אחה

אחי, אָחָה(√חו, cmp. חבב) to unite. Part. pass. אָחוּי united. Num. R. s. 13, beg. שיהיו אֲחוּיִים אצלו they shall be united with him (around his table). Pi. אִיחָה to join; to sew together (with fine stitches); cmp. חוּט; חוּד I. Gen. R. s. 39 beg. אברהם שאֹ׳ אתוכ׳ Abraham who united all mankind into a brotherhood (by the belief in one God), כזה שהוא מְאָחֶהוכ׳ like one who sews , v. infra. Ex. R. s. 40, end.Esp. to mend, by stitching, the rent of the garment torn in mourning. M. Kat. 22b; a. fr. Ib. 26a לאַחֹותָן to stitch them together. Hithpa. a. Nithpa. הִחְאָחֶה, נִתְאָחֶה 1) to be joined; to be stitched together. Num. R. s. 13, beg. (play on אחותי Cant. 5:1) נִתְאָחוּ ליוכ׳ they were joined to me (I joined them) in the captivity. Gen. R. s. 68 מִתְאָחֹות, v. אֶבֶן. M. Kat. 26a אין מתאחין must not be stitched together. 2) to be joined by grafting, to grow together. Y.Kil.I, 27a top הן נתא׳וכ׳ they (the two seeds) combine. Y.Shebi.II, end, 34a bot. Y.Orl.I, 61a bot.