תְּכוֹי

תְּכוֹיm. (חָּלָה) 1) hanger, handle, cord, chain. Sabb.VIII, 2 (78a) גמי כדי לעשות ת׳וכ׳ Ar. a. Mish. ed. Pes. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 400; ed. תְּלָאי) as much reed grass as is required for the making of a hanger for a sieve Eduy. III, 9; Kel. XII, 6; Tosef. ib. B. Mets. II, 12 ת׳ המגררותוכ׳ the chain on which the strigils in the bathhouse are suspended. Kel. XV, 4 ת׳ מקלוכ׳ the handle of the constables staff. Ib. העשוי לת׳ טהור whatever is made for suspending or handling is not susceptible of uncleanness; a. fr.Pl. תְּלוֹיִים, תְּלוֹיִין, תְּלוֹיוֹת. Ib. כל התלויים … חוץ מתְּלוֹיֵיוכ׳ ed. Dehr. (Bab. ed. התלויות תלוי; Mish. ed. התְּלוֹיִם) all hangers or handles are clean except those of ; Tosef. ib. B. Mets.V, 6 התלויין. 2) hanging down, letting hang down. Yalk. Ps. 624, v. הֲרָמָה; (Pesik. Shek., p. 10b>; Midr. Till. to Ps. 3; Yalk. Ex. 365 ת׳ ראש lifting up the head, חרמת ראש removal of the head), 3) (hanging over, interlinear writing. Tosef.Gitt.IX (VII), 8 שטר … ת׳ מגופווכ׳ a document which has an erasure or an interlinear insertion in its body (essential portion, v. תּוֹרֵף) is unlawful; Y. ib. IX, 50c תלות (corr. acc.).