שעבוד

שִׁעְבּוּד, שִׁי׳m. (preced.) 1) subjection, servitude, oppression. Ber.12b שיהא ש׳ מלכיותוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שתהא) that the delivery from servitude to the empires , v. עִיקָּר. Ib. 34b, a. e. ש׳ מלכיות, v. מַלְכוּת. Cant. R. to II, 14 מפני מה … כדי שיצאו … בלא ש׳ why were the wives of the patriarchs barren (for a time)? In order that many (of the four-hundred) years (Gen. 15:13) might pass without servitude; Gen. R. s. 45. Ib. s. 44 אף אני בש׳ shall I, too, be in slavery?; a. fr. 2) ש׳ קרקעות (or ש׳ only) pledge, hypothecary obligation, landed security. B. Mets.4b משום דהוה ליה שטר ש׳ ק׳ … כפירת ש׳ ק׳ because a note of indebtedness implies a hypothecary obligation (that the debtors landed property is pledged to the creditor), and no oath is assigned on a disputed hypothecary obligation; Shebu.37b; Keth.87b. B. Mets.14a שבח שְׁפַר וש׳וכ׳ the scribe must ask for authorization to insert, in a deed of sale of land, ‘amelioration, ‘best land and ‘pledge, i. e. that the seller pledges his land, and this the best portions of it, for indemnity to the buyer in case of seizure for the sellers debt, this indemnity to include the improvements eventually made by the buyer; a. fr.