Jastrow: חֲתִימָה

חֲתִימָה f. (חָתַם) 1) signature, stamp, mark. Gitt. 87ᵃ bot. ודידעינן בהא ח׳ וכ׳ when we know about that signature that it is not Jacob’s. Ib. II, 4 עד … וחֲתִימָתוֹ בתלוש unless it was written and signed on a movable material (v. חָבַר). Y. Keth. II, 26ᶜ top על חֲתִימַת העד וכ׳ to identify the signature of the second witness. B. Bath. 89ᵇ כיון דלא חזי ח׳ Ms. M. (ed. אי לא חזי ח׳, Ms. H. עד דחזי חתמא) since he does not see the official stamp on the measure; a. fr.—Trnsf. חֲתִימַת זָקָן the mature manly expression which the beard gives, full manhood. B. Mets. 39ᵇ; Yeb. 88ᵃ; Gen. R. s. 91; a. e.—[Targ. Cant. III, 8 חֲתִימַת מִילָה the seal of the covenant.]—Pl. חֲתִימוֹת. Keth. 21ᵇ ח׳ ידי העדים the signatures (handwritings) of the witnesses; a. e. —2) (v. חִיתּוּם) the concluding clause of a prayer. Pes. 104ᵃ צריך … ח׳ סמוך לחֲתִימָתוֹ he must use expressions corresponding to the closing formula immediately before the latter. —3) locking up, obstruction. Nidd. 43ᵇ, a. fr. (with ref. to Lev. XV, 3) חֲתִימַת פי האמה the filling up of the aperture of the membrum (with mucus).