נמשכה

משַׁךְ(b. h.; cmp. מָשַׁח II) to draw, pull; to seize; (with מן) to withdraw; in gen. to stretch, produce a continuous line or flow; to conduct. Kil. VIII, 2 לחרוש לִמְשוֹךְ ולהנהיג to plough with, to pull (by the head, go in front of), and to drive. Gen. R. s. 86 שהיו מוֹשְׁכִיןוכ׳, v. infra. Mekh. Bo, s. 11 (ref. to Ex. 12:21) מִשְׁכוּ מי שיש לווכ׳ ‘lead forth (select), refers to him who has a lamb, ‘and buy, refers to one who has none. Ib. מִשְׁכוּ מע״ז withdraw from idolatry, Ib. שמוֹשְׁכִין את ידיהם ממנווכ׳ that you may withdraw your share in the Passover lamb as long as it has not been slaughtered (v. מָנָה); Pes.VIII, 3. Ib. IX, 10 אלו מושכין להן אחדוכ׳ the one company select one lamb, the other M. Kat. I, 3 מוֹשְׁכִים את המיםוכ׳ you may draw (conduct) the water in channels from tree to tree. Pesik. R. s. 26 שמא יִמְשוֹךְ לו חלב והוא אינו מוֹשֵׁךְ perhaps it (the breast) will yield him milk when sucking, but it did not yield. Ex. R. n. 52 התחילה מוֹשֶׁכֶת דינריוכ׳ it (the valley) began to give forth a flow of gold denars before their eyes. Tosef.Sot.XIV, 8; Sot.47b מוֹשְׁכֵי הרוק those who draw out their spittle (assume aristocratic airs). Ḥag.14a מושכין לבווכ׳ they draw the heart of the people as one conducts water, when they lecture; Sabb.87a (play on ויגד, Ex. 19:9, v. נָגַד) דברים שמושכין … כאגדה words which draw (attract) the heart of man like a lecture. Y.Ab. Zar. III. 42c top מָשְׁבוּ צינורות דםוכ׳ the gutters of Laodicea carried a flow of blood; a. v. fr.Esp. (law) to take possession by drawing or seizing an object, v. מְשִׁיכָה. B. Mets.IV, 2 מ׳ הימנו פירותוכ׳ if he took possession of fruits bought of him before paying. Ib. 47a לא הספיק לִמְשוֹךְוכ׳ he had not yet had time to take possession of the ass; a. v. fr.Zeb.6b סכין מוֹשְׁכַתָּן למה שהן the slaughtering knife takes possession of them for what they are to be, i. e. the slaughtering of the sacrifices decides their purpose; Shebu.12b.מ׳ ערלה to stretch the prepuce, to disguise circumcision. Y.Peah I, 16b; a. e.Part. pass. מָשוּךְ; f. מְשוּכָה; pl. מְשוּכִים, מְשוּכִין; מְשוּכוֹת a) straightlined, continuous. Nidd.57b אם מ׳ if the blood-stain has the shape of a line, opp. עגול. Y.Erub.I, 19b top היה מ׳ if the wall is straight-lined. Ib. שלא תהא הקורה מ׳וכ׳ that the beam be not prolonged more than Ib. במשוכין יותרוכ׳ when they are longer than ; a. fr.Mikv. V, 3, v. נָדָל.b) (with מ־) withdrawn. Pes.IX, 10 ידיך מ׳ משלךוכ׳ thy share be withdrawn from thy lamb, and be transferred to ours; a. e.c) v. מָשוּךְ. Nif. נִמְשַׁךְ 1) to be stretched. Y.Yeb.VIII, 8d bot. נִמְשְׁכָה מאליה if the prepuce overgrew the corona of itself, v. מָשוּךְ. 2) to be prolonged, continued. Hor.12a אין מושחין … כדי שתִּמָּשֵׁךְ מלכותן kings are anointed at a spring in order that their government may be prolonged (cmp. Ḥag. l. c.). Ib. נמשכה מלכותן their dynasty was prolonged; a. fr. 3) to be withdrawn. Tosef.Pes.VII, 7 רצו להִמָּשֵׁךְ ולהמנותוכ׳ (ed. Zuck. incorrect) if they desire to withdraw, and that others be entered, Ib. נִמְשָׁכִין והולכיןוכ׳ they may go on withdrawing, a. fr. 4) to be drawn after; to follow. Ex. R. s. 24. Gen. R. s. 86 לפדה שהיו מושכין … ולא היתה נִמְשֶׁכֶת like a cow which they attempt to pull to the slaughter-house, and which will not go; a. fr. 5) to be conducted in a channel. Tosef.Par.IX (VIII), 9 המים הנִמְשָׁכִיןוכ׳ well-water derived into a channel, v. מָרַץ; a. e. Hif. הִמְשִׁיךְ 1) to cause to extend. Keth.10b (the rain) מצדן ימַמְשִׁיךְ gives beauty and enlargement (to the fruits). 2) to draw, pull. Y.Kil.VIII, 31c top, a. e. הנהיגה הִמְשִׁיכָהּוכ׳ if he drove the animal, or pulled it, or called it. Ex. R. s. 20, beg. הִמְשַׁכְתִּיו ברסן I pulled him by the bridle; a. e. 3) to conduct water into channels. Tem.12b שאובה שהִמְשִׁיכוּהָ כולה a collection of drawn water all of which has been conducted through a channel. Y.Shebi.II, end, 34b להַמְשִׁיךְ to irrigate by gutters, contrad. to להשקות. Y.M. Kat. I, 80b top ה׳ המעייןוכ׳ he led the water of a well into it. Tosef.Sabb.VII (VIII), 16 מַמְשִׁיכִין ייןוכ׳ you may let wine or oil run in gutters before bride and groom; Ber.50b; a. fr. 4) to prolong a meal, to add a course. Succ.27a, v. פַּרְפֶּרֶת.

משַׁךְ(b. h.; cmp. מָשַׁח II) to draw, pull; to seize; (with מן) to withdraw; in gen. to stretch, produce a continuous line or flow; to conduct. Kil. VIII, 2 לחרוש לִמְשוֹךְ ולהנהיג to plough with, to pull (by the head, go in front of), and to drive. Gen. R. s. 86 שהיו מוֹשְׁכִיןוכ׳, v. infra. Mekh. Bo, s. 11 (ref. to Ex. 12:21) מִשְׁכוּ מי שיש לווכ׳ ‘lead forth (select), refers to him who has a lamb, ‘and buy, refers to one who has none. Ib. מִשְׁכוּ מע״ז withdraw from idolatry, Ib. שמוֹשְׁכִין את ידיהם ממנווכ׳ that you may withdraw your share in the Passover lamb as long as it has not been slaughtered (v. מָנָה); Pes.VIII, 3. Ib. IX, 10 אלו מושכין להן אחדוכ׳ the one company select one lamb, the other M. Kat. I, 3 מוֹשְׁכִים את המיםוכ׳ you may draw (conduct) the water in channels from tree to tree. Pesik. R. s. 26 שמא יִמְשוֹךְ לו חלב והוא אינו מוֹשֵׁךְ perhaps it (the breast) will yield him milk when sucking, but it did not yield. Ex. R. n. 52 התחילה מוֹשֶׁכֶת דינריוכ׳ it (the valley) began to give forth a flow of gold denars before their eyes. Tosef.Sot.XIV, 8; Sot.47b מוֹשְׁכֵי הרוק those who draw out their spittle (assume aristocratic airs). Ḥag.14a מושכין לבווכ׳ they draw the heart of the people as one conducts water, when they lecture; Sabb.87a (play on ויגד, Ex. 19:9, v. נָגַד) דברים שמושכין … כאגדה words which draw (attract) the heart of man like a lecture. Y.Ab. Zar. III. 42c top מָשְׁבוּ צינורות דםוכ׳ the gutters of Laodicea carried a flow of blood; a. v. fr.Esp. (law) to take possession by drawing or seizing an object, v. מְשִׁיכָה. B. Mets.IV, 2 מ׳ הימנו פירותוכ׳ if he took possession of fruits bought of him before paying. Ib. 47a לא הספיק לִמְשוֹךְוכ׳ he had not yet had time to take possession of the ass; a. v. fr.Zeb.6b סכין מוֹשְׁכַתָּן למה שהן the slaughtering knife takes possession of them for what they are to be, i. e. the slaughtering of the sacrifices decides their purpose; Shebu.12b.מ׳ ערלה to stretch the prepuce, to disguise circumcision. Y.Peah I, 16b; a. e.Part. pass. מָשוּךְ; f. מְשוּכָה; pl. מְשוּכִים, מְשוּכִין; מְשוּכוֹת a) straightlined, continuous. Nidd.57b אם מ׳ if the blood-stain has the shape of a line, opp. עגול. Y.Erub.I, 19b top היה מ׳ if the wall is straight-lined. Ib. שלא תהא הקורה מ׳וכ׳ that the beam be not prolonged more than Ib. במשוכין יותרוכ׳ when they are longer than ; a. fr.Mikv. V, 3, v. נָדָל.b) (with מ־) withdrawn. Pes.IX, 10 ידיך מ׳ משלךוכ׳ thy share be withdrawn from thy lamb, and be transferred to ours; a. e.c) v. מָשוּךְ. Nif. נִמְשַׁךְ 1) to be stretched. Y.Yeb.VIII, 8d bot. נִמְשְׁכָה מאליה if the prepuce overgrew the corona of itself, v. מָשוּךְ. 2) to be prolonged, continued. Hor.12a אין מושחין … כדי שתִּמָּשֵׁךְ מלכותן kings are anointed at a spring in order that their government may be prolonged (cmp. Ḥag. l. c.). Ib. נמשכה מלכותן their dynasty was prolonged; a. fr. 3) to be withdrawn. Tosef.Pes.VII, 7 רצו להִמָּשֵׁךְ ולהמנותוכ׳ (ed. Zuck. incorrect) if they desire to withdraw, and that others be entered, Ib. נִמְשָׁכִין והולכיןוכ׳ they may go on withdrawing, a. fr. 4) to be drawn after; to follow. Ex. R. s. 24. Gen. R. s. 86 לפדה שהיו מושכין … ולא היתה נִמְשֶׁכֶת like a cow which they attempt to pull to the slaughter-house, and which will not go; a. fr. 5) to be conducted in a channel. Tosef.Par.IX (VIII), 9 המים הנִמְשָׁכִיןוכ׳ well-water derived into a channel, v. מָרַץ; a. e. Hif. הִמְשִׁיךְ 1) to cause to extend. Keth.10b (the rain) מצדן ימַמְשִׁיךְ gives beauty and enlargement (to the fruits). 2) to draw, pull. Y.Kil.VIII, 31c top, a. e. הנהיגה הִמְשִׁיכָהּוכ׳ if he drove the animal, or pulled it, or called it. Ex. R. s. 20, beg. הִמְשַׁכְתִּיו ברסן I pulled him by the bridle; a. e. 3) to conduct water into channels. Tem.12b שאובה שהִמְשִׁיכוּהָ כולה a collection of drawn water all of which has been conducted through a channel. Y.Shebi.II, end, 34b להַמְשִׁיךְ to irrigate by gutters, contrad. to להשקות. Y.M. Kat. I, 80b top ה׳ המעייןוכ׳ he led the water of a well into it. Tosef.Sabb.VII (VIII), 16 מַמְשִׁיכִין ייןוכ׳ you may let wine or oil run in gutters before bride and groom; Ber.50b; a. fr. 4) to prolong a meal, to add a course. Succ.27a, v. פַּרְפֶּרֶת.

מָתַח(b. h.) to extend, stretch (cmp. משך, משח). Kil. VI, 9 המוֹתֵחַ זמורהוכ׳ if one trains a vine from one tree to another. Sabb.75a המותח חוטוכ׳ he who pulls the thread of a seam (bringing the ends closer together), v. infra. Gen. R. s. 3, a. e. שלא תאמר מיכאל היה מותחוכ׳ lest you say, Michael stretched (the world) in the south, v. מָדַד; Midr. Till. to Ps. 24 מְמַתֵּחַ. Y.Ber.I, 2d top אדם מותח אהלוכ׳ when one stretches a tent-cover, in course of time it becomes loose; Gen. R. s. 12, end; Yalk. Is. 314.Gen. R. s. 10, end, v. Nif.(Yalk. Prov. 961 סופו להיות מותח v. מָתַק.Part. pass. מָתוּחַ; f. מְתוּחָה; pl. מְתוּחִים, מְתוּחִין; מְתוּחוֹת stretched, extended; (of a bow) bent; trnsf. (of judgment) ready to be discharged, aimed. Kel. XXI, 3. Gen. R. s. 35 אותה מדת הדין שהיתה מ׳ כנגד … ומְתָחָהּוכ׳ that very judgment which was aimed against Israel, did the Lord turn and aim against the Egyptians. Y.M. Kat. III, 83c top הדין מ׳ כנגדוכ׳ judgment is ready against the whole family. Pesik. R. s. 38; a. fr. Pi. מִיתֵּחַ same, esp. to straiten straps; to bring objects closer together. M. Kat. I, 8 אף מְמַתְּחִין you may also straigten (bed-straps). Ib. 10a וממתחין שאם … מְמַתְּחוֹ ‘you may stretch, means when it (a strap) is lax, you may straiten it; Y. ib. I, 80d bot. Tosef.Kel.B. Bath.IV, 10 מחוסרין … למַתֵּחַ need … stretching. Midr. Till. l. c., v. supra.Y.Sabb.XIII, beg.14a המְמַתֵּחַ צדדין (ed. Krot. הממחה צדדיו, corr. acc.) he who brings the ends of two pieces close together (by pulling the thread up and knotting it), v. supra; Y.Kil.IX, end, 32d המְמַתֵּיחַ צדדין (or המַמְתִּיחַ Hif.; not צדדיו); a. e. Nif. נִמְתַּח to be stretched, spread, drawn. Snh.38b נִמְתְּחוּ אבריו his limbs were stretched (shaped); (Ab. d R. N. ch. I נתקשרו); Yalk. Gen. 15. Ib. 16 היו נִמְתָּחִין והולכין (ib. also מוֹתְחִין; Gen. R. s. 10, end מותחין) they (the works of creation) continued to extend (develop). Y.Ber.I, 2c bot. יִמָּתֵחַ הרקיע (or יִמְתַּח) let the firmament be stretched out. R. Hash. 22b יִמָּתֵחַ על העמוד shall be stretched on the pillory. Y.Hor.II, 46d נִמְתְּחָה הקשת the bow was bent (euphem. for erection). Yalk. Ps. 796 נמתחה החרב the sword (of judgment) was drawn; (Tanḥ. Bmidb. 7 נמשכה; ib. ed. Bub. 7 נשמטה). Hithpa. הִתְמַתֵּחַ same. Tanḥ. Ḥayé 3 והיו הולכין ומִתְמַתְּחִיןוכ׳ they would have gone on spreading

מָתַח(b. h.) to extend, stretch (cmp. משך, משח). Kil. VI, 9 המוֹתֵחַ זמורהוכ׳ if one trains a vine from one tree to another. Sabb.75a המותח חוטוכ׳ he who pulls the thread of a seam (bringing the ends closer together), v. infra. Gen. R. s. 3, a. e. שלא תאמר מיכאל היה מותחוכ׳ lest you say, Michael stretched (the world) in the south, v. מָדַד; Midr. Till. to Ps. 24 מְמַתֵּחַ. Y.Ber.I, 2d top אדם מותח אהלוכ׳ when one stretches a tent-cover, in course of time it becomes loose; Gen. R. s. 12, end; Yalk. Is. 314.Gen. R. s. 10, end, v. Nif.(Yalk. Prov. 961 סופו להיות מותח v. מָתַק.Part. pass. מָתוּחַ; f. מְתוּחָה; pl. מְתוּחִים, מְתוּחִין; מְתוּחוֹת stretched, extended; (of a bow) bent; trnsf. (of judgment) ready to be discharged, aimed. Kel. XXI, 3. Gen. R. s. 35 אותה מדת הדין שהיתה מ׳ כנגד … ומְתָחָהּוכ׳ that very judgment which was aimed against Israel, did the Lord turn and aim against the Egyptians. Y.M. Kat. III, 83c top הדין מ׳ כנגדוכ׳ judgment is ready against the whole family. Pesik. R. s. 38; a. fr. Pi. מִיתֵּחַ same, esp. to straiten straps; to bring objects closer together. M. Kat. I, 8 אף מְמַתְּחִין you may also straigten (bed-straps). Ib. 10a וממתחין שאם … מְמַתְּחוֹ ‘you may stretch, means when it (a strap) is lax, you may straiten it; Y. ib. I, 80d bot. Tosef.Kel.B. Bath.IV, 10 מחוסרין … למַתֵּחַ need … stretching. Midr. Till. l. c., v. supra.Y.Sabb.XIII, beg.14a המְמַתֵּחַ צדדין (ed. Krot. הממחה צדדיו, corr. acc.) he who brings the ends of two pieces close together (by pulling the thread up and knotting it), v. supra; Y.Kil.IX, end, 32d המְמַתֵּיחַ צדדין (or המַמְתִּיחַ Hif.; not צדדיו); a. e. Nif. נִמְתַּח to be stretched, spread, drawn. Snh.38b נִמְתְּחוּ אבריו his limbs were stretched (shaped); (Ab. d R. N. ch. I נתקשרו); Yalk. Gen. 15. Ib. 16 היו נִמְתָּחִין והולכין (ib. also מוֹתְחִין; Gen. R. s. 10, end מותחין) they (the works of creation) continued to extend (develop). Y.Ber.I, 2c bot. יִמָּתֵחַ הרקיע (or יִמְתַּח) let the firmament be stretched out. R. Hash. 22b יִמָּתֵחַ על העמוד shall be stretched on the pillory. Y.Hor.II, 46d נִמְתְּחָה הקשת the bow was bent (euphem. for erection). Yalk. Ps. 796 נמתחה החרב the sword (of judgment) was drawn; (Tanḥ. Bmidb. 7 נמשכה; ib. ed. Bub. 7 נשמטה). Hithpa. הִתְמַתֵּחַ same. Tanḥ. Ḥayé 3 והיו הולכין ומִתְמַתְּחִיןוכ׳ they would have gone on spreading

שָׁמַט(b. h.; cmp. מוּט) to slip; (act. verb) to loosen, detach; to carry off, steal. Num. R. s. 420> (ref. to 2 Sam. 6:6) למה שָׁמְטוּ why did they slip (turn off)? M. Kat. 24a שמטו חזיריםוכ׳ swine dragged his body off. Y.Ber.III, 5d bot., a. e. שוֹמֵטוכ׳, v. קְלִבִּנְטִירִין. Ib. מטה … שוֹמְטָן ודיו in the case of a bed the poles of which are movable, one (in mourning) detaches them, and that is sufficient; Y.Ned.VII, end, 40c שימטו (corr. acc.). B. Mets. 104a שוֹמְטוֹ מעל גבי בניו he may take it (the pledge) from the back of his (the debtors) sons. Ex. R. s. 43 והם שוֹמְטִיםוכ׳, v. טֶטְרָאמוּלִי. Y.Keth.V, 30b היתה שוֹמֶטֶת עצמהוכ׳ she slipped away from under him; Sot.9b נִשְׁמְטָה (Nif.). Gen. R. s. 14 שוֹמְטָהּ, v. צָרַר I. Pesik. R. s. 20 נִשְׁמוֹט אותה let us abandon her (that she may not find her way home); מיד שְׁמָטוּהָ (not שמוטה) and so they abandoned her. Lev. R. s. 34 יִשְׁמוֹט, v. חָלַץ. Gen. R. s. 20 שומט גידיןוכ׳ it (the serpent) draws out fibres (v. גִּיד) and eats them. Midr. Till. to Ps. 114 (ref. to Deut. 4:34 גוי מקרב גוי) כאדם ששומט את העוברוכ׳ as a man draws an embryo out of its mothers womb. Ib. למדנו צער לנִשְׁמָט לשימט מנין we learn here that there was pain for the body drawn out (Israel), whence do we learn that it was painful for him that drew out (for the Lord who redeemed them)?; a. fr.Part. pass. שָׁמוּט; f. שְׁמוּטָה. Ḥull.54a ש׳ ושחוטהוכ׳ if the trachea was found detached, yet cut through, the animal is kasher; שא״א לש׳וכ׳ for it is impossible that a loose trachea should be cut through (therefore the detachment must have taken place after the ritual cutting). Ib. 57a, a. e. שְׁמוּטַת ורך an animal with a dislocated thigh-bone; שמוטת וד with a dislocated foreleg; a. e.V. שָׁמוּט. Nif. נִשְׁמַט to be detached, slip away. Midr. Till. l. c., v. supra. Sot. l. c., v. supra. Num. R. s. 18> הר חורב שעליו נִשִׁמְטָה החרבוכ׳ it is named mount Horeb, because on it the sword (of judgment) was unsheathed (for crimes); (Yalk. ib. 684 נמשכה; Yalk. Ps. 796 נמתחה). Macc.II, 1, v. קַתְּ. Sifra Emor, ch. II, Par. 3 (expl. שרוע, Lev. 21:18) שנשמטה יריכו (Rabad שנשתרבבה) whose hip is dislocated. Cant. R. to V, 16 נשמטה נפשו (ממנו) his soul slipped away (from him), he fainted; a. fr.Tosef.‘UktsinI, 2 (Tbul Yom III) נשמטין, read with ed. Zuck. נִכְסָסִין. Pi. שִׁמֵּט 1) to loosen, pluck, esp. to thin a thicket of reeds. Tosef.Shebi.I, 7; Y. ib. II, 33d top מְשַׁמְּטִין בקנים you may thin reeds (in the Sabbatical year); מקום … ולְשַׁמֵּטוכ׳ where it is customary to clear vines and to thin reeds before ; a. e. 2) to drag forth. Pesik. R. s. 17 ומְשַׁמְּטִים הבכורות מביןוכ׳ and the dogs dragged the dead bodies of the first-born out of the burial caves; Yalk. Ex. 186; a. e. 3) (v. שְׁמִטָּה) to cause release from debt; to cause cessation of field labor; (neut. verb) to come under the law of limitation of the Sabbatical year; (of the ground) to rest. Shebi. X, 1 שביעית מְשַׁמֶּטֶת את המלוהוכ׳ the Sabbatical year causes cancellation of (cash) debts, whether verbal or written; הקפת … אינה משמטת, v. הַקָּפָה; שכר שכיר אינו מְשַׁמֵּט a hired mans wages do not come under the law of shmiṭṭah; ib. 2 המוסר … אינן משמטין (not אינו) if one hands his notes over to the court, they are not subject to the law of limitation; ib. האונס … וכל מעשהב״ד אינן משמטין fines for outrage … and all obligations arising from legal procedures do not come under the law ; ib. 3, v. פְּרוֹזְבּוֹל; (Y. ed. מַשְׁמִיט, מַשְׁמִיטִין Hif. interch. with Pi.. Sifra Bḥuck., Par. 2, ch. VII אני אמרתי … ומשמטים לי אחתוכ׳ I have told you that you may sow six years, and let the ground rest for me one year, that you may know ; עמדו וגלו והיא תְשַׁמֵּט מאליה כל שמיטיםוכ׳ go ye and be carried into exile, and it (the land) will rest of itself (making up for) all the Sabbatical years ; Yalk. Lev. 675 והיא תַשְׁמִיט מאיליה עד שתרצה לפני כל שמיטיןוכ׳. Ab. dR. N. ch. XXXVIII הואיל ואין אתם משמיטין אותה היא תְשַׁמֵּט אתכם (ed. Schechter ואי אתם משמטים את הארץ) because you do not let the earth rest, she will abandon you; ומספר ירחים שאי אתם משמיטין אותה היא תשמט מאליה (ed. Schechter שאין אתם משמטים) and according to the number of months that you fail to let her rest, she will rest of herself. Gitt.36a בזמן שאתה משמט … משמט כספים when thou art bound to let the ground rest, thou art bound to cancel debts; a. fr.Snh.97a כשם שהשביעית משמטת … כך העולם משמטוכ׳ as the Sabbatical year causes cessation of field work once every seven years, so shall the world rest (be waste) one millennium in every seven millenniums. 4) to remit a debt. Gitt.37b המחזיר חוב … יאמר לו משמט אניוכ׳ if a person pays a debt in the Sabbatical year, he (the creditor) must say, ‘I remit (and have no claim): but if he (the debtor) says, ‘nevertheless, he may accept; Sabb.148b; Sifré Deut. 112; a. e. 5) to abandon, send away. Ab. dR. N. l. c., v. supra. Hif. הִשְׁמִיט same, v. supra. Hithpa. הִשְׁתַּמֵּט to slide, fall off. Midr. Till. to Ps. 18:11 מִשְׁתַּמְּטוֹת, v. טֶלֶף.

שָׁמַט(b. h.; cmp. מוּט) to slip; (act. verb) to loosen, detach; to carry off, steal. Num. R. s. 420> (ref. to 2 Sam. 6:6) למה שָׁמְטוּ why did they slip (turn off)? M. Kat. 24a שמטו חזיריםוכ׳ swine dragged his body off. Y.Ber.III, 5d bot., a. e. שוֹמֵטוכ׳, v. קְלִבִּנְטִירִין. Ib. מטה … שוֹמְטָן ודיו in the case of a bed the poles of which are movable, one (in mourning) detaches them, and that is sufficient; Y.Ned.VII, end, 40c שימטו (corr. acc.). B. Mets. 104a שוֹמְטוֹ מעל גבי בניו he may take it (the pledge) from the back of his (the debtors) sons. Ex. R. s. 43 והם שוֹמְטִיםוכ׳, v. טֶטְרָאמוּלִי. Y.Keth.V, 30b היתה שוֹמֶטֶת עצמהוכ׳ she slipped away from under him; Sot.9b נִשְׁמְטָה (Nif.). Gen. R. s. 14 שוֹמְטָהּ, v. צָרַר I. Pesik. R. s. 20 נִשְׁמוֹט אותה let us abandon her (that she may not find her way home); מיד שְׁמָטוּהָ (not שמוטה) and so they abandoned her. Lev. R. s. 34 יִשְׁמוֹט, v. חָלַץ. Gen. R. s. 20 שומט גידיןוכ׳ it (the serpent) draws out fibres (v. גִּיד) and eats them. Midr. Till. to Ps. 114 (ref. to Deut. 4:34 גוי מקרב גוי) כאדם ששומט את העוברוכ׳ as a man draws an embryo out of its mothers womb. Ib. למדנו צער לנִשְׁמָט לשימט מנין we learn here that there was pain for the body drawn out (Israel), whence do we learn that it was painful for him that drew out (for the Lord who redeemed them)?; a. fr.Part. pass. שָׁמוּט; f. שְׁמוּטָה. Ḥull.54a ש׳ ושחוטהוכ׳ if the trachea was found detached, yet cut through, the animal is kasher; שא״א לש׳וכ׳ for it is impossible that a loose trachea should be cut through (therefore the detachment must have taken place after the ritual cutting). Ib. 57a, a. e. שְׁמוּטַת ורך an animal with a dislocated thigh-bone; שמוטת וד with a dislocated foreleg; a. e.V. שָׁמוּט. Nif. נִשְׁמַט to be detached, slip away. Midr. Till. l. c., v. supra. Sot. l. c., v. supra. Num. R. s. 18> הר חורב שעליו נִשִׁמְטָה החרבוכ׳ it is named mount Horeb, because on it the sword (of judgment) was unsheathed (for crimes); (Yalk. ib. 684 נמשכה; Yalk. Ps. 796 נמתחה). Macc.II, 1, v. קַתְּ. Sifra Emor, ch. II, Par. 3 (expl. שרוע, Lev. 21:18) שנשמטה יריכו (Rabad שנשתרבבה) whose hip is dislocated. Cant. R. to V, 16 נשמטה נפשו (ממנו) his soul slipped away (from him), he fainted; a. fr.Tosef.‘UktsinI, 2 (Tbul Yom III) נשמטין, read with ed. Zuck. נִכְסָסִין. Pi. שִׁמֵּט 1) to loosen, pluck, esp. to thin a thicket of reeds. Tosef.Shebi.I, 7; Y. ib. II, 33d top מְשַׁמְּטִין בקנים you may thin reeds (in the Sabbatical year); מקום … ולְשַׁמֵּטוכ׳ where it is customary to clear vines and to thin reeds before ; a. e. 2) to drag forth. Pesik. R. s. 17 ומְשַׁמְּטִים הבכורות מביןוכ׳ and the dogs dragged the dead bodies of the first-born out of the burial caves; Yalk. Ex. 186; a. e. 3) (v. שְׁמִטָּה) to cause release from debt; to cause cessation of field labor; (neut. verb) to come under the law of limitation of the Sabbatical year; (of the ground) to rest. Shebi. X, 1 שביעית מְשַׁמֶּטֶת את המלוהוכ׳ the Sabbatical year causes cancellation of (cash) debts, whether verbal or written; הקפת … אינה משמטת, v. הַקָּפָה; שכר שכיר אינו מְשַׁמֵּט a hired mans wages do not come under the law of shmiṭṭah; ib. 2 המוסר … אינן משמטין (not אינו) if one hands his notes over to the court, they are not subject to the law of limitation; ib. האונס … וכל מעשהב״ד אינן משמטין fines for outrage … and all obligations arising from legal procedures do not come under the law ; ib. 3, v. פְּרוֹזְבּוֹל; (Y. ed. מַשְׁמִיט, מַשְׁמִיטִין Hif. interch. with Pi.. Sifra Bḥuck., Par. 2, ch. VII אני אמרתי … ומשמטים לי אחתוכ׳ I have told you that you may sow six years, and let the ground rest for me one year, that you may know ; עמדו וגלו והיא תְשַׁמֵּט מאליה כל שמיטיםוכ׳ go ye and be carried into exile, and it (the land) will rest of itself (making up for) all the Sabbatical years ; Yalk. Lev. 675 והיא תַשְׁמִיט מאיליה עד שתרצה לפני כל שמיטיןוכ׳. Ab. dR. N. ch. XXXVIII הואיל ואין אתם משמיטין אותה היא תְשַׁמֵּט אתכם (ed. Schechter ואי אתם משמטים את הארץ) because you do not let the earth rest, she will abandon you; ומספר ירחים שאי אתם משמיטין אותה היא תשמט מאליה (ed. Schechter שאין אתם משמטים) and according to the number of months that you fail to let her rest, she will rest of herself. Gitt.36a בזמן שאתה משמט … משמט כספים when thou art bound to let the ground rest, thou art bound to cancel debts; a. fr.Snh.97a כשם שהשביעית משמטת … כך העולם משמטוכ׳ as the Sabbatical year causes cessation of field work once every seven years, so shall the world rest (be waste) one millennium in every seven millenniums. 4) to remit a debt. Gitt.37b המחזיר חוב … יאמר לו משמט אניוכ׳ if a person pays a debt in the Sabbatical year, he (the creditor) must say, ‘I remit (and have no claim): but if he (the debtor) says, ‘nevertheless, he may accept; Sabb.148b; Sifré Deut. 112; a. e. 5) to abandon, send away. Ab. dR. N. l. c., v. supra. Hif. הִשְׁמִיט same, v. supra. Hithpa. הִשְׁתַּמֵּט to slide, fall off. Midr. Till. to Ps. 18:11 מִשְׁתַּמְּטוֹת, v. טֶלֶף.