Sh'sma (Deut. VI, 4). Gen. R. s. 20 וכ׳ שמו ומיחדים . . אנ
we trust in Him and profess His unity &c. Cant. R. to
II, 16 וכ׳ שמו מיחדת ואני and I(Israel) profess tthe unity
of His name twice every day, (saying) Hear, O Israel &c.;
a. fr. -- ) to single out, select, designate. Snh. 57aשפחה זשיי׳
לעבדו who designated ahandmaid (as a wife) for his slave.
Lev. R. s. 12 וכ׳ הדבור אליו ויי׳ addressed the command
to him exclusively (Lev. X, 8); a. e. -- Yoma 11b (ref. to
Lev. XIV, 35) וכ׳ לו ביתו שמייחד מי he who devotes his
household exclusively to himself, and is unwilling to lend
his vessels &c.; Arakh. 16a שמיוחד (v. infra); Yalk. Lev.
564. -- 5) to leave persons alone in a special roon, to ar-
range a private meeting for. Keth. 12a; Tosef. ib. I, 4;
Y. ib. I, 25a bot. וכ׳ מייחדין היו they used to leave bride
and groom in a private room alone for a while. -- Part,
pass. מיוחד, f. מיוחדת; pl. מיוחדים, מיוחדין, מיוחדות a) espe-
cial, particular, designated; chosen, distinguished (v.
יחיד). Snh. 60a, a. e. המי׳ שם the proper Name of the Lord
(Jehovah). -Yoma 11a לך המי׳ ביתך ביתך'thy house' (Deut.
VI, 9; XI, 20), thy house which is designated for thy per-
sonal use. Ibb לדירה מ׳ בית מה bayith means a room
designated for a dwelling, לדירה מי׳ שאינן אלו יצאו to the
exclusion of those rooms (gate lodge &c.) which are not
designated for dwellings. Arakh. l. c. לו מי׳ devoted to his
own exclusive use, v. supra; a. fr. -- Gen. R. s. 99, end (ref.
to כאחד, Gen. XLIX, 16) שבשבטים כמי׳ ike the most dis-
tinguished among the tribes. Yeb. 62a בכל לדבור שמ׳ אני
וכ׳ I(Moses) who am sinled out (mist be prepared) for
divine communication every hour; Ab. d'R. N., II Vers.,
ch. II (ed. Schechter, p. 10) מי׳ כלי שאני who am a special
vessel (of revelation). Meil. 15a לה׳ המי׳ קדשים sanctified
things which are exclusively dedicated to the Lord; Sifra.
Vayikra, Hobah, Par. 11, ch. XX. -- Ib. Sh'mini, ch. II,
Par. 2המי כבשיםועזים lambs and goats which are specified
(Deut. XIV, 4);a. fr. -- b) locked up with. Num. R. s. 9 בזמן
עםוכ׳ שהאשהמי׳when awife isllocked up with herhusband.
Hithpa. התייחד, Nithpa. נתייהד 1) to be conferred
(with על); to be especialy addressed (with אל). Ex. R.
s. 7 וכ׳ עליו להתייחד . . . ראוי היה the divine communi-
cation was to bear his name alone. Lev. R. s. 12 נתי׳
הדבור אליו the divine communication was addressed to
him especially; a. e. -- 2) to be alone with, to be closeted
with. Kidd. IV, 12 וכ׳ אדם יתייחד לא a man must not be
alone (even) with two wemen, but one woman מתייחדת
וכ׳ may be alone with two men. Ab. Zar. II, 1. Tosef.
Gitt. VII (V), 4;; a. fr. --V. יחוד.
יחד, Pa. יחד ch. same, 1) to concentrate. Targ. Ps. LXXXVI, 11. -- Part. pass. מיהד united, harmonious. Targ. Y. Ex. XIX, 2 (cmp. הומוניא). -- 2) to specify, single out, designate. Macc. 18a וכ׳ לאוי ליחודי Ms. M. (ed. להו זלי׳ to forbid each of these acts singly (as if each were pro- hibited by a special prohibitory law, v. לאו). -- Part. pass. מיחד =hh. מיוחד (v. preced.). Targ. O. Gen. XXVI, 10 דמי׳ בעמא ed. Berl. (oth. ed. מיחיד; Y. דמיחד מלכא) a dis- tinguished person of the people. Targ. Y. Lev. XV, 20; 22 מייחד designated; a. e. Ithpa. אתייחד, contr. אייחד to be joined; to be locked up. Targ. Y. IGen. XLIX, 6. Targ. Job. III, 6. - Targ. Y. II Num. XXXI, 50. -- Snh. 37a וכ׳ לייחודי שרי is permittei to be closeted up with her hnsband.
יחוד, ייחוד m. (preced. wds.) 1) private meeting, esp. privacy between man and woman. Y. Kath. XI,beg. age וי׳ של דברים private attendance, e. g. assistance at washing and ointing. Y. Sot. I, 16c top י׳ זה אין this is no ascertained private meeting (with her formerr husband, on account of which a second letter of divorce would be required). Snh. 21a, sq. וכ׳ ועל הי׳ על גזרו they forbade privacy (with a married woman) and with a single wo- man. Ib. הוא דאורייתא י׳ is not privacy with a married woman biblically iinterdicted- Kidd.81aהי..משו מלקיןעל הי׳ we puiish private meetings between a maff add a. woman, but we do not prohibit the wife to her husband on account of her private meeting with a mnan. Ib. בעלה י׳ משום חוששין אין בעיר iff her husband is in town, we do not consider her private meeting witl a man a suuss picious act; a. fr. -- בי׳ a) privatey. Bets. 22b; Pes. 37a בי׳ רבי את שאילית Iasked my teacher privately. -b) par- ticularly, exactly; by a special sign. Shek. VI, 2; Yoma. 54a. -- 2) (later Hebr.) השם י׳ declaration of the unity of God. Pesik. Zutr., Nitsabim, end. --- [Gen. R. s. 99, end עולם של כיהודו, read; כיחידו, v. יחיד.]
יחוד, יחודא, יי׳ ch. same, esp. profession of the unity of God, ewish religion. Targ. Lam. III, 28. Targ. Cant. VIII, 9 וכ׳ י׳ למקני to buy the permission to profess the Jewish religion.
יחול, יי׳ m. (יחל) hope. Ber. 16b; Y. ib. IV, 7d bot. ונמצא לבבינו י׳ that we may obtain what our heart longs for.
יחוס, יי׳ m. (יחס) genealogy, pedigree (v. יוחס). Num. R. s. 13 יחוסם שם מונה הוא לכן therefore the Scripture records there (Ex. VI, 14 sq.) their genealogy a. e. - [Y. Gitt. VIII, 49c bot. כהונה יי׳, v. זיהום. -- Y. Yeb. II, 4a top, v. יחס.]-- Pl. יחוסים, יחוסין, יי׳. Num. R. l. c. יחוסיהם שמרו they preserved their genealogical records; Cant. R. to IV,7. Gen. R. s. 37 וכ׳ ייחוסיהם . . .הראשונים as regards former generations whose genealogies were known, their nammes were published in connection with historical events; אנו וכ׳ ייחוסינ . . . but with us who do not know our records, our names are defined by those of our fathers; (Yalk. Gen. 62 יחוסהן, יחוסנו sing.) Yalk. Chr. 1074.
יחוס, יחוסא, יי׳ ch. same; also family (gens). Targ. Y. Gen. V, 1. Ib. XXIV, 38; 40, sq. Ib. XLIII, 7; a. e. -- Kidd. 71b יי׳ היינו דבבל שתיקותיה (v. marginal vers.) silence of a Babylonian (in case of an offered insult) is a sign of good descent; v. יחסותא. -- Pl. יחוסין, יי׳,יחוסיא. Targ. Y. Gen. VI, 9. Targ. Y. Ex. VI, 14. Targ. Job. XXXI, 34 Ms. Var. (ed. גניסתא).
יחוסא m. (preced.) noble. - Pl. constr. יחוסי. Targ. Ps. XVI, 7 (some ed. יחו׳, v. preced.)
יחוף, יי׳ m. (יחף) bare-footedness, homelessness. Yoma 77a (ref. to Jer. II, 25) י׳ לידי . . .. . . . מנעי keep off from sin, in order that thy foot may not be reduced to bare- ness (exile); Yalk. Jer. 266 יחף לידו
יחופה m. (preced.) bare-footed, homeless. Lam. R.
