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<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> איבעיא להו בית יעזק תנן או בית יזק תנן בית יעזק תנן לישנא מעליא הוא דכתיב (ישעיהו ה, ב) ויעזקהו ויסקלהו או דלמא בית יזק תנן לישנא דצערא הוא כדכתיב (ירמיהו מ, א) והוא אסור באזיקים

Do we read Beth Ya'azek, regarding the name as an elegantia<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'an elevated' or 'refined expression', i.e., not belonging to the language of everyday life. uvezghu tezg');">¹⁶</span> based on the Scriptural expressions, And he ringed it round and cleared it of stones?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. V, 2. E.V. 'and he digged it and cleared it'. The Heb. is which the Talmud connects with the Aramaic 'a ring', so that Beth Ya'azek would refer to the stone wall round the court. ut');">¹⁷</span> Or do we read Beth Ya'zek, taking the name to connote constraint,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In allusion to the fact that they were (originally) confined to the courtyard the whole of the day. But cf. Tosaf. s.v. ohehztc');">¹⁸</span>

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