אברהם

יָשָׁרm. (b. h.; preced.) firm, sound; straight, right, upright. Gen. R. s. 49 אברהם זה י׳ מן היְשָׁרִים this Abraham is firmer than all the firm (angels); Yalk. ib. 82 אברהם זה י׳; Midr. Till. to Ps. 11:7 קודם לִישָׁרוֹ של עולםוכ׳ before they see the Right One of the world, they (the pious) shall behold the faces of the firm (believers); a. fr.Pl. יְשָׁרִים, יְשָׁרִין. Cant. R. to I, 4 מה ישריין רחמיך, (read as:) Yalk. ib. 982 מה ישריםוכ׳, expl. מה תקיפיןוכ׳ how strong are thy mercies. Midr. Till. l. c. איזו כת … זו כת י׳ which is the highest class among those who will greet the countenance of the Divine Presence (in the hereafter)? The class of the firm believers. Ib. to Ps. 25:14 בתחלה … ואה״כ נתן לי׳ first the secret of the Lord is communicated to those who fear him (human beings), and then to the firm ones (the angels, cmp. יְצוּקִים s. v. יָצַק); Gen. R. s. 49; a. e. Fem. יְשָׁרָה, pl. יְשָׁרוֹת (sub. בעיניו; with ref. to Deut. 12:8) ( right in the eyes of the offerer, free-will offerings (opp. חוֹבָה). Zeb.114a י׳ תקריבווכ׳ free-will sacrifices you may offer (on the bamoth, v. בָּמָה), but no obligatory offerings; ib. 117b. Ib. י׳ נינהו they belong to the class of free-will offerings. Ib. 118a; a. fr.סֵפֶר הַיָּשָׁר the Boole Ẏashar, a lost book (Josh. 10:13; 2 Sam. 1:18). Ab. Zar.25a. Y.Sot.I, end, 17c.

יָשָׁרm. (b. h.; preced.) firm, sound; straight, right, upright. Gen. R. s. 49 אברהם זה י׳ מן היְשָׁרִים this Abraham is firmer than all the firm (angels); Yalk. ib. 82 אברהם זה י׳; Midr. Till. to Ps. 11:7 קודם לִישָׁרוֹ של עולםוכ׳ before they see the Right One of the world, they (the pious) shall behold the faces of the firm (believers); a. fr.Pl. יְשָׁרִים, יְשָׁרִין. Cant. R. to I, 4 מה ישריין רחמיך, (read as:) Yalk. ib. 982 מה ישריםוכ׳, expl. מה תקיפיןוכ׳ how strong are thy mercies. Midr. Till. l. c. איזו כת … זו כת י׳ which is the highest class among those who will greet the countenance of the Divine Presence (in the hereafter)? The class of the firm believers. Ib. to Ps. 25:14 בתחלה … ואה״כ נתן לי׳ first the secret of the Lord is communicated to those who fear him (human beings), and then to the firm ones (the angels, cmp. יְצוּקִים s. v. יָצַק); Gen. R. s. 49; a. e. Fem. יְשָׁרָה, pl. יְשָׁרוֹת (sub. בעיניו; with ref. to Deut. 12:8) ( right in the eyes of the offerer, free-will offerings (opp. חוֹבָה). Zeb.114a י׳ תקריבווכ׳ free-will sacrifices you may offer (on the bamoth, v. בָּמָה), but no obligatory offerings; ib. 117b. Ib. י׳ נינהו they belong to the class of free-will offerings. Ib. 118a; a. fr.סֵפֶר הַיָּשָׁר the Boole Ẏashar, a lost book (Josh. 10:13; 2 Sam. 1:18). Ab. Zar.25a. Y.Sot.I, end, 17c.

אחי, אָחָה(√חו, cmp. חבב) to unite. Part. pass. אָחוּי united. Num. R. s. 13, beg. שיהיו אֲחוּיִים אצלו they shall be united with him (around his table). Pi. אִיחָה to join; to sew together (with fine stitches); cmp. חוּט; חוּד I. Gen. R. s. 39 beg. אברהם שאֹ׳ אתוכ׳ Abraham who united all mankind into a brotherhood (by the belief in one God), כזה שהוא מְאָחֶהוכ׳ like one who sews, v. infra. Ex. R. s. 40, end.Esp. to mend, by stitching, the rent of the garment torn in mourning. M. Kat. 22b; a. fr. Ib. 26a לאַחֹותָן to stitch them together. Hithpa. a. Nithpa. הִחְאָחֶה, נִתְאָחֶה 1) to be joined; to be stitched together. Num. R. s. 13, beg. (play on אחותי Cant. 5:1) נִתְאָחוּ ליוכ׳ they were joined to me (I joined them) in the captivity. Gen. R. s. 68 מִתְאָחֹות, v. אֶבֶן. M. Kat. 26a אין מתאחין must not be stitched together. 2) to be joined by grafting, to grow together. Y.Kil.I, 27a top הן נתא׳וכ׳ they (the two seeds) combine. Y.Shebi.II, end, 34a bot. Y.Orl.I, 61a bot.

אחי, אָחָה(√חו, cmp. חבב) to unite. Part. pass. אָחוּי united. Num. R. s. 13, beg. שיהיו אֲחוּיִים אצלו they shall be united with him (around his table). Pi. אִיחָה to join; to sew together (with fine stitches); cmp. חוּט; חוּד I. Gen. R. s. 39 beg. אברהם שאֹ׳ אתוכ׳ Abraham who united all mankind into a brotherhood (by the belief in one God), כזה שהוא מְאָחֶהוכ׳ like one who sews, v. infra. Ex. R. s. 40, end.Esp. to mend, by stitching, the rent of the garment torn in mourning. M. Kat. 22b; a. fr. Ib. 26a לאַחֹותָן to stitch them together. Hithpa. a. Nithpa. הִחְאָחֶה, נִתְאָחֶה 1) to be joined; to be stitched together. Num. R. s. 13, beg. (play on אחותי Cant. 5:1) נִתְאָחוּ ליוכ׳ they were joined to me (I joined them) in the captivity. Gen. R. s. 68 מִתְאָחֹות, v. אֶבֶן. M. Kat. 26a אין מתאחין must not be stitched together. 2) to be joined by grafting, to grow together. Y.Kil.I, 27a top הן נתא׳וכ׳ they (the two seeds) combine. Y.Shebi.II, end, 34a bot. Y.Orl.I, 61a bot.

אחי, אָחָה(√חו, cmp. חבב) to unite. Part. pass. אָחוּי united. Num. R. s. 13, beg. שיהיו אֲחוּיִים אצלו they shall be united with him (around his table). Pi. אִיחָה to join; to sew together (with fine stitches); cmp. חוּט; חוּד I. Gen. R. s. 39 beg. אברהם שאֹ׳ אתוכ׳ Abraham who united all mankind into a brotherhood (by the belief in one God), כזה שהוא מְאָחֶהוכ׳ like one who sews, v. infra. Ex. R. s. 40, end.Esp. to mend, by stitching, the rent of the garment torn in mourning. M. Kat. 22b; a. fr. Ib. 26a לאַחֹותָן to stitch them together. Hithpa. a. Nithpa. הִחְאָחֶה, נִתְאָחֶה 1) to be joined; to be stitched together. Num. R. s. 13, beg. (play on אחותי Cant. 5:1) נִתְאָחוּ ליוכ׳ they were joined to me (I joined them) in the captivity. Gen. R. s. 68 מִתְאָחֹות, v. אֶבֶן. M. Kat. 26a אין מתאחין must not be stitched together. 2) to be joined by grafting, to grow together. Y.Kil.I, 27a top הן נתא׳וכ׳ they (the two seeds) combine. Y.Shebi.II, end, 34a bot. Y.Orl.I, 61a bot.

בְּרִיתf. (b. h.; בָּרָה; v. בֵּירִית) prop. circle, ring, chain, hence oath (of fidelity), solemn injunction; covenant treatise. כרת ב׳ to cut a ring out; to make a covenant; בא בב׳ to enter into the ring, to promise fidelity; הפר ב׳ to break the ring, to break ones oath Sabb.137b; בריתו של אברהם אבינו (sign of) the covenant of Abraham, circumcision. Ab. III, 11; a. fr. Y.Peah VIII, 21a מפני ב׳ שלא״א on account of the covenant of Abraham (for the sake of human dignity). Num. R. s. 18, a. fr. ב׳ כרותה לשפתים a law is made for the lips, i. e. words are ominous (ref. to לא נעלה, Num. 16:12). Gen. R. s. 34, v. אָוִיר; a. fr.הַבְּ׳וכ׳ by the covenant (an oath), indeed. Tosef.Ḥall.I, 6 ב׳וכ׳ (Var. הב׳); Pes.38b indeed, those are the very words ; (some explain) indeed?, are those the very (is it a tradition for which no reason needs to be given)?; Y.Peah V, 19b bot. הב׳.Pl. בְּרִיתוֹת. Ber.48b sq. שלש ב׳ three covenants (three times the word brith, Deut. 28:69; 29:8). Tosef.Sot.VIII, 10; 11 ב׳ Var. (ed. Zuck. כְּרִיתוֹת); Sot.37b; a. fr.

בְּרִיתf. (b. h.; בָּרָה; v. בֵּירִית) prop. circle, ring, chain, hence oath (of fidelity), solemn injunction; covenant treatise. כרת ב׳ to cut a ring out; to make a covenant; בא בב׳ to enter into the ring, to promise fidelity; הפר ב׳ to break the ring, to break ones oath Sabb.137b; בריתו של אברהם אבינו (sign of) the covenant of Abraham, circumcision. Ab. III, 11; a. fr. Y.Peah VIII, 21a מפני ב׳ שלא״א on account of the covenant of Abraham (for the sake of human dignity). Num. R. s. 18, a. fr. ב׳ כרותה לשפתים a law is made for the lips, i. e. words are ominous (ref. to לא נעלה, Num. 16:12). Gen. R. s. 34, v. אָוִיר; a. fr.הַבְּ׳וכ׳ by the covenant (an oath), indeed. Tosef.Ḥall.I, 6 ב׳וכ׳ (Var. הב׳); Pes.38b indeed, those are the very words ; (some explain) indeed?, are those the very (is it a tradition for which no reason needs to be given)?; Y.Peah V, 19b bot. הב׳.Pl. בְּרִיתוֹת. Ber.48b sq. שלש ב׳ three covenants (three times the word brith, Deut. 28:69; 29:8). Tosef.Sot.VIII, 10; 11 ב׳ Var. (ed. Zuck. כְּרִיתוֹת); Sot.37b; a. fr.