- וו׳
- וַעַד, וַו׳m. (preced.) 1) meeting, appointment. בֵּית ו׳ meeting place. Ab. I, 4 let thy house be בית ו׳וכ׳ a meeting place for scholars.Esp. בית ו׳ a) scholars meeting place, college, Beth-ham-Midrash. Y.Ber.IV, 7c bot למחר … לבית הו׳ to-morrow, when I come to college Y.Macc.II, 31d bot. עושים לו בית ו׳ you must provide a school-house for him. Sot.IX, 15 (49b) ב׳ ו׳ יהיהוכ׳ the school-house will be used for debauchery. Gen. R. s. 1; a. fr.b) בֵּית הַוַּ׳ the Temple. Y.Naz.VIII, 57a bot שלא תנעול … מבית הו׳ so as not to lock out repentance from the Temple. 2) fair, public games. Ḥull.127a; cmp. אֲבֵידָן.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.