בֶּדֶק (b. h., preced.) 1) breach, defect. —2) attendance, repair. ב׳ הבית (II Kings XII, 8) keeping the Temple in repair. Y. Pes. VIII, 36ᵃ top. Tem. I, 6 קדשי ב׳ הב׳ (Mish. קרבנות) offerings for the Temple repair, opp. to קדשי מזבח objects dedicated for sacrifices. Ibid. VII, 1; a. fr.—Pl. בְּדָקִים, constr. בִּדְקֵי. Sabb. 32ᵃ ב׳ מיתה breaches through which death enters, i.e. sins for which one is visited with death; v. דֶּבֶק.