- חצר
- חָצֵרc. (b. h.; חצר, v. preced. wds.; cmp. גָּזַר a. גִּזְרָה ) court, yard, in gen. private property. B. Mets.11a חֲצֵרוֹ של אדםוכ׳ the ground belonging to a person takes possession for him (of what is found there) even without his knowledge. Ib. ח׳ המשתמרת a well-guarded ground (fenced-in). B. Kam.12a; Gitt.21a, a. e. ח׳ מהלכת a moving ground, e. g. the back of a slave. Erub.VI, 1 הדר עם … בח׳ if one dwells in the same court yard with a gentile. Ib. 3 אנשי ח׳ the residents of dwellings in one court yard; a. v. fr.ח׳ הצירית Tyrian yard (with a lodge at the entrance). Maasr.III, 5; Nidd.47b.חֲצַר הקבר the excavated ground to which all the caves of a cemetery open. Ohol. XV, 8; Tosef. ib. XV, 7.חֲ׳ הכירה the rim of the cooking range. Kel. VII, 3; Tosef. ib. B. Kam.V, 5.חֲ׳ הכבד (= b. h. יֹתֶרֶת) lobe of the liver. Yoma VIII, 6; a. e.חֲ׳ מות cemetery, v. supra. Ber.18b.Pl. חֲצֵרוֹת, חֲצֵי׳. Erub.IV, 6. Ib. VI, 8; a. fr.
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