- חָגַר
- חָגַרII (v. חִגֵּר) to halt, to limp; to hesitate. Ḥull.18a כדי שתַּחְגּוֹרוכ׳ a notch deep enough for the nail to halt on passing over the edge; Bekh.37b; Tosef. ib. IV, 1 והיא חוֹגֶרֶת and it (the finger nail) is caught. Hif. הֶחֵגִּיר same. Y.Pes.VII, 35b top כדי שתהא היד מַחְגֶּרֶת enough for the finger to be caught. Zab. III, 1 מַחְגִּירִין they halt (do not stand firm). Nithpa. נִתְחַגֵּר to become lame. Tosef.Eduy. I, 14.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
