בָּדַק

בָּדַק(b. h. √בד, v. בדד) to split, break into, penetrate. Keth.XIII, 9 הנוה היפה בּוֹדֵק the removal to a better residence (and style of living) penetrates (the body and creates disease); v. ib. 110b מא׳ ב׳ כדשמואלוכ׳ what does bodek mean? Answ. As it is expressed by Samuel …, a change of the mode of living (v. וֶסֶת) is the beginning of abdominal disease.Esp. 1) to search, examine, investigate, try. Sot.V, 1 as well as the water בּוֹדְקִין אותהוכ׳ tries her (eventually makes her sick), so does it try him (the adulterer). Pes.I, 1 ב׳ את החמץ leavened bread is searched after (for the sake of removing it). Ib. 9b (בית) בָּדוּק a house which has been searched. Snh.III, 6 ב׳ את העדים the witnesses are cross-examined, Ib. IV, 5; v. דְּרִישָׁה. Sabb.139a וכ׳ בְּדוֹק בדיינו investigate the doings of the Israelitish judges. Keth.VII, 8 הוא בּוֹדְקָהּוכ׳ he has her examined (as to bodily soundness) by his female relatives. Ib. 75b חזקה אין … אא׳׳כ בּוֹדְקוֹ the presumption is that nobody will drink out of a cup, unless he has examined it (will not marry a woman before ascertaining her physical condition). Kidd.IV, 4 צריך לבְדוֹק אחריהוכ׳ must investigate her family records up to four mothers Ib. 5 אין בודקין מןוכ׳ no family records are searched beyond the altar, i. e. the ascertained fact of a persons admission to priestly services is sufficient evidence of unblemished descent for marriage purposes. Nidd.30b ובדקן ומצאן (read ובדקו ומצאו) they (the scholars) examined (made a post mortem examination); Tosef. ib. IV, 17; Bekh.45a; a. fr. 2) to tend, cure (plants), esp. to cover with earth or manure. Tosef.Shebi.I, 12; T. ib. IV, 35b bot. Nif. נִבְדַּק to be examined Y.Gitt.I, 43b; IX, end, 50d נ׳ השם the report was traced. Nidd.V, 6 נדריה נִבְדָּקִין her vows are subject to examination (to find out whether she knows the import of a vow); a. fr.