Jastrow: יְרוּשָּׁה

יְרוּשָּׁה f. (b. h. יְרֻשָּׁה; יָרַשׁ) 1) conquest, taking possession. Sifré Num. 107 (ref. to Num. XV, 18) אחר י׳ וישיבה וכ׳ the text means after conquering and settling in the land (proving from Deut. XI, 31); Kidd. 37ᵇ. Ib. 37ᵃ מושב לאחר י׳ וישיבה משמע the word dwelling (e.g. Lev. XXIII, 14) means after conquest &c. Ib. 38ᵃ; a. fr. —2) inheritance, heirloom. Ab. II, 12 שאינה י׳ לך for it (the knowledge of the Law) does not come to thee by inheritance (without toil). Ned. 81ᵃ that it may not be said י׳ היא להם scholarship comes to them by inheritance. Sifré Deut. 345 (ref. to Deut. XXXIII, 4) שומע אני י׳ לבני מלכים וכ׳ I might understand, it is an inheritance of the sons of the nobles &c. Ib. לִירוּשָּׁתִי אני חוזר I am returning to my own heirloom; Ex. R. s. 33 לִירוּשַּׁת אבותי to my paternal heirloom. B. Bath. 110ᵇ בת י׳ having the right of inheritance. Ib. 113ᵇ י׳ ראשונה the first succession (direct heirs, children &c.); י׳ שנייה indirect heirs (brothers &c.); a. v. fr.