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עָרַבI (b. h.; cmp. אָרַב) (to insert, press into, interweave, 1) to mix, confuse. Yalk. Deut. 808 עָרְבוּ את העיסה (or עֵרְבוּ Pi.; not ערכו), v. עִיסָה. 2) to substitute, put in place of, to vouch for. Cant. R. to I, 4 אבותינו עוֹרְבִים אותנו let our ancestors be our surety (for our observance of the Law); Yalk. Cant. 982. Deut. R. s. 3 מבקשים אתם שנַעֲרוֹב אתכסוכ׳ do you want us to guarantee to you that, if you separate your tithes properly, the mice will not attack your grain any more? Ib. ע׳ אותן והלכו he did guarantee to them, and the mice went Tanḥ. Vayigg. 5 מפני מה לא עָרַבְתָּ אתוכ׳ why didst thou not pledge thyself for thy brother &c?; a. fr. Pi. עֵירֵב 1) to mix. Gitt.52b שמואל אמר מְעָרֵב Samuel explains ( המנסך ib. V, 4, v. נָסַךְ), he who mixes forbidden wine with his neighbors permitted wine. Koh. R. to IX, 13, a. e. המערב מים בייןוכ׳ who puts water into wine, v. גְּלַבְקְיָא. M. Kat. 8b אין מְעָרְבִין שמחה בשמחה you must not mix one rejoicing with another (e. g. celebrate a wedding during the Festive Week); Gen. R. s. 70. Y.Ber.II, 4d top; Y.Meg.I, 71c עי׳ את האותיות if one made the letters of a word of uneven sizes (so that they are not in a line). Gen. R. s. 15 שלא לעָרֵב את האותיות he said המוציא in order not to confound the letters (by saying העולם מוציא); Y.Ber.VI, 10a bot. ראשי אותיות; a. fr.Part. pass. מְעוּרָב; f. מְעוּרֶבֶת; pl. מְעוּרָבִים, מְעוּרָבִין; מְעוּרָבוֹת. Yalk. Deut. 808 וראה הפת מע׳ קיבר and saw that the bread was mixed with coarse flour. Erub.27a כשקרבי דגים מע׳ בהן when entrails of fish are mixed up with the brine; a. e.Lev. R. s. 20 (in Chald. dict.) מעורב, v. עַרְבֵּב. 2) (denom. of עֵירוּב 2) to lay an ʿErub, to create a symbolical community of residence or continuity of action. Erub.III, 1 מערבין לנזיר ביין you may use wine for an ʿErub for the benefit of a Nazarite. Ib. 84b; 87b עד שיְעָרְבוּ until they connect them symbolically by an ʿErub; a. v. fr.Part. pass. as ab. Sabb.XVI, 3 חצר המע׳ a court which has been made available for Sabbath movements by means of an ʿErub; a. e. 3) to pledge. Part. pass. as ab. Esth. R. to I, 1 (ref. to בני התערבות, 2 Chr. 25:24) שהיו מְעוּרָבוֹתֵיהֶן של אבותיהן they were the hostages for their fathers. Hithpa. הִתְעָרֵב, Nithpa. נִתְעָרֵב to be mixed. Ḥull.VI, 5 דםשנ׳ במים if blood (which requires covering up, v. כִּיסּוּי) has been mixed with water. Tosef.Ter.V, 15 פרוסות … שנִתְעָרְבוּוכ׳ if pieces of show-bread have become mixed up with a hundred times as many pieces of secular bread; Yeb.81b פרוסה … שנִתְעָרְבָהוכ׳; Y.Orl.II, 61d bot. Cant. R. to I, 3 מה השמן הזה אין מִתְעָרֵב … אין מִתְעָרְבִיםוכ׳ as oil cannot be mixed with other liquids, so Israel should not be mixed with the nations of the world; a. fr.

עָרַבI (b. h.; cmp. אָרַב) (to insert, press into, interweave, 1) to mix, confuse. Yalk. Deut. 808 עָרְבוּ את העיסה (or עֵרְבוּ Pi.; not ערכו), v. עִיסָה. 2) to substitute, put in place of, to vouch for. Cant. R. to I, 4 אבותינו עוֹרְבִים אותנו let our ancestors be our surety (for our observance of the Law); Yalk. Cant. 982. Deut. R. s. 3 מבקשים אתם שנַעֲרוֹב אתכסוכ׳ do you want us to guarantee to you that, if you separate your tithes properly, the mice will not attack your grain any more? Ib. ע׳ אותן והלכו he did guarantee to them, and the mice went Tanḥ. Vayigg. 5 מפני מה לא עָרַבְתָּ אתוכ׳ why didst thou not pledge thyself for thy brother &c?; a. fr. Pi. עֵירֵב 1) to mix. Gitt.52b שמואל אמר מְעָרֵב Samuel explains ( המנסך ib. V, 4, v. נָסַךְ), he who mixes forbidden wine with his neighbors permitted wine. Koh. R. to IX, 13, a. e. המערב מים בייןוכ׳ who puts water into wine, v. גְּלַבְקְיָא. M. Kat. 8b אין מְעָרְבִין שמחה בשמחה you must not mix one rejoicing with another (e. g. celebrate a wedding during the Festive Week); Gen. R. s. 70. Y.Ber.II, 4d top; Y.Meg.I, 71c עי׳ את האותיות if one made the letters of a word of uneven sizes (so that they are not in a line). Gen. R. s. 15 שלא לעָרֵב את האותיות he said המוציא in order not to confound the letters (by saying העולם מוציא); Y.Ber.VI, 10a bot. ראשי אותיות; a. fr.Part. pass. מְעוּרָב; f. מְעוּרֶבֶת; pl. מְעוּרָבִים, מְעוּרָבִין; מְעוּרָבוֹת. Yalk. Deut. 808 וראה הפת מע׳ קיבר and saw that the bread was mixed with coarse flour. Erub.27a כשקרבי דגים מע׳ בהן when entrails of fish are mixed up with the brine; a. e.Lev. R. s. 20 (in Chald. dict.) מעורב, v. עַרְבֵּב. 2) (denom. of עֵירוּב 2) to lay an ʿErub, to create a symbolical community of residence or continuity of action. Erub.III, 1 מערבין לנזיר ביין you may use wine for an ʿErub for the benefit of a Nazarite. Ib. 84b; 87b עד שיְעָרְבוּ until they connect them symbolically by an ʿErub; a. v. fr.Part. pass. as ab. Sabb.XVI, 3 חצר המע׳ a court which has been made available for Sabbath movements by means of an ʿErub; a. e. 3) to pledge. Part. pass. as ab. Esth. R. to I, 1 (ref. to בני התערבות, 2 Chr. 25:24) שהיו מְעוּרָבוֹתֵיהֶן של אבותיהן they were the hostages for their fathers. Hithpa. הִתְעָרֵב, Nithpa. נִתְעָרֵב to be mixed. Ḥull.VI, 5 דםשנ׳ במים if blood (which requires covering up, v. כִּיסּוּי) has been mixed with water. Tosef.Ter.V, 15 פרוסות … שנִתְעָרְבוּוכ׳ if pieces of show-bread have become mixed up with a hundred times as many pieces of secular bread; Yeb.81b פרוסה … שנִתְעָרְבָהוכ׳; Y.Orl.II, 61d bot. Cant. R. to I, 3 מה השמן הזה אין מִתְעָרֵב … אין מִתְעָרְבִיםוכ׳ as oil cannot be mixed with other liquids, so Israel should not be mixed with the nations of the world; a. fr.

צֶמַחII pr. n. Tsemaḥ, allegorical name of the future Messiah. Y.Ber.II, 5a top צ׳ שמו his name is Ts. (by ref. to Zech. 6:12). Ib. הוא צ׳ הוא מנחם the numerical value of the letters צמח is the same as that of the letters of מנהם (138); Lam. R. to I, 16.

צֶמַחII pr. n. Tsemaḥ, allegorical name of the future Messiah. Y.Ber.II, 5a top צ׳ שמו his name is Ts. (by ref. to Zech. 6:12). Ib. הוא צ׳ הוא מנחם the numerical value of the letters צמח is the same as that of the letters of מנהם (138); Lam. R. to I, 16.

קָלַל(b. h.) ( to swing) to be light, slender, unimportant.Part. קַל. Snh.VI, 5 (ref. to קללת, Deut. 21:23) בזמן … קַלַּנִי מראשיוכ׳ when man suffers punishment, what does the Shekhinah say? ‘I am lighter than my head, than my arm (euphem. for, I feel my head heavy); Y. ib. 23d bot. אנן תנינן קַלֵּינִי (= קל איני) we read ḳalleni, I am not lighter; אית תניי תני קל אני some Tannai reads ḳal ăni; מאן דאמר קליני לית הוא אלא קליל according to him that reads ḳalleni, it is a euphemistic expression for ‘light (i. e. my head is light, I feel giddy; my arm is light, I feel weak); מאן דאמר קלני … נטיל according to the version ḳallani, it is a euphemistic expression for ‘heavy (i. e. my head, my arm is heavy); Bab. ib. 46b Abbayi says כמאן דאמד קל לית (read ḳalleni) as one says, ‘light (I am) not (i. e. I feel heavy, without euphemism)(which is refuted by Raba, who explains the word in question) קליל לי עלמא, v. קַלִּיל II. Hif. הֵיקַל, הֵקַל, הֵקיל I) to lighten. M. Kat. 17b הכביד … מֵיקַלוכ׳ if the mourners hair is too heavy, he may make it lighter with a razor; Y. ib. III, 82a top. Erub.IV, 9 להָקֵל על העשיר to make it easy for the rich man; a. fr.Trnsf. ה׳ ראשו to be irreverent, talk frivolously (v. קַלּוּת). Ber.IX, 5 לא יָקֵל אדם את ראשו כנגדוכ׳ man (a pilgrim coming to Jerusalem) must not behave irreverently in sight of the eastern gate Yalk. Gen. 24 מֵיקֶלֶת ראשה she is frivolous (light-minded); Yalk. Is. 265 מֵקֶילֶת ראש; (Gen. R. s. 18 מיקרת, v. יָקַר). 2) to be lenient; to incline towards the less restrictive practice, opp. החמיר, v. חָמַר I. Y. M. Kat. l. c. הלכה כדברי מי שהוא מיקל the adopted practice follows the opinion of him who is more lenient; Erub.46a, a. fr. כדברי המיקלוכ׳. Yeb.88a הֵיקַלְתָּ עליה, v. חָמַר I. Pes.52b, v. מַגִּיד. Erub. l. c. wherever you find יחיד מיקל ורביםוכ׳ an individual scholar favoring the more lenient practice against several in favor of restriction. Sabb.129a, a. fr. ספק נפשות להָקל where there is a doubt involving the endangering of human life, the more lenient rule is applied; a. fr. 3) to be sparing, beggarly. Ib. כל המיקל … מְקִילִין לו מזוניתיווכ׳ he that stints himself at the meal taken after bloodletting, to him they in heaven will give his sustenance stintingly; a. e. Pi. קִלֵּל ( to diminish, to curse. Keth.VII, 6 מְקַלֶּלֶת, v. יִוֹלֵד. Sabb.62b שאשתו מְקַלַּלְתּוֹ בפניו whom his wife curses in his presence. Pes.87b (ref. to Prov. 30:10 sq.) אפו׳ דור שאביו יְקַלֵּלוכ׳ even if it be a generation of men that curse their father …, do not denounce Yoma 75a ק׳ את הנחשוכ׳ God cursed the serpent, yet it climbs up the roof and finds its food. Sot.11a (expl. ועלה, Ex. 1:10, as euphem. for ועלינו) כאדם שמְקַלֵּל את עצמווכ׳ like a man that wants to curse himself (express an ill omen about himself), and hangs his curse on others. B. Bath.88b הקב״ה בירך … וקִלְּלָןוכ׳ the Lord blessed Israel with the twenty-two letters of the alphabet (from א of אם, Lev. 26:3, to ת of קוממיות, ib. 13), and cursed them with eight letters (from ו of ואם, ib. 14, to ם of נפשם, ib. 43). Snh.70a מתוך שקלקלו … קִלְּלוֹ ברביעי because Ham injured him by (preventing his begetting) a fourth son, he (Noah) cursed him by his fourth son (Canaan). Ib. 91b כל המונע … שבמעי אמן מְקַלְּלִין אותו (not אמו) he that withholds a tradition from his pupil, even the embryos in their mothers womb will curse him; Yalk. Prov. 947; a. fr. Nithpa. נִתְקַלֵּל to be cursed. Ber.61a בתחלה נ׳ … נִתְקַלְּלָהוכ׳ the serpent was cursed first, and then Eve ; Gen. R. s. 20; Erub.18a. Ib. b נתקללה בבל נִתְקַלְּלוּוכ׳ when Babylon was cursed, her neighbors were cursed. Bekh.8a אם מבהמה נתקללהוכ׳ if she (Eve) was cursed (with prolonged pregnancy) more than cattle Ib. נ׳ הוא … אחת לשבע it (the serpent) was cursed seven times more than certain cattle. Ib. נ׳ הוא מחיה (not נתקלקל); a. fr.Tosef.Sot.II, 3 ניקללה ניוולה, Var. ניקל, read: ניקתה בניוולה, v. נָקָה Nif.)

קָלַל(b. h.) ( to swing) to be light, slender, unimportant.Part. קַל. Snh.VI, 5 (ref. to קללת, Deut. 21:23) בזמן … קַלַּנִי מראשיוכ׳ when man suffers punishment, what does the Shekhinah say? ‘I am lighter than my head, than my arm (euphem. for, I feel my head heavy); Y. ib. 23d bot. אנן תנינן קַלֵּינִי (= קל איני) we read ḳalleni, I am not lighter; אית תניי תני קל אני some Tannai reads ḳal ăni; מאן דאמר קליני לית הוא אלא קליל according to him that reads ḳalleni, it is a euphemistic expression for ‘light (i. e. my head is light, I feel giddy; my arm is light, I feel weak); מאן דאמר קלני … נטיל according to the version ḳallani, it is a euphemistic expression for ‘heavy (i. e. my head, my arm is heavy); Bab. ib. 46b Abbayi says כמאן דאמד קל לית (read ḳalleni) as one says, ‘light (I am) not (i. e. I feel heavy, without euphemism)(which is refuted by Raba, who explains the word in question) קליל לי עלמא, v. קַלִּיל II. Hif. הֵיקַל, הֵקַל, הֵקיל I) to lighten. M. Kat. 17b הכביד … מֵיקַלוכ׳ if the mourners hair is too heavy, he may make it lighter with a razor; Y. ib. III, 82a top. Erub.IV, 9 להָקֵל על העשיר to make it easy for the rich man; a. fr.Trnsf. ה׳ ראשו to be irreverent, talk frivolously (v. קַלּוּת). Ber.IX, 5 לא יָקֵל אדם את ראשו כנגדוכ׳ man (a pilgrim coming to Jerusalem) must not behave irreverently in sight of the eastern gate Yalk. Gen. 24 מֵיקֶלֶת ראשה she is frivolous (light-minded); Yalk. Is. 265 מֵקֶילֶת ראש; (Gen. R. s. 18 מיקרת, v. יָקַר). 2) to be lenient; to incline towards the less restrictive practice, opp. החמיר, v. חָמַר I. Y. M. Kat. l. c. הלכה כדברי מי שהוא מיקל the adopted practice follows the opinion of him who is more lenient; Erub.46a, a. fr. כדברי המיקלוכ׳. Yeb.88a הֵיקַלְתָּ עליה, v. חָמַר I. Pes.52b, v. מַגִּיד. Erub. l. c. wherever you find יחיד מיקל ורביםוכ׳ an individual scholar favoring the more lenient practice against several in favor of restriction. Sabb.129a, a. fr. ספק נפשות להָקל where there is a doubt involving the endangering of human life, the more lenient rule is applied; a. fr. 3) to be sparing, beggarly. Ib. כל המיקל … מְקִילִין לו מזוניתיווכ׳ he that stints himself at the meal taken after bloodletting, to him they in heaven will give his sustenance stintingly; a. e. Pi. קִלֵּל ( to diminish, to curse. Keth.VII, 6 מְקַלֶּלֶת, v. יִוֹלֵד. Sabb.62b שאשתו מְקַלַּלְתּוֹ בפניו whom his wife curses in his presence. Pes.87b (ref. to Prov. 30:10 sq.) אפו׳ דור שאביו יְקַלֵּלוכ׳ even if it be a generation of men that curse their father …, do not denounce Yoma 75a ק׳ את הנחשוכ׳ God cursed the serpent, yet it climbs up the roof and finds its food. Sot.11a (expl. ועלה, Ex. 1:10, as euphem. for ועלינו) כאדם שמְקַלֵּל את עצמווכ׳ like a man that wants to curse himself (express an ill omen about himself), and hangs his curse on others. B. Bath.88b הקב״ה בירך … וקִלְּלָןוכ׳ the Lord blessed Israel with the twenty-two letters of the alphabet (from א of אם, Lev. 26:3, to ת of קוממיות, ib. 13), and cursed them with eight letters (from ו of ואם, ib. 14, to ם of נפשם, ib. 43). Snh.70a מתוך שקלקלו … קִלְּלוֹ ברביעי because Ham injured him by (preventing his begetting) a fourth son, he (Noah) cursed him by his fourth son (Canaan). Ib. 91b כל המונע … שבמעי אמן מְקַלְּלִין אותו (not אמו) he that withholds a tradition from his pupil, even the embryos in their mothers womb will curse him; Yalk. Prov. 947; a. fr. Nithpa. נִתְקַלֵּל to be cursed. Ber.61a בתחלה נ׳ … נִתְקַלְּלָהוכ׳ the serpent was cursed first, and then Eve ; Gen. R. s. 20; Erub.18a. Ib. b נתקללה בבל נִתְקַלְּלוּוכ׳ when Babylon was cursed, her neighbors were cursed. Bekh.8a אם מבהמה נתקללהוכ׳ if she (Eve) was cursed (with prolonged pregnancy) more than cattle Ib. נ׳ הוא … אחת לשבע it (the serpent) was cursed seven times more than certain cattle. Ib. נ׳ הוא מחיה (not נתקלקל); a. fr.Tosef.Sot.II, 3 ניקללה ניוולה, Var. ניקל, read: ניקתה בניוולה, v. נָקָה Nif.)

תֵּבָה, תֵּיבָה(b. h. תֵּבָה; Egyptian; v., however, תָּבָא) 1) ship, ark, chest. Gen. R. s. 31 (play on קנים, Gen. 6:14) מה הקן … אף תֵּיבָתְךָוכ׳ as birds (v. קֵן) make the leper clean, so does thy ark cleanse thee. Ib. על שם תֵּיבָתוֹ של נח (it is called tbiḳin) from the measures of Noahs ark. Y.Erub.V, 22c bot. כיצד היו ישראל … כת׳ how did the Israelites march in the desert?… like a chest (forming a square), opp. כקורה like a beam (in columns). Men.94b כמין ת׳ פרוצה (the shape of the show-bread was) that of an open chest (without a lid and with a level bottom), opp. כמין ספינה רוקדת like a rocking ship (with a curved bottom). Sifra Mtsorʿa, Zab., Par. 1, ch. II תֵּיבַת הבלנים the bathers chest. Tosef.Kel.B. Mets.X, 1, sq.; a. fr.Pl. תֵּבוֹת, תֵּי׳ Midr. Till. to Ps. 1 היה צריך לעשות ת׳ הרבה he would have been obliged to build many arks. Y.Sot.VIII, beg.22b שהיו עשויין ת׳ ת׳ they (the Egyptians) were arrayed in squares.Esp. the chest in the synagogue containing the scrolls of the Pentateuch. Sot.38b, v. פְּסַק. Taan.II, 1 מוציאין את הת׳וכ׳ (at prayer meetings) they bring the chest out to the open place of the town, and put ashes of wood on the chest Meg.III, 1 בני העיר … בה״כ לוקחין ת׳ ת׳וכ׳ if the citizens of a township sell … a synagogue, they may buy (for the money) a book chest; if they sell a chest, they may buy book wrappers; a. fr.עבר לפני הת׳, ירד לפני הת׳ to go before the chest, to act as reader of prayers. Ber.34a שירד לפני הת׳וכ׳ who recited the prayers in the presence of Ib. V, 3 העובר לפני הת׳ וטעהוכ׳ if a reader makes a mistake (reads heretical formulas), another person must pass before the chest in his place. Ib. 4. Ib. 34a העובר לפני הת׳ צריך לסרב he that is asked to read the prayers, v. מָרַב. Taan.II, 2 מורידין לפני הת׳וכ׳ we depute as reader (on fast days) an old man ; a. v. fr. 2) word. Men.30b ת׳ בת שתיוכ׳ a word of two letters. Sabb.104a they did not know הי באמצע ת׳וכ׳ in which (of the two forms of the letters מנצפ״ך) were to be employed in the middle of a word, and which at the end; a. fr.Pl. תֵּיבוֹת, תֵּיבִיּוֹת. Ḥull.64b דפסק … ת׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 40) where the scribe divides them into two words; ib. 65a. Y.Meg.I, 71c bot. תיביות; a. e.

תֵּבָה, תֵּיבָה(b. h. תֵּבָה; Egyptian; v., however, תָּבָא) 1) ship, ark, chest. Gen. R. s. 31 (play on קנים, Gen. 6:14) מה הקן … אף תֵּיבָתְךָוכ׳ as birds (v. קֵן) make the leper clean, so does thy ark cleanse thee. Ib. על שם תֵּיבָתוֹ של נח (it is called tbiḳin) from the measures of Noahs ark. Y.Erub.V, 22c bot. כיצד היו ישראל … כת׳ how did the Israelites march in the desert?… like a chest (forming a square), opp. כקורה like a beam (in columns). Men.94b כמין ת׳ פרוצה (the shape of the show-bread was) that of an open chest (without a lid and with a level bottom), opp. כמין ספינה רוקדת like a rocking ship (with a curved bottom). Sifra Mtsorʿa, Zab., Par. 1, ch. II תֵּיבַת הבלנים the bathers chest. Tosef.Kel.B. Mets.X, 1, sq.; a. fr.Pl. תֵּבוֹת, תֵּי׳ Midr. Till. to Ps. 1 היה צריך לעשות ת׳ הרבה he would have been obliged to build many arks. Y.Sot.VIII, beg.22b שהיו עשויין ת׳ ת׳ they (the Egyptians) were arrayed in squares.Esp. the chest in the synagogue containing the scrolls of the Pentateuch. Sot.38b, v. פְּסַק. Taan.II, 1 מוציאין את הת׳וכ׳ (at prayer meetings) they bring the chest out to the open place of the town, and put ashes of wood on the chest Meg.III, 1 בני העיר … בה״כ לוקחין ת׳ ת׳וכ׳ if the citizens of a township sell … a synagogue, they may buy (for the money) a book chest; if they sell a chest, they may buy book wrappers; a. fr.עבר לפני הת׳, ירד לפני הת׳ to go before the chest, to act as reader of prayers. Ber.34a שירד לפני הת׳וכ׳ who recited the prayers in the presence of Ib. V, 3 העובר לפני הת׳ וטעהוכ׳ if a reader makes a mistake (reads heretical formulas), another person must pass before the chest in his place. Ib. 4. Ib. 34a העובר לפני הת׳ צריך לסרב he that is asked to read the prayers, v. מָרַב. Taan.II, 2 מורידין לפני הת׳וכ׳ we depute as reader (on fast days) an old man ; a. v. fr. 2) word. Men.30b ת׳ בת שתיוכ׳ a word of two letters. Sabb.104a they did not know הי באמצע ת׳וכ׳ in which (of the two forms of the letters מנצפ״ך) were to be employed in the middle of a word, and which at the end; a. fr.Pl. תֵּיבוֹת, תֵּיבִיּוֹת. Ḥull.64b דפסק … ת׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 40) where the scribe divides them into two words; ib. 65a. Y.Meg.I, 71c bot. תיביות; a. e.

תֵּבָה, תֵּיבָה(b. h. תֵּבָה; Egyptian; v., however, תָּבָא) 1) ship, ark, chest. Gen. R. s. 31 (play on קנים, Gen. 6:14) מה הקן … אף תֵּיבָתְךָוכ׳ as birds (v. קֵן) make the leper clean, so does thy ark cleanse thee. Ib. על שם תֵּיבָתוֹ של נח (it is called tbiḳin) from the measures of Noahs ark. Y.Erub.V, 22c bot. כיצד היו ישראל … כת׳ how did the Israelites march in the desert?… like a chest (forming a square), opp. כקורה like a beam (in columns). Men.94b כמין ת׳ פרוצה (the shape of the show-bread was) that of an open chest (without a lid and with a level bottom), opp. כמין ספינה רוקדת like a rocking ship (with a curved bottom). Sifra Mtsorʿa, Zab., Par. 1, ch. II תֵּיבַת הבלנים the bathers chest. Tosef.Kel.B. Mets.X, 1, sq.; a. fr.Pl. תֵּבוֹת, תֵּי׳ Midr. Till. to Ps. 1 היה צריך לעשות ת׳ הרבה he would have been obliged to build many arks. Y.Sot.VIII, beg.22b שהיו עשויין ת׳ ת׳ they (the Egyptians) were arrayed in squares.Esp. the chest in the synagogue containing the scrolls of the Pentateuch. Sot.38b, v. פְּסַק. Taan.II, 1 מוציאין את הת׳וכ׳ (at prayer meetings) they bring the chest out to the open place of the town, and put ashes of wood on the chest Meg.III, 1 בני העיר … בה״כ לוקחין ת׳ ת׳וכ׳ if the citizens of a township sell … a synagogue, they may buy (for the money) a book chest; if they sell a chest, they may buy book wrappers; a. fr.עבר לפני הת׳, ירד לפני הת׳ to go before the chest, to act as reader of prayers. Ber.34a שירד לפני הת׳וכ׳ who recited the prayers in the presence of Ib. V, 3 העובר לפני הת׳ וטעהוכ׳ if a reader makes a mistake (reads heretical formulas), another person must pass before the chest in his place. Ib. 4. Ib. 34a העובר לפני הת׳ צריך לסרב he that is asked to read the prayers, v. מָרַב. Taan.II, 2 מורידין לפני הת׳וכ׳ we depute as reader (on fast days) an old man ; a. v. fr. 2) word. Men.30b ת׳ בת שתיוכ׳ a word of two letters. Sabb.104a they did not know הי באמצע ת׳וכ׳ in which (of the two forms of the letters מנצפ״ך) were to be employed in the middle of a word, and which at the end; a. fr.Pl. תֵּיבוֹת, תֵּיבִיּוֹת. Ḥull.64b דפסק … ת׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 40) where the scribe divides them into two words; ib. 65a. Y.Meg.I, 71c bot. תיביות; a. e.

תֵּבָה, תֵּיבָה(b. h. תֵּבָה; Egyptian; v., however, תָּבָא) 1) ship, ark, chest. Gen. R. s. 31 (play on קנים, Gen. 6:14) מה הקן … אף תֵּיבָתְךָוכ׳ as birds (v. קֵן) make the leper clean, so does thy ark cleanse thee. Ib. על שם תֵּיבָתוֹ של נח (it is called tbiḳin) from the measures of Noahs ark. Y.Erub.V, 22c bot. כיצד היו ישראל … כת׳ how did the Israelites march in the desert?… like a chest (forming a square), opp. כקורה like a beam (in columns). Men.94b כמין ת׳ פרוצה (the shape of the show-bread was) that of an open chest (without a lid and with a level bottom), opp. כמין ספינה רוקדת like a rocking ship (with a curved bottom). Sifra Mtsorʿa, Zab., Par. 1, ch. II תֵּיבַת הבלנים the bathers chest. Tosef.Kel.B. Mets.X, 1, sq.; a. fr.Pl. תֵּבוֹת, תֵּי׳ Midr. Till. to Ps. 1 היה צריך לעשות ת׳ הרבה he would have been obliged to build many arks. Y.Sot.VIII, beg.22b שהיו עשויין ת׳ ת׳ they (the Egyptians) were arrayed in squares.Esp. the chest in the synagogue containing the scrolls of the Pentateuch. Sot.38b, v. פְּסַק. Taan.II, 1 מוציאין את הת׳וכ׳ (at prayer meetings) they bring the chest out to the open place of the town, and put ashes of wood on the chest Meg.III, 1 בני העיר … בה״כ לוקחין ת׳ ת׳וכ׳ if the citizens of a township sell … a synagogue, they may buy (for the money) a book chest; if they sell a chest, they may buy book wrappers; a. fr.עבר לפני הת׳, ירד לפני הת׳ to go before the chest, to act as reader of prayers. Ber.34a שירד לפני הת׳וכ׳ who recited the prayers in the presence of Ib. V, 3 העובר לפני הת׳ וטעהוכ׳ if a reader makes a mistake (reads heretical formulas), another person must pass before the chest in his place. Ib. 4. Ib. 34a העובר לפני הת׳ צריך לסרב he that is asked to read the prayers, v. מָרַב. Taan.II, 2 מורידין לפני הת׳וכ׳ we depute as reader (on fast days) an old man ; a. v. fr. 2) word. Men.30b ת׳ בת שתיוכ׳ a word of two letters. Sabb.104a they did not know הי באמצע ת׳וכ׳ in which (of the two forms of the letters מנצפ״ך) were to be employed in the middle of a word, and which at the end; a. fr.Pl. תֵּיבוֹת, תֵּיבִיּוֹת. Ḥull.64b דפסק … ת׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 40) where the scribe divides them into two words; ib. 65a. Y.Meg.I, 71c bot. תיביות; a. e.