- חיוב
- חִיּוּב, חִיּוּבָא, חִיּי׳ch. sam(חיוב, חייוב obligation; restriction, disadvantage; conviction), 1) guilt, wickedness. Targ. Job 35:8. 2) obligation, conviction. R. Hash. 28a בח׳ as an obligation; זמן ח׳ the time when one is bound to hear the Shofar; מקום ח׳ a place where one is bound. Succ.56a ח׳ דיומא the obligation of the day (to dwell in booths). B. Kam.68a חִיּוּבֵיה לאחר יאוש הוא his obligation begins after the object has been despaired of; a. fr.Pl. חִיּוּבֵי, חִיּיוּ׳. Sabb.2b; a. e.
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