בודקין

בָּדַק(b. h. √בד, v. בדד) to split, break into, penetrate. Keth.XIII, 9 הנוה היפה בּוֹדֵק the removal to a better residence (and style of living) penetrates (the body and creates disease); v. ib. 110b מא׳ ב׳ כדשמואלוכ׳ what does bodek mean? Answ. As it is expressed by Samuel …, a change of the mode of living (v. וֶסֶת) is the beginning of abdominal disease.Esp. 1) to search, examine, investigate, try. Sot.V, 1 as well as the water בּוֹדְקִין אותהוכ׳ tries her (eventually makes her sick), so does it try him (the adulterer). Pes.I, 1 ב׳ את החמץ leavened bread is searched after (for the sake of removing it). Ib. 9b (בית) בָּדוּק a house which has been searched. Snh.III, 6 ב׳ את העדים the witnesses are cross-examined, Ib. IV, 5; v. דְּרִישָׁה. Sabb.139a וכ׳ בְּדוֹק בדיינו investigate the doings of the Israelitish judges. Keth.VII, 8 הוא בּוֹדְקָהּוכ׳ he has her examined (as to bodily soundness) by his female relatives. Ib. 75b חזקה אין … אא׳׳כ בּוֹדְקוֹ the presumption is that nobody will drink out of a cup, unless he has examined it (will not marry a woman before ascertaining her physical condition). Kidd.IV, 4 צריך לבְדוֹק אחריהוכ׳ must investigate her family records up to four mothers Ib. 5 אין בודקין מןוכ׳ no family records are searched beyond the altar, i. e. the ascertained fact of a persons admission to priestly services is sufficient evidence of unblemished descent for marriage purposes. Nidd.30b ובדקן ומצאן (read ובדקו ומצאו) they (the scholars) examined (made a post mortem examination); Tosef. ib. IV, 17; Bekh.45a; a. fr. 2) to tend, cure (plants), esp. to cover with earth or manure. Tosef.Shebi.I, 12; T. ib. IV, 35b bot. Nif. נִבְדַּק to be examined Y.Gitt.I, 43b; IX, end, 50d נ׳ השם the report was traced. Nidd.V, 6 נדריה נִבְדָּקִין her vows are subject to examination (to find out whether she knows the import of a vow); a. fr.

בָּדַק(b. h. √בד, v. בדד) to split, break into, penetrate. Keth.XIII, 9 הנוה היפה בּוֹדֵק the removal to a better residence (and style of living) penetrates (the body and creates disease); v. ib. 110b מא׳ ב׳ כדשמואלוכ׳ what does bodek mean? Answ. As it is expressed by Samuel …, a change of the mode of living (v. וֶסֶת) is the beginning of abdominal disease.Esp. 1) to search, examine, investigate, try. Sot.V, 1 as well as the water בּוֹדְקִין אותהוכ׳ tries her (eventually makes her sick), so does it try him (the adulterer). Pes.I, 1 ב׳ את החמץ leavened bread is searched after (for the sake of removing it). Ib. 9b (בית) בָּדוּק a house which has been searched. Snh.III, 6 ב׳ את העדים the witnesses are cross-examined, Ib. IV, 5; v. דְּרִישָׁה. Sabb.139a וכ׳ בְּדוֹק בדיינו investigate the doings of the Israelitish judges. Keth.VII, 8 הוא בּוֹדְקָהּוכ׳ he has her examined (as to bodily soundness) by his female relatives. Ib. 75b חזקה אין … אא׳׳כ בּוֹדְקוֹ the presumption is that nobody will drink out of a cup, unless he has examined it (will not marry a woman before ascertaining her physical condition). Kidd.IV, 4 צריך לבְדוֹק אחריהוכ׳ must investigate her family records up to four mothers Ib. 5 אין בודקין מןוכ׳ no family records are searched beyond the altar, i. e. the ascertained fact of a persons admission to priestly services is sufficient evidence of unblemished descent for marriage purposes. Nidd.30b ובדקן ומצאן (read ובדקו ומצאו) they (the scholars) examined (made a post mortem examination); Tosef. ib. IV, 17; Bekh.45a; a. fr. 2) to tend, cure (plants), esp. to cover with earth or manure. Tosef.Shebi.I, 12; T. ib. IV, 35b bot. Nif. נִבְדַּק to be examined Y.Gitt.I, 43b; IX, end, 50d נ׳ השם the report was traced. Nidd.V, 6 נדריה נִבְדָּקִין her vows are subject to examination (to find out whether she knows the import of a vow); a. fr.

דִּקְדֵּק(Pilp. of דוק or דקק) 1) to crush, grind; v. Nithpa.Part. pass, מְדוּקְדָּק broken, humiliated, afflicted. Ex. R. s. 31 מדו׳ בעניות afflicted with poverty. Gen. R. s. 100 עני מדו׳ a very poor man. 2) to even a woof by beating. Tosef.Sabb.VIII (IX):2; Sabb.75b; 97b (v. Rashi a. l.). 3) to examine minutely, search, investigate (charity cases); to trace genealogical records (corresp. to בָּדַק); in gen. to be very strict in religious observances; (with עם) to deal strictly with (esp. used of divine retribution). Y.Peah VIII, 21a מְדַקְדְּקִין בכסותוכ׳ you must make inquiries if one asks for clothes, but you must not, if food is asked for; Lev. R. s. 34 (B. Bath.9a בודקין).Y.Kidd.VI, 65d אין מד׳ אחריה you must not trace its past records. Y.B. Bath.IV, end, 14d it is the custom in sales להיות מְדַקְדְּקִין to be strict, opp. בעין יפה liberal. Ex. R. s. 31 מד׳ עמהם he is stinting (illiberal) towards the poor. Y.Succ.I, 52b top לא די׳ בה he paid no particular attention to its preparation. Ḥull.4a הרבה מד׳ בה יותרוכ׳ they are very strict in the observance, even more so than ; Tosef.Pes.I (II), 15.Yeb.121b (ref. to Ps. 50:3) הקב״ה מד׳ עםוכ׳ the Lord deals with those around Him (the good) strictly, to a hairs breadth; Y.Shek.VI, 48d. Lev. R. s. 27; a. fr.Tanḥ. Mishp. 11 למה אתה תְדַקְדֵּק בהכאתה why art thou so severe in punishing her? Nithpa. נִדַּקְדֵּק (= נִתְדַּ׳) to be crushed, powdered. Ohol. II, 7.

דִּקְדֵּק(Pilp. of דוק or דקק) 1) to crush, grind; v. Nithpa.Part. pass, מְדוּקְדָּק broken, humiliated, afflicted. Ex. R. s. 31 מדו׳ בעניות afflicted with poverty. Gen. R. s. 100 עני מדו׳ a very poor man. 2) to even a woof by beating. Tosef.Sabb.VIII (IX):2; Sabb.75b; 97b (v. Rashi a. l.). 3) to examine minutely, search, investigate (charity cases); to trace genealogical records (corresp. to בָּדַק); in gen. to be very strict in religious observances; (with עם) to deal strictly with (esp. used of divine retribution). Y.Peah VIII, 21a מְדַקְדְּקִין בכסותוכ׳ you must make inquiries if one asks for clothes, but you must not, if food is asked for; Lev. R. s. 34 (B. Bath.9a בודקין).Y.Kidd.VI, 65d אין מד׳ אחריה you must not trace its past records. Y.B. Bath.IV, end, 14d it is the custom in sales להיות מְדַקְדְּקִין to be strict, opp. בעין יפה liberal. Ex. R. s. 31 מד׳ עמהם he is stinting (illiberal) towards the poor. Y.Succ.I, 52b top לא די׳ בה he paid no particular attention to its preparation. Ḥull.4a הרבה מד׳ בה יותרוכ׳ they are very strict in the observance, even more so than ; Tosef.Pes.I (II), 15.Yeb.121b (ref. to Ps. 50:3) הקב״ה מד׳ עםוכ׳ the Lord deals with those around Him (the good) strictly, to a hairs breadth; Y.Shek.VI, 48d. Lev. R. s. 27; a. fr.Tanḥ. Mishp. 11 למה אתה תְדַקְדֵּק בהכאתה why art thou so severe in punishing her? Nithpa. נִדַּקְדֵּק (= נִתְדַּ׳) to be crushed, powdered. Ohol. II, 7.

כְּסוּתf. (b. h.; כָּסָה II) cover, clothing. B. Bath.9a אין בודקין לכ׳ we must not investigate in the case of a poor man asking for clothes; Y.Peah VIII, 21a, v. דִּקְדֵּק. Tam.I, 1 ומתכסין בכ׳ עצמן and covered themselves with their own (private) garments; a. fr.Y. Ḥag.II, end, 78c ואפי׳ כ׳, read כָּפוּת, v. יָבַל.

כְּסוּתf. (b. h.; כָּסָה II) cover, clothing. B. Bath.9a אין בודקין לכ׳ we must not investigate in the case of a poor man asking for clothes; Y.Peah VIII, 21a, v. דִּקְדֵּק. Tam.I, 1 ומתכסין בכ׳ עצמן and covered themselves with their own (private) garments; a. fr.Y. Ḥag.II, end, 78c ואפי׳ כ׳, read כָּפוּת, v. יָבַל.

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).