matsebah

1) lonely; only one. Targ. Ps. 25:16 (ed. Lag. יְחִידָאִי).Targ. Y. Deut. 32:50 (ed. Amst. דָאֵי … incorr.). Targ. Job 14:4 Ms. (ed. חד). 2) single authority, opinion of one. Pes.103b לא יחידאה אנא (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) I do not report the opinion of one man. Y.Ter.VI, beg.44a אתיא די׳ דהכא כסתמא דתמןוכ׳ the opinion of the single authority here agrees with the anonymous (editorially adopted) one there ; Y.Ned.VII, beg.40b. Y.Sabb.III, 6a bot. לית אנן … לי׳ we need not consider the opinion of a single authority; a. fr.Pl. יְחִידָאִין, יְחִידָאֵי, יְחִידָיִין. Targ. Y. Gen. 22:10 (v. יָחִיד 2).B. Kam.81b bot. בי׳ לא אמרינן we do not speak of single authorities. Y. Ḥag.II, 77b top י׳ single-handed, each for himself, v. טְעַן II.

יְחִידִיm. (v. preced. wds.) 1) singular, single, lonely. Macc.23b בלשון י׳ in the singular number, opp. ל׳ רבים.Kidd.20a (expl. בגפו, Ex. 21:3) י׳ נכנסוכ׳ single (unmarried) he entered Ab. III, 4 המהלך בדרך י׳ who travels alone. Ib. IV, 8 אל תהי דן י׳וכ׳ do not hold court as a single judge, for there is only One who judges singly; a. fr.Fem. יְחִידִית. Y.Kil.II, 28a bot. גפן י׳ a single (isolated) vine tree. Y.Ab. Zar. IV, 44a top מצבה כל שהיא י׳ it is called matsebah when consisting of one piece (v. בִּימוּס); a. e.Pl. יְחִידִיּוֹת. Y.Kil.V, beg.29d בי׳ in the case of isolated vine trees. Y.Sot.IX, 23c top י׳ isolated tombstones. 2) believer in One God. Esth. R. to II, 5, v. יְהוּדִי.

יְחִידִיm. (v. preced. wds.) 1) singular, single, lonely. Macc.23b בלשון י׳ in the singular number, opp. ל׳ רבים.Kidd.20a (expl. בגפו, Ex. 21:3) י׳ נכנסוכ׳ single (unmarried) he entered Ab. III, 4 המהלך בדרך י׳ who travels alone. Ib. IV, 8 אל תהי דן י׳וכ׳ do not hold court as a single judge, for there is only One who judges singly; a. fr.Fem. יְחִידִית. Y.Kil.II, 28a bot. גפן י׳ a single (isolated) vine tree. Y.Ab. Zar. IV, 44a top מצבה כל שהיא י׳ it is called matsebah when consisting of one piece (v. בִּימוּס); a. e.Pl. יְחִידִיּוֹת. Y.Kil.V, beg.29d בי׳ in the case of isolated vine trees. Y.Sot.IX, 23c top י׳ isolated tombstones. 2) believer in One God. Esth. R. to II, 5, v. יְהוּדִי.

מַצֵּבָהf. (b. h.; יָצַב) pillar, statue, monument. Sifra Kdosh. introd. (idols are named) מ׳ מפני שהם עומדים matsebah, because they are made to stand. Sifré Deut. 146 (ref. to Deut. 16:22) ומה מ׳ שאהובהוכ׳ if the erection of a pillar which was loved (of the Lord) in the fathers, is hateful in the descendants Y.Ab. Zar. IV, 44a top איזוהי מ׳, v. יְחִידִי; a. fr.

מַצֵּבָהf. (b. h.; יָצַב) pillar, statue, monument. Sifra Kdosh. introd. (idols are named) מ׳ מפני שהם עומדים matsebah, because they are made to stand. Sifré Deut. 146 (ref. to Deut. 16:22) ומה מ׳ שאהובהוכ׳ if the erection of a pillar which was loved (of the Lord) in the fathers, is hateful in the descendants Y.Ab. Zar. IV, 44a top איזוהי מ׳, v. יְחִידִי; a. fr.