צמת

צָמַת(b. h.) ( to be pressed together, 1) to meet, join. Ḥull.76a צוֹמְתִין, v. צוֹמֶת. 2) to be smashed. B. Kam.85b הכהו … וצָמְתָה ידווכ׳ if one struck his neighbor on his hand, and his hand was smashed, but is expected to recover; Y.Naz.IX, end, 58a. 3) to contract; to reduce a swelling by applications of vinegar, wine Pes.40a שורן … וחומץ צֹומְתָן he steeps the barley-corns in vinegar, and this binds them (prevents moisture from penetrating and creating fermentation); v. צָפַד. Sabb.109a מי שנגפה … צֹומְתָהּ ביין (Ar. בחומץ) he whose hand or foot was struck, may apply wine (vinegar) to reduce the swelling (on the Sabbath). Pi. צִימֵּת ( to press together, 1) to heap up, store, save. Gen. R. s. 83, end אבותיך מְצַמְּתִים ואתה מבזבז thy ancestors saved, and thou squanderest; Yalk. ib. 140 מְצַמְצְמִין; Yalk. Chr. 1074 מצומצמים (read מצמ׳). 2) to gather together, summon to a meeting. Ylamd. to Gen. 46:28 quot. in Ar. (play on צמתך, Cant. 4:1) שהוא מְצַמְּתָן … בצמאה he summons them to the synagogues, and they drink the words of the Law with thirst.Part. pass. מְצוּמָּת; pl. מְצוּמָּתִים, מְצוּמָּתִין a) restrained, abstemious, self-controlled. Cant. R. to VI, 7 (ref. to צמתך, ib.) על הצנועין ועל המצ׳ שבכם of the chaste and self-controlled among you.b) summoned to follow, follower. Pesik. Haʿomer, p. 70b> (ref. to צמים, Job 5:5) אברהם וכל המצ׳ לו Abraham and all his followers; Lev. R. s. 28; Pesik. R. s. 18; Yalk. Job 898. Nif. נִצְמַת to be quashed; (denom. of צְמִיתוּת) to be sold for ever, not to be recovered in the jubilee. B. Mets.79a (ref. to לצמיתת, Lev. 25:30) מי שאין שם יובל נִצְמֶתֶתוכ׳ that which without the law concerning the jubilee would be sold for ever, is recovered by dint of the jubilee; יצאת זו … אינה נצמתת which excludes a case like this (a sale for sixty years), where the sale would not be perpetual even if the law of jubilee did not exist at all.

צְמַתch. sam(צמת to be pressed together), 1) to contract, detain; to reduce a swelling.Ḥull.93b מִצְמַת צָמְתֵי ליה they have the effect of condensing the surface of the flesh (binding the blood in the veins). Sot.20b פחדא צָמֵית, v. בִּיעֲתוּתָא. Sabb.109a קא צמית ליה בחלא was bathing his foot in vinegar (on the Sabbath) to reduce the swelling; a. e. 2) to assemble, meet. Y.Dem.I, 22a top גזר עליהון וצָמְתוּן he conjured them (the mice), and they came together. Pa. צַמֵּית, Af. אַצְמֵית to assemble, call, summon to a meeting. Y.Peah VIII, 21a top מַצְמֵיתוכ׳ (or מְצַמֵּית), v. סְכַן II. Y.Succ.V, beg.55a ר׳ לוי … מיעול מְצַמְּתָא קהלאוכ׳ R. L. and R. J. … received (alternately) two Selas to go around and call the congregation together for R. J. (to listen to his lecture); Gen. R. s. 98 למצמתא (not צמצ׳). Ib. s. 22 עד … מצמית לון while he was collecting them (picking up the scattered loaves). Y.Sot.I, 17b bot. אזל וצַמֵּת ליהוכ׳ he (Absalom) went and summoned (to accompany him) two men at a time, until he had collected two hundred men; Num. R. s. 9. Y.Kidd.IV, end, 66d ומצמית ליה פריטין and saved a little money. Ithpa. אִצְטַמֵּת, Ithpe. אִצְטְמִית 1) to be gathered together, meet. Snh.109b יומא דהוו מִצְטַמְּתִין קמתוכ׳ Ar. (missing in ed.) on that day when the Korahites were to meet, she (Ons wife) arose and gave him wine to drink 2) to be pressed, want. Lam. R. to I, 1 ( רבתי) אִצְטְמִיתִינָן Ar., v. צַמְצֵם.

חָלַטII (b. h.; cmp. חָלַץ) (to surround, tie up (corresp. to b. h. צמת), 1) to make final. Part. pass. חָלוּט, f. חֲלוּטָה permanently sold, irredeemable. Arakh.IX, 4 הגיע … היה ח׳ וכו׳ (Talm. ed. 31a היתה ח׳, read: חלוטה) when the last day … had passed and it (the house) was not redeemed, it was his forever …, for we read לצמיתות (Lev. 25:30); (Tosef. ib. V, 10 צמת). Arakh. l. c. בראשונה … שיהא ח׳ לו formerly the purchaser used to hide himself on the last day … in order that it might become his irredeemably; Sifra Bhar ch. V, Par. 4 שתהא חלוטה לו. Arakh.31b למי ח׳ to which (of the two buyers) did it belong finally?; a. fr.V. חֲלוּטִין. 2) to pass final judgment on a leper after probationary enclosure (Lev. 13). Zeb.102a אני מסגירה ואני חוֹלְטַהּוכ׳ I will lock her up, declare her a leper and discharge her. Hif. הֶחֱלִיט 1) to pass final judgment, to make valid; to adjudicate. Y.Dem.VII, beg.26a צריך להַחֲלִיטוכ׳ he must make the consecrating conditions valid by speech. Y.Keth.X, 33d bot. אי זה … להַחֲלִיט מַחֲלִיטִין which of them the court chooses to declare valid, it may Gen. R. s. 61 שלא תַחֲלִיט להםוכ׳ lest thou surrender the country to them (through bad argument); Yalk. ib. 110 (insert להם). Y.Ab. Zar. I, 39b top גסות … היא הֶחֱלִיטָתוֹ his haughtiness made Jerob. a confirmed sinner; a. e. 2) to declare a person a leper. Y.M. Kat. I, 80c bot. מטמא ומַחֲלִיט declares him unclean and this a decided leper; ורבנן … ומַחֲלִיטִין and the Rabbis say, he must be examined as if it were a new case, but at all events they declare Part. pass. מוּחֲלָט, f. מוּחֲלֶטֶת 1) irrevocable, confirmed. Yoma 86b תשובת המוּחֲלָטִין the repentance of the confirmed sinners. 2) the declared leper, opp. to מוּסְגָּר. Meg.I, 7. Yeb.103b. Tosef.Naz.VI, 1 מ׳ בספק one declared a leper from doubt; Y. ib. VIII, end, 57b; a. fr.

חָלַטII (b. h.; cmp. חָלַץ) (to surround, tie up (corresp. to b. h. צמת), 1) to make final. Part. pass. חָלוּט, f. חֲלוּטָה permanently sold, irredeemable. Arakh.IX, 4 הגיע … היה ח׳ וכו׳ (Talm. ed. 31a היתה ח׳, read: חלוטה) when the last day … had passed and it (the house) was not redeemed, it was his forever …, for we read לצמיתות (Lev. 25:30); (Tosef. ib. V, 10 צמת). Arakh. l. c. בראשונה … שיהא ח׳ לו formerly the purchaser used to hide himself on the last day … in order that it might become his irredeemably; Sifra Bhar ch. V, Par. 4 שתהא חלוטה לו. Arakh.31b למי ח׳ to which (of the two buyers) did it belong finally?; a. fr.V. חֲלוּטִין. 2) to pass final judgment on a leper after probationary enclosure (Lev. 13). Zeb.102a אני מסגירה ואני חוֹלְטַהּוכ׳ I will lock her up, declare her a leper and discharge her. Hif. הֶחֱלִיט 1) to pass final judgment, to make valid; to adjudicate. Y.Dem.VII, beg.26a צריך להַחֲלִיטוכ׳ he must make the consecrating conditions valid by speech. Y.Keth.X, 33d bot. אי זה … להַחֲלִיט מַחֲלִיטִין which of them the court chooses to declare valid, it may Gen. R. s. 61 שלא תַחֲלִיט להםוכ׳ lest thou surrender the country to them (through bad argument); Yalk. ib. 110 (insert להם). Y.Ab. Zar. I, 39b top גסות … היא הֶחֱלִיטָתוֹ his haughtiness made Jerob. a confirmed sinner; a. e. 2) to declare a person a leper. Y.M. Kat. I, 80c bot. מטמא ומַחֲלִיט declares him unclean and this a decided leper; ורבנן … ומַחֲלִיטִין and the Rabbis say, he must be examined as if it were a new case, but at all events they declare Part. pass. מוּחֲלָט, f. מוּחֲלֶטֶת 1) irrevocable, confirmed. Yoma 86b תשובת המוּחֲלָטִין the repentance of the confirmed sinners. 2) the declared leper, opp. to מוּסְגָּר. Meg.I, 7. Yeb.103b. Tosef.Naz.VI, 1 מ׳ בספק one declared a leper from doubt; Y. ib. VIII, end, 57b; a. fr.

חֲלַטch. sam(חלט I ḥalut), 1) to make a paste. Targ. 2 Sam. 13:6. 2) (cmp. next wds a. צמת) to cause contraction by scalding or by putting in vinegar. Part. pass. חָלִיט. Ḥull.111a ח׳ הוי מעיקרא Rashi (ed. מִיחֲלַט הוה ח׳ ליהוכ׳) it (the liver) was first scalded (so as to emit no blood in boiling). Pa. חַלֵּיט to cause contraction, to scald, put in vinegar. Ib. חַלְּטֵי ליהוכ׳. Pes.74b bot. חלא דח׳ ביהוכ׳ vinegar which one has used once for drawing the blood from meat and contracting the blood vessels, must not be used a second time. Ithpa. אִתְחַלַּט, Ithpe. אִיתְחֲלַט, אִיחְלט 1) to be mixed up, to mingle. Targ. Prov. 20:19; 24:21 (h. text תתערב). 2) to be confused. Ib. 14:16 (h. text מתעבר!). 3) to be contracted, v. supra.

חֲלַטch. sam(חלט I ḥalut), 1) to make a paste. Targ. 2 Sam. 13:6. 2) (cmp. next wds a. צמת) to cause contraction by scalding or by putting in vinegar. Part. pass. חָלִיט. Ḥull.111a ח׳ הוי מעיקרא Rashi (ed. מִיחֲלַט הוה ח׳ ליהוכ׳) it (the liver) was first scalded (so as to emit no blood in boiling). Pa. חַלֵּיט to cause contraction, to scald, put in vinegar. Ib. חַלְּטֵי ליהוכ׳. Pes.74b bot. חלא דח׳ ביהוכ׳ vinegar which one has used once for drawing the blood from meat and contracting the blood vessels, must not be used a second time. Ithpa. אִתְחַלַּט, Ithpe. אִיתְחֲלַט, אִיחְלט 1) to be mixed up, to mingle. Targ. Prov. 20:19; 24:21 (h. text תתערב). 2) to be confused. Ib. 14:16 (h. text מתעבר!). 3) to be contracted, v. supra.