חוֹב I, preced. wds.) debt, indebtedness.—בעל ח׳ (abbr. ב"ח) creditor. Keth. IX, 2 והניח … וב"ח וכ׳ and left a widow, a creditor (claiming a debt) and heirs. Ib. 3 וב"ח יותר על חוֹבוֹ and the creditor (seized) more than his debt amounted to. Ib. 69ᵃ בת בעלת ח׳ הויא a daughter (of a deceased father) has the privileges of a creditor, contrad. to יורשת, heiress; a. fr.—שטר ח׳ note of indebtedness. Ib. XIII, 8 המוציא ש׳ ח׳ וכ׳ if one produces a note against &c.; a. fr.—Pl. חוֹבִין. Ned. 47ᵇ בעלי ח׳ creditors.