לבטל

בָּטֵלI (b. h.; v. בטי) ( to be hollow); 1) to be void, abolished, suspended; to cease to exist. Keth.103b בָּטְלָה קדושה sanctity of life ceased; (oth. opin.: the levitical law concerning the contact with a corpse was suspended in favor of Rabbi; v. Tosaf. a. l.. Ab. V, 16 ב׳ דבר בְּטֵלָהוכ׳ as soon as the (sensual) attraction disappears, love will disappear. Ib. 21 as if dead ועבר וב׳ מן העולם and passed away and disappeared from this world. Y.Meg.I, 70d top, a. e. בטלה מגלת תענית the Scroll of Fasts has been abolished (the festive commemorations enumerated therein are no more observed). Sot.IX, 9 (47a); a. fr. 2) to rest from labor, be at ease, be idle. Ab. IV, 10 אם בָּטַלְתָּ מןוכ׳ if thou choosest not to study the law, there will be many disturbances (excuses) to assist thee. Ib. I, 5 בּוֹטֵל מד׳׳ת he neglects the study of the Law; a. fr. Nif. נִבְטַל 1) to be abolished, suspended. Y.Meg.I, 70d bot. עתידין לִיבָּטֵל (= לְהִיבָּטֵל) shall in future be abolished (neglected). Gitt.32a, v. infra. 2) to be excused, be exempt, Ib. II, 16 thou art not a free man להִבָּטֵל ממנה so as to be exempt from lifes duties. 3) to remain single. Gitt.IV, 5 (41b) יִבָּטֵל shall he never marry? Pi. בִּיטֵּל, בִּטֵּל 1) to abolish, suspend, cancel, undo, neglect. Ab. II, 4 בַּטֵּל רצונךוכ׳ set aside thy will for the sake of the Lords will, in order that He may set aside the will of others (euphem. for His will) for the sake of thy will (withdraw evil decrees at thy prayer). Ib. IV, 9 המְבַטֵּלוכ׳ he who neglects the study of the Law on account of his wealth. Sot.IX, 10 (47a) אף הוא בִּטֵּל את המעוררין he also abolished (the custom of) the wakers, v. עָרַר. Sabb.63a מְבַטְּלָהּ he (the observer of the Law) will cancel it (avert Gods evil decree). Mekh. Bshall., Amalek, 2, v. אִיפָּטִיקוֹס. Macc.24a. Ab. Zar. IV, 7 למה מְבַטְּלָהּ why does He not destroy it (the objects of idol worship)?Gitt.IV, 1 שוב אינו יכול לבַטְּלוֹ he can no longer annul it (his letter of divorce). Ib. 2 in former times a man could summon a court in a strange place ובִּטְּלוֹ and declare it (the letter of divorce which he had sent off) void. Ib. 32b אתי דיבור ומבטל דיבור a word (declaration) comes and cancels a word.Ab. Zar.IV, 4 (42b) an idolator (gentile) מבטל אליל שלווכ׳ may (by mutilation) cancel his own or his neigbors idol (so that it is no longer subject to the law forbidding Jews to derive any benefits from idolatrous paraphernalia), but an Israelite cannot Ib. המב׳ אליל ב׳וכ׳ in cancelling an idol, one has at the same time cancelled its attachments; a. fr.ב׳ רשות to resign possession, a legal fiction by which the carrying of objects on the Sabbath from ones own place to one common to several persons, may be permitted. Erub.VI, 7 מְבַטֵּל את רשותו he (the brother who forgot to lay the Erub, v. עֵירוּב) must resign his share in the common property. Ib. 68b מבטלין ותוזרין ומב׳ you may resign your share to your neighbor, and then he may resign to you; a. fr.ב׳ חמץ to renounce (by declaration) the possession of anything leavened that may have remained undiscovered in ones possession. Pes.6b הבודק צריך שיְבַטֵּל after one has searched the house for leavened things, he most renounce (whatever he may have failed to find); a. fr.Part. pass. מְבוּטָּל, f. מְבוּטֶּלֶת. Erub.69b רשותי מב׳ לך my possession be resigned to thee (for Sabbath purposes). Gitt.32a if a recipient says, מתנה זו מב׳ ‘this donation be void, תִּיבָּטֵל ‘shall be void, opp. to בְּטֵלָה היא ‘is a void one, i. e. has been annulled.Eduy. I, 5; Gitt36b, a. fr. אין ב׳׳ד יכול לבַ׳וכ׳ no court can repeal (overrule) the decisions of another court, unless 2) to neutralize an admixture of forbidden food in a certain quantity. Ḥull.108a ושאינו מינו … ומבטלו and the portion of the mixture which is not its kind is prevailing and neutralizes the forbidden portion (as if did not exist at all); a. fr. 3) to disturb, cause suspense, interfere with. Erub.63b; Meg.3a בִּיטַּלְתֶּםוכ׳ ye interfered with the daily offering; a. fr.Ber.II, 5 לבטל ממניוכ׳ to suspend (shake off) the yoke of heavenly government even one minute. Hif. הִבְטִיל to cause interruption, to order suspension. Succ.V, 5 להַבְטִיל את העםוכ׳ to cause the people to cease working. Hithpa. a. Nithpa. הִתְבַּטֵּל, נִתְבַּטֵּל to be interrupted, v. Nif.Tan. dbe El. I, 5; II, 3.

בָּטֵלI (b. h.; v. בטי) ( to be hollow); 1) to be void, abolished, suspended; to cease to exist. Keth.103b בָּטְלָה קדושה sanctity of life ceased; (oth. opin.: the levitical law concerning the contact with a corpse was suspended in favor of Rabbi; v. Tosaf. a. l.. Ab. V, 16 ב׳ דבר בְּטֵלָהוכ׳ as soon as the (sensual) attraction disappears, love will disappear. Ib. 21 as if dead ועבר וב׳ מן העולם and passed away and disappeared from this world. Y.Meg.I, 70d top, a. e. בטלה מגלת תענית the Scroll of Fasts has been abolished (the festive commemorations enumerated therein are no more observed). Sot.IX, 9 (47a); a. fr. 2) to rest from labor, be at ease, be idle. Ab. IV, 10 אם בָּטַלְתָּ מןוכ׳ if thou choosest not to study the law, there will be many disturbances (excuses) to assist thee. Ib. I, 5 בּוֹטֵל מד׳׳ת he neglects the study of the Law; a. fr. Nif. נִבְטַל 1) to be abolished, suspended. Y.Meg.I, 70d bot. עתידין לִיבָּטֵל (= לְהִיבָּטֵל) shall in future be abolished (neglected). Gitt.32a, v. infra. 2) to be excused, be exempt, Ib. II, 16 thou art not a free man להִבָּטֵל ממנה so as to be exempt from lifes duties. 3) to remain single. Gitt.IV, 5 (41b) יִבָּטֵל shall he never marry? Pi. בִּיטֵּל, בִּטֵּל 1) to abolish, suspend, cancel, undo, neglect. Ab. II, 4 בַּטֵּל רצונךוכ׳ set aside thy will for the sake of the Lords will, in order that He may set aside the will of others (euphem. for His will) for the sake of thy will (withdraw evil decrees at thy prayer). Ib. IV, 9 המְבַטֵּלוכ׳ he who neglects the study of the Law on account of his wealth. Sot.IX, 10 (47a) אף הוא בִּטֵּל את המעוררין he also abolished (the custom of) the wakers, v. עָרַר. Sabb.63a מְבַטְּלָהּ he (the observer of the Law) will cancel it (avert Gods evil decree). Mekh. Bshall., Amalek, 2, v. אִיפָּטִיקוֹס. Macc.24a. Ab. Zar. IV, 7 למה מְבַטְּלָהּ why does He not destroy it (the objects of idol worship)?Gitt.IV, 1 שוב אינו יכול לבַטְּלוֹ he can no longer annul it (his letter of divorce). Ib. 2 in former times a man could summon a court in a strange place ובִּטְּלוֹ and declare it (the letter of divorce which he had sent off) void. Ib. 32b אתי דיבור ומבטל דיבור a word (declaration) comes and cancels a word.Ab. Zar.IV, 4 (42b) an idolator (gentile) מבטל אליל שלווכ׳ may (by mutilation) cancel his own or his neigbors idol (so that it is no longer subject to the law forbidding Jews to derive any benefits from idolatrous paraphernalia), but an Israelite cannot Ib. המב׳ אליל ב׳וכ׳ in cancelling an idol, one has at the same time cancelled its attachments; a. fr.ב׳ רשות to resign possession, a legal fiction by which the carrying of objects on the Sabbath from ones own place to one common to several persons, may be permitted. Erub.VI, 7 מְבַטֵּל את רשותו he (the brother who forgot to lay the Erub, v. עֵירוּב) must resign his share in the common property. Ib. 68b מבטלין ותוזרין ומב׳ you may resign your share to your neighbor, and then he may resign to you; a. fr.ב׳ חמץ to renounce (by declaration) the possession of anything leavened that may have remained undiscovered in ones possession. Pes.6b הבודק צריך שיְבַטֵּל after one has searched the house for leavened things, he most renounce (whatever he may have failed to find); a. fr.Part. pass. מְבוּטָּל, f. מְבוּטֶּלֶת. Erub.69b רשותי מב׳ לך my possession be resigned to thee (for Sabbath purposes). Gitt.32a if a recipient says, מתנה זו מב׳ ‘this donation be void, תִּיבָּטֵל ‘shall be void, opp. to בְּטֵלָה היא ‘is a void one, i. e. has been annulled.Eduy. I, 5; Gitt36b, a. fr. אין ב׳׳ד יכול לבַ׳וכ׳ no court can repeal (overrule) the decisions of another court, unless 2) to neutralize an admixture of forbidden food in a certain quantity. Ḥull.108a ושאינו מינו … ומבטלו and the portion of the mixture which is not its kind is prevailing and neutralizes the forbidden portion (as if did not exist at all); a. fr. 3) to disturb, cause suspense, interfere with. Erub.63b; Meg.3a בִּיטַּלְתֶּםוכ׳ ye interfered with the daily offering; a. fr.Ber.II, 5 לבטל ממניוכ׳ to suspend (shake off) the yoke of heavenly government even one minute. Hif. הִבְטִיל to cause interruption, to order suspension. Succ.V, 5 להַבְטִיל את העםוכ׳ to cause the people to cease working. Hithpa. a. Nithpa. הִתְבַּטֵּל, נִתְבַּטֵּל to be interrupted, v. Nif.Tan. dbe El. I, 5; II, 3.

נָבֵל(b. h.; cmp. בָּלָה) to fade, shrivel, decay. Y.R. Hash. I, 56d bot. הֶעָלֶה נוֹבֵל, v. בּוּל III. Erub.54a הללו נוֹבְלִין, v. הָלָה. Gen. R. s. 53 (ref. to Is. 40:7) יבש חצירו … ונ׳ ציצווכ׳ Abimelechs grass is dried up and his flower has faded, but ; a. e.V. נוֹבֶלֶת. Pi. נִבֵּל 1) to cause fading; to ruin, deface; to disgrace. Y.Shebi.I, beg.33a מיכן ואילך הוא מְנבֵּל פירותיו after that time (by ploughing an orchard field after the Feast of Weeks) he causes deterioration of his fruits. Ib. IV, 35b bot.; Y.Maas. Sh. V, beg. 55d אילן שהוא מנבל פירותיו a tree which fails to mature its fruits; (Ḥull.77b; Sabb.67a שמַשִּׁיר, v. נָשַׁר). Y.Sabb.IX, 11d; Y.Ab. Zar. III, 43a bot. צאהו נַבְּלֵיהוּ treat him (the idol) like excrements, make him abominable (change his name cacophemistically). Cant. R. to V, 16 מנבל את עצמו בטיט he begrimes himself by working in clay. Ib. אל תְּנַבְּלוּוכ׳ do not degrade yourselves by any evil thing (ref. to Lev. 11:43; 19:28); Num. R. s. 10, beg. Ib. (ed. Amst. p. 240b>) המְנַבֶּלֶת עצמה who neglects her appearance, opp. מקשטת. Ber.63b (ref. to Prov. 30:32 נָבַלְתָּ) כל המנבל עצמו עלוכ׳ he who lowers himself (exposes his ignorance) for the sake of learning, shall finally be raised; Midr. Prov. to ch. 30 אם נִבֵּלוכ׳; Gen. R. s. 81 אם נִבַּלְתָּ עצמך; Ab. dR. N. ch. XI אם מנבל אדם עצמווכ׳ if a man makes himself look offensive (through privations) Midr. Prov. l. c. (ref. to Prov. l. c.) זו יון שגזרו לנַבֵּל נשותיהןוכ׳ (not לבטל) that means the Greeks who decreed to disgrace Israels women; a. fr.נ׳ פיו to make ones mouth turpid, to talk obscenely. Sabb.33a; Keth.8b; a. e. 2) (denom. of נְבֵלָה) to make an animal ritually forbidden by unskillful slaughtering. Tosef.B. Kam. X, 10 המוסר … ונִיבְּלָהּ if one entrusts his animal to a slaughterer, and he makes it unfit, v. infra. Hithpa. הִתְנַבֵּל, Nithpa. נִתְנַבֵּל 1) to be defaced, degraded, disgraced. Y.Yeb.XII, end, 13a מי גרם לך להִתְנַבֵּלוכ׳ what was the cause of thy disgrace (exposure of thy ignorance) in the Law?; Gen. R. l. c. Y.Keth.IV, 28d top. יִתְנַבְּלוּ הןוכ׳ they and their offspring shall be disgraced; a. e. 2) to become ritually forbidden (נְבֵלָה) by unskillful slaughtering. Ḥull.VI, 2 השוחט ונִתְנַבְּלָה בידו if one cuts an animal and it becomes unfit under his hand; ib. V, 3; Tosef. ib. V (VI), 3; a. e.

נָבֵל(b. h.; cmp. בָּלָה) to fade, shrivel, decay. Y.R. Hash. I, 56d bot. הֶעָלֶה נוֹבֵל, v. בּוּל III. Erub.54a הללו נוֹבְלִין, v. הָלָה. Gen. R. s. 53 (ref. to Is. 40:7) יבש חצירו … ונ׳ ציצווכ׳ Abimelechs grass is dried up and his flower has faded, but ; a. e.V. נוֹבֶלֶת. Pi. נִבֵּל 1) to cause fading; to ruin, deface; to disgrace. Y.Shebi.I, beg.33a מיכן ואילך הוא מְנבֵּל פירותיו after that time (by ploughing an orchard field after the Feast of Weeks) he causes deterioration of his fruits. Ib. IV, 35b bot.; Y.Maas. Sh. V, beg. 55d אילן שהוא מנבל פירותיו a tree which fails to mature its fruits; (Ḥull.77b; Sabb.67a שמַשִּׁיר, v. נָשַׁר). Y.Sabb.IX, 11d; Y.Ab. Zar. III, 43a bot. צאהו נַבְּלֵיהוּ treat him (the idol) like excrements, make him abominable (change his name cacophemistically). Cant. R. to V, 16 מנבל את עצמו בטיט he begrimes himself by working in clay. Ib. אל תְּנַבְּלוּוכ׳ do not degrade yourselves by any evil thing (ref. to Lev. 11:43; 19:28); Num. R. s. 10, beg. Ib. (ed. Amst. p. 240b>) המְנַבֶּלֶת עצמה who neglects her appearance, opp. מקשטת. Ber.63b (ref. to Prov. 30:32 נָבַלְתָּ) כל המנבל עצמו עלוכ׳ he who lowers himself (exposes his ignorance) for the sake of learning, shall finally be raised; Midr. Prov. to ch. 30 אם נִבֵּלוכ׳; Gen. R. s. 81 אם נִבַּלְתָּ עצמך; Ab. dR. N. ch. XI אם מנבל אדם עצמווכ׳ if a man makes himself look offensive (through privations) Midr. Prov. l. c. (ref. to Prov. l. c.) זו יון שגזרו לנַבֵּל נשותיהןוכ׳ (not לבטל) that means the Greeks who decreed to disgrace Israels women; a. fr.נ׳ פיו to make ones mouth turpid, to talk obscenely. Sabb.33a; Keth.8b; a. e. 2) (denom. of נְבֵלָה) to make an animal ritually forbidden by unskillful slaughtering. Tosef.B. Kam. X, 10 המוסר … ונִיבְּלָהּ if one entrusts his animal to a slaughterer, and he makes it unfit, v. infra. Hithpa. הִתְנַבֵּל, Nithpa. נִתְנַבֵּל 1) to be defaced, degraded, disgraced. Y.Yeb.XII, end, 13a מי גרם לך להִתְנַבֵּלוכ׳ what was the cause of thy disgrace (exposure of thy ignorance) in the Law?; Gen. R. l. c. Y.Keth.IV, 28d top. יִתְנַבְּלוּ הןוכ׳ they and their offspring shall be disgraced; a. e. 2) to become ritually forbidden (נְבֵלָה) by unskillful slaughtering. Ḥull.VI, 2 השוחט ונִתְנַבְּלָה בידו if one cuts an animal and it becomes unfit under his hand; ib. V, 3; Tosef. ib. V (VI), 3; a. e.

שָׁוְאm. (b. h.; v. שָׁהָה) ( vacancy, vanity, inanity, falsehood. שבועת ש׳ a false oath, vowing to do something impossible, opp. בִּיטּוּי. Shebu.III, 9 שבועה שאוכל … והשנייה שבועת ש׳ (if one says) ‘I swear that I will eat this loaf, (and) I swear that I will not eat it, the former is a useless oath (or vow), the second a false oath; אכלה עבר על שבועת ש׳וכ׳ if he eats it, he is guilty of a false oath (having sworn that he would not eat it); if he does not eat it, he is (also) guilty of a useless oath. Ib. 8 איזוהי שבועת ש׳ נשבעוכ׳ what is a vain oath of affirmation? If one swears to that which is known to be otherwise, saying of a stone column that it is gold ; נשבע … שאי אפשרוכ׳ if one affirms an impossibility, saying I swear that I have seen a camel fly in the air. Ib. נשבע לבטל … זו היא שבועת ש׳וכ׳ if he swears that he will neglect a command, that he will not erect a Succah, …: that is a vain oath, on the wilful pronouncing of which he is punished with stripes Ib. 21a איזוהי שבועת ש׳ … שקר נשבעוכ׳ what is a vain oath? If one swears to what is known to be otherwise; a false oath, if one swears to the opposite of the truth (e. g. ‘I have eaten, when he has not, ‘I have not eaten, when he has), v. שֶׁקֶר. Ib. 20b ש׳ ושקר אחד הן a vain oath ( shav) and a false oath ( sheḳer) are the same; a. fr.תפלת ש׳ a vain prayer, a prayer concerning a thing which cannot be changed. Ber.IX, 3; a. fr.Ex. R. s. 3 (ref. to מתי שוא, Job 11:11) God knows העם המתים על הש׳ לעשותו the people that risk their lives for falsehood (idolatry) to commit it; העתידים לעשות ש׳וכ׳ those that will commit falsehood and be put to death.לַשָּׁ׳ in vain, to no purpose. Keth.62b, v. שָׁמַר. Y.Meg.III, 74a bot., v. תַּמְרוּרִים.

שָׁוְאm. (b. h.; v. שָׁהָה) ( vacancy, vanity, inanity, falsehood. שבועת ש׳ a false oath, vowing to do something impossible, opp. בִּיטּוּי. Shebu.III, 9 שבועה שאוכל … והשנייה שבועת ש׳ (if one says) ‘I swear that I will eat this loaf, (and) I swear that I will not eat it, the former is a useless oath (or vow), the second a false oath; אכלה עבר על שבועת ש׳וכ׳ if he eats it, he is guilty of a false oath (having sworn that he would not eat it); if he does not eat it, he is (also) guilty of a useless oath. Ib. 8 איזוהי שבועת ש׳ נשבעוכ׳ what is a vain oath of affirmation? If one swears to that which is known to be otherwise, saying of a stone column that it is gold ; נשבע … שאי אפשרוכ׳ if one affirms an impossibility, saying I swear that I have seen a camel fly in the air. Ib. נשבע לבטל … זו היא שבועת ש׳וכ׳ if he swears that he will neglect a command, that he will not erect a Succah, …: that is a vain oath, on the wilful pronouncing of which he is punished with stripes Ib. 21a איזוהי שבועת ש׳ … שקר נשבעוכ׳ what is a vain oath? If one swears to what is known to be otherwise; a false oath, if one swears to the opposite of the truth (e. g. ‘I have eaten, when he has not, ‘I have not eaten, when he has), v. שֶׁקֶר. Ib. 20b ש׳ ושקר אחד הן a vain oath ( shav) and a false oath ( sheḳer) are the same; a. fr.תפלת ש׳ a vain prayer, a prayer concerning a thing which cannot be changed. Ber.IX, 3; a. fr.Ex. R. s. 3 (ref. to מתי שוא, Job 11:11) God knows העם המתים על הש׳ לעשותו the people that risk their lives for falsehood (idolatry) to commit it; העתידים לעשות ש׳וכ׳ those that will commit falsehood and be put to death.לַשָּׁ׳ in vain, to no purpose. Keth.62b, v. שָׁמַר. Y.Meg.III, 74a bot., v. תַּמְרוּרִים.