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Bekhorot 23: words to know
- אֵיתִיבֵיהּ (eitiveih): He raised an objection against him. Abaye uses this term to raise a contradiction from a mishna against Rabbi Yirmeya.
- גּוּפָא (gufa): The matter itself. Used to return to and examine in depth a teaching quoted earlier in passing.
- בִּיטּוּל בְּרוֹב (bitul berov): Halakhic nullification of a minority within a majority. Rabbi Yoḥanan explains that congealed blood avoids imparting impurity due to majority nullification.
- אִיבָּעֵית אֵימָא (iba'it eima): If you want, say instead. Introduces an alternative resolution explaining the decree concerning impure fish brine.
- קַב וְנָקִי (kav venaki): Few in quantity but pure and accurate. Cited as an established rule establishing that the halakha follows Rabbi Eliezer ben Yaakov.