מיתה ממרקת שליש

מָרַק(b. h.; sec. r. of רק; cmp. מצהב, Targ. 2 Chr. 4:16) to brighten, cleanse (metal); to scour, scald. Sifra Tsav, Par. 3, ch. VI; Zeb.XI, 6 מוֹרְקוֹ ושוטפווכ׳ he must scour and rinse it ; Tosef. ib. X, 13 מוֹרְקָן (not מוריקן); a. fr. Nif. נִמְרַק to be cleansed, purged. Ab. dR. N. ch. I, beg. בשביל שיִמָּרֵק מכלוכ׳ that he might be cleansed of all the food and drink in his bowels.Tosef.B. Bath. XI, 9 נמרק, read: נִמְחַק). Pi. מֵירֵק 1) to polish up. Koh. R. beg. סיתתה ומֵירְקָהּ he chiselled the stone and polished it, v. כִּרְכֵּם. Sabb.33a (ref. to תמרוק, Prov. 20:30) המְמָרֵק עצמווכ׳ he who polishes himself (makes toilet, prepares himself) for a sinful act; (Rashi: who makes himself free from all other thoughts, devoting himself entirely to sin, v. infra). 2) (cmp. מכה בפטיש) to finish. Tosef.Ḥull.I, 2 ומ׳ הגויוכ׳ and a gentile finished the slaughtering (by cutting farther than the ritual requires); (Ḥull.121b גמר); Yoma III, 4 ומֵרַ׳; Ḥull.29a ומֵי׳. Tam.IV, 2 מ׳ את ההפשט he finishes the flaying. Mikv. X, 1 הכניסן … ולא מֵרְקָן he inserted the handles properly but did not finish them off (by fastening). Ohol. XIII, 3 הגיפה ולא מֵירְקָהּ he fitted the door in, but did not finish it off (so that it fitted accurately). Y.R. Hash. I, end, 57c, a. e. מכיון שהתחיל … מָרֵק inasmuch as he commenced the act, we say to him, finish it; a. fr. 3) to cleanse from sin by suffering, to remove sin, effect forgiveness. Ber.5a יסורין שמְמָרְקִין כלוכ׳ sufferings which cleanse the entire body of man; ib. ממרקין כל עונותיווכ׳ wash away all sins of man; Yalk. Ex. 339; Yalk. Deut. 850. Yoma 86a מיתה מְמָרֶקֶת death finishes the atonement (v. supra); Y.Snh.X, 27c bot. מיתה ממרקת שליש death removes the last third of sins; a. fr.Y.Keth.VI, beg.30c (in mixed dict.) ולא מְמָרֵק לה פורנה and does not pay off the entire dowry.Sabb.33a, v. supra. Hof. הוּמְרַק to be washed off, cleansed. Snh.92a וה׳ סידו Ar. s. v. סר 3, ed. Koh., v. מָקַק Hof.

מָרַק(b. h.; sec. r. of רק; cmp. מצהב, Targ. 2 Chr. 4:16) to brighten, cleanse (metal); to scour, scald. Sifra Tsav, Par. 3, ch. VI; Zeb.XI, 6 מוֹרְקוֹ ושוטפווכ׳ he must scour and rinse it ; Tosef. ib. X, 13 מוֹרְקָן (not מוריקן); a. fr. Nif. נִמְרַק to be cleansed, purged. Ab. dR. N. ch. I, beg. בשביל שיִמָּרֵק מכלוכ׳ that he might be cleansed of all the food and drink in his bowels.Tosef.B. Bath. XI, 9 נמרק, read: נִמְחַק). Pi. מֵירֵק 1) to polish up. Koh. R. beg. סיתתה ומֵירְקָהּ he chiselled the stone and polished it, v. כִּרְכֵּם. Sabb.33a (ref. to תמרוק, Prov. 20:30) המְמָרֵק עצמווכ׳ he who polishes himself (makes toilet, prepares himself) for a sinful act; (Rashi: who makes himself free from all other thoughts, devoting himself entirely to sin, v. infra). 2) (cmp. מכה בפטיש) to finish. Tosef.Ḥull.I, 2 ומ׳ הגויוכ׳ and a gentile finished the slaughtering (by cutting farther than the ritual requires); (Ḥull.121b גמר); Yoma III, 4 ומֵרַ׳; Ḥull.29a ומֵי׳. Tam.IV, 2 מ׳ את ההפשט he finishes the flaying. Mikv. X, 1 הכניסן … ולא מֵרְקָן he inserted the handles properly but did not finish them off (by fastening). Ohol. XIII, 3 הגיפה ולא מֵירְקָהּ he fitted the door in, but did not finish it off (so that it fitted accurately). Y.R. Hash. I, end, 57c, a. e. מכיון שהתחיל … מָרֵק inasmuch as he commenced the act, we say to him, finish it; a. fr. 3) to cleanse from sin by suffering, to remove sin, effect forgiveness. Ber.5a יסורין שמְמָרְקִין כלוכ׳ sufferings which cleanse the entire body of man; ib. ממרקין כל עונותיווכ׳ wash away all sins of man; Yalk. Ex. 339; Yalk. Deut. 850. Yoma 86a מיתה מְמָרֶקֶת death finishes the atonement (v. supra); Y.Snh.X, 27c bot. מיתה ממרקת שליש death removes the last third of sins; a. fr.Y.Keth.VI, beg.30c (in mixed dict.) ולא מְמָרֵק לה פורנה and does not pay off the entire dowry.Sabb.33a, v. supra. Hof. הוּמְרַק to be washed off, cleansed. Snh.92a וה׳ סידו Ar. s. v. סר 3, ed. Koh., v. מָקַק Hof.