A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature/יהבית - יהושפט
וכ׳ take off thy bundle and put it on my camel; Gen. R. s. 79, end עלי י׳ הדין תלי help me to put my load on; משוי י׳ מיניה שמעון from tthis they learned that y'haba means load.
יהבית, יהבת f. constr. (preced. wds.) giving; share. dispensation. Targ. Koh. V, 10 אגרהא יהבית==h. שכר מתן. Targ. Ps. XI, 6 (h. text מנת).
יהדות f. (v. יהודי) Jewish religion, monotheism. Esth. R. to III, 7 ביהדותן והחזיקו (not ביהודתן) and clung to their creed.
יהוא (b. h.) pr. n. m. Jehu, King of Israel. Meg. 14a. Hor. 11b וכ׳ נמשח לא . . י׳ אף Jehu, too, would not have been anointed, but for the opposition to Joram; a. e.
יהוד pr. n. Judaea. Dan. II, 25; a. e. - Lam. R. to I, 2 מדינתא י׳ tha province of J.
יהודא= יהוד.
יהודאה, יהודאי, יהודיי m. ch. =h. יהודי. Targ. Esth. V, 13; a. e. -- Y. Shebi. IV, 35b top, v. ארמאי. -- Pl. יהודאין, יהודאי, יהודיי. Targ. Esth. IV, 16; a. e. -- Gen. R. s. 63 די׳ רברבני the leaders of the Jews (ofTiberias); a. fr. -- Pem. יהודאיתא. Targ. II Esth. IV, 1. -- Lam. R. to I 11 כי׳ אפיך חזיין (not כיהודיאתא) thou lookest like a. Jewess. -- V. יודאי,
*יהודאיקי f. (~~~~~~~~, sub. ~~~~~ or ~~~~) lewish court-house. Y. Gitt. I, 43b top י׳ במקום in the Jewish meeting place (where Jews have their own juris- diction); וכ׳ י׳ שם אין אם if there is no Jewish court- house there, it must be done in the synagogue.
יהודאית, v. יהודאה.
יהודה (b. h.) pr. n. Judah, 1) son of Jacob; tribe of.ludah. Pes. 50a. Yoma 12a, a. e. י׳ של מחלקו from the area of Judah. -- Gen. R. s. bb; a. v. fr. -- 2) name of several Tannaim; a) R. J. b. B'thera in Babylonia Ber. 22a; a. fr. -- b) J. b. Tabbai, chief of the Sanhedrin in the days of queen Salome. Ab. I, 8. Haig. II, 2; a. fr. -- c) R. J. the priest. Eduy. VIII, 3. -- d) R. J. b. Baba. Ib. 2. Sabb. 62b; a. fr. -- e) R. J. b. Ilai, usu. mentioned in the Mishnah as R. J. only. Ber. 63b; Sabb. 33b. Men. 103b; a. v. fr. -- f) R. J. b. Tema. Ab. V, 20. Erub. 17a; Tosef. ib. III (II), 6 (ed. Zuek. בתירה). Tosef. Gitt. VII (V), 8; a. fr.; a. others (v. Fr. Darkhe, p. 4; p. 137). -- Esp. R. J. han lasi I a. II, surnamed Rabbi, v. דבי. -- 3) name of several Amoraim, the most renowned of whom is R. J. (b. Ezekiel), a Ba- bylonian. Keth. 110b bot. -- Y. Taan. I, 64b top; a. fr. -- V. Fr. M'bo p. 91a. -- 4) Judaea, the southern province of Palestine. Keth. I, 5 (12a); Tosef. ib. I, 4. Kidd. 6a; a. v. fr.
יהודי m. (b. h.) Judaean, Jew (mostly in a religious sense), worshipper of one God. Meg. 12b אלמא י׳ ליה קרי וכ׳ מיהודה he is called Y'hudi (Esth. II, 5), which would indicate that he belongs to the tribe of Judah, and yet he is called ish y'mini &c., v. נימוס. Ib. 13a . . . ואמאי .c י׳ נקרא בע״ז הכופר שכל . . . י׳ but why is he designated as Y'hudi? Because he disowned idolatry; for whosoever disowns idolatry, is called a Jew (ref. to Dan. III, 12); Esth. R, to II, 5 יחידי ו׳ לומר י׳ נקרא . . . שייחד לפי be- cause he professed the unity of God, he was called Y'hudi, meaning to say, a Y'hudi, a believer in One God. Ex. R. s. 42 צלוב או י׳ או . . . סבור אתה thou thinkest that calling Israel 'persistent' is meant for blame; it is meant for their praise, either a Jew or hanged. Meg. l. c. י׳ מאכל Jewish food (in accordance with the Jewish dietary laws); a. e. -- [Pes. 113b י׳, read with Mss. a. early ed. מי; Yeb. 63a י׳ כל, read אדם.] - Pl יהודים. Esth. R. to III, 9. Ib. to VIII, 8 הי׳ שונאי the enemies of the Jews. Ib. 15 . . . מלך הי׳ על Mardecai was made king of the Jews; a. fr. -- Pem. יהודיה, יהודית. Meg. l. c. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 7); Yalk. Esth. 1052 (ref. to I Chr. IV, 18) י׳ לה קרי אמאי why is she (Bithya, the daughter of Pharaoh) called Y'hudiyah (a Jewess)? -- Esth. R. to III, f י׳ אסתר אם וכ׳ היא if Esther is a Jewess &c., opp. גויה. -- Keth. VII, 6 (72a, sq.) י׳ דת, v. דת.
יהודיה, v. preced.
*יהודידיי, pr. n. f. Y'hudinyi, sister of R. Judah han-Nasi. Y. Naz. VII, 56a top; (Y. Ber. III, 6a bot. נהוראי).
יהודית, v. יהודי.
יהודת, v. יהדות.
יהוידע (b. h.) pr. n. m. Jehoiada, the high-priest. Num. R. s. 23; a. e.
יהויקים (b. h.) pr. n. m. Jehoiakim, king of Judah. M. Kat. 26a. Snh. 103a, sq. Lev. R. s. 19; a. fr.
יהויריב (b. h.) pr. n. m. Joiarib, head of a priestly division named after him; (fem.) the division.l. Y. Taan. IV, 68a.
יהונתן, v. יונתן.
יהורם, יורם (b. h.) pr. n. m. Jehoram, Joram, 1) son of Ahab, king of Israel. Ber. 10a. Ex. R. s. 31; a. e. --- 2) son of Joshafat, king of Judah. Hor. 11b, v. יהוא.
יהושוע, יהושע (b. h.) pr. n. m. Joshua, 1) J. bin Nun, the successor of Moses. Ab. I, 1. Ber. 4a bot. B. Kam. 80b, sq. וכ׳ י׳ התנה . . עשרה J., on conquering the promised land, laid down ten conditions (regulations) &c.; Erub. 17a; a. v. fr. -- Meg. lI, 11, a. fr. נוון בן י׳ מימות dating from the days of the conguest or before. -- 2) the high- priest of the returning Babylonian exiles. Snh. 93a; a. e. -- 3) name of several Tannaim; a) J. b. Prahya. Ab. I, 6; a. fr. -- b) R. J. b. Hinania, mostly quoted as R. J. only. Maas. Sh. V, 9. Erub. IV, 1; 2. Hag. 5b; a. v. fr.; and others (v. Fr. Darkhe pp. 97; 134; 178; 189). -- 4) name of several Amoraim, esp. R. J. b. Levi. Ber. 3b; a. v. fr. -- R. J. ofSikhnin. Y. ib. IV, 7b bot.; a. fr.; and others (v. Fr. M'bo p. 91a, sq.). -י׳־ (ספר) the Book of moshua. B. Bath. 14b; a. e.
יהושעיא, v. הישעיא.