חַבָּר

חָבַר

• (b. h.)
• 1. to join, befriend, assist. Y. Ab. Zar. I, 39ᵇ top (ref. to Ps. LVIII, 6) [read:] כל מי שהיה חוֹבְרוֹ הוא חוברו whoever assisted him (in his political ambition), him he befriended.—Esp. חוֹבֵר, pl. חוֹבְרִים, חוֹבְרִין having a share in the ownership of a sacrifice, v. חֲבוּרָה. Men. IX, 9 (93ᵇ bot.) אחד מניף לכל החו׳ Ms. M. (ed. חֲבֵרִים) one of the company does the waving in behalf of all of them. Ib. 94ᵃ נתמעטה בחו׳ is reduced in numbers as regards the participants (only one of them being required to act). Tem. 2ᵃ; Arakh. 2ᵃ בעלי ח׳ (sub. קרבן) partners of a sacrifice (also בעלי קרבן). e.g. Psalms 58:6
• 2. with על (cmp. זָוַג) to join against, protest. B. Bath. 11ᵃ חָבְרוּ עליו וכ׳ his brothers &c. combined to protest against his actions.
• 3. to tie, fascinate, charm. Lam. R. to I, 5 מביאין חוֹבֵר וחוֹבְרִין וכ׳ they procure a charmer and charm the serpent. Sifré Deut. 172 ה׳ מרובה he who charms large objects; Ker. 3ᵇ ח׳ גדול; Snh. 65ᵃ חַבָּר גדול. Ker. l. c. חוֹבֵר חֶבֶר דבלאו הדין הוא but what kind of charmer (Deut. XVIII, 11) is he that is liable only to lashes (v. לַאו)?; a. fr.—[ e.g. Deuteronomy 18:11
• 4. (cmp. חָבַל) to unshape, wound. Denom. חַבּוּרָה.]
  • 1. to join, fasten. Yalk. Job 927 (ref. to Job XL, 30) מי שח׳ עצמו במצות whoever befriended himself with good deeds; Tanḥ. Nitsab. 4 (corr. acc.). Kel. XIV, 2 וחִבְּרָהּ לו (or וחֲבָרָהּ) and he fastened the tube to it (the staff). Ib. משיְחַבֵּר from the moment he attaches it, opp. משיחבל, v. חָבַל.—Part. pass. מְחוּבָּר. Ib. XII, 2 כל המ׳ וכ׳ whatever is fastened (belonging) to an object fit to become unclean &c.—מ׳ (לקרקע) fixed, immovable, opp. תלוש. B. Mets. 89ᵃ אוכל במ׳ may eat of what is standing in the field (Deut. XXIII, 25, sq.). Peah IV, 1, v. דָּלִית. Y. ib. 18ᵃ ואינו מ׳ and when the Mishnah says בדלית ובדקל, it does not mean במ׳ בדלית וכ׳ ‘of that which is attached to the vine and tree’; אין תימר מ׳ הוא וכ׳ if you say, it means that which is attached, then the Mishnah means to say that the owner must designate the Peah while it is up (on the tree) &c.—Ib. II, beg. 16ᵈ (in a passage misplaced and corrupted) הא גדר מ׳ ואינו מ׳ this ‘fence’ (Mish. ib. II, 3) is to be considered as something attached to the ground (like a growth) and (in other respects) as not attached. e.g. Job 40:30
  • 2. to charm. Lam. R., introd. (R. Josh. 2) התחיל מְחַבֵּר חֲבָרִים (not מחבי חביים) he began to consult charmers (with ref. to Ez. XXI, 26). Snh. 65ᵃ מקטר לחַבֵּר he burns incense for charming purposes (to exorcise the demons); a. fr. e.g. Ezekiel 21:26
  • to be joined, gathered. Gen. R. s. 80 (ref. to Hos. VI, 9) as the priests נֶחְכָּרִים על וכ׳ are grooped around &c.; Macc. 10ᵃ מִתְחַבְּרִין וכ׳. e.g. Hosea 6:9
  • 1. same; v. supra.—2)
  • to associate, make friends with. Ab. I, 7.—Num. R. s. 20, beg. נִתְחַבְּרוּ מואב וכ׳ Moab and Midian formed an alliance; Tanḥ. Balak 3.—3) to be charmed, spellbound. Ib. B’shall. 18 מיד נתח׳ וכ׳ at once the bird is spellbound (by the snake looking at its shadow) and falls to pieces; Yalk. Ex. 255 מת (read מתחבר); Mekh. B’shall., Vayassa, s. 1 מִתְחַבֵּר על צלו (not ומת׳ אל) it remains spell-bound over its own shadow.

חֲבַר

• , Pa. חַבֵּר ch. same,
• 1. to fasten, join. Targ. Ps. CXIX, 69 (Ms. חָבְרוּ Pe.; h. text טפלו).
• 2. to combine against. Targ. Job XVI, 4 (h. text אחבירה).
• 3. to charm. Targ. Y. I Deut. XVIII, 11.
• 4. to wound, v. infra. [Y. Maas. Sh. V, 56ᵇ bot., v. חֲכַר.]
  • 1. to associate. Targ. Hos. IV, 17; a. e.
  • 2. to be wounded. Keth. 5ᵇ דם מיפקד פקיד או חַבּוּרֵי אִיחַבַּר is the blood (in the womb) stored up, or is it the result of a wound?; ib. 6ᵃ דם חבורי מִיחַבַּר.

חָבֵר

• preced. wds.) (with suff. חֲבֵיר־)
• 1. associate, friend, partner (in sacrifices); colleague, fellow-student; fellow-being; of the same kind(also of things). Ab. II, 9 ח׳ טוב a true friend; ח׳ רע a false friend. Ib. 10 כבוד חֲבֵרְךָ thy neighbor’s honor. Sabb. 63ᵃ top בח׳ טוב with a good friend (an obscene disguise for a fair woman, v. גּוּרְדְּלִי); a. v. fr.—ח׳ ותלמיד, (in Babli) תלמיד ח׳ colleague and pupil, a title of distinction for a student, fellow. Y. Shek. III, beg. 47ᵇ; Y. B. Bath. IX, end, 17ᵇ, a. e. ח׳ ות׳ הוה וכ׳ was a fellow under R. Ak.; Bab. B. Bath. 158ᵇ. Ber. 27ᵇ דתלמיד ח׳ הוה who was a fellow (under Rab).
• 2. Ḥaber, Fellow, a scholar’s title, less than חַכִּים or זָקֵן. Kidd. 33ᵇ (in Chald. phras.) אנא ח׳, אתון חכימי ye are ḥakkime (doctors), and I merely a fellow. Snh. 8ᵇ, a. e. ח׳ אינו וכ׳, v. הַתְרָאָה; a. fr.—Gen. R. s. 84 (play on חֶ֗בְ֗ר֗ו̇ן֗) ח̇ב̇ר̇ הנ̇אה וכ׳ that worthy scholar buried &c.
• 3. Ḥaber,member of a religious or charitable association, esp. member of the order for the observance of levitical laws in daily intercourse. Dem. II, 3. Tosef. ib. II, 2 מקבלין אותו להיות ח׳ is accepted as a member of the order; a. v. fr.—Pl. חֲבֵרִים, חֲבֵי׳. Ber. 28ᵇ ולא יכשלו חֲבֵרַי וכ׳ that my colleagues (in court) may not fail in a decision of the law. Ib. הזהרו בכבוד חֲבֵירֵיכֶם take heed of your fellow-students’ honor. Bekh. 30ᵇ בפני שלשה ח׳ in the presence of three members of the order. Pesik. R. s. 11 חֲבֵרֵיהֶם שלהם עוסקים וכ׳ the members of societies among them are engaged in charitable work. Ib. ואין חביריהם מרגישים and their neighbors (the fruits in the same bag) are not affected; a. v. fr.—Fem. חֲבֵירָה, חֲבֵרָה, חֲבֶרֶת, חֲבֶירֶת. Snh. 8ᵇ אשה חבירה a scholarly woman (acquainted with the law). Ber. 48ᵇ, a. fr. אין מלכות נוגעת בחֲבֶרְתָּהּ וכ׳ one term of office does not touch upon its successor even at a hair’s breadth (duration of power is preordained). Deut. R. s. 7 אין טיפה מתערבת בחברתה one rain-drop does not mix itself with the other; a. fr.—Pl. חֲבֵרוֹת. Sabb. 129ᵃ חֲבֵרוֹתֶיהָ וכ׳, v. אֲגַף; a. fr.

חֶבֶר

• preced. wds.)
• 1. association.—חֶבֶר עיר a town organization, congregation (for divine services, study, charities). Ber. IV, 7. R. Hash. 34ᵇ. Meg. 27ᵇ top (Rashi: חֲבַר עיר a scholar maintained by the town, v. preced. w.).
• 2. charm. Snh. 65ᵃ; Ker. 3ᵇ, v. חָבַר.—Pl. חֲבָרִים. Lam. R. introd. (R. Josh. 2), v. חָבַר, Pi.
• 3. ח׳ גואלקי a load of sacks tied across an animal’s back, to unload which you must lift them before untying, contrad. to אֵבֶר גואלקי a load kept in balance by equal weight on both sides, to unload which you need only untie the knot on the animal’s back. Sabb. 154ᵇ מאי לאו בחבר גוולקי וכ׳ ed. (Ms. M. באבר גזול or גדול) do you not think (when it says, ib. XXIV, 1, ‘he unties the ropes and the sacks drop of themselves’) a ḥeber is meant which must be lifted along the sides of the animal?; לא באבר גואלקי וכ׳ Rashi Ms. a. Ar. (ed. בחבר אגלווקי, Ms. M. בגאלקי מפייהו, read: גופייהו, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 7) no, a balanced load is meant &c.; v. Ar. Compl. ed. Koh. s. v. חבר. Cmp. אַבְרַוְורֵי.

חַבָּר

• associate; Talm. = חוֹבֵר, v. חָבַר)
• 1. charmer. Snh. 65ᵃ, v. חָבַר. Deut. R. s. 7; a. e.
• 2. magus (v. אַמְגּוּשָׁא), Parsee priest, guebre in gen. Parsee government. Sabb. 11ᵃ תחת נכרי ולא תחת ח׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 80) rather under heathen (Roman) government, than under a Parsee.—Pl. חַבָּרִין, חַבָּרִים. Kidd. 72ᵃ הראני ח׳ let me see (give me a description of) the Parsees (as opposed to Persians). Pes. 113ᵇ. Yeb. 63ᵇ (ref. to Deut. XXXII, 21 גוי נבל) אלו ח׳ this means the Parsees. e.g. Deuteronomy 32:21

חַבָּר ²

• 1. charmer, v. חַבּוּרָא II.—Lev. R. s. 22; Yalk. Koh. 972 אתא חד חבר (Gen. R. s. 10; Koh. R. to V, 8 גבר, corr. acc.) a charmer (of snakes) came; Tanḥ. Ḥuck. 1.—Pl. חַבָּרַיָּא. Snh. 65ᵇ מן ח׳ את thou art a creation of the charmers.
• 2. Parsee. Gitt. 16ᵇ, sq. אתא ההוא ח׳ וכ׳ a Parsee came and took the lamp from them.—Pl. חַבָּרֵי. Sabb. 45ᵃ מקמי ח׳ from fear of the Parsees (that they might see the lights). Yeb. 63ᵇ אתו ח׳ לבבל the Parsees have entered the Jewish colonies of Babylonia. Bets. 6ᵃ but nowadays דאיכא ח׳ when there are Parsees (forcing to public labors).