Jastrow: עֵדֶר

עֵדֶר m. (b. h.; עָדַר; cmp. גִּדְרָה s. v. גּוֹדְרוֹת) enclosure, pen, fold; herd, flock. Ohol. VIII, 1 ע׳ בהמה וכ׳ clean or unclean beasts closely penned; Tosef. ib. IX, 1; [Ar. s. v. אדר, ed. Koh. s. v. אדורה, I, p. 39ᵃ, explains our w.: hide, v. עָדַר 1, a. עָדַד]. Yoma 34ᵇ; 70ᵇ; Meg. 28ᵃ אחד מיוחד שבעֶדְרוֹ ‘one’ (Num. XXVIII, 4) means one singled out (the best) of its fold. Bekh. 24ᵃ הנכנס לתוך עדרו וכ׳ if one enters his pen at night. Naz. V, 3 תצא ותרעה בע׳ let it go and be fed in the fold (as a profane animal). Yoma 61ᵇ, sq. וכי עדרו משלח … וכי עדרו שורף shall one send off his whole flock (of goats)?… shall one burn &c.?; a. fr.—Pl. עֲדָרִים, עֲדָרִין. Ex. R. s. 1 באין ע׳ ע׳ וכ׳ they came to their homes in flocks; א"ת עדי עדיים אלא עֶדְרֵי ע׳ read not (Ez. XVI, 7) ʿădi ʿădayim (choice attractions) but ‘edré ʿădarim (flocks after flocks). Cant. R. to II, 13 (ref. to Is. LIX, 5) להיכן הולכת … ויושבת ע׳ ע׳ במדבר whither does banished Truth go (v. עָדַר)? She goes and sits down in groups (of eremites) in the desert; Snh. 97ᵃ; Yalk. Is. 357; a. fr.—Tosef. Eduy. III, 2 נוחרין היו עֲדָרוֹת וכ׳ they stabbed entire herds in the camp. (v., however, עָרוֹד).—מִגְדַּל עֵדֶר (b. h.) pr. n. pl. Migdal Eder (Fold Tower), between Bethlehem and Jerusalem. Shek. VII, 4; Kidd. 55ᵃ