Jastrow: סָהֲדָא

סָהֲדָא, סָהֲדָה, סַ׳, שַׂ׳ m. (preced.) 1) witness. Targ. O. Deut. XIX, 18. Targ. Prov. XII, 19; a. fr.—B. Bath. 33ᵇ. Sabb. 65ᵇ מטרא … ס׳ רבה פרת (the rise of) the Euphrates is a weighty witness (indication) that it rained in Palestine; a. fr.—Pl. סַהֲדִין, סַהֲדַיָּא, סַהֲדֵי, שַׂ. Targ. Ex. XXII, 12. Targ. O. ib. 2; a. fr.—B. Bath. l. c. Kidd. 65ᵇ לא איברו ס׳ אלא לשקרי witnesses are created only for liars, i.e. the institution of witnesses is not intended to legalise an act, but only as a guard against faithless persons who might deny the transaction. Y. Shebu. VI, end, 37ᵇ פומהון דש׳, v. preced. art. Ib. ייתי עלוי ש׳ let him produce witnesses to confirm it. Y. Snh. III, end, 21ᵈ וקבלון לש׳ וכ׳ and they received (heard) the witnesses in the absence of &c.; a. fr.—Ber. 17ᵇ, a. fr. אנן ס׳ we know certainly.—Fem. סַהֲדָא. Targ. O. Gen. XXXI, 52.—V. סָהִיד. —2) pl. סַהֲדִין, constr. סַהֲדֵי testimony. Targ. Y. Ex. XX, 13. Targ. Y. Deut. XIX, 18 סהדין שקרא; a. e.; v. next w.