חותם

חוֹתָםm. (b. h.; חָתַם) 1) seal, stamp, die; enclosure locked up with a mark. Sabb.VIII, 5 כח׳ המרצופין as much sealing clay as required for a seal on bags. Ib. ח׳ האיגרות seal on letters. Snh.IV, 5 אדם טובע … בח׳ אחד a human being prints many coins from one die , but the Lord טבע … בחוֹתָמוֹ שלוכ׳ stamped every human being with the die of Adam, and yet not one is like the other; Y. Ib. IV, 22b bot. מח׳וכ׳. Sabb.58a העבד בח׳ שבצוארו the slave with the mark hanging down from his neck, בח׳ שבכסותו with the mark tied to his garment; a. fr.Trnsf. sexual innocence, purity. Yalk. Num. 766, v. infra.Pl. חוֹתָמוֹת, חוֹתָמִים. Y. Snh. l. c.Bets.31b ח׳ שבקרקעוכ׳ knots which serve as marks on doors of subterranean stores, may be untied ; a. e.Tan. dbe El. ch. XX, בחֹותָמֵיהֶן in their innocence. 2) (lock, the oblate side of a berry to which the stalk is attached. Y.Ab. Zar. V, 44d top. Toh. X, 5 גרגר … ח׳ a single berry, if its oblate part with the stalk is intact; Tosef. Ib. XI, 10. Ib. מקום ח׳ the place where the stalk (now torn out) was seated (and where now juice is oozing out). 3) the membraneous enclosure separating the stone of a date from its flesh, pericarp (as far as not eatable). Tosef.Ḥull.I, 23 הח׳ טמא ביבשה quot. by R. S. to Ukts. II, 2 (ed. Zuck. הח׳ omitted; oth. ed. הזיתים in place of the preceding העמים) the pericarp is counted in with the unclean matter in dry dates; Ukts. l. c. ח׳ של יבשה R. S. (ed. a. Maim. חותל). 4) concluding formula of prayers.Pl. as ab. Taan.II, 3 חוֹתָמֵיהֶן. Y.Ber.I, 3d bot. חוֹתְמוֹתֵיהֶן, v. חִיתּוּ br/> p style="font-size:12pt; margin-top:9pt;" lang="en-US">