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קָרַץ(b. h.) 1) to make an incision; to cut. Yoma III, 4 קְרָצוֹ ומרקוכ׳ he made the ritually required cut, and some one else finished, v. מָרַק. Ib. 32b מאי קרצו … לישנאוכ׳ what is meant by ḳratso?… It has the meaning of slaying (by ref. to Jer. 46:20); Y. ib. III, 40c top, v. נָכוֹסָא. Tosef.Ukts.II, 8 כיון שקרצו as soon as he has made an incision into it (although he did not cut it apart, v. Ukts. II, 5).Esp. to cut dough on the bakers board. Kel. XV, 2 אם … קוֹרֵץ עליו if he prepares it to cut dough on it; Tosef. ib. B. Mets.V, 4; a. fr.Y.Pes.IV, 31b top מודיי שקודצין, read: שקוצרין. 2) to bite, pinch. Nidd.VI, 12 כדי לִקְרוֹץ בצפורן a hair large enough to seize with the nails. 3) ( to form a groove, to press the lips close together; to gesticulate with closed lips. Mikv. VIII, 5 קָרְצָה שפתותיה if (in taking a ritual immersion) she pressed her lips together.Yoma 19b הקורא … ולא יִקְרוֹץ בשפתותיו reading the Shmʿa one must not blink with ones eyes, nor gesticulate with ones lips (make motions to his neighbor). Pi. קֵרֵץ same. Ib. הקורא … ומְקָרֵץוכ׳ of him who reads the Shmʿa and blinks with his eyes and gesticulates with his lips and points with his fingers, the Scriptures say, ‘not me didst thou call (Is. 43:22); Yalk. Is. 318) וקוֹרֵץ. Nif. נִקְרַץ to be nipped off. Peah VII, 4 אם נִקְרֶצֶת עםוכ׳ if it (the isolated bunch on the knee of a vine) can be nipped off as a cluster, it belongs to the owner (Ms. M. נקצרת, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note); Sifra Kdosh., Par. 1, ch. III (Var. נקצרת); Yalk. Lev. 605 נקצרת; Y.Peah VII, 20a bot. אני אומר את הנִקְרָצוֹת עם האשכולות (not עם) I mean those which have been nipped off in clusters; a. e.

קְרַץI ch. same, to bite, pinch, sting. Erub.65a אי קְרַצְתָּן כינהוכ׳ I could not study, if a vermin were to bite me.

קְרַץII (denom. of קְרִיץ, קְרִיצְתָּא) to get up early, to do a thing early. Y.Ter.XI, end, 48b … ע״י כן הוה שהר הוה ק׳ through that (burning lamp) he was wakeful, and through that he arose early; Y.Sabb.II, 4d top. Y.Ab. Zar. V, 44d נִקְרוֹץוכ׳, v. סְדַר. Ib. וק׳ ונפק ליה he got up early and went off. Lev. R. s. 25 אי קַרְצַת לא חשכת if thou hadst worked early (while young), thou wouldst not have to work late (in old age). Ib. קַרְצִית וחשכית (not קריצת) I did work early, and do work late. Ib. s. 32 ק׳ נוגשוכ׳ Ar. (ed. קדם), v. נָגַשׂ. Lam. R. to III, 7 לא הוה בר נש קָרֵיץ לתאיניאוכ׳ (not לתאינה) and none came in the morning to gather the figs earlier than they; Y.Maas. Sh. V, 56a top. Y.Kidd.III, 64a ק׳ זבונהוכ׳ the trader got up early, v. קְרַן; a. fr.

קֶרֶץm. (קָרַץ) division, partition. Kel. VIII, 6 השאור … והק׳וכ׳ the leaven and the reptile in it (in the vessel with two compartments), and the squeezed-in partition between them; (Hai Gaon: a piece of dough, v. מִקְרֶצֶת).Pl. קְרָצִים, קְרָצִין. Tosef.B. Mets. IX, 19 פשתן עד שיעשנו ק׳ ed. Zuck. (oth. ed. קורצין) he that rents (on shares) a field on which to raise flax, must attend to it until he has made it into divisions (piles ready for division into shares).

קְרַץIII, קַרְצָא, קוּרְ׳ m. (קְרַץ I) biting, cutting, destruction; only in אכל ק׳ (mostly pl. קַרְצִין, קוּרְ׳) (v. אֲכַל I) to inform against. Targ. Is. 58:1 אכלי ק׳ Ar., read with ed. Koh. only אכלי, quoted to prove the meaning of אכל = קרא, v. כְּלֵי II. Targ. Prov. 11:13 קֻרְצָא ed. Wil. (Ms. קורצין). Ib. 20:19. Targ. Lev. 13:16 (O. ed. Berl. קִירְצִין); a. fr.Lam. R. to IV, 2 קַרְצְהוֹן, v. אֲכַל I; Gitt.56a קורצא; a. fr.Ab. dR. N. ch. XVI (in Hebr. diet) אוכילו קורצא אצלוכ׳ (?).

כִּרְצָא, כִּירְצָאm. ( כרץ, cmp. קרץ) intestinal worms. Gitt.69b לכ׳ Ar. (ed. לכי׳) a remedy for Ib. לכ׳ חיורא for white worms.

כִּרְצָא, כִּירְצָאm. ( כרץ, cmp. קרץ) intestinal worms. Gitt.69b לכ׳ Ar. (ed. לכי׳) a remedy for Ib. לכ׳ חיורא for white worms.

כִּרְצָא, כִּירְצָאm. ( כרץ, cmp. קרץ) intestinal worms. Gitt.69b לכ׳ Ar. (ed. לכי׳) a remedy for Ib. לכ׳ חיורא for white worms.

כִּרְצָא, כִּירְצָאm. ( כרץ, cmp. קרץ) intestinal worms. Gitt.69b לכ׳ Ar. (ed. לכי׳) a remedy for Ib. לכ׳ חיורא for white worms.

נָגַשׂ(b. h.; cmp. preced.) to push on, drive, press. Midr. Till. to Ps. 17:7 ואין אחד מהם נוֹגֵשׂ אותךוכ׳ none of them presses thee, v. נָגַשנוֹגֵשׂ task-master. Tanḥ. Shmoth 9 אותו נ׳ עשויוכ׳ that taskmaster was appointed over ; Ex. R. s. 1 נ׳ ממונה על עשרה שוטרים one (Egyptian) taskmaster was appointed over ten (Israelitish) officers. Lev. R. s. 32 (in Chald. dict.) קרץ נ׳ גביוכ׳ Ar. (ed. קדם) the taskmaster came early to the officer, saying, go and gather thy men ; a. fr.Pl. נוֹגְשִׂים, נוֹגְשִׂין. Ib.; Ex. R. l. c. Pirké dR. El. ch. XLVIII נוֹגְשֵׂי פרעה the taskmasters appointed by Pharaoh; a. fr.Esp. to exact a debt. Macc.3b (ref. to Deut. 15:2) לא קרינן ביה לא יִגּוֹשׂ we do not apply to him (he does not violate the law) ‘he shall not exact; סוף אתי לידי יגוש he will finally (after the lapse of ten years) transgress Sifré Deut. 113 (ref. to Deut. 15:3) ואת אחיך לא תִגּוֹשׂ but thou must not exact of thy brother.

נָגַשׂ(b. h.; cmp. preced.) to push on, drive, press. Midr. Till. to Ps. 17:7 ואין אחד מהם נוֹגֵשׂ אותךוכ׳ none of them presses thee, v. נָגַשנוֹגֵשׂ task-master. Tanḥ. Shmoth 9 אותו נ׳ עשויוכ׳ that taskmaster was appointed over ; Ex. R. s. 1 נ׳ ממונה על עשרה שוטרים one (Egyptian) taskmaster was appointed over ten (Israelitish) officers. Lev. R. s. 32 (in Chald. dict.) קרץ נ׳ גביוכ׳ Ar. (ed. קדם) the taskmaster came early to the officer, saying, go and gather thy men ; a. fr.Pl. נוֹגְשִׂים, נוֹגְשִׂין. Ib.; Ex. R. l. c. Pirké dR. El. ch. XLVIII נוֹגְשֵׂי פרעה the taskmasters appointed by Pharaoh; a. fr.Esp. to exact a debt. Macc.3b (ref. to Deut. 15:2) לא קרינן ביה לא יִגּוֹשׂ we do not apply to him (he does not violate the law) ‘he shall not exact; סוף אתי לידי יגוש he will finally (after the lapse of ten years) transgress Sifré Deut. 113 (ref. to Deut. 15:3) ואת אחיך לא תִגּוֹשׂ but thou must not exact of thy brother.

נָכֹוסָא, נָכֹוסָהm. (נְכַס) butcher. Y.Yoma III, 40c top (expl. קרץ, Jer. 46:20) חד אמר נ׳ one says, it means the butcher (with ref. to Yoma III, 4. קרצו).

נָכֹוסָא, נָכֹוסָהm. (נְכַס) butcher. Y.Yoma III, 40c top (expl. קרץ, Jer. 46:20) חד אמר נ׳ one says, it means the butcher (with ref. to Yoma III, 4. קרצו).

נָכֹוסָא, נָכֹוסָהm. (נְכַס) butcher. Y.Yoma III, 40c top (expl. קרץ, Jer. 46:20) חד אמר נ׳ one says, it means the butcher (with ref. to Yoma III, 4. קרצו).

נָכֹוסָא, נָכֹוסָהm. (נְכַס) butcher. Y.Yoma III, 40c top (expl. קרץ, Jer. 46:20) חד אמר נ׳ one says, it means the butcher (with ref. to Yoma III, 4. קרצו).

פָּסַק(b. h. פָּשַׂק) (to separate, part, distribute, 1) to divide, split, interrupt. Taan.27b; Meg.22a פּוֹסֵק the reader divides (one verse), i. e. the first reads two verses and a half, leaving the other half to be read by his successor. Ib. לא התיר לי לִפְסוֹקוכ׳ he permitted me to cut a verse in two only in teaching the school children. Ib. 31b במשנה תורה פוסק the chapter in Deuteronomy containing the curses (Deut. 28:15–69) may be divided (to be read by two or more); a. fr.(Gen. R. s. 10 כיון שפסקה; Yalk. ib. 16 שפוסקה, v. פָּתַק.Part. pass. פָּסוּק; f. פְּסוּקָה. Ḥull.III, 3 פְּסוּקַת הגרגרת, v. גַּרְגֶּרֶת. 2) (denom. of פָּסוּק) to recite a verse. Ḥag.15a, sq. פְּסוֹק לי פְּסוּקְךָ (interch. with Chald. פסוק לי פסוקיך) recite to me thy Bible verse (recently learned). 3) (cmp. חָתַךְ, גָּזַר) to apportion, assign; to provide; to promise, agree. Keth.65a אין פּוֹסְקִין יינות לאשה in decreeing alimentation for a woman we do not provide for wine. Ib. כך תִּפְסְקוּ לבנותיכם so much (and no more) may ye grant to your daughters. Ib. 107a פוסקין מזונות לאשת איש the court assigns alimentation (from the estate) to a deserted wife. Ib. V, 8 לא פ׳ … אלאוכ׳ only R. Y. decreed barley as a part of alimentation, because he lived near Edom. Ib. פוסק לעומתןוכ׳ he must give her, v. עוּמָּה. Ib. VI, 2 הפוסק מעות לחתנו if a man agrees to pay a certain amount to his intended son-in-law (on the date of marriage). Ib. 3 פָּסְקָה להכניס … הוא פוסקוכ׳ if she promises to bring to him one thousand Denars, he must assign to her (as settlement in the Kthubah) fifteen Manehs. Tosef. ib. XIII (XII), 1 אם פָּסְקוּ לה … מה שפסקו פסקו if the court has granted her (alimentation), what they have granted, is granted. Ib. פסקה היא לעצמה (not על עצמה) if she herself has promised (to bring her husband a certain sum, and now her father refuses to give it). Ib. אבה פ׳ עליוכ׳ my father has promised for me; what can I do (if he retracts)?; Keth.XIII, 5. Y.Kidd.IV, 65c top פּוֹסְקֵי צדקה ברביםוכ׳ those who subscribe to a charity in public and refuse to pay; Taan.8b; a. v. fr. 4) to fix a price; to buy on time. Gitt.58a אפדנו בכל ממון שפוסקין עליו I will redeem him for any price that they may set on him. B. Mets.V, 7 אין פוסקין … עד שיצא השער you dare not fix a price on crops (buy on time), until the market price has been published. Ib. יצא השער פוסקין ואע״פ שאין לזה יש לזה (missing in Y. ed.) when the market price is out, you may buy, for although he (the seller) has no goods as yet, others have. Ib. פוסק עמו על הגדיש, v. גָּדִיש; a. v. fr. 5) פ׳ דברים ( to split words, to argue. Snh.44b פיסקון שפוסק דברים כלפי מעלה Gabriel is surnamed Pisḳon, because he argues with the Lord. 6) (neut. verb) to be cut off; to cease, be stopped. Sot.IX, 9 משרבו … פסקו המים המרים … הפסיקן when the faithless men became frequent, the application of the waters of jealousy ceased, and it was R. J. ben Z. that abolished them. Ib. 12 פסקו אנשי אמונה the men of faith ceased to exist. Tanḥ. Shmoth 16 אין אותה מצוה פוֹסֶקֶת מביתו that good deed shall never cease from (being practiced in) his house. Gen. R. s. 52 פסקו העוברים והשבים travellers ceased to pass by; a. v. fr. Nif. נִפְסַק to be split, cut in two, broken. Tosef.B. Kam. XI, 15; B. Kam. 119b הנ׳ במגירה chips at planing, v. גָּרַר I. Ḥull.III, 1 נשברה השדרה ונ׳ החוט שלה if the spinal column is broken and the spinal cord severed. Sabb.112a סנדל שנִפְסְקוּ שתי אזניו a sandal, both ears (loops) of which are torn off; Tosef.Kel.B. Bath. IV, 5 שנִתְפַּסְּקוּ; Kel. XXVI, 4; a. fr.Tosef.Mikv.III, 5, sq. ונפסקו, v. פָּתַק. Hif. הִפְסִיק 1) to separate, sever connection; to form a partition. Sot.38b אפי׳ מחיצה … אינה מַפְסֶקֶת ביןוכ׳ not even an iron wall forms a partition between Israel and his father in heaven (worshippers form a congregation even if separated by a partition); Pes.85b. Peah. I, 2 ואלו מַפְסִיקִין לפאה the following things form a division of fields with regard to Peah: a brook Ab. Zar.52a אתה׳ הענין the word eth (before ĕlohehem Deut. 12:2) divides the subject (so as not to allow an analogy between idolatrous utensils and the idols themselves), v. next w.; a. fr. 2) to interrupt; to cause to cease; to leave off; to pause. Ber.II, 2 בין ויאמר לאמת ויציב לא יַפְסִיק between the last portion of the Sh‘mʿa (Num. 15:37–41) and ‘Ĕmeth Vyatsib one must not pause (interrupt the prayer to greet a person). Ib. 14a במגילה מהו שיפסיק may one interrupt ones self during the reading of the Mgillah? (Ib. also פּוֹסֵק Kal. Ib. 5:1. Ex. R. s. 2 עם כל הנביאיםה׳ מלדבר … לאה׳ מימיו with all other prophets the Lord ceased from speaking at times, but with Moses he never ceased. Taan.30a סעודה המַפְסִיק בה the meal with which one ceases (the last meal before beginning to fast, called סעודה המַפְסֶקֶת). Y.Nidd.I, 49c והִפְסִיקָה שלש עונות and ceased (to have menstruation) for three periods. Meg.III, 6 אין מַפְסִיקִין בקללותוכ׳ in reading the curses (Lev. 26:14–44; Deut. 28:15–69) you must not break off, but one person must read the whole Ib. 31b מקום שמפסיקין בשבתוכ׳ where they leave off reading on Sabbath morning, there they continue in the afternoon Sot.IX, 9, v. supra. Gen. R. s. 52, beg. מה אני מפסיק צדקה מביתי shall I allow charity to cease in my house (to fall into desuetude from want of opportunity)?; a. fr. 3) to cut sprays off, trim, v. פָּסַג. 4) to dam. Tosef.Par.V (IV), 9 מפסיק ומנגב he makes a dam (cuts off the influx) and lays the cavity dry. Pi. פִּיסֵּק 1) to trim. Tosef.B. Kam. XI, 18, v. פָּסַג. 2) to interrupt.Part. pass. מְפוּסָּק; pl. מְפוּסָּקִין. Y.Pes.X, 37c; Y.Sabb.VIII, beg.11a מהו לשתותן מפ׳ how about drinking them (the four cups of the Passover evening) in pauses (sipping)?, v. פִּיסָּק. 3) to cut down, ruin; to cut to pieces. Pesik. Naḥ., p. 128a> קיצצוהו ופִיסְּקוּהוּ they cut it down and ruined it (the vineyard). Lam. R. to IV, 15 והיתה … עליהן ומְפַסַּקְתָּן the carriage passed over them and dismembered them; Pesik. Vattom., p. 133b> ומפסקתה (corr. acc.); Yalk. Is. 266 והיתה … עליה ומְפַסַּקְתָּהּ; a. e. Hithpa. הִתְפַּסֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְפַּסֵּק 1) to be severed. Tosef.Kel.B. Bath. IV, 5, v. supra. 2) (sub. בעינים, cmp. קרץ, Prov. 10:10; 6:13) to blink. Deut. R. s. 5 עשה עצמו מִתְפַּסֵּק he pretended to be blinking (Y.Sot.I, 16d bot., a. e. עבד גרמיה חשש בעייניה).

פָּסַק(b. h. פָּשַׂק) (to separate, part, distribute, 1) to divide, split, interrupt. Taan.27b; Meg.22a פּוֹסֵק the reader divides (one verse), i. e. the first reads two verses and a half, leaving the other half to be read by his successor. Ib. לא התיר לי לִפְסוֹקוכ׳ he permitted me to cut a verse in two only in teaching the school children. Ib. 31b במשנה תורה פוסק the chapter in Deuteronomy containing the curses (Deut. 28:15–69) may be divided (to be read by two or more); a. fr.(Gen. R. s. 10 כיון שפסקה; Yalk. ib. 16 שפוסקה, v. פָּתַק.Part. pass. פָּסוּק; f. פְּסוּקָה. Ḥull.III, 3 פְּסוּקַת הגרגרת, v. גַּרְגֶּרֶת. 2) (denom. of פָּסוּק) to recite a verse. Ḥag.15a, sq. פְּסוֹק לי פְּסוּקְךָ (interch. with Chald. פסוק לי פסוקיך) recite to me thy Bible verse (recently learned). 3) (cmp. חָתַךְ, גָּזַר) to apportion, assign; to provide; to promise, agree. Keth.65a אין פּוֹסְקִין יינות לאשה in decreeing alimentation for a woman we do not provide for wine. Ib. כך תִּפְסְקוּ לבנותיכם so much (and no more) may ye grant to your daughters. Ib. 107a פוסקין מזונות לאשת איש the court assigns alimentation (from the estate) to a deserted wife. Ib. V, 8 לא פ׳ … אלאוכ׳ only R. Y. decreed barley as a part of alimentation, because he lived near Edom. Ib. פוסק לעומתןוכ׳ he must give her, v. עוּמָּה. Ib. VI, 2 הפוסק מעות לחתנו if a man agrees to pay a certain amount to his intended son-in-law (on the date of marriage). Ib. 3 פָּסְקָה להכניס … הוא פוסקוכ׳ if she promises to bring to him one thousand Denars, he must assign to her (as settlement in the Kthubah) fifteen Manehs. Tosef. ib. XIII (XII), 1 אם פָּסְקוּ לה … מה שפסקו פסקו if the court has granted her (alimentation), what they have granted, is granted. Ib. פסקה היא לעצמה (not על עצמה) if she herself has promised (to bring her husband a certain sum, and now her father refuses to give it). Ib. אבה פ׳ עליוכ׳ my father has promised for me; what can I do (if he retracts)?; Keth.XIII, 5. Y.Kidd.IV, 65c top פּוֹסְקֵי צדקה ברביםוכ׳ those who subscribe to a charity in public and refuse to pay; Taan.8b; a. v. fr. 4) to fix a price; to buy on time. Gitt.58a אפדנו בכל ממון שפוסקין עליו I will redeem him for any price that they may set on him. B. Mets.V, 7 אין פוסקין … עד שיצא השער you dare not fix a price on crops (buy on time), until the market price has been published. Ib. יצא השער פוסקין ואע״פ שאין לזה יש לזה (missing in Y. ed.) when the market price is out, you may buy, for although he (the seller) has no goods as yet, others have. Ib. פוסק עמו על הגדיש, v. גָּדִיש; a. v. fr. 5) פ׳ דברים ( to split words, to argue. Snh.44b פיסקון שפוסק דברים כלפי מעלה Gabriel is surnamed Pisḳon, because he argues with the Lord. 6) (neut. verb) to be cut off; to cease, be stopped. Sot.IX, 9 משרבו … פסקו המים המרים … הפסיקן when the faithless men became frequent, the application of the waters of jealousy ceased, and it was R. J. ben Z. that abolished them. Ib. 12 פסקו אנשי אמונה the men of faith ceased to exist. Tanḥ. Shmoth 16 אין אותה מצוה פוֹסֶקֶת מביתו that good deed shall never cease from (being practiced in) his house. Gen. R. s. 52 פסקו העוברים והשבים travellers ceased to pass by; a. v. fr. Nif. נִפְסַק to be split, cut in two, broken. Tosef.B. Kam. XI, 15; B. Kam. 119b הנ׳ במגירה chips at planing, v. גָּרַר I. Ḥull.III, 1 נשברה השדרה ונ׳ החוט שלה if the spinal column is broken and the spinal cord severed. Sabb.112a סנדל שנִפְסְקוּ שתי אזניו a sandal, both ears (loops) of which are torn off; Tosef.Kel.B. Bath. IV, 5 שנִתְפַּסְּקוּ; Kel. XXVI, 4; a. fr.Tosef.Mikv.III, 5, sq. ונפסקו, v. פָּתַק. Hif. הִפְסִיק 1) to separate, sever connection; to form a partition. Sot.38b אפי׳ מחיצה … אינה מַפְסֶקֶת ביןוכ׳ not even an iron wall forms a partition between Israel and his father in heaven (worshippers form a congregation even if separated by a partition); Pes.85b. Peah. I, 2 ואלו מַפְסִיקִין לפאה the following things form a division of fields with regard to Peah: a brook Ab. Zar.52a אתה׳ הענין the word eth (before ĕlohehem Deut. 12:2) divides the subject (so as not to allow an analogy between idolatrous utensils and the idols themselves), v. next w.; a. fr. 2) to interrupt; to cause to cease; to leave off; to pause. Ber.II, 2 בין ויאמר לאמת ויציב לא יַפְסִיק between the last portion of the Sh‘mʿa (Num. 15:37–41) and ‘Ĕmeth Vyatsib one must not pause (interrupt the prayer to greet a person). Ib. 14a במגילה מהו שיפסיק may one interrupt ones self during the reading of the Mgillah? (Ib. also פּוֹסֵק Kal. Ib. 5:1. Ex. R. s. 2 עם כל הנביאיםה׳ מלדבר … לאה׳ מימיו with all other prophets the Lord ceased from speaking at times, but with Moses he never ceased. Taan.30a סעודה המַפְסִיק בה the meal with which one ceases (the last meal before beginning to fast, called סעודה המַפְסֶקֶת). Y.Nidd.I, 49c והִפְסִיקָה שלש עונות and ceased (to have menstruation) for three periods. Meg.III, 6 אין מַפְסִיקִין בקללותוכ׳ in reading the curses (Lev. 26:14–44; Deut. 28:15–69) you must not break off, but one person must read the whole Ib. 31b מקום שמפסיקין בשבתוכ׳ where they leave off reading on Sabbath morning, there they continue in the afternoon Sot.IX, 9, v. supra. Gen. R. s. 52, beg. מה אני מפסיק צדקה מביתי shall I allow charity to cease in my house (to fall into desuetude from want of opportunity)?; a. fr. 3) to cut sprays off, trim, v. פָּסַג. 4) to dam. Tosef.Par.V (IV), 9 מפסיק ומנגב he makes a dam (cuts off the influx) and lays the cavity dry. Pi. פִּיסֵּק 1) to trim. Tosef.B. Kam. XI, 18, v. פָּסַג. 2) to interrupt.Part. pass. מְפוּסָּק; pl. מְפוּסָּקִין. Y.Pes.X, 37c; Y.Sabb.VIII, beg.11a מהו לשתותן מפ׳ how about drinking them (the four cups of the Passover evening) in pauses (sipping)?, v. פִּיסָּק. 3) to cut down, ruin; to cut to pieces. Pesik. Naḥ., p. 128a> קיצצוהו ופִיסְּקוּהוּ they cut it down and ruined it (the vineyard). Lam. R. to IV, 15 והיתה … עליהן ומְפַסַּקְתָּן the carriage passed over them and dismembered them; Pesik. Vattom., p. 133b> ומפסקתה (corr. acc.); Yalk. Is. 266 והיתה … עליה ומְפַסַּקְתָּהּ; a. e. Hithpa. הִתְפַּסֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְפַּסֵּק 1) to be severed. Tosef.Kel.B. Bath. IV, 5, v. supra. 2) (sub. בעינים, cmp. קרץ, Prov. 10:10; 6:13) to blink. Deut. R. s. 5 עשה עצמו מִתְפַּסֵּק he pretended to be blinking (Y.Sot.I, 16d bot., a. e. עבד גרמיה חשש בעייניה).

קְרַט(v. P. Sm. 3741; cmp. קרץ) to break, take a bite. Lev. R. s. 22; Koh. R. to V, 8 יתיב למְקַרְטָאוכ׳ sat down on the road to eat something (Tanḥ. Huck. 1 שהיה אוכל לחם).