ʿăliloth

עָוַת(b. h.; v. עָוָה) to be curved, crooked. Pi. עִוֵּת, עִיֵּות 1) to pervert, wrest; to corrupt. Num. R. s. 10 מתוך כך … ומְעַוְּותִין את הדין in consequence (of drinking) they cause the Law to be forgotten, and they pervert judgment. Nidd.10b אין בודקות … מפני שמְעַוְּותוֹת אותן (not בודקין) they (the women) must not examine them (the young girls) with the fingers, because they may corrupt them (teach them unnatural gratification; Rashi: they may wound them).Koh. R. to I, 15 (ref. to מעות ib.) אם אין אדם מְעַוֵּות עצמו מדברי תורהוכ׳ as long as a person (though doing wrong) does not pervert himself through wilful misinterpretation of the Law, there is a remedy for him; משאדם מעוות נכ׳ but as soon as a person perverts himself ; a. fr.Nidd.12b (adapting Koh. l. c.) הן עִוְּתוּהָ הן תקנוה they make her crooked (the evidence on the cloths will make her unfit for marital intercourse), and they make her straight (if the evidence is favorable). 2) to offend, excite displeasure; wound the feelings of. Snh.97a יְעַיֵּת; Der. Er. Zut. ch. X יְעַוֵּות shall be offensive, v. אָמַר II. Midr. Till. to Ps. 119:78 אע״פ … מְעַוְּתִים אותיוכ׳ although the wicked insult me, I do not abandon the Law. 3) to render offensive, loathsome. Sifré Deut. 1; Yalk. ib. 792 למה אתה מְעַוֵּות עלינווכ׳ why dost thou make the Scriptures loathsome to us (by absurd interpretations)?Part. pass. מְעֻוָּת, מְעוּוָת; f. מְעוֶּוּתֶת; pl. מְעוּוָּתִים, מְעוּוָּהִין; מְעִוּוָּתוֹת, מְעֻוָּ׳ crooked, perverted, perverse. Koh. R. l. c. בעולם הזה מי שהוא מע׳וכ׳ in this world, he who is crooked may be straightened again (a sinner may amend his ways) Ex. R. s. 2, beg. (ref. to עלילות, Ps. 103:7, in contrast to Deut. 22:14) (read:) בשר ודם עלילותיו מע׳וכ׳ the ʿăliloth (machinations) of man are perverse …, but the ʿăliloth (dispositions) of the Lord are merciful; a. e. Nithpa. נִתְעַוֵּות to be curved, wrested; to be perverted; to deteriorate. Koh. R. l. c. אין קורין מעוות … ונ׳ we do not call a thing perverted, unless it was at a time straight (right), and it became curved. Ib. משנִתְעַיְּותוּ המיםוכ׳ when the waters dating from creation became deteriorated. Sot.41b נִתְעַוְּותוּ הדינין (or הדַּיָּנִין, v. Rashi a. l.) the courts became depraved. Ib. 47b נתעוותו הדינין justice became corrupt; (Tosef. ib. XIV, 3 נתקלקל הדין).

עָוַת(b. h.; v. עָוָה) to be curved, crooked. Pi. עִוֵּת, עִיֵּות 1) to pervert, wrest; to corrupt. Num. R. s. 10 מתוך כך … ומְעַוְּותִין את הדין in consequence (of drinking) they cause the Law to be forgotten, and they pervert judgment. Nidd.10b אין בודקות … מפני שמְעַוְּותוֹת אותן (not בודקין) they (the women) must not examine them (the young girls) with the fingers, because they may corrupt them (teach them unnatural gratification; Rashi: they may wound them).Koh. R. to I, 15 (ref. to מעות ib.) אם אין אדם מְעַוֵּות עצמו מדברי תורהוכ׳ as long as a person (though doing wrong) does not pervert himself through wilful misinterpretation of the Law, there is a remedy for him; משאדם מעוות נכ׳ but as soon as a person perverts himself ; a. fr.Nidd.12b (adapting Koh. l. c.) הן עִוְּתוּהָ הן תקנוה they make her crooked (the evidence on the cloths will make her unfit for marital intercourse), and they make her straight (if the evidence is favorable). 2) to offend, excite displeasure; wound the feelings of. Snh.97a יְעַיֵּת; Der. Er. Zut. ch. X יְעַוֵּות shall be offensive, v. אָמַר II. Midr. Till. to Ps. 119:78 אע״פ … מְעַוְּתִים אותיוכ׳ although the wicked insult me, I do not abandon the Law. 3) to render offensive, loathsome. Sifré Deut. 1; Yalk. ib. 792 למה אתה מְעַוֵּות עלינווכ׳ why dost thou make the Scriptures loathsome to us (by absurd interpretations)?Part. pass. מְעֻוָּת, מְעוּוָת; f. מְעוֶּוּתֶת; pl. מְעוּוָּתִים, מְעוּוָּהִין; מְעִוּוָּתוֹת, מְעֻוָּ׳ crooked, perverted, perverse. Koh. R. l. c. בעולם הזה מי שהוא מע׳וכ׳ in this world, he who is crooked may be straightened again (a sinner may amend his ways) Ex. R. s. 2, beg. (ref. to עלילות, Ps. 103:7, in contrast to Deut. 22:14) (read:) בשר ודם עלילותיו מע׳וכ׳ the ʿăliloth (machinations) of man are perverse …, but the ʿăliloth (dispositions) of the Lord are merciful; a. e. Nithpa. נִתְעַוֵּות to be curved, wrested; to be perverted; to deteriorate. Koh. R. l. c. אין קורין מעוות … ונ׳ we do not call a thing perverted, unless it was at a time straight (right), and it became curved. Ib. משנִתְעַיְּותוּ המיםוכ׳ when the waters dating from creation became deteriorated. Sot.41b נִתְעַוְּותוּ הדינין (or הדַּיָּנִין, v. Rashi a. l.) the courts became depraved. Ib. 47b נתעוותו הדינין justice became corrupt; (Tosef. ib. XIV, 3 נתקלקל הדין).