Jastrow: עֲמִידָה II

עֲמִידָה II f. (עָמַד) 1) standing, standing up. Y. Keth. IV, 28ᵇ עֲמִידַת ב"ד appearing before court (institution of proceedings). Shebu. 30ᵇ בעדים … בע׳ as to witnesses before court, all agree that they must stand. Ib. בעלי דינין בע׳ the parties must stand. Y. Bicc. III, 65ᶜ bot; Y. R. Hash. I, 57ᵇ top (ref. to Lev. XIX, 32) … אני הוא עמידת זקן תחלה I (the Lord) was the first to observe the standing up before an old man (by ref. to Gen. XVIII, 22, emended instead of, ‘And the Lord was yet standing before Abraham’, v. תִּיקּוּן); Lev. R. s. 35. Keth. 111ᵃ אל תרבה בע׳ וכ׳ do not stand too much, for standing is injurious to the heart. Ib. 111ᵇ, v. סְמִיכָה; a. fr.; v. יְשִׁיבָה.—Pl. עֲמִידוֹת. Y. Erub. V, beg. 22ᵇ כל ע׳ שעמד וכ׳ as often as he stood before Ahiya his teacher, he considered himself as if standing before the Divine Presence.—2) putting up, erection. Num. R. s. 12 המשכן נתקדש בע׳ ובפירוק וכ׳ the Tabernacle was consecrated by putting up and taking apart and by anointing. Yeb. 106ᵃ עֲמִידָתָהּ, v. יְשִׁיבָה.—Pl. as ab. Y. Yoma I, 38ᵇ bot. היה שם שבע ע׳ וכ׳ seven times was the Tabernacle (at its consecration) put up, and six times taken apart; a. e. —3) endurance, existence. Num. R. s. 2 אם אין … בסיד אין לו ע׳ וכ׳ unless thou puttest sand into the cement, it will not last; so the nations cannot exist without Israel; a. e. —4) that part of the daily prayers which must be read standing, usually called תְּפִלָּה. Treat. Sof’rim XVI, 12, v. קָדוֹשׁ.