אות אחת

אוֹתII c. (b. h.; v. אוי, אָוָה II; תְּאָו) 1) mark, sign, emblem; test, signal, military ensign. Hag. 16a (play on ואתה Deut. 33:2; cmp. foreg.) אות הואוכ׳ He is the ensign among his myriad; v. דּוּגְמָא. M. Kat. 25b אל תזניחנו בא׳וכ׳ forsake us not in the symbolic trial of bitter waters (in our trials). Pl. אוֹתוֹת. Kil. IX, 10 א׳ הגרדיןוכ׳ the marks which the weavers put on goods in their charge. B. Kam. 119b you must not buy from the dyer לא א׳ ולא דוגמות either tests (pieces cut off to test the color) or samples (as specimens of color). 2) letter, writing, symbol. B. Bath.15a אות אחת one letter. Sabb.103a; a. fr.pl. אוֹתִיּוֹת (fr. אוֹתוּת or אוֹתִית). Kid. 30a סופרים כל הא׳ recorded (or counted) all the letters of the Torah. Snh.X, 1 השם באוֹתִיוֹתָיו the Divine Name with the letters in which it is written (Jehovah). Kid. 71a שם בן ארבע א׳ the quadriliteral Name; cmp. שֵׁם.Lev. R. s. 26, beg. ח׳ א׳ eight letters. Sabb.XII. 3; a. fr.Trnsf. notes, documents. Tosef.Kid. I, 7; B. Bath.75b; a. e.

א׳as numeral letter, one, as אות א׳ = אות אחת one letter. Sabb.104a; a. fr. (Editions and Mss. vary, according to space, between the full numeral and the numeral letter, א׳ for אחד, אחת; ב׳ for שנים, שתים, שתי

אוֹתII c. (b. h.; v. אוי, אָוָה II; תְּאָו) 1) mark, sign, emblem; test, signal, military ensign. Hag. 16a (play on ואתה Deut. 33:2; cmp. foreg.) אות הואוכ׳ He is the ensign among his myriad; v. דּוּגְמָא. M. Kat. 25b אל תזניחנו בא׳וכ׳ forsake us not in the symbolic trial of bitter waters (in our trials). Pl. אוֹתוֹת. Kil. IX, 10 א׳ הגרדיןוכ׳ the marks which the weavers put on goods in their charge. B. Kam. 119b you must not buy from the dyer לא א׳ ולא דוגמות either tests (pieces cut off to test the color) or samples (as specimens of color). 2) letter, writing, symbol. B. Bath.15a אות אחת one letter. Sabb.103a; a. fr.pl. אוֹתִיּוֹת (fr. אוֹתוּת or אוֹתִית). Kid. 30a סופרים כל הא׳ recorded (or counted) all the letters of the Torah. Snh.X, 1 השם באוֹתִיוֹתָיו the Divine Name with the letters in which it is written (Jehovah). Kid. 71a שם בן ארבע א׳ the quadriliteral Name; cmp. שֵׁם.Lev. R. s. 26, beg. ח׳ א׳ eight letters. Sabb.XII. 3; a. fr.Trnsf. notes, documents. Tosef.Kid. I, 7; B. Bath.75b; a. e.

מחַק(cmp. מָחָה) 1) to rub out, blot out. Sabb.VII, 2 המוֹחֵקע״מוכ׳ he who rubs out in order to write over the erasure. Sot.18a כתב אות אחת ומ׳וכ׳ if he wrote (the adjuration of the Sotah) by writing and washing off letter by letter. Ib. ומְחָקָו לתוךוכ׳ and washed them off in one cup. Sabb.75b מ׳ אות גדולה if he erased one large letter. Ib. זה חומר במוֹחֵקוכ׳ in this case he who erases, is more severely dealt with than he who writes (on the Sabbath); a. fr.Part. pass. מָחוּק. Ab. IV, 20 נייר מ׳ erased papyrus (palimpsest). 2) to scrape, smooth. Sabb.VII, 2 (73a) המעבד … והמוֹחֲקוֹ. Mish. a. Y. ed. (Bab. והמְמַחֲקוֹ) he who tans its skin, and he who scrapes it. Y. ib. 10c bot. חייב משום מוחק is guilty of an act coming under the category of scraping. Ib. 10a המוֹחֲקָחּ he who planes the beam; a. fr. 3) to level, strike. B. Bath. V, 11 לִמְחוֹק … יִמְחוֹק, v. גָּדַש. Sabb.153b; Tosef. ib. I, 17 מָחֲקיּ סאה they made the measure (of laws passed) just even (so that anything added would make it overflow), opp. גָּדַש; Y. ib. I, 3c; a. fr.V. מְחוֹק. Nif. נִמְחַק to be blotted out. Sot.II, 4, v. מָחָה. Ib. 18a קודם שנִמְחֲקָה מגילה before the roll (containing the adjuration of the Sotah) has been washed off. B. Bath. 164a נ׳ בן יומו an erasure of one days standing, ג׳ בן שני ימים an erasure two days old; a. e. Pi. מִיחֵק to smooth, shave. Sabb.73a, v. supra. Y. ib. VII, 10d top חייב משום מְמַחֵק is guilty of an act coining under the category of scraping; a. fr.

מחַק(cmp. מָחָה) 1) to rub out, blot out. Sabb.VII, 2 המוֹחֵקע״מוכ׳ he who rubs out in order to write over the erasure. Sot.18a כתב אות אחת ומ׳וכ׳ if he wrote (the adjuration of the Sotah) by writing and washing off letter by letter. Ib. ומְחָקָו לתוךוכ׳ and washed them off in one cup. Sabb.75b מ׳ אות גדולה if he erased one large letter. Ib. זה חומר במוֹחֵקוכ׳ in this case he who erases, is more severely dealt with than he who writes (on the Sabbath); a. fr.Part. pass. מָחוּק. Ab. IV, 20 נייר מ׳ erased papyrus (palimpsest). 2) to scrape, smooth. Sabb.VII, 2 (73a) המעבד … והמוֹחֲקוֹ. Mish. a. Y. ed. (Bab. והמְמַחֲקוֹ) he who tans its skin, and he who scrapes it. Y. ib. 10c bot. חייב משום מוחק is guilty of an act coming under the category of scraping. Ib. 10a המוֹחֲקָחּ he who planes the beam; a. fr. 3) to level, strike. B. Bath. V, 11 לִמְחוֹק … יִמְחוֹק, v. גָּדַש. Sabb.153b; Tosef. ib. I, 17 מָחֲקיּ סאה they made the measure (of laws passed) just even (so that anything added would make it overflow), opp. גָּדַש; Y. ib. I, 3c; a. fr.V. מְחוֹק. Nif. נִמְחַק to be blotted out. Sot.II, 4, v. מָחָה. Ib. 18a קודם שנִמְחֲקָה מגילה before the roll (containing the adjuration of the Sotah) has been washed off. B. Bath. 164a נ׳ בן יומו an erasure of one days standing, ג׳ בן שני ימים an erasure two days old; a. e. Pi. מִיחֵק to smooth, shave. Sabb.73a, v. supra. Y. ib. VII, 10d top חייב משום מְמַחֵק is guilty of an act coining under the category of scraping; a. fr.

נוֹטָרִיקוֹןm. (νοταρικόν, sub. μεθόδιον, S.) stenographers method, abbreviation. Sabb.XII, 5 כתב אות אחת נ׳ if one wrote (on the Sabbath) one letter as an abbreviation (e. g. ק׳ for קרבן). Id. 105a לשון נ׳ the acrostic method of speech (ref. to א̇ב̇ ה̇מ̇ו̇ןֹ, Gen. 17:5, אֹב, בֹחור, חֹביב, מֹלך, וֹתיק, נֹאמן). Ib. אנכי נ׳, v. אָנֹכִי; a. fr.Trnsf. לשון נ׳ by a mere hint. Deut. R. s. 2, v. קִידּוּש

נוֹטָרִיקוֹןm. (νοταρικόν, sub. μεθόδιον, S.) stenographers method, abbreviation. Sabb.XII, 5 כתב אות אחת נ׳ if one wrote (on the Sabbath) one letter as an abbreviation (e. g. ק׳ for קרבן). Id. 105a לשון נ׳ the acrostic method of speech (ref. to א̇ב̇ ה̇מ̇ו̇ןֹ, Gen. 17:5, אֹב, בֹחור, חֹביב, מֹלך, וֹתיק, נֹאמן). Ib. אנכי נ׳, v. אָנֹכִי; a. fr.Trnsf. לשון נ׳ by a mere hint. Deut. R. s. 2, v. קִידּוּש