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1 witness
A n1 gen, Jur ( person) témoin m ; she was a witness to the accident elle a été témoin de l'accident ; witness for the prosecution/the defence, prosecution/defence witness témoin à charge/à décharge ; to call sb as a witness citer qn comme témoin ; I have been called as a witness in the Mulloy case j'ai été appelé à témoigner dans l'affaire Mulloy ; to sign a document in the presence of a witness signer un document en présence d'un témoin ; to be a witness to sb's will servir de témoin lors de la signature du testament de qn ;2 ( testimony) témoignage m ; to be ou bear witness to sth témoigner de qch ; his expensive cars are ou bear witness to his wealth ses voitures de luxe témoignent de sa richesse ; the dilapidation of the school bears witness to the lack of funds la dégradation de l'école est une preuve évidente du manque de fonds ; to bear false witness Jur faire un faux témoignage ;3 ¢ Relig témoignage m.B vtr1 ( see) être témoin de, assister à [attack, incident, burglary] ; they witnessed the murder/the accident ils ont été témoins du meurtre/de l'accident ;2 ( at official occasion) servir de témoin lors de la signature de [document, treaty] ; être témoin à [marriage] ;3 fig we are about to witness a transformation of the world economy nous sommes sur le point d'assister à une transformation de l'économie mondiale ; the last decade has witnessed tremendous advances in technology la dernière décennie a vu des progrès considérables dans le domaine de la technologie ; his hard work has paid off, (as) witness his exam results son travail acharné a payé, comme en témoignent ses résultats d'examen ; this house has witnessed many historic events cette maison a été le théâtre de beaucoup d'événements historiques, beaucoup d'événements historiques se sont déroulés dans cette maison. -
2 witness
1. noun2. transitive verbbear witness to or of something — [Person:] etwas bezeugen; (fig.) von etwas zeugen
1) (see)witness something — Zeuge/Zeugin einer Sache (Gen.) sein
2) (attest genuineness of) bestätigen [Unterschrift, Echtheit eines Dokuments]* * *['witnəs] 1. noun1) (a person who has seen or was present at an event etc and so has direct knowledge of it: Someone must have seen the accident but the police can find no witnesses.) der Zeuge/die Zeugin2) (a person who gives evidence, especially in a law court.) der Zeuge/die Zeugin3) (a person who adds his signature to a document to show that he considers another signature on the document to be genuine: You cannot sign your will without witnesses.) der Zeuge/die Zeugin2. verb1) (to see and be present at: This lady witnessed an accident at three o'clock this afternoon.) Augenzeuge sein2) (to sign one's name to show that one knows that (something) is genuine: He witnessed my signature on the new agreement.) beglaubigen•- witness-box / witness-stand- bear witness* * *wit·ness[ˈwɪtnəs]I. n<pl -es>as God is my \witness,... Gott ist mein Zeuge,...\witness [to a marriage] Trauzeuge, -zeugin m, fin the presence of two \witnesses in Gegenwart zweier Zeugen/Zeuginnenaccording to \witnesses Zeugenaussagen zufolge▪ before \witnesses vor Zeugen/Zeuginnenyour \witness! Ihr Zeuge/Ihre Zeugin!adverse \witness Gegenzeuge, -zeugin m, fcharacter \witness Leumundszeuge, -zeugin m, f\witness for the defence/prosecution [or defence/prosecution \witness] Zeuge, Zeugin m, f der Verteidigung/Anklage, Entlastungs-/Belastungszeuge, -zeugin m, fkey \witness for the defence Hauptentlastungszeuge, -zeugin m, fto appear as a \witness als Zeuge/Zeugin auftretento call a \witness einen Zeugen/eine Zeugin aufrufento hear/swear in a \witness einen Zeugen/eine Zeugin vernehmen/vereidigento bear \witness to sth von etw dat Zeugnis ablegenthou shalt not bear false \witness du sollst nicht falsch Zeugnis redenII. vt1. (see)2. (experience)▪ to \witness sth etw miterlebenthe past few years have \witnessed momentous changes throughout Eastern Europe die vergangenen Jahre sahen tiefgreifende Veränderungen in ganz Osteuropa3. (attest)▪ to \witness sth etw bestätigento \witness sb's signature jds Unterschrift beglaubigento \witness a will ein Testament als Zeuge/Zeugin unterschreibennow this deed \witnesseth LAW im Folgenden bezeugt dieser Vertrag4. usu passiveas \witnessed by the number of tickets sold... wie man anhand der verkauften Karten sehen kann,...5. (behold)the situation is still unstable — \witness the recent outbreak of violence in the capital die Lage ist noch immer instabil, wie der jüngste Ausbruch von Gewalt in der Hauptstadt gezeigt hatforecasters can get it disastrously wrong — \witness the famous British hurricane of 1987 Meteorologen können sich fürchterlich irren — man denke nur an den berühmten britischen Hurrikan von 1987▪ to \witness to sth etw bestätigen [o bezeugen]to \witness to the authenticity of sth die Echtheit einer S. gen bestätigen* * *['wItnɪs]1. nor defense (US) — Zeuge m/Zeugin f der Verteidigung
witness for the prosecution — Zeuge m/Zeugin f der Anklage
as God is my witness — Gott sei or ist mein Zeuge
to call sb as a witness — jdn als Zeugen/Zeugin vorladen
I was then witness to a scene... — ich wurde Zeuge einer Szene...
2) (= evidence) Zeugnis ntto bear witness to sth (lit, fig) — Zeugnis über etw (acc) ablegen; (actions, events also) von etw zeugen
2. vt1) (= see) accident Zeuge/Zeugin sein bei or (+gen); scenes (mit)erleben, mit ansehen; changes erleben2) (= testify) bezeugento call sb to witness that... — jdn zum Zeugen dafür rufen, dass...
3) (= consider as evidence) denken an (+acc), zum Beispiel nehmenwitness the case of X — denken Sie nur an den Fall X, nehmen Sie nur den Fall X zum Beispiel
4) (= attest by signature) signature, will bestätigen3. vi(= testify) bestätigen, bezeugen* * *witness [ˈwıtnıs]A sa witness of the accident ein Unfallzeuge;be a witness of sth Zeuge von etwas sein;call sb to witness jemanden als Zeugen anrufen;a living witness to ein lebender Zeuge (gen);of, to gen oder für):B v/t1. bezeugen, bestätigen, beweisen:witness Shakespeare siehe Shakespeare;witness my hand and seal JUR urkundlich dessen meine Unterschrift und mein Siegel;this agreement witnesseth JUR dieser Vertrag beinhaltet2. Zeuge sein von, zugegen sein bei, (mit)erleben (auch fig):did anybody witness the accident? hat jemand den Unfall gesehen?;this year has witnessed many changes dieses Jahr hat schon viele Veränderungen gesehen oder gebracht3. fig zeugen von, Zeuge sein von (oder gen), Zeugnis ablegen von4. JURb) ein Dokument unterschriftlich beglaubigen5. denken an (akk):witness the fact that … denken Sie nur daran, dass …witness to sth fig etwas bezeugen* * *1. noun2) see eyewitness2. transitive verbbear witness to or of something — [Person:] etwas bezeugen; (fig.) von etwas zeugen
1) (see)witness something — Zeuge/Zeugin einer Sache (Gen.) sein
2) (attest genuineness of) bestätigen [Unterschrift, Echtheit eines Dokuments]* * *v.bezeugen v. n.Zeuge -n f. -
3 קרע
קָרַע(b. h.) to tear, split; esp. to rend the garment in mourning. Kel. XVI, 5 עד שיִקְרְעֶנּוּ (Mish. ed. שיַקְרִיעֶנּוּ Hif.) until he tears the bale open. M. Kat. 22b על כל … אינו קוֹרֵעַ אלא עליון for all dead (except parents) … one must rend only the upper garment. Ib. האשה קוֹרַעַתוכ׳ a woman (mourning for her parents) rends the lower garment and puts it back in its place, and then rends the upper garment. Snh.60a אחד השומע … חייב לִקְרוֹעַ both he that hears a blasphemy directly, and he that hears it from one that heard it (and reports as witness before court) must rend his garment; a. v. fr.Part. pass. קָרוּעַ; pl. קְרוּעִים, קְרוּעִין. M. Kat. 26b היוצא בבגד ק׳וכ׳ he that marches before a corpse with a garment rent (for a previous case) robs (deceives) the dead and the living. Ib. a (ref. to 2 Kings 2:12) ק׳ ועומדים לשנים remaining always rent in two; ib. 22b (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 4); Snh. l. c.; a. fr. Pi. קֵרֵעַ 1) same. M. Kat. 26b ואין מְקָרְעִין בפניו you must not rend your garment in his (the sick mans) presence. Ib. מקרעין לקטןוכ׳ we rend a minors garment in order to make him feel sad; ib. 14b. R. Hash. 16b ארבעה … מקרעין גזרוכ׳ four things cause an evil decree passed on man to be torn (cancelled), they are: charity, prayer ; a. fr. 2) (cmp. גָּרַע) to scrape, to mark the outlines of letters by abrasion. Gitt.19b עדים … מקרעין להםוכ׳ for witnesses that know not how to sign their names, grooves are made on blank paper, and they fill the grooves out with ink; ib. 9b; Y. ib. II, 44b top ומְקָרֵעַ; (Tosaf. to Gitt.9b: you cut the names out on blank paper and put it on the document, and the witnesses fill the cuts out) Tosef.Sabb.XI (XII), 8, contrad. fr. ושם; a. e. Nif. נִקְרַע to be torn; to be cut open, be operated upon by a section. Yeb.VIII, 6, a. e. טומטוםשנ׳, v. טוּמְטוּם. Bekh.42b שמא יִקָּרֵעַוכ׳ he may have an operation performed, and be found a eunuch; Tosef.Yeb.XI, 1; Yeb.83b. B. Bath. 168b נ׳ פסול נִתְקָרֵעַ כשר if a document is found torn, it is invalid; if it appears torn by accident, it is valid as evidence; ib. נ׳ קֶרַע של בית דין נתק׳וכ׳ miḳrʿa refers to the rent as made in court for cancellation, nithḳareʿa refers to a rent different from the manner customary in court; Y.Gitt.II, 44b; a. e. Nithpa. נִתְקָרֵעַ to become torn, v. supra. -
4 קָרַע
קָרַע(b. h.) to tear, split; esp. to rend the garment in mourning. Kel. XVI, 5 עד שיִקְרְעֶנּוּ (Mish. ed. שיַקְרִיעֶנּוּ Hif.) until he tears the bale open. M. Kat. 22b על כל … אינו קוֹרֵעַ אלא עליון for all dead (except parents) … one must rend only the upper garment. Ib. האשה קוֹרַעַתוכ׳ a woman (mourning for her parents) rends the lower garment and puts it back in its place, and then rends the upper garment. Snh.60a אחד השומע … חייב לִקְרוֹעַ both he that hears a blasphemy directly, and he that hears it from one that heard it (and reports as witness before court) must rend his garment; a. v. fr.Part. pass. קָרוּעַ; pl. קְרוּעִים, קְרוּעִין. M. Kat. 26b היוצא בבגד ק׳וכ׳ he that marches before a corpse with a garment rent (for a previous case) robs (deceives) the dead and the living. Ib. a (ref. to 2 Kings 2:12) ק׳ ועומדים לשנים remaining always rent in two; ib. 22b (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 4); Snh. l. c.; a. fr. Pi. קֵרֵעַ 1) same. M. Kat. 26b ואין מְקָרְעִין בפניו you must not rend your garment in his (the sick mans) presence. Ib. מקרעין לקטןוכ׳ we rend a minors garment in order to make him feel sad; ib. 14b. R. Hash. 16b ארבעה … מקרעין גזרוכ׳ four things cause an evil decree passed on man to be torn (cancelled), they are: charity, prayer ; a. fr. 2) (cmp. גָּרַע) to scrape, to mark the outlines of letters by abrasion. Gitt.19b עדים … מקרעין להםוכ׳ for witnesses that know not how to sign their names, grooves are made on blank paper, and they fill the grooves out with ink; ib. 9b; Y. ib. II, 44b top ומְקָרֵעַ; (Tosaf. to Gitt.9b: you cut the names out on blank paper and put it on the document, and the witnesses fill the cuts out) Tosef.Sabb.XI (XII), 8, contrad. fr. ושם; a. e. Nif. נִקְרַע to be torn; to be cut open, be operated upon by a section. Yeb.VIII, 6, a. e. טומטוםשנ׳, v. טוּמְטוּם. Bekh.42b שמא יִקָּרֵעַוכ׳ he may have an operation performed, and be found a eunuch; Tosef.Yeb.XI, 1; Yeb.83b. B. Bath. 168b נ׳ פסול נִתְקָרֵעַ כשר if a document is found torn, it is invalid; if it appears torn by accident, it is valid as evidence; ib. נ׳ קֶרַע של בית דין נתק׳וכ׳ miḳrʿa refers to the rent as made in court for cancellation, nithḳareʿa refers to a rent different from the manner customary in court; Y.Gitt.II, 44b; a. e. Nithpa. נִתְקָרֵעַ to become torn, v. supra. -
5 חתם
חָתַם(b. h.; cmp. b. h. חָתַל) 1), to tie up, close, lock. Tanḥ. Bresh. 1 ח׳את היםוכ׳ he locked the Ocean up, that it might not go forth 2) to seal. Y.Ab. Zar. III, 42c bot. טבעת שחוֹתֵם בה the ring with which he seals. Ib. אסור לַחְתּוֹם בה you dare not use it for a seal; Tosef. ib. V (VI), 2; a. fr. 2) to sign, subscribe (as witness, judge) Gitt.VI, 7 אחד … חוֹתְמִין one writes the document and two sign it as witnesses. Ib. 66b ח׳ סופר if the scribe signed as one of the witnesses. Ib. 67a ואתם חֲתוֹמוּ and sign you. Shebi. X, 4 הדיינים חותמיןוכ׳ the judges sign under it; a. fr.Part. pass, חָתוּם, f. חֲתוּמָה; pl. חֲתוּמִים, חֲתוּמִין; חֲתוּמוֹת. Yeb.25b, a. e. עדים הח׳וכ׳ if witnesses are signed ; a. fr. 3) to close a benediction (v. חֲתִימָה). Pes.X, 6 וחותם בגאולה and he closes with redemption (Blessed be the Lord who redeemed Israel). Ib. לא היה חותם he did not close with a benediction. Ber.I, 4 מקום שאמרו לַחְתּוֹם where the Rabbis ordained to close a benediction with Barukh ; a. fr.Part. pass. as ab. Gitt.60a תורה ח׳ ניתנה the Law was given as one complete book, opp. מגילה מגילה in single sheets. (Cant. R. to I, 11, v. next w. Pi. חִיתֵּם to provide with signatures. Y.Gitt.I, beg.43a, a. e. מְחַתְּמוֹ בעדיםוכ׳ he may have provided it with the signatures of unfit witnesses. Ib. חִתְּמוֹוכ׳.Part. pass. מְחוּתָּם. Y.Keth.II, 26c; Y.Shebu.IV, 35c מח׳ בארבעוכ׳ provided with four signatures. Nif. נֶחְתַּם, Hithpa. הִתְחַתֵּם, Nithpa. נִתְחַתֵּם 1) to be signed, sealed. Gitt.I, 1 בפני נח׳ (Y. ed. נתח׳) in my presence has it been signed; a. fr. 2) to be finally sentenced (by attaching the seal or signature). R. Hash. 16b נכתבין ונֶחְתָּמִיןוכ׳ their verdict is written and sealed at once; Y. ib. I, 57a מִתְחַתְּמִין. Gen. R. s. 31, beg. נתח׳ גזר דינם their decree was sealed; a. e. -
6 חָתַם
חָתַם(b. h.; cmp. b. h. חָתַל) 1), to tie up, close, lock. Tanḥ. Bresh. 1 ח׳את היםוכ׳ he locked the Ocean up, that it might not go forth 2) to seal. Y.Ab. Zar. III, 42c bot. טבעת שחוֹתֵם בה the ring with which he seals. Ib. אסור לַחְתּוֹם בה you dare not use it for a seal; Tosef. ib. V (VI), 2; a. fr. 2) to sign, subscribe (as witness, judge) Gitt.VI, 7 אחד … חוֹתְמִין one writes the document and two sign it as witnesses. Ib. 66b ח׳ סופר if the scribe signed as one of the witnesses. Ib. 67a ואתם חֲתוֹמוּ and sign you. Shebi. X, 4 הדיינים חותמיןוכ׳ the judges sign under it; a. fr.Part. pass, חָתוּם, f. חֲתוּמָה; pl. חֲתוּמִים, חֲתוּמִין; חֲתוּמוֹת. Yeb.25b, a. e. עדים הח׳וכ׳ if witnesses are signed ; a. fr. 3) to close a benediction (v. חֲתִימָה). Pes.X, 6 וחותם בגאולה and he closes with redemption (Blessed be the Lord who redeemed Israel). Ib. לא היה חותם he did not close with a benediction. Ber.I, 4 מקום שאמרו לַחְתּוֹם where the Rabbis ordained to close a benediction with Barukh ; a. fr.Part. pass. as ab. Gitt.60a תורה ח׳ ניתנה the Law was given as one complete book, opp. מגילה מגילה in single sheets. (Cant. R. to I, 11, v. next w. Pi. חִיתֵּם to provide with signatures. Y.Gitt.I, beg.43a, a. e. מְחַתְּמוֹ בעדיםוכ׳ he may have provided it with the signatures of unfit witnesses. Ib. חִתְּמוֹוכ׳.Part. pass. מְחוּתָּם. Y.Keth.II, 26c; Y.Shebu.IV, 35c מח׳ בארבעוכ׳ provided with four signatures. Nif. נֶחְתַּם, Hithpa. הִתְחַתֵּם, Nithpa. נִתְחַתֵּם 1) to be signed, sealed. Gitt.I, 1 בפני נח׳ (Y. ed. נתח׳) in my presence has it been signed; a. fr. 2) to be finally sentenced (by attaching the seal or signature). R. Hash. 16b נכתבין ונֶחְתָּמִיןוכ׳ their verdict is written and sealed at once; Y. ib. I, 57a מִתְחַתְּמִין. Gen. R. s. 31, beg. נתח׳ גזר דינם their decree was sealed; a. e.
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