Jastrow: בֵּיתָא I

בֵּיתָא I, בֵּית, בַּיְיתָא ch. 1) same. Targ. Ex. XII, 3; a. v. fr.—Meg. 16ᵃ ווי מב׳ וכ׳ woe inside, woe outside! Gen. R. s. 32 ההוא ב׳ קלקלתא that house which is a ruin (a Samaritan’s designation of the Jerusalem Temple). Y. Snh. I, 18ᶜ ההן ב׳ דלרע that house down there (Rabbi’s college); Y. R. Hash. II, 58ᵃ bot. והן בייתא.—Yeb. 109ᵇ דבייתיה כי בייתיה דמי for his (the trustee’s) house is like his (the neighbor’s) own house (he is familiar with the interior); a. fr.—Pi. בָּתִּין, בָּתַּיָּא, בָּתֵּי. Targ. Ex. I, 21; a. v. fr.—B. Bath. 61ᵇ sq. Ib. 67ᵃ, v. דַּרְתָּא.—Ber. 6ᵃ the case of T’fillin, v. preced. [Playful etymol. ב̇וא אי̇ת̇יב בה. Sabb. 77ᵇ.] —2) night-lodging. Gitt. 57ᵃ לא יהבי ב׳ לאושפיזא they would not designate a house as a lodging for strangers (Lam. R. to II, 2 דלא הות מקבלא אכסניא).