Jastrow: זִיקָה

זִיקָה f. (זָקַק; cmp. בִּילָה fr. בלל) [tie, chain,] 1) obligation, duty. Y. Ter. VI, end, 44ᵇ זִיקַת תרומה וכ׳ the obligation to pay T’rumah and tithes. Y. Maasr. II, 50ᵃ top לא בא לז׳ וכ׳ it has not yet come under the obligation of tithes. Treat. S’maḥ. ch. XIII ז׳ שמירתו עליו the duty of watching the corpse rests upon him. Yalk. Gen. 151 חוץ לזיקא הן עומדין (corr. acc.) they are not pledged. —2) legal restriction. Snh. 50ᵇ זיקת הבעל marital ties, betrothal.—Esp. zikah, the interdependence of a childless widow and her late husband’s brothers, the levirate relation. Yeb. 17ᵇ, a. fr. יש ז׳ the relation between a woman and her eventual yabam is a real connection, i.e. carries with it all legal consequences as regards the laws of incest and the right of interference with her vows, אין ז׳ the levirate relation is no marital connection as long as the levirate marriage is not consummated. Ib. III, 9, v. יָבָם. Y. ib. I, 2ᵈ; XIII, beg. 13ᵈ ממאנת … לעקור זיקת המת she may refuse the yabam so as to annul retrospectively the relation between herself and her deceased husband, v. מָאֵן; a. fr.