דַּעַת

דַּעַתf. (b. h.; v. דֵּעָה) knowledge, mind; temperament, physical disposition, constitution. עלתה על ד׳ to occur to ones mind, to strike. Sot.IX, 6 (45b); a. fr.שיקול הד׳ weighing of opinions, i. e. decision between opposite views. Snh.6a טעה בש׳ הד׳ made a mistake in deciding, against the common practice, a case concerning which there are opposite authorities, opp. to a decision against an established law; ib. 33a; Y.Keth.IX, 33a; Y.Snh.I, 18a bot.Y. Ḥag.II, 77b top אין דַּעְתָּן נקיה their mind is not pure (unfit to study esoterics).B. Mets.11b, a. e. ד׳ אחרת מקנה a deputized person (or fictitious person, e. g. ones ground) can take possession. Snh.25a sq. תולה בד׳ עצמו one who makes the chance of a game dependent on his own action, e. g. throwing dice, תולה בד׳ יונו who makes it dependent on his doves flight.Tosef.Ḥull.VII, 1 וד׳ מכרעת reason decides in favor ; Ḥull.90b מאי ד׳ ד׳ תורה by saying ‘reason decides does he mean a reasonable interpretation of the Biblical law, or is he in doubt and ‘reason decides means ד׳ ניטה his opinion inclines in favor of ?מִדַּ׳, לַרַּ׳ with the consent of, with the knowledge of, opp. בעל ברח־, v. כּוֹרַח. Kidd.44a מד׳ אביה with her fathers consent; מִדַּעְתָּהּ with her consent. Ib. שלא לד׳ אביה without her fathers consent; a. fr.ד׳ יפה good physical constitution, מי שדעתו י׳ not fastidious in taste, opp. אִיסְתְּנִיס q. v.ד׳ קצרה impatience, greed, ד׳ רחבה contentedness. B. Bath. 145b bot.; Snh.101a top.Ber.29b דַּעְתָּם קצרה they are impatient (Rashi: they do not understand how to express their wishes).Pes.113b אין הד׳ סובלתן whom the mind cannot endure; a. fr.Pl. דֵּעוֹת, v. דֵּעָה.