אבנים

פְּלוֹמוֹפִּילוֹןm. (corrupt. of primipilum, v. Perl. Beitr., p. 1 1) the office of the chief Centurio of the troop called Triarii, primipilate. Sifré Num. 131 לקיטרין … שימש פ׳ שלווכ׳ like a Centurio who had served his term but failed to enter his primipilate (to which he would have been promoted in due time), but fled ; Yalk. Lev. 631 פולימרכוס (corr. acc.); Yalk. Ex. 178 פלומי פילון (corr. acc.).

גְּדֵירָהf. (preced.) fence, fortification; trnsf. guard, self-restraint. Cant. R. to IV, 12 גְּדֵירַת ערוה moral restraint, v. גֶּדֶר.Pl. גְּדֵירוֹת. Pesik. R. s. 26 saw the Temple (which the angels had set on fire) עשוי לו ג׳ ג׳ של אבנים (Yalk. Jer. 300 גזרות של אבנים) surrounded with stone fences (fortified).

גְּדֵירָהf. (preced.) fence, fortification; trnsf. guard, self-restraint. Cant. R. to IV, 12 גְּדֵירַת ערוה moral restraint, v. גֶּדֶר.Pl. גְּדֵירוֹת. Pesik. R. s. 26 saw the Temple (which the angels had set on fire) עשוי לו ג׳ ג׳ של אבנים (Yalk. Jer. 300 גזרות של אבנים) surrounded with stone fences (fortified).

כִּיפָּה, כִּפָּהf. (b. h.; כָּפַף) 1) arch, doorway, bow. Yeb.80b עושה כ׳ forms a bow (when urinating). Yoma 11b; Erub.11b כ׳ר״מוכ׳ as to an arched doorway R. M. says, it requires a Mzuzah. Tosef. ib. VII (V), 2 עד מקום הכי׳ (ed. Zuck. הקופא) to the site of the (now ruined) arch (of Tiberias); Y. ib. V, 22d bot. עד הכ׳. Y.Naz.VII, 56a top הגיעו לכ׳ when they arrived at the arch (or arcade). Ab. Zar.I, 7 (16a) כ׳ שמעמידיןוכ׳ the arched chamber in the bath where they put up idolatrous statues. Pesik. R. s. 41 כ׳ של חשבונות … אותה כ׳ an arcade named Arch of Accounts (a sort of Exchange) existed outside of Jerusalem, and they used to go out and settle their accounts under this arcade Tanḥ. Bshall. 17 (ref. to קפאו, Ex. 15:8) כמין כפה (Mekh. ib., Shir. s.6 קופה) like a vault; a. e.Esp. כִּיפַּת הרקיע, or כִּופָּה the heavenly arch, sky (believed to be a solid mass). (Gen. R. s. 48, beg. Ib. s. 4 הרקיע … ולמעלה … כ׳וכ׳ the firmament is like a lake, and above the lake is the arch, and owing to the heat of the lake the arch exudes drops B. Bath.25b אחורי כ׳ back of (above) the sky. Meg.11a ג׳ מלכו תחת הכ׳ Ms. M. 2 (ed. בכ׳, Ms. M. 1 בקופה) three persons ruled over the whole world; a. e. 2) a vaulted chamber, prison. Snh.IX, 3 כונסין אותן לכ׳ they put them in prison (for life). Ib. 5. 3) skull-cap, cap. Y.Gitt.IV, 45d bot.; Bab. ib. 20a; v. אנדכתרי; Treat. ʿĂbadim ch. III (ed. Kirchh.) קיפה. Sabb.57b כ׳ של צמר a woolen cap, v. כָּבוּל II. Y. ib. V, end, 7c כ׳ של צמר a woolen cap on the head of a lamb, v. חָנוּן I; a. e.Tosef.Mikv.IV, 5, v. infra.4) (cmp. קוּפָּה) heap, pile. Y.Snh.X, 27d bot.; Y.M. Kat. III, 83c top כ׳ של אבנים a heap of stones; Gen. R. s. 100 כִּיפַּת אבנים Ḥull.129a כִּיפַּת שאורוכ׳ a heap (lump) of leavened dough which one intended to use as a block to sit on; Pes.45b כופת some ed. (corr. acc.; Ms. M. 2 כי׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 90); v. כּוֹפֶת.Pl. כִּיפִּין, כִּפִּים (or כֵּיפִ׳ fr. כֵּיף) a) top-branches ( arches) of palm-trees. Tosef.Shebi., VII, 16 על (של) בין הכֵּיפִ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. על מה שבכי׳, שבכופין); Pes.53a על של בין הכ׳ as long as there are fruits in the tops. Tosef.Kel.B. Bath, II, 1 שכיפת שת׳ כ׳של תמרהוכ׳ (R. S. to Kel. XXII, 9 כופות) who tied together two palm branches and sat upon them. Sabb.XXIV, 2 מפספסין את הכ׳ you may spread the bunches of branches (for fodder), contrad. to זִירִין a. פְּקִיעִין. Ib. 155a כ׳ תלתא bunches are called kippin when tied with three bands.b) billow-crests, surf. Sot.34a. Ḥag.19a; Ḥull.31b אין מטבילין בכ׳ you must not immerse vessels in the surf (caps of waves), contrad. to ראשין; Tosef.Mikv.IV, 5 בכיפא ed. Zuck. (oth. ed. בכיפה).

כִּיפָּה, כִּפָּהf. (b. h.; כָּפַף) 1) arch, doorway, bow. Yeb.80b עושה כ׳ forms a bow (when urinating). Yoma 11b; Erub.11b כ׳ר״מוכ׳ as to an arched doorway R. M. says, it requires a Mzuzah. Tosef. ib. VII (V), 2 עד מקום הכי׳ (ed. Zuck. הקופא) to the site of the (now ruined) arch (of Tiberias); Y. ib. V, 22d bot. עד הכ׳. Y.Naz.VII, 56a top הגיעו לכ׳ when they arrived at the arch (or arcade). Ab. Zar.I, 7 (16a) כ׳ שמעמידיןוכ׳ the arched chamber in the bath where they put up idolatrous statues. Pesik. R. s. 41 כ׳ של חשבונות … אותה כ׳ an arcade named Arch of Accounts (a sort of Exchange) existed outside of Jerusalem, and they used to go out and settle their accounts under this arcade Tanḥ. Bshall. 17 (ref. to קפאו, Ex. 15:8) כמין כפה (Mekh. ib., Shir. s.6 קופה) like a vault; a. e.Esp. כִּיפַּת הרקיע, or כִּופָּה the heavenly arch, sky (believed to be a solid mass). (Gen. R. s. 48, beg. Ib. s. 4 הרקיע … ולמעלה … כ׳וכ׳ the firmament is like a lake, and above the lake is the arch, and owing to the heat of the lake the arch exudes drops B. Bath.25b אחורי כ׳ back of (above) the sky. Meg.11a ג׳ מלכו תחת הכ׳ Ms. M. 2 (ed. בכ׳, Ms. M. 1 בקופה) three persons ruled over the whole world; a. e. 2) a vaulted chamber, prison. Snh.IX, 3 כונסין אותן לכ׳ they put them in prison (for life). Ib. 5. 3) skull-cap, cap. Y.Gitt.IV, 45d bot.; Bab. ib. 20a; v. אנדכתרי; Treat. ʿĂbadim ch. III (ed. Kirchh.) קיפה. Sabb.57b כ׳ של צמר a woolen cap, v. כָּבוּל II. Y. ib. V, end, 7c כ׳ של צמר a woolen cap on the head of a lamb, v. חָנוּן I; a. e.Tosef.Mikv.IV, 5, v. infra.4) (cmp. קוּפָּה) heap, pile. Y.Snh.X, 27d bot.; Y.M. Kat. III, 83c top כ׳ של אבנים a heap of stones; Gen. R. s. 100 כִּיפַּת אבנים Ḥull.129a כִּיפַּת שאורוכ׳ a heap (lump) of leavened dough which one intended to use as a block to sit on; Pes.45b כופת some ed. (corr. acc.; Ms. M. 2 כי׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 90); v. כּוֹפֶת.Pl. כִּיפִּין, כִּפִּים (or כֵּיפִ׳ fr. כֵּיף) a) top-branches ( arches) of palm-trees. Tosef.Shebi., VII, 16 על (של) בין הכֵּיפִ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. על מה שבכי׳, שבכופין); Pes.53a על של בין הכ׳ as long as there are fruits in the tops. Tosef.Kel.B. Bath, II, 1 שכיפת שת׳ כ׳של תמרהוכ׳ (R. S. to Kel. XXII, 9 כופות) who tied together two palm branches and sat upon them. Sabb.XXIV, 2 מפספסין את הכ׳ you may spread the bunches of branches (for fodder), contrad. to זִירִין a. פְּקִיעִין. Ib. 155a כ׳ תלתא bunches are called kippin when tied with three bands.b) billow-crests, surf. Sot.34a. Ḥag.19a; Ḥull.31b אין מטבילין בכ׳ you must not immerse vessels in the surf (caps of waves), contrad. to ראשין; Tosef.Mikv.IV, 5 בכיפא ed. Zuck. (oth. ed. בכיפה).

כִּיפָּה, כִּפָּהf. (b. h.; כָּפַף) 1) arch, doorway, bow. Yeb.80b עושה כ׳ forms a bow (when urinating). Yoma 11b; Erub.11b כ׳ר״מוכ׳ as to an arched doorway R. M. says, it requires a Mzuzah. Tosef. ib. VII (V), 2 עד מקום הכי׳ (ed. Zuck. הקופא) to the site of the (now ruined) arch (of Tiberias); Y. ib. V, 22d bot. עד הכ׳. Y.Naz.VII, 56a top הגיעו לכ׳ when they arrived at the arch (or arcade). Ab. Zar.I, 7 (16a) כ׳ שמעמידיןוכ׳ the arched chamber in the bath where they put up idolatrous statues. Pesik. R. s. 41 כ׳ של חשבונות … אותה כ׳ an arcade named Arch of Accounts (a sort of Exchange) existed outside of Jerusalem, and they used to go out and settle their accounts under this arcade Tanḥ. Bshall. 17 (ref. to קפאו, Ex. 15:8) כמין כפה (Mekh. ib., Shir. s.6 קופה) like a vault; a. e.Esp. כִּיפַּת הרקיע, or כִּופָּה the heavenly arch, sky (believed to be a solid mass). (Gen. R. s. 48, beg. Ib. s. 4 הרקיע … ולמעלה … כ׳וכ׳ the firmament is like a lake, and above the lake is the arch, and owing to the heat of the lake the arch exudes drops B. Bath.25b אחורי כ׳ back of (above) the sky. Meg.11a ג׳ מלכו תחת הכ׳ Ms. M. 2 (ed. בכ׳, Ms. M. 1 בקופה) three persons ruled over the whole world; a. e. 2) a vaulted chamber, prison. Snh.IX, 3 כונסין אותן לכ׳ they put them in prison (for life). Ib. 5. 3) skull-cap, cap. Y.Gitt.IV, 45d bot.; Bab. ib. 20a; v. אנדכתרי; Treat. ʿĂbadim ch. III (ed. Kirchh.) קיפה. Sabb.57b כ׳ של צמר a woolen cap, v. כָּבוּל II. Y. ib. V, end, 7c כ׳ של צמר a woolen cap on the head of a lamb, v. חָנוּן I; a. e.Tosef.Mikv.IV, 5, v. infra.4) (cmp. קוּפָּה) heap, pile. Y.Snh.X, 27d bot.; Y.M. Kat. III, 83c top כ׳ של אבנים a heap of stones; Gen. R. s. 100 כִּיפַּת אבנים Ḥull.129a כִּיפַּת שאורוכ׳ a heap (lump) of leavened dough which one intended to use as a block to sit on; Pes.45b כופת some ed. (corr. acc.; Ms. M. 2 כי׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 90); v. כּוֹפֶת.Pl. כִּיפִּין, כִּפִּים (or כֵּיפִ׳ fr. כֵּיף) a) top-branches ( arches) of palm-trees. Tosef.Shebi., VII, 16 על (של) בין הכֵּיפִ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. על מה שבכי׳, שבכופין); Pes.53a על של בין הכ׳ as long as there are fruits in the tops. Tosef.Kel.B. Bath, II, 1 שכיפת שת׳ כ׳של תמרהוכ׳ (R. S. to Kel. XXII, 9 כופות) who tied together two palm branches and sat upon them. Sabb.XXIV, 2 מפספסין את הכ׳ you may spread the bunches of branches (for fodder), contrad. to זִירִין a. פְּקִיעִין. Ib. 155a כ׳ תלתא bunches are called kippin when tied with three bands.b) billow-crests, surf. Sot.34a. Ḥag.19a; Ḥull.31b אין מטבילין בכ׳ you must not immerse vessels in the surf (caps of waves), contrad. to ראשין; Tosef.Mikv.IV, 5 בכיפא ed. Zuck. (oth. ed. בכיפה).

כִּיפָּה, כִּפָּהf. (b. h.; כָּפַף) 1) arch, doorway, bow. Yeb.80b עושה כ׳ forms a bow (when urinating). Yoma 11b; Erub.11b כ׳ר״מוכ׳ as to an arched doorway R. M. says, it requires a Mzuzah. Tosef. ib. VII (V), 2 עד מקום הכי׳ (ed. Zuck. הקופא) to the site of the (now ruined) arch (of Tiberias); Y. ib. V, 22d bot. עד הכ׳. Y.Naz.VII, 56a top הגיעו לכ׳ when they arrived at the arch (or arcade). Ab. Zar.I, 7 (16a) כ׳ שמעמידיןוכ׳ the arched chamber in the bath where they put up idolatrous statues. Pesik. R. s. 41 כ׳ של חשבונות … אותה כ׳ an arcade named Arch of Accounts (a sort of Exchange) existed outside of Jerusalem, and they used to go out and settle their accounts under this arcade Tanḥ. Bshall. 17 (ref. to קפאו, Ex. 15:8) כמין כפה (Mekh. ib., Shir. s.6 קופה) like a vault; a. e.Esp. כִּיפַּת הרקיע, or כִּופָּה the heavenly arch, sky (believed to be a solid mass). (Gen. R. s. 48, beg. Ib. s. 4 הרקיע … ולמעלה … כ׳וכ׳ the firmament is like a lake, and above the lake is the arch, and owing to the heat of the lake the arch exudes drops B. Bath.25b אחורי כ׳ back of (above) the sky. Meg.11a ג׳ מלכו תחת הכ׳ Ms. M. 2 (ed. בכ׳, Ms. M. 1 בקופה) three persons ruled over the whole world; a. e. 2) a vaulted chamber, prison. Snh.IX, 3 כונסין אותן לכ׳ they put them in prison (for life). Ib. 5. 3) skull-cap, cap. Y.Gitt.IV, 45d bot.; Bab. ib. 20a; v. אנדכתרי; Treat. ʿĂbadim ch. III (ed. Kirchh.) קיפה. Sabb.57b כ׳ של צמר a woolen cap, v. כָּבוּל II. Y. ib. V, end, 7c כ׳ של צמר a woolen cap on the head of a lamb, v. חָנוּן I; a. e.Tosef.Mikv.IV, 5, v. infra.4) (cmp. קוּפָּה) heap, pile. Y.Snh.X, 27d bot.; Y.M. Kat. III, 83c top כ׳ של אבנים a heap of stones; Gen. R. s. 100 כִּיפַּת אבנים Ḥull.129a כִּיפַּת שאורוכ׳ a heap (lump) of leavened dough which one intended to use as a block to sit on; Pes.45b כופת some ed. (corr. acc.; Ms. M. 2 כי׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 90); v. כּוֹפֶת.Pl. כִּיפִּין, כִּפִּים (or כֵּיפִ׳ fr. כֵּיף) a) top-branches ( arches) of palm-trees. Tosef.Shebi., VII, 16 על (של) בין הכֵּיפִ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. על מה שבכי׳, שבכופין); Pes.53a על של בין הכ׳ as long as there are fruits in the tops. Tosef.Kel.B. Bath, II, 1 שכיפת שת׳ כ׳של תמרהוכ׳ (R. S. to Kel. XXII, 9 כופות) who tied together two palm branches and sat upon them. Sabb.XXIV, 2 מפספסין את הכ׳ you may spread the bunches of branches (for fodder), contrad. to זִירִין a. פְּקִיעִין. Ib. 155a כ׳ תלתא bunches are called kippin when tied with three bands.b) billow-crests, surf. Sot.34a. Ḥag.19a; Ḥull.31b אין מטבילין בכ׳ you must not immerse vessels in the surf (caps of waves), contrad. to ראשין; Tosef.Mikv.IV, 5 בכיפא ed. Zuck. (oth. ed. בכיפה).

מֶרְקוּלִיסpr. n. Mercurius, name of the Roman divinity, identified with the Grecian Hermes; esp. a statue or way-mark dedicated to Hermes (v. Lübker Reallex. s. vv. Hermes and Hermae). Snh.VII, 6 הזורק אבן למ׳ זו היא עבודתו casting a stone on a merculis ( hermaeon), that is the way of worshipping it. Ib. 64a א״ל מ׳ היא they said to him, it was a merculis (at which you cast a stone). Ib. הזורק אבן במ׳ תנן the Mishnah reads, he who casts a stone on a m. Ab. Zar. IV, 1 שלש אבנים … בצד מ׳וכ׳ if three stones near one another are found by the side of a m., they are forbidden for use. Ib. 50a אבנים שנשרו מן המ׳ stones which have fallen off a m.Tosef. ib. VI (VII), 13 מ׳ וכל מה שעליו אסור a m. with all that is on it is forbidden. Ib. 15, sq. (also מֶרְקוּלִס). Ab. Zar. l. c. עיקר מ׳ the original statue of, or heap of stones for, Mercurius, opp. to מ׳ קטין a heap of three stones by its side; a. fr.Abbr. קוּלִיס.בית ק׳ a way-mark dedicated to M. (consisting of two stones with a third across the top). Ib.; B. Mets.25b (Ms. H. מרקיליס).

מֶרְקוּלִיסpr. n. Mercurius, name of the Roman divinity, identified with the Grecian Hermes; esp. a statue or way-mark dedicated to Hermes (v. Lübker Reallex. s. vv. Hermes and Hermae). Snh.VII, 6 הזורק אבן למ׳ זו היא עבודתו casting a stone on a merculis ( hermaeon), that is the way of worshipping it. Ib. 64a א״ל מ׳ היא they said to him, it was a merculis (at which you cast a stone). Ib. הזורק אבן במ׳ תנן the Mishnah reads, he who casts a stone on a m. Ab. Zar. IV, 1 שלש אבנים … בצד מ׳וכ׳ if three stones near one another are found by the side of a m., they are forbidden for use. Ib. 50a אבנים שנשרו מן המ׳ stones which have fallen off a m.Tosef. ib. VI (VII), 13 מ׳ וכל מה שעליו אסור a m. with all that is on it is forbidden. Ib. 15, sq. (also מֶרְקוּלִס). Ab. Zar. l. c. עיקר מ׳ the original statue of, or heap of stones for, Mercurius, opp. to מ׳ קטין a heap of three stones by its side; a. fr.Abbr. קוּלִיס.בית ק׳ a way-mark dedicated to M. (consisting of two stones with a third across the top). Ib.; B. Mets.25b (Ms. H. מרקיליס).

פָּלַםto be round, smooth (cmp. Arab. tafailam pinguis fuit); only in part. Pu. מְפוּלָּם smooth, viscous.Pl. מְפוּלָּמִין, מְפוּלָּמוֹת. Bets.24b דגים המפ׳ moist fish (fresh-caught). Zeb.54a אבנים מפ׳ smooth stones (fresh from the ground). Ḥag.12a (expl. בהו Gen. 1:2) אלו אבנים המפ׳וכ׳ that means the smooth (chaotic) stones which are sunk in the deep (with ref. to אבני בהו, Is. 34:11); Yalk. Gen. 4.Targ. Job 28:3 אבנין מפולמיןוכ׳ (Ms. ed. Wil. מְפוּלָּמָן) smooth (chaotic) stones out of which darkness proceeds (h. text אבן אפל).