עִכּ׳

עִיכּוּבָא, עִכּ׳ch. sam(עיכוב, עכ׳ hinderance, a circumstance which makes a religious act invalid, indispensable condition, absolute necessity), 1) delay. Targ. Y. Deut. 23:22. 2) indispensable condition. Yoma 5a bot. ככה ע׳ היא the emphatic expression ‘thus (Ex. 29:35) intimates the indispensableness of any of the prescribed forms. Ibb> ושמרתם … ע׳ the emphatic expression, ‘and ye shall guard (Lev. 8:35) intimates