חֶבֶק m. (preced. wds.) junction; 1) loop of ribands on the shoe, ankle loop. Nidd. 58ᵃ עד מקום ה׳ the part of the leg to the place where the loop sits (is called the inside of the leg); וח׳ עצמו and (if blood is found) on the ankle itself. [Oth. opin.: ‘the place where the leg meets the thigh in a squatting position’, Ar.—‘the knee-hole with its sinews’, Rashi.] —2) riband around the neck. — Pl. חֲבָקִין. Sabb. 57ᵃ —3) a band with which the saddle or housing of an animal is fastened around its belly; [oth. opin.: the housing itself]. Kel. XIX, 3. Sifra Sh’mini, Sh’rats., Par. 6, ch. VIII; Sabb. 64ᵃ. B. Bath. 78ᵃ, v. קִילְקִי.