וכ׳ גיסא does the Vav of gahon belong to the first half
or to the second?-- Gen. R. s. 58 Ephron (Gen. X XIII, 16)
is spelt וא״ו חסר without Vav; a. fr. -- Y. Shebu. I, 33a
bot. וכ׳ מוסיף וי״ו שעיר the Vav in Us'ir (Num. XXVIII, 22)
adds to the preceding subject, i. e. a goat in addition
to &c. Kidd. 66b וכ׳ דשלום וי״ו tha Vav in Shalom (Num.
XXV, 12) is curtailed (so that it may be read Shalem,
unblemished). Hull. 16a, v. אופתא. B. Mets. 87a; Meg. 16b,
v. לברות. -- Yoma 45a, s. fr. דרשי לא וא״ו they do not use
the Vav for interpretation; a. fr. -- ll. ווי״ם, ווי״ן. Y.
Meg. I, 71c top (deriving from העמודים ויי, Ex. XXVII, 10)
וכ׳ ווים שיהא that the shape of the Vav in the Penta-
teuch is column-like (as in אשורית כתב); Snh. 22a . . . . מה
וכ׳ ווים אף as the columns have not changed (their shape),
so has not the shape of the Vav. Y. Naz. I, 51b top עד
ו׳ שיזכיר he must utter the Vav conjunctive. Ib. IV, beg. 53a
ו׳ תאנא מאן who is it that says the Vav must be utter-
edi?; Y. Kidd. II, 62b; a. fr.
וי=ואי; v. ות.
ואלה, שמות ו׳ V'elleh Sh'moth (and these ar ethe names of), name of the second Book of Moses, Exodus. Gen. R. s. 3; Yalk. ib. 4.
ואלע f. (ואל, cmp. b. h. יעל a. הואיל) propriety. ו׳ לא it is unbecoming. Ned. 8b וכ׳ למישרא ו׳ לא Ar. (ed. שרי, Var. יאי; Nahm. יאלי) it is unbecoming (for a pupil) to absolve from a vow in a place where his teacher lives. Contr. ולא.
ואני, דואניי pr. n. Vanay, name of a river or canal in Babylonia. Kidd. 71b ואני נהר Ar. (ed. יואני); Y. ib. IV, 65d top וואניי; Y. Yeb. I, 3b top וואניי. Gen. R. s. 16 ו׳ נהר א)צברת) Ar. (ed. only נהרא) at the ford of &c. [Erub. 28b ואני בית Ms. M., v. היני 3.] [׳Nahr- Avan, a canal east of the Tigris', Neub. Geogr. p. 324. ---- 'Nahrvan in Irak Arabi', Koh. Ar. Compl. s. v. ואני.]
וארדוניא, v. ורדינא II.
ובא, Midr. Till. to Ps. XVII, v. באיין.
וביבא, Lam. R. to I, 5, v. ביבי.
וגוהי, Yalk. Gen. 150, v. זוגא.
ודאה f, pl. ודאות (v. next w.) certainties. B. Mets. 83b שלכם ו׳ cases in which you act on ascertained facts.
ודאי, ווךי m. ודאית, ודייה (ידאה) f. (ידע) 1) well-known, certain; distinct, real. Ber. 33b הו׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) Thou, the known one! -- Arakh. I, 1 ו׳ זכר a person distinctly male, ודאית נקבה distinctly female (no hermaphrodite &c.). Yoma VIII, 8, a. fr. ו׳ אשם, v. אשם. -- Sabb. II, 7 הו׳ that which undoubtedly requires the separation of the tithes, opp. דמאי. -- Y. Bets. I, 60b וודייו, וודייה where there is no doubt about it, opp. ספיקו, ספיקה. Kidd. IV, 3 (74a) ודאן the sure cases among them. -- Num. R. s. 2, end וודייה אכילה Ar. ed. Koh. (ed. ודאית) the eating (in Ex. XXIV, 11) was a. real one (physical refreshment, no metaphor); a. v. fr. -- 2) (gramm.) emphatic form by means of He paragogic. Ex. R. s. 3 וכ׳ וודאית לכה (strike out the gloss בסוף הה״א וכ׳) the word l'khah (Ex. III, 3) is emphatic (as if=לך unto thee it belongs), if not thou &c.; Y. Succ. IV, 54c top יודייה לך (read; וו׳ לכה) the l'khah (Ps. L XXX, 3) has the emphatic form (unto thee as well as unto us). --- 3) (noun) certainty, undisputed fact. -- מוציא ספק אין ו׳ מידי doubt cannot take a case out of the status of certainty. Ab. Zar. 41b וכ׳ ואין וו׳ ספק הוי here is a. doubt (the idolatrous character of an object may have been given up) against a certainty (that it was an idol) and the doubt cannot set aside the certainty. Pes. 9a; a. fr. -- בו׳, ו׳ (adv.) surely, indeed; in reality. Y. Keth. V, 29d. Gen. R. s. 98 בו׳ עלית 'thou didst ascend' thy father's couch (Gen. XLIX, 4) means in reality (no metaphor). Ib. ו׳ חללת 'thou didst defile (ib.) is to be taken literally. Pes. l. c. מעשרי דו׳ for it is sure that they separate the tithes. Gen. R. s. 55 בו׳ אותו נסה He tried him in the true sense of the word (gave him time); a. e.
ודה, Pi. וידה, Hithpa. התודה, v. ידה. -- Denom. וידוי.
וודי, v. ודאי.
ודי, Pa. ודי, Af. אודי, v. ידי.
ודנין, Tosef. Dem. I, 27, Var. ed. Zuck., v. יירינון.
ודע, ורע, v. ידע, ידע.
וודעא, Y. Bicc. III, 65c bot, v. וועדא.
ווה pr. n. m., v. ווא.
וה, ווה (הוה) (interj.; cmp. b. h. הה, האח) vah (havah), an exclamation of pleasure; ah! &c., contradist. to ווי (woe!). Lam. R. to I, 5 אמרי וה אמר ווי אמרת למה (Ar. ואי) why didst thou exclaim, Vay (woe!)? Said he, I said Vah. Ib. וכ׳ ליה וי בין between Vay and Vah R. Joh. escaped. -- Pesik. Asser, p. 97b וה אומרים הם בתחלה וי אומרים הם ולבסוף at first (on entering the hot and again the cold place) they say Vah (how pleasant!), but finally they say Vay (woe); Tanh. R'eh 13 הוה; Tanh. ed. Bub., ib. 10; Yalk. Deut. 892; (dif. versions; Y. Snh. X, 29b bot.; Yalk. Ps. 737). Pesik. l. c. (play on היון, Ps. XL, 3) ווי ווה שאומרים ממקום (not שאומר) from the place where they (the wicked) say Vah and (then) Vay; Tanh. ed. Bub. l. c. וויי וה; Tanh. l. c. (corr. acc.); Yalk. Deut. l. c. ווי הי; (differ. vers. in Yalk. Ps. l. c. a. Y. l. c.).
וו m. 1) (b. h.) hook. -- Pl. יוים. Ex. R. s. 51; a. fr. --- 2) the letter Vav. -- Pl. ווים, ווין; v. וא״ו.
וו ch. same. -- Pl. ווין, וויא. Targ. Ex. XXXVIII, 28. Ib. XXVII, 10; a. fr.
וו־=והו. Y. Snh. X, 29b top ווא״ל and he said to him.
וזרד, Tosef. Kil. III, 15 Var. ed. Zuck., v. וורד.
וחי, Af. אוהי, אווחי, v. יחי.
וחר, Af. אוהר, אווחר; Pa. ווחר, v. אחר.
