חֲבֵי׳

חֲבֵרוּת, חֲבֵי׳f. (חָבֵר) 1) the condition of a Ḥaber with reference to levitical pureness; the Order of Ḥăberim. Bekh.30b הבא לקבל דברי ח׳ he who comes before scholars to take upon himself the obligations of a ḥaber. Tosef.Dem.III, 4 דוחין אותו מחֲבירוּתוֹ ed. Zuck. (Var. מחבורתו) is expelled from the order; Y. ib. II, 23a top מחבור׳ (cor. acc); a. fr. 2) the position of a scholar, ‘fellowship Y.Ber.V, 9a bot. אפי׳ תואר ח׳וכ׳ even the appellation of fellowship (if you had called us ḥăberim) would not have been unbecoming to us.