- אכסנאי
- אַכְסְנָאִיor אַכְסְנַאי, אַכְסְנַי m. (deriv. of אַכְסַנְיָא) stranger, guest, lodger; also (ξένος) hired soldier. Y.Erub.II end 20b יֵעָשֶׂה כא׳ let him be considered as a stranger (trahsient lodger). Tosef.Shebi.V, 21 אכסנא some ed. (ed. Zuck. אַכְסְנָיִין pl.) soldier, v. אַכְסַנְיָא 3).Arakh.16b א׳ דאקראי an occasional guest. Ib. א׳ פוגם ונפגם a traveller (constantly changing his lodging place) discredits others a. himself; a. fr.Pl. אַכְסְנָיִין (v. supra), אַכְסְנִין Lev. R. s. 27.אַכְסְנֵי, אַכְסְנַיָּא, אַכְסְנָאֵי. Targ. Y. II Gen. 47:21 א׳ גילולאי exiled strangers. Gen. R. s. 50 הב לאילין א׳ give these travellers אַכְסָנִים. Num. R. s. 10 (p. 239c> ed. Amst.) מנהג הא׳ custom of hospitality (prob. אכסניא).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.