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צָפַן(b. h.; cmp. צָפָה) 1) to look up to, respect, regard, v. סָפַן. 2) to provide, store away, reserve, guard; to hide. Deut. R. s. 7 (ref. to Prov. 2:1) אתם צוֹפְנִים … ואני צוֹפֵןוכ׳ you treasure up learning and good deeds with me in this world, and I treasure up for you good reward in the hereafter (ref. to Ps. 31:20); Cant. R. to VII, 14; a. e.Part. pass. צָפוּן; f. צְפוּנָה; pl. צְפוּנִים, צְפוּנִיֹן; צְפוּנוֹת. Midr. Prov. to ch. 2 אם זכיתם להַצְפִּין תורתי … מטוב הצ׳וכ׳ if you do well, guarding my Law (making provision for the study of the Law), I will satisfy you out of the good which is reserved for the hereafter (ref. to Ps. l. c.:). Lev. R. s. 2 (ref. to צפנהוכ׳, Lev. 1:11) כנגד מעשיהם … שהם צ׳ לפניו this is typical of the deeds of Abraham …, which are stored up before him (the Lord, for the benefit of their descendants); v. צְפוּנָה. Midr. Prov. l. c. (ref. to יצפן, ib. 2:7) משעה שאדם … צ׳ לו while man is formed in his mothers womb, (the reward for) the Law which he will study is reserved for him. Succ.52a (play on הצפוני, Joel 2:20) זה יצר הרע שצ׳ ועומד בלבווכ׳ that means the evil inclination that constantly lies in waiting in the heart of man. Gen. R. s. 90; Yalk. ib. 148, v. יָפַע; a. fr. Nif. נִצְפַּן to be reserved, kept. Tanḥ. ed. Bub. Yithro 8 ונ׳ לשלשוכ׳ and he (Moses) was reserved for three months (for the giving of the Law in the third month, Ex. 19:1); Yalk. Ex. 271; ib. ונצפון (corr. acc.). Hif. הִצְפִּין 1) to guard, provide; to remove, hide. Midr. Prov. l. c., v. supra. Deut. R. s. 1 (play on צפנה, Deut. 2:3) הַצְפִּינוּ עצמיכם ממנו hide yourselves from him; a. e. 2) (denom. of צָפוֹן II) to turn north. B. Bath.25b יַצְפִּין let him turn towards the north (in prayer). 3) (denom. of צָפוֹן I) to brighten, cleanse with soap, v. צָפוֹן I. 4) (in enigmatic speech) to enlighten. Erub.53b הַצְפִּינֵנוּ היכן … צפין ‘unhide unto us where R. … is hidden; (Rashi refers to צָפָה, with emphatic נ).

צָפַן(b. h.; cmp. צָפָה) 1) to look up to, respect, regard, v. סָפַן. 2) to provide, store away, reserve, guard; to hide. Deut. R. s. 7 (ref. to Prov. 2:1) אתם צוֹפְנִים … ואני צוֹפֵןוכ׳ you treasure up learning and good deeds with me in this world, and I treasure up for you good reward in the hereafter (ref. to Ps. 31:20); Cant. R. to VII, 14; a. e.Part. pass. צָפוּן; f. צְפוּנָה; pl. צְפוּנִים, צְפוּנִיֹן; צְפוּנוֹת. Midr. Prov. to ch. 2 אם זכיתם להַצְפִּין תורתי … מטוב הצ׳וכ׳ if you do well, guarding my Law (making provision for the study of the Law), I will satisfy you out of the good which is reserved for the hereafter (ref. to Ps. l. c.:). Lev. R. s. 2 (ref. to צפנהוכ׳, Lev. 1:11) כנגד מעשיהם … שהם צ׳ לפניו this is typical of the deeds of Abraham …, which are stored up before him (the Lord, for the benefit of their descendants); v. צְפוּנָה. Midr. Prov. l. c. (ref. to יצפן, ib. 2:7) משעה שאדם … צ׳ לו while man is formed in his mothers womb, (the reward for) the Law which he will study is reserved for him. Succ.52a (play on הצפוני, Joel 2:20) זה יצר הרע שצ׳ ועומד בלבווכ׳ that means the evil inclination that constantly lies in waiting in the heart of man. Gen. R. s. 90; Yalk. ib. 148, v. יָפַע; a. fr. Nif. נִצְפַּן to be reserved, kept. Tanḥ. ed. Bub. Yithro 8 ונ׳ לשלשוכ׳ and he (Moses) was reserved for three months (for the giving of the Law in the third month, Ex. 19:1); Yalk. Ex. 271; ib. ונצפון (corr. acc.). Hif. הִצְפִּין 1) to guard, provide; to remove, hide. Midr. Prov. l. c., v. supra. Deut. R. s. 1 (play on צפנה, Deut. 2:3) הַצְפִּינוּ עצמיכם ממנו hide yourselves from him; a. e. 2) (denom. of צָפוֹן II) to turn north. B. Bath.25b יַצְפִּין let him turn towards the north (in prayer). 3) (denom. of צָפוֹן I) to brighten, cleanse with soap, v. צָפוֹן I. 4) (in enigmatic speech) to enlighten. Erub.53b הַצְפִּינֵנוּ היכן … צפין ‘unhide unto us where R. … is hidden; (Rashi refers to צָפָה, with emphatic נ).

טוֹבI (b. h.) to be good, fit, handsome, valuable. Hif. הֵטִיב 1) to prepare, outfit, dress, adorn. Gen. R. s. 26, v. טַבָּת. Ib. s. 83 (play on מהיטבאל, Gen. 36:39) מְטִיבֵי אלוהות היו they were dressers of idols; שהיו מֵטִיבִין עצמןוכ׳ they adorned themselves in honor of the idols. Ib. מטיבי נשיםוכ׳ they dressed women for their wedding; a. e.Esp. ( את הנרות) ה׳ to trim, cleanse the lamps. Yoma III, 4 ולהֵטֵיב. Ib. I, 2. Ib. 14b יֵיטִיב; a. fr.V. הֲטָבָה. 2) to turn a dream unto good (saying, ‘I have dreamt a good dream). Ber.55b יְטִיבֶנּוּ בפניוכ׳ he shall turn it in the presence of three persons, and say 3) to do good, be beneficent. Ib. IX, 2 הטוב והמטיב who is good and beneficent. Taan.31a תקנו … הטוב והמ׳ they introduced in Jabneh the benediction ‘who is good (in the grace after meal).Kidd.I, 10 מטיבין לו good will be done to him; a. fr.Part. Hof. מוּטָב, q. v. Pi. טִיֵּיב to improve a field, to till oftener than usual. Y.Shebi.IV, 35b top טִיְּיבָהּוכ׳ if, after he improved a field, he died Nithpa. נִיטַּיֵּיב to be improved. Shebi. IV, 2; Tosef. ib. III, 10; a. e.Denom. טִיּיוּב.

טוֹבI (b. h.) to be good, fit, handsome, valuable. Hif. הֵטִיב 1) to prepare, outfit, dress, adorn. Gen. R. s. 26, v. טַבָּת. Ib. s. 83 (play on מהיטבאל, Gen. 36:39) מְטִיבֵי אלוהות היו they were dressers of idols; שהיו מֵטִיבִין עצמןוכ׳ they adorned themselves in honor of the idols. Ib. מטיבי נשיםוכ׳ they dressed women for their wedding; a. e.Esp. ( את הנרות) ה׳ to trim, cleanse the lamps. Yoma III, 4 ולהֵטֵיב. Ib. I, 2. Ib. 14b יֵיטִיב; a. fr.V. הֲטָבָה. 2) to turn a dream unto good (saying, ‘I have dreamt a good dream). Ber.55b יְטִיבֶנּוּ בפניוכ׳ he shall turn it in the presence of three persons, and say 3) to do good, be beneficent. Ib. IX, 2 הטוב והמטיב who is good and beneficent. Taan.31a תקנו … הטוב והמ׳ they introduced in Jabneh the benediction ‘who is good (in the grace after meal).Kidd.I, 10 מטיבין לו good will be done to him; a. fr.Part. Hof. מוּטָב, q. v. Pi. טִיֵּיב to improve a field, to till oftener than usual. Y.Shebi.IV, 35b top טִיְּיבָהּוכ׳ if, after he improved a field, he died Nithpa. נִיטַּיֵּיב to be improved. Shebi. IV, 2; Tosef. ib. III, 10; a. e.Denom. טִיּיוּב.

נָעַרII (b. h.; cmp. עוד, ערר) to shake, stir. Makhsh. I, 4 הנוֹעֵר אגודהוכ׳ he who shakes (the rain off) a bundle of vegetables. Ib. V, 7. Pesik. R. s. 26 לאיוב נָעַרְתִּי מן האשפהוכ׳ I shook Job (making him rise) from the dunghill, and concerning thee (Israel) it is written (Is. 52:2), shake thyself ; a. e. Pi. נִיעֵר 1) to shake. Perik. Shek., p. 17a> נַעֲרָהּ קפלה shake it (the garment), fold it; Lev. R. s. 2. B. Mets.II, 8 מצא כסות מְנַעֲרָתּוכ׳ if one found a garment (and holds it in charge waiting for the owner to claim it), he must shake it once in thirty days. Sabb.147a top; a. fr. 2) to stir. Ḥull.VIII, 3 נ׳ את הקדרה if he stirred (the meat in) the pot. Y.Ab. Zar. I, 39d top שמא נ׳ הגוי בקדרה the gentile might have stirred the pot; a. fr. 3) to empty; to cause evacuation. Toh. II, 1 מְנָעֶרֶת את הקדרה she may empty (or stir) the dish. Kel. XXVIII, 2 לנָעֵר בווכ׳ used for (lifting and) emptying the pot. Tosef. ib. B. Mets.II, 10 שהחנוני מְנָעֵרוכ׳ which the shop-keeper uses when pouring out (or through which he pours for straining), v. יַתִּיךְ; a. e.נ׳ את העאן to use means by which to expedite the discharge of excrements of the flock on the spot to be manured (v. דּוּר I, Pi.). Tosef.Shebi.II, 20; M. Kat. 12a: Y.Shebi.III, 34c bot. Ib. השוכר … לנַעֲרָהּ he who hires a flock (for manuring) is forbidden to use means ; expl. ib. מוליכה ממקוםוכ׳ by driving it from place to place.Part. pass. מְנוֹעָר; f. מְנוֹעֶרֶת; pl. מְנוֹעָרִים, מְנוֹעָרִין: מְנוֹעָרִין empty, vacant. Y.Ber.IV, 7b bot. (play on שִׁנְֹעָֹרֹ) שחם מנ׳ מן המצותוכ׳ they (the Babylonians) are vacant of (cannot perform) certain religious observances ; Koh. R. to XII, 7; Gen. R. s. 37 שהיא מנ׳וכ׳ she (Babylonia) is deprived Ḥag.14a (play on נערים, Is. 3:4) אלו בני אדם שמנ׳וכ׳ that means persons empty of good deeds, opp. ממולא; Yalk. Is. 261.B. Bath.74b ור״י נוער some ed., v. עוּר I.Ḥull.51b ניערה, v. infra. Nif. נִנְעַר 1) to be stirred up; to bestir ones self. B. Bath.74b וני׳ ר׳׳א and R. El. was stirred up (awoke). Sot.5a אין עפרו נ׳ his dust will not be stirred up (for resurrection). Ex. R. s. 1 (play on חלאה ונערה, 1 Chr. 4:5) חלתה ונִנְעֲרָה מחליהוכ׳ she (Miriam) was sick, but she bestirred herself (arose) from her sickness, and the Lord restored her to youth. Y.Ber.III, 6d top (play on מנעריו, Gen. 8:21) משעה שהוא נ׳ ויוצאוכ׳ from the moment the embryo bestirs itself to come out into the world; Gen. R. s. 34; Yalk. ib. 61. Ḥull.51b ננערה לעמודוכ׳ Rashi (ed. נִיעֲרָה) if the animal made an effort to get up, although it did not succeed; a. e. 2) (of flax) to be hatcheled. Y.Sabb.II, beg.4c (expl. חוסן, ib. II, 1) פשתן שלא ננרה flax which has not yet been hatcheled. 3) to be emptied, poured out. Y. Ber. l. c. (play on שנער) ששם נִנְעֲרוּוכ׳ for into that valley the dead of the generation of the flood were dumped; Gen. R. s. 37; Koh. R. l. c.Snh.92a קשתו נִינְעֶרֶת his bow will be empty (his sexual vitality broken). Hif. הִנְעִיר to stir up, to keep awake. Erub.53b (play on נעדה, v. אַהֲרוֹנִית) והִנְעִירָתוֹ and she kept him awake. Hithpa. הִתְנַעֵר to be emptied; trnsf. to be displaced. Zeb.116a (ref. to Cant. 4:16) תִּתְנַעֵר אומה … ותבאוכ׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) removed be the (Roman) nation whose sacrifices are slaughtered northward (Lev. 1:11, which is entitled only to burnt-offerings), and let the nation enter

נָעַרII (b. h.; cmp. עוד, ערר) to shake, stir. Makhsh. I, 4 הנוֹעֵר אגודהוכ׳ he who shakes (the rain off) a bundle of vegetables. Ib. V, 7. Pesik. R. s. 26 לאיוב נָעַרְתִּי מן האשפהוכ׳ I shook Job (making him rise) from the dunghill, and concerning thee (Israel) it is written (Is. 52:2), shake thyself ; a. e. Pi. נִיעֵר 1) to shake. Perik. Shek., p. 17a> נַעֲרָהּ קפלה shake it (the garment), fold it; Lev. R. s. 2. B. Mets.II, 8 מצא כסות מְנַעֲרָתּוכ׳ if one found a garment (and holds it in charge waiting for the owner to claim it), he must shake it once in thirty days. Sabb.147a top; a. fr. 2) to stir. Ḥull.VIII, 3 נ׳ את הקדרה if he stirred (the meat in) the pot. Y.Ab. Zar. I, 39d top שמא נ׳ הגוי בקדרה the gentile might have stirred the pot; a. fr. 3) to empty; to cause evacuation. Toh. II, 1 מְנָעֶרֶת את הקדרה she may empty (or stir) the dish. Kel. XXVIII, 2 לנָעֵר בווכ׳ used for (lifting and) emptying the pot. Tosef. ib. B. Mets.II, 10 שהחנוני מְנָעֵרוכ׳ which the shop-keeper uses when pouring out (or through which he pours for straining), v. יַתִּיךְ; a. e.נ׳ את העאן to use means by which to expedite the discharge of excrements of the flock on the spot to be manured (v. דּוּר I, Pi.). Tosef.Shebi.II, 20; M. Kat. 12a: Y.Shebi.III, 34c bot. Ib. השוכר … לנַעֲרָהּ he who hires a flock (for manuring) is forbidden to use means ; expl. ib. מוליכה ממקוםוכ׳ by driving it from place to place.Part. pass. מְנוֹעָר; f. מְנוֹעֶרֶת; pl. מְנוֹעָרִים, מְנוֹעָרִין: מְנוֹעָרִין empty, vacant. Y.Ber.IV, 7b bot. (play on שִׁנְֹעָֹרֹ) שחם מנ׳ מן המצותוכ׳ they (the Babylonians) are vacant of (cannot perform) certain religious observances ; Koh. R. to XII, 7; Gen. R. s. 37 שהיא מנ׳וכ׳ she (Babylonia) is deprived Ḥag.14a (play on נערים, Is. 3:4) אלו בני אדם שמנ׳וכ׳ that means persons empty of good deeds, opp. ממולא; Yalk. Is. 261.B. Bath.74b ור״י נוער some ed., v. עוּר I.Ḥull.51b ניערה, v. infra. Nif. נִנְעַר 1) to be stirred up; to bestir ones self. B. Bath.74b וני׳ ר׳׳א and R. El. was stirred up (awoke). Sot.5a אין עפרו נ׳ his dust will not be stirred up (for resurrection). Ex. R. s. 1 (play on חלאה ונערה, 1 Chr. 4:5) חלתה ונִנְעֲרָה מחליהוכ׳ she (Miriam) was sick, but she bestirred herself (arose) from her sickness, and the Lord restored her to youth. Y.Ber.III, 6d top (play on מנעריו, Gen. 8:21) משעה שהוא נ׳ ויוצאוכ׳ from the moment the embryo bestirs itself to come out into the world; Gen. R. s. 34; Yalk. ib. 61. Ḥull.51b ננערה לעמודוכ׳ Rashi (ed. נִיעֲרָה) if the animal made an effort to get up, although it did not succeed; a. e. 2) (of flax) to be hatcheled. Y.Sabb.II, beg.4c (expl. חוסן, ib. II, 1) פשתן שלא ננרה flax which has not yet been hatcheled. 3) to be emptied, poured out. Y. Ber. l. c. (play on שנער) ששם נִנְעֲרוּוכ׳ for into that valley the dead of the generation of the flood were dumped; Gen. R. s. 37; Koh. R. l. c.Snh.92a קשתו נִינְעֶרֶת his bow will be empty (his sexual vitality broken). Hif. הִנְעִיר to stir up, to keep awake. Erub.53b (play on נעדה, v. אַהֲרוֹנִית) והִנְעִירָתוֹ and she kept him awake. Hithpa. הִתְנַעֵר to be emptied; trnsf. to be displaced. Zeb.116a (ref. to Cant. 4:16) תִּתְנַעֵר אומה … ותבאוכ׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) removed be the (Roman) nation whose sacrifices are slaughtered northward (Lev. 1:11, which is entitled only to burnt-offerings), and let the nation enter

גָּרַרI (b. h.; v. גָּרָה) (to produce a grating, scraping sound, 1) to scratch, scrape, shave (v. גָּרַד, גָּרַע I). Sabb.VIII, 6 (81a). כדי לִגְרֹורוכ׳ (Ar. a. Y. ed. לגרוד) large enough to scrape with it the top R. Hash. 27b גְּרָרֹו Ms. M. (ed. גרדו), v. גֶּלֶד. Keth.60a; Kerith. 21b גֹּורְרֹווכ׳ he must scrape the blood off before eating the bread; a. fr.Part. pass. גָּרוּר, v. גָּרוּד. 2) to drag, to move without lifting; (also neut. verb) to follow. Sabb.29b, a. fr. גורר אדםוכ׳ one may, on the Sabbath, pull or push a couch (on the floor). Y.Kil.I, 27b bot. לא יָגֹור אדםוכ׳ one must not pull Tanḥ. Thazr. 8 גְּרָרוּהוּ מקברו they dragged him out of his grave. Tosef.Erub.XI (VIII), 13; Tosef.Bets.II, 19 דלת הגֹּורֶרֶת … הגֹּורְרִים (Y.Erub.X, 26b bot. גודרת, corr. acc., v. גָּדַר) a door which drags along the ground (on opening), a matting which is moved by dragging, or large kegs which ; Erub.101a דלת הנִגְרֶרֶת … הנִגְרָר. Cant R. to II, 15 אני גֹורְרוֹ למבולו I will drag him to the flood in which to perish; a. fr.Tanḥ. Thazr. 9 (ref. to Ps. 5:5 יגרך) אין אתה נגרר … ואין הרעה גֹורֶרֶת אותךוכ׳ neither art thou dragged behind (attracted by) evil, nor does evil drag (have power over) thee, nor does it dwell with thee; Yalk. Kings 231 אין אתה גורר אחר … גוררת אחריך.Part. pass. גָּרוּר dragged along, hanging on.Pl. גְּרוּרִים, גְּרוּרִין. Num. R. s. 18 ח׳ ג׳ eight threads dragged along (as fringes; Tanḥ. Korah 12 ח׳ חוטין). Ab. Zar.3b, a. e. גרים ג׳ proselytes who have attached themselves but have not been admitted, v. גֵּר. 3) to carry with it, to cause; to affect (v. גָּרַם). Y.Hor.I, 46a bot.; Y.Pes.VII, 34c שבט אחד גֹּורֵרוכ׳ (a majority of) one tribe affects the legal status of the entire nation, i. e. the majority of tribes (seven) decides, though it may be a minority of the people as a whole. Lev. R. s. 13, end (play on gerah, Lev. 11:4 sq.) גָּרְרָה מלכותוכ׳ carried another government after it, i. e. was followed by another oppressive government. Ab. IV, 2 מצוה גֹורֶרֶתוכ׳ a good deed begets a good deed Tosef.Sabb.XV (XVI), 6 (read:) אין גֹּורֵרוכ׳ it is not considered a corpse so as to cause uncleanness to man or vessels. 4) to saw, split. Sabb.XVII, 2 (122b) a saw (may be used on the Sabbath) לָגֹור בהוכ׳ (Ms. M. לִגְרֹור, Mish. ed. Pes. לגָרֵר, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) to saw cheese with it. Ohol. XV, 8 עתיד לָגֹור Ar. intended to be sawed apart (ed. לגוד, fr. גדד, v. Tosef. ib. XV, 8). Tosef.Kel.B. Mets.II, 18 לָגֹורוכ׳ to saw off a part Nif. נִגְרַר 1) to be dragged, pulled. Erub.X, 11 נגר הנג׳ a bolt which is dragged along (with the door, i. e. attached and hanging down). Ib. 101a, v. supra. Tanḥ. Thazr. 9, v. supra. Bets.II, 10 (23b) אינה נִגְרֶרֶת; ib. אין נִגְרָרִין must not be dragged or pulled, a. fr. 2) to be scraped, planed. B. Kam. 119b הנ׳ במגירה shavings, opp. נפסק במגירה chips.Nidd.55b נִגְרָרִין דרך הפה (secretions of the nose) scraped (discharged) through the mouth (v. גָּרַף). Pi. גֵּירַר, גֵּרַר 1) to drag. Pes.IV, 9 (56a) ג׳ עצמותוכ׳ he had the bones of his father carried out on a bed of ropes. Ib. I, 2 (9a); a. fr.Tosef.Sabb.VI (VII), 1 (a superstitious custom) המְגָרֶרֶת בנהוכ׳ Var. (ed. Zuck. המגוררת) one who drags her son among the dead (to the cemetery). 2) to scrape, plane. Ib. XVI (XVII), 19 מְגָרְרָן he may scrape them (clean his feet of mud). Tosef.Kel.B. Mets.II, 17; Ḥull.25a עתיד … לגָרֵר requiring planing for finish; a. fr.Part. pass. מְגֹורָר a) scratched, full of scabs. Gen. R. s. 64 (play on מגרר, Gen. 26:26) ד״א מג׳וכ׳ another explanation is mgorar, for eruptions grew on him (with ref. to Job 2:8); Yalk. ib. 111; v. גָּרַר II. b) planed. Tosef.Sot.XV, 1 מְגֹורָרוֹת במגר׳ היו Var. (ed. Zuck. היה מְגָרֵר) the stones were planed with a plane. Hithpa. הִתְגָּרֵר to be scraped. Tosef.Sabb. XVI (XVII), 19 אין מִתְגָּרְרִין במגוררת ed. Zuck. (Var. מגרדין במגרדת, Sabb.147b גוררין במגררת, Ms. M. גודרין במגדירה, corr. acc.) one must not be scraped with a strigil. Ib. XXII, 6 (147a) מתגררין, Talm. ed. (Mish. מִתְגָּרְדִין, v. Rabb. D. S. to 147b>, note 70).

גָּרַרI (b. h.; v. גָּרָה) (to produce a grating, scraping sound, 1) to scratch, scrape, shave (v. גָּרַד, גָּרַע I). Sabb.VIII, 6 (81a). כדי לִגְרֹורוכ׳ (Ar. a. Y. ed. לגרוד) large enough to scrape with it the top R. Hash. 27b גְּרָרֹו Ms. M. (ed. גרדו), v. גֶּלֶד. Keth.60a; Kerith. 21b גֹּורְרֹווכ׳ he must scrape the blood off before eating the bread; a. fr.Part. pass. גָּרוּר, v. גָּרוּד. 2) to drag, to move without lifting; (also neut. verb) to follow. Sabb.29b, a. fr. גורר אדםוכ׳ one may, on the Sabbath, pull or push a couch (on the floor). Y.Kil.I, 27b bot. לא יָגֹור אדםוכ׳ one must not pull Tanḥ. Thazr. 8 גְּרָרוּהוּ מקברו they dragged him out of his grave. Tosef.Erub.XI (VIII), 13; Tosef.Bets.II, 19 דלת הגֹּורֶרֶת … הגֹּורְרִים (Y.Erub.X, 26b bot. גודרת, corr. acc., v. גָּדַר) a door which drags along the ground (on opening), a matting which is moved by dragging, or large kegs which ; Erub.101a דלת הנִגְרֶרֶת … הנִגְרָר. Cant R. to II, 15 אני גֹורְרוֹ למבולו I will drag him to the flood in which to perish; a. fr.Tanḥ. Thazr. 9 (ref. to Ps. 5:5 יגרך) אין אתה נגרר … ואין הרעה גֹורֶרֶת אותךוכ׳ neither art thou dragged behind (attracted by) evil, nor does evil drag (have power over) thee, nor does it dwell with thee; Yalk. Kings 231 אין אתה גורר אחר … גוררת אחריך.Part. pass. גָּרוּר dragged along, hanging on.Pl. גְּרוּרִים, גְּרוּרִין. Num. R. s. 18 ח׳ ג׳ eight threads dragged along (as fringes; Tanḥ. Korah 12 ח׳ חוטין). Ab. Zar.3b, a. e. גרים ג׳ proselytes who have attached themselves but have not been admitted, v. גֵּר. 3) to carry with it, to cause; to affect (v. גָּרַם). Y.Hor.I, 46a bot.; Y.Pes.VII, 34c שבט אחד גֹּורֵרוכ׳ (a majority of) one tribe affects the legal status of the entire nation, i. e. the majority of tribes (seven) decides, though it may be a minority of the people as a whole. Lev. R. s. 13, end (play on gerah, Lev. 11:4 sq.) גָּרְרָה מלכותוכ׳ carried another government after it, i. e. was followed by another oppressive government. Ab. IV, 2 מצוה גֹורֶרֶתוכ׳ a good deed begets a good deed Tosef.Sabb.XV (XVI), 6 (read:) אין גֹּורֵרוכ׳ it is not considered a corpse so as to cause uncleanness to man or vessels. 4) to saw, split. Sabb.XVII, 2 (122b) a saw (may be used on the Sabbath) לָגֹור בהוכ׳ (Ms. M. לִגְרֹור, Mish. ed. Pes. לגָרֵר, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) to saw cheese with it. Ohol. XV, 8 עתיד לָגֹור Ar. intended to be sawed apart (ed. לגוד, fr. גדד, v. Tosef. ib. XV, 8). Tosef.Kel.B. Mets.II, 18 לָגֹורוכ׳ to saw off a part Nif. נִגְרַר 1) to be dragged, pulled. Erub.X, 11 נגר הנג׳ a bolt which is dragged along (with the door, i. e. attached and hanging down). Ib. 101a, v. supra. Tanḥ. Thazr. 9, v. supra. Bets.II, 10 (23b) אינה נִגְרֶרֶת; ib. אין נִגְרָרִין must not be dragged or pulled, a. fr. 2) to be scraped, planed. B. Kam. 119b הנ׳ במגירה shavings, opp. נפסק במגירה chips.Nidd.55b נִגְרָרִין דרך הפה (secretions of the nose) scraped (discharged) through the mouth (v. גָּרַף). Pi. גֵּירַר, גֵּרַר 1) to drag. Pes.IV, 9 (56a) ג׳ עצמותוכ׳ he had the bones of his father carried out on a bed of ropes. Ib. I, 2 (9a); a. fr.Tosef.Sabb.VI (VII), 1 (a superstitious custom) המְגָרֶרֶת בנהוכ׳ Var. (ed. Zuck. המגוררת) one who drags her son among the dead (to the cemetery). 2) to scrape, plane. Ib. XVI (XVII), 19 מְגָרְרָן he may scrape them (clean his feet of mud). Tosef.Kel.B. Mets.II, 17; Ḥull.25a עתיד … לגָרֵר requiring planing for finish; a. fr.Part. pass. מְגֹורָר a) scratched, full of scabs. Gen. R. s. 64 (play on מגרר, Gen. 26:26) ד״א מג׳וכ׳ another explanation is mgorar, for eruptions grew on him (with ref. to Job 2:8); Yalk. ib. 111; v. גָּרַר II. b) planed. Tosef.Sot.XV, 1 מְגֹורָרוֹת במגר׳ היו Var. (ed. Zuck. היה מְגָרֵר) the stones were planed with a plane. Hithpa. הִתְגָּרֵר to be scraped. Tosef.Sabb. XVI (XVII), 19 אין מִתְגָּרְרִין במגוררת ed. Zuck. (Var. מגרדין במגרדת, Sabb.147b גוררין במגררת, Ms. M. גודרין במגדירה, corr. acc.) one must not be scraped with a strigil. Ib. XXII, 6 (147a) מתגררין, Talm. ed. (Mish. מִתְגָּרְדִין, v. Rabb. D. S. to 147b>, note 70).

פתי, פָּתָה(b. h.; cmp. פתח) 1) (to be open, wide,) to be accessible to influences, be compliant. Ex. R. s. 21 (ref. to Hos. 7:11) אצלי הם כיונה פוֹתָהוכ׳ towards me they are like a tame dove, whatever I decree over them, they do and obey, but towards the nations of the world they are intractable like wild beasts. 2) to open; trnsf. to influence, persuade, entice. Snh.38a (play on מי פתי Prov. 9:16) מי פְּתָאוֹ לזהוכ׳ who persuaded this man (Adam)? A woman spoke to him; (differ. in Yalk. Prov. 94 3).(Num. R. s. 7 ופותין read: ופוֹתְתִין, v. פָּתַת. Pi. פִּיתָּה (to open the heart of,) to persuade; 1) (in a good sense) to win, conquer. Lev. R. s. 29 (ref. to Ps. 89:16) שהם מכירין לפַתּוֹתוכ׳ they know how to win the favor of their Creator ; (Midr. Till. to Ps. 81 לרצות); Yalk. Ps. 840; Pesik. Baḥod., p. 152a>. Y.Kidd.III, 64c top מְפַתִּים אותו … וכופיןוכ׳ they (the court) persuade him to give her a letter of divorce, but they force him to ; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 71 פיתיתי, v. infra. 2) to gratify; to mislead by gratifying; to deceive. Lev. R. s. 6, beg. (ref. to יהפתית, Prov. 24:28) מאחר שפִּתִּיתֶם אותו בסיניוכ׳ after you gratified him at Sinai, saying (Ex. 24:7) Ib. מאחר שפִּתִּיתָ בשפתיךוכ׳ after thou hast gratified with thy lips (promised to appear as witness) and caused him to go to law; a. e.Deut. R. s. 7 (play on ובמ̇ופ̇ת̇ים, Deut. 4:34) היו המכות מְֹפַֹתֹּות אותםוכ׳ the plagues (by coming at intervals) deceived them (made the Egyptians believe every time that they were relieved forever); Midr. Till, to Ps. 78:43 מפיתית בהן ed. Bub. (oth. ed. שפותות בהן; corr. acc.). 3) to entice. Y.Snh.X, 28d the strong Moabite wine שהוא מְפַתֶּה הגנף לזנות which opens the body to lust; Num. R. s. 10, a. e., v. פְּתוּגְתָּא; a. fr.Esp. to seduce. Keth.III, 9 (41a) האומר פִּיתֵּיתִי אתוכ׳ if one declares, I have seduced that mans daughter. Ib. 4 המְפַתֶּה נותן the seducer pays three fines, opp. to אונס; a. fr.Y.Keth.III, 27b שהפיתתו, read: שהיא פִיתְּתוֹ when she seduced him. Pu. פּוּתָּה to be persuaded: to be seduced. Gen. R. s. 71; Yalk. ib. 127 פּוּתֵּיתִי (not פית׳), v. יָסַת.Part. f. מְפוּתָּה a seduced woman. Keth.39b; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְפַּתֶּה, Nithpa. נִתְפַּתֶּה 1) to be widened. Yalk. Is. 302 אף היא מִתְפַּתָּה … ומרחבתוכ׳ it (Gehenna), too, grows every day wider and broader and deeper (with ref. to תפתה, Is. 30:33). 2) to be persuaded; to be enticed. Gen. R. s. 17 מפני מה האיש נוח להִתְפַּתּוֹתוכ׳ why is man easily appeased and woman is not?; v. פִּיּוּס.Num. R. l. c. ע״י היין נִתְפַּתּוּ וזנו through wine they were enticed and i they committed whoredom. Erub.19a (play on תפתה, v. supra) כל המִתְפַּתֶּה ביצרו יפול שם whosoever is carried away by his evil desire falls into it (Gehenna). Yalk. Is. l. c.Keth.IV, 1 נערה שנִתְפַּתְּתָהוכ׳ if a young girl has been seduced (v. נַעֲרָה); a. fr. 3) to insinuate ones self, to make ones self popular. Esth. R. introd. (play on אפ̇ת̇ם, Ezra 4:13) אפי׳ דברים שהמלכות מִתְפַּתָּה בהםוכ׳ even with those things by which the (Roman) government makes itself popular, as theatres and circuses, it does harm.

פתי, פָּתָה(b. h.; cmp. פתח) 1) (to be open, wide,) to be accessible to influences, be compliant. Ex. R. s. 21 (ref. to Hos. 7:11) אצלי הם כיונה פוֹתָהוכ׳ towards me they are like a tame dove, whatever I decree over them, they do and obey, but towards the nations of the world they are intractable like wild beasts. 2) to open; trnsf. to influence, persuade, entice. Snh.38a (play on מי פתי Prov. 9:16) מי פְּתָאוֹ לזהוכ׳ who persuaded this man (Adam)? A woman spoke to him; (differ. in Yalk. Prov. 94 3).(Num. R. s. 7 ופותין read: ופוֹתְתִין, v. פָּתַת. Pi. פִּיתָּה (to open the heart of,) to persuade; 1) (in a good sense) to win, conquer. Lev. R. s. 29 (ref. to Ps. 89:16) שהם מכירין לפַתּוֹתוכ׳ they know how to win the favor of their Creator ; (Midr. Till. to Ps. 81 לרצות); Yalk. Ps. 840; Pesik. Baḥod., p. 152a>. Y.Kidd.III, 64c top מְפַתִּים אותו … וכופיןוכ׳ they (the court) persuade him to give her a letter of divorce, but they force him to ; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 71 פיתיתי, v. infra. 2) to gratify; to mislead by gratifying; to deceive. Lev. R. s. 6, beg. (ref. to יהפתית, Prov. 24:28) מאחר שפִּתִּיתֶם אותו בסיניוכ׳ after you gratified him at Sinai, saying (Ex. 24:7) Ib. מאחר שפִּתִּיתָ בשפתיךוכ׳ after thou hast gratified with thy lips (promised to appear as witness) and caused him to go to law; a. e.Deut. R. s. 7 (play on ובמ̇ופ̇ת̇ים, Deut. 4:34) היו המכות מְֹפַֹתֹּות אותםוכ׳ the plagues (by coming at intervals) deceived them (made the Egyptians believe every time that they were relieved forever); Midr. Till, to Ps. 78:43 מפיתית בהן ed. Bub. (oth. ed. שפותות בהן; corr. acc.). 3) to entice. Y.Snh.X, 28d the strong Moabite wine שהוא מְפַתֶּה הגנף לזנות which opens the body to lust; Num. R. s. 10, a. e., v. פְּתוּגְתָּא; a. fr.Esp. to seduce. Keth.III, 9 (41a) האומר פִּיתֵּיתִי אתוכ׳ if one declares, I have seduced that mans daughter. Ib. 4 המְפַתֶּה נותן the seducer pays three fines, opp. to אונס; a. fr.Y.Keth.III, 27b שהפיתתו, read: שהיא פִיתְּתוֹ when she seduced him. Pu. פּוּתָּה to be persuaded: to be seduced. Gen. R. s. 71; Yalk. ib. 127 פּוּתֵּיתִי (not פית׳), v. יָסַת.Part. f. מְפוּתָּה a seduced woman. Keth.39b; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְפַּתֶּה, Nithpa. נִתְפַּתֶּה 1) to be widened. Yalk. Is. 302 אף היא מִתְפַּתָּה … ומרחבתוכ׳ it (Gehenna), too, grows every day wider and broader and deeper (with ref. to תפתה, Is. 30:33). 2) to be persuaded; to be enticed. Gen. R. s. 17 מפני מה האיש נוח להִתְפַּתּוֹתוכ׳ why is man easily appeased and woman is not?; v. פִּיּוּס.Num. R. l. c. ע״י היין נִתְפַּתּוּ וזנו through wine they were enticed and i they committed whoredom. Erub.19a (play on תפתה, v. supra) כל המִתְפַּתֶּה ביצרו יפול שם whosoever is carried away by his evil desire falls into it (Gehenna). Yalk. Is. l. c.Keth.IV, 1 נערה שנִתְפַּתְּתָהוכ׳ if a young girl has been seduced (v. נַעֲרָה); a. fr. 3) to insinuate ones self, to make ones self popular. Esth. R. introd. (play on אפ̇ת̇ם, Ezra 4:13) אפי׳ דברים שהמלכות מִתְפַּתָּה בהםוכ׳ even with those things by which the (Roman) government makes itself popular, as theatres and circuses, it does harm.

פתי, פָּתָה(b. h.; cmp. פתח) 1) (to be open, wide,) to be accessible to influences, be compliant. Ex. R. s. 21 (ref. to Hos. 7:11) אצלי הם כיונה פוֹתָהוכ׳ towards me they are like a tame dove, whatever I decree over them, they do and obey, but towards the nations of the world they are intractable like wild beasts. 2) to open; trnsf. to influence, persuade, entice. Snh.38a (play on מי פתי Prov. 9:16) מי פְּתָאוֹ לזהוכ׳ who persuaded this man (Adam)? A woman spoke to him; (differ. in Yalk. Prov. 94 3).(Num. R. s. 7 ופותין read: ופוֹתְתִין, v. פָּתַת. Pi. פִּיתָּה (to open the heart of,) to persuade; 1) (in a good sense) to win, conquer. Lev. R. s. 29 (ref. to Ps. 89:16) שהם מכירין לפַתּוֹתוכ׳ they know how to win the favor of their Creator ; (Midr. Till. to Ps. 81 לרצות); Yalk. Ps. 840; Pesik. Baḥod., p. 152a>. Y.Kidd.III, 64c top מְפַתִּים אותו … וכופיןוכ׳ they (the court) persuade him to give her a letter of divorce, but they force him to ; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 71 פיתיתי, v. infra. 2) to gratify; to mislead by gratifying; to deceive. Lev. R. s. 6, beg. (ref. to יהפתית, Prov. 24:28) מאחר שפִּתִּיתֶם אותו בסיניוכ׳ after you gratified him at Sinai, saying (Ex. 24:7) Ib. מאחר שפִּתִּיתָ בשפתיךוכ׳ after thou hast gratified with thy lips (promised to appear as witness) and caused him to go to law; a. e.Deut. R. s. 7 (play on ובמ̇ופ̇ת̇ים, Deut. 4:34) היו המכות מְֹפַֹתֹּות אותםוכ׳ the plagues (by coming at intervals) deceived them (made the Egyptians believe every time that they were relieved forever); Midr. Till, to Ps. 78:43 מפיתית בהן ed. Bub. (oth. ed. שפותות בהן; corr. acc.). 3) to entice. Y.Snh.X, 28d the strong Moabite wine שהוא מְפַתֶּה הגנף לזנות which opens the body to lust; Num. R. s. 10, a. e., v. פְּתוּגְתָּא; a. fr.Esp. to seduce. Keth.III, 9 (41a) האומר פִּיתֵּיתִי אתוכ׳ if one declares, I have seduced that mans daughter. Ib. 4 המְפַתֶּה נותן the seducer pays three fines, opp. to אונס; a. fr.Y.Keth.III, 27b שהפיתתו, read: שהיא פִיתְּתוֹ when she seduced him. Pu. פּוּתָּה to be persuaded: to be seduced. Gen. R. s. 71; Yalk. ib. 127 פּוּתֵּיתִי (not פית׳), v. יָסַת.Part. f. מְפוּתָּה a seduced woman. Keth.39b; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְפַּתֶּה, Nithpa. נִתְפַּתֶּה 1) to be widened. Yalk. Is. 302 אף היא מִתְפַּתָּה … ומרחבתוכ׳ it (Gehenna), too, grows every day wider and broader and deeper (with ref. to תפתה, Is. 30:33). 2) to be persuaded; to be enticed. Gen. R. s. 17 מפני מה האיש נוח להִתְפַּתּוֹתוכ׳ why is man easily appeased and woman is not?; v. פִּיּוּס.Num. R. l. c. ע״י היין נִתְפַּתּוּ וזנו through wine they were enticed and i they committed whoredom. Erub.19a (play on תפתה, v. supra) כל המִתְפַּתֶּה ביצרו יפול שם whosoever is carried away by his evil desire falls into it (Gehenna). Yalk. Is. l. c.Keth.IV, 1 נערה שנִתְפַּתְּתָהוכ׳ if a young girl has been seduced (v. נַעֲרָה); a. fr. 3) to insinuate ones self, to make ones self popular. Esth. R. introd. (play on אפ̇ת̇ם, Ezra 4:13) אפי׳ דברים שהמלכות מִתְפַּתָּה בהםוכ׳ even with those things by which the (Roman) government makes itself popular, as theatres and circuses, it does harm.

פֶּהc. (b. h.) ( opening, orifice, mouth; speech. Ḥull.142a, v. לָחַךְ. Pes.113b המדבר אחד בפה ואחד בלב he who speaks one way with his mouth, and another way in his heart. Ex. R. s. 1 (play on בפרך, Ex. 1:13) בפה רך with soft (persuasive) speech; Sot.11b. Tanḥ. Kor. 9 עד שהביאתו לפִי הארץוכ׳ until it (the fire) brought him to the opening of the earth, among those that were swallowed up; Yalk. Num. 752. Sabb.140b, sq. בהמה שפִּיהָ יפה a beast whose mouth is clean (that does not drop saliva when eating; oth. opin.: that is fastidious about its food), opp. שפיה רעה; a. v. fr.Keth.I, 6, a. e. לא מִפּיהָוכ׳, v. חָיָה. Shebu.IV, 1 מִפִּי עצמו (an oath) out of his own mouth (‘I swear that I know no testimony in thy case), מפי אחרים administered by others.בְּעַל פה or על פה by word of mouth. Gitt.72b top אי אמרר׳ יוסי בעל פה whether R. Yose had the same opinion in the case of a verbal condition. Ib. 60b תורה רוב בכתב ומיעוט על פה of the interpretations of the Law, the larger portion rests on the written text, the smaller on oral tradition. Ib. דברים שבכתב … על פה דברים שבעל פהוכ׳ written things (Biblical passages) must not be recited from memory, verbally transmitted words must not be recited from writing. תורה שבעל פה (abbrev. שבע״פ) oral law. Yoma 28b, a. fr., v. כְּתָב.לְפִי a) according to, in proportion to. B. Bath.11b לפי בני אדם in proportion to the number of inhabitants of a house; לפי פתחים in proportion to the number of entrances (of a building); a. fr.b) because. Snh.VII, 4 לפי שבאת … לפיכךוכ׳ because a human being has gone to ruin through it, therefore ; a. fr., v. לְפִיכָךְ.Trnsf. any orifice. Ab. V, 6 פי הארץ the opening of the earth (that swallowed Korah); פי הבאר the opening for the well (Num. 21:16).Nidd.16b רוק בתוך הפה spittle in the mouth, euphem. for blood in the orifice of the matrix. Snh.100a (play on ת̇ר̇ופ̇ה̇, Ez. 47:12) להת̇יר̇ פ̇ה̇ של מטה to open the lower orifice (the womb of the childless), opp. פה של מעלה the mouth; ib. להתיר פה עקרות; Men.98a; a. fr.Pl. a) פִּיּוֹת. Deut. R. s. 2 (ref. to Zech. 13:8) הפ׳ שאומרים שתיוכ׳ those mouths that say, there are two powers (good and evil). Cant. R. to IV, 4 (play on תלפיות, ib.) ספר שאמרוהו פ׳ הרבה the book (תִּלִּים, Psalms) which many mouths have indited (the book of many authors). Ib. ת̇ל̇ שמתפללין בו כל פ׳ the mound (Temple ruins) towards which all mouths are directed in prayer; Ber.30a. Ib. 5a (expl. פיפיות, Ps. 149:6) חרב של שתי פ׳ a two-edged sword; a. fr.Ab. dR. N. ch. XXVIII שתי פ׳ two faces, v. פִּינָּה.b) פִּיפִיּוֹת. Num. R. s. 18 באותה … פ׳ הרבה at that moment many mouths of the earth were opened (Yalk. ib. 752 פיות).c) (Chald. pl.) פּוּמִין open vessels; topmost layer in open vessels. Tosef.Ter.V, 11 אם יש (שם) מאה פ׳וכ׳ if a hundred open vessels are there (in one of which an upper layer of Trumah has been put) ; הפ׳ אסורין the upper layers are forbidden; Y. ib. IV, 43a bot.

פֶּהc. (b. h.) ( opening, orifice, mouth; speech. Ḥull.142a, v. לָחַךְ. Pes.113b המדבר אחד בפה ואחד בלב he who speaks one way with his mouth, and another way in his heart. Ex. R. s. 1 (play on בפרך, Ex. 1:13) בפה רך with soft (persuasive) speech; Sot.11b. Tanḥ. Kor. 9 עד שהביאתו לפִי הארץוכ׳ until it (the fire) brought him to the opening of the earth, among those that were swallowed up; Yalk. Num. 752. Sabb.140b, sq. בהמה שפִּיהָ יפה a beast whose mouth is clean (that does not drop saliva when eating; oth. opin.: that is fastidious about its food), opp. שפיה רעה; a. v. fr.Keth.I, 6, a. e. לא מִפּיהָוכ׳, v. חָיָה. Shebu.IV, 1 מִפִּי עצמו (an oath) out of his own mouth (‘I swear that I know no testimony in thy case), מפי אחרים administered by others.בְּעַל פה or על פה by word of mouth. Gitt.72b top אי אמרר׳ יוסי בעל פה whether R. Yose had the same opinion in the case of a verbal condition. Ib. 60b תורה רוב בכתב ומיעוט על פה of the interpretations of the Law, the larger portion rests on the written text, the smaller on oral tradition. Ib. דברים שבכתב … על פה דברים שבעל פהוכ׳ written things (Biblical passages) must not be recited from memory, verbally transmitted words must not be recited from writing. תורה שבעל פה (abbrev. שבע״פ) oral law. Yoma 28b, a. fr., v. כְּתָב.לְפִי a) according to, in proportion to. B. Bath.11b לפי בני אדם in proportion to the number of inhabitants of a house; לפי פתחים in proportion to the number of entrances (of a building); a. fr.b) because. Snh.VII, 4 לפי שבאת … לפיכךוכ׳ because a human being has gone to ruin through it, therefore ; a. fr., v. לְפִיכָךְ.Trnsf. any orifice. Ab. V, 6 פי הארץ the opening of the earth (that swallowed Korah); פי הבאר the opening for the well (Num. 21:16).Nidd.16b רוק בתוך הפה spittle in the mouth, euphem. for blood in the orifice of the matrix. Snh.100a (play on ת̇ר̇ופ̇ה̇, Ez. 47:12) להת̇יר̇ פ̇ה̇ של מטה to open the lower orifice (the womb of the childless), opp. פה של מעלה the mouth; ib. להתיר פה עקרות; Men.98a; a. fr.Pl. a) פִּיּוֹת. Deut. R. s. 2 (ref. to Zech. 13:8) הפ׳ שאומרים שתיוכ׳ those mouths that say, there are two powers (good and evil). Cant. R. to IV, 4 (play on תלפיות, ib.) ספר שאמרוהו פ׳ הרבה the book (תִּלִּים, Psalms) which many mouths have indited (the book of many authors). Ib. ת̇ל̇ שמתפללין בו כל פ׳ the mound (Temple ruins) towards which all mouths are directed in prayer; Ber.30a. Ib. 5a (expl. פיפיות, Ps. 149:6) חרב של שתי פ׳ a two-edged sword; a. fr.Ab. dR. N. ch. XXVIII שתי פ׳ two faces, v. פִּינָּה.b) פִּיפִיּוֹת. Num. R. s. 18 באותה … פ׳ הרבה at that moment many mouths of the earth were opened (Yalk. ib. 752 פיות).c) (Chald. pl.) פּוּמִין open vessels; topmost layer in open vessels. Tosef.Ter.V, 11 אם יש (שם) מאה פ׳וכ׳ if a hundred open vessels are there (in one of which an upper layer of Trumah has been put) ; הפ׳ אסורין the upper layers are forbidden; Y. ib. IV, 43a bot.

בְּשׂוֹרָהf. (b. h. בְּשׂרָה; בָּשַׂר) joy, glad tiding; in gen. tidings. Keth.16b כוס של ב׳ cup of joy (wine carried in the bridal procession of a virgin), v. explan. ib.Mekh. Bo. s. 12 ב׳ רעה evil prediction. Tanḥ. Ki. Thetse 4; Pesik. Zakh. p. 24a> בְּשׂוֹרַת אמו the news of his mothers death; a. e.Pl. בְּשׂוֹרוֹת. Y.Keth.II, 26b top חבית של ב׳ the keg of wine carried in the bridal procession, v. supra. Num. R. s. 14 (play on בשר Koh. 12:12; Ezek. 36:26) the Lord sends thee ב׳ טובות good tidings. Ber.IX, 2 ב׳ טובות … שמועות רעות Mish. ed. (Talm. ed. 54a ב׳ רעות, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 4) good tidings … bad news. Sabb.63a אין … ב׳ רעות no bad tidings will reach him.

בְּשׂוֹרָהf. (b. h. בְּשׂרָה; בָּשַׂר) joy, glad tiding; in gen. tidings. Keth.16b כוס של ב׳ cup of joy (wine carried in the bridal procession of a virgin), v. explan. ib.Mekh. Bo. s. 12 ב׳ רעה evil prediction. Tanḥ. Ki. Thetse 4; Pesik. Zakh. p. 24a> בְּשׂוֹרַת אמו the news of his mothers death; a. e.Pl. בְּשׂוֹרוֹת. Y.Keth.II, 26b top חבית של ב׳ the keg of wine carried in the bridal procession, v. supra. Num. R. s. 14 (play on בשר Koh. 12:12; Ezek. 36:26) the Lord sends thee ב׳ טובות good tidings. Ber.IX, 2 ב׳ טובות … שמועות רעות Mish. ed. (Talm. ed. 54a ב׳ רעות, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 4) good tidings … bad news. Sabb.63a אין … ב׳ רעות no bad tidings will reach him.

גָּמַרII (b. h.; cmp. v. גמם) 1) to polish, touch up, finish. Y.Sabb.VII, 10a bot. ג׳ מלאכתו when he gives to his work the finishing touch; a. fr. 2) (in gen.) to complete, end. Pes.X, 7 גּוֹמֵר עליו את ההלל he reads over it (the fourth cup) the Hallel to the end, v. הַלֵּל.Tosef.Succ.III, 2 גּוֹמְרִין בהןוכ׳ on those occasions the entire Hallel is read; Ber.14a; Arakh.10a; Taan.28b. Ber.13b חוזר וגוֹמְרָהּ (after the disciples left) did he take it up again and read the whole of the Shma?Y.Yeb.II, beg.3c הביאה גוֹמֶרֶת בה coition consummates the levirs marriage (Bab. ib. 18a קונה קניין גמור), v. מַאֲמַר.Y.Ber.VI, 10d top ג׳ מלאכול after he has finished eating; a. fr.Euphem. to gratify the sexual appetite. Kerith. II, 4. Pes.87a (play on Gomer, Hos. 1:3) שהכל גּוֹמְרִים בה all people could gratify their lust on her.וְגוֹמֵר (abbr. וגו׳, וג׳) and one finishes (the sentence quoted) = and so forth,, a clerical term used in Bible citations to save the writing out of the entire quotation. Ḥull.98a. Gen. R. s. 51, beg.; a. fr.Part. pass. גָּמוּר, f. גְּמוּרָה finished, complete, real, valid. Kidd.40b, a. fr. צדיק ג׳ a perfectly righteous man (without faults); רשע ג׳ a wicked man throughout (without any good quality). Yeb.18b, a. fr. קניין ג׳ real (legal) possession.Pl. גְּמוּרִים, גְּמוּרוֹת. Ḥull.89a; a. fr.Bets.2b, a. e. בצים ג׳ perfectly developed eggs (with shells), v. infra. 3) to destroy. Pes.87b (play on Gomer, v. supra) בזזו וגָמְרוּ (Ms. M. גמרו וגמרו) they plundered and destroyed (they destroyed thoroughly). 4) to conclude, determine, decide. Kel. XVI, 1. Ber.17a גְּמוֹר בכל לבבךוכ׳ be determined with all thy heart Shebu.26b ג׳ בלבו he resolved (vowed) in his heart, opp. הוציא בשפתיו; Ḥag.10a.Erub.13b, a. fr. נמנו וגמרו they were counted (their votes were taken) and they decided.Snh.III, 7 (42a) גמרו את הדבר when they had closed the case (being ready for publishing the sentence); a. fr. 5) to draw a conclusion by analogy. Sabb.96b ג׳ העברה העברה מיוה״כ one forms an analogy between the expressions heĕbir ; a. fr. 6) to be fully developed. Tosef.Par.XI, 7, v. גָּמַל. בצים גמורות, v. supra. Pi. גִּמֵּר 1) to destroy. Pes.87b בקשו לגַמֵּרוכ׳ they intented to destroy the possessions of Israel in her (Gomers) days, v. supra. 2) to develop, mature, ripen. Y.Shebi.V, beg.35d אין פירותיה׳ מְגַמְּרִיןוכ׳ their fruits ripen only every three years. Nif. נִגְמַר to be finished, completed. Snh.VI, 1 נ׳ הדין when proceedings are finished (sentence pronounced). Gen. R. s. 12 נִגְמְרָה מלאכתן they were finished; a. fr.

גָּמַרII (b. h.; cmp. v. גמם) 1) to polish, touch up, finish. Y.Sabb.VII, 10a bot. ג׳ מלאכתו when he gives to his work the finishing touch; a. fr. 2) (in gen.) to complete, end. Pes.X, 7 גּוֹמֵר עליו את ההלל he reads over it (the fourth cup) the Hallel to the end, v. הַלֵּל.Tosef.Succ.III, 2 גּוֹמְרִין בהןוכ׳ on those occasions the entire Hallel is read; Ber.14a; Arakh.10a; Taan.28b. Ber.13b חוזר וגוֹמְרָהּ (after the disciples left) did he take it up again and read the whole of the Shma?Y.Yeb.II, beg.3c הביאה גוֹמֶרֶת בה coition consummates the levirs marriage (Bab. ib. 18a קונה קניין גמור), v. מַאֲמַר.Y.Ber.VI, 10d top ג׳ מלאכול after he has finished eating; a. fr.Euphem. to gratify the sexual appetite. Kerith. II, 4. Pes.87a (play on Gomer, Hos. 1:3) שהכל גּוֹמְרִים בה all people could gratify their lust on her.וְגוֹמֵר (abbr. וגו׳, וג׳) and one finishes (the sentence quoted) = and so forth,, a clerical term used in Bible citations to save the writing out of the entire quotation. Ḥull.98a. Gen. R. s. 51, beg.; a. fr.Part. pass. גָּמוּר, f. גְּמוּרָה finished, complete, real, valid. Kidd.40b, a. fr. צדיק ג׳ a perfectly righteous man (without faults); רשע ג׳ a wicked man throughout (without any good quality). Yeb.18b, a. fr. קניין ג׳ real (legal) possession.Pl. גְּמוּרִים, גְּמוּרוֹת. Ḥull.89a; a. fr.Bets.2b, a. e. בצים ג׳ perfectly developed eggs (with shells), v. infra. 3) to destroy. Pes.87b (play on Gomer, v. supra) בזזו וגָמְרוּ (Ms. M. גמרו וגמרו) they plundered and destroyed (they destroyed thoroughly). 4) to conclude, determine, decide. Kel. XVI, 1. Ber.17a גְּמוֹר בכל לבבךוכ׳ be determined with all thy heart Shebu.26b ג׳ בלבו he resolved (vowed) in his heart, opp. הוציא בשפתיו; Ḥag.10a.Erub.13b, a. fr. נמנו וגמרו they were counted (their votes were taken) and they decided.Snh.III, 7 (42a) גמרו את הדבר when they had closed the case (being ready for publishing the sentence); a. fr. 5) to draw a conclusion by analogy. Sabb.96b ג׳ העברה העברה מיוה״כ one forms an analogy between the expressions heĕbir ; a. fr. 6) to be fully developed. Tosef.Par.XI, 7, v. גָּמַל. בצים גמורות, v. supra. Pi. גִּמֵּר 1) to destroy. Pes.87b בקשו לגַמֵּרוכ׳ they intented to destroy the possessions of Israel in her (Gomers) days, v. supra. 2) to develop, mature, ripen. Y.Shebi.V, beg.35d אין פירותיה׳ מְגַמְּרִיןוכ׳ their fruits ripen only every three years. Nif. נִגְמַר to be finished, completed. Snh.VI, 1 נ׳ הדין when proceedings are finished (sentence pronounced). Gen. R. s. 12 נִגְמְרָה מלאכתן they were finished; a. fr.

מִדָּה, מִידָּהf. (b. h.; preced.) 1) dimension, measure, proportion. Sabb.150a (play on מ̇ד̇ה̇ב̇ה, v. preced.) מ̇אד̇ מ̇אד̇ ה̇ב̇א בלא מ̇׳ bring much, very much, without measure. Peah VIII, 6 מ׳ זו this proportion. Gen. R. s. 64; Esth. R. introd. (ref. to מנדה, Ezra 4:13) זו מִדַּת הארץ that is the from the land as measured, i. e. the (Roman) land-tax. B. Bath.VII, 3 מ׳ בחבלוכ׳ I sell thee exact land-measure by the rope. Ib. 128a מִדַּת ארכו the length-measure of the cloak. Ib. מדת משקלותיו the measure of its (the gold-bars) weights, i. e. an estimate as to how many coins of a certain weight can be obtained from it. Ḥag.12a מדת יום ומ׳ לילה the combined length of day and night. Yeb.76b (ref. to 1 Sam. 17:38) מַדָּיו כמִדָּתוֹ his (Sauls) garments such as fitted his stature. Mikv. X, 5; Ḥull.73a עד מקום (ח)מ׳ as far as the designed length of the handle (excluding the portion which it is intended to cut off).Kidd.42b; B. Mets.56b, a. e. דבר שבמ׳ ושבמשקלוכ׳ objects which are sold by measure, by weight or by the piece. B. Bath.89b לעולם … מ׳ חסירהוכ׳ one must never keep in ones house too small or too large a measure (smaller or larger than the legal size); a. fr.Pl. מִדּוֹת, מִידּוֹת. Ib. 88b עונשן של מ׳ the divine punishment for fraudulent measures. Tosef.B. Mets. VI, 14 לא היו ממונין … אלא על המ׳ they (the agoranomoi in Jerusalem) were appointed not for the regulation of market prices but for the superintendence of the measures; B. Bath.89a, v. אֲנַרְדְּמִיס; a. fr.Men.18a למצות מִידּוֹתַי, v. מָצָח.Whence: Middoth (measurements of the Temple), name of a treatise of the Mishnah, of the order of Kodashim. 2) dealing; reward or punishment; dispensation.מ׳ כננד מ׳ retaliation, adequate punishment or reward. Sot.I, 7, v. preced. Ib. 9a לבמ׳ the verse is to intimate the God dispenses adequate punishments. Ib. 8b (ref. to ib. I, 7) אע״ג דמ׳ בטילח במ׳ לא בתיל although retribution (by the Jewish court) has ceased, the adequate divine punishment has not ceased. Lam. R. introd. (R. Alex. 2) (expl. יען וביען, Lev. 26:43) מ׳ בננד מ׳ punishment corresponding to deed. Ned.32a. Snh.90a כל מִידּוֹתָיו של חקב״ה מ׳ כנגד מ׳ all retributions of the Lord are in correspondence with mans doings. Ber.48b ‘whatever the Lord thy God has given thee דיינך בכל … בין מ׳ טובח ובין מִדַּת פורענות (not מדה) he is thy judge in whatever sentence he decrees upon thee, whether it be a good or an evil dispensation. Ib. IX, 5, v. מְאֹד. Sabb.97a. Ib. 151b לעולם … על מ׳ זו at all times let one pray to be spared this fate (poverty); a. fr.Pl. as ab. Snh.90a, v. supra. Yoma 87b המעביר על מִדּוֹתָיווכ׳ he who passes over his retaliations (who forbears to retaliate), his failings will be passed over (be forgiven); Meg.28a. Ib. לא עמדתי על מִידּוֹתַי I never insisted on retaliation; Kidd.71a ואינו מעמד על מדותיו (Rashi: מיעמיד); a. fr. 3) manner, ways, character, nature, condition. Ber.40a לא כמדת חקב״חוכ׳ the nature of divine (intellectual) affairs is not like the nature of human (material) affairs. Ib. 11b להזכיר מדת יוםוכ׳ to mention the nature of the day (light) at night. Tanḥ. Balak 3 מה מִדָּתוֹ what is the nature of his power. B. Mets.33a מ׳ ואינה מ׳ it is a (meritorious) way (of studying) and is not, i. e. you might to better; Y.Hor.III, 48c top מ׳ שאינה מ׳; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ab. V, 10 ארבע מ׳ באדם there are four different dispositions of men (as to treating ones fellowman); ib. 11 ארבע מ׳ בדעות four characters (temperaments); ib. 12 ארבע מ׳ בתלמידים four natures of students (with regard to receptive and retentive faculties). Y.Snh.XI, 30a bot. כל שבע מ׳וכ׳ all the seven characteristic features of righteous men which the scholars have defined have been realized in Rabbi. Ned.20b בני תשע מ׳ children conceived under nine (abnormal mental) conditions. R. Hash. 17b, a. fr. שלש עשרה מ׳ the thirteen divine attributes (Ex. 34:6, sq.). Ned.32a, v. פָּרַז; a. fr. מדת הדין a) justice. Tosef.Yeb.IX, 3. a. e., v. לָקָה.Esp. the divine attribute of justice, opp. מ׳ הרחמים, v. דּין II.b) common sense, logical argument. Yoma 43b כך (היא) מ׳ הדין נותנת common sense dictates this; Shebu.14a. Y.Maas. Sh. II, 53c top תחומין עשו (כמ׳) למ׳ הדין they regulated the laws of Sabbath limits according to common sense (not by textual interpretation).c) decision in money matters, civil law (contrad. to ritual law). Y.Gitt.V, 46c bot. אף למ׳ הדין הכן the same principle holds good for civil law (collection of claims, v. כַּפְּרָנוּת); Y.Shebi.X, 39c bot. Ib. (last line) ולמידין מ׳ הדיןוכ׳ do we apply the rules of Prosbol (v. פְּרוֹזְבּוּל) to ordinary claims? Y.B. Kam.V, beg.4d לא הילכו במ׳ הדין אחר הרוב (strike out בממון) in civil law we are not guided by probabilities (v. דוֹב; cmp. Bab. ib. 27b). Y.Ber.II, 5a bot. ולמ׳ הד׳ but civil law (questions of possession). 4) principle, standard, consistency. Men.III, 4 במדתר׳וכ׳ following the principle of R. ; Pes.77b; Y. ib. VII, 34c top. Shek. IV, 6 אינח היא תמ׳ (comment. אינה מן המ׳) this is not consistent (with a previous rule). Ib. 7 השוה את מִדָּתוֹ (Y. ed. מִדּוֹתָיו) he makes his standards even (is consistent). Pes.I, 7 אינת חיא המ׳ this is not the right argument. Ib. 15b אמאי אינה היא המ׳ מ׳ ומ׳ היא why do you say, it is no argument? it is surely a correct argument. Y. Ḥag.III, 77d ‘Menahem went out means ממ׳ למ׳ יצא he went over from one principle to another (joined the opposition; Bab. ib. 16b יצא לתרבות רעה).Esp. מִדּוֹת rules of interpretation. Sifra introd., ch. 1, end הלל … שבע מ׳וכ׳ Hillel the Elder explained seven rules ; Ab. dR. N. ch. 37; Tosef.Snh.VII, 11. Sifra introd., beg. (R. Yishm. said) בשלש עשרה מ׳וכ׳ the Torah is interpreted by means of thirteen rules. (Appendix to treat. Brakhoth. ל״ב מ׳ שלר׳ יוסיוכ׳ the thirty two rules of R. José the Galilean.Lev. R. s. 3, beg. הלכות ומ׳ decisions and interpretations (by which the decisions were reached), v. מְכִילְתָּא.Gitt.67a מִידּוֹתַי תרומה מתרומות מִידּוֹתָיווכ׳ my rules of interpretation are the selection from selections of rules by R. Akiba.Ber.33b שעושח מדותיו של הקב״ח רחמיםוכ׳ he makes compassion the standard (or reason) of the divine laws, while they are decrees (the reasons for which it behooves not man to discuss); Y. ib. V, 9c כקורא תיגר על מ׳וכ׳ because it sounds as if he were finding fault with the ways of the Lord (as if the Lord were partial); כנותן קיצבח למ׳וכ׳ as though he were setting limits to the attributes of the Lord.

מִדָּה, מִידָּהf. (b. h.; preced.) 1) dimension, measure, proportion. Sabb.150a (play on מ̇ד̇ה̇ב̇ה, v. preced.) מ̇אד̇ מ̇אד̇ ה̇ב̇א בלא מ̇׳ bring much, very much, without measure. Peah VIII, 6 מ׳ זו this proportion. Gen. R. s. 64; Esth. R. introd. (ref. to מנדה, Ezra 4:13) זו מִדַּת הארץ that is the from the land as measured, i. e. the (Roman) land-tax. B. Bath.VII, 3 מ׳ בחבלוכ׳ I sell thee exact land-measure by the rope. Ib. 128a מִדַּת ארכו the length-measure of the cloak. Ib. מדת משקלותיו the measure of its (the gold-bars) weights, i. e. an estimate as to how many coins of a certain weight can be obtained from it. Ḥag.12a מדת יום ומ׳ לילה the combined length of day and night. Yeb.76b (ref. to 1 Sam. 17:38) מַדָּיו כמִדָּתוֹ his (Sauls) garments such as fitted his stature. Mikv. X, 5; Ḥull.73a עד מקום (ח)מ׳ as far as the designed length of the handle (excluding the portion which it is intended to cut off).Kidd.42b; B. Mets.56b, a. e. דבר שבמ׳ ושבמשקלוכ׳ objects which are sold by measure, by weight or by the piece. B. Bath.89b לעולם … מ׳ חסירהוכ׳ one must never keep in ones house too small or too large a measure (smaller or larger than the legal size); a. fr.Pl. מִדּוֹת, מִידּוֹת. Ib. 88b עונשן של מ׳ the divine punishment for fraudulent measures. Tosef.B. Mets. VI, 14 לא היו ממונין … אלא על המ׳ they (the agoranomoi in Jerusalem) were appointed not for the regulation of market prices but for the superintendence of the measures; B. Bath.89a, v. אֲנַרְדְּמִיס; a. fr.Men.18a למצות מִידּוֹתַי, v. מָצָח.Whence: Middoth (measurements of the Temple), name of a treatise of the Mishnah, of the order of Kodashim. 2) dealing; reward or punishment; dispensation.מ׳ כננד מ׳ retaliation, adequate punishment or reward. Sot.I, 7, v. preced. Ib. 9a לבמ׳ the verse is to intimate the God dispenses adequate punishments. Ib. 8b (ref. to ib. I, 7) אע״ג דמ׳ בטילח במ׳ לא בתיל although retribution (by the Jewish court) has ceased, the adequate divine punishment has not ceased. Lam. R. introd. (R. Alex. 2) (expl. יען וביען, Lev. 26:43) מ׳ בננד מ׳ punishment corresponding to deed. Ned.32a. Snh.90a כל מִידּוֹתָיו של חקב״ה מ׳ כנגד מ׳ all retributions of the Lord are in correspondence with mans doings. Ber.48b ‘whatever the Lord thy God has given thee דיינך בכל … בין מ׳ טובח ובין מִדַּת פורענות (not מדה) he is thy judge in whatever sentence he decrees upon thee, whether it be a good or an evil dispensation. Ib. IX, 5, v. מְאֹד. Sabb.97a. Ib. 151b לעולם … על מ׳ זו at all times let one pray to be spared this fate (poverty); a. fr.Pl. as ab. Snh.90a, v. supra. Yoma 87b המעביר על מִדּוֹתָיווכ׳ he who passes over his retaliations (who forbears to retaliate), his failings will be passed over (be forgiven); Meg.28a. Ib. לא עמדתי על מִידּוֹתַי I never insisted on retaliation; Kidd.71a ואינו מעמד על מדותיו (Rashi: מיעמיד); a. fr. 3) manner, ways, character, nature, condition. Ber.40a לא כמדת חקב״חוכ׳ the nature of divine (intellectual) affairs is not like the nature of human (material) affairs. Ib. 11b להזכיר מדת יוםוכ׳ to mention the nature of the day (light) at night. Tanḥ. Balak 3 מה מִדָּתוֹ what is the nature of his power. B. Mets.33a מ׳ ואינה מ׳ it is a (meritorious) way (of studying) and is not, i. e. you might to better; Y.Hor.III, 48c top מ׳ שאינה מ׳; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ab. V, 10 ארבע מ׳ באדם there are four different dispositions of men (as to treating ones fellowman); ib. 11 ארבע מ׳ בדעות four characters (temperaments); ib. 12 ארבע מ׳ בתלמידים four natures of students (with regard to receptive and retentive faculties). Y.Snh.XI, 30a bot. כל שבע מ׳וכ׳ all the seven characteristic features of righteous men which the scholars have defined have been realized in Rabbi. Ned.20b בני תשע מ׳ children conceived under nine (abnormal mental) conditions. R. Hash. 17b, a. fr. שלש עשרה מ׳ the thirteen divine attributes (Ex. 34:6, sq.). Ned.32a, v. פָּרַז; a. fr. מדת הדין a) justice. Tosef.Yeb.IX, 3. a. e., v. לָקָה.Esp. the divine attribute of justice, opp. מ׳ הרחמים, v. דּין II.b) common sense, logical argument. Yoma 43b כך (היא) מ׳ הדין נותנת common sense dictates this; Shebu.14a. Y.Maas. Sh. II, 53c top תחומין עשו (כמ׳) למ׳ הדין they regulated the laws of Sabbath limits according to common sense (not by textual interpretation).c) decision in money matters, civil law (contrad. to ritual law). Y.Gitt.V, 46c bot. אף למ׳ הדין הכן the same principle holds good for civil law (collection of claims, v. כַּפְּרָנוּת); Y.Shebi.X, 39c bot. Ib. (last line) ולמידין מ׳ הדיןוכ׳ do we apply the rules of Prosbol (v. פְּרוֹזְבּוּל) to ordinary claims? Y.B. Kam.V, beg.4d לא הילכו במ׳ הדין אחר הרוב (strike out בממון) in civil law we are not guided by probabilities (v. דוֹב; cmp. Bab. ib. 27b). Y.Ber.II, 5a bot. ולמ׳ הד׳ but civil law (questions of possession). 4) principle, standard, consistency. Men.III, 4 במדתר׳וכ׳ following the principle of R. ; Pes.77b; Y. ib. VII, 34c top. Shek. IV, 6 אינח היא תמ׳ (comment. אינה מן המ׳) this is not consistent (with a previous rule). Ib. 7 השוה את מִדָּתוֹ (Y. ed. מִדּוֹתָיו) he makes his standards even (is consistent). Pes.I, 7 אינת חיא המ׳ this is not the right argument. Ib. 15b אמאי אינה היא המ׳ מ׳ ומ׳ היא why do you say, it is no argument? it is surely a correct argument. Y. Ḥag.III, 77d ‘Menahem went out means ממ׳ למ׳ יצא he went over from one principle to another (joined the opposition; Bab. ib. 16b יצא לתרבות רעה).Esp. מִדּוֹת rules of interpretation. Sifra introd., ch. 1, end הלל … שבע מ׳וכ׳ Hillel the Elder explained seven rules ; Ab. dR. N. ch. 37; Tosef.Snh.VII, 11. Sifra introd., beg. (R. Yishm. said) בשלש עשרה מ׳וכ׳ the Torah is interpreted by means of thirteen rules. (Appendix to treat. Brakhoth. ל״ב מ׳ שלר׳ יוסיוכ׳ the thirty two rules of R. José the Galilean.Lev. R. s. 3, beg. הלכות ומ׳ decisions and interpretations (by which the decisions were reached), v. מְכִילְתָּא.Gitt.67a מִידּוֹתַי תרומה מתרומות מִידּוֹתָיווכ׳ my rules of interpretation are the selection from selections of rules by R. Akiba.Ber.33b שעושח מדותיו של הקב״ח רחמיםוכ׳ he makes compassion the standard (or reason) of the divine laws, while they are decrees (the reasons for which it behooves not man to discuss); Y. ib. V, 9c כקורא תיגר על מ׳וכ׳ because it sounds as if he were finding fault with the ways of the Lord (as if the Lord were partial); כנותן קיצבח למ׳וכ׳ as though he were setting limits to the attributes of the Lord.

מִדָּה, מִידָּהf. (b. h.; preced.) 1) dimension, measure, proportion. Sabb.150a (play on מ̇ד̇ה̇ב̇ה, v. preced.) מ̇אד̇ מ̇אד̇ ה̇ב̇א בלא מ̇׳ bring much, very much, without measure. Peah VIII, 6 מ׳ זו this proportion. Gen. R. s. 64; Esth. R. introd. (ref. to מנדה, Ezra 4:13) זו מִדַּת הארץ that is the from the land as measured, i. e. the (Roman) land-tax. B. Bath.VII, 3 מ׳ בחבלוכ׳ I sell thee exact land-measure by the rope. Ib. 128a מִדַּת ארכו the length-measure of the cloak. Ib. מדת משקלותיו the measure of its (the gold-bars) weights, i. e. an estimate as to how many coins of a certain weight can be obtained from it. Ḥag.12a מדת יום ומ׳ לילה the combined length of day and night. Yeb.76b (ref. to 1 Sam. 17:38) מַדָּיו כמִדָּתוֹ his (Sauls) garments such as fitted his stature. Mikv. X, 5; Ḥull.73a עד מקום (ח)מ׳ as far as the designed length of the handle (excluding the portion which it is intended to cut off).Kidd.42b; B. Mets.56b, a. e. דבר שבמ׳ ושבמשקלוכ׳ objects which are sold by measure, by weight or by the piece. B. Bath.89b לעולם … מ׳ חסירהוכ׳ one must never keep in ones house too small or too large a measure (smaller or larger than the legal size); a. fr.Pl. מִדּוֹת, מִידּוֹת. Ib. 88b עונשן של מ׳ the divine punishment for fraudulent measures. Tosef.B. Mets. VI, 14 לא היו ממונין … אלא על המ׳ they (the agoranomoi in Jerusalem) were appointed not for the regulation of market prices but for the superintendence of the measures; B. Bath.89a, v. אֲנַרְדְּמִיס; a. fr.Men.18a למצות מִידּוֹתַי, v. מָצָח.Whence: Middoth (measurements of the Temple), name of a treatise of the Mishnah, of the order of Kodashim. 2) dealing; reward or punishment; dispensation.מ׳ כננד מ׳ retaliation, adequate punishment or reward. Sot.I, 7, v. preced. Ib. 9a לבמ׳ the verse is to intimate the God dispenses adequate punishments. Ib. 8b (ref. to ib. I, 7) אע״ג דמ׳ בטילח במ׳ לא בתיל although retribution (by the Jewish court) has ceased, the adequate divine punishment has not ceased. Lam. R. introd. (R. Alex. 2) (expl. יען וביען, Lev. 26:43) מ׳ בננד מ׳ punishment corresponding to deed. Ned.32a. Snh.90a כל מִידּוֹתָיו של חקב״ה מ׳ כנגד מ׳ all retributions of the Lord are in correspondence with mans doings. Ber.48b ‘whatever the Lord thy God has given thee דיינך בכל … בין מ׳ טובח ובין מִדַּת פורענות (not מדה) he is thy judge in whatever sentence he decrees upon thee, whether it be a good or an evil dispensation. Ib. IX, 5, v. מְאֹד. Sabb.97a. Ib. 151b לעולם … על מ׳ זו at all times let one pray to be spared this fate (poverty); a. fr.Pl. as ab. Snh.90a, v. supra. Yoma 87b המעביר על מִדּוֹתָיווכ׳ he who passes over his retaliations (who forbears to retaliate), his failings will be passed over (be forgiven); Meg.28a. Ib. לא עמדתי על מִידּוֹתַי I never insisted on retaliation; Kidd.71a ואינו מעמד על מדותיו (Rashi: מיעמיד); a. fr. 3) manner, ways, character, nature, condition. Ber.40a לא כמדת חקב״חוכ׳ the nature of divine (intellectual) affairs is not like the nature of human (material) affairs. Ib. 11b להזכיר מדת יוםוכ׳ to mention the nature of the day (light) at night. Tanḥ. Balak 3 מה מִדָּתוֹ what is the nature of his power. B. Mets.33a מ׳ ואינה מ׳ it is a (meritorious) way (of studying) and is not, i. e. you might to better; Y.Hor.III, 48c top מ׳ שאינה מ׳; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ab. V, 10 ארבע מ׳ באדם there are four different dispositions of men (as to treating ones fellowman); ib. 11 ארבע מ׳ בדעות four characters (temperaments); ib. 12 ארבע מ׳ בתלמידים four natures of students (with regard to receptive and retentive faculties). Y.Snh.XI, 30a bot. כל שבע מ׳וכ׳ all the seven characteristic features of righteous men which the scholars have defined have been realized in Rabbi. Ned.20b בני תשע מ׳ children conceived under nine (abnormal mental) conditions. R. Hash. 17b, a. fr. שלש עשרה מ׳ the thirteen divine attributes (Ex. 34:6, sq.). Ned.32a, v. פָּרַז; a. fr. מדת הדין a) justice. Tosef.Yeb.IX, 3. a. e., v. לָקָה.Esp. the divine attribute of justice, opp. מ׳ הרחמים, v. דּין II.b) common sense, logical argument. Yoma 43b כך (היא) מ׳ הדין נותנת common sense dictates this; Shebu.14a. Y.Maas. Sh. II, 53c top תחומין עשו (כמ׳) למ׳ הדין they regulated the laws of Sabbath limits according to common sense (not by textual interpretation).c) decision in money matters, civil law (contrad. to ritual law). Y.Gitt.V, 46c bot. אף למ׳ הדין הכן the same principle holds good for civil law (collection of claims, v. כַּפְּרָנוּת); Y.Shebi.X, 39c bot. Ib. (last line) ולמידין מ׳ הדיןוכ׳ do we apply the rules of Prosbol (v. פְּרוֹזְבּוּל) to ordinary claims? Y.B. Kam.V, beg.4d לא הילכו במ׳ הדין אחר הרוב (strike out בממון) in civil law we are not guided by probabilities (v. דוֹב; cmp. Bab. ib. 27b). Y.Ber.II, 5a bot. ולמ׳ הד׳ but civil law (questions of possession). 4) principle, standard, consistency. Men.III, 4 במדתר׳וכ׳ following the principle of R. ; Pes.77b; Y. ib. VII, 34c top. Shek. IV, 6 אינח היא תמ׳ (comment. אינה מן המ׳) this is not consistent (with a previous rule). Ib. 7 השוה את מִדָּתוֹ (Y. ed. מִדּוֹתָיו) he makes his standards even (is consistent). Pes.I, 7 אינת חיא המ׳ this is not the right argument. Ib. 15b אמאי אינה היא המ׳ מ׳ ומ׳ היא why do you say, it is no argument? it is surely a correct argument. Y. Ḥag.III, 77d ‘Menahem went out means ממ׳ למ׳ יצא he went over from one principle to another (joined the opposition; Bab. ib. 16b יצא לתרבות רעה).Esp. מִדּוֹת rules of interpretation. Sifra introd., ch. 1, end הלל … שבע מ׳וכ׳ Hillel the Elder explained seven rules ; Ab. dR. N. ch. 37; Tosef.Snh.VII, 11. Sifra introd., beg. (R. Yishm. said) בשלש עשרה מ׳וכ׳ the Torah is interpreted by means of thirteen rules. (Appendix to treat. Brakhoth. ל״ב מ׳ שלר׳ יוסיוכ׳ the thirty two rules of R. José the Galilean.Lev. R. s. 3, beg. הלכות ומ׳ decisions and interpretations (by which the decisions were reached), v. מְכִילְתָּא.Gitt.67a מִידּוֹתַי תרומה מתרומות מִידּוֹתָיווכ׳ my rules of interpretation are the selection from selections of rules by R. Akiba.Ber.33b שעושח מדותיו של הקב״ח רחמיםוכ׳ he makes compassion the standard (or reason) of the divine laws, while they are decrees (the reasons for which it behooves not man to discuss); Y. ib. V, 9c כקורא תיגר על מ׳וכ׳ because it sounds as if he were finding fault with the ways of the Lord (as if the Lord were partial); כנותן קיצבח למ׳וכ׳ as though he were setting limits to the attributes of the Lord.