אֲגוּדָּה

אֲגוּדָּהf. (b. h. אֲגֻדָּה, v. foreg.) 1) bundle, bunch. B. Mets.I, 8. Succ.33b כא׳ שלוכ׳ as a bunch of herbs is tied; a. fr. 2) band, union; faction. Lev. R. s. 30; Gen. R. s. 88 א׳ אחת one brotherhood.Pl. אֲגוּדּוֹת. Peah VI, 10; v. foreg. Makhsh. VI, 2 א׳ של ביתוכ׳ (herb) bunches which have been lying in the market houses; v. Tosef. ib. III, 8.Yeb.13b (ref. to תתגדדו Deut. 14:1) לא תעשו א׳ א׳ do not form yourselves into religious factions. Ber.4a א׳ א׳ in companies (amusing themselves). 3) בֵּית א׳ pr. n. of a family, Beth-Aguddah. Mass. Sofrim IV, 1 של ב׳ א׳ … the scribes of the family Beth-Ag.