Jastrow: טַעֲנָה

טַעֲנָה f. (טָעַן I) 1) plea, suit, claim. Shebu. VI, 1 הט׳ … וההודאה וכ׳ if the claim is for two M’ah silver, and the defendant admits the value of a P’rutah. Ib. אם אין ההודאה ממין הט׳ if the defendant’s admission is not homogeneous with the claim (e.g. one sues for wheat and the defendant alleges to owe barley). Ib. 39ᵇ כפירת ט׳ שתי וכ׳ the claim of two M’ah in the Mishnah means that amount of the claim which is disputed; ט׳ עצמה וכ׳ it means that the original claim was for two &c. Keth. I, 1 טַעֲנַת בתולים, v. בְּתוּלִים.—B. Kam. 57ᵃ ט׳ גנב, v. גַּנָּב. Ib. ט׳ לסטים, v. לִסְטֵיס; a. fr.—Pl. טַעֲנוֹת. Y. Snh. III, 21ᵇ bot. צריך … לשנות טַעֲנוֹתֵיהֶן the judge must repeat the pleas of the contesting parties; Midr. Till. to Ps. LXXII לשקול ט׳; Yalk. Kings 175 לשקול ט׳ בפני שניהם weigh their pleas in the presence of both parties; a. e. —2) suspicion, talk, fault-finding. Num. R. s. 10 (ed. Amst. p. 240ᵃ) מפני טענת הבריות not to give rise to people’s talk; Ab. d’R. N. ch. II. Y. Ber. I, 3ᶜ מפני ט׳ המינין not to give support to the talk of the heretics (Bab. ib. 12ᵃ תרעומת).