רוח הקדש

רוּחַII f. (b. h.; רָוַח) 1) wind, air; direction, side. Ex. R. s. 1522> שלשה בריות … המים והר׳וכ׳ three creations preceded the formation of the world: water, air, and fire; הר׳ הרהוכ׳ the air (spirit) conceived and gave birth to wisdom. B. Mets. 107b הכל בר׳ all (diseases) are caused by the air. Ḥag.12a עשרה …ר׳ ומיםוכ׳ ten things were created on the first day: heaven …, air and water Ib. b הרים בר׳ the mountains are sustained by the air, ר׳ בסערה the air by the wind-storm.Ber.31a יכול … לכלר׳ שירצה you may think a man may pray facing any direction he may desire. B. Bath.22b מר׳ אחת from one side. Ib. II, 9 לכלר׳ עושהוכ׳ one may erect a tannery on any side of the town except the western. Ib. 25b ר׳ דרומית the southern wind. Kil. V, 5; a. v. fr.Pl. רוּחוֹת. Ab. III, 17 שאפי׳ כל הר׳וכ׳ even if all the winds were to come and blow at them Kil. III, 1 בארבער׳ הערוגה on the four sides of the bed. Y. ib. VI, end, 30c מגופף מארבע רוּחוֹתָיו enclosed on its four sides. Pes.94a לארבער׳ העולם he may turn towards any of the four directions of the world; a. v. fr. 2) mind, disposition, spirit. Ab. III, 10, v. נוּחַ h. Y.Peah I, 15c bot., a. e., v. הֲנָחָה. Ab. IV, 7, v. גַּס III. Ib. V, 19 ר׳ נמוכה a lowly spirit; a. v. fr. 3) spirit, soul. Gen. R. s. 7, end נפש חיה זה רוּחוֹ שלוכ׳ ‘a living soul (Gen. 2:19), this means the soul of Adam. Ib. s. 2 ורוח אלהים זו רוחווכ׳ ‘and the spirit of God (Gen. 1:2), this means the soul of the king Messiah; a. v. fr.Esp. ר׳ הקדש (abbr. רוה״ק) the holy spirit, prophetic inspiration, intuition. Ab. Zar.20b קדושה …רוה״ק sanctity (of life) leads to prophetic inspiration. Meg.7a אסתר ברוה״קוכ׳ the Book of Esther was composed in a spirit of prophecy. Yoma 9b משמתו … נסתלקהרוה״קוכ׳ with the death of the last prophets, Haggai …, the prophetic spirit was withdrawn from Israel. Ber.10a חזאי לי ברוה״קוכ׳ I saw in a prophetic vision that unworthy children would go forth ; a. v. fr.Snḥ.65b, a. fr. ר׳ טומאה unholy inspiration (augury). 4) ( evil) spirit, demon. Pes.112a (סכנת)ר׳ רעה the danger threatening from an evil spirit; a. fr.ר׳ צרדה, ר׳ צרעת, ר׳ תזזית, v. respective determinants.Pl. רוּחוֹת, רוּחִין. Gen. R. s. 20 ר׳ הזכרים male demons; ר׳ נקבות female demons. Erub.18b הולידר׳ ושדיןוכ׳ begot spirits and demons ; a. fr.

רוּחָאch. sam( רוּחַ II f. (b. h.; רָוַח) wind, air; direction, side). Targ. Gen. 1:2. Ib. 8:1. Ib. 6:17. Ib. 45:27 רוח נבואה (O. ed. Berl. קודשא) = h. רוח הקדש, v. preced.; a. v. fr.Gen. R. s. 38, end נסגוד לר׳וכ׳ let us worship the wind that scatters the clouds; ונסגוד לבר …ר׳ let us worship man that carries the wind (whose body is filled with air). Gitt.67b דהאר׳וכ׳, v. קוּרְדְּיָיקוֹס; a. fr.Pl. רוּחִין, רוּחַיָּא, רוּחֵי, רוּחָתָא. Targ. O. Num. 16:22. Targ. Deut. 32:24. Targ. Y. I ib. רווחין (corr. acc.), v. רְוַוח I; a. fr.Y.Shek.V, end, 49b רבהון דרוּחַיָּיא the chief of the evil spirits. Gen. R. s. 20, end ר׳ דביתא טביןוכ׳ the spirits of a mans house are benevolent, for they grow up with him; ר׳ דחקלא the spirits of the field; ib. s. 24, end. Lev. R. s. 5 שידא שריהון דר׳ Sheda (demon), the prince of the spirits. B. Bath.25a לכלר׳ אוקמןוכ׳ place me (for prayer) in any direction except due east; a. fr.

רוּחָאch. sam( רוּחַ II f. (b. h.; רָוַח) wind, air; direction, side). Targ. Gen. 1:2. Ib. 8:1. Ib. 6:17. Ib. 45:27 רוח נבואה (O. ed. Berl. קודשא) = h. רוח הקדש, v. preced.; a. v. fr.Gen. R. s. 38, end נסגוד לר׳וכ׳ let us worship the wind that scatters the clouds; ונסגוד לבר …ר׳ let us worship man that carries the wind (whose body is filled with air). Gitt.67b דהאר׳וכ׳, v. קוּרְדְּיָיקוֹס; a. fr.Pl. רוּחִין, רוּחַיָּא, רוּחֵי, רוּחָתָא. Targ. O. Num. 16:22. Targ. Deut. 32:24. Targ. Y. I ib. רווחין (corr. acc.), v. רְוַוח I; a. fr.Y.Shek.V, end, 49b רבהון דרוּחַיָּיא the chief of the evil spirits. Gen. R. s. 20, end ר׳ דביתא טביןוכ׳ the spirits of a mans house are benevolent, for they grow up with him; ר׳ דחקלא the spirits of the field; ib. s. 24, end. Lev. R. s. 5 שידא שריהון דר׳ Sheda (demon), the prince of the spirits. B. Bath.25a לכלר׳ אוקמןוכ׳ place me (for prayer) in any direction except due east; a. fr.

קָרַרII (cmp. קרש) ( to contract, to be cold. Hif. הֵקֵר same. Cant. R. to IV, 5 there were two families אחת מֵיקֶרֶתוכ׳ (not מקרית) one was cold-blooded, v. רָתַח. Hof. הוּקַר to be chilled, feel cold. Num. R. s. 23 כאן הוּקַרְנוּ … here we slept, here we felt cold. Nithpa. נִתְקָרֵר to be cooled off; (with דעת) to be pacified, feel satisfied. Ib. s. 2 נ׳ בצילו he cooled himself in its shade.Yeb.63a ולא נִתְקָרְרָה דעתו עדוכ׳ and he found no satisfaction until Num. R. s. 14, beg. ולא נתקררה דעתו and he (the Lord) was not pacified. Tanḥ. Vaëthḥ. 6 באותה שעה נתקררה רוח הקדש that moment the divine spirit was cooled off (from its anger); a. e.V. קוֹרָה II.

קָרַרII (cmp. קרש) ( to contract, to be cold. Hif. הֵקֵר same. Cant. R. to IV, 5 there were two families אחת מֵיקֶרֶתוכ׳ (not מקרית) one was cold-blooded, v. רָתַח. Hof. הוּקַר to be chilled, feel cold. Num. R. s. 23 כאן הוּקַרְנוּ … here we slept, here we felt cold. Nithpa. נִתְקָרֵר to be cooled off; (with דעת) to be pacified, feel satisfied. Ib. s. 2 נ׳ בצילו he cooled himself in its shade.Yeb.63a ולא נִתְקָרְרָה דעתו עדוכ׳ and he found no satisfaction until Num. R. s. 14, beg. ולא נתקררה דעתו and he (the Lord) was not pacified. Tanḥ. Vaëthḥ. 6 באותה שעה נתקררה רוח הקדש that moment the divine spirit was cooled off (from its anger); a. e.V. קוֹרָה II.