הַעֲרָיָיה, (עָרָה, v. Lev. XX, 18) sexual contact, the first stage of sexual connection. Tosef. Sot. I, 2; Y. ib. I, 16ᶜ bot. כדי ה׳ time long enough for arriving at the intimacy of the first stage. Yeb. 55ᵇ, a. e. ה׳ זו הכנסת וכ׳, v. הַכְנָסָה; a. fr.