הֶכְרַע

הֶכְרַעm. (כָּרַע Hif.) 1) customary additional weight in retailing, boot, v. גֵּירוּמִים B. Bath.89a. Ker.5a בה׳ הוא שוקלוכ׳ must he weigh (the frank incense) with boot or exactly (v. עַיִן)? Snh.102a אחד מכ״ד בה׳ ליטרא one twenty fourth of the overweight of a litra (a minute portion). 2) (Gramm.) decision as to the junction of a word with the preceding or the following word (v. next w.), construction, syntax. Yoma 52a in five verses אין להםה׳ the grammatical construction is undecided; Gen. R. s. 80; Tanḥ Bshall. 26; Hekh. Bshall., Amalek 1; a. e.Pl. הֶכְרֵיעִים Y.Meg.IV, 74d bot. (ref. to Neh. 8:8 ויבינו) אלו הה׳ that means the grammatical constructions.