כסח

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כָּסַח(b. h.; cmp. כסס) to cut down, clear (of thorns, bushes); to trim. Cant. R. to I, 1; Gen. R. s. 12; (Koh. R. to II, 12 כיסח Pi.). Gen. R. s. 49 למגל כּוֹסֶחֶתוכ׳ like a scythe cutting thorns and not being satisfied ; a. fr.Part. pass. כָּסוּחַ, pl. כְּסוּחִים, כְּסוּחִין. Y.Maasr.III, 50d bot. קוצין כ׳ כָּסַחְתִּי (not כסיחין) I cut mowed thorns, i. e. I only put to death doomed culprits; Pesik. Bshall., p. 92a> כוסים כוסחים (corr. acc.), v. כּוֹס II. Pi. כִּיסֵּחַ same. Kil. II, 5 אם נכש או כ׳ if he weeded or cut. Shebi. II, 10 אין מְכַסְּחִין you must not cut (trim) rice plants (in the Sabbath year). Y.Shek.V, beg.48c הראשונים … כִּיסְּחוּוכ׳ our predecessors sowed …, cleared …, yet we have nothing to eat, i. e. they did their utmost for the Law, but we do not profit by their labors. Sifra Bḥuck. Par. 2, ch. V כיסת, כיסה ed. Weiss (corr. acc.); a. e.

כְּסַחch. sam(כסח to trim). Targ. O. Lev. 25:3, sq.; a. e.Snh.26a. Y.Sabb.VI, end, 8d קריב למכסח, v. מוֹכְסָא. Pa. כַּסֵּחַ same. Targ. Ps. 80:13.

כסי, כָּסָהI (cmp. כסח) to make incisions, mark, count. Part. pass. כָּסוּי marked, distinguished. Pesik. R. s. 39 (ref. to Ps. 81:4, v. כֶּסֶא) מהו בכסא בחדש שהוא כ׳ (not כיסוי) what is bakkesé? In the month which is marked (v. infra). Nif. נִכְסֶה, Nithpa. נִתְכַּסֶּה to be marked, distinguished. Lev. R. s. 29 (ref. to Ps. l. c.) וכל החדשים אינן נִכְסִין אלא ליום חגנו are all other months (or New Moon Days) not marked?But (it must be marked by) ‘a festive day; (read:) והלא ניסן חדש נִכְסֶה ויש לו חג: חגו בפני עצמו (Ar. … חדש ונתכסה) but is not Nisan a marked month with a festival? (Answ.) Its festival is separate from it (not coinciding with the New Moon Day); אלא איזהו חדש נ׳ ויש לו חגוכ׳ but what month is there that is marked and has a festival, and that on the same day?; Pesik. Baḥod., p. 153a>.

כסי, כָּסָהI (cmp. כסח) to make incisions, mark, count. Part. pass. כָּסוּי marked, distinguished. Pesik. R. s. 39 (ref. to Ps. 81:4, v. כֶּסֶא) מהו בכסא בחדש שהוא כ׳ (not כיסוי) what is bakkesé? In the month which is marked (v. infra). Nif. נִכְסֶה, Nithpa. נִתְכַּסֶּה to be marked, distinguished. Lev. R. s. 29 (ref. to Ps. l. c.) וכל החדשים אינן נִכְסִין אלא ליום חגנו are all other months (or New Moon Days) not marked?But (it must be marked by) ‘a festive day; (read:) והלא ניסן חדש נִכְסֶה ויש לו חג: חגו בפני עצמו (Ar. … חדש ונתכסה) but is not Nisan a marked month with a festival? (Answ.) Its festival is separate from it (not coinciding with the New Moon Day); אלא איזהו חדש נ׳ ויש לו חגוכ׳ but what month is there that is marked and has a festival, and that on the same day?; Pesik. Baḥod., p. 153a>.

כסי, כָּסָהI (cmp. כסח) to make incisions, mark, count. Part. pass. כָּסוּי marked, distinguished. Pesik. R. s. 39 (ref. to Ps. 81:4, v. כֶּסֶא) מהו בכסא בחדש שהוא כ׳ (not כיסוי) what is bakkesé? In the month which is marked (v. infra). Nif. נִכְסֶה, Nithpa. נִתְכַּסֶּה to be marked, distinguished. Lev. R. s. 29 (ref. to Ps. l. c.) וכל החדשים אינן נִכְסִין אלא ליום חגנו are all other months (or New Moon Days) not marked?But (it must be marked by) ‘a festive day; (read:) והלא ניסן חדש נִכְסֶה ויש לו חג: חגו בפני עצמו (Ar. … חדש ונתכסה) but is not Nisan a marked month with a festival? (Answ.) Its festival is separate from it (not coinciding with the New Moon Day); אלא איזהו חדש נ׳ ויש לו חגוכ׳ but what month is there that is marked and has a festival, and that on the same day?; Pesik. Baḥod., p. 153a>.