Jastrow: בִּיקּוֹרֶת

בִּיקּוֹרֶת, בִּקּ׳ f. (b. h. בִּקֹּרֶת , v. preced.) 1) examination, assessment. אגרת ב׳ a public announcement inviting buyers to examine the property assessed, i.e. an announcement of public sale = אַכְרָזָה. Keth. XI, 5 (99ᵇ); a. fr.—V. אִגֶּרֶת. —2) (b. h. punishment). Kerith. 11ᵃ (ref. to Lev. XIX, 20) ב׳ תהיה מלמד שהיא לוקה there shall be bikkoreth, this teaches that she shall be lashed. ומיניין דהדין ב׳ לישנא וכ׳ how do we know that this bikkoreth has the sense of chastisement? Answ. תהא בקריאה … Rashi (ed. בקראי) she shall have the Bible verses read to her (as customary when chastising in court, v. Macc. III, 14); oth. homilet. interpret. בביקור תהא, v. preced. [Tosef. M. Kat. II, 11 ביקורת ed. Zuck., v. בַּקְרוּת.]