בְּדִיקָה, (בָּדַק) search, examination, test. Pes. I, 1. Y. ib. I, beg. 27ᵃ בְּדִיקַת היום ב׳ search (after leavened bread) made in day-time is a (valid) search. Kil. IX, 7; a. fr.—Num. R. s. 9 לב׳ דידיה referring to his search; i.e. intimating that the test by the ‘bitter waters’ (v. סוטה) will also affect him (the adulterer) (Sot. 28ᵃ לידיעה).—Pl. בְּדִיקוֹת; esp. cross-examinations of witnesses as to minor circumstances; v. חֲקִירָה. Snh. V, 2 (40ᵃ); a. fr.