אַחֲוָה f. (b. h.; denom. of אָח) 1) brotherhood, brotherly love, friendship. Snh. 58ᵇ בא׳ among brothers and sisters. Gen. R. s. 89 (play on aḥu, Gen. XLI, 2) in days of plenty there is אהבה וא׳ love and friendship.—Lev. R. s. 2; a. fr.—Trnsf. בא׳ jointly. Sabb. 20ᵃ (explain. אָח Jer. XXXVI, 23) עצים שנדלקין בא׳ Ar., Ms. Oxf. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note, ed. באחוונא cler. error) wood kindled all together [perh. with reeds? v. next w.].—2) (law) status of consanguinity. B. Kam. 88ᵃ a slave שאין לו א׳ who has no legal status of consanguinity.
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אַחֲוָה f. (b. h.; denom. of אָח ) 1) brotherhood, brotherly love, friendship . Snh. 58ᵇ בא׳ among brothers and sisters. Gen. R. s. 89 (play on aḥu ,…
References
- Jastrow, אָח I 1
- Sanhedrin 58b:11
- Bereishit Rabbah 89:4
- Genesis 41
- Vayikra Rabbah 2:8
- Shabbat 20a:8
- Jeremiah 36:23
- Bava Kamma 88a:3