleph yodh in syriacizing texts; compare similar forms such as the var. ירסא for ארסא "venom" at TargPs 58:5 (for which see Levy Ch-W 1:345).

1 ship Com.
2 fig. . --(a) (zool.) portion of a bird Gal. --(b) in astron. imagery . (b.1) the Pleides Syr. (b.2) the crescent moon (?) [possibly rather the great ship = the Sun in Manichaean lore] Syr.