אכסניא
Grammatical information: noun f.
Inflected:
Grammatical information: noun pl.
1) Translation: lodging, inn
Translation equivalent: ξενία(classical greek)
Usage:
Domain: institution
Socio-cultural norm: core borrowing
Normativity: standart
Meaning type: lit., fig.
1) 71,10 [II 835: 3]
[ותאמר לאה באשרי] וגו' אמר ר' לוי לא לן אשר באכסניה1 מימיו, ירש אשר גגי פלטריות מה שלא ירש יהודה ארצות
1באכסניה - K Vat2 V Ox1 Ox2: באכסניא Vat1: באכסנייה
And Leah said: Happy am I ... R. Levi said: Asher never spent a night in an inn in his whole life, for Asher inherited tall palaces better even than the lands which Judah inherited. (Freedman / Simon II 660)
= SekhṬ 30,13 [139] באכסנאי; Yalq 128 [II 618: 32] באכסניא
2) 93,7 [III 1165: 3]
גרא שגר באכסניות
„Gera“, since he lives in lodgings.
= bSoṭ 36b; Yalq 146 [46d: 22]
2) Translation: hospitality
Translation equivalent: ξενία(classical greek)
Usage:
Domain: properties/emotions
Socio-cultural norm: core borrowing
Normativity: standart
Meaning type: fig.
93,6 [III 1156: 5]
כאן בשביל זכר חיבת העין בעל אכסניא1 שלהקב"ה
1אכסניא - Vat1: אכסנייה
Here it is on account of a man, the beloved of the eyes, the one who gives hospitality to the Holy One, blessed be He ... (Freedman / Simon II 860)
= Yalq 150 [II 808: 9]
3) Translation: foreign land
Translation equivalent: ξενία(classical greek)
96 (Vat 1) [III 1239: 8]
הדה אמרה מלך באכסנייה צריך חסד ...
That means that a king in a foreign land is in need of mercy.
For manifold meanings cf. Krauss, LW II 48b-49a. For Syr. ܐܟܣܢܝܐ 〈ʾksnyʾ〉 see Sokoloff, SL 44b.
Bibliography:
Krauss, LW II, 48b-49a.
Sokoloff, DJPA, 33a.
How to cite: Art. אכסניא in: Dictionary of Loanwords in Rabbinic Literature. Eds. . https://lrl.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/akhsanya.html. 2024.
