לְוָיָה

לְוָיָה, לְוָיָיהf. (לָוָה) escort, company, esp. the travellers escort for protection. Sot.IX, 6 והנחנוהו בלא ל׳ and we let him (the stranger) go without protection; (Y. ib. IX, 23d bot. הלוייה). Bab. ib. 46b כופין לל׳ we may force (the inhabitans of a place) to provide escorts for travellers. Ib. המהלך … ואין לו ל׳וכ׳ he who travels on the road and has no company, let him be engaged in study of the Law (ref. to לִוְיַת, Prov. 1:9); Erub.54a. Ḥull.7a בני ל׳ fellow-travellers. Midr. Till. to Ps. 104:1 יהא אליך לְוָיָיתְךָ (or לִוְיָיתְךָ) thy God be thy escort; a. e.