חֲסִידָא

חֲסִיד, חָסִיד, חֲסִידָאch. 1) same. Targ. Ps. 18:26; a. fr.B. Kam.30a האי … למיהוי ח׳ he who desires to be a conscientious man (in business) let him live up to the laws laid down in Nzikin (v. נֶזֶק). B. Bath.7b; a. fr.Frequ. as a distinguishing surname. M. Kat. 17a. Ber.29b; a. fr.Pl. חֲסִידַיָּא, חֲסִידֵי. Targ. Ps. 145:10; a. e.Ḥull.122a, a. e. ח׳ דבבל the meek men of Babylonia, opp. תקיפי. M. Kat. 17a למערתא דח׳ to the cave where the pious were buried; a. fr.Fem. חֲסִידָא, חֲסִידְתָּא. Sabb.77b, v. אֲסִיתָא. 2) graceful. Targ. Prov. 11:16. Ib. 17:8.