ערוה

עֶרְוָה
1. нагота, срам;
2. срамота, срамное или противное.

עַרְוָה
нагота;
перен. срамота, позор.

עֶרְוָהf. (b. h.; עָרָה I) nakedness, shame; unchastity, lewdness, obscenity. Cant. R. to I, 2 מה מים מכסים עֶרְוָתוֹ … עֶרְוָתָן as water covers the nakedness of the sea, … so (study of) the Law covers up the nakedness (atones for the sins) of Israel. Ber.24b לבו רואה את הע׳ his heart sees the nakedness, i. e. there is no garment (girdle) separating the upper part of the body from the lower. Ib. 24a, משום ע׳ v. עֲגָבָה. Ib. קול באשה ע׳ hearing a womans voice is indecency (you must not read the Shmʿa while a woman is singing within your heaving); שער באשה ע׳ the sight of womans hair is an impropriety (with regard to reading the Shmʿa). Gitt.IX, 10 לא יגרש … דבר ע׳ a man must not divorce his wife, unless he have found in her something improper (v. Deut. 24:1). Ib. 90a (interpret. ערות דבר, Deut. l. c.) אם נאמר ערות … הייתי אומר משום ע׳ תצא משום דבר לא תצא if the text had ʿervath (meaning ʿervah) without dabar, I might have thought, for scandalous conduct she is to be dismissed, for ‘something (any other cause) she must not be dismissed. Ib. לא מצא בה לא ע׳ ולא דבר if he found in her neither indecency nor any other fault. Ib. 64a a. fr. אין דבר שבע׳ פחות משנים any act in which purity of sexual life is concerned (marriage, divorce) requires no less than two witnesses. Ab. III, 13 שחוק … מרגילין (את האדם) לע׳ merriment and light-mindedness make man familiar with licentiousness; a. v. fr.Esp. incest, trnsf. ʿervah, a woman forbidden to a man ( and vice versa) on account of consanguinity. Yeb.3b מה אחות אשה מיוחדת שהיא ע׳ … אף כל שהיא ע׳וכ׳ as the sister of a mans (living) wife who is singled out (Lev. 18:18) as an ʿervah, with the punishment of extinction in case of wilfulness, and of a sin-offering in case of mistake, may not be taken in a levirate marriage, so no woman that is a forbidden relation … may be taken Ib. 13a צרות ע׳ the rivals of a woman forbidden on account of consanguinity; a. v. fr.Pl. עֲרָיוֹת (fr. עֶרְיָה). Keth.13b, v. אֶפִּיטְרוֹפּוֹס.גילוי ע׳, v. גִּילּוּי. Yeb.I, 2 היתה בתו או אחת מכל הע׳ האלווכ׳ if a mans daughter or any other of those (above mentioned) relations was married to his brother, Ib. 3b כל הע׳ האמורות בתורה all forbidden relations named in the Torah. Ib. I, 3 שש ע׳ חמורות מאלו six relations more rigorously forbidden than these. Meg.IV, 9, v. כָּנָה; a. fr.

אִיסּוּרII, אִסּוּר m. ( אסר; cmp. b. h. אֵסוּר, a. אֵיסוּר) 1) band, chain; trnsf. social circle. Succ.45b (ref. to Ps. 118:27) כל העושה א׳ לחגוכ׳ he who creates a circle for the festival with eating and drinking, i. e. social pleasures. (Oth. explan.: he who makes an addition to the number of festive days;hence the popular name of אסרו חג for the day following the festivals. 2) prohibition, interdict; also the forbidden object. Y.Ber.I, 3b bot. דברי תורה יש בהן א׳וכ׳ the Biblical law contains prohibitions and permissions.א׳ ערוה an obstacle to marriage by the existing laws of incest, e. g. a man prevented from performing a levirate marriage because his late brothers wife is his own wifes sister; א׳ מצוה a marriage (or sexual connection) permitted in the Torah but forbidden by Rabbinical enactment;so called because obedience to the Rabbis is a meritorious act ( מצוה); א׳ קדושה marriage restrictions incumbent on priests on account of their sacred office; (another opinion inverts the last two definitions). Yeb.II, 3 (20a).אין א׳ חל על א׳ one prohibition can take no legal hold where another prohibition already exists; i. e. you can punish, or impose sacrificial expiation, only for the first one; e. g. if you eat the meat of an unclean animal which, besides, has not been slaughtered according to ritual ( נבלה). Ib. 13b; a. fr.Exceptions to this principle (adopted by most authorities) are when the acceding act is: 1) א׳ כֹּולֵל a more comprehensive prohibition, i. e. having a wider range of prohibited objects; e. g. the law imposing abstinence from food on the Day of Atonement includes food in general, i. e. food otherwise allowed as well as food forbidden at all times; א׳ מֹוסִיף a more extensive prohibition, i. e. having a wider range of persons concerned; e. g. the sister of As wife is forbidden to him ( אחות אשתו) but not to his brothers. If, afterwards, his brother B. marries that sister of A.s wife, she is forbidden in marriage (after B.s death) to all the brothers as a brothers wife, and to A. both as his own living wifes sister and as his late brothers wife ( אשת אח); 3) א׳ בַּת אַתַת a coincidental prohibition, i. e. two prohibitions taking effect at the same moment, e. g. the Day of Atonement coinciding with the Sabbath day, in which case the restrictions connected with each take effect at the same time (night-fall); 4) א׳ תָמוּר a heavier prohibition, i. e. a prohibition imposing larger restrictions, e. g. the law prohibiting any profitable use of thing (א׳ הנאה), compared to the lighter prohibition, א׳ קַל, not to eat or drink a thing (v. infra). Yeb.32b sq; Shebu. 24ab; Ḥull.101a sq; Kerith. 14b.א׳ תורה a Biblical prohibitory law; א׳דרבנן a Rabbinical prohibitory enactment.א׳ לאו a prohibition expressed in the Law by a plain (לֹא) ‘thou shalt not, without defining the penalty, in which case the latter consists of thirty nine lashes (v., מַלְקוּת).א׳ כרת a prohibition to which the Bible attaches the penalty of excision (by the hand of God).א׳ מיתה a prohibition the transgression of which the Bible punishes with death (execution).א׳ אכילה the law not to eat (meat boiled with milk); א׳ הנאה not to make any use (of it, as selling); א׳ בישול not to boil (meat with milk), Ḥull.115b; a. fr.א׳ במות v. בָּמָה.Pl. אִיסּוּרִין. Ḥull.98a sq. כל א׳ שבתורה (בטלין) בששים all things Biblically forbidden are neutralized if mixed with a quantity sixty times as large; ib. במאהin a quantity one hundred times as large; a. fr.

אִיסּוּרII, אִסּוּר m. ( אסר; cmp. b. h. אֵסוּר, a. אֵיסוּר) 1) band, chain; trnsf. social circle. Succ.45b (ref. to Ps. 118:27) כל העושה א׳ לחגוכ׳ he who creates a circle for the festival with eating and drinking, i. e. social pleasures. (Oth. explan.: he who makes an addition to the number of festive days;hence the popular name of אסרו חג for the day following the festivals. 2) prohibition, interdict; also the forbidden object. Y.Ber.I, 3b bot. דברי תורה יש בהן א׳וכ׳ the Biblical law contains prohibitions and permissions.א׳ ערוה an obstacle to marriage by the existing laws of incest, e. g. a man prevented from performing a levirate marriage because his late brothers wife is his own wifes sister; א׳ מצוה a marriage (or sexual connection) permitted in the Torah but forbidden by Rabbinical enactment;so called because obedience to the Rabbis is a meritorious act ( מצוה); א׳ קדושה marriage restrictions incumbent on priests on account of their sacred office; (another opinion inverts the last two definitions). Yeb.II, 3 (20a).אין א׳ חל על א׳ one prohibition can take no legal hold where another prohibition already exists; i. e. you can punish, or impose sacrificial expiation, only for the first one; e. g. if you eat the meat of an unclean animal which, besides, has not been slaughtered according to ritual ( נבלה). Ib. 13b; a. fr.Exceptions to this principle (adopted by most authorities) are when the acceding act is: 1) א׳ כֹּולֵל a more comprehensive prohibition, i. e. having a wider range of prohibited objects; e. g. the law imposing abstinence from food on the Day of Atonement includes food in general, i. e. food otherwise allowed as well as food forbidden at all times; א׳ מֹוסִיף a more extensive prohibition, i. e. having a wider range of persons concerned; e. g. the sister of As wife is forbidden to him ( אחות אשתו) but not to his brothers. If, afterwards, his brother B. marries that sister of A.s wife, she is forbidden in marriage (after B.s death) to all the brothers as a brothers wife, and to A. both as his own living wifes sister and as his late brothers wife ( אשת אח); 3) א׳ בַּת אַתַת a coincidental prohibition, i. e. two prohibitions taking effect at the same moment, e. g. the Day of Atonement coinciding with the Sabbath day, in which case the restrictions connected with each take effect at the same time (night-fall); 4) א׳ תָמוּר a heavier prohibition, i. e. a prohibition imposing larger restrictions, e. g. the law prohibiting any profitable use of thing (א׳ הנאה), compared to the lighter prohibition, א׳ קַל, not to eat or drink a thing (v. infra). Yeb.32b sq; Shebu. 24ab; Ḥull.101a sq; Kerith. 14b.א׳ תורה a Biblical prohibitory law; א׳דרבנן a Rabbinical prohibitory enactment.א׳ לאו a prohibition expressed in the Law by a plain (לֹא) ‘thou shalt not, without defining the penalty, in which case the latter consists of thirty nine lashes (v., מַלְקוּת).א׳ כרת a prohibition to which the Bible attaches the penalty of excision (by the hand of God).א׳ מיתה a prohibition the transgression of which the Bible punishes with death (execution).א׳ אכילה the law not to eat (meat boiled with milk); א׳ הנאה not to make any use (of it, as selling); א׳ בישול not to boil (meat with milk), Ḥull.115b; a. fr.א׳ במות v. בָּמָה.Pl. אִיסּוּרִין. Ḥull.98a sq. כל א׳ שבתורה (בטלין) בששים all things Biblically forbidden are neutralized if mixed with a quantity sixty times as large; ib. במאהin a quantity one hundred times as large; a. fr.

בִּדְקָא, בִּידְקָאm. ch. = h. בֶּדֶק 1) breaking into, freshet, bursting dam. B. Mets.66b אתא ב׳וכ׳ a freshet came and overflooded B. Bath.41a שקל בי׳וכ׳ a freshet swept his field (taking away the fence). Ḥull.105a צינורא דב׳ Ar. a channel caused by a freshet, v. בְּדַק. Snh.7a strife is likened לצינורא דבי׳ (דמיא)וכ׳ to an inroad made by a burst (of water), once entering it widens more and more; a. fr.Pl. בִּדְקֵי, בִּידְקֵי. Erub.21a דשכיחי בי׳ where freshets are of frequent occurrence. 2) breach, defect. Targ. O. Gen. 42:9 (h. ערוה). Targ. 2 Kings 12:6 sq.Pl. Targ. Lam. 1:8 בִּדְקָהָא her shortcomings (h. עֶרְוָתָהּ). B. Bath.61a בדקא, v. בַּרְקָא III.

בִּדְקָא, בִּידְקָאm. ch. = h. בֶּדֶק 1) breaking into, freshet, bursting dam. B. Mets.66b אתא ב׳וכ׳ a freshet came and overflooded B. Bath.41a שקל בי׳וכ׳ a freshet swept his field (taking away the fence). Ḥull.105a צינורא דב׳ Ar. a channel caused by a freshet, v. בְּדַק. Snh.7a strife is likened לצינורא דבי׳ (דמיא)וכ׳ to an inroad made by a burst (of water), once entering it widens more and more; a. fr.Pl. בִּדְקֵי, בִּידְקֵי. Erub.21a דשכיחי בי׳ where freshets are of frequent occurrence. 2) breach, defect. Targ. O. Gen. 42:9 (h. ערוה). Targ. 2 Kings 12:6 sq.Pl. Targ. Lam. 1:8 בִּדְקָהָא her shortcomings (h. עֶרְוָתָהּ). B. Bath.61a בדקא, v. בַּרְקָא III.

בִּדְקָא, בִּידְקָאm. ch. = h. בֶּדֶק 1) breaking into, freshet, bursting dam. B. Mets.66b אתא ב׳וכ׳ a freshet came and overflooded B. Bath.41a שקל בי׳וכ׳ a freshet swept his field (taking away the fence). Ḥull.105a צינורא דב׳ Ar. a channel caused by a freshet, v. בְּדַק. Snh.7a strife is likened לצינורא דבי׳ (דמיא)וכ׳ to an inroad made by a burst (of water), once entering it widens more and more; a. fr.Pl. בִּדְקֵי, בִּידְקֵי. Erub.21a דשכיחי בי׳ where freshets are of frequent occurrence. 2) breach, defect. Targ. O. Gen. 42:9 (h. ערוה). Targ. 2 Kings 12:6 sq.Pl. Targ. Lam. 1:8 בִּדְקָהָא her shortcomings (h. עֶרְוָתָהּ). B. Bath.61a בדקא, v. בַּרְקָא III.

בִּדְקָא, בִּידְקָאm. ch. = h. בֶּדֶק 1) breaking into, freshet, bursting dam. B. Mets.66b אתא ב׳וכ׳ a freshet came and overflooded B. Bath.41a שקל בי׳וכ׳ a freshet swept his field (taking away the fence). Ḥull.105a צינורא דב׳ Ar. a channel caused by a freshet, v. בְּדַק. Snh.7a strife is likened לצינורא דבי׳ (דמיא)וכ׳ to an inroad made by a burst (of water), once entering it widens more and more; a. fr.Pl. בִּדְקֵי, בִּידְקֵי. Erub.21a דשכיחי בי׳ where freshets are of frequent occurrence. 2) breach, defect. Targ. O. Gen. 42:9 (h. ערוה). Targ. 2 Kings 12:6 sq.Pl. Targ. Lam. 1:8 בִּדְקָהָא her shortcomings (h. עֶרְוָתָהּ). B. Bath.61a בדקא, v. בַּרְקָא III.

בִּיאָהII f. (b. h. בִּאָה; בּוֹא) 1) coming in, entrance. Men.4a; Sifra Metsor. Neg. ch. IV, Par. 7 (ref. to ושב, Lev. 14:39 a. ובא, ib. 44) זו היא שיבה זו היא ב׳ the same rule applies to his coming the second time and to his entering (after a week). Cant. R. to II, 6 (ref. to ביתך …, Deut. 6:10) (on the door post to the right) of thy coming from the street to thy house. Yoma 86b ולואי … כב׳ oh, that the going out (of office) be (as pure) as the coming into! Ib. sq. ב׳ כיציאה … oh, that the coming home (from court) be (as sinless) as the going out (for holding court)! B. Mets. 107a ב׳ לעולם birth. Y.Naz.V, II, 56d top, a. fr. בִּיאַת המקדש entering the Temple. Yoma 53b ב׳ ריקנית entering (the Holy of Holies) without incense, i. e. needlessly. ביאת שמש sunset. Ber.2a ב׳ שמשווכ׳ the sunset of his last day of levitical uncleanness prevents him from, i. e. is indispensable for his permission to eat Trumah, v. טְהֵר: a. fr.Pl. בִּיאוֹת. Kidd.37b נאמרו ב׳וכ׳ bibl. passages mentionning entrance into the promised land; a. fr. 2) (v. בּוֹא; = בְּעִילָה) coition, connection. Kidd.I, 1; a. fr. ביאת ערוה incestuous connection. Y.Yeb.II, 3c bot.; a. fr.ב׳ מצוה, v. מִצְוָה.Pl. as supra. Kerith. II, 3; a. fr.Cant. R. to IV, 12 שתי ב׳ two ways of

בִּיאָהII f. (b. h. בִּאָה; בּוֹא) 1) coming in, entrance. Men.4a; Sifra Metsor. Neg. ch. IV, Par. 7 (ref. to ושב, Lev. 14:39 a. ובא, ib. 44) זו היא שיבה זו היא ב׳ the same rule applies to his coming the second time and to his entering (after a week). Cant. R. to II, 6 (ref. to ביתך …, Deut. 6:10) (on the door post to the right) of thy coming from the street to thy house. Yoma 86b ולואי … כב׳ oh, that the going out (of office) be (as pure) as the coming into! Ib. sq. ב׳ כיציאה … oh, that the coming home (from court) be (as sinless) as the going out (for holding court)! B. Mets. 107a ב׳ לעולם birth. Y.Naz.V, II, 56d top, a. fr. בִּיאַת המקדש entering the Temple. Yoma 53b ב׳ ריקנית entering (the Holy of Holies) without incense, i. e. needlessly. ביאת שמש sunset. Ber.2a ב׳ שמשווכ׳ the sunset of his last day of levitical uncleanness prevents him from, i. e. is indispensable for his permission to eat Trumah, v. טְהֵר: a. fr.Pl. בִּיאוֹת. Kidd.37b נאמרו ב׳וכ׳ bibl. passages mentionning entrance into the promised land; a. fr. 2) (v. בּוֹא; = בְּעִילָה) coition, connection. Kidd.I, 1; a. fr. ביאת ערוה incestuous connection. Y.Yeb.II, 3c bot.; a. fr.ב׳ מצוה, v. מִצְוָה.Pl. as supra. Kerith. II, 3; a. fr.Cant. R. to IV, 12 שתי ב׳ two ways of

גְּדֵירָהf. (preced.) fence, fortification; trnsf. guard, self-restraint. Cant. R. to IV, 12 גְּדֵירַת ערוה moral restraint, v. גֶּדֶר.Pl. גְּדֵירוֹת. Pesik. R. s. 26 saw the Temple (which the angels had set on fire) עשוי לו ג׳ ג׳ של אבנים (Yalk. Jer. 300 גזרות של אבנים) surrounded with stone fences (fortified).

גְּדֵירָהf. (preced.) fence, fortification; trnsf. guard, self-restraint. Cant. R. to IV, 12 גְּדֵירַת ערוה moral restraint, v. גֶּדֶר.Pl. גְּדֵירוֹת. Pesik. R. s. 26 saw the Temple (which the angels had set on fire) עשוי לו ג׳ ג׳ של אבנים (Yalk. Jer. 300 גזרות של אבנים) surrounded with stone fences (fortified).

גֶּדֶרI m. (v. גָּדֵיר) fence, partition. Peah II, 3. Y. ib. 16d ג׳ מחובר a hedge, v. חָבַר. B. Kam.23a (read:) ונפל הג׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) and the partition wall fell in; a. v. fr.Trnsf. guard against trespassing the law, restraint, preventive measure (v. גְּזֵרָה). Tosef.ShebiIII, 13 לא גזרו אלא ג׳ שיכול לעמוד they (the scholars) erect only such a fence as can stand, i. e. enact only practicable measures (v. גָּזַר). Snh.21a ג׳ גדול גָּדְרָהוכ׳ Tamar erected a great guard at the time (became a warning to girls). Lev. R. s. 26 the serpent פרץ גִּדְרוֹ של עולם made a breach in the fence of the world (opened the way to lawlessness). Ib. s. 24, a. fr. ג׳ ערוה guard against immorality, chastity, v. גָּדַר; a. fr.Y.Pes.I, 27c bot. ויש ג׳ לג׳ can a preventive rabbinical law (גְּזֵרָה) be enacted as a guard for another preventive law?Pl. גְּדֵרוֹת. Lev. R. s. 24; a. e., v. גָּדֵיר.

גֶּדֶרI m. (v. גָּדֵיר) fence, partition. Peah II, 3. Y. ib. 16d ג׳ מחובר a hedge, v. חָבַר. B. Kam.23a (read:) ונפל הג׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) and the partition wall fell in; a. v. fr.Trnsf. guard against trespassing the law, restraint, preventive measure (v. גְּזֵרָה). Tosef.ShebiIII, 13 לא גזרו אלא ג׳ שיכול לעמוד they (the scholars) erect only such a fence as can stand, i. e. enact only practicable measures (v. גָּזַר). Snh.21a ג׳ גדול גָּדְרָהוכ׳ Tamar erected a great guard at the time (became a warning to girls). Lev. R. s. 26 the serpent פרץ גִּדְרוֹ של עולם made a breach in the fence of the world (opened the way to lawlessness). Ib. s. 24, a. fr. ג׳ ערוה guard against immorality, chastity, v. גָּדַר; a. fr.Y.Pes.I, 27c bot. ויש ג׳ לג׳ can a preventive rabbinical law (גְּזֵרָה) be enacted as a guard for another preventive law?Pl. גְּדֵרוֹת. Lev. R. s. 24; a. e., v. גָּדֵיר.

מְעִילָהf. (מָעַל; b. h. מַעַל) false dealing, bad faith. Sifré Num. 7 (ref. to Num. 5:12, sq.) הרי מ׳ על דבר ערוה this (context) proves that maʿal refers to marital faithlessness (not to pecuniary defalcation). Ib. אין מ׳ … אלא שיקור mʿilah everywhere (in the Scripture) has the meaning of false dealing; Num. R. s. 8. B. Bath.88b זה הקדים חטא למ׳וכ׳ this one (who robbed a man) makes sin precede faithlessness (ref. to Lev. 5:21), whereas that one (who robbed the Temple) makes faithlessness precede sin (ib. 15); a. fr.Pl. מְעִילוֹת. Num. R. s. 9 (ref. to Num. 5:12) שתי מ׳ הללווכ׳ why this repetition of the stem מעל?Esp. mʿilah, the law concerning the unlawful use of sacred property (Lev. 5:15 sq). Tosef.Meïl. I, 5 הציל … מן המ׳ protects the flesh of the other animal from being subject to the law of m., i. e. no use made of it is considered sacrilege. Ib. 8 יצא ידי מ׳ is no longer amenable to the law ; Meil.2a. Tosef. ib. III, 2 להיכן מ׳ זו נופלת to what fund does this fine for mal-appropriation go? Meïl. 12a אית ביה מ׳, איכא מ׳ the law of m. applies to it; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Zeb.V, 5 אשם מ׳ the guilt-offering for mal-appropriations of sacred property; a. fr.M‘ilah, name of a treatise of the Mishnab, Tosefta and Talmud Babli of the Order of Kodashim.

מְעִילָהf. (מָעַל; b. h. מַעַל) false dealing, bad faith. Sifré Num. 7 (ref. to Num. 5:12, sq.) הרי מ׳ על דבר ערוה this (context) proves that maʿal refers to marital faithlessness (not to pecuniary defalcation). Ib. אין מ׳ … אלא שיקור mʿilah everywhere (in the Scripture) has the meaning of false dealing; Num. R. s. 8. B. Bath.88b זה הקדים חטא למ׳וכ׳ this one (who robbed a man) makes sin precede faithlessness (ref. to Lev. 5:21), whereas that one (who robbed the Temple) makes faithlessness precede sin (ib. 15); a. fr.Pl. מְעִילוֹת. Num. R. s. 9 (ref. to Num. 5:12) שתי מ׳ הללווכ׳ why this repetition of the stem מעל?Esp. mʿilah, the law concerning the unlawful use of sacred property (Lev. 5:15 sq). Tosef.Meïl. I, 5 הציל … מן המ׳ protects the flesh of the other animal from being subject to the law of m., i. e. no use made of it is considered sacrilege. Ib. 8 יצא ידי מ׳ is no longer amenable to the law ; Meil.2a. Tosef. ib. III, 2 להיכן מ׳ זו נופלת to what fund does this fine for mal-appropriation go? Meïl. 12a אית ביה מ׳, איכא מ׳ the law of m. applies to it; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Zeb.V, 5 אשם מ׳ the guilt-offering for mal-appropriations of sacred property; a. fr.M‘ilah, name of a treatise of the Mishnab, Tosefta and Talmud Babli of the Order of Kodashim.

מצי, מָצָא(b. h.; cmp. מְטֵי) to reach; to find. B. Mets.I, 1 אני מְצָאתִיהָ I found it. Ib. 2a הואי אמינא מאי מצאתיה ראיתיהוכ׳ I might have thought ‘I found it meant ‘I discovered it, although he had not taken it up Ib., a. e. וּמְצָאתָהּ דאתאי ליריהוכ׳ ‘and which thou hast found (Deut. 22:3) means that it came into his possession. Gitt.IX, 10 מ׳ בה דבר ערוה he discovered in her something disgraceful (infidelity); מ׳ אחרתוכ׳ he found another woman handsomer than she; a. fr.מה מָצִינוּ ב־ … אףוכ׳ what do we find with regard to? So also, i. e. as in the case of, so Sifra Vayikra, Ndab., ch. VIII, Par. 7 מה מצינו בהקטרה … אף מליקהוכ׳ as when burning (the sacrifice on the altar) the head is separated from the trunk, so when pinching the neck of the bird the head must be severed ; a. fr.Part. pass. מָצוּי, f. מְצוּיָה; pl. מְצוּיִין; מְצוּיוֹת accessible, frequent; likely. Arakh.30b ומצא פרט למ׳ ‘and he find the means (Lev. 25:26), this excludes the case of the means being accessible, i. e. of one who had the means at the time being. B. Mets.27a (ref. to Deut. 22:3, v. supra) מי שאבודה הימנו ומ׳ אצלוכ׳ that which is lost to him but accessible to any body else; אבורה הומנו ואינה מ׳ אצלוכ׳ lost to him and inaccessible to every one else (e. g. swept away by a flood). Sabb.151b שאתה מוֹצֵא ומ׳ לךוכ׳ עשה עד do good while thou findest (an opportunity), and it is possible to thee (thou hast the means), and thou art yet in thy own power (possessest thy faculties). Snh.86a כי ימצא פרט למ׳ ‘if one be found stealing (Deut. 24:7), this excludes the case when the abducted and sold person was in his power (his own child). Ib. כמצויין בידו דמי the case is to be judged as if they (the children) had been in his possession. Gen. R. s. 85 השטר מ׳ להגבות the note can be produced for collection, i. e. evidence can be found against us. Gitt.2b אין עדים מ׳ לקיימו no witnesses are to be had to identify it. B. Mets.18a במקום שהשיירות מ׳ where caravans pass frequently. Esth. R. to I, 1, v. דִּידְכֵי. Ib. (ref. to Ps. 21:9) תהא ידך מ׳ ליפרע מאזיביך thou shalt have the opportunity of punishing thy enemies. B. Kam.4a הזיקה מ׳ the damage through it is frequent. Ib. 60a רוח מ׳ an ordinary wind, רוח שאינה מ׳ an extraordinary wind; a. v. fr. Nif. נִמְצָא to be found. Gen. R. s. 85 שנִמְצְאוּ בגניבה who are caught at a theft; a. fr.Esp. to turn out, to follow, to result. Ḥull.I, 4 נ׳ כשרוכ׳ the result is, what is legal in slaughtering is illegal in pinching. Pes.25b ונ׳ למד, v. לָמֵד II. Sifré Deut. 210 נִמְצִּינוּ למדים from which we can consequently derive.Y.Pes.V, beg.31c, a. fr. נִמְצֵאתָ אומר thou turnest out saying, i. e. the result is, consequently.אם תִּימָּצֵי (תִּמָּצֵא) לומר (abbr. את״ל) if you will say. Gitt.82b אם תמצא לומר איתאוכ׳ if you will adopt the opinion of Sabb.136a את״ל פליגיוכ׳ if you assume that they differ ; a. fr.Tosef.Ohol.IV, 12 כשתמצא לומרוכ׳ if you assume Hif. הִמְצִיא to furnish, provide with. Gen. R. l. c. נאבדו וה׳ הקב״הוכ׳ they (the tokens) had been lost, and the Lord provided others instead. Ḥag.5a (ref. to תמצאן, Deut. 31:21) עבד שרבו מַמְצִיאוכ׳ what remedy is there for a slave for whom his master invents evils and troubles? Ib. הממציא לו מעות לעניוכ׳ he who is ready to furnish the means (of bis delivery) to the poor man in distress (by which the persecutors greed is increased); (Rashi: he who has money ready for the poor man in extreme distress, instead of helping him to a livelihood in due time). Arakh.30b (ref. to Deut. 19:5) ומצא פרט לממציא את עצמו ‘and it strikes, this excludes the case of one who brings himself within the range of the missile (after it is started); Macc.8a; a. e.

מצי, מָצָא(b. h.; cmp. מְטֵי) to reach; to find. B. Mets.I, 1 אני מְצָאתִיהָ I found it. Ib. 2a הואי אמינא מאי מצאתיה ראיתיהוכ׳ I might have thought ‘I found it meant ‘I discovered it, although he had not taken it up Ib., a. e. וּמְצָאתָהּ דאתאי ליריהוכ׳ ‘and which thou hast found (Deut. 22:3) means that it came into his possession. Gitt.IX, 10 מ׳ בה דבר ערוה he discovered in her something disgraceful (infidelity); מ׳ אחרתוכ׳ he found another woman handsomer than she; a. fr.מה מָצִינוּ ב־ … אףוכ׳ what do we find with regard to? So also, i. e. as in the case of, so Sifra Vayikra, Ndab., ch. VIII, Par. 7 מה מצינו בהקטרה … אף מליקהוכ׳ as when burning (the sacrifice on the altar) the head is separated from the trunk, so when pinching the neck of the bird the head must be severed ; a. fr.Part. pass. מָצוּי, f. מְצוּיָה; pl. מְצוּיִין; מְצוּיוֹת accessible, frequent; likely. Arakh.30b ומצא פרט למ׳ ‘and he find the means (Lev. 25:26), this excludes the case of the means being accessible, i. e. of one who had the means at the time being. B. Mets.27a (ref. to Deut. 22:3, v. supra) מי שאבודה הימנו ומ׳ אצלוכ׳ that which is lost to him but accessible to any body else; אבורה הומנו ואינה מ׳ אצלוכ׳ lost to him and inaccessible to every one else (e. g. swept away by a flood). Sabb.151b שאתה מוֹצֵא ומ׳ לךוכ׳ עשה עד do good while thou findest (an opportunity), and it is possible to thee (thou hast the means), and thou art yet in thy own power (possessest thy faculties). Snh.86a כי ימצא פרט למ׳ ‘if one be found stealing (Deut. 24:7), this excludes the case when the abducted and sold person was in his power (his own child). Ib. כמצויין בידו דמי the case is to be judged as if they (the children) had been in his possession. Gen. R. s. 85 השטר מ׳ להגבות the note can be produced for collection, i. e. evidence can be found against us. Gitt.2b אין עדים מ׳ לקיימו no witnesses are to be had to identify it. B. Mets.18a במקום שהשיירות מ׳ where caravans pass frequently. Esth. R. to I, 1, v. דִּידְכֵי. Ib. (ref. to Ps. 21:9) תהא ידך מ׳ ליפרע מאזיביך thou shalt have the opportunity of punishing thy enemies. B. Kam.4a הזיקה מ׳ the damage through it is frequent. Ib. 60a רוח מ׳ an ordinary wind, רוח שאינה מ׳ an extraordinary wind; a. v. fr. Nif. נִמְצָא to be found. Gen. R. s. 85 שנִמְצְאוּ בגניבה who are caught at a theft; a. fr.Esp. to turn out, to follow, to result. Ḥull.I, 4 נ׳ כשרוכ׳ the result is, what is legal in slaughtering is illegal in pinching. Pes.25b ונ׳ למד, v. לָמֵד II. Sifré Deut. 210 נִמְצִּינוּ למדים from which we can consequently derive.Y.Pes.V, beg.31c, a. fr. נִמְצֵאתָ אומר thou turnest out saying, i. e. the result is, consequently.אם תִּימָּצֵי (תִּמָּצֵא) לומר (abbr. את״ל) if you will say. Gitt.82b אם תמצא לומר איתאוכ׳ if you will adopt the opinion of Sabb.136a את״ל פליגיוכ׳ if you assume that they differ ; a. fr.Tosef.Ohol.IV, 12 כשתמצא לומרוכ׳ if you assume Hif. הִמְצִיא to furnish, provide with. Gen. R. l. c. נאבדו וה׳ הקב״הוכ׳ they (the tokens) had been lost, and the Lord provided others instead. Ḥag.5a (ref. to תמצאן, Deut. 31:21) עבד שרבו מַמְצִיאוכ׳ what remedy is there for a slave for whom his master invents evils and troubles? Ib. הממציא לו מעות לעניוכ׳ he who is ready to furnish the means (of bis delivery) to the poor man in distress (by which the persecutors greed is increased); (Rashi: he who has money ready for the poor man in extreme distress, instead of helping him to a livelihood in due time). Arakh.30b (ref. to Deut. 19:5) ומצא פרט לממציא את עצמו ‘and it strikes, this excludes the case of one who brings himself within the range of the missile (after it is started); Macc.8a; a. e.