- הלקט
- הֶילְקֵט, הֶלְקֵטm. (לקט, v. אִלְקָטִית; cmp. b. h. יַלְקוּט) (receptacle, store, 1) the ciborium (seed vessel) of the Egyptian colocasia (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Colocasia; v. קוּלְקָס).Pl. הֶילְקְטִין, הֶלְ׳. Tosef.Maasr.III, 14; Y. ib. V, end, 52a whose stalks are few, והֶלְקְטֵיהֶן מרובין and ciboria numerous. 2) stack of grain, pile of fruits in the field.Pl. as ab. Naz.8b כמנין הֶילְקְטֵי קיץ (as many days a Nazir) as the number of piles during the fig crop.( 3) a birds pouch; v. next w.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.