אִיכּוּ 1) (= (= אי כה) if now; oh that. Bets. 4ᵇ top א׳ השתא אשתלאי if I (had given my decision forthwith) I should have made a mistake. Yeb. 46ᵃ.—Snh. 107ᵃ א׳ זממא וכ׳ oh that a muzzle had been put on my enemy’s (euphem. for my) mouth! i.e. oh that I never had said this! —2) pr. n. f. Ikhu. Taan. 35ᵃ what is thy name? She said, Ikhu.—Said he א׳ נמטו כשוריך oh that thy joists were sufficiently long!
אִיכּוּ
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אִיכּוּ 1) (= (= אי כה ) if now; oh that . Bets. 4ᵇ top א׳ השתא אשתלאי if I (had given my decision forthwith) I should have made a mistake. Yeb. 46ᵃ…
References
- Beitzah 4b:1
- Yevamot 46a:13
- Sanhedrin 107a:6