כרות שפכה

שָׁפְכָהf. (b. h.; preced.) urinary canal; כרות ש׳ one whose canal is mutilated. Yeb.VIII, 2, v. בָּרַת. Y. ib. 9b top. Bab. ib. 75b ש׳ כתיב במקום ששופך it says shofkhah (Deut. 23:2) in the place where one pours out (discharges fluid); a. e.

כָּרַת(b. h.; cmp. כָּרָה) 1) to cut. Num. R. s. 16 ונקרא אשכול … לִכְרוֹתוכ׳ and he (Abrahams ally) was named Eshkol (Cluster), on account of the cluster of grapes which the Israelites were destined to cut in his home.Esp. to cut genitals, mutilate. Bekh.33b נותק אחר כּוֹרֵת, v. נָתַק.Part. pass. כָּרוּת. Ib.; a. fr.כְּ׳ שפכה one that is mutilated at his membrum, v. שָׁפַךְ. Tosef.Yeb.XI, 2. Yeb.VIII, 2; a. fr. 2) (to draw a circle, place outside, cmp. meanings of חרם, ברי, to cut off, excommunicate, v. כָּרֵת. Y.Bicc.II, beg.64c; Y.Snh.XI, 30b צא … עונשין וכוֹרְתִים deduct twenty years up to which age the divine court neither punishes nor decrees excision. 3) to separate, divorce; to make final. Gitt.21b; Succ.24b (ref. to Deut. 24:3) ספר כּוֹרְתָהּוכ׳ the delivery of the deed divorces her and nothing else does. Ib. דבר הכּוֹרֵת בינו לבינה something (a condition) which (if fulfilled) severs definitely the connection between him and her (e. g. a condition that she will drink no wine for the next thirty days, after the lapse of which time the letter of divorce takes its effect retroactively, opp. to a condition that she will abstain from wine all the rest of her life in which case the letter of divorce cannot take effect).Part. pass. כָּרוּת definite. Y.Gitt.VII, 48d כגט כ׳ הוא it is like a final divorce (taking effect immediately); Y.B. Bath.VIII, 16c top כ׳ הוא. Y.Gitt.III, 44d top; IX, 50b bot. זה כ׳ לשמה ווה כ׳ לשמה (not זו) this letter was definitely made out for this woman, and so was the other for the other woman. Ib. III, beg.44c אלא שלא הי׳ לה כ׳ … ראשונה (strike out לה); a. fr. 3) to decide, make final. Ber.4a; Snh.16b (ref. to כְּרֵתִי as a symbolical name for the Urim and Tummim, or for the Sanhedrin) שכּוֹרְתִים את דבריהם they give definite and precise decisions; Midr. Till. to Ps. 3 כּוֹרְתֵי כריתות, v. כְּרִיתָה; a. e.כ׳ בְּרִית (v. בְּרִית) to covenant, make a firm promise. Gen. R. s. 44 כָּרַתָּ ב׳ עםוכ׳ thou hast promised to Noah that thou wilt not destroy his descendants; Yalk. Gen. 76 כָּרַתָּה.Part. pass. כָּרוּת, f. כְּרוּתָה. M. Kat. 18a, a. fr. ברית כ׳ לשפתים, v. בְּרִית. R. Hash 17b ב׳ כ׳ לי״ג מדזתוכ׳ there is a solemn insurance given that the invocation of the thirteen divine attributes (Ex. 34:6, sq.) will never be without effect (ref. to Ex. ib. 10).Trnsf. ב׳ כ׳ it is a necessity, unavoidable. Nidd.58b ב׳ כ׳ לו שכלוכ׳ whoever crushes it cannot help smelling it. Nif. נִכְרַת 1) to be cut, mutilated. Yeb.VIII, 2 (expl. כרות שפכה, Deut. 23:2) כלשנ׳ הגיד when the membrum is mutilated. Ib. 75b נִכְרְתוּ ביצים when the testicles are cut out; a. fr. 2) to be covenanted. Sot.37b שלא נִכְרְתוּ עליהוכ׳ upon which were not closed forty eight covenants; Tosef. ib. VIII, 11; a. fr. 3) to be cut off, destroyed. Y.Peah I, 15d bot. (ref. to Num. 15:31) מלמד שהנפש נִכְרָתָה ועונה בה which intimates that (the idolaters) soul is cut off (through premature death, כָּרֵת), while her guilt remains with her (unexpiated by death); Snh.64b (ref. to the emphasized expression הכרת תכ׳, Num. l. c.) הִכָּרֵת בעו״הזוכ׳ hiccareth refers to this world ; a. fr.Verbal noun הִיכָּרֵת, v. כָּרֵת. Hif. הִכְרִית to destroy, exterminate. Tanḥ. Reh 7 והַכְרִיתֵם and exterminate them. Ib. כשיַכְרִיתוכ׳ when the Lord … shall have destroyed …, you will enter. Tosef.Snh.IV, 5 להַכְרִית זרעווכ׳ to exterminate the seed of Amalek; a. fr. Pi. כֵּרֵת to doom to destruction. Arakh.15b שכבר כֵּרְתוֹוכ׳ for David has doomed him (ref. to Ps. 12:4); Yalk. Lev. 559.

כָּרַת(b. h.; cmp. כָּרָה) 1) to cut. Num. R. s. 16 ונקרא אשכול … לִכְרוֹתוכ׳ and he (Abrahams ally) was named Eshkol (Cluster), on account of the cluster of grapes which the Israelites were destined to cut in his home.Esp. to cut genitals, mutilate. Bekh.33b נותק אחר כּוֹרֵת, v. נָתַק.Part. pass. כָּרוּת. Ib.; a. fr.כְּ׳ שפכה one that is mutilated at his membrum, v. שָׁפַךְ. Tosef.Yeb.XI, 2. Yeb.VIII, 2; a. fr. 2) (to draw a circle, place outside, cmp. meanings of חרם, ברי, to cut off, excommunicate, v. כָּרֵת. Y.Bicc.II, beg.64c; Y.Snh.XI, 30b צא … עונשין וכוֹרְתִים deduct twenty years up to which age the divine court neither punishes nor decrees excision. 3) to separate, divorce; to make final. Gitt.21b; Succ.24b (ref. to Deut. 24:3) ספר כּוֹרְתָהּוכ׳ the delivery of the deed divorces her and nothing else does. Ib. דבר הכּוֹרֵת בינו לבינה something (a condition) which (if fulfilled) severs definitely the connection between him and her (e. g. a condition that she will drink no wine for the next thirty days, after the lapse of which time the letter of divorce takes its effect retroactively, opp. to a condition that she will abstain from wine all the rest of her life in which case the letter of divorce cannot take effect).Part. pass. כָּרוּת definite. Y.Gitt.VII, 48d כגט כ׳ הוא it is like a final divorce (taking effect immediately); Y.B. Bath.VIII, 16c top כ׳ הוא. Y.Gitt.III, 44d top; IX, 50b bot. זה כ׳ לשמה ווה כ׳ לשמה (not זו) this letter was definitely made out for this woman, and so was the other for the other woman. Ib. III, beg.44c אלא שלא הי׳ לה כ׳ … ראשונה (strike out לה); a. fr. 3) to decide, make final. Ber.4a; Snh.16b (ref. to כְּרֵתִי as a symbolical name for the Urim and Tummim, or for the Sanhedrin) שכּוֹרְתִים את דבריהם they give definite and precise decisions; Midr. Till. to Ps. 3 כּוֹרְתֵי כריתות, v. כְּרִיתָה; a. e.כ׳ בְּרִית (v. בְּרִית) to covenant, make a firm promise. Gen. R. s. 44 כָּרַתָּ ב׳ עםוכ׳ thou hast promised to Noah that thou wilt not destroy his descendants; Yalk. Gen. 76 כָּרַתָּה.Part. pass. כָּרוּת, f. כְּרוּתָה. M. Kat. 18a, a. fr. ברית כ׳ לשפתים, v. בְּרִית. R. Hash 17b ב׳ כ׳ לי״ג מדזתוכ׳ there is a solemn insurance given that the invocation of the thirteen divine attributes (Ex. 34:6, sq.) will never be without effect (ref. to Ex. ib. 10).Trnsf. ב׳ כ׳ it is a necessity, unavoidable. Nidd.58b ב׳ כ׳ לו שכלוכ׳ whoever crushes it cannot help smelling it. Nif. נִכְרַת 1) to be cut, mutilated. Yeb.VIII, 2 (expl. כרות שפכה, Deut. 23:2) כלשנ׳ הגיד when the membrum is mutilated. Ib. 75b נִכְרְתוּ ביצים when the testicles are cut out; a. fr. 2) to be covenanted. Sot.37b שלא נִכְרְתוּ עליהוכ׳ upon which were not closed forty eight covenants; Tosef. ib. VIII, 11; a. fr. 3) to be cut off, destroyed. Y.Peah I, 15d bot. (ref. to Num. 15:31) מלמד שהנפש נִכְרָתָה ועונה בה which intimates that (the idolaters) soul is cut off (through premature death, כָּרֵת), while her guilt remains with her (unexpiated by death); Snh.64b (ref. to the emphasized expression הכרת תכ׳, Num. l. c.) הִכָּרֵת בעו״הזוכ׳ hiccareth refers to this world ; a. fr.Verbal noun הִיכָּרֵת, v. כָּרֵת. Hif. הִכְרִית to destroy, exterminate. Tanḥ. Reh 7 והַכְרִיתֵם and exterminate them. Ib. כשיַכְרִיתוכ׳ when the Lord … shall have destroyed …, you will enter. Tosef.Snh.IV, 5 להַכְרִית זרעווכ׳ to exterminate the seed of Amalek; a. fr. Pi. כֵּרֵת to doom to destruction. Arakh.15b שכבר כֵּרְתוֹוכ׳ for David has doomed him (ref. to Ps. 12:4); Yalk. Lev. 559.

פְּסַק, פְּסֵיקch. sam( Hithpa. הִתְפַּסֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְפַּסֵּק to be severed), 1) to cut, split, sever. Targ. Jud. 16:9. Targ. 2 Sam. 10:4; 1 Chr. 19:4; a. fr.Part. pass. פָּסִיק, פְּסִיק. Targ. O. Deut. 23:2 (h. text פצוע דכה); Y. ib. פ׳ גידא (h. text. כרות שפכה). Targ. O. Lev. 22:22 (h. text חרוץ).Ḥull.8b, v. גַּוָּוזָא I. B. Bath.21b קא פַסְקַתוכ׳ thou cuttest off (interferest with), v. חַיּוּתָא. Lev. R. s. 32, end פסקת חייוי דהאי גברא thou cuttest off (shortenest) this mans (my) life (by divulging my spurious descent); a. fr. פסיק רישיה ולא ימות ‘let his head be cut off, but let him not die, a dialectic term for an unavoidable result of an act. Sabb.75a מודהר״ש בפ׳ר׳וכ׳ R. S. (who ordinarily permits, on the Sabbath, an act which may have as a result a violation of the Sabbath law, if the latter is not intended) admits that such an act is forbidden, if the result is inevitable. 2) to separate, divide. Targ. Hos. 2:8 (ed. Lag. Af.).Pes.111a פַּסְקִינְהוּ רשות הרבים (Rashb. פְּסַקְתִּינְהוּ) the public road divides them (the two palms); a. e.Meg.2b; B. Kam.65b, v. infra Af. 3) to be interrupted; to cease. Targ. Y. Gen. 44:12 (h. text כִּלָּה). Targ. II Esth. 3:7. Targ. Deut. 5:19; a. fr.Lev. R. s. 31; Midr. Till. to Ps. 19; Yalk. ib. 673 (expl. לא נעדר, Zeph. 3:5) לא פַסְקִין they never fail. M. Kat. 4a מיא דלא פּסְקֵי water which never fails. Ib. עבידא דפַסְקָא it often fails. Ib. 18b קלא דלא פָסֵיק a continuous rumor; וכמח קלא דלא פ׳ how long must a rumor last to be called a continuous rumor? Ib. דלא פ׳ ביני ביני if it has not ceased at intervals. Gitt.69a כי היכי דפסקי … לִיפְסוֹקוכ׳ as this water ceases to run, so may the blood ofstop flowing. Sabb.30b לא פ׳ פומיה, v. גִּירְסָא I; a. fr. 4) to apportion, assign, bargain, agree, subscribe. Y.Hor.III, 48a bot. הוה חמי … פ׳ והוא פסיק לקיבליח he waited to see how much the whole assembly subscribed, and he subscribed an amount equal to the entire subscription; Lev. R. s. 5 כד הוון פַּסְקִיןוכ׳ when all people had subscribed, he Ib. פ׳ חד ליטראוכ׳ subscribed one pound of gold. Keth.65a פְּסוֹק לי מזוני give me an order for my food; פ׳ לה he did so. Ib. 63a פסקו ליהוכ׳ they made arrangements for him for six years (to remain at college). Lev. R. s. 34 אנן פּסְקִינָן פרנה we shall make up the dowry by subscription (v. פְּסַס); Yalk. ib. 665; a. fr. 5) to decide, adjudge. Targ. 1 Kings 20:40. Targ. Job 38:10; a. e.Succ.29b, a. e. קא פסיק ותני לא שנאוכ׳ the editor of the Mishnah decides and teaches; i. e. speaks absolutely, drawing no distinction whether Gitt.86b לא פְסִיקָא ליה it was not decided with him, i. e. he could not state it absolutely; a. fr. 6) to close; פ׳ סידרא to close the reading from the Pentateuch, read the Hafṭarah. Yoma 87a; a. e., v. סִדְרָא.7) (denom. of פְּסוּקָא) to recite a verse, v. preced. a. פְּסוּקָא. Af. אַפְסֵיק 1) to sever, break, burst. Targ. Nah. 1:13; a. e. 2) to separate, interpose, divide off. Targ. Hos. 2:8; a. e.Meg.2b אתא את ואַפְסְקיהוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. ופסק, ופסיק) the eth (וְאֵת, Esth. 9:21) comes to divide the sentence (giving it the meaning) that some celebrate the fourteenth and others the fifteenth of Adar. B. Kam.65b את פַּסְקֵיה קרא with eth ( ואת, Lev. 5:25) the text separates the clause from the preceding, opp. ערביה combines it; Yalk. Lev. 479 את אַפְסְקֵיה eth separates it; ib. לאַפְסוּקֵי בין ממוןוכ׳ (not לאפסוקיה) to draw the line between sacred property and Sot.38b אריכי … לא מַפְסְקֵי tall persons in front of short ones do not form a partition (to intercept the priestly benediction pronounced upon the congregation); תיבה לא מַפְסְקָא nor does the Tebah (v. תֵּבָה) between the priests and the people form a partition. Pes.111a אַפְסְקִינְהוּ בעפרא he dammed it (the waste water poured out in the street) with dust (spread dust over it); a. fr.Keth.77b; 17a, v. infra. 3) to cut off, cause to cease. Targ. 1 Sam. 2:33; a. e. 4) to take the last meal before beginning the fast. Keth.63a לא מר א׳ ולא מר א׳ Ar. (ed. אִיפְּסִיק Ithpe.) neither father nor son partook of the last meal (before the Day of Atonement). Ithpe. אִתְפְּסַק, אִיפְּסִיק 1) to be cut, severed, broken off. Targ. Jud. 16:9. Targ. Is. 52:2; a. fr.Sabb.112a איפסיק ליה רצועה (read: אִיפְּסִיקָא) a strap of his shoe broke. Y. ib. VI, 8a bot. אי׳ סנדליהוכ׳ R. Aḥas sandal fell off (the strap was broken). Ḥull.51a; a. fr. 2) to be interposed, to divide off. Keth.17a א׳ עמודא דנוראוכ׳ a column of fire was interposed between the bier of ; וגמירי דלא אפסיקוכ׳ (read: מִפְּסִיק) and there is a tradition that such a phenomenon occurs only for one person in a generation ; ib. 77b אִפְּסִיק, מִפְּסִיק. 3) to take the last meal, v. supra.

פְּסַק, פְּסֵיקch. sam( Hithpa. הִתְפַּסֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְפַּסֵּק to be severed), 1) to cut, split, sever. Targ. Jud. 16:9. Targ. 2 Sam. 10:4; 1 Chr. 19:4; a. fr.Part. pass. פָּסִיק, פְּסִיק. Targ. O. Deut. 23:2 (h. text פצוע דכה); Y. ib. פ׳ גידא (h. text. כרות שפכה). Targ. O. Lev. 22:22 (h. text חרוץ).Ḥull.8b, v. גַּוָּוזָא I. B. Bath.21b קא פַסְקַתוכ׳ thou cuttest off (interferest with), v. חַיּוּתָא. Lev. R. s. 32, end פסקת חייוי דהאי גברא thou cuttest off (shortenest) this mans (my) life (by divulging my spurious descent); a. fr. פסיק רישיה ולא ימות ‘let his head be cut off, but let him not die, a dialectic term for an unavoidable result of an act. Sabb.75a מודהר״ש בפ׳ר׳וכ׳ R. S. (who ordinarily permits, on the Sabbath, an act which may have as a result a violation of the Sabbath law, if the latter is not intended) admits that such an act is forbidden, if the result is inevitable. 2) to separate, divide. Targ. Hos. 2:8 (ed. Lag. Af.).Pes.111a פַּסְקִינְהוּ רשות הרבים (Rashb. פְּסַקְתִּינְהוּ) the public road divides them (the two palms); a. e.Meg.2b; B. Kam.65b, v. infra Af. 3) to be interrupted; to cease. Targ. Y. Gen. 44:12 (h. text כִּלָּה). Targ. II Esth. 3:7. Targ. Deut. 5:19; a. fr.Lev. R. s. 31; Midr. Till. to Ps. 19; Yalk. ib. 673 (expl. לא נעדר, Zeph. 3:5) לא פַסְקִין they never fail. M. Kat. 4a מיא דלא פּסְקֵי water which never fails. Ib. עבידא דפַסְקָא it often fails. Ib. 18b קלא דלא פָסֵיק a continuous rumor; וכמח קלא דלא פ׳ how long must a rumor last to be called a continuous rumor? Ib. דלא פ׳ ביני ביני if it has not ceased at intervals. Gitt.69a כי היכי דפסקי … לִיפְסוֹקוכ׳ as this water ceases to run, so may the blood ofstop flowing. Sabb.30b לא פ׳ פומיה, v. גִּירְסָא I; a. fr. 4) to apportion, assign, bargain, agree, subscribe. Y.Hor.III, 48a bot. הוה חמי … פ׳ והוא פסיק לקיבליח he waited to see how much the whole assembly subscribed, and he subscribed an amount equal to the entire subscription; Lev. R. s. 5 כד הוון פַּסְקִיןוכ׳ when all people had subscribed, he Ib. פ׳ חד ליטראוכ׳ subscribed one pound of gold. Keth.65a פְּסוֹק לי מזוני give me an order for my food; פ׳ לה he did so. Ib. 63a פסקו ליהוכ׳ they made arrangements for him for six years (to remain at college). Lev. R. s. 34 אנן פּסְקִינָן פרנה we shall make up the dowry by subscription (v. פְּסַס); Yalk. ib. 665; a. fr. 5) to decide, adjudge. Targ. 1 Kings 20:40. Targ. Job 38:10; a. e.Succ.29b, a. e. קא פסיק ותני לא שנאוכ׳ the editor of the Mishnah decides and teaches; i. e. speaks absolutely, drawing no distinction whether Gitt.86b לא פְסִיקָא ליה it was not decided with him, i. e. he could not state it absolutely; a. fr. 6) to close; פ׳ סידרא to close the reading from the Pentateuch, read the Hafṭarah. Yoma 87a; a. e., v. סִדְרָא.7) (denom. of פְּסוּקָא) to recite a verse, v. preced. a. פְּסוּקָא. Af. אַפְסֵיק 1) to sever, break, burst. Targ. Nah. 1:13; a. e. 2) to separate, interpose, divide off. Targ. Hos. 2:8; a. e.Meg.2b אתא את ואַפְסְקיהוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. ופסק, ופסיק) the eth (וְאֵת, Esth. 9:21) comes to divide the sentence (giving it the meaning) that some celebrate the fourteenth and others the fifteenth of Adar. B. Kam.65b את פַּסְקֵיה קרא with eth ( ואת, Lev. 5:25) the text separates the clause from the preceding, opp. ערביה combines it; Yalk. Lev. 479 את אַפְסְקֵיה eth separates it; ib. לאַפְסוּקֵי בין ממוןוכ׳ (not לאפסוקיה) to draw the line between sacred property and Sot.38b אריכי … לא מַפְסְקֵי tall persons in front of short ones do not form a partition (to intercept the priestly benediction pronounced upon the congregation); תיבה לא מַפְסְקָא nor does the Tebah (v. תֵּבָה) between the priests and the people form a partition. Pes.111a אַפְסְקִינְהוּ בעפרא he dammed it (the waste water poured out in the street) with dust (spread dust over it); a. fr.Keth.77b; 17a, v. infra. 3) to cut off, cause to cease. Targ. 1 Sam. 2:33; a. e. 4) to take the last meal before beginning the fast. Keth.63a לא מר א׳ ולא מר א׳ Ar. (ed. אִיפְּסִיק Ithpe.) neither father nor son partook of the last meal (before the Day of Atonement). Ithpe. אִתְפְּסַק, אִיפְּסִיק 1) to be cut, severed, broken off. Targ. Jud. 16:9. Targ. Is. 52:2; a. fr.Sabb.112a איפסיק ליה רצועה (read: אִיפְּסִיקָא) a strap of his shoe broke. Y. ib. VI, 8a bot. אי׳ סנדליהוכ׳ R. Aḥas sandal fell off (the strap was broken). Ḥull.51a; a. fr. 2) to be interposed, to divide off. Keth.17a א׳ עמודא דנוראוכ׳ a column of fire was interposed between the bier of ; וגמירי דלא אפסיקוכ׳ (read: מִפְּסִיק) and there is a tradition that such a phenomenon occurs only for one person in a generation ; ib. 77b אִפְּסִיק, מִפְּסִיק. 3) to take the last meal, v. supra.

פְּסַק, פְּסֵיקch. sam( Hithpa. הִתְפַּסֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְפַּסֵּק to be severed), 1) to cut, split, sever. Targ. Jud. 16:9. Targ. 2 Sam. 10:4; 1 Chr. 19:4; a. fr.Part. pass. פָּסִיק, פְּסִיק. Targ. O. Deut. 23:2 (h. text פצוע דכה); Y. ib. פ׳ גידא (h. text. כרות שפכה). Targ. O. Lev. 22:22 (h. text חרוץ).Ḥull.8b, v. גַּוָּוזָא I. B. Bath.21b קא פַסְקַתוכ׳ thou cuttest off (interferest with), v. חַיּוּתָא. Lev. R. s. 32, end פסקת חייוי דהאי גברא thou cuttest off (shortenest) this mans (my) life (by divulging my spurious descent); a. fr. פסיק רישיה ולא ימות ‘let his head be cut off, but let him not die, a dialectic term for an unavoidable result of an act. Sabb.75a מודהר״ש בפ׳ר׳וכ׳ R. S. (who ordinarily permits, on the Sabbath, an act which may have as a result a violation of the Sabbath law, if the latter is not intended) admits that such an act is forbidden, if the result is inevitable. 2) to separate, divide. Targ. Hos. 2:8 (ed. Lag. Af.).Pes.111a פַּסְקִינְהוּ רשות הרבים (Rashb. פְּסַקְתִּינְהוּ) the public road divides them (the two palms); a. e.Meg.2b; B. Kam.65b, v. infra Af. 3) to be interrupted; to cease. Targ. Y. Gen. 44:12 (h. text כִּלָּה). Targ. II Esth. 3:7. Targ. Deut. 5:19; a. fr.Lev. R. s. 31; Midr. Till. to Ps. 19; Yalk. ib. 673 (expl. לא נעדר, Zeph. 3:5) לא פַסְקִין they never fail. M. Kat. 4a מיא דלא פּסְקֵי water which never fails. Ib. עבידא דפַסְקָא it often fails. Ib. 18b קלא דלא פָסֵיק a continuous rumor; וכמח קלא דלא פ׳ how long must a rumor last to be called a continuous rumor? Ib. דלא פ׳ ביני ביני if it has not ceased at intervals. Gitt.69a כי היכי דפסקי … לִיפְסוֹקוכ׳ as this water ceases to run, so may the blood ofstop flowing. Sabb.30b לא פ׳ פומיה, v. גִּירְסָא I; a. fr. 4) to apportion, assign, bargain, agree, subscribe. Y.Hor.III, 48a bot. הוה חמי … פ׳ והוא פסיק לקיבליח he waited to see how much the whole assembly subscribed, and he subscribed an amount equal to the entire subscription; Lev. R. s. 5 כד הוון פַּסְקִיןוכ׳ when all people had subscribed, he Ib. פ׳ חד ליטראוכ׳ subscribed one pound of gold. Keth.65a פְּסוֹק לי מזוני give me an order for my food; פ׳ לה he did so. Ib. 63a פסקו ליהוכ׳ they made arrangements for him for six years (to remain at college). Lev. R. s. 34 אנן פּסְקִינָן פרנה we shall make up the dowry by subscription (v. פְּסַס); Yalk. ib. 665; a. fr. 5) to decide, adjudge. Targ. 1 Kings 20:40. Targ. Job 38:10; a. e.Succ.29b, a. e. קא פסיק ותני לא שנאוכ׳ the editor of the Mishnah decides and teaches; i. e. speaks absolutely, drawing no distinction whether Gitt.86b לא פְסִיקָא ליה it was not decided with him, i. e. he could not state it absolutely; a. fr. 6) to close; פ׳ סידרא to close the reading from the Pentateuch, read the Hafṭarah. Yoma 87a; a. e., v. סִדְרָא.7) (denom. of פְּסוּקָא) to recite a verse, v. preced. a. פְּסוּקָא. Af. אַפְסֵיק 1) to sever, break, burst. Targ. Nah. 1:13; a. e. 2) to separate, interpose, divide off. Targ. Hos. 2:8; a. e.Meg.2b אתא את ואַפְסְקיהוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. ופסק, ופסיק) the eth (וְאֵת, Esth. 9:21) comes to divide the sentence (giving it the meaning) that some celebrate the fourteenth and others the fifteenth of Adar. B. Kam.65b את פַּסְקֵיה קרא with eth ( ואת, Lev. 5:25) the text separates the clause from the preceding, opp. ערביה combines it; Yalk. Lev. 479 את אַפְסְקֵיה eth separates it; ib. לאַפְסוּקֵי בין ממוןוכ׳ (not לאפסוקיה) to draw the line between sacred property and Sot.38b אריכי … לא מַפְסְקֵי tall persons in front of short ones do not form a partition (to intercept the priestly benediction pronounced upon the congregation); תיבה לא מַפְסְקָא nor does the Tebah (v. תֵּבָה) between the priests and the people form a partition. Pes.111a אַפְסְקִינְהוּ בעפרא he dammed it (the waste water poured out in the street) with dust (spread dust over it); a. fr.Keth.77b; 17a, v. infra. 3) to cut off, cause to cease. Targ. 1 Sam. 2:33; a. e. 4) to take the last meal before beginning the fast. Keth.63a לא מר א׳ ולא מר א׳ Ar. (ed. אִיפְּסִיק Ithpe.) neither father nor son partook of the last meal (before the Day of Atonement). Ithpe. אִתְפְּסַק, אִיפְּסִיק 1) to be cut, severed, broken off. Targ. Jud. 16:9. Targ. Is. 52:2; a. fr.Sabb.112a איפסיק ליה רצועה (read: אִיפְּסִיקָא) a strap of his shoe broke. Y. ib. VI, 8a bot. אי׳ סנדליהוכ׳ R. Aḥas sandal fell off (the strap was broken). Ḥull.51a; a. fr. 2) to be interposed, to divide off. Keth.17a א׳ עמודא דנוראוכ׳ a column of fire was interposed between the bier of ; וגמירי דלא אפסיקוכ׳ (read: מִפְּסִיק) and there is a tradition that such a phenomenon occurs only for one person in a generation ; ib. 77b אִפְּסִיק, מִפְּסִיק. 3) to take the last meal, v. supra.

פְּסַק, פְּסֵיקch. sam( Hithpa. הִתְפַּסֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְפַּסֵּק to be severed), 1) to cut, split, sever. Targ. Jud. 16:9. Targ. 2 Sam. 10:4; 1 Chr. 19:4; a. fr.Part. pass. פָּסִיק, פְּסִיק. Targ. O. Deut. 23:2 (h. text פצוע דכה); Y. ib. פ׳ גידא (h. text. כרות שפכה). Targ. O. Lev. 22:22 (h. text חרוץ).Ḥull.8b, v. גַּוָּוזָא I. B. Bath.21b קא פַסְקַתוכ׳ thou cuttest off (interferest with), v. חַיּוּתָא. Lev. R. s. 32, end פסקת חייוי דהאי גברא thou cuttest off (shortenest) this mans (my) life (by divulging my spurious descent); a. fr. פסיק רישיה ולא ימות ‘let his head be cut off, but let him not die, a dialectic term for an unavoidable result of an act. Sabb.75a מודהר״ש בפ׳ר׳וכ׳ R. S. (who ordinarily permits, on the Sabbath, an act which may have as a result a violation of the Sabbath law, if the latter is not intended) admits that such an act is forbidden, if the result is inevitable. 2) to separate, divide. Targ. Hos. 2:8 (ed. Lag. Af.).Pes.111a פַּסְקִינְהוּ רשות הרבים (Rashb. פְּסַקְתִּינְהוּ) the public road divides them (the two palms); a. e.Meg.2b; B. Kam.65b, v. infra Af. 3) to be interrupted; to cease. Targ. Y. Gen. 44:12 (h. text כִּלָּה). Targ. II Esth. 3:7. Targ. Deut. 5:19; a. fr.Lev. R. s. 31; Midr. Till. to Ps. 19; Yalk. ib. 673 (expl. לא נעדר, Zeph. 3:5) לא פַסְקִין they never fail. M. Kat. 4a מיא דלא פּסְקֵי water which never fails. Ib. עבידא דפַסְקָא it often fails. Ib. 18b קלא דלא פָסֵיק a continuous rumor; וכמח קלא דלא פ׳ how long must a rumor last to be called a continuous rumor? Ib. דלא פ׳ ביני ביני if it has not ceased at intervals. Gitt.69a כי היכי דפסקי … לִיפְסוֹקוכ׳ as this water ceases to run, so may the blood ofstop flowing. Sabb.30b לא פ׳ פומיה, v. גִּירְסָא I; a. fr. 4) to apportion, assign, bargain, agree, subscribe. Y.Hor.III, 48a bot. הוה חמי … פ׳ והוא פסיק לקיבליח he waited to see how much the whole assembly subscribed, and he subscribed an amount equal to the entire subscription; Lev. R. s. 5 כד הוון פַּסְקִיןוכ׳ when all people had subscribed, he Ib. פ׳ חד ליטראוכ׳ subscribed one pound of gold. Keth.65a פְּסוֹק לי מזוני give me an order for my food; פ׳ לה he did so. Ib. 63a פסקו ליהוכ׳ they made arrangements for him for six years (to remain at college). Lev. R. s. 34 אנן פּסְקִינָן פרנה we shall make up the dowry by subscription (v. פְּסַס); Yalk. ib. 665; a. fr. 5) to decide, adjudge. Targ. 1 Kings 20:40. Targ. Job 38:10; a. e.Succ.29b, a. e. קא פסיק ותני לא שנאוכ׳ the editor of the Mishnah decides and teaches; i. e. speaks absolutely, drawing no distinction whether Gitt.86b לא פְסִיקָא ליה it was not decided with him, i. e. he could not state it absolutely; a. fr. 6) to close; פ׳ סידרא to close the reading from the Pentateuch, read the Hafṭarah. Yoma 87a; a. e., v. סִדְרָא.7) (denom. of פְּסוּקָא) to recite a verse, v. preced. a. פְּסוּקָא. Af. אַפְסֵיק 1) to sever, break, burst. Targ. Nah. 1:13; a. e. 2) to separate, interpose, divide off. Targ. Hos. 2:8; a. e.Meg.2b אתא את ואַפְסְקיהוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. ופסק, ופסיק) the eth (וְאֵת, Esth. 9:21) comes to divide the sentence (giving it the meaning) that some celebrate the fourteenth and others the fifteenth of Adar. B. Kam.65b את פַּסְקֵיה קרא with eth ( ואת, Lev. 5:25) the text separates the clause from the preceding, opp. ערביה combines it; Yalk. Lev. 479 את אַפְסְקֵיה eth separates it; ib. לאַפְסוּקֵי בין ממוןוכ׳ (not לאפסוקיה) to draw the line between sacred property and Sot.38b אריכי … לא מַפְסְקֵי tall persons in front of short ones do not form a partition (to intercept the priestly benediction pronounced upon the congregation); תיבה לא מַפְסְקָא nor does the Tebah (v. תֵּבָה) between the priests and the people form a partition. Pes.111a אַפְסְקִינְהוּ בעפרא he dammed it (the waste water poured out in the street) with dust (spread dust over it); a. fr.Keth.77b; 17a, v. infra. 3) to cut off, cause to cease. Targ. 1 Sam. 2:33; a. e. 4) to take the last meal before beginning the fast. Keth.63a לא מר א׳ ולא מר א׳ Ar. (ed. אִיפְּסִיק Ithpe.) neither father nor son partook of the last meal (before the Day of Atonement). Ithpe. אִתְפְּסַק, אִיפְּסִיק 1) to be cut, severed, broken off. Targ. Jud. 16:9. Targ. Is. 52:2; a. fr.Sabb.112a איפסיק ליה רצועה (read: אִיפְּסִיקָא) a strap of his shoe broke. Y. ib. VI, 8a bot. אי׳ סנדליהוכ׳ R. Aḥas sandal fell off (the strap was broken). Ḥull.51a; a. fr. 2) to be interposed, to divide off. Keth.17a א׳ עמודא דנוראוכ׳ a column of fire was interposed between the bier of ; וגמירי דלא אפסיקוכ׳ (read: מִפְּסִיק) and there is a tradition that such a phenomenon occurs only for one person in a generation ; ib. 77b אִפְּסִיק, מִפְּסִיק. 3) to take the last meal, v. supra.