literally). Ib. 24b ה׳ שבועות oaths affirming &c. (Shebu.
III, 8 שוא שבועת). Hull. 90b הב׳ לשון Ar. (ed. הו׳) ex-
aggeration in rhetorical speech; Tam. 29a; a. e. V. גוזמא.
הבאשה f. באש) disfigurement through disease. Yalk. Deut. 942 (Tana d'be El. Zut. ch. III בושה).
הבב, הבב, v. הבהב, הבהב.
הבדלה f. (בדל) 1) cutting apart. HulI. 20b ה׳ מצות the law ordering the separation of the head from the body (Lev. I, 115). Ib. בה׳ ישנו must be cut apart; a. fr. -- 2) separation. Gen. R. s. 3 ממש ה׳ ויבדל vayyabdel (Gen. I, 4) means real separation (in space, not. logical differen- tiation). Hag. 15a דהואי . . . . . ה׳ the separation (of the waters) took place on the second day. -- 3) Habdalah, a. formula of prayer for the exit of the Sabbath or Fes- tivals, v. אבדלה. Ber. VIII, 5; a. fr. -- Pl. הבדלות the distinctions referred to in the Habdalah. Hull. 26b bot.; Pes. 104a ה׳ סדר the order of the subjects of distinction. Ib. וכ׳ האמורות ה׳ מעין corresponding o the distinctions mentioned in the Bible (Lev. X, 10 &c.).
הבהב I (PiIp. of הבב to glow; cmp. הבל) 1) to singe, parch. Y. Maasr. IV, beg., 51a באור שיבולין המהבהב if one parches ears over the fire; Tosef. ib. III, 1 המה׳ וכ׳ בשדה (sub. שיבולין). Men. X, 4 (66a). Bets. 34a. Sabb. II, 3 הבהבה ולא and did not singe it (to prepare it for a wick). -- Snh. 37a is it possible for fire to be in contact with flax מהבהבת ואינה and not to singe? -- Part. pass. מהובהב lightly roasted. Y. ib. VIII, beg., 26a. -- 2) to be like coals giving heat without flame; to nod consent without showing anxiety. Ber. 34a מהבהב שנים (Y. ib. V, 9c bot. מעמעם) if asked a second time, he must not consent &c. Nithpa. נתהבהב to be affected by flames. Yoma 41b הלשון נ׳ if the band caught fire.
הבהב ch. same; part. pass. מהבהב 1) glowing with passion, greedy. Pl. fem. מהבהבן. Targ. Prov. XXX, 15 ed. Lag. (ed. Wil. הב הב). -- 2) lightly roasted; rare. Targ. Y. Lev. II, 14 (h. text קלוי). Targ. Y. II Ex. XII. 9 (Y. I a. O. חי כד, h. text נא). -- Yalk. Ex. 19I (symbolizing Ex. XII, 9) מהבהבה תבעונה לא desire not to consume her (Rome) half-done (but. well ripe for destruction); Pesik. R. s. 15; Pesik. Hahod. p. 56b (corr. acc.).
הבהבא m. (preced.) glow, heat. Targ. Y. II Gen. XLIV, 19.
הבו, חבו בר pr. n. m. Bar Habu (Habu), a writer of T'fillin and M'zuzoth. Ber. 53b ח׳ בר אדבי Ms. M. (Ar. ה׳, ed. אבהו) over the lights in the house of Bar H. --- Meg. 18b (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 60). B. Mets. 29b.
הבטה f. (נבט) 1) looking at, keeping in sight. Gen. R. s. 44 (ref. to Gen. XV. 5) וכ׳ מלמעלה אלא ה׳ אין the use of hibbit indicates a looking down from above. Lam. R. to V, 1 מקרוב ה׳ hibbit is used for looking at a near object, contrad. to ראייה. -- 2) superintenence, watching owner-less objects, as fruits of the Sabbatical year, v. הפקר. B. Mets. 118a בה׳ כאן בהגבהה כאן in the one case the laborer was hired for taking up abandoned objects, in the other for watching. Ib. קני בהפקר ה׳ watching gives the right of possession of hefker. Ms. M. has חבטה; Ar., s. v. בט 2, hesitates betw. ה׳ a. ח׳.]
הבטח, v. בטח II.
הבטחה f. (בטח) assurance, divine promise, faith. Ex. R. s. 38 הה׳ באתה the promise came true. Ber. 17a וכ׳ ה׳ גדולה the divine promise (of reward) to women is greater &c. Ib. V, 4; Sot. 38b וכ׳ הבטתתו ואם but if he is confident that &c. Gen. R. s. 76 וכ׳ לצדיקים ה׳ אין the rigtheous do not rely on the divine promise in this world (they are afraid, lest their sin may have caused its with- drawal, v. Ber. 4b). Mekh. Yithro s. 2 בעלי אלו אמת אנשי ה׳ (Var. אבטחה) 'men of truth' (Ex. XVIII, 21) that means men having faith in God; a. e. -- Pl. הבטחות. Ex. R. s. 19 וכ׳ ה׳ כל הרי are these all the promises held out to the proselyte &c. ?; a. fr.
הביל, Targ. Prov. VI, 3 some ed., v. היכיל.
הביר dark, sad, v. חכיר.
הבירא m. (הבר, cmp. הבל) vapor, mist, darkness. Targ. Prov. IV, 19 Ar. (ed. Lag. חבייא, oth. ed. חכירא, חכירה). Ib. VII, 9 (ed. Lag. חבירה, oth. ed. חכירה). -- Pl, הבירייא. Targ. Ps. XXXV, 6 Lev. (ed. Lag. חכירייא, ed. Wil. חסירא, corr. acc.; Ms. הביריאתא; h. text חלקלקות). V. הברא.
הבכין (=בכין הא) (Oh then, yea then. Targ. Ps. LI, 21; a. e.
הבל, Hif. ההביל (cmp. הבב) to be affected by hot air, begin to steam. Sabb. I, 6 (17b) long enough before the Sabbath שיהבילו כדי for the flax stalks to begin &c.
הבל ch. (=b. h. הבל, denom. of הבלא) 1) to do vain things. Targ. Job XXVII, 12. -- 2) to be wanton, to sport. Targ. Ps. LXII, 11 תהבלון ed. Wil. (Bxt. תתהבלון Ithpa.; ed. Lag. תקבלון, Ms. תתחבלון).
הבל m.. constr. הבל or הבל (b. h.) 1) breath, vapor, air, heat. Sabb. 88b שבפיהם בה׳ with the (fiery) breath of their mouths. Ib. 19b וכ׳ תינוקות ה׳ the breath of school children. Ib. חטא בו שאין ה׳ a sinless breath (of children). Y. Ab. Zar. III, 42' bot. וכ׳ המרחץ ה׳ the vapor of the bath room is injurious to the teeth. Yeb. 80b אין ה׳ מעלה בשרו his body (after bathing) does not steam. Pesik. Bahod. p. 154a; Lev. R. s. 29 (ref. to Ps. LXII, 10) וכ׳ בתוך ה׳ עשויין שהן עד while they are yet a gas (in the first embryonic stage) . . . ., they are predestined for marital union. Y. Ter. X, 47a bot. כובש הה׳ the heat (of the fresh bread placed on top of an open wine casket) keeps the evaporations of the wine down. B. Kam. 50b להבלו for injuries suffered through the bad air of the pit (into which the animal fell), opp. to לחבטו injuries aris- ing from knocking against the ground. Koh. R. to I, 2 תנור של ה׳ the hot air of the stove; עליונה של ה׳ the vapor of the topmost pot; Yalk. ib. 966 שביעית ה׳; a. e. ---
