- חַבְרוּתָא
- חַבָּרוּתָא, חַבְרוּתָאch. (preced.) 1) attachment; companionship, friendship. Targ. Ps. 139:2 (h. text רֵעִי).Taan.23a (prov.) או ח׳ או מיתותא (Ms. M. אי חברא אי מותא) either companions or death; B. Bath.16b (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 90). Ber.34a top ח׳ כלפי שמיא (מי איכא) is there a social equality with reference to Heaven (dare man treat prayer as he would a talk with a friend)?; Meg.25a. 2) (collect, noun) scholars of the college. Yeb.96b ח׳ נמי the fellows (my pupils), too, are quoted against me?Y.Shebi.VII, 37c top ר׳ יותנן וחברותיה (v. חֲבוּרְתָּא).Pl. חַבְרָוָותָא. Ḥull.57b Rashi (ed. חבוורתא, corr. acc.).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.