יעידה

יְעִידָהf. (יָעַד) 1) = יִעוּד. Arakh.25b the son stands in the place of his father לי׳ ולעבדוכ׳ (Rashi: לִיעָדָה) with reference to acquiring his fathers handmaid as his wife and taking possession of the Hebrew slave for the ensuing term; Kidd.17b ליעי׳ Ar. (ed. לִיעָ׳); B. Bath. 108b ליעי׳ Ms. M. (ed. לִיעָ׳); Sifra Bḥuck. Par. 4, ch. X; Yalk. Lev. 677 לִיעָ׳. 2) (ref. to Ex. 29:42 אִוָּעֵד) appointment, divine call. Num. R. s. 14, end; Sifra Vayikra Par. I, ch. II. 3) (= הוֹדָאָה) statement of facts, testimony. Ib. ch. II, Par. 2 יְעִידַת עד אחד the statement of one witness (opinion of one expert; v. Tem.28a); י׳ שני עדים the statement of two witnesses.