חֵיק m. (b. h.; חוּק) 1) lap, bosom, embrace. M. Kat. 24ᵃ a child יוצא בח׳ is carried out in one’s arms (without a coffin); Kidd. 80ᵇ; Treat. S’maḥ. III, 2.—Y. M. Kat. III, beg. 81ᶜ הניח ה׳ אמו וכ׳ left his mother’s lap (Palestine). Tosef. Yeb. IX, 4 מח׳ בעלה directly from the embrace of her husband; a. e. —2) receptacle, cavity, bottom. Men. 97ᵇ; Erub. 4ᵃ (ref. to Ez. XLIII, 17), v. יְסוֹד.
חֵיק
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חֵיק m. (b. h.; חוּק ) 1) lap, bosom, embrace . M. Kat. 24ᵃ a child יוצא בח׳ is carried out in one’s arms (without a coffin); Kidd. 80ᵇ ; Treat.…
References
- Jastrow, חוּק 1
- Moed Katan 24a
- Kiddushin 80b
- Tractate Semachot 3:2
- Tosefta Yevamot 9:4
- Menachot 97b:19
- Eruvin 4a:9
- Ezekiel 43:17
- Jastrow, יְסוֹד 1