Jest/ derision/ laughing-stock (חוּכָא וְאִיטְלוּלָא)
Jest/ derision/ laughing-stock (חוּכָא וְאִיטְלוּלָא)

Jest/ derision/ laughing-stock

Laughter and jesting. To mock and ridicule (in Aramaic huqa means laughter. Italic huqa means play).

("Let not the word of the wise be as laughter and buffoonery (that the word of the wise be not as laughter and buffoonery)" - Erubin 68b, and so on: "The sons in this time...the younger is not better than the elder...the teacher is the one who makes the child a fool and a fool" - Y.L. Peretz/ HaOzar, 63, and so on: "The Arabs of the fool and the fool are the ones who rise In the ears of Benjamin, a groan and a growl, a hiss and a hiss, a cough and a snort" - Mendelei Mos/ Masaot Binyamin Hashalishii 5, Ma, and Ken: "Sometimes he would mock her and make fun of her and make fun of her" - H. Hazaz/ Dorot Harashonim, 114, Ken: "Do not make fun of her and make fun of her from all that is told to you," Nazef Bibi "Elijah" - Life in the Light/ Feathers, 189)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

חוּכָא וְאִיטְלוּלָא

Definition (Hebrew)

צְחוֹק וְלֵיצָנוּת. לַעַג וָקֶלֶס (בַּאֲרָמִית חוּכָא מַשְׁמָע צְחוֹק. אִטְלוּלָא מַשְׁמָע מִשְׂחָק).

("דְּלָא לֶהֱוֵי מִלְּתָא דְּרַבָּנַן כְּחוּכָא וְאִטְלוּלָא (שֶׁלֹּא יִהְיוּ דִּבּוּר חֲכָמִים כִּצְחוֹק וְלֵיצָנוּת)"-עֵרוּבִין סָח ע"ב, וְכֵן:"הַבָּנִים בַּזְּמַן הַזֶּה...הַצָּעִיר לֹא טוֹב מֵהַבְּכוֹר...אֶת הַמְּלַמֵּד הוּא עוֹשֶׂה לְחוּכָא וְאִטְלוּלָא"- י.ל.פֶּרֶץ/ הָאוֹצָר,סג, וְכֵן:"עִרְבּוּבְיָא שֶׁל חוּכָא וּטְלוּלָא עוֹלֶה בְּאָזְנֵי בִּנְיָמִין, גְּנִיחָה וּנְהִימָה, שְׁרִיקָה וּלְחִישָׁה, שִׁעוּל וּרְקִיקָה"- מֶנְדֵּלֵי מו"ס/ מַסְּעוֹת בִּנְיָמִין הַשְּׁלִישִׁי ה, מָא, וְכֵן:"פְּעָמִים הָיָה מְגַחֵךְ בָּהּ וְעוֹשֶׂה חוּכָא וְאִטְלוּלָא"- ח.הָזָז/ דּוֹרוֹת הָרִאשׁוֹנִים, 114, כֵּן:"אַל תַּעֲשֶׂה חוּכָא וְאִטְלוּלָא מִכָּל מָה שֶׁמְּסַפְּרִים לְךָ", נָזַף בֵּי רַב אֵלִיָּה"- חַיִּים בְּאֵר/ נוֹצוֹת, 189)

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