- בדח
- בְּדַח, בְּדִיחַ(denom. of √דח, v. דְּחַהּ; cmp. בִּזְרָא) to be cheerful. Targ. Y. Ex. 18:9; a. fr.Ber.30b, a. fr. ב׳ טובא was very cheerful. M. Kat. 17a בְּדִיחָא דעתאי I feel happy. Sabb.77b.Ḥull.32a לא הוה בדיחנא ביהוכ׳ I could not make light of my uncle so as to ask him (Ar. ed. pr. בדיקנא). Pa. בַּדַּח to cheer up, make laugh. Taan22a, v. בָּדוֹחָא. Ned.51a have I not cautioned thee דלא תבדחן not to make us laugh? Ib. 50b bot. תבדיחן (En Yaak. תבדחן).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.