Jastrow: אָוִיר

אָוִיר, אֲוִיר m. (אור; cmp. רוּחַ a. רֶוַח); space corresp. to חָלָל, esp. 1) open, empty space, blank. Ohol. IV, 1 a tower שעומד בא׳ standing isolated. Ib. XVIII, 10 אוירָהּ של חצר the open space in the court-yard.—B. Bath. 163ᵃ —2) (cmp. b. h. מְאוּרָה) hollow, cavity of a vessel. Kel. II, 1 מיתטמאין ומטמאין בא׳ become unclean and make unclean by contact with the hollow (of the vessel).—Yeb. 67ᵇ נפק לא׳ העולם came forth into the lighted space of the world, i.e. was born; a. fr. —3) (cmp. ἀήρ, aër) air, atmosphere, climate, weather. Num. R. s. 14 הא׳ שממנו וכ׳ (as one of the elements of nature) out of which the wind was made.—Gen. R. s. 34 א׳ יפה fine weather; a. fr.—Pl. אֲוִירִין blank spaces in writings. B. Bath. 163ᵃ.—אֲוִירוֹת climates. Gen. R. s. 34 ברית נחלקה לא׳ a covenant has been made in favor of climates, i.e. God has implanted in man a love of his native soil even in bad climates.