תושיה

תּוּשִׁיָּהf. (b. h.; cmp. יֵש) stability; salvation; wisdom. Pirké dR. El. ch. III מיר … בתורה ששמה ת׳וכ׳ at once the Lord took counsel with the Law, whose name is tushiyyah, as to creating the world (ref. to Prov. 8:14).

תָּשַׁש(privative of יש; cmp. יָשִׁיש) to be weak, slender, old. Ber.32a עכשיו … ת׳ כחו כנקבח now the nations will say, his (Gods) power has grown weak as that of a woman. Pes.62b מיום … ת׳ כחןוכ׳ from the day that the Book of Genealogy was suppressed, the strength of the wise has failed, and the light of their eyes has grown dim. Esth. R. to I, 1 ותַש, v. רָתַח. Men.29b; a. fr.Part. pass. תָּשוּש; pl. תְּשוּשִׁים, תְּשוּשִׁין. Midr. Till. to Ps. 18:17 מה … הת׳וכ׳ what did the feeble (old) among them (that crossed the Red Sea) do?; Yalk. Sam. 161 הת׳ והפודגרין the feeble and the lame. Cant. R. to V, 16 (ref. to Ps. 29:4) קולה׳ בכח לבחורים … לת׳ (not לתשי׳) ‘the voice of the Lord with strengthfor the youths; ‘the voice of the Lord with majestyfor the feeble; (Num. R. s. 101> לַתַּשִּׁים); a. e. Hif. הֵתֵיש or הִתִּיש to weaken. Snh.26b (play on תושיה, Is. 28:29) למה נקרא … שמַתֶּשֶׁת כחווכ׳ why is the law called tushiyah? Because the study of it weakens the strength of man (v. תַּשְׁיוּתָא). Gitt.70a שלשה דברים מַתִּישִׁיןוכ׳ Ar. (ed. מתיזין) three things weaken mans strength; a. e.

תָּשַׁש(privative of יש; cmp. יָשִׁיש) to be weak, slender, old. Ber.32a עכשיו … ת׳ כחו כנקבח now the nations will say, his (Gods) power has grown weak as that of a woman. Pes.62b מיום … ת׳ כחןוכ׳ from the day that the Book of Genealogy was suppressed, the strength of the wise has failed, and the light of their eyes has grown dim. Esth. R. to I, 1 ותַש, v. רָתַח. Men.29b; a. fr.Part. pass. תָּשוּש; pl. תְּשוּשִׁים, תְּשוּשִׁין. Midr. Till. to Ps. 18:17 מה … הת׳וכ׳ what did the feeble (old) among them (that crossed the Red Sea) do?; Yalk. Sam. 161 הת׳ והפודגרין the feeble and the lame. Cant. R. to V, 16 (ref. to Ps. 29:4) קולה׳ בכח לבחורים … לת׳ (not לתשי׳) ‘the voice of the Lord with strengthfor the youths; ‘the voice of the Lord with majestyfor the feeble; (Num. R. s. 101> לַתַּשִּׁים); a. e. Hif. הֵתֵיש or הִתִּיש to weaken. Snh.26b (play on תושיה, Is. 28:29) למה נקרא … שמַתֶּשֶׁת כחווכ׳ why is the law called tushiyah? Because the study of it weakens the strength of man (v. תַּשְׁיוּתָא). Gitt.70a שלשה דברים מַתִּישִׁיןוכ׳ Ar. (ed. מתיזין) three things weaken mans strength; a. e.