ראשונה כדי

רְבִיעָהf. (רָבַע) 1) coupling, esp. (v. Lev. 20:16) carnal connection with beasts, buggery. Ab. Zar. II, 1 מפני … הר׳ because they (the gentiles) are suspected of using beasts for buggery. Ib. 23a B. Kam.40b, sq.; a. e. 2) (v. בַּעַל h. a. ch.) ( fructification, rainfall in the autumn. Taan.6b עד …ר׳ שנייה until the second rainfall comes down. Ib. מאי לשוןר׳ דבר שרובעוכ׳ what is the radical meaning of רביעה? Something which fructifies the ground, as R. J. says, ‘the rain is the husband Ib. ר׳ ראשונה כדיוכ׳ the first rainfall (is satisfactory, and you need no fast-day), when there is enough to enter the ground to the depth of one handbreadth; ד׳ שנייה כדי לגוףוכ׳ the second rainfall (is satisfactory), when the soil is fit to be used for sealing the mouth of a cask. Ib. 6a; Tosef. ib. I, 3. Ib. 4 רביע ed. Zuck. (corr. acc.). Gen. R. s. 13 כדיר׳ enough rain to be called rbiʿah (fructification); a. fr.Tosef.B. Kam.I, 9 ועלר׳ ed. Zuck., v. רְבִיצָה.

רְבִיעָהf. (רָבַע) 1) coupling, esp. (v. Lev. 20:16) carnal connection with beasts, buggery. Ab. Zar. II, 1 מפני … הר׳ because they (the gentiles) are suspected of using beasts for buggery. Ib. 23a B. Kam.40b, sq.; a. e. 2) (v. בַּעַל h. a. ch.) ( fructification, rainfall in the autumn. Taan.6b עד …ר׳ שנייה until the second rainfall comes down. Ib. מאי לשוןר׳ דבר שרובעוכ׳ what is the radical meaning of רביעה? Something which fructifies the ground, as R. J. says, ‘the rain is the husband Ib. ר׳ ראשונה כדיוכ׳ the first rainfall (is satisfactory, and you need no fast-day), when there is enough to enter the ground to the depth of one handbreadth; ד׳ שנייה כדי לגוףוכ׳ the second rainfall (is satisfactory), when the soil is fit to be used for sealing the mouth of a cask. Ib. 6a; Tosef. ib. I, 3. Ib. 4 רביע ed. Zuck. (corr. acc.). Gen. R. s. 13 כדיר׳ enough rain to be called rbiʿah (fructification); a. fr.Tosef.B. Kam.I, 9 ועלר׳ ed. Zuck., v. רְבִיצָה.