מסרס

סוּףII (b. h.) to cut; to be cut off; to end. Tanḥ. Bresh. 12 וסָפָה הטוביםוכ׳ and destroys the good and the bad. Pi. סִיֵּיף to cut, diminish; to exterminate (corresp. to b. h. כִּלָּה). Gen. R. s. 100 מי יכול לסַיֵּיףוכ׳ who can annihilate the dust?… the beasts of the field? Ib. s. 42 מה אתה הולך ומְסַיֵּיף את עצמךוכ׳ Var. in Yalk. ib. 73 for מסרס (ed. מסיים) why wilt thou reduce (weaken) thyself among thy enemies? (v. Tanḥ. Vayera 3).Part. pass. מְסוּיָּיף (denom. of סוֹף); f. pl. מְסוּיָּיפוֹת left to the end, ripening late; opp. בַּכִּיר, בִּכּוּרָה. Y.Dem.I, beg.21c הבכירות והמס׳ (Tosef. ib. I, 3 הבכורות והסייפות). Y.Shebi.IV, end, 35c; a. fr. Nithpa. נִסְתַּיֵּיף to be late in ripening, to be left on the tree beyond cutting time. Y.Dem.I, beg., 21c נִסְתַּיְּיפוּוכ׳, v. סוֹף a. סוֹפֶת.

סוּףII (b. h.) to cut; to be cut off; to end. Tanḥ. Bresh. 12 וסָפָה הטוביםוכ׳ and destroys the good and the bad. Pi. סִיֵּיף to cut, diminish; to exterminate (corresp. to b. h. כִּלָּה). Gen. R. s. 100 מי יכול לסַיֵּיףוכ׳ who can annihilate the dust?… the beasts of the field? Ib. s. 42 מה אתה הולך ומְסַיֵּיף את עצמךוכ׳ Var. in Yalk. ib. 73 for מסרס (ed. מסיים) why wilt thou reduce (weaken) thyself among thy enemies? (v. Tanḥ. Vayera 3).Part. pass. מְסוּיָּיף (denom. of סוֹף); f. pl. מְסוּיָּיפוֹת left to the end, ripening late; opp. בַּכִּיר, בִּכּוּרָה. Y.Dem.I, beg.21c הבכירות והמס׳ (Tosef. ib. I, 3 הבכורות והסייפות). Y.Shebi.IV, end, 35c; a. fr. Nithpa. נִסְתַּיֵּיף to be late in ripening, to be left on the tree beyond cutting time. Y.Dem.I, beg., 21c נִסְתַּיְּיפוּוכ׳, v. סוֹף a. סוֹפֶת.

סָרַסI, Pi. סֵירס (cmp. הָרַס, רָסַס) to destroy, uproot; to mutilate, esp. to make impotent. Tosef.B. Bath.IV, 7 חלות דבש אינו רשאי לסָרֵסוכ׳ ed. Zuck. (oth. ed. לירש) if the honey-combs of a bee-hive are sold, the purchaser must not uproot (tear out) all of them at the same time, but must leave the outermost cakes Sot.36a סֵירְסַתָּן מלמטה it (the wasp צִרְעָה) mutilated them at their lower extremities. Cant. R. to I, 1 סֵירְסוֹ made him impotent. Kidd.25a עבד שסִרְסוֹוכ׳ a slave whom his master mutilated by injury to his testicles. Sabb.110b הרוצה שיְסָרֵסוכ׳ if one desires to emasculate a cock, let him take off his comb, and he will thereby be emasculated (without an operation). Ib. 111a במְסָרֵס אחר מסרס if one adds to the mutilation caused by another person; a. fr.B. Bath.V, 3 נוטל ג׳ נחלין ומסרס the buyer takes three broods, after which the owner may make the bees impotent of propagation; ib. 80a במה מְסָרְסָןוכ׳ by what means does one make them impotent?… By feeding them with mustard. Ib. לא חרדל מסרסןוכ׳ mustard does not make them impotent Trnsf. to disarrange, upset; to transpose, Ib. (another interpret, of ומסרס, Mish. l. c.) נוטל … בסירוס, v. סֵירוּס. Ib. 119b (ref. to Num. 27:2) סָרֵס המקרא ודרשהו invert the order in which the persons are mentioned in that verse, and interpret it. Lev. R. s. 27, beg. (ref. to Ps. 36:7) סרס המקראוכ׳ transpose the verse, and explain it: ‘thy kindness is as far above thy judgments, as the mountains are above the great deep. Ex. R. s. 5 (ref. to מי, Ex. 5:2) סרס אותו מי יםוכ׳ transpose mi and read yam, the sea made thee know the Lord; a. fr.(Lev. R. s. 12 מסרסתו, read: מְסַטַּרְתּוֹ, v. סָטַר.Part. pass. מְסוֹרָס upside down, transposed Nidd.III, 5 יצא … מס׳ if the embryo came out with its feet foremost. Num. R. s. 11 (ref. to Ex. 20:24) זה מקרא מס׳וכ׳ this verse must be interpreted by transposition, wherever I shall come and bless thee, there I shall allow my Name (the Tetragrammaton) to be pronounced. Mekh. Bshall., Vayass‘a, s. 4. Gen. R. s. 70 (ref. to Gen. 28:22) מְסוֹרֶסֶת היא הפרשה the accounts of the section are not in chronological order, opp. על הסדרוכ׳; a. e. Hithpa. הִסְתָּרֵס, Nithpa. נִסְתָּרֵס 1) to be emasculated. Sabb. 110b והוא מִסְתָּרֵסוכ׳, v. supra. Gen. R. s. 86; a. e. 2) (cmp. עָקַר) to be uprooted, removed. Snh.93b נִסְתָּרְסָהע״זוכ׳ idolatry was uprooted in their days (in the days of Hanania, Mishael). Mekh. Mishp. s. 20 (read:) שלא תִסְתָּרֵס שבת בראשית ממקומה to intimate that the weekly Sabbath is not to he removed from its place, i. e. that it must be observed also in the Sabbatical year; Yalk. Ex. 354. Mekh. l. c. שלא יִסְתָּרְסוּ שלשוכ׳ that the three festivals must not be removed from their place; Yalk. Ex. 356 שלא יסתרווכ׳ (corr. acc.).

סָרַסI, Pi. סֵירס (cmp. הָרַס, רָסַס) to destroy, uproot; to mutilate, esp. to make impotent. Tosef.B. Bath.IV, 7 חלות דבש אינו רשאי לסָרֵסוכ׳ ed. Zuck. (oth. ed. לירש) if the honey-combs of a bee-hive are sold, the purchaser must not uproot (tear out) all of them at the same time, but must leave the outermost cakes Sot.36a סֵירְסַתָּן מלמטה it (the wasp צִרְעָה) mutilated them at their lower extremities. Cant. R. to I, 1 סֵירְסוֹ made him impotent. Kidd.25a עבד שסִרְסוֹוכ׳ a slave whom his master mutilated by injury to his testicles. Sabb.110b הרוצה שיְסָרֵסוכ׳ if one desires to emasculate a cock, let him take off his comb, and he will thereby be emasculated (without an operation). Ib. 111a במְסָרֵס אחר מסרס if one adds to the mutilation caused by another person; a. fr.B. Bath.V, 3 נוטל ג׳ נחלין ומסרס the buyer takes three broods, after which the owner may make the bees impotent of propagation; ib. 80a במה מְסָרְסָןוכ׳ by what means does one make them impotent?… By feeding them with mustard. Ib. לא חרדל מסרסןוכ׳ mustard does not make them impotent Trnsf. to disarrange, upset; to transpose, Ib. (another interpret, of ומסרס, Mish. l. c.) נוטל … בסירוס, v. סֵירוּס. Ib. 119b (ref. to Num. 27:2) סָרֵס המקרא ודרשהו invert the order in which the persons are mentioned in that verse, and interpret it. Lev. R. s. 27, beg. (ref. to Ps. 36:7) סרס המקראוכ׳ transpose the verse, and explain it: ‘thy kindness is as far above thy judgments, as the mountains are above the great deep. Ex. R. s. 5 (ref. to מי, Ex. 5:2) סרס אותו מי יםוכ׳ transpose mi and read yam, the sea made thee know the Lord; a. fr.(Lev. R. s. 12 מסרסתו, read: מְסַטַּרְתּוֹ, v. סָטַר.Part. pass. מְסוֹרָס upside down, transposed Nidd.III, 5 יצא … מס׳ if the embryo came out with its feet foremost. Num. R. s. 11 (ref. to Ex. 20:24) זה מקרא מס׳וכ׳ this verse must be interpreted by transposition, wherever I shall come and bless thee, there I shall allow my Name (the Tetragrammaton) to be pronounced. Mekh. Bshall., Vayass‘a, s. 4. Gen. R. s. 70 (ref. to Gen. 28:22) מְסוֹרֶסֶת היא הפרשה the accounts of the section are not in chronological order, opp. על הסדרוכ׳; a. e. Hithpa. הִסְתָּרֵס, Nithpa. נִסְתָּרֵס 1) to be emasculated. Sabb. 110b והוא מִסְתָּרֵסוכ׳, v. supra. Gen. R. s. 86; a. e. 2) (cmp. עָקַר) to be uprooted, removed. Snh.93b נִסְתָּרְסָהע״זוכ׳ idolatry was uprooted in their days (in the days of Hanania, Mishael). Mekh. Mishp. s. 20 (read:) שלא תִסְתָּרֵס שבת בראשית ממקומה to intimate that the weekly Sabbath is not to he removed from its place, i. e. that it must be observed also in the Sabbatical year; Yalk. Ex. 354. Mekh. l. c. שלא יִסְתָּרְסוּ שלשוכ׳ that the three festivals must not be removed from their place; Yalk. Ex. 356 שלא יסתרווכ׳ (corr. acc.).

סְרַסPa. סָרֵיס ch. same, 1) to emasculate. Targ. Y. Lev. 22:24.Ḥag.14b מהו לסָרוּסֵיוכ׳ is it permitted to castrate a dog? 2) to disarrange, transpose, reverse. Lev. R. s. 22 הוה מְסָרֵס קרייאוכ׳ Resh Lakish interpreted the verse (Is. 66:3) by transposition (making the subject the predicate), ‘he who kills a man (thinks of it as lightly as if he) had slaughtered an ox Y.R. Hash. II, end, 58b (read:) ר״ש בן ל׳ מסרס הדין קרייא אלופינו מְסַבְּלִים אין כתיבוכ׳ R. S. b. L. interprets this verse just in a reverse way (to R. Johanans interpretation), it is not written, ‘our teachers bear, but ‘our teachers are borne with, when the small bear with (the shortcomings of) the great, then there is no breach Trnsf. to plague, torment, weary into submission. Gen. R. s. 58 (ref. to ופגעו, Gen. 23:8) (read as:) Yalk. ib. 102 פגעוניה לי סָרְסוּנֵיה ליוכ׳ plague him for me, bore him for me, and if this has no effect, pray for him in my favor (that God may turn his heart to yield to my wishes).

סְרַסPa. סָרֵיס ch. same, 1) to emasculate. Targ. Y. Lev. 22:24.Ḥag.14b מהו לסָרוּסֵיוכ׳ is it permitted to castrate a dog? 2) to disarrange, transpose, reverse. Lev. R. s. 22 הוה מְסָרֵס קרייאוכ׳ Resh Lakish interpreted the verse (Is. 66:3) by transposition (making the subject the predicate), ‘he who kills a man (thinks of it as lightly as if he) had slaughtered an ox Y.R. Hash. II, end, 58b (read:) ר״ש בן ל׳ מסרס הדין קרייא אלופינו מְסַבְּלִים אין כתיבוכ׳ R. S. b. L. interprets this verse just in a reverse way (to R. Johanans interpretation), it is not written, ‘our teachers bear, but ‘our teachers are borne with, when the small bear with (the shortcomings of) the great, then there is no breach Trnsf. to plague, torment, weary into submission. Gen. R. s. 58 (ref. to ופגעו, Gen. 23:8) (read as:) Yalk. ib. 102 פגעוניה לי סָרְסוּנֵיה ליוכ׳ plague him for me, bore him for me, and if this has no effect, pray for him in my favor (that God may turn his heart to yield to my wishes).