נדבךְ

נִדְבָּךְm. (דוך = דבך; v. Del. Prol., p. 150) 1) rammed wall (pisé), a mould fitted with earth or rubble; a block of a certain size (four handbreadths cubic measure), or a course of bricks , used as ‘binder (coagmentum); in gen. a course of stones, layer. Y.Shebi.III, 34c bot. זה שהוא מקבל נ׳ צריךוכ׳ he who contracts to build nidbakh, must build with blocks of four handbreadths as far as the space contracted for (v. infra). Sabb.115a אמר לבנאי שקעהו תחת הנ׳ he said to the builder, sink it (the translation of the Book of Job) under the rubble; Y. ib. XVI, 15c top. Ber.II, 4 mechanics at work may read the Shma בראש הנ׳ while standing on top of a course of the wall. Sabb.125b נ׳ של אבנים a mouldful of stones (v. מִרְבָּךְ); a. fr. 2) a frame carried to the building ground with tools and vessels above and under it. Tosef.Ohol.VII, 1 ארבעה שהיו נושאין את הנ׳ ואיןוכ׳ if four persons carry a frame the poles of which have not the size of a plough-handle; Ohol. VI, 1 (ed. Dehr. נדוד; Ar. נרווד, read: נִדְוָךְ, נִדְוָוךְ; Maim. a bier). Zab. V, 2 אצבעו של זב תחת הנ׳ if the gonorrhœist has his finger under the frame (while it is carried).Pl. נִדְבָּכִין, נִדְבָּכוֹת. Ohol. XIV, 1 שלשה נ׳וכ׳ a distance of three courses of stones which is twelve handbreadths; Tosef. ib. XIV, 8; Y.Shebi.III, 34d top. Ib. שלשה נ׳ עשרהוכ׳ three courses of trimmed stones making ten handbreadths, v. סִיתּוּת.