אי מחצה

מֶחֱצָהf. (b. h.; חָצָה) division, half. Shek. VII, 1 מ׳ למ׳ at an equal distance from each. Ḥull.29a; Pes.79a מ׳ על מ׳ כרוב half to half (if the nation is equally divided between clean and unclean), we treat it as if the majority were clean. Ḥull.28b מ׳ על מ׳ כרוב half (of the vital organ) cut and half uncut is considered as if the larger portion were cut. Lev. R. s. 10 תשובה עושה מ׳ repentance effects half (the atonement); a. fr.

מָסַס(b. h.) to melt, dissolve. Nif. נָמַס, נָמֵס, נִימּוֹס, נִימַּס to melt, be liquefied; to fall away; to faint; to despair. Ex. R. s. 25 נִימּוֹסִּין (Var. נִימַּמִּין) they faint. Yalk. ib. 251 התחילו נְמַסִּין they began to lose heart; Mekh. Bshall., Shir., s.9 לֵהָמֵס. Deut. R. s. 1, end תִּימַּס עינווכ׳ may this mans (thy) eye run out. Maasr. I, 2 הרמונים משיִמַּסּוּ pomegranates are subject to tithes when their core becomes pulpy; expl. Y. ib. 48d bot. משיתמעך אוכלוכ׳ (cmp. מִסְמֵס II) when the eatable portion (core) can be mashed under ones fingers; (anoth. definition taking our w. in the sense of falling away, diminution; משיכניסו מחצה when the ripening core is reduced to half the capacity of the cavity,upon which the remark is made, דילמא … הֵמַסּוּ … פלגון לבבנו perhaps he learned it from the homiletical teachers who interpret hemassu (Deut. 1:28), they divided our hearts (an allusion to Num. R. s. 17)). Hif. הֵמֵס to cause to melt away. Deut. R. s. 2, beg. (ref. to Ps. 39:12) כל חמדה … הֵמַסְתָּ אותהוכ׳ (not אותו) all the delight which Moses longed for, to enter the land,thou hast caused it to decay as a moth enters garments and makes them decay. V. מָסָה.

מָסַס(b. h.) to melt, dissolve. Nif. נָמַס, נָמֵס, נִימּוֹס, נִימַּס to melt, be liquefied; to fall away; to faint; to despair. Ex. R. s. 25 נִימּוֹסִּין (Var. נִימַּמִּין) they faint. Yalk. ib. 251 התחילו נְמַסִּין they began to lose heart; Mekh. Bshall., Shir., s.9 לֵהָמֵס. Deut. R. s. 1, end תִּימַּס עינווכ׳ may this mans (thy) eye run out. Maasr. I, 2 הרמונים משיִמַּסּוּ pomegranates are subject to tithes when their core becomes pulpy; expl. Y. ib. 48d bot. משיתמעך אוכלוכ׳ (cmp. מִסְמֵס II) when the eatable portion (core) can be mashed under ones fingers; (anoth. definition taking our w. in the sense of falling away, diminution; משיכניסו מחצה when the ripening core is reduced to half the capacity of the cavity,upon which the remark is made, דילמא … הֵמַסּוּ … פלגון לבבנו perhaps he learned it from the homiletical teachers who interpret hemassu (Deut. 1:28), they divided our hearts (an allusion to Num. R. s. 17)). Hif. הֵמֵס to cause to melt away. Deut. R. s. 2, beg. (ref. to Ps. 39:12) כל חמדה … הֵמַסְתָּ אותהוכ׳ (not אותו) all the delight which Moses longed for, to enter the land,thou hast caused it to decay as a moth enters garments and makes them decay. V. מָסָה.