צחק

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צָחַק(b. h.) to be bright, to laugh; to jest, sport. Pi. צִיחֵק same. Macc.24b לכך אני מְצַחֵק (Ms. M. משחק, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) therefore I am glad. Gen. R. s. 53 (ref. to Gen. 21:9) אין מצחק אלא גלויוכ׳ ‘sporting alludes to licentiousness, v. צְחוֹק. Ib. ועושה … מצחק and pretended to be only jesting; a. e.V. שָׂחַק.

צְחַקch. sam(צחקto be bright, to laugh; to jest, sport). Y.Erub.V, beg.22b, v. צְרַךְ.

צְחוֹקm. (b. h. צְחֹק; צָחַק) laughter, merriment. Gen. R. s. 53 (ref. to Gen. 21:9 מצחק) אין הלשין הזה של צ׳וכ׳ this expression of merriment (use of the root צחק) alludes to idolatry (by ref. to Ex. 32:6); … to bloodshed (by ref. to 2 Sam. 2:14); Tanḥ. Shmoth 1; Tosef.Sot.VI, 6. Ib.; Gen. R. l. c. אין … צ׳ אלא לשון ירושה this merriment refers to the joy over the heirloom (the birth of a legitimate heir to Abraham, whereas Yishmael claimed the birthright as the firstborn).

צְחוֹקm. (b. h. צְחֹק; צָחַק) laughter, merriment. Gen. R. s. 53 (ref. to Gen. 21:9 מצחק) אין הלשין הזה של צ׳וכ׳ this expression of merriment (use of the root צחק) alludes to idolatry (by ref. to Ex. 32:6); … to bloodshed (by ref. to 2 Sam. 2:14); Tanḥ. Shmoth 1; Tosef.Sot.VI, 6. Ib.; Gen. R. l. c. אין … צ׳ אלא לשון ירושה this merriment refers to the joy over the heirloom (the birth of a legitimate heir to Abraham, whereas Yishmael claimed the birthright as the firstborn).

צְרַךְch. sam(צרךְto need, want). Targ. Y. II Gen. 16:5.Y.B. Bath.VIII, 16b bot. צַרְכַת וזבנתוכ׳ she needed money and sold to her husband (the property which she had assigned to her brother). Y.Erub.V, beg.22b (read:) צ׳ לך צחק לך לא צ׳ לך הפליג עליך he who needs thee may smile (assent) to thee (flatter thee), he who needs thee not, dares to wonder at thee (in disapproval); Y.Snh.XI, 30b top צריך לך שחקוכ׳; a. e.Mostly pass. צְרִיךְ to need, be needed. Ib. תלת עשרה … דלא צ׳ ליה he spent thirteen years … without needing him. Taan.20b לא צְרִיכְנָא האידנא now we do not need it. Yeb.105b תא לא צְרִיכַת come back, she needs not (to be examined, or: thou needest not examine her). Ber.13b תו לא צריכת more you need not do; a. fr. Ithpa. אִצְטָרֵךְ, Ithpe. אִצְטְרִיךְ to be needed; to need. Targ. Y. I Gen. 16:5. Ib. 47:12; a. fr.Taan.23a כי מִצְטְרִיךְ עלמא למטרא whenever the world needed rain. Ber.9a א׳ למכתבוכ׳ it was necessary (in the Scriptural text) to write hazzeh. Ib. 13a והיו … למה לי א׳וכ׳ that vhayu (Deut. 6:6) which is written, what is it for? It is needed because of the preceding shmʿa. Bets.7a א׳ לאשמעינן it was necessary to let us understand distinctly. Bekh.31a אִיצְטְרִיכָא ליה שעתא the time needed him, i. e. the scholars felt in need of his teaching. Ḥull.38a איצטריכא ליה לאבא לאזוזיוכ׳ does Abba (do you) consider the shaking of the ears (of the animal) an indispensable symptom of vitality? Keth.22a אלא כי א׳ קרא לכדרב הונאוכ׳ but that citation is needed for the rule which R. H. … deduced from it. Ib. 97a אִיצְטְרִיכוּ … למזבןוכ׳ he wanted money to buy oxen; לסוף לא איצטריכו ליה finally he found that he could do without it. Ber.47b תרי איצטריכו two more persons were wanted (to make up the legal quorum); a. v. fr.Gen. R. s. 91 אִיצְטַרְכִית למשאליה I felt the need of asking him; Y.Ber.VII, 11b אִצָּרְכַת לי sub. למשאליה, v. צְרִיךְ. Af. אַצְרַךְ as preced. Hif. Gitt.63b אַצְרְכָהּ … גט R. … decided that she required a letter of divorce.

צְרַךְch. sam(צרךְto need, want). Targ. Y. II Gen. 16:5.Y.B. Bath.VIII, 16b bot. צַרְכַת וזבנתוכ׳ she needed money and sold to her husband (the property which she had assigned to her brother). Y.Erub.V, beg.22b (read:) צ׳ לך צחק לך לא צ׳ לך הפליג עליך he who needs thee may smile (assent) to thee (flatter thee), he who needs thee not, dares to wonder at thee (in disapproval); Y.Snh.XI, 30b top צריך לך שחקוכ׳; a. e.Mostly pass. צְרִיךְ to need, be needed. Ib. תלת עשרה … דלא צ׳ ליה he spent thirteen years … without needing him. Taan.20b לא צְרִיכְנָא האידנא now we do not need it. Yeb.105b תא לא צְרִיכַת come back, she needs not (to be examined, or: thou needest not examine her). Ber.13b תו לא צריכת more you need not do; a. fr. Ithpa. אִצְטָרֵךְ, Ithpe. אִצְטְרִיךְ to be needed; to need. Targ. Y. I Gen. 16:5. Ib. 47:12; a. fr.Taan.23a כי מִצְטְרִיךְ עלמא למטרא whenever the world needed rain. Ber.9a א׳ למכתבוכ׳ it was necessary (in the Scriptural text) to write hazzeh. Ib. 13a והיו … למה לי א׳וכ׳ that vhayu (Deut. 6:6) which is written, what is it for? It is needed because of the preceding shmʿa. Bets.7a א׳ לאשמעינן it was necessary to let us understand distinctly. Bekh.31a אִיצְטְרִיכָא ליה שעתא the time needed him, i. e. the scholars felt in need of his teaching. Ḥull.38a איצטריכא ליה לאבא לאזוזיוכ׳ does Abba (do you) consider the shaking of the ears (of the animal) an indispensable symptom of vitality? Keth.22a אלא כי א׳ קרא לכדרב הונאוכ׳ but that citation is needed for the rule which R. H. … deduced from it. Ib. 97a אִיצְטְרִיכוּ … למזבןוכ׳ he wanted money to buy oxen; לסוף לא איצטריכו ליה finally he found that he could do without it. Ber.47b תרי איצטריכו two more persons were wanted (to make up the legal quorum); a. v. fr.Gen. R. s. 91 אִיצְטַרְכִית למשאליה I felt the need of asking him; Y.Ber.VII, 11b אִצָּרְכַת לי sub. למשאליה, v. צְרִיךְ. Af. אַצְרַךְ as preced. Hif. Gitt.63b אַצְרְכָהּ … גט R. … decided that she required a letter of divorce.

שָׂחַק, סָחַק(b. h.; interch. with צָהַק q. v.) to be bright; to laugh, jest, play. Tosef.B. Kam.II, 2 ס׳ בין הבקרוכ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. צהבין, צהבין, read: צחק בין) if he (the ox) sported among the herd three times (doing no harm). Deut. R. s. 3, end ראה … שׂוֹחַקַת לעבד the king saw her smile at one of his servants. Y.Kidd.III, 63d מימי לא ש׳וכ׳ never did a person have his sport with me, except this man. Tanḥ. Naso 5 באותו שבפנים שָׂחַקְתָּ אבל … לִשְׂחוֹק thou didst fool him (the watchman) that was inside, but thou canst not fool me. Der. Er. Zuṭṭa ch. V ולא בוכה בין השׂוֹחֲקִים ולא שׂוֹחֵקוכ׳ nor should one weep among those who laugh, nor laugh among those who weep; a. fr.Trnsf. (of fingers) to be spread, opp. עצב. Succ.7a טפח שוחק (Ms. M. a. Ar. ס׳); Erub.3b שׂוֹחֲקוֹת, v. אֶמָּה; a. e. Pi. שִׂיחֵק, סִ׳ same. Tanḥ. l. c. באישך את מְשַׂחֶקֶתוכ׳ thou canst fool thy husband, but thou canst not fool me. Ib. ואני יושב ומְשַׂחֵק עלוכ׳ but I sit laughing at my creatures. Tosef.Keth.IX, 2 מְסַחֵק הוא בה ed. Zuck. (Var. מְצַ׳) he may laugh at her (and take the sham sale seriously); (Keth.79a רצה מצחק), v. פִּיסְטִין, B. Tanḥ. Noah 5 והיו משחקין ממנו they laughed at him (Noah). Ber.7b, a. e. השעה משחקת לו the hour smiles on him, i. e. he is in luck; a. fr. Hif. הִשְׂהִיק to cause to laugh, lead to sport. Gen. R. s. 22 אם בא … להַשְׂחִיקְךָ שמחהווכ׳ if thy inclination comes to incite thee to merriment, rejoice it with words of the Law; Yalk. Is. 296.

שָׂחַק, סָחַק(b. h.; interch. with צָהַק q. v.) to be bright; to laugh, jest, play. Tosef.B. Kam.II, 2 ס׳ בין הבקרוכ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. צהבין, צהבין, read: צחק בין) if he (the ox) sported among the herd three times (doing no harm). Deut. R. s. 3, end ראה … שׂוֹחַקַת לעבד the king saw her smile at one of his servants. Y.Kidd.III, 63d מימי לא ש׳וכ׳ never did a person have his sport with me, except this man. Tanḥ. Naso 5 באותו שבפנים שָׂחַקְתָּ אבל … לִשְׂחוֹק thou didst fool him (the watchman) that was inside, but thou canst not fool me. Der. Er. Zuṭṭa ch. V ולא בוכה בין השׂוֹחֲקִים ולא שׂוֹחֵקוכ׳ nor should one weep among those who laugh, nor laugh among those who weep; a. fr.Trnsf. (of fingers) to be spread, opp. עצב. Succ.7a טפח שוחק (Ms. M. a. Ar. ס׳); Erub.3b שׂוֹחֲקוֹת, v. אֶמָּה; a. e. Pi. שִׂיחֵק, סִ׳ same. Tanḥ. l. c. באישך את מְשַׂחֶקֶתוכ׳ thou canst fool thy husband, but thou canst not fool me. Ib. ואני יושב ומְשַׂחֵק עלוכ׳ but I sit laughing at my creatures. Tosef.Keth.IX, 2 מְסַחֵק הוא בה ed. Zuck. (Var. מְצַ׳) he may laugh at her (and take the sham sale seriously); (Keth.79a רצה מצחק), v. פִּיסְטִין, B. Tanḥ. Noah 5 והיו משחקין ממנו they laughed at him (Noah). Ber.7b, a. e. השעה משחקת לו the hour smiles on him, i. e. he is in luck; a. fr. Hif. הִשְׂהִיק to cause to laugh, lead to sport. Gen. R. s. 22 אם בא … להַשְׂחִיקְךָ שמחהווכ׳ if thy inclination comes to incite thee to merriment, rejoice it with words of the Law; Yalk. Is. 296.

שָׂחַק, סָחַק(b. h.; interch. with צָהַק q. v.) to be bright; to laugh, jest, play. Tosef.B. Kam.II, 2 ס׳ בין הבקרוכ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. צהבין, צהבין, read: צחק בין) if he (the ox) sported among the herd three times (doing no harm). Deut. R. s. 3, end ראה … שׂוֹחַקַת לעבד the king saw her smile at one of his servants. Y.Kidd.III, 63d מימי לא ש׳וכ׳ never did a person have his sport with me, except this man. Tanḥ. Naso 5 באותו שבפנים שָׂחַקְתָּ אבל … לִשְׂחוֹק thou didst fool him (the watchman) that was inside, but thou canst not fool me. Der. Er. Zuṭṭa ch. V ולא בוכה בין השׂוֹחֲקִים ולא שׂוֹחֵקוכ׳ nor should one weep among those who laugh, nor laugh among those who weep; a. fr.Trnsf. (of fingers) to be spread, opp. עצב. Succ.7a טפח שוחק (Ms. M. a. Ar. ס׳); Erub.3b שׂוֹחֲקוֹת, v. אֶמָּה; a. e. Pi. שִׂיחֵק, סִ׳ same. Tanḥ. l. c. באישך את מְשַׂחֶקֶתוכ׳ thou canst fool thy husband, but thou canst not fool me. Ib. ואני יושב ומְשַׂחֵק עלוכ׳ but I sit laughing at my creatures. Tosef.Keth.IX, 2 מְסַחֵק הוא בה ed. Zuck. (Var. מְצַ׳) he may laugh at her (and take the sham sale seriously); (Keth.79a רצה מצחק), v. פִּיסְטִין, B. Tanḥ. Noah 5 והיו משחקין ממנו they laughed at him (Noah). Ber.7b, a. e. השעה משחקת לו the hour smiles on him, i. e. he is in luck; a. fr. Hif. הִשְׂהִיק to cause to laugh, lead to sport. Gen. R. s. 22 אם בא … להַשְׂחִיקְךָ שמחהווכ׳ if thy inclination comes to incite thee to merriment, rejoice it with words of the Law; Yalk. Is. 296.

שָׂחַק, סָחַק(b. h.; interch. with צָהַק q. v.) to be bright; to laugh, jest, play. Tosef.B. Kam.II, 2 ס׳ בין הבקרוכ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. צהבין, צהבין, read: צחק בין) if he (the ox) sported among the herd three times (doing no harm). Deut. R. s. 3, end ראה … שׂוֹחַקַת לעבד the king saw her smile at one of his servants. Y.Kidd.III, 63d מימי לא ש׳וכ׳ never did a person have his sport with me, except this man. Tanḥ. Naso 5 באותו שבפנים שָׂחַקְתָּ אבל … לִשְׂחוֹק thou didst fool him (the watchman) that was inside, but thou canst not fool me. Der. Er. Zuṭṭa ch. V ולא בוכה בין השׂוֹחֲקִים ולא שׂוֹחֵקוכ׳ nor should one weep among those who laugh, nor laugh among those who weep; a. fr.Trnsf. (of fingers) to be spread, opp. עצב. Succ.7a טפח שוחק (Ms. M. a. Ar. ס׳); Erub.3b שׂוֹחֲקוֹת, v. אֶמָּה; a. e. Pi. שִׂיחֵק, סִ׳ same. Tanḥ. l. c. באישך את מְשַׂחֶקֶתוכ׳ thou canst fool thy husband, but thou canst not fool me. Ib. ואני יושב ומְשַׂחֵק עלוכ׳ but I sit laughing at my creatures. Tosef.Keth.IX, 2 מְסַחֵק הוא בה ed. Zuck. (Var. מְצַ׳) he may laugh at her (and take the sham sale seriously); (Keth.79a רצה מצחק), v. פִּיסְטִין, B. Tanḥ. Noah 5 והיו משחקין ממנו they laughed at him (Noah). Ber.7b, a. e. השעה משחקת לו the hour smiles on him, i. e. he is in luck; a. fr. Hif. הִשְׂהִיק to cause to laugh, lead to sport. Gen. R. s. 22 אם בא … להַשְׂחִיקְךָ שמחהווכ׳ if thy inclination comes to incite thee to merriment, rejoice it with words of the Law; Yalk. Is. 296.