תִּקְוָה, תִּקְוָוה f. (b. h.; קָוָה) hope; term of time. Y. Ber. IX, 13ᵇ bot. כל זמן … ת׳ מת אבדה תִקְוָותוֹ as long as a man lives, he has hope; when he dies, his hope is lost. Y. Naz. I, end, 51ᶜ הנותן ת׳ לנזירותו he who sets a limit to his vow of nazariteship (even if it exceed a life time); a. e.