נקיות

נְקִיּוּתf. (preced.) 1) cleanliness. Yeb.46b ודילמא נ׳ בעלמא perhaps mere cleanliness of appearance is intended? (not levitical purification). Sot.IX, 15; Y.Shek.III, end, 47c; Ab. Zar.20b זריזות מביאה לידי נ׳ zeal leads to cleanliness, נ׳ מביאהוכ׳ cleanliness leads to levitical purity. Y.Pes.VII, 35b bot. אינה אלא נ׳ it is a mere matter of cleanliness. 2) innocence, expiation. Tem.3b ואימא … נ׳ כלל may I not say, it means that there is no expiation for him?; a. e. 3) respectability, dignity. Sifra Kdosh., Par. 2, ch. IV מתפרנס בנ׳ he will make a decent living (not be dependent on charity). Gen. R. s. 99; a. e.