House of prostitution / brothel

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House of prostitution / brothel

House of prostitution / brothel

A place where prostitutes stay; a brothel (originally: the pubic/genital area).

(“These are those whose skins are like their flesh: the skin of a human and the skin of a domesticated pig. Rabbi Yosei says: also the skin of a wild pig, the soft skin of a camel’s hump, the skin of the head of a young calf, the skin of the hooves, and the skin of the pubic area” – Chullin 9b.)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בֵּית בֹּשֶׁת, בית בושת

Definition (Hebrew)

מָקוֹם שְׁהוּתָן שֶׁל יְצָאנִיּוֹת (בַּמָּקוֹר: אֵזוֹר הָעֶרְוָה).

("אֵלּוּ שֶׁעוֹרוֹתֵיהֶן כִּבְשָׂרָן: עוֹר הָאָדָם וְעוֹר חֲזִיר שֶׁל יִשּׁוּב. רַבִּי יוֹסִי אוֹמֵר: אַף עוֹר חֲזִיר הַבָּר וְעוֹר חַטֹּטֶרֶת שֶׁל גָּמָל הָרַכָּה וְעוֹר הָרֹאשׁ שֶׁל עֵגֶל הָרַךְ וְעוֹר הַפְּרָסוֹת וְעוֹר בֵּית הַבֹּשֶׁת" – חֻלִּין ט׳ ב׳)

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