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תָּקַן(b. h.; v. קָנַן a. קוּן) to make straight, firm, right. Pi. תִּקֵּן, same, 1) to straighten, mend, repair, set in order, prepare. Sifré Deut. 308 אחד … לתַקְּנוֹ one that had a crooked staff, and gave it to a mechanic to straighten it; מְתַקְּנוֹ באור he tries to straighten it by heat; Yalk. ib. 942. Shek. I, 1 מְתַקְּנִין את הדרכיםוכ׳ they put in repair the roads and the open places (stations) Pesik. R. s. 28 מְתַקְּנִים את המועדות they arrange (fix the dates of) the festivals; R. Hash. I, 4. Bets.34a אין מתקנין את השפודוכ׳ you must not prepare (chip) a spit or sharpen it (on the Holy Day). Ib. מתקנין את הקונדסוכ׳ you may dress artichokes Gitt. IV, 5 תִּקַּנְתֶּם את רבווכ׳ you have made it right for his master but not for himself; a. fr.Trnsf. to make things legally fit for use by giving the priestly dues. Bets.34b עבר ותִקְּנוֹ מְתוּקָּן if he transgressed (the law forbidding the separation of priestly gifts on the Holy Day) and prepared it for use, it is prepared (the act is valid). Y.Dem.II, 23c bot. כל אחד ואחד מְתַקֵּן דמאי every one of them gives the priestly dues of his purchase as dmai (v. דְּמַאי). Tosef. ib. IV, 5 ודאי שתִּיקְּנָהּ דמאי if one gives the dues of what is sure to be untithed, as if it were dmai; a. fr. 2) to establish, institute, introduce a legal measure, ordain. Sabb.33b תִּקְּנוּ שווקיםוכ׳, v. שוּק III. Ib. bot. (ref. to Gen. 33:18) מטבע תי׳ להם he introduced coinage for them. Meg.4a, a. e. משה ת׳ להם … שיהווכ׳ Moses introduced the custom … of discussing and studying the subject of the day Sabb.14b שמעון … ת׳ כתובהוכ׳ Simon ben Sheṭaḥ introduced the marriage contract (jointure) for the wife. Succ.V, 2, v. תִּיקּוּן; a. v. fr.Part. pass. מְתוּקָּן; f. מְתוּקֶּנֶת; pl. מְתוּקָּנִים, מְתוּקָּנִין; מְתוּקָּנוֹת a) properly prepared, proper, good, right. Bets.34b, v. supra. Erub.32a, a. e. חזקה … דבר שאינו מת׳ the presumption is in favor of the Ḥaber (חָבֵר) that he will not let go out of his hands a thing not ritually prepared (tithed). Tosef.Dem.IV, 8 הטבל והמת׳ שנתערבו if untithed and tithed things have been mixed up. Ib. VII, 13 מעשרותיו מת׳ ופירותיו מקולקלין the tithes he separated are right, but his fruits are wrong (considered untithed). Ib. VI, 14 מת׳ scrupulous guardsmen. Snh.39b כמת׳ שבהםוכ׳, v. קִלְקֵל; a. fr.b) prepared, predestined, designated. Pesik. R. s. 27–28 לצרה הזו הייתי מת׳ am I predestined for such trouble? Ib. עד … היית מת׳ לדבר (not הייתי) before yet the world was created, thou wast designated for this thing (the prophetic mission). Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 13 שהוא מת׳ מבראשיתוכ׳ that he (Bezalel) was from the time of creation designated to make the Tabernacle; a. fr. Hif. הִתְקִין 1) to prepare, fit. Ab. II, 12 הַתְקֵן עצמך ללמודוכ׳ fit thyself to study the Law, for it does not come to thee by inheritance. Ib. IV, 16, v. פְּרוֹזְדוֹר; a. e. 2) to ordain, establish a custom, innovate. Succ.51b הִתְקִינוּ שיהווכ׳ they ordained that the women should sit uptairs, and the men below. Shebi. X, 3, v. פְּרוֹזְבּוֹל. Y.R. Hash. IV, 59b bot. מַתְקִין על דבר תורה introduced a measure extending a Biblical law; מתקין על דבריהן extending a Rabbinical ordinance. Ber.IX, 5 התקינו שיהווכ׳ they ordained that they should say, ‘from everlasting and unto everlasting; a. fr. Nif. נִתְקַן to be straightened, mended, improved. Koh. R. to 1, 15 יכול להִתָּקֵן (or להִתַּקֵּן Hithpa.), v. עָיַת. Ber.40a בדבר … בו נִתְקְנוּ (or נִתַּקְּנוּ Nithpa.) they were mended (restored) by the same thing by which they were impaired (sinned); Snh.70b; a. e.

תָּקַן(b. h.; v. קָנַן a. קוּן) to make straight, firm, right. Pi. תִּקֵּן, same, 1) to straighten, mend, repair, set in order, prepare. Sifré Deut. 308 אחד … לתַקְּנוֹ one that had a crooked staff, and gave it to a mechanic to straighten it; מְתַקְּנוֹ באור he tries to straighten it by heat; Yalk. ib. 942. Shek. I, 1 מְתַקְּנִין את הדרכיםוכ׳ they put in repair the roads and the open places (stations) Pesik. R. s. 28 מְתַקְּנִים את המועדות they arrange (fix the dates of) the festivals; R. Hash. I, 4. Bets.34a אין מתקנין את השפודוכ׳ you must not prepare (chip) a spit or sharpen it (on the Holy Day). Ib. מתקנין את הקונדסוכ׳ you may dress artichokes Gitt. IV, 5 תִּקַּנְתֶּם את רבווכ׳ you have made it right for his master but not for himself; a. fr.Trnsf. to make things legally fit for use by giving the priestly dues. Bets.34b עבר ותִקְּנוֹ מְתוּקָּן if he transgressed (the law forbidding the separation of priestly gifts on the Holy Day) and prepared it for use, it is prepared (the act is valid). Y.Dem.II, 23c bot. כל אחד ואחד מְתַקֵּן דמאי every one of them gives the priestly dues of his purchase as dmai (v. דְּמַאי). Tosef. ib. IV, 5 ודאי שתִּיקְּנָהּ דמאי if one gives the dues of what is sure to be untithed, as if it were dmai; a. fr. 2) to establish, institute, introduce a legal measure, ordain. Sabb.33b תִּקְּנוּ שווקיםוכ׳, v. שוּק III. Ib. bot. (ref. to Gen. 33:18) מטבע תי׳ להם he introduced coinage for them. Meg.4a, a. e. משה ת׳ להם … שיהווכ׳ Moses introduced the custom … of discussing and studying the subject of the day Sabb.14b שמעון … ת׳ כתובהוכ׳ Simon ben Sheṭaḥ introduced the marriage contract (jointure) for the wife. Succ.V, 2, v. תִּיקּוּן; a. v. fr.Part. pass. מְתוּקָּן; f. מְתוּקֶּנֶת; pl. מְתוּקָּנִים, מְתוּקָּנִין; מְתוּקָּנוֹת a) properly prepared, proper, good, right. Bets.34b, v. supra. Erub.32a, a. e. חזקה … דבר שאינו מת׳ the presumption is in favor of the Ḥaber (חָבֵר) that he will not let go out of his hands a thing not ritually prepared (tithed). Tosef.Dem.IV, 8 הטבל והמת׳ שנתערבו if untithed and tithed things have been mixed up. Ib. VII, 13 מעשרותיו מת׳ ופירותיו מקולקלין the tithes he separated are right, but his fruits are wrong (considered untithed). Ib. VI, 14 מת׳ scrupulous guardsmen. Snh.39b כמת׳ שבהםוכ׳, v. קִלְקֵל; a. fr.b) prepared, predestined, designated. Pesik. R. s. 27–28 לצרה הזו הייתי מת׳ am I predestined for such trouble? Ib. עד … היית מת׳ לדבר (not הייתי) before yet the world was created, thou wast designated for this thing (the prophetic mission). Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 13 שהוא מת׳ מבראשיתוכ׳ that he (Bezalel) was from the time of creation designated to make the Tabernacle; a. fr. Hif. הִתְקִין 1) to prepare, fit. Ab. II, 12 הַתְקֵן עצמך ללמודוכ׳ fit thyself to study the Law, for it does not come to thee by inheritance. Ib. IV, 16, v. פְּרוֹזְדוֹר; a. e. 2) to ordain, establish a custom, innovate. Succ.51b הִתְקִינוּ שיהווכ׳ they ordained that the women should sit uptairs, and the men below. Shebi. X, 3, v. פְּרוֹזְבּוֹל. Y.R. Hash. IV, 59b bot. מַתְקִין על דבר תורה introduced a measure extending a Biblical law; מתקין על דבריהן extending a Rabbinical ordinance. Ber.IX, 5 התקינו שיהווכ׳ they ordained that they should say, ‘from everlasting and unto everlasting; a. fr. Nif. נִתְקַן to be straightened, mended, improved. Koh. R. to 1, 15 יכול להִתָּקֵן (or להִתַּקֵּן Hithpa.), v. עָיַת. Ber.40a בדבר … בו נִתְקְנוּ (or נִתַּקְּנוּ Nithpa.) they were mended (restored) by the same thing by which they were impaired (sinned); Snh.70b; a. e.

בָּחַר(b. h.; √בח, v. preced.) 1) to try, examine; v. infra. 2) (with ב) to choose, select, prefer. Tanḥ. Mishp. 11 בָּחַרְתָּ ביסורים יותרוכ׳ thou didst prefer sufferings to poverty. Mass. Sofrim XIII, 9; a. e.Part. Hof. מוּבְחָר chosen. מן המ׳ of the best, the best way. Bicc. I, 3; a. fr.מצוה מן המ׳ the most preferable way of performing a religious act. B. Kam.78b; a. fr.מ׳ מן המ׳ the very best. Y.Pes.VI, 33b top מ׳ דוחהוכ׳ for doing a thing (in the Temple) in the preferable way, you may set aside (the Sabbath law); for doing it in the best way, you dare not ; a. fr. Pi. בִּיחֵר to examine. Pesik. R. s. 33 (ref. to אבחר Job 29:25) הייתי שואלו וּמְבַחֲרוֹ I was in the habit of investigating and examining it; (ed. Fr. emends ומְבַהֲרוֹ, v. בָּחַר).

בָּחַר(b. h.; √בח, v. preced.) 1) to try, examine; v. infra. 2) (with ב) to choose, select, prefer. Tanḥ. Mishp. 11 בָּחַרְתָּ ביסורים יותרוכ׳ thou didst prefer sufferings to poverty. Mass. Sofrim XIII, 9; a. e.Part. Hof. מוּבְחָר chosen. מן המ׳ of the best, the best way. Bicc. I, 3; a. fr.מצוה מן המ׳ the most preferable way of performing a religious act. B. Kam.78b; a. fr.מ׳ מן המ׳ the very best. Y.Pes.VI, 33b top מ׳ דוחהוכ׳ for doing a thing (in the Temple) in the preferable way, you may set aside (the Sabbath law); for doing it in the best way, you dare not ; a. fr. Pi. בִּיחֵר to examine. Pesik. R. s. 33 (ref. to אבחר Job 29:25) הייתי שואלו וּמְבַחֲרוֹ I was in the habit of investigating and examining it; (ed. Fr. emends ומְבַהֲרוֹ, v. בָּחַר).

דְּבָבm. (= דִּבָּה, v. דָּבַב) whisper, evil speech; only in בַּעַל ד׳, pl. בַּעֲלֵי ד׳ man of evil speech, i. e. opponent, informer. Cant. R. to VII, 10 (play on dobeb, ib.) הייתי נעשה בעל ד׳וכ׳ I should have become an opponent of those (patriarchs) sleeping Sifra Bḥuck. Par. 2, ch. IV בעלי ד׳וכ׳ informers shall surround you from without; Yalk. Lev. 673 בעל רבבא. Sifra Emor, Par. 14, ch. XIX the whole congregation shall act כבעלי ד׳ לו as if they were his accusers.

דְּבָבm. (= דִּבָּה, v. דָּבַב) whisper, evil speech; only in בַּעַל ד׳, pl. בַּעֲלֵי ד׳ man of evil speech, i. e. opponent, informer. Cant. R. to VII, 10 (play on dobeb, ib.) הייתי נעשה בעל ד׳וכ׳ I should have become an opponent of those (patriarchs) sleeping Sifra Bḥuck. Par. 2, ch. IV בעלי ד׳וכ׳ informers shall surround you from without; Yalk. Lev. 673 בעל רבבא. Sifra Emor, Par. 14, ch. XIX the whole congregation shall act כבעלי ד׳ לו as if they were his accusers.

דמי, דָּמָה(b. h.; v. דמם, דום) 1) to mumble, think (cmp. דבב); to be silent. Denom. (דִּימָה,) דָּמוּת. 2) to imagine, compare. Denom. דְּמוּת. 3) (denom. of דְּמוּת) to resemble, be like, to imitate. Sabb.133b הוי דֹומֶה לו imitate Him. Ber.29b שתפלתו דֹומָה עליווכ׳ to whom his prayer appears like a burden. Taan.22b אין דורו דומה יפה (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 20) his generation was not considered worthy. B. Kam.92b; Yalk. Jud. 67 ובן אדם לדו׳ לו (not ובני) man associates with his equal. Sifra Shmini Par. 10, ch. XII; Ḥull.76b הַדֹּומֶה that which resembles the animal specified in the Bible (species); הד׳ לַדֹּומֶה what resembles the animal classified with the animal specified in the Bible (genus); a. fr.אֵינֹו דֹומֶה there is no resemblance, you cannot compare. Yeb.64a א׳ ד׳ תפלת … לתפלתוכ׳ you cannot compare the prayer of … to the prayer of Sabb.119b; a. fr.Hull. 48b זו דֹומָה לזו these are analogous cases, v. Pi. (משל) למה הדבר דומה (abbrev. מלה״ד, לה״ד) (a simile:) to what can this he compared?, a phrase introducing a simile. Taan.25b. Yoma 86b; a. v. fr. Nif. נִדְמָה ( 1) (b. h.) to be silenced, undone). 2) to be compared, to be imagined; to appear in the disguise of; to seem. Kidd.32b כמה״ש נִדְמוּ לו that they appeared to him as ministering angels; נדמו לו לערביים they appeared to him as if they were Arabs. Succ.52a צדיקים נ׳ להם כהרוכ׳ to the righteous sin will appear like a high mount; a. fr.נִדְמֶה an animal suspected to be a hybrid or looking like one (cmp. דְּמַאי), esp. a lamb looking like a kid, and vice versa. Bekh.12a ‘a ewe which gave birth to what looked like a kid. Ḥull.38b; a. fr. Pi. דִּימָּה 1) to compare, judge from analogy. Lev. R. s. 32 דִּמִּיתִיךָ להם I made thee like them (beasts). B. Bath. 130b ובלבד שלא יְדַמֶּהוכ׳ but one must not decide ritual cases by analogy; v. Ḥull.48b. 2) to have an opinion without authority to refer to. Gitt.19a; 37a מפני שאנו מְדַמִּין because we have such an opinion.Part. pass. מְדוּמֶּה, pl. מְדוּמִּין; כמ׳ אני it seems to me, כמ׳ אנו it seems to us Men.18a. Taan.23a; a. fr.Y.Ber.II, 5b bot. כמ׳ הייתי I thought.

דמי, דָּמָה(b. h.; v. דמם, דום) 1) to mumble, think (cmp. דבב); to be silent. Denom. (דִּימָה,) דָּמוּת. 2) to imagine, compare. Denom. דְּמוּת. 3) (denom. of דְּמוּת) to resemble, be like, to imitate. Sabb.133b הוי דֹומֶה לו imitate Him. Ber.29b שתפלתו דֹומָה עליווכ׳ to whom his prayer appears like a burden. Taan.22b אין דורו דומה יפה (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 20) his generation was not considered worthy. B. Kam.92b; Yalk. Jud. 67 ובן אדם לדו׳ לו (not ובני) man associates with his equal. Sifra Shmini Par. 10, ch. XII; Ḥull.76b הַדֹּומֶה that which resembles the animal specified in the Bible (species); הד׳ לַדֹּומֶה what resembles the animal classified with the animal specified in the Bible (genus); a. fr.אֵינֹו דֹומֶה there is no resemblance, you cannot compare. Yeb.64a א׳ ד׳ תפלת … לתפלתוכ׳ you cannot compare the prayer of … to the prayer of Sabb.119b; a. fr.Hull. 48b זו דֹומָה לזו these are analogous cases, v. Pi. (משל) למה הדבר דומה (abbrev. מלה״ד, לה״ד) (a simile:) to what can this he compared?, a phrase introducing a simile. Taan.25b. Yoma 86b; a. v. fr. Nif. נִדְמָה ( 1) (b. h.) to be silenced, undone). 2) to be compared, to be imagined; to appear in the disguise of; to seem. Kidd.32b כמה״ש נִדְמוּ לו that they appeared to him as ministering angels; נדמו לו לערביים they appeared to him as if they were Arabs. Succ.52a צדיקים נ׳ להם כהרוכ׳ to the righteous sin will appear like a high mount; a. fr.נִדְמֶה an animal suspected to be a hybrid or looking like one (cmp. דְּמַאי), esp. a lamb looking like a kid, and vice versa. Bekh.12a ‘a ewe which gave birth to what looked like a kid. Ḥull.38b; a. fr. Pi. דִּימָּה 1) to compare, judge from analogy. Lev. R. s. 32 דִּמִּיתִיךָ להם I made thee like them (beasts). B. Bath. 130b ובלבד שלא יְדַמֶּהוכ׳ but one must not decide ritual cases by analogy; v. Ḥull.48b. 2) to have an opinion without authority to refer to. Gitt.19a; 37a מפני שאנו מְדַמִּין because we have such an opinion.Part. pass. מְדוּמֶּה, pl. מְדוּמִּין; כמ׳ אני it seems to me, כמ׳ אנו it seems to us Men.18a. Taan.23a; a. fr.Y.Ber.II, 5b bot. כמ׳ הייתי I thought.

דמי, דָּמָה(b. h.; v. דמם, דום) 1) to mumble, think (cmp. דבב); to be silent. Denom. (דִּימָה,) דָּמוּת. 2) to imagine, compare. Denom. דְּמוּת. 3) (denom. of דְּמוּת) to resemble, be like, to imitate. Sabb.133b הוי דֹומֶה לו imitate Him. Ber.29b שתפלתו דֹומָה עליווכ׳ to whom his prayer appears like a burden. Taan.22b אין דורו דומה יפה (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 20) his generation was not considered worthy. B. Kam.92b; Yalk. Jud. 67 ובן אדם לדו׳ לו (not ובני) man associates with his equal. Sifra Shmini Par. 10, ch. XII; Ḥull.76b הַדֹּומֶה that which resembles the animal specified in the Bible (species); הד׳ לַדֹּומֶה what resembles the animal classified with the animal specified in the Bible (genus); a. fr.אֵינֹו דֹומֶה there is no resemblance, you cannot compare. Yeb.64a א׳ ד׳ תפלת … לתפלתוכ׳ you cannot compare the prayer of … to the prayer of Sabb.119b; a. fr.Hull. 48b זו דֹומָה לזו these are analogous cases, v. Pi. (משל) למה הדבר דומה (abbrev. מלה״ד, לה״ד) (a simile:) to what can this he compared?, a phrase introducing a simile. Taan.25b. Yoma 86b; a. v. fr. Nif. נִדְמָה ( 1) (b. h.) to be silenced, undone). 2) to be compared, to be imagined; to appear in the disguise of; to seem. Kidd.32b כמה״ש נִדְמוּ לו that they appeared to him as ministering angels; נדמו לו לערביים they appeared to him as if they were Arabs. Succ.52a צדיקים נ׳ להם כהרוכ׳ to the righteous sin will appear like a high mount; a. fr.נִדְמֶה an animal suspected to be a hybrid or looking like one (cmp. דְּמַאי), esp. a lamb looking like a kid, and vice versa. Bekh.12a ‘a ewe which gave birth to what looked like a kid. Ḥull.38b; a. fr. Pi. דִּימָּה 1) to compare, judge from analogy. Lev. R. s. 32 דִּמִּיתִיךָ להם I made thee like them (beasts). B. Bath. 130b ובלבד שלא יְדַמֶּהוכ׳ but one must not decide ritual cases by analogy; v. Ḥull.48b. 2) to have an opinion without authority to refer to. Gitt.19a; 37a מפני שאנו מְדַמִּין because we have such an opinion.Part. pass. מְדוּמֶּה, pl. מְדוּמִּין; כמ׳ אני it seems to me, כמ׳ אנו it seems to us Men.18a. Taan.23a; a. fr.Y.Ber.II, 5b bot. כמ׳ הייתי I thought.

חָרַז(b. h.) (to bore holes, to carry thread through a hole, 1) to squeeze into. Cant. R. to I, 10 (ref. to בחרוזים ib.) שחוֹרְזִים צואריהםוכ׳ (not שחוזרין) who squeeze their necks (through window holes, open doors) to hear the words of the Law (v. Yoma 35b; Ber.6b; v. דּוּחֲקָא); Yalk. ib. 983 שהם חוזרים אחריוכ׳ (read: חוֹרְזִים אחוֹרֵי). 2) to string. Ex. R. s. 20 ישב וח׳וכ׳ he sat down and strung (assorting) the larger pearls separately Part. pass. חָרוּז, pl. חֲרוּזִים, חֲרוּזִין. Cant. R. l. c. (read:) אלו ע׳ זקנים שהיו חֲרוּזִים אחריהם כליניאוכ׳ (v. Yalk. l. c.) those are the seventy elders who were strung (arranged) behind them (Moses and Aaron) like a string of pearls.Ḥull.95b בחרוזין (Ar. חֲרִיזִים, noun) if the pieces of meat are strung together. Lam. R. to V, 13 ג׳ מאות … ח׳וכ׳ three hundred children were found strung up on the branches of one tree.Trnsf. to draw parallels between Biblical passages, to explain one passage by another. Cant. R. l. c. הייתי יושב וחוֹרֵזוכ׳ I was sitting and comparing verses of the Pentateuch, and Pentateuch with Prophets Ib. שהיו חוֹרְזִיםוכ׳; Yalk. l. c. חוזרים (corr. acc.). Cant. R. l. c. שהן חֲרוּזוֹתוכ׳ which are strung together (illustrate one another). Hif. הֶחֱרִיז same. Lev. R. s. 16 מַחֲרִיזד״תוכ׳ I was comparing

חָרַז(b. h.) (to bore holes, to carry thread through a hole, 1) to squeeze into. Cant. R. to I, 10 (ref. to בחרוזים ib.) שחוֹרְזִים צואריהםוכ׳ (not שחוזרין) who squeeze their necks (through window holes, open doors) to hear the words of the Law (v. Yoma 35b; Ber.6b; v. דּוּחֲקָא); Yalk. ib. 983 שהם חוזרים אחריוכ׳ (read: חוֹרְזִים אחוֹרֵי). 2) to string. Ex. R. s. 20 ישב וח׳וכ׳ he sat down and strung (assorting) the larger pearls separately Part. pass. חָרוּז, pl. חֲרוּזִים, חֲרוּזִין. Cant. R. l. c. (read:) אלו ע׳ זקנים שהיו חֲרוּזִים אחריהם כליניאוכ׳ (v. Yalk. l. c.) those are the seventy elders who were strung (arranged) behind them (Moses and Aaron) like a string of pearls.Ḥull.95b בחרוזין (Ar. חֲרִיזִים, noun) if the pieces of meat are strung together. Lam. R. to V, 13 ג׳ מאות … ח׳וכ׳ three hundred children were found strung up on the branches of one tree.Trnsf. to draw parallels between Biblical passages, to explain one passage by another. Cant. R. l. c. הייתי יושב וחוֹרֵזוכ׳ I was sitting and comparing verses of the Pentateuch, and Pentateuch with Prophets Ib. שהיו חוֹרְזִיםוכ׳; Yalk. l. c. חוזרים (corr. acc.). Cant. R. l. c. שהן חֲרוּזוֹתוכ׳ which are strung together (illustrate one another). Hif. הֶחֱרִיז same. Lev. R. s. 16 מַחֲרִיזד״תוכ׳ I was comparing

כָּשַׁל(b. h.; cmp. כִּשְׁכֵּש) to strike against, stumble. Lev. R. s. 19 (ref. to Is. 35:3) שהן נראות כאילו כּוֹשְׁלוֹת knees which have the appearance of stumbling (threaten to stumble). Ib. שכְּשַׁלְתֶּםוכ׳ for you have really stumbled (sinned) through your evil deeds. Num. R. s. 16 כְּשַׁלְתֶּם you have stumbled (were discouraged; Tanḥ. Shlaḥ 2 נתרשלתם); a. e.כּוֹשֵׁל (law) weak, under legal disadvantages (in adapt. of Is. l. c. a. Job 4:4). Keth.IX, 2 ינתנו לַכּ׳ שבהן let it be given him who is under the greatest disadvantage of all (the claimants being the deceased mans widow, his creditor and his heirs); expl. ib. 84a לכ׳ שבראיה to him who is under disadvantage for evidence (whose document is of the latest date); (oth. opin. לכתובת אשה to the widow, v. חִינָּא; Y. ib. IX, 33a top לכ׳ שבראיותיווכ׳ to him who is the weakest as to evidence, e. g. he who loaned without witnesses as against him who has witnesses. Ib. לכ׳ בגופו to him who is in feeble health (and poor). Nif. נִכְשַׁל 1) to be struck, meet with an accident. Mekh. Bshall.s.2 לא נ׳ אחדוכ׳ not one of them (the Egyptians) met with an accident (was detained) on the road. Y.Sabb.VI, 8c bot. נ׳ באצבעו got a sore finger; ib. XVI, 15c top; Lam. R. to IV, 20; a. e. 2) to stumble, fall; to be led to sin. Pesik. Shub., p. 165a> והיו … נִכְשָׁלִין בו and people stumbled over it (the rock); Yalk. Hos. 533. Ib. אדם נ׳ בעכירה if man becomes a victim of sin. Gitt.43a אין אדם …אא״כ נ׳ בהן one never gets at the true sense of the words of the Law, except after mistakes; Ḥag.14a; Sabb.120a.Ber.28b ולא אֶכָּשֵׁל בדבר הלכה and that I may not err against a hălakhah; ולא יִכָּשְׁלוּוכ׳ nor may my colleagues Midr. Till. to Ps. 22 בשביל … איני נִכְשֶׁלֶת because I am a queen, I shall not come to grief; a. fr. Hif. הִכְשִׁיל to cause to stumble, to be an obstruction; to weaken; to cause sin. Y.Shebi.III, end, 34d a breach in the fence מַכְשֶׁלֶת את הרבים annoying the publis (an obstruction to traffic). R. Hash. I, 6 נמצאת מַכְשִׁילָן לע״ל thou wilt make them sin in future case (by their refraining from going to court); Yoma 77b שלא תהא מַכְשִׁילָןוכ׳ that thou mayest not cause them to sin (by staying away from college); Kidd.33a; Ḥull.54b מְכַשְּׁלָן (Pi.).Ab. Zar.11b פיהם הִכְשִׁילָן לרשעים Ms. M. (ed. ה׳ פיהם) their own (ominous) words brought these wicked men to fall; Num. R. s. 18. B. Kam.16b; B. Bath.9b (ref. to מכשלים, Jer. 18:23) הַכְשִׁילֵםוכ׳ make them stumble by sending them unworthy subjects of charity. Midr. Till. to Ps. 90. לעצמי הייתי מַכְשִׁיל I should have injured myself. Pi. כִּישֵּׁל 1) same, v. supra. 2) to weaken, break the force of. Y.Ber.IX, 13c bot. מְכַשְּׁלוֹ בגבעות (Gen. R. s. 24 מרשלו), v. חָשַׁל.

כָּשַׁל(b. h.; cmp. כִּשְׁכֵּש) to strike against, stumble. Lev. R. s. 19 (ref. to Is. 35:3) שהן נראות כאילו כּוֹשְׁלוֹת knees which have the appearance of stumbling (threaten to stumble). Ib. שכְּשַׁלְתֶּםוכ׳ for you have really stumbled (sinned) through your evil deeds. Num. R. s. 16 כְּשַׁלְתֶּם you have stumbled (were discouraged; Tanḥ. Shlaḥ 2 נתרשלתם); a. e.כּוֹשֵׁל (law) weak, under legal disadvantages (in adapt. of Is. l. c. a. Job 4:4). Keth.IX, 2 ינתנו לַכּ׳ שבהן let it be given him who is under the greatest disadvantage of all (the claimants being the deceased mans widow, his creditor and his heirs); expl. ib. 84a לכ׳ שבראיה to him who is under disadvantage for evidence (whose document is of the latest date); (oth. opin. לכתובת אשה to the widow, v. חִינָּא; Y. ib. IX, 33a top לכ׳ שבראיותיווכ׳ to him who is the weakest as to evidence, e. g. he who loaned without witnesses as against him who has witnesses. Ib. לכ׳ בגופו to him who is in feeble health (and poor). Nif. נִכְשַׁל 1) to be struck, meet with an accident. Mekh. Bshall.s.2 לא נ׳ אחדוכ׳ not one of them (the Egyptians) met with an accident (was detained) on the road. Y.Sabb.VI, 8c bot. נ׳ באצבעו got a sore finger; ib. XVI, 15c top; Lam. R. to IV, 20; a. e. 2) to stumble, fall; to be led to sin. Pesik. Shub., p. 165a> והיו … נִכְשָׁלִין בו and people stumbled over it (the rock); Yalk. Hos. 533. Ib. אדם נ׳ בעכירה if man becomes a victim of sin. Gitt.43a אין אדם …אא״כ נ׳ בהן one never gets at the true sense of the words of the Law, except after mistakes; Ḥag.14a; Sabb.120a.Ber.28b ולא אֶכָּשֵׁל בדבר הלכה and that I may not err against a hălakhah; ולא יִכָּשְׁלוּוכ׳ nor may my colleagues Midr. Till. to Ps. 22 בשביל … איני נִכְשֶׁלֶת because I am a queen, I shall not come to grief; a. fr. Hif. הִכְשִׁיל to cause to stumble, to be an obstruction; to weaken; to cause sin. Y.Shebi.III, end, 34d a breach in the fence מַכְשֶׁלֶת את הרבים annoying the publis (an obstruction to traffic). R. Hash. I, 6 נמצאת מַכְשִׁילָן לע״ל thou wilt make them sin in future case (by their refraining from going to court); Yoma 77b שלא תהא מַכְשִׁילָןוכ׳ that thou mayest not cause them to sin (by staying away from college); Kidd.33a; Ḥull.54b מְכַשְּׁלָן (Pi.).Ab. Zar.11b פיהם הִכְשִׁילָן לרשעים Ms. M. (ed. ה׳ פיהם) their own (ominous) words brought these wicked men to fall; Num. R. s. 18. B. Kam.16b; B. Bath.9b (ref. to מכשלים, Jer. 18:23) הַכְשִׁילֵםוכ׳ make them stumble by sending them unworthy subjects of charity. Midr. Till. to Ps. 90. לעצמי הייתי מַכְשִׁיל I should have injured myself. Pi. כִּישֵּׁל 1) same, v. supra. 2) to weaken, break the force of. Y.Ber.IX, 13c bot. מְכַשְּׁלוֹ בגבעות (Gen. R. s. 24 מרשלו), v. חָשַׁל.

לִכְלֵךְ, לִיכְ׳(cmp. לְכַךְ) 1) (= לחלח) to moisten; to season by dipping into vinegar Ruth R. to II, 14 (v. לִכְלוּךְ) של׳ מעשיו כחומץ ממעשים רעים he (Manasseh) amended his conduct as if with vinegar (freeing it) from bad deeds.Part. pass. מְלוּכְלָךְ, f. מְלוּכְלֶכֶת; pl. מְלוּכְלָכִים; מְלוּכְלָכוֹת. Y. Ḥag.III, 78d מל׳ במשקה dipped in liquid, contrad. to מלוא משקה, opp. to נגיב. Y.Sabb.XII, 16b top אם מל׳ במשקה if the cane is saturated with oil. Ker.13a טיפה מל׳ עלוכ׳ the drop with which the nipple is moistened; a. e. 2) to soil, stain; to defile. Midr. Prov. to 21:22; Yalk. Prov. 944 (ref. to Prov. l. c.) אם … היא מְלַכְלְכוֹ בטיט if thou puttest a golden ornament on the nose of a swine, it will soil it with mud ; כךת״ח … מְלַכְלֵךְ את תורתי so does a scholar … soil his learning; (Midr. Prov. l. c. מקלקל).Part. pass. as ab. Yoma 77b היו ידיו מלוכלכותוכ׳ Ms. M. 2 (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 100) if his hands are soiled Gen. R. s. 65 הייתי משמשו בבגדים מל׳ I used to attend him in soiled (working) garments. Ex. R. s. 22, end (ref. to Job 16:17) מי שידיו מל׳ בגזלוכ׳ he whose hands are soiled with robbery, will call … but not be answered. Ib. s. 27, end מל׳ בעבירות soiled with sins. Lev. R. s. 1, v. אִסְפַּקְלַרְיָא; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְלַכְלֵךְ, Nithpa. נִתְלַכְלֵךְ 1) to be moistened, flavored. Pesik. Bshall., p. 92b> מִתְלַכְלְכִין היווכ׳ (not מתלכלין) they were perfumed with the moisture of the herbs ; v. נִּעְגֵּעַ; Yalk. Deut. 850. 2) to be soiled. Y.B. Kam.III, 3c נִתְלַכְלְכוּ כליו (not נתכלכלו; Bab. ib. 30a נטנפו) if his garments were soiled. Gen. R. s. 65 מִתְלַכְלֵךְ בעוונות defiles himself with sins. Ex. R. s. 23; Cant. R. to I, 5 מִתְלַכְלֶכֶת, v. כָּבַס. Esth. R. to II, 7 נִתְלַכְלַכְתִּי בטומאה I became soiled with impurity; a. e.

לִכְלֵךְ, לִיכְ׳(cmp. לְכַךְ) 1) (= לחלח) to moisten; to season by dipping into vinegar Ruth R. to II, 14 (v. לִכְלוּךְ) של׳ מעשיו כחומץ ממעשים רעים he (Manasseh) amended his conduct as if with vinegar (freeing it) from bad deeds.Part. pass. מְלוּכְלָךְ, f. מְלוּכְלֶכֶת; pl. מְלוּכְלָכִים; מְלוּכְלָכוֹת. Y. Ḥag.III, 78d מל׳ במשקה dipped in liquid, contrad. to מלוא משקה, opp. to נגיב. Y.Sabb.XII, 16b top אם מל׳ במשקה if the cane is saturated with oil. Ker.13a טיפה מל׳ עלוכ׳ the drop with which the nipple is moistened; a. e. 2) to soil, stain; to defile. Midr. Prov. to 21:22; Yalk. Prov. 944 (ref. to Prov. l. c.) אם … היא מְלַכְלְכוֹ בטיט if thou puttest a golden ornament on the nose of a swine, it will soil it with mud ; כךת״ח … מְלַכְלֵךְ את תורתי so does a scholar … soil his learning; (Midr. Prov. l. c. מקלקל).Part. pass. as ab. Yoma 77b היו ידיו מלוכלכותוכ׳ Ms. M. 2 (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 100) if his hands are soiled Gen. R. s. 65 הייתי משמשו בבגדים מל׳ I used to attend him in soiled (working) garments. Ex. R. s. 22, end (ref. to Job 16:17) מי שידיו מל׳ בגזלוכ׳ he whose hands are soiled with robbery, will call … but not be answered. Ib. s. 27, end מל׳ בעבירות soiled with sins. Lev. R. s. 1, v. אִסְפַּקְלַרְיָא; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְלַכְלֵךְ, Nithpa. נִתְלַכְלֵךְ 1) to be moistened, flavored. Pesik. Bshall., p. 92b> מִתְלַכְלְכִין היווכ׳ (not מתלכלין) they were perfumed with the moisture of the herbs ; v. נִּעְגֵּעַ; Yalk. Deut. 850. 2) to be soiled. Y.B. Kam.III, 3c נִתְלַכְלְכוּ כליו (not נתכלכלו; Bab. ib. 30a נטנפו) if his garments were soiled. Gen. R. s. 65 מִתְלַכְלֵךְ בעוונות defiles himself with sins. Ex. R. s. 23; Cant. R. to I, 5 מִתְלַכְלֶכֶת, v. כָּבַס. Esth. R. to II, 7 נִתְלַכְלַכְתִּי בטומאה I became soiled with impurity; a. e.