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חוֹבְלָןm. (חָבַל) a wasteful, reckless person. Treat. Smah. IX, end שלא יהא ח׳ (Var. חבלן) not to be reckless by throwing garments upon the dead to be buried with them.

כַּנְתָאf. ( כנן) winding, convolution, 1) (sub. דמעיא) ileum, the third division of the small intestines. Ḥull.48b; 113a, v. הֲדוּרָא. Gitt.69a כ׳ פטירתא the ileum of a first-born.Yalk. Koh. 976 (counting ten stations of the digestive process) מכרוכא עבה לכְנַת מעיא from the large winding (jejunum) to the ileum (corresp. to סני(א) דיבי, Lev. R. s. 3, a. Koh. R. to VII, 19). (Koh. R. l. c. כנת מעיא some ed., read בנת. 2) (cmp. כֶּרֶךְ, אִמְבּוּרְקְלוֹן) wrapper of loosely woven matting. Succ.20b חזו לכ׳ דפירי Ar. (ed. לכינ׳, Ms. M. לבנ׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) are fit for baling fruits. Keth.105b כ׳ דפירי a bale of fruits, כ׳ דגלדני of small fish.

כַּנְתָאf. ( כנן) winding, convolution, 1) (sub. דמעיא) ileum, the third division of the small intestines. Ḥull.48b; 113a, v. הֲדוּרָא. Gitt.69a כ׳ פטירתא the ileum of a first-born.Yalk. Koh. 976 (counting ten stations of the digestive process) מכרוכא עבה לכְנַת מעיא from the large winding (jejunum) to the ileum (corresp. to סני(א) דיבי, Lev. R. s. 3, a. Koh. R. to VII, 19). (Koh. R. l. c. כנת מעיא some ed., read בנת. 2) (cmp. כֶּרֶךְ, אִמְבּוּרְקְלוֹן) wrapper of loosely woven matting. Succ.20b חזו לכ׳ דפירי Ar. (ed. לכינ׳, Ms. M. לבנ׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) are fit for baling fruits. Keth.105b כ׳ דפירי a bale of fruits, כ׳ דגלדני of small fish.

מְעָאII, ch. = h. מֵעֶה, belly, womb. Targ. Ps. 127:4. Ib. 58:4 מן מְעָן (h. text מרחם). Ib. 44:26 מְעָנָא Ms. (ed. מַעיְנָנָא; h. text בטננו).Mostly pl. מְעִין, מְעַיָּיא, מַ׳, מֵי׳; constr. מְעֵי, bowels, intestines. Targ. Gen. 30:2. Ib. 25:22, sq.; a. fr.Ḥull.93a ריש מעיא the starting point of the (large) intestines. Yalk. ib. 976, v. כַּנְתָא. Lev. R. s. 3 בי מעיא (some ed. מֵעַיָּה) the small bowels; Koh. R. to VII, 19 (read:) בנת מ׳; a. fr.V. מַעֲיָנָא.

מְעָאII, ch. = h. מֵעֶה, belly, womb. Targ. Ps. 127:4. Ib. 58:4 מן מְעָן (h. text מרחם). Ib. 44:26 מְעָנָא Ms. (ed. מַעיְנָנָא; h. text בטננו).Mostly pl. מְעִין, מְעַיָּיא, מַ׳, מֵי׳; constr. מְעֵי, bowels, intestines. Targ. Gen. 30:2. Ib. 25:22, sq.; a. fr.Ḥull.93a ריש מעיא the starting point of the (large) intestines. Yalk. ib. 976, v. כַּנְתָא. Lev. R. s. 3 בי מעיא (some ed. מֵעַיָּה) the small bowels; Koh. R. to VII, 19 (read:) בנת מ׳; a. fr.V. מַעֲיָנָא.

גְּרִירָהf. ( גרר) 1) scraping off. Ḥull.84a מחוסר … וג׳ requires the acts of pouring out the blood, scraping off the blood stains Ib. 93a ריש מעיא … בעי ג׳ the top of the small bowels up to a cubits length must be scraped (in order to remove the fat). 2) dragging, pulling, moving an object without lifting. Sabb.22a; Pes.101a; Men.41b הלכה … בג׳ the law decides in favor of … with reference to dragging an object on the Sabbath, v. גָּרַר. Y.Kidd.I, 60d top מהו שיקנו בג׳ can they be taken possession of by moving without lifting? 3) carrying with, involving. Y.Pes.VII, 34c top מאי נפקא … ג׳ what is the difference between them? They differ as to the majority of one tribe carrying with it (determining the legal status of) the whole nation, v. גָּרַר 3.Sabb.71a ומי אית ליה … ג׳ does R. adopt the opinion that one action can be involved with another so as to be considered one continuous act (e. g. cutting grain and immediately grinding it)? Ib. ג׳ דג׳ an application of this principle in the second degree, that the action involved should involve a third action.

גְּרִירָהf. ( גרר) 1) scraping off. Ḥull.84a מחוסר … וג׳ requires the acts of pouring out the blood, scraping off the blood stains Ib. 93a ריש מעיא … בעי ג׳ the top of the small bowels up to a cubits length must be scraped (in order to remove the fat). 2) dragging, pulling, moving an object without lifting. Sabb.22a; Pes.101a; Men.41b הלכה … בג׳ the law decides in favor of … with reference to dragging an object on the Sabbath, v. גָּרַר. Y.Kidd.I, 60d top מהו שיקנו בג׳ can they be taken possession of by moving without lifting? 3) carrying with, involving. Y.Pes.VII, 34c top מאי נפקא … ג׳ what is the difference between them? They differ as to the majority of one tribe carrying with it (determining the legal status of) the whole nation, v. גָּרַר 3.Sabb.71a ומי אית ליה … ג׳ does R. adopt the opinion that one action can be involved with another so as to be considered one continuous act (e. g. cutting grain and immediately grinding it)? Ib. ג׳ דג׳ an application of this principle in the second degree, that the action involved should involve a third action.

מַסְמֵסch. sam(מסמס Ito melt, dissolve), 1) to melt, make faint. Targ. Y. Deut. 1:28 מַסְמִיסוּ (not מסמיסן; h. text הֵמַסּוּ).Y.Shek.V, 48d היי דין חמר מְמַסְמֵס מעיא Bab. ed. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. p. 43; oth. ed. סמס; Ms. M. סמי) which wine loosens the bowels. 2) to soil, make loathsome. Ḥull.18a מְמַסְמֵיס ליה בפרתא the authority soils the meat with dung, so that it cannot be sold Part. pass. מְמַסְמַס. Ib. 28a כי ממ׳ קועיה דמא its throat stained with blood; ib. 53b. Ithpa. אִיתְמַסְמֵס to be dissolved, melt away, perish. Targ. Job 9:23 (h. text מַסַּת).

מַסְמֵסch. sam(מסמס Ito melt, dissolve), 1) to melt, make faint. Targ. Y. Deut. 1:28 מַסְמִיסוּ (not מסמיסן; h. text הֵמַסּוּ).Y.Shek.V, 48d היי דין חמר מְמַסְמֵס מעיא Bab. ed. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. p. 43; oth. ed. סמס; Ms. M. סמי) which wine loosens the bowels. 2) to soil, make loathsome. Ḥull.18a מְמַסְמֵיס ליה בפרתא the authority soils the meat with dung, so that it cannot be sold Part. pass. מְמַסְמַס. Ib. 28a כי ממ׳ קועיה דמא its throat stained with blood; ib. 53b. Ithpa. אִיתְמַסְמֵס to be dissolved, melt away, perish. Targ. Job 9:23 (h. text מַסַּת).