גרפות

גרפות, גרפית,v. גְּרֹופִית.

גרפות, גרפית,v. גְּרֹופִית.

גְּרוֹפִיתf. ( גרף, cmp. אֶגְרוֹף) ( as large as a fist, little stump or shoot. Kel. XII, 8 ג׳ של זית a vessel made out of a piece of an olive tree; Tosef. ib. B. Mets. II, 19 he who makes vessels מג׳ של זית R. S. to Kel. l. c. (ed. Zuck. גרפות, גפו, corr. acc.).Metaph. ג׳ של שקמה block of a sycamore tree, i. e. a man barren of thought, ignorant; barren of merits, worthless. Tanḥ Bḥuck. 5 Jephtah was as poor in the Law כגְרוֹפוֹ של שקמה (ed. Bub. 7 גרופות של ש׳ היה, note: גרופית) as a block Y.Ab. Zar. II, 40c; Gen. R. s. 25, end; Ruth R. s. 1, opp. ג׳ של זית one rich in merits; a. e.Pl. גְּרוֹפִיּוֹת. B. Bath.V, 3 if one buys olive trees for felling, מניח שתי ג׳ he must leave a stump of two fists size (out of which new shoots may rise); Tosef. ib. IV, 7 (v. Tosf. Y. Tob a. l., a. B. Bath.80b).Gen. R. s. 31, end ג׳ לזתים Ar. (ed. sing.) shoots for future olive plantation.

גְּרוֹפִיתf. ( גרף, cmp. אֶגְרוֹף) ( as large as a fist, little stump or shoot. Kel. XII, 8 ג׳ של זית a vessel made out of a piece of an olive tree; Tosef. ib. B. Mets. II, 19 he who makes vessels מג׳ של זית R. S. to Kel. l. c. (ed. Zuck. גרפות, גפו, corr. acc.).Metaph. ג׳ של שקמה block of a sycamore tree, i. e. a man barren of thought, ignorant; barren of merits, worthless. Tanḥ Bḥuck. 5 Jephtah was as poor in the Law כגְרוֹפוֹ של שקמה (ed. Bub. 7 גרופות של ש׳ היה, note: גרופית) as a block Y.Ab. Zar. II, 40c; Gen. R. s. 25, end; Ruth R. s. 1, opp. ג׳ של זית one rich in merits; a. e.Pl. גְּרוֹפִיּוֹת. B. Bath.V, 3 if one buys olive trees for felling, מניח שתי ג׳ he must leave a stump of two fists size (out of which new shoots may rise); Tosef. ib. IV, 7 (v. Tosf. Y. Tob a. l., a. B. Bath.80b).Gen. R. s. 31, end ג׳ לזתים Ar. (ed. sing.) shoots for future olive plantation.