חֶבֶר m. (b. h.; preced. wds.) 1) association.—חֶבֶר עיר a town organization, congregation (for divine services, study, charities). Ber. IV, 7. R. Hash. 34ᵇ. Meg. 27ᵇ top (Rashi: חֲבַר עיר a scholar maintained by the town, v. preced. w.). —2) charm. Snh. 65ᵃ; Ker. 3ᵇ, v. חָבַר.—Pl. חֲבָרִים. Lam. R. introd. (R. Josh. 2), v. חָבַר, Pi. —3) ח׳ גואלקי a load of sacks tied across an animal’s back, to unload which you must lift them before untying, contrad. to אֵבֶר גואלקי a load kept in balance by equal weight on both sides, to unload which you need only untie the knot on the animal’s back. Sabb. 154ᵇ מאי לאו בחבר גוולקי וכ׳ ed. (Ms. M. באבר גזול or גדול) do you not think (when it says, ib. XXIV, 1, ‘he unties the ropes and the sacks drop of themselves’) a ḥeber is meant which must be lifted along the sides of the animal?; לא באבר גואלקי וכ׳ Rashi Ms. a. Ar. (ed. בחבר אגלווקי, Ms. M. בגאלקי מפייהו, read: גופייהו, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 7) no, a balanced load is meant &c.; v. Ar. Compl. ed. Koh. s. v. חבר. Cmp. אַבְרַוְורֵי.