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1 עתיד מעורפל
uncertain future -
2 ספק
סָפֶקm. (preced. wds.) 1) division, doubt, opp. וַדַּאי. Ker.IV, 1 ס׳ אכל ס׳ לא אכל if there is a doubt whether or not he has eaten forbidden fat; ס׳ יש בווכ׳ if there is a doubt whether it was the legally required quantity. B. Bath.10a ס׳ מקבלין … ס׳ איןוכ׳ it is uncertain whether it will be accepted from him or not. Ab. Zar.41a הוי ס׳וכ׳, v. וַדַּאי. Y.Bets. I, 60b bot. סְפֵיקוֹ, סְפֵיקָהּ where there is a doubt about it, v. וַדַּאי. Ib. מאי ס׳ וש שם what is the doubt there? i. fr. what difference does it make in practice?Yeb.37b, a. fr. ממון המוטל בס׳, v. מָמוֹן. Ker.VI, 3 (25a) המתן עד שתכנס לס׳ (Var. in Talm. ed. לבית הס׳) wait until you arrive at a condition of doubt, i. e. until you are in doubt as to having committed a sin requiring a sacrifice. Ib. 2 כִּפְּרָה סְפֵיקָהּוכ׳ the heifer has atoned for the doubt for which it has been put to death, and is gone (i. e. at the time of its being thrown down the murderer was unknown); ib. 25a עדיין לא כיפרה סְפֵיקָתָהּ it had not yet atoned for the doubt for which it was to be put to death; a. v. fr.Pl. סְפֵיקוֹת, סְפֵק׳ ( fem.). Kidd.IV, 3 ואלו הן הס׳ and these are the cases of uncertain parentage. B. Mets.83b ס׳ שלכם cases in which you act on doubts (mere suspicion), v. וַדָּאָה. Y.Keth.I, beg.24d שתי ס׳ a double doubt, v. next w.; a. e. 2) dilemma, difficulty. Cant. R. to VII, 8 למה באו ישראל בס׳וכ׳ why did the Israelites get into trouble in the days of Haman? -
3 סָפֶק
סָפֶקm. (preced. wds.) 1) division, doubt, opp. וַדַּאי. Ker.IV, 1 ס׳ אכל ס׳ לא אכל if there is a doubt whether or not he has eaten forbidden fat; ס׳ יש בווכ׳ if there is a doubt whether it was the legally required quantity. B. Bath.10a ס׳ מקבלין … ס׳ איןוכ׳ it is uncertain whether it will be accepted from him or not. Ab. Zar.41a הוי ס׳וכ׳, v. וַדַּאי. Y.Bets. I, 60b bot. סְפֵיקוֹ, סְפֵיקָהּ where there is a doubt about it, v. וַדַּאי. Ib. מאי ס׳ וש שם what is the doubt there? i. fr. what difference does it make in practice?Yeb.37b, a. fr. ממון המוטל בס׳, v. מָמוֹן. Ker.VI, 3 (25a) המתן עד שתכנס לס׳ (Var. in Talm. ed. לבית הס׳) wait until you arrive at a condition of doubt, i. e. until you are in doubt as to having committed a sin requiring a sacrifice. Ib. 2 כִּפְּרָה סְפֵיקָהּוכ׳ the heifer has atoned for the doubt for which it has been put to death, and is gone (i. e. at the time of its being thrown down the murderer was unknown); ib. 25a עדיין לא כיפרה סְפֵיקָתָהּ it had not yet atoned for the doubt for which it was to be put to death; a. v. fr.Pl. סְפֵיקוֹת, סְפֵק׳ ( fem.). Kidd.IV, 3 ואלו הן הס׳ and these are the cases of uncertain parentage. B. Mets.83b ס׳ שלכם cases in which you act on doubts (mere suspicion), v. וַדָּאָה. Y.Keth.I, beg.24d שתי ס׳ a double doubt, v. next w.; a. e. 2) dilemma, difficulty. Cant. R. to VII, 8 למה באו ישראל בס׳וכ׳ why did the Israelites get into trouble in the days of Haman? -
4 העלה ספק
doubted, had doubts about, had misgivings, was uncertain; did not believe in, questioned the certitude of -
5 לא בטוח
dicey, insecure, precarious, unsafe; uncertain, unsure, vague -
6 לא ברור
unclear, vague, thickly, woolly, wooly, flannelly, uncertain -
7 מוטל בספק
doubtful, uncertain -
8 מפוקפק
adj. doubtful, dubious, questionable, 'fishy', equivocal, shady, spivvy, suspect, uncertain, apocryphal, backhanded -
9 מפקפק
adj. dubious, incredulous, uncertain, wobbly, impeacher, wonderer -
10 נתון בספק
doubtful, uncertain -
11 על קרן הצבי
in a risky way, with uncertain future -
12 תלוי באוויר
left hanging, uncertain -
13 חסם
חֲסַםch. sam(חסם II steel). Part. pass. חֲסִים bright and hard, flinty.Pl. חֲסִימִין. Targ. Y. II Deut. 8:9; (Y. I שאילן מסימן, read: הֲסִימַן fem. pl.). Targ. Y. ib. 33:25. Pa. חַסֵּם ( to scrape, cmp. גמגם, חָכַךְ II) to hesitate, be uncertain what to do. Sabb.147a הוה קא מְחַסֵּםוכ׳ he hesitated to hand it to him. Keth.20b. B. Mets.23b. Ḥull.50a. (Ar. a. some Mss. have הסם; v. Koh. Ar. Compl. s. v. הסם a. Rabb. D. S. to B. Mets. l. c. Ithpa. אִתְחַסֵּם 1) to receive a steel edge; trnsf. (of the mouth) to become able to speak. Lev. R. s. 23; Cant. R. to II, 2 אתח׳ר׳וכ׳ R. E. (who on a former occasion was unable to pronounce a blessing) has received a steel edge, and they named him R. E. Ḥisma; (Ar.: הא חֲסִים אלעזר, v. supra). 2) to rub against, trnsf. (cmp. גָּרַר) to seek a quarrel, to vie with (v. P. Sm. 133 3). Targ. Prov. 24:19 (h. text תתחר). -
14 חֲסַם
חֲסַםch. sam(חסם II steel). Part. pass. חֲסִים bright and hard, flinty.Pl. חֲסִימִין. Targ. Y. II Deut. 8:9; (Y. I שאילן מסימן, read: הֲסִימַן fem. pl.). Targ. Y. ib. 33:25. Pa. חַסֵּם ( to scrape, cmp. גמגם, חָכַךְ II) to hesitate, be uncertain what to do. Sabb.147a הוה קא מְחַסֵּםוכ׳ he hesitated to hand it to him. Keth.20b. B. Mets.23b. Ḥull.50a. (Ar. a. some Mss. have הסם; v. Koh. Ar. Compl. s. v. הסם a. Rabb. D. S. to B. Mets. l. c. Ithpa. אִתְחַסֵּם 1) to receive a steel edge; trnsf. (of the mouth) to become able to speak. Lev. R. s. 23; Cant. R. to II, 2 אתח׳ר׳וכ׳ R. E. (who on a former occasion was unable to pronounce a blessing) has received a steel edge, and they named him R. E. Ḥisma; (Ar.: הא חֲסִים אלעזר, v. supra). 2) to rub against, trnsf. (cmp. גָּרַר) to seek a quarrel, to vie with (v. P. Sm. 133 3). Targ. Prov. 24:19 (h. text תתחר). -
15 מופלא
מוּפְלָאm. (פָּלָא) 1) concealed, hidden; miraculous. Ḥag.13a (quot. fr. Ben Sira) במ׳ ממךוכ׳ search not into that which is concealed from thee (mysteries of theosophy); Gen. R. s. 8 (v. פְּלִיאָה). Midr. Till. to Ps. 3; a. e.Pl. מוּפְלָאִים, מוּפְלָאִין. Snh.16b (play on פלתי) שמ׳ מעשיהן for their proceedings are wonderful; Ber.4a שמ׳ ברבריהם.Trnsf. (in the phrase מ׳ סמוך לאיש, arisen from איש כי יפלא, Lev. 27:2) a child whose power of discrimination is uncertain. Tem.2b לרבות מ׳ הסמוך לאיש ish (Lev. l. c.) is used in connection with vows ( ערכיו) in order to include ‘a doubtful person next to a man, i. e. a boy near the age of religious majority; Num. R. s. 10; Naz.62a; a. e.Ib. 29b מ׳ סמוך לאיש דרבנן the rule that the vow of a boy of twelve years of age is valid is merely a rabbinical enactment. 2) distinguished, esp. mufla, a special expert assessor at court to whom questions of law are referred, instructing judge. Hor.I, 4 (if a court gave a wrong decision) לא היה מ׳ שלב״ד שם in the absence of the mufla. Ib. 4b לא היה מ׳ … נמי פטוריןוכ׳ so also, if the mufla was absent, they cannot be made responsible for their decision, because they ought to have informed themselves and did not do so (therefore their judgment was not a legal act at all). Y.Snh.1, 19c top היה הוא ומ׳ שלהןוכ׳ he (the questioner) and the mufla of the court (to whom the question had been referred) went to ; Tosef. ib VII, 1; Tosef.Hag. II, 9 מופלג ed. Zuck. (Var. מופלא). Sifré Deut. 152 (ref. to יפלא, Deut. 17:8) מלמד שבמ׳ הכתוב מדבר this intimates that the text speaks of the mufla; Snh.87a top (Rashi: = מומחה). Cant. R. to III, 7; Num. R. s. 11 (ref. to סריס, 2 Kings 25:19) זה מ׳ שלב״דוכ׳ the saris means the mufla of the court, who is called saris (mediator), v. סָרַס II.Pl. מוּפְלָאִין. Hor.7a Ms. M. a. Rashi (ed. מוּפְלִין). Midr. Till. to Ps. l. c. מוּפְלָאֵיב״ד. -
16 מוּפְלָא
מוּפְלָאm. (פָּלָא) 1) concealed, hidden; miraculous. Ḥag.13a (quot. fr. Ben Sira) במ׳ ממךוכ׳ search not into that which is concealed from thee (mysteries of theosophy); Gen. R. s. 8 (v. פְּלִיאָה). Midr. Till. to Ps. 3; a. e.Pl. מוּפְלָאִים, מוּפְלָאִין. Snh.16b (play on פלתי) שמ׳ מעשיהן for their proceedings are wonderful; Ber.4a שמ׳ ברבריהם.Trnsf. (in the phrase מ׳ סמוך לאיש, arisen from איש כי יפלא, Lev. 27:2) a child whose power of discrimination is uncertain. Tem.2b לרבות מ׳ הסמוך לאיש ish (Lev. l. c.) is used in connection with vows ( ערכיו) in order to include ‘a doubtful person next to a man, i. e. a boy near the age of religious majority; Num. R. s. 10; Naz.62a; a. e.Ib. 29b מ׳ סמוך לאיש דרבנן the rule that the vow of a boy of twelve years of age is valid is merely a rabbinical enactment. 2) distinguished, esp. mufla, a special expert assessor at court to whom questions of law are referred, instructing judge. Hor.I, 4 (if a court gave a wrong decision) לא היה מ׳ שלב״ד שם in the absence of the mufla. Ib. 4b לא היה מ׳ … נמי פטוריןוכ׳ so also, if the mufla was absent, they cannot be made responsible for their decision, because they ought to have informed themselves and did not do so (therefore their judgment was not a legal act at all). Y.Snh.1, 19c top היה הוא ומ׳ שלהןוכ׳ he (the questioner) and the mufla of the court (to whom the question had been referred) went to ; Tosef. ib VII, 1; Tosef.Hag. II, 9 מופלג ed. Zuck. (Var. מופלא). Sifré Deut. 152 (ref. to יפלא, Deut. 17:8) מלמד שבמ׳ הכתוב מדבר this intimates that the text speaks of the mufla; Snh.87a top (Rashi: = מומחה). Cant. R. to III, 7; Num. R. s. 11 (ref. to סריס, 2 Kings 25:19) זה מ׳ שלב״דוכ׳ the saris means the mufla of the court, who is called saris (mediator), v. סָרַס II.Pl. מוּפְלָאִין. Hor.7a Ms. M. a. Rashi (ed. מוּפְלִין). Midr. Till. to Ps. l. c. מוּפְלָאֵיב״ד. -
17 פקפק
פִּקְפֵּק(v. פָּקַק) 1) to drive a wedge in; to loosen, shake. Midr. Till. to Ps. 53 v. infra. Succ.I, 7 (15a) מְפַקְפֵּק ונוטלוכ׳ he loosens (the boards of the ceiling) and takes one board out. Y.Sabb.XV, beg.15a מְפַקְפְּקִין ומפקיעיןוכ׳ (not בו) you may loosen the knot, or ravel it out, or untie, v. פָּקַע; מפקפקין ולא מפקיעין you may loosen the knot, but not ravel it out; ib. XX, end, 17d; Y.Meg.I, 71a; Y.Bets. V, 63b top (not פקפקין).Part. pass. מְפוּקְפָּק; f. מְפוּקְפֶּקֶת; pl. מְפוּקְפָּקִים, מְפוּקְפָּקִין; מְפוּקְפָּקוֹת. Gen. R. s. 78 היו הברכות מפ׳וכ׳ the blessings were as yet shaky (uncertain) in his hands, opp. נתאוששו, v. אוּש; ib. s. 67.Trnsf. (to shake the foundations of,) to contest the validity of, make light of. Eduy. V, 6 פ׳ בטהרת ידים he contested the rabbinical regulations concerning cleanness of hands; Ber.19a. Ab. Zar.35a גזירה … ואין מְפַקְפְּקִין בה it is a recent enactment, and you must not shake it (discuss its reason before a year is past); a. e. 2) (sub. פיו, or דבר) to insert a wedge or coil in ones mouth, be gagged, estopped from speaking. Midr. Till. to Ps. 53 (ref. to פוקה, 1 Sam. 25:31) (read as in ed. Bub. אם הן באין אצלך לדין מה אתה עושה ואתה מְפַקְפֵּק בדבר ואין אתה יכול להוציאווכ׳ if men will come to thee for judgment, what wilt thou do? Thou wilt gag (thy mouth) with a word and be unable to bring it out, when they will say, has he not done so unto Nabal? Thus the text (I Sam. l. c.) reads, ‘and let this not be unto thee a stopper, אל תְּפַקְפֵּק בפיךוכ׳ do not put a gag in thy mouth (do not make thyself unable to give judgment boldly), nor say ; Yalk. Sam. 134. Hithpa. הִתְפַּקְפַּק 1) to be shaken, loosened. Ber.28b man must bow at prayer עד שיִתְפַּקְפְּקוּ כלוכ׳ Ms. M. a. Ar. (ed. שיִתְפַּקְּקוּ v. R. D. S. a. l. note 400) until all the vertebrae of the spine seem to be loosened. 2) (v. פָּקַק) to be stopped off. Yeb.63b עונותיו מִתְפַּקְפְּקִין Ar. (ed. מִתְפַּקְּקִין) his sins are stopped off (cannot come forth to accuse him). -
18 פִּקְפֵּק
פִּקְפֵּק(v. פָּקַק) 1) to drive a wedge in; to loosen, shake. Midr. Till. to Ps. 53 v. infra. Succ.I, 7 (15a) מְפַקְפֵּק ונוטלוכ׳ he loosens (the boards of the ceiling) and takes one board out. Y.Sabb.XV, beg.15a מְפַקְפְּקִין ומפקיעיןוכ׳ (not בו) you may loosen the knot, or ravel it out, or untie, v. פָּקַע; מפקפקין ולא מפקיעין you may loosen the knot, but not ravel it out; ib. XX, end, 17d; Y.Meg.I, 71a; Y.Bets. V, 63b top (not פקפקין).Part. pass. מְפוּקְפָּק; f. מְפוּקְפֶּקֶת; pl. מְפוּקְפָּקִים, מְפוּקְפָּקִין; מְפוּקְפָּקוֹת. Gen. R. s. 78 היו הברכות מפ׳וכ׳ the blessings were as yet shaky (uncertain) in his hands, opp. נתאוששו, v. אוּש; ib. s. 67.Trnsf. (to shake the foundations of,) to contest the validity of, make light of. Eduy. V, 6 פ׳ בטהרת ידים he contested the rabbinical regulations concerning cleanness of hands; Ber.19a. Ab. Zar.35a גזירה … ואין מְפַקְפְּקִין בה it is a recent enactment, and you must not shake it (discuss its reason before a year is past); a. e. 2) (sub. פיו, or דבר) to insert a wedge or coil in ones mouth, be gagged, estopped from speaking. Midr. Till. to Ps. 53 (ref. to פוקה, 1 Sam. 25:31) (read as in ed. Bub. אם הן באין אצלך לדין מה אתה עושה ואתה מְפַקְפֵּק בדבר ואין אתה יכול להוציאווכ׳ if men will come to thee for judgment, what wilt thou do? Thou wilt gag (thy mouth) with a word and be unable to bring it out, when they will say, has he not done so unto Nabal? Thus the text (I Sam. l. c.) reads, ‘and let this not be unto thee a stopper, אל תְּפַקְפֵּק בפיךוכ׳ do not put a gag in thy mouth (do not make thyself unable to give judgment boldly), nor say ; Yalk. Sam. 134. Hithpa. הִתְפַּקְפַּק 1) to be shaken, loosened. Ber.28b man must bow at prayer עד שיִתְפַּקְפְּקוּ כלוכ׳ Ms. M. a. Ar. (ed. שיִתְפַּקְּקוּ v. R. D. S. a. l. note 400) until all the vertebrae of the spine seem to be loosened. 2) (v. פָּקַק) to be stopped off. Yeb.63b עונותיו מִתְפַּקְפְּקִין Ar. (ed. מִתְפַּקְּקִין) his sins are stopped off (cannot come forth to accuse him). -
19 שמא
שֶׁמָּא(= שַׁלָּמָּה, v. דִּילְמָא I) ( for why, 1) lest, perhaps. Ab. II, 4, v. פָּנָה. Y.Ab. Zar. I, 39c top (read:) אי לי ש׳ מי שכתוב … עקב יבוא לנשכיני woe is me, (I am afraid,) lest he of whom it is written (Gen. 3:15) … come to bite me; Bab. ib. 8a אוי לי ש׳ בשבילוכ׳ woe is me, lest the world grow dark around me, because I have sinned. Keth.12a וניחוש ש׳ תחתיווכ׳ but must we not consider the possibility that she may have prostituted herself while she was engaged to him?; a. fr. 2) שמא m. apprehension, doubt, possibility, Ib. 14a התם ברי הכא ש׳ there she asserts a certainty, here a possibility (as she cannot be certain about it herself). Ib. וקיל ליה ש׳וכ׳ and he regards this statement of a possibility so lightly that Ib. אפי׳ בש׳ נמי מכשיר even with her uncertain assertion he declares her fit for marriage, Ib. 12b, a. fr. ברי וש׳, v. בָּרִי; a. fr. -
20 שֶׁמָּא
שֶׁמָּא(= שַׁלָּמָּה, v. דִּילְמָא I) ( for why, 1) lest, perhaps. Ab. II, 4, v. פָּנָה. Y.Ab. Zar. I, 39c top (read:) אי לי ש׳ מי שכתוב … עקב יבוא לנשכיני woe is me, (I am afraid,) lest he of whom it is written (Gen. 3:15) … come to bite me; Bab. ib. 8a אוי לי ש׳ בשבילוכ׳ woe is me, lest the world grow dark around me, because I have sinned. Keth.12a וניחוש ש׳ תחתיווכ׳ but must we not consider the possibility that she may have prostituted herself while she was engaged to him?; a. fr. 2) שמא m. apprehension, doubt, possibility, Ib. 14a התם ברי הכא ש׳ there she asserts a certainty, here a possibility (as she cannot be certain about it herself). Ib. וקיל ליה ש׳וכ׳ and he regards this statement of a possibility so lightly that Ib. אפי׳ בש׳ נמי מכשיר even with her uncertain assertion he declares her fit for marriage, Ib. 12b, a. fr. ברי וש׳, v. בָּרִי; a. fr.
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