- בדק
- בֶּדֶק(b. h., preced.) 1) breach, defect. 2) attendance, repair. ב׳ הבית (2 Kings 12:8) keeping the Temple in repair. Y.Pes.VIII, 36a top. Tem.I, 6 קדשי ב׳ הב׳ (Mish. קרבנות) offerings for the Temple repair, opp. to קדשי מזבח objects dedicated for sacrifices. Ibid. VII, 1; a. fr.Pl. בְּדָקִים, constr. בִּדְקֵי Sabb.32a ב׳ מיתה breaches through which death enters, i. e. sins for which one is visited with death; v. דֶּבֶק.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.