בעל תשובות

בַּעַלm. (b. h.; preced.) 1) husband. Kidd.I, 1 and she becomes her own master בגט ובמיתת הב׳ through a letter of divorce or on the husbands death; a. v. fr. 2) the idol Baal. Y.Ab. Zar. III, 43a bot. ב׳ ראש גוייה הוהוכ׳ the Baal was the phallus and had the shape of a bean (read וכאפון). 3) ( the fructifier, rain (v. Taan.6b; cmp. Is. 55:10). בֵּית בַּ׳ a field sufficiently watered by rain and requiring no artificial irrigation. Tosef.M. Kat. I, 1 שדה (בית) הב׳. B. Bath.III, 1. Tosef.Succ.II, 7 ערבה של ב׳ (sub. בית) a willow in a naturally watered field. Ib. Shebi. II, 4 בשל ב׳ (= בשדה של ב׳), opp. של שוקי. Num. R. s. 16 the Egyptian gods של שקר הם (read שקי) are gods of artificial drainage, but those of Canaan של ב׳ הם are gods of rain; (Tanḥ. Shlaḥ 13, through misunderstanding, שקר … בעליכח. 4) (mostly in compounds) owner of, master of, possessed of, given to ; e. g. ב׳ אבידה owner of a lost object; ב׳ אגדה master of Agadah, lecturer; ב׳ דין opponent in court; v. infra. Pes.86b ב׳ השם אני I am so named.Pl. בְּעָלִים, בְּעָלִין owners; mostly as sing. owner. B. Mets.VIII, 1; a. fr. Y.Dem.III, 23b bot. לבלעין, read לבעלין. Compounds: ב׳ מחשבות He who knows mans thoughts. Snh.19b.Ib. בעלי מ׳ those entertaining considerations (of fear), hesitating to do justice.ב׳ שיבה gray-haired. Ned.III, 8.ב׳ תשובה repentant sinner. Succ.53a; a. fr.ב׳ תשובות a man of many objections or excuses. Gen. R. s. 20 beg.(For other compounds, not self-evident, see the respective determinants.

נָחָשm. (b. h.; נָחַש) 1) ( the hissing, serpent. Gen. R. s. 22 נ׳ הקדמוני the original serpent (the seducer of Eve). Ib. s. 20 נ׳ זה רשע בעל תשובות that serpent is wicked and skilled in arguments. Bekh.8a נ׳ לשבע שניםוכ׳ a serpents pregnancy lasts seven years, and for that wicked animal I find no parallel (in the vegetable kingdom). Gen. R. s. 54 הנ׳ של בית the domestic serpent (harmless); a. fr.Pl. נְחָשִׁים. Ib. s. 84 נ׳ ועקרבים snakes and scorpions; a. fr. 2) a pungent ( poisonous) fluid in the leaves or in the stems of onions kept for a long time in the ground. Erub.29b. 3) a disease of the eye, v. חִלָּזוֹן. Bekh.VI, 2 חלזון נ׳וכ׳, expl. ib. 38b as identical with חלזון; Tosef. ib. IV, 2; Sifra Emor ch. II, Par. 3.

נָחָשm. (b. h.; נָחַש) 1) ( the hissing, serpent. Gen. R. s. 22 נ׳ הקדמוני the original serpent (the seducer of Eve). Ib. s. 20 נ׳ זה רשע בעל תשובות that serpent is wicked and skilled in arguments. Bekh.8a נ׳ לשבע שניםוכ׳ a serpents pregnancy lasts seven years, and for that wicked animal I find no parallel (in the vegetable kingdom). Gen. R. s. 54 הנ׳ של בית the domestic serpent (harmless); a. fr.Pl. נְחָשִׁים. Ib. s. 84 נ׳ ועקרבים snakes and scorpions; a. fr. 2) a pungent ( poisonous) fluid in the leaves or in the stems of onions kept for a long time in the ground. Erub.29b. 3) a disease of the eye, v. חִלָּזוֹן. Bekh.VI, 2 חלזון נ׳וכ׳, expl. ib. 38b as identical with חלזון; Tosef. ib. IV, 2; Sifra Emor ch. II, Par. 3.

רָשָׁעm. (b. h.; preced. wds.) wicked man, wrongful claimant. Snh.27a (ref. to Ex. 23:1) אל תשתר׳ עד allow not a wicked man to be witness. Ib. 9b ר׳ הוא והתורה אמרהוכ׳ he is a (self-confessed) wicked man, and the Law says, allow not Ib. אין אדם משים עצמור׳ none can incriminate himself (his testimony against himself has no legal effect). Ib. 27a ר׳ דחמס בעינן (to be disqualified in court) he must be a wicked man connected with violence (but you cannot disqualify a sinner against ceremonial laws). Gen. R. s. 20 נחש זהר׳ בעל תשובות that serpent is a wicked creature rich in arguments. Bekh.8a ולאותור׳ לאוכ׳ and to that wicked creature (the serpent) I find no parallel in nature (as to duration of pregnancy). Ab. V, 19 בלעם הר׳ Balaam the wicked; a. v. fr.Pl. רְשָׁעִים. Ib. 1 להפרע מן הר׳וכ׳ in order to punish the wicked who ruin the world Ib. I, 8 וכשיהיו … יהיו בעיניך כר׳ when disputants stand before thee (the judge), look upon both parties as wrongful claimants, opp. זכאין. Ib. IV, 15 אין … משלות הר׳וכ׳ it is beyond our power to understand why the wicked are prosperous or why the righteous suffer. Snh.110b קטני בני רִשְׁעֵי ישראל young children of wicked Israelites; Tosef. ib. XIII, 1 רשעי ארץ (corr. acc.). Ib. 2 (ref. to Ps. 9:18) אלור׳ ישראל this refers to Israelitish sinners. Hor.10b (ref. to Koh. 8:14) כמעשה הר׳ שלעוה״ב like that which happens to the wicked in the world to come. Snh.93a רִשְׁעֵיהֶם של ישראל the wicked (idolaters) of the Israelitish people; a. v. fr.Fem. רְשָׁעָה. Ber.61b מלכות הר׳ Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) the wicked (Roman) government. Ex. R. s. 35 אדום הר׳ (sub. מלכות); a. fr.

רָשָׁעm. (b. h.; preced. wds.) wicked man, wrongful claimant. Snh.27a (ref. to Ex. 23:1) אל תשתר׳ עד allow not a wicked man to be witness. Ib. 9b ר׳ הוא והתורה אמרהוכ׳ he is a (self-confessed) wicked man, and the Law says, allow not Ib. אין אדם משים עצמור׳ none can incriminate himself (his testimony against himself has no legal effect). Ib. 27a ר׳ דחמס בעינן (to be disqualified in court) he must be a wicked man connected with violence (but you cannot disqualify a sinner against ceremonial laws). Gen. R. s. 20 נחש זהר׳ בעל תשובות that serpent is a wicked creature rich in arguments. Bekh.8a ולאותור׳ לאוכ׳ and to that wicked creature (the serpent) I find no parallel in nature (as to duration of pregnancy). Ab. V, 19 בלעם הר׳ Balaam the wicked; a. v. fr.Pl. רְשָׁעִים. Ib. 1 להפרע מן הר׳וכ׳ in order to punish the wicked who ruin the world Ib. I, 8 וכשיהיו … יהיו בעיניך כר׳ when disputants stand before thee (the judge), look upon both parties as wrongful claimants, opp. זכאין. Ib. IV, 15 אין … משלות הר׳וכ׳ it is beyond our power to understand why the wicked are prosperous or why the righteous suffer. Snh.110b קטני בני רִשְׁעֵי ישראל young children of wicked Israelites; Tosef. ib. XIII, 1 רשעי ארץ (corr. acc.). Ib. 2 (ref. to Ps. 9:18) אלור׳ ישראל this refers to Israelitish sinners. Hor.10b (ref. to Koh. 8:14) כמעשה הר׳ שלעוה״ב like that which happens to the wicked in the world to come. Snh.93a רִשְׁעֵיהֶם של ישראל the wicked (idolaters) of the Israelitish people; a. v. fr.Fem. רְשָׁעָה. Ber.61b מלכות הר׳ Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) the wicked (Roman) government. Ex. R. s. 35 אדום הר׳ (sub. מלכות); a. fr.