bayith means a building intended for a dwelling. Ib. מי
לו ביתו שמייחד (Var. v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) he who
devotes his house (its contents) to himself exclusively
(unaccommodating); Arakh. 16a וכ׳ שמיוחד מי. -הב׳־ בעל
(abbrev. בע״ה) owner, landlord; host; private man, opp.
to trader, artisan &c. Ber. 46a וכ׳ בוצע בע״ה the host
breaks the bread, and the guest says the blessing. Tosef.
ib. IV, 14 בע״ה של home-made (bread), opp. גלוסקין; Y.
ib. VI, 10b bot. - Sabb. I, 1 בע״ה the donor, opp. עני the
recipient. Gen. R. s. 22; a. v. fr. - ב׳ בן inmate, attendant.
Ab. I, 5; a. fr. -- הב׳׳ פסול the degraded (slave) of the
house. Gen. R. s. 70. - 2) Esp. הב׳) the Temple. בפני
הב׳ in days when the Temple exists, הב׳ בפני שלא when
it does not exist. Hull. V, 1; a. fr. - שניי ב׳ or אחרון ב׳
the Second emple. Cant. R. to VIII, 9; a. fr. -- הב׳ הר
Temple Mount, v. הר. -- 3) school, colllege, (collect.) dis-
ciples; הלל בית Hillelites &c. Bets. I, 1; a. fr. Treat.
Sofrim IV, 1 וכ׳ ב׳ של those of the house of &c. [Y.
Shebi. II, 33d bot., a. e. ו׳.. דבית, usu. דבי, v. בי]. -) body.
Ber. 44b וכ׳ לב׳ לו אוי that human body (Rashi stomach)
is to be pitied where vegetables are a constant guest
(being the only food). - 5) wife. Yoma I, 1 וכ׳ זו ביתו
'his house-- tthat means his wife. Ib. 13a ביתו לאו והך
היא but this one (designated for him in case of his
wife's death) cannot be called 'his house'. Sabb. 118b;
a. fr. -- 6) Euphem. pudenda; marital intercourse. Y. Sabb.
IX, 12a top; Mikv. VIII, 4 ביתה את שמשה she had inter-
course. Ib. הב׳ את כבדה she washed &c. Y. Sot. I, 16c
bot. לביתה אסורה is forbidden to her husband. Nidd. 5a
לביתה מהומת she hastens to perform her marital duty.
Y. ib. I, beg. 48d. Cmp. תדר. -- 7) store..house, store-room.
העצים בית wood-room; התבן ב׳ straw-magazine; הבקר ב׳
stable; &c. Yoma 11a; a. fr. -- S) (geogr.) place, town, in
compounds (for which see the respective determinants),
e. g. בוקיא ב׳ Beth-Bukya &c. -- 9) (anat.) lbimb, organ,
in compounds (v. supra 8)), e. g. הבליעה ב׳ esophagus, &c.
-- 10) shed for plants, covering. Shebi. II, 4 pl.). Y.ib. 33d.
-- Y. Sabb. VII, 10a. -- 11) in compounds, denoting recept-
acle, cover &c., e. g. הדיו ב׳ inkstand. Tosef. Kel. B. Mets.
IV, 11; יד ב׳ sleeve, v. אונקלי II, &c. -- Men. 34b, a. e. cases
of the T'illin.
Cief compounds; אב בית, pl. אבות בתי 1) paternal
home, family. Snh. 38a א׳ ב׳ שני two families (dynasties);
a. fr. -- Tosef. Ter. II, 11 אבות א==בתי ב׳ אריסי hereditary
land- tenants; B. Bath. 46b. -- 2) priest's division. Taan.
II, 6; a. fr.; v. אנוש pl. --3) origin of a law, rule &c.; cmp.
אב II. Cant. R. to II, 4 הלכה של א׳ ב׳ the origin (principle)
of a legal rule. Midr. Till. to Ps. CIV, 29 wherever the
root רעש is used, it means cessation of government, ואיזהו
וכ׳ שלהם א׳ ב׳ and where is the origin (determining the
meaning) of all of them? (Answ, Jer. Ll, 29). Lev. R. s. 1,
beg. וכ׳ שלהן א׳ מב׳ from the chief passage (Hagg. I, 13
Haggai, the messenger' &c.) we learn that prophets are
called messengers (or angels). -דין־ בית (abbr. ב״ד) court.
--- ואחדד שבעים של בד or הגדול ב״ד the Great Sanedrin
of seventy one members. Snh. I, 5. Y. ib. 19a bot.;
a. fr. - נוטה ב״ד court of an odd number of judges. ב״ד
שקול of an even number of judges. Snh 3b. -- שריא בד
a permitting court, opprobrious name of a court too lax
in religious affairs. Y. Gitt. VII, 48d top; Y. Nidd. III, 50d
bot. -[For all other compounds not self-evident, v. respect-
ive determinants.] [תר בית, v. ביתר. - Gen. R. s. 12 בית
שלו, עולם של בית, v. ביא]
ביתא f, בית, בייתא ch. 1) same. Targ. Ex. XII, 3; a. v. fr. -- Meg. 16a וכ׳ מב׳ ווי woe inside, woe outside Gen. R. s. 32 קלקלתא ב׳ ההוא that house which is a ruin (a. Samaritan's designation of the erusalememple). Y. Snh. I, 18c דלרע ב׳ ההן that house down there (Rabbi's college) Y. R. Hash. II, 58a bot. בייתא והן. -- Yeb. 109b דבייתיה דמי בייתיה כי for his (the trustee's) house is like his (the neighbor's) own house (he is familiar with the interior); a. fr. - Pi. בתין, בתיא, בתי. Targ. Ex. I, 21; a. v. fr. -- B. Bath. 61b sq. Ib. 67a, v. דרתא. -- Ber. 6a the case of Taillin, v. preced. [Playful etymol. בה אייב בוא. Sabb. 77b. ]-- 2) night- lodging. Gitt. 57a לאושפיזא ב׳ יהבי לא they would not designate aa house as a lodging for strangeזs (Lam. R. to II, 2 אכסניא מקבלא הות דלא).
ביתא II f. (=h. בת) bath, a measure. Targ. Is. V, 10. Targ. Ezek. XLV, 11; a. e. -- Pl. בתין, ביתין. Ib. 14. Targ. I Kings VII, 26.
ביתא night-bird, v. באות.
בי״תא, v. בי״ת.
ביתוס, בייתוס pr. n. m. (~~~~~~) Boethus; I) the founder of a sect similar to that of the Sadducees, named בייתוסין Boethusians. Ab. d'R. Nath. ch. V. -- 2) father of one Martha or Miriam, a rich woman in the days of the siege of Jerusalem by Titus. Gitt. 56a. Lam. R. to I, 16 מרים; Y. Keth. V, 30b bot. מרתא. -- 3) B. ben Zonin. Y. B. Mets. V, 10b top; a. fr. -- 4) R. B. - Y. Erub. VI, 23c bot.
ביתוסי, ביי׳ m. Boethusian, v. preced. Sabb. 108a אחד ב׳ שאל (Mass.Sof. I, 2אחד שאל, corr. acc.) a Boethusian asked. Tosef. Yoma I, 8 (Yoma 19b צדוקי). -- Pl. ביתוסים, ביתוסין, ביי׳. Men. X, 3. Y. Yoma I, 39a bot. הב׳ מפני (for which ib. a. Bab. Yoma l. c. הצדוקים); Tosef. l. c. [Ar. ed. pr. סי בית, סין בית, read as one w., like Tosef. l. c. Var.]
ביתור, v. ביתר.
ביתיוני־, v. היני 3).
ביתותא f. (בית) dwelling. Targ. Job XXX, 23 Ms. (Var. a. ed. קבורתא בית).
ביתיס, ביתסי, Tosef. Yoma I, 18, Var. for ביתוסי.
ביתר pr. n. pl. (prob. a contr. of תרעא בית) Bithter (datb ~~), known as Bettar, a town in Southern Palestine, renowned as the centre of the Bar-Kokhba revolution against Hadrian. [As to its situation, v. Neub. Geogr. p. 130; Graetz Gesch. der Jud. IV, 168). Gitt. 57a ב׳ כרך the Fortress of B. -- Y Taan. IV, 69a top. Lam. R. to II, 2; IV, 18; a. fr. - Y. Ber. I, 3a, a. fr. ב׳ הרוגי those killed in the BurKokhba revolution (whom Hadrian would not allow
