יְעִידָה f. (יָעַד) 1) = יִעוּד. Arakh. 25ᵇ the son stands in the place of his father לי׳ ולעבד וכ׳ (Rashi: לִיעָדָה) with reference to acquiring his father’s handmaid as his wife and taking possession of the Hebrew slave for the ensuing term; Kidd. 17ᵇ ליעי׳ Ar. (ed. לִיעָ׳); B. Bath. 108ᵇ ליעי׳ Ms. M. (ed. לִיעָ׳); Sifra B’ḥuck. Par. 4, ch. X; Yalk. Lev. 677 לִיעָ׳. —2) (ref. to Ex. XXIX, 42 אִוָּעֵד) appointment, divine call. Num. R. s. 14, end; Sifra Vayikra Par. I, ch. II. —3) (= הוֹדָאָה) statement of facts, testimony. Ib. ch. II, Par. 2 יְעִידַת עד אחד the statement of one witness (opinion of one expert; v. Tem. 28ᵃ); י׳ שני עדים the statement of two witnesses.