חֲבַט, חֲבֵיט ch. same 1) to knock; to strike, punish. Targ. O. Deut. XXIV, 20. Targ. Jud. VI, 11. Targ. Is. XXVIII, 27 (Regia: מְחַבְּטִין Pa.).—Targ. Prov. XXVIII, 3 מטרא חָבֵיטָא (not חֲבִיטָא) a prostrating rain (h. text סחף). Y. Sabb. XVII, 16ᵇ top דו חָבֵיט ביה; Y. Bets. I, 60ᶜ חֲבַט, v. זַיָּירָא.—Gen. R. s. 7, a. e. חֲבוֹט חבטך, v. חֲבָטָא. B. Bath. 58ᵃ חֲבוֹטוּ (not חובטו), v. חֲבִיטָא. —2) to throw down. Y. Snh. VI, 23ᶜ top חַבְטִין תורא בחילא Ash. to Ḥull. 51ᵃ (ed. בחייליה) threw an ox down with force (before slaughtering).—Part. pass. חְבִיט, f. חֲבִיטָא prostrated. Keth. 10ᵃ מברכתא ח׳ ליה is Mabrakhta (i.e. all the women of ill repute of M.) prostrated before him (so that he is an expert in such matters)? [Y. Sabb. VIII, 11ᵇ bot. בחביט, v. preced.]
Pa. - חַבֵּיט to shake, agitate. Targ. Y. Num. XXV, 8 (ed. Amst. Pe.) he shook (the spear). Targ. Esth. VI, 1.—Succ. 44ᵇ ח׳ ח׳ ולא וכ׳ he shook it repeatedly but said no benediction.
Ithpa. - אִיחַבֵּט as preced. Nif. Keth. 36ᵇ כולהו במי חַבּוּטֵי מִיחַבְּטֵי all girls (even if not blind) may receive a shock by falling.