Jastrow: תְּהֵי

תְּהֵי, תְּהָא, תְּהַהּ, (תְּהֵו) ch. same 1) to gaze, be astonished, be waste.—Part. תָּהֵי; f. תָּהֲיָא, תָּהֲיָה. Targ. Y. Gen. I, 2. Targ. Y. II, Ex. XII, 42; a. e.—Erub. 66ᵃ ת׳ בה ר׳ אלעזר R. El. marvelled at it. Ib. תְּהוּ בה וכ׳ the Nehardeans were astonished at it. Pes. 50ᵇ תהו ביה אינשי people gaze at him with ill-will (Ms. M. תַּוְוהוּ בהו fr. תְּוַהּ). Nidd. 66ᵃ כי היכי דתַהֲווּ עלך … נִתְהֲוִי עלך וכ׳, v. גִּיסָא III; a. e. —2) to pause, regret, repent. Targ. Y. Lev. V, 5; 24. Targ. Cant. V, 5. Targ. Y. Ex. XIII, 17. Targ. Prov. XX, 25 (ed. תדיא, חדיא, corr. acc.).—Y. Ḥall. II, beg. 58ᵇ מן דנפקית תְּהֵית דלא אמרית וכ׳ (not דנפקות) when I was gone, I was sorry that I had not said to him &c. Y. Sabb. I, 3ᵇ bot. שרי ת׳ ביה he began to bethink himself (of what he had done). Ned. 21ᵇ כדו תְּהֵית dost thou now regret (that thou hast vowed)? Y. ib. IX, 41ᵇ bot. ר"י פתח ות׳ R. J. offered an opening (for the purpose of absolving from a vow), and he (the vower) expressed his regret; [read:] ואילולי דו ת׳ הו אתי but if he were not sorry for his vow, would he have come (before the teacher for absolution)?; a. e. —3) to smell. Keth. 105ᵃ, v. אִמְבְּרָא. B. Bath. 22ᵃ פוק תְּהֵי וכ׳, v. קַנְקַנָּא.