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adj
responsible, culpable, obligated, typically in either the fulfillment of a mitzvah or in receiving punishment from a beit din
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Judaism
Qualifier: typically followed by for or to
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: patur
History
Borrowed from Hebrew חַיָּב (chayáv, “liable, culpable, obligated”).
