Miḳvaoth

מִקְוֶהm. (b. h.; קָוָה) gathering of water, esp. the ritual bath of purification. Yoma VIII, 9 (play on מקוה hope, Jer. 17:13) מה מ׳ מטהרוכ׳ as the bath purifies the unclean, so does the Lord Ib. 31a מי מ׳ ארבעים סאה the contents of a ritual bath must be forty Sah; Num. R. s. 18. Mikv. I, 7 שוה למ׳וכ׳ has the qualification of a ritual miḳveh when gathered in a pond, contrad. to מַעְיָן; a. v. fr.Trnsf. means of purification. Kidd.64a בנות ישראל מִקְוֵה טהרהוכ׳ daughters of common Israelites are the means of purity (reinstatement to priestly status) for (the issue of) degraded priests, i. e. the daughter of an Israelite woman and a degraded priest may marry into priesthood; ib. 77a; Tosef. ib. V, 3; a. e.Pl. מִקְווֹת, מִקְוָאֹות, מִקְווָ׳. Y.Ter.IV, 43a bot. שני מקוות; Mikv. II, 3 שני מ׳וכ׳ two adjacent reservoirs one of which contains Ib. I, 1; a. fr. Miḳvaoth, name of a treatise of Mishnah and Tosefta of the Order of Tohăroth.

מִקְוֶהm. (b. h.; קָוָה) gathering of water, esp. the ritual bath of purification. Yoma VIII, 9 (play on מקוה hope, Jer. 17:13) מה מ׳ מטהרוכ׳ as the bath purifies the unclean, so does the Lord Ib. 31a מי מ׳ ארבעים סאה the contents of a ritual bath must be forty Sah; Num. R. s. 18. Mikv. I, 7 שוה למ׳וכ׳ has the qualification of a ritual miḳveh when gathered in a pond, contrad. to מַעְיָן; a. v. fr.Trnsf. means of purification. Kidd.64a בנות ישראל מִקְוֵה טהרהוכ׳ daughters of common Israelites are the means of purity (reinstatement to priestly status) for (the issue of) degraded priests, i. e. the daughter of an Israelite woman and a degraded priest may marry into priesthood; ib. 77a; Tosef. ib. V, 3; a. e.Pl. מִקְווֹת, מִקְוָאֹות, מִקְווָ׳. Y.Ter.IV, 43a bot. שני מקוות; Mikv. II, 3 שני מ׳וכ׳ two adjacent reservoirs one of which contains Ib. I, 1; a. fr. Miḳvaoth, name of a treatise of Mishnah and Tosefta of the Order of Tohăroth.