- חוֹר
- חוֹרII m. (b. h.), pl. חוֹרִין (white garments, freedom; בֶּן ח׳, בַּת ח׳ free, freed, opp. to slave. Gitt.IV, 4 ועושה … בן ח׳ and he must declare him free. Ib. 5 חציו עבד וחציו בן ח׳ half a slave and half a freedman; a. fr.Pl. בְּנֵי ח׳. B. Kam.I, 3 עדים ב׳ ח׳וכ׳ witnesses who are freemen and of the Jewish faith. Esth. R. to I, 6 (expl. חוּר ib.) בגדים שב׳ ח׳וכ׳ garments which freemen wear; a. fr.(נכסים) בני ח׳ free (not mortgaged) property, opp. משועבדים. B. Kam.8b; a. fr. (Bibl. Hebr. חוֹרִים, חֹרִים noblemen.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.