- חוּב
- חוּבch., perf. a. part. חָב, חַב same, esp. to incur guilt, to sin. Targ. Ex. 32:31. Targ. Lev. 4:22; a. fr.Targ. O. Num. 15:28 בִּמְחֲבֵיה ed. Berl. (oth. ed. בְּמֵחֲבֵיה, בְּמֶחֲ׳). Pa. חַיֵּיב 1) as preced. Pi. Targ. Job 34:17; a. fr.Lam. R. to II, 1 (expl. יָעִיב, ib.) איך ח׳וכ׳ how did the Lord … condemn ; there are places דצווחין לחַיָיבָא עייבא where ḥayaba (the guilty) is pronounced ʽayaba, v. עוּב.B. Kam.68b לא לִיחַיְּיבֵיה (omitted in Ms. F.) do not condemn him (to pay a fine). Ber.20b וכלמ״ע נְחַיְּיבִינְהוּוכ׳ we might just as well by rabbinical ordinance declare them subject to all positive religious duties; a. fr.Part. pass. מְחַיַּיב (interch. with מִיחַיַּיב, v. infra). 2) to induce to sin. Targ. 2 Kings 21:16; a. e. Ithpa. אִיתְחַיַּיב, אִיחַיַּיב 1) to become guilty, to be induced to sin. Targ. 1 Sam. 19:5 (ed. Lag. את מחייב). Targ. Y. Lev. 5:19; a. e. 2) to be convicted, sentenced ; to be amenable to law, be bound. Targ. Ps. 34:23; a. e.Keth.85a ההיא … דאִיחַיְּיבָא שבועהוכ׳ a woman was declared bound to make oath in the court of R. Hash. 29a מִיחַיְּיבֵי are bound (subject to the law about Shofar). Ib. אימא … לא לִיחַיְּיבוּ I might have thought they ought not to be bound. B. Kam.72b כי קא מְחַיַּיב (v. supra) when does he become responsible; a. v. fr.
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