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גְּרַגPa. גָּרֵיג (= גרגר) to be rough, to roughen, whence 1) to incite, stir up. Targ. Prov. 10:12; 29:22 (h. text ערר, גרה). Ib. 6:3 גָּרֵג הכיל חברך ed. Lag. (Var. הביל, חביל) stir up, now, thy friend (for whom thou hast vouched), v. Peshittô a. Syr. Hexapla. 2) to be excited, impatient. Targ. Ps. 37:1; 7; 8 (Ms. תִּגְרַג Pe., h. text תתחר). 3) (v. P. Sm. 773, s. v. גרג 2, cmp. גַּרְגּוּתְנִי, אֲרוּכָה II) to cover with scurf, heal up. Targ. Job 30:24 יְגָרֵג מחתיה he will heal up the wound he has inflicted.

גְּרַגPa. גָּרֵיג (= גרגר) to be rough, to roughen, whence 1) to incite, stir up. Targ. Prov. 10:12; 29:22 (h. text ערר, גרה). Ib. 6:3 גָּרֵג הכיל חברך ed. Lag. (Var. הביל, חביל) stir up, now, thy friend (for whom thou hast vouched), v. Peshittô a. Syr. Hexapla. 2) to be excited, impatient. Targ. Ps. 37:1; 7; 8 (Ms. תִּגְרַג Pe., h. text תתחר). 3) (v. P. Sm. 773, s. v. גרג 2, cmp. גַּרְגּוּתְנִי, אֲרוּכָה II) to cover with scurf, heal up. Targ. Job 30:24 יְגָרֵג מחתיה he will heal up the wound he has inflicted.

חֲסַםch. sam(חסם II steel). Part. pass. חֲסִים bright and hard, flinty.Pl. חֲסִימִין. Targ. Y. II Deut. 8:9; (Y. I שאילן מסימן, read: הֲסִימַן fem. pl.). Targ. Y. ib. 33:25. Pa. חַסֵּם ( to scrape, cmp. גמגם, חָכַךְ II) to hesitate, be uncertain what to do. Sabb.147a הוה קא מְחַסֵּםוכ׳ he hesitated to hand it to him. Keth.20b. B. Mets.23b. Ḥull.50a. (Ar. a. some Mss. have הסם; v. Koh. Ar. Compl. s. v. הסם a. Rabb. D. S. to B. Mets. l. c. Ithpa. אִתְחַסֵּם 1) to receive a steel edge; trnsf. (of the mouth) to become able to speak. Lev. R. s. 23; Cant. R. to II, 2 אתח׳ר׳וכ׳ R. E. (who on a former occasion was unable to pronounce a blessing) has received a steel edge, and they named him R. E. Ḥisma; (Ar.: הא חֲסִים אלעזר, v. supra). 2) to rub against, trnsf. (cmp. גָּרַר) to seek a quarrel, to vie with (v. P. Sm. 133 3). Targ. Prov. 24:19 (h. text תתחר).

חֲסַםch. sam(חסם II steel). Part. pass. חֲסִים bright and hard, flinty.Pl. חֲסִימִין. Targ. Y. II Deut. 8:9; (Y. I שאילן מסימן, read: הֲסִימַן fem. pl.). Targ. Y. ib. 33:25. Pa. חַסֵּם ( to scrape, cmp. גמגם, חָכַךְ II) to hesitate, be uncertain what to do. Sabb.147a הוה קא מְחַסֵּםוכ׳ he hesitated to hand it to him. Keth.20b. B. Mets.23b. Ḥull.50a. (Ar. a. some Mss. have הסם; v. Koh. Ar. Compl. s. v. הסם a. Rabb. D. S. to B. Mets. l. c. Ithpa. אִתְחַסֵּם 1) to receive a steel edge; trnsf. (of the mouth) to become able to speak. Lev. R. s. 23; Cant. R. to II, 2 אתח׳ר׳וכ׳ R. E. (who on a former occasion was unable to pronounce a blessing) has received a steel edge, and they named him R. E. Ḥisma; (Ar.: הא חֲסִים אלעזר, v. supra). 2) to rub against, trnsf. (cmp. גָּרַר) to seek a quarrel, to vie with (v. P. Sm. 133 3). Targ. Prov. 24:19 (h. text תתחר).