Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Batra 181:17

ואמר רב חנן בר רבא אמר רב אותו היום שנפטר אברהם אבינו מן העולם עמדו כל גדולי אומות העולם בשורה ואמרו אוי לו לעולם שאבד

R. Hanan b. Raba further stated in the name of Rab: [The name of] the mother of Abraham [was] Amathlai the daughter of Karnebo;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From Kar, [H] 'lamb', [H] ('Mount of) Nebo'. ');">³¹</span> [the name of] the mother of Haman was Amathlai, the daughter of 'Orabti;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From Oreb [H] 'raven'. ');">³²</span> and your mnemonic [may be], 'unclean [to] unclean, clean [to] clean'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Haman's grandmother was named after an unclean animal (raven, cf. Lev. XI, 15. Deut. XIV, 14); but Abraham's grandmother bore the name of a clean animal. (V. n. 12, supra.) ');">³³</span> The mother of David was named Nizbeth the daughter of Adael. The mother of Samson [was named] Zlelponith, and his sister, Nashyan. In what [respect] do [these names] matter?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit. 'is the outcome'. ');">³⁴</span> — In respect of a reply to the heretics.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Minim (sing. [H]), applied especially to Jew-Christians. Should the minim ask why the names of the mothers of these important figures are not given in the Bible narrative, they can be answered that these had been handed down by oral tradition. [V. Herford, Christianity, p. 326.] ');">³⁵</span> R. Hanan b. Raba further stated in the name of Rab: Abraham our father was imprisoned for ten years. 'Three in Kutha,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. II Kings, XVII, 24. ');">³⁶</span> and seven in Kardu. But R. Dimi of Nehardea taught [in the reverse [order]. R. Hisda said: The small side of Kutha<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [There were two Kuthas situated on a Euphrates' Canal — The great and the little Kutha. V. Obermeyer op. cit. 279.] ');">³⁷</span> is Ur of the Chaldees.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Abraham's birthplace. Gen. Xl, 31. ');">³⁸</span> R. Hanan b. Raba further said in the name of Rab: On the day when Abraham our father passed away from the world all the great ones of the nations of the world, stood in a line<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It was the custom for those who came to offer comfort to mourners to stand in a line. ');">³⁹</span> and said: Woe to the world that has lost

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