Jastrow: הִין II

הִין II m. (b. h.) Hin, a liquid measure, equal to twelve Log. Eduy. I, 3; Sabb. 15ᵃ Hillel said מלא ה׳ וכ׳ a hin of &c., (using hin instead of twelve Log) because one must use his teacher’s words, v. לָשׁוֹן. Men. IX, 2. Ib. 88ᵃ הוה ה׳ דעבד משה וכ׳ there was (in the Temple) the hin which Moses made for &c.; a. e.—2) homiletical interpretation of hin tsedek (Lev. XIX, 36) = הֵן, yes. B. Mets. 49ᵃ שיהא הן שלך וכ׳ that thy yes be true and thy no be true. Y. Maas. Sh. IV, 55ᵇ top והינו היו צדק and where is (what becomes of) the hin tsedek (that thy yes must be true &c.)?; Y. Gitt. VI, 47ᵈ bot. והָן הוא ה׳ צ׳.