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פָּחוּתm. (פָּחַת) ( diminished, 1) a small quantity. Y.Dem.I, 21d bot. פְּחוּת מאכל (not מאוכל) a small quantity of food (corresp. to ib. I, 2 מעוטו). 2) (adj. a. adv.) lesser, less. Men.XI, 9 אין פ׳ משנים no less than two days (after being baked); ib. אין פ׳ מתשעה ולא יתרוכ׳ no less than nine days, nor more than eleven; Pes.47a לא פ׳ ולא יותר no less (than nine), nor more (than eleven). Meg.21b אין משיירין בפרשה פ׳וכ׳ in distributing the readings of a Scriptural portion we must leave for the last reader no less than three verses; a. v. fr. Fem. פְּחוּתָה. Tosef.Kel.B. Mets.XI, 1 ערבה שהיא פ׳וכ׳ a kneading trough which contains less than ; a. fr.Pl. פְּחוּתוֹת. Keth.I, 2 פ׳ מבנות שלשוכ׳ when they were less than three years and one day old; a. fr. 3) inferior. Tanḥ. Trum. 7 נחשת כנגד … שהיא פ׳ מכולם ‘copper (Ex. 25:3) corresponding to the Greek (Syrian) empire, which was the meanest of all of them; a. fr.

פָּחוּתm. (פָּחַת) ( diminished, 1) a small quantity. Y.Dem.I, 21d bot. פְּחוּת מאכל (not מאוכל) a small quantity of food (corresp. to ib. I, 2 מעוטו). 2) (adj. a. adv.) lesser, less. Men.XI, 9 אין פ׳ משנים no less than two days (after being baked); ib. אין פ׳ מתשעה ולא יתרוכ׳ no less than nine days, nor more than eleven; Pes.47a לא פ׳ ולא יותר no less (than nine), nor more (than eleven). Meg.21b אין משיירין בפרשה פ׳וכ׳ in distributing the readings of a Scriptural portion we must leave for the last reader no less than three verses; a. v. fr. Fem. פְּחוּתָה. Tosef.Kel.B. Mets.XI, 1 ערבה שהיא פ׳וכ׳ a kneading trough which contains less than ; a. fr.Pl. פְּחוּתוֹת. Keth.I, 2 פ׳ מבנות שלשוכ׳ when they were less than three years and one day old; a. fr. 3) inferior. Tanḥ. Trum. 7 נחשת כנגד … שהיא פ׳ מכולם ‘copper (Ex. 25:3) corresponding to the Greek (Syrian) empire, which was the meanest of all of them; a. fr.

פָּחַת 1) to hollow out, dig. Bets.IV, 4 (32a) אין פּוֹחֲתִין את הנר (Mish. פיתתין, corr. acc.) you must not hollow out a lump of clay to make it a candlestick (on the Holy Day). Ib. 3 פּיֹחֵת לכתחלה he may start to dig out (take out closely packed fruit), v. infra. Mikv. IV, 5 פְּחָתוּהָ they hollowed it out (widened the aperture in the rock through which the water came forth); Y.Yeb.I, end, 3b (Bab. ib. 15a הרחיבוה). Mikv. l. c. עד שיִפְחוֹת רובה (ed. Dehr. a. Mish. ed. ער שיִפְחֲתוּ) until the larger portion of the aperture is chiselled out; Y. Yeb. l. c. שיפחות את רובה; Bab. ib. l. c. שתִּיפָּחֵת ברובה; a. e. 2) to diminish, lessen, decrease, opp. הוסיף. Mekh. Yithro, Baḥod., s. 2 שלא תִפְחוֹת ולא תוסיף from which you must not diminish, and to which you must not add. Sabb.21b פּוֹחֵת והולך one kindles one light less every night. Meg.IV, 1, sq. אין פּוֹחֲתִיןוכ׳ we call up no less (than the number named) nor more. Y.Yeb.IV, 6a bot. חמרתה (ה) פּוֹחֶתֶת אינה פוחתתוכ׳ a sheass, if short (whose period of pregnance is the shortest possible) gives birth not earlier than a lunar year from conception, if long, not later than a solar year; Y.Nidd.I, 49b top. Pes.X, 1 ולא יִפְחֲתוּ לו מארבעוכ׳ and they must give him (the poor man) no less than four cupfuls of wine. B. Kam.85b שבת הפּוֹחֲתַתּוֹ בדמים (not הפח׳) if the idleness enforced by being wounded has also the effect of lessening his value (if he were to be sold as a slave). Shek. V, 4 אם פָּחֲתוּ פחתו לו Y. ed. (differ. in Mishn. ed.) if money is missing, the loss is his. Tanḥ. Reh 10 פ׳ הוא עשרה ופָחֲתָה היאוכ׳ he gave ten measures less as tithe, and it (the field) yielded one hundred less; Yalk. Deut. 892; a. v. fr.Tanḥ. l. c. מי פחת, v. next w.V. פָּחוּת. Pi. פִּיחֵת same, 1) to diminish, lessen. Ter. IV, 4 פי׳ עשרהוכ׳ (Y. ed. פחת) if he set aside as Trumah ten fractions less (than 1/50, i. e. 1/60), or ten fractions more (i. e. 1/40), Maim.; (R. S. if he reduced the divisor by ten (i. e. set aside 1/40), or increased the divisor by ten (i. e. set aside 1/60); Y. ib. 42d bot. הפּוֹחֵת אחד מעשרה. 2) to be diminished, lose. Lev. R. s. 2 כלום פי׳ כבודיוכ׳ has my glory or my majesty lost anything ? Nif. נִפְחַת 1) to be hollowed out, broken through. Yeb.15a שתִּיפָּחֵת, v. supra. Ḥull.45a נִפְחֲתָה כדלת if a piece of the windpipe is broken through in the shape of a door (split on three sides and attached by the fourth side). Bets.IV, 3 בית … ונ׳ a room which was packed with fruits and closed up (with bricks), and which was burst open (the bricks giving way to the pressure), v. supra. 2) to be reduced in size, numbers ; to be lowered. Succ.18a ביתשנ׳ a building which has been reduced (the walls of which have given way partly). Sot.5a bot. כל אדם … לבסוף נ׳ every man in whom there is haughtiness, will finally be lowered; a. e. Hif. הִפְחִית 1) to lessen, wear out, damage. Y.B. Mets.II, 8d top כלי נחשת … מפני שמַפְחִיתָן if one found copper vessels (keeping them until the owner be found), he may use them for hot water, but not over fire, because he wears them out; (Bab. ib. 30a שמשחיקן); a. e. 2) (denom. of פָּחוּת) to become less, be damaged. Succ.18b ה׳ דופן אמצעי if the middle wall (of a Succah) became reduced (fell in, v. supra); a. e.

פָּחַת 1) to hollow out, dig. Bets.IV, 4 (32a) אין פּוֹחֲתִין את הנר (Mish. פיתתין, corr. acc.) you must not hollow out a lump of clay to make it a candlestick (on the Holy Day). Ib. 3 פּיֹחֵת לכתחלה he may start to dig out (take out closely packed fruit), v. infra. Mikv. IV, 5 פְּחָתוּהָ they hollowed it out (widened the aperture in the rock through which the water came forth); Y.Yeb.I, end, 3b (Bab. ib. 15a הרחיבוה). Mikv. l. c. עד שיִפְחוֹת רובה (ed. Dehr. a. Mish. ed. ער שיִפְחֲתוּ) until the larger portion of the aperture is chiselled out; Y. Yeb. l. c. שיפחות את רובה; Bab. ib. l. c. שתִּיפָּחֵת ברובה; a. e. 2) to diminish, lessen, decrease, opp. הוסיף. Mekh. Yithro, Baḥod., s. 2 שלא תִפְחוֹת ולא תוסיף from which you must not diminish, and to which you must not add. Sabb.21b פּוֹחֵת והולך one kindles one light less every night. Meg.IV, 1, sq. אין פּוֹחֲתִיןוכ׳ we call up no less (than the number named) nor more. Y.Yeb.IV, 6a bot. חמרתה (ה) פּוֹחֶתֶת אינה פוחתתוכ׳ a sheass, if short (whose period of pregnance is the shortest possible) gives birth not earlier than a lunar year from conception, if long, not later than a solar year; Y.Nidd.I, 49b top. Pes.X, 1 ולא יִפְחֲתוּ לו מארבעוכ׳ and they must give him (the poor man) no less than four cupfuls of wine. B. Kam.85b שבת הפּוֹחֲתַתּוֹ בדמים (not הפח׳) if the idleness enforced by being wounded has also the effect of lessening his value (if he were to be sold as a slave). Shek. V, 4 אם פָּחֲתוּ פחתו לו Y. ed. (differ. in Mishn. ed.) if money is missing, the loss is his. Tanḥ. Reh 10 פ׳ הוא עשרה ופָחֲתָה היאוכ׳ he gave ten measures less as tithe, and it (the field) yielded one hundred less; Yalk. Deut. 892; a. v. fr.Tanḥ. l. c. מי פחת, v. next w.V. פָּחוּת. Pi. פִּיחֵת same, 1) to diminish, lessen. Ter. IV, 4 פי׳ עשרהוכ׳ (Y. ed. פחת) if he set aside as Trumah ten fractions less (than 1/50, i. e. 1/60), or ten fractions more (i. e. 1/40), Maim.; (R. S. if he reduced the divisor by ten (i. e. set aside 1/40), or increased the divisor by ten (i. e. set aside 1/60); Y. ib. 42d bot. הפּוֹחֵת אחד מעשרה. 2) to be diminished, lose. Lev. R. s. 2 כלום פי׳ כבודיוכ׳ has my glory or my majesty lost anything ? Nif. נִפְחַת 1) to be hollowed out, broken through. Yeb.15a שתִּיפָּחֵת, v. supra. Ḥull.45a נִפְחֲתָה כדלת if a piece of the windpipe is broken through in the shape of a door (split on three sides and attached by the fourth side). Bets.IV, 3 בית … ונ׳ a room which was packed with fruits and closed up (with bricks), and which was burst open (the bricks giving way to the pressure), v. supra. 2) to be reduced in size, numbers ; to be lowered. Succ.18a ביתשנ׳ a building which has been reduced (the walls of which have given way partly). Sot.5a bot. כל אדם … לבסוף נ׳ every man in whom there is haughtiness, will finally be lowered; a. e. Hif. הִפְחִית 1) to lessen, wear out, damage. Y.B. Mets.II, 8d top כלי נחשת … מפני שמַפְחִיתָן if one found copper vessels (keeping them until the owner be found), he may use them for hot water, but not over fire, because he wears them out; (Bab. ib. 30a שמשחיקן); a. e. 2) (denom. of פָּחוּת) to become less, be damaged. Succ.18b ה׳ דופן אמצעי if the middle wall (of a Succah) became reduced (fell in, v. supra); a. e.

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פָּרָאII m. (פְּרַר; cmp. נַכֵּי) less. Gen. R. s. 20, end לפום חילך אכול ופ׳ מן מה דאת לבישוכ׳ spend according to thy means on eating, but less on clothing, and more on dwelling. Y.Ab. Zar. IV, 43d bot. תבר בולהון פ׳ חד he broke all of them save one. Y.Erub.II, 20b חמשא אלפין פ׳ מאת (read מאה) five thousand minus one hundred. Y.Keth.VI, 30d bot. תרין הולקין פ׳ ציבחד a little less than two thirds. Ruth R. to III, 3 (read:) זרעה ואעל ועבדת פ׳ ממאה אמר ליה לא אמר מרי דהיא עבד׳ מאה כוריןא״ל איןא״ל זרעית ואעלית ועבדת פ׳ ממאה אמר לו הןוכ׳ he sowed and harvested, and it brought less than one hundred kor. Said he to him, did you not say it brought one hundred kor? Said he, yes. Said he to him, I sowed and harvested, and it brought less than one hundred ; (perh. to be read פָּרֵי ממאה). Y.Meg.II, beg.73a (expl. סירוסים) חד פָּרָה חד (he reads) one verse less one, i. e. every other verse.

פָּרָאII m. (פְּרַר; cmp. נַכֵּי) less. Gen. R. s. 20, end לפום חילך אכול ופ׳ מן מה דאת לבישוכ׳ spend according to thy means on eating, but less on clothing, and more on dwelling. Y.Ab. Zar. IV, 43d bot. תבר בולהון פ׳ חד he broke all of them save one. Y.Erub.II, 20b חמשא אלפין פ׳ מאת (read מאה) five thousand minus one hundred. Y.Keth.VI, 30d bot. תרין הולקין פ׳ ציבחד a little less than two thirds. Ruth R. to III, 3 (read:) זרעה ואעל ועבדת פ׳ ממאה אמר ליה לא אמר מרי דהיא עבד׳ מאה כוריןא״ל איןא״ל זרעית ואעלית ועבדת פ׳ ממאה אמר לו הןוכ׳ he sowed and harvested, and it brought less than one hundred kor. Said he to him, did you not say it brought one hundred kor? Said he, yes. Said he to him, I sowed and harvested, and it brought less than one hundred ; (perh. to be read פָּרֵי ממאה). Y.Meg.II, beg.73a (expl. סירוסים) חד פָּרָה חד (he reads) one verse less one, i. e. every other verse.

דַּלI (imperat. of דְּלַל) lessen, deduct; (adv.) less. Sabb.89b ד׳ עשרין deduct twenty years. R. Hash. 7b ד׳ רגלים leave out festivals. Succ.2a ד׳ עשתרותוכ׳ imagine the Succah outside of the hollow, and there remains the shade of the roof; ד׳ דופנין imagine the walls removed. Ib. 56b נימא ליה דל בדל let the retiring division of priests say to the coming in, ‘less for less, i. e. take ye one loaf less and those relieving you will also take one less. Midr. Prov. ch. XXII דל עוד מחייו deduct also from the years of his life; a. e.

דַּלI (imperat. of דְּלַל) lessen, deduct; (adv.) less. Sabb.89b ד׳ עשרין deduct twenty years. R. Hash. 7b ד׳ רגלים leave out festivals. Succ.2a ד׳ עשתרותוכ׳ imagine the Succah outside of the hollow, and there remains the shade of the roof; ד׳ דופנין imagine the walls removed. Ib. 56b נימא ליה דל בדל let the retiring division of priests say to the coming in, ‘less for less, i. e. take ye one loaf less and those relieving you will also take one less. Midr. Prov. ch. XXII דל עוד מחייו deduct also from the years of his life; a. e.

שוּםII m. (preced.) 1) valuation, estimate. B. Kam.I, 3 ש׳ כסף, v. שָׁוֶה. Tosef.B. Mets.IX, 9 … את שוּמוִוכ׳ השם קמתו if one prizes (and buys) his neighbors standing corn as ten Cors of wheat, and it yields less or more, the seller has to deliver the estimated quantity (no more nor less); Rabbi Judah says, עשה בפחות נותן לו את שומווכ׳ if it yielded less, he has to deliver the estimated quantity, if more, he has to deliver whatever it yielded; a. fr.Esp. the description and valuation of seized property and its advertisement for public sale. Arakh.VI, 1 ש׳ היתומים שלשים יום the advertisement of orphans property must be made thirty days in succession (before the sale); Tosef. ib. IV, 1. Tosef.Keth.XI, 2; B. Bath. 107a שלשה שירדו לש׳וכ׳ if of three experts called to appraise seized property, one says, it is worth a Maneh ; a. fr. 2) appraised goods brought into marriage by the wife. Keth.VI, 3 (66a) פסקה … וכנגד הש׳וכ׳ if she promises to bring him a thousand Denars, he must obligate himself for fifteen Maneh (as her jointure); but for appraised goods brought to him, he obligates himself for one fifth less than the appraised value. Ib. ש׳ במנה ושוה מנהוכ׳ (Y. ed. ש׳ מנה) if the agreement reads, ‘the goods are charged to the husband for one Maneh and worth a Maneh, he can claim only one Manehs worth of goods; ש׳ במנה היאוכ׳ but if it reads merely, ‘the goods are charged for one Maneh, she must bring in the value of thirty-one Selaim and one Denar (Tosaf.; differ. in Rashi). Tosef. ib. VI, 6 מקום … מן הש׳וכ׳ where the usage is not to charge the husband less than the appraised value ; a. fr. 3) (Chaldaism) name, title; לְשוּם in the name of, for the sake of, for the purpose of, in the capacity of. Gitt. IV, 4 עבד … אם לש׳ עבדוכ׳ if a slave was taken captive, and some one redeemed him: if he redeemed him as a slave, he may be held as a slave (of his redeemer), if as a freed man Ib. III, 1 כל גט שנכתב שלא לש׳ אשה a letter of divorce not written with the intention to be used for a special woman. Ib. VIII, 5 כתב לש׳ מלכות אחרת if a letter of divorce is dated in the name of a strange government; (Bab. ed. 79b שאינה הוגנת, v. הוּגָּן). Yeb.24b איש שנתגייר לש׳ אשה a man that embraced the Jewish religion for the sake of a woman; לש׳ שולחן מלכים for the sake of the royal table (v. שוּלְחָן); לש׳ עבדי שלמה for the sake of being one of Solomons servants; a. v. fr.(Ib. 47b לשֵׁם שפחות in her capacity as a slave; לשם שחרור with the purpose of making her a freed woman; a. fr.מִשּׁוּם a) in the name of. Maas. Sh. III, 6 ר״ש … מש׳ר׳ יוסי R. S. ben J. says in behalf of R. José (quoting R. J. as author). Eduy. VIII, 5; a. v. fr.b) because of, as coming under the category of; for the sake of ( preventing). Bets.2b, a. fr. גזדה מש׳, v. גְּזֵרָה. Sabb.17b מש׳ שמנן, v. גָּזַר. Ab. Zar.26a, a. fr. מש׳ איבה, v. אֵיבָה. Sabb.70b כלום פריש … מש׳ מלאכית … מש׳ שבת does any one abstain from doing a thing on the Sabbath for any reason but because of the prohibition of labors, and does one abstain from any labor for any reason, but because of the Sabbath? Ib. 73b חייב מש׳ נוטע is guilty, because the act comes under the category of planting. Kil. I, 9 אינו חושש לא מש׳ כלאיםוכ׳ he need not hesitate to use it either on the ground of forbidden mixture, or on the ground of the Sabbatical year (in which planting is forbidden), or because it is subject to tithes. Ib. IX, 8 אין אפור מש׳וכ׳ nothing is forbidden as mixture of wool and linen unless it is spun ; a. v. fr.Ber.5b מש׳ תורה דלאוכ׳ (dost thou weep) on account of the Law, that thou hast not attained much?; או מש׳ מזוני or on account of thy support (that thou art poor)?משום שֶׁ־, (Chald.) מש׳ דְּ־; על שום שֶׁ־, (Chald.) על ש׳ ד־ because. Pes.X, 5 פסח על ש׳ שפסחוכ׳ the Passover sacrifice is eaten, because the Lord passed over Y.Naz.II, beg.51d מש׳ שהוציאוכ׳ because he uttered the word nazir. Keth.63b מש׳ דרב זבידוכ׳ because Rab Zebid is a great man ; a. v. fr.

שוּםII m. (preced.) 1) valuation, estimate. B. Kam.I, 3 ש׳ כסף, v. שָׁוֶה. Tosef.B. Mets.IX, 9 … את שוּמוִוכ׳ השם קמתו if one prizes (and buys) his neighbors standing corn as ten Cors of wheat, and it yields less or more, the seller has to deliver the estimated quantity (no more nor less); Rabbi Judah says, עשה בפחות נותן לו את שומווכ׳ if it yielded less, he has to deliver the estimated quantity, if more, he has to deliver whatever it yielded; a. fr.Esp. the description and valuation of seized property and its advertisement for public sale. Arakh.VI, 1 ש׳ היתומים שלשים יום the advertisement of orphans property must be made thirty days in succession (before the sale); Tosef. ib. IV, 1. Tosef.Keth.XI, 2; B. Bath. 107a שלשה שירדו לש׳וכ׳ if of three experts called to appraise seized property, one says, it is worth a Maneh ; a. fr. 2) appraised goods brought into marriage by the wife. Keth.VI, 3 (66a) פסקה … וכנגד הש׳וכ׳ if she promises to bring him a thousand Denars, he must obligate himself for fifteen Maneh (as her jointure); but for appraised goods brought to him, he obligates himself for one fifth less than the appraised value. Ib. ש׳ במנה ושוה מנהוכ׳ (Y. ed. ש׳ מנה) if the agreement reads, ‘the goods are charged to the husband for one Maneh and worth a Maneh, he can claim only one Manehs worth of goods; ש׳ במנה היאוכ׳ but if it reads merely, ‘the goods are charged for one Maneh, she must bring in the value of thirty-one Selaim and one Denar (Tosaf.; differ. in Rashi). Tosef. ib. VI, 6 מקום … מן הש׳וכ׳ where the usage is not to charge the husband less than the appraised value ; a. fr. 3) (Chaldaism) name, title; לְשוּם in the name of, for the sake of, for the purpose of, in the capacity of. Gitt. IV, 4 עבד … אם לש׳ עבדוכ׳ if a slave was taken captive, and some one redeemed him: if he redeemed him as a slave, he may be held as a slave (of his redeemer), if as a freed man Ib. III, 1 כל גט שנכתב שלא לש׳ אשה a letter of divorce not written with the intention to be used for a special woman. Ib. VIII, 5 כתב לש׳ מלכות אחרת if a letter of divorce is dated in the name of a strange government; (Bab. ed. 79b שאינה הוגנת, v. הוּגָּן). Yeb.24b איש שנתגייר לש׳ אשה a man that embraced the Jewish religion for the sake of a woman; לש׳ שולחן מלכים for the sake of the royal table (v. שוּלְחָן); לש׳ עבדי שלמה for the sake of being one of Solomons servants; a. v. fr.(Ib. 47b לשֵׁם שפחות in her capacity as a slave; לשם שחרור with the purpose of making her a freed woman; a. fr.מִשּׁוּם a) in the name of. Maas. Sh. III, 6 ר״ש … מש׳ר׳ יוסי R. S. ben J. says in behalf of R. José (quoting R. J. as author). Eduy. VIII, 5; a. v. fr.b) because of, as coming under the category of; for the sake of ( preventing). Bets.2b, a. fr. גזדה מש׳, v. גְּזֵרָה. Sabb.17b מש׳ שמנן, v. גָּזַר. Ab. Zar.26a, a. fr. מש׳ איבה, v. אֵיבָה. Sabb.70b כלום פריש … מש׳ מלאכית … מש׳ שבת does any one abstain from doing a thing on the Sabbath for any reason but because of the prohibition of labors, and does one abstain from any labor for any reason, but because of the Sabbath? Ib. 73b חייב מש׳ נוטע is guilty, because the act comes under the category of planting. Kil. I, 9 אינו חושש לא מש׳ כלאיםוכ׳ he need not hesitate to use it either on the ground of forbidden mixture, or on the ground of the Sabbatical year (in which planting is forbidden), or because it is subject to tithes. Ib. IX, 8 אין אפור מש׳וכ׳ nothing is forbidden as mixture of wool and linen unless it is spun ; a. v. fr.Ber.5b מש׳ תורה דלאוכ׳ (dost thou weep) on account of the Law, that thou hast not attained much?; או מש׳ מזוני or on account of thy support (that thou art poor)?משום שֶׁ־, (Chald.) מש׳ דְּ־; על שום שֶׁ־, (Chald.) על ש׳ ד־ because. Pes.X, 5 פסח על ש׳ שפסחוכ׳ the Passover sacrifice is eaten, because the Lord passed over Y.Naz.II, beg.51d מש׳ שהוציאוכ׳ because he uttered the word nazir. Keth.63b מש׳ דרב זבידוכ׳ because Rab Zebid is a great man ; a. v. fr.

מָעַט(b. h.; cmp. מוּט) to be thin, minute.Part. pass. מָעוּט, f. מְעוּטָה; pl. מְעוּטִים, מְעוּטִין; מְעוּטוֹת. Y.Pes.V, 32a bot.; Y.Snh.I, 18c bot. גסי רוח ומְעוּטֵי תידה big in spirit (haughty) and small in learning (of narrow capacity). Tosef.Ḥall.I, 7; a. e.Tam.IV, 2 במעוטה at least (Talm. ed. 31a במעוטן, comment. במיעוטן on the smallest of the tables). Pi. מִעֵט, מִיעֵט 1) to diminish, reduce; to do little. Ab. IV, 10 הוי מְמַעֵט בעסקוכ׳ do less business, and busy thyself with the Law. M. Kat. 22a, v. עֵסֶק. Taan. I, 7 מְמַעֲטִין במשאוכ׳ we must reduce business transactions, building Ib. IV, 6 משנכנס אב ממעטין בשמחה with the beginning of the month of Ab we must reduce rejoicing. Ḥull.60b לכי ומַעֲטִי את עצמך go and make thyself smaller (be reduced). Snh.17a הואיל ומִיעַטְתֶּם עצמיכם because you made yourselves small (were modest); Num. R. s. 15. Tosef.Erub.IX (VI), 15 מִיעֲטָהּ באבניםוכ׳ if he reduced the size of the gap by means of stones Y. ib. VII, beg.24b ממעטין בכלים you may use utensils for reducing the opening. Bab. ib. 77b ממעט effects the reduction, i. e. puts the two adjoining places in the legal condition of dwellings connected by a gate; a. fr. 2) (interpret.) to limit, qualify, exclude from the rule. Shebu.26a היה דורש את כל התורה בריבה ומיעט interpreted the entire Law on the principle of ‘It includes and it excludes, i. e. on the principle that if, in the Biblical text, a specification is preceded and followed by general terms, both an extension ( ריבוי) and a limitation ( מיעוט) must be found; e. g. ib. (ref. to Lev. 5:4) או נפש … להרע … מי׳וכ׳ ‘or if a soul swears, this is a general expression, ‘for bad or for good, this limits (the sphere of the law to things which are either an advantage or a disadvantage); ‘whatsoever it be, this is again a generalization; now what does it include? All kinds of words (vows); ומאי מ׳ מ׳וכ׳ and what does it exclude? It excludes a religious act (the vow of doing a forbidden thing or not doing a commanded thing). Sifra Tsav, ch. XV, Par. 11 אם מִיעַטְתִּים מסמיכה מרובה לא אֲמַעֲטֵם בתנופהוכ׳ if I exclude them (the gentiles) from the privilege of laying hands on the sacrifice, which has a wider sphere of application, must I not exclude them from the privilege of waving ?; a. fr.Part. pass. מְמוּעָט, v. מוּעָט. Hif. הִמְעִיט to do little, less. Ber.I7a שמא תאמר אני מרבה והוא מַמְעִיט lest you say, I do much good, and he but little; שנינו אחד המרבה ואחד הממעיטוכ׳ we have learned, whether one does much or little (they are equally worthy), provided one directs his heart ; Men. XIII, 11; a. fr. Nithpa. נִתְמַעֵט, Hithpa. הִתְמַעֵט to be diminished, reduced. Erub.VII, 5 נ׳ התבן מעשרהוכ׳ if the pile of straw has been reduced to less than ten handbreadths. Ib. 54b; Ab. Zar.19a מִתְמַעֵט he will become less (will decline in learning). Arakh.30b נ׳ כספו if his value was reduced. Tosef.Sot.XIV, 10 נִתְמַעֲטוּ הימיםוכ׳ the days were reduced, and the years shortened. Ib. התחילו הגוים להתרבות וישראל להִתְמעֵט the nations began to grow and the Israelites to be reduced (in rank). Pesik. R. s. 14 נִתְמַעֲטָה ידו he became reduced in fortune. Midr. Till. to Ps. 12, end נפשם מִתְמַעֶטֶת עליהם their soul within them shrinks, i. e. they feel jealous and angry; Yalk. ib. 659; Lev. R. s. 32, beg. מתמענת (corr. acc.). Sifra l. c. נִתְמַעֶטֶת תנופה the sphere of the act of waving is the smaller one; נִתְמַעֲטָה סמיכה the laying on of hands has the smaller sphere; a. fr.Erub.80b מאי נתמעט נתמטמט ‘it was reduced (Mish. VII, 7) means, it was reduced to atoms, v. מִטְמֵט.B. Mets.71a נכסיו מִתְמַעֲטִין, v. סוּט h.Tosef.Mikv.VI (VII), 14 מִתְמַעֲטִין, v. מָעַךְ.

מָעַט(b. h.; cmp. מוּט) to be thin, minute.Part. pass. מָעוּט, f. מְעוּטָה; pl. מְעוּטִים, מְעוּטִין; מְעוּטוֹת. Y.Pes.V, 32a bot.; Y.Snh.I, 18c bot. גסי רוח ומְעוּטֵי תידה big in spirit (haughty) and small in learning (of narrow capacity). Tosef.Ḥall.I, 7; a. e.Tam.IV, 2 במעוטה at least (Talm. ed. 31a במעוטן, comment. במיעוטן on the smallest of the tables). Pi. מִעֵט, מִיעֵט 1) to diminish, reduce; to do little. Ab. IV, 10 הוי מְמַעֵט בעסקוכ׳ do less business, and busy thyself with the Law. M. Kat. 22a, v. עֵסֶק. Taan. I, 7 מְמַעֲטִין במשאוכ׳ we must reduce business transactions, building Ib. IV, 6 משנכנס אב ממעטין בשמחה with the beginning of the month of Ab we must reduce rejoicing. Ḥull.60b לכי ומַעֲטִי את עצמך go and make thyself smaller (be reduced). Snh.17a הואיל ומִיעַטְתֶּם עצמיכם because you made yourselves small (were modest); Num. R. s. 15. Tosef.Erub.IX (VI), 15 מִיעֲטָהּ באבניםוכ׳ if he reduced the size of the gap by means of stones Y. ib. VII, beg.24b ממעטין בכלים you may use utensils for reducing the opening. Bab. ib. 77b ממעט effects the reduction, i. e. puts the two adjoining places in the legal condition of dwellings connected by a gate; a. fr. 2) (interpret.) to limit, qualify, exclude from the rule. Shebu.26a היה דורש את כל התורה בריבה ומיעט interpreted the entire Law on the principle of ‘It includes and it excludes, i. e. on the principle that if, in the Biblical text, a specification is preceded and followed by general terms, both an extension ( ריבוי) and a limitation ( מיעוט) must be found; e. g. ib. (ref. to Lev. 5:4) או נפש … להרע … מי׳וכ׳ ‘or if a soul swears, this is a general expression, ‘for bad or for good, this limits (the sphere of the law to things which are either an advantage or a disadvantage); ‘whatsoever it be, this is again a generalization; now what does it include? All kinds of words (vows); ומאי מ׳ מ׳וכ׳ and what does it exclude? It excludes a religious act (the vow of doing a forbidden thing or not doing a commanded thing). Sifra Tsav, ch. XV, Par. 11 אם מִיעַטְתִּים מסמיכה מרובה לא אֲמַעֲטֵם בתנופהוכ׳ if I exclude them (the gentiles) from the privilege of laying hands on the sacrifice, which has a wider sphere of application, must I not exclude them from the privilege of waving ?; a. fr.Part. pass. מְמוּעָט, v. מוּעָט. Hif. הִמְעִיט to do little, less. Ber.I7a שמא תאמר אני מרבה והוא מַמְעִיט lest you say, I do much good, and he but little; שנינו אחד המרבה ואחד הממעיטוכ׳ we have learned, whether one does much or little (they are equally worthy), provided one directs his heart ; Men. XIII, 11; a. fr. Nithpa. נִתְמַעֵט, Hithpa. הִתְמַעֵט to be diminished, reduced. Erub.VII, 5 נ׳ התבן מעשרהוכ׳ if the pile of straw has been reduced to less than ten handbreadths. Ib. 54b; Ab. Zar.19a מִתְמַעֵט he will become less (will decline in learning). Arakh.30b נ׳ כספו if his value was reduced. Tosef.Sot.XIV, 10 נִתְמַעֲטוּ הימיםוכ׳ the days were reduced, and the years shortened. Ib. התחילו הגוים להתרבות וישראל להִתְמעֵט the nations began to grow and the Israelites to be reduced (in rank). Pesik. R. s. 14 נִתְמַעֲטָה ידו he became reduced in fortune. Midr. Till. to Ps. 12, end נפשם מִתְמַעֶטֶת עליהם their soul within them shrinks, i. e. they feel jealous and angry; Yalk. ib. 659; Lev. R. s. 32, beg. מתמענת (corr. acc.). Sifra l. c. נִתְמַעֶטֶת תנופה the sphere of the act of waving is the smaller one; נִתְמַעֲטָה סמיכה the laying on of hands has the smaller sphere; a. fr.Erub.80b מאי נתמעט נתמטמט ‘it was reduced (Mish. VII, 7) means, it was reduced to atoms, v. מִטְמֵט.B. Mets.71a נכסיו מִתְמַעֲטִין, v. סוּט h.Tosef.Mikv.VI (VII), 14 מִתְמַעֲטִין, v. מָעַךְ.

בְּצַר, בְּצֵירch. 1) (neut. v.) to be cut, lessened; to be small; to want. Ab. Zar.9a כמה בצרן (Rashi בצירן) how much is wanting yet? Targ. Prov. 14:28 בציר עמא the population is diminishing.Ḥull.42b בצר להו חדא there is, according to him, one less (than the number stated); a. fr. 2) (act. v.) to diminish, lessen. Targ. Y. Deut. 13:1; 4:2 (Var. תבַצְּרוּן Pa.). Targ. Job 15:4.Nidd.65a למִבְצַר לה חדא to allow her one night less; a. fr. Pa. בַּצַּר to cut off; to diminish, deduct. Men.37b האי מאן דבַצְּרֵיה לגלימיה he who cuts one corner of his cloak off.Targ. Koh. 3:5. Targ. Deut. 4:2, a. e., v. supra.Ab. Zar.9b ונְבַצַּדוכ׳ we let him deduct therefrom forty eight. B. Mets. 103b בַּצְּרִי לך I let thee have it for less.Denom. בַּצִּירָא one who uses the vowel letters sparingly. Ab. Zar. 9ab and as a mnemonical sign (for remembering when to add and when to deduct) ספרא ב׳וכ׳ the writer of Bible copies writes many words without the vowel letters (defective) which the Mishnah teacher writes plene.

בְּצַר, בְּצֵירch. 1) (neut. v.) to be cut, lessened; to be small; to want. Ab. Zar.9a כמה בצרן (Rashi בצירן) how much is wanting yet? Targ. Prov. 14:28 בציר עמא the population is diminishing.Ḥull.42b בצר להו חדא there is, according to him, one less (than the number stated); a. fr. 2) (act. v.) to diminish, lessen. Targ. Y. Deut. 13:1; 4:2 (Var. תבַצְּרוּן Pa.). Targ. Job 15:4.Nidd.65a למִבְצַר לה חדא to allow her one night less; a. fr. Pa. בַּצַּר to cut off; to diminish, deduct. Men.37b האי מאן דבַצְּרֵיה לגלימיה he who cuts one corner of his cloak off.Targ. Koh. 3:5. Targ. Deut. 4:2, a. e., v. supra.Ab. Zar.9b ונְבַצַּדוכ׳ we let him deduct therefrom forty eight. B. Mets. 103b בַּצְּרִי לך I let thee have it for less.Denom. בַּצִּירָא one who uses the vowel letters sparingly. Ab. Zar. 9ab and as a mnemonical sign (for remembering when to add and when to deduct) ספרא ב׳וכ׳ the writer of Bible copies writes many words without the vowel letters (defective) which the Mishnah teacher writes plene.

בְּצַר, בְּצֵירch. 1) (neut. v.) to be cut, lessened; to be small; to want. Ab. Zar.9a כמה בצרן (Rashi בצירן) how much is wanting yet? Targ. Prov. 14:28 בציר עמא the population is diminishing.Ḥull.42b בצר להו חדא there is, according to him, one less (than the number stated); a. fr. 2) (act. v.) to diminish, lessen. Targ. Y. Deut. 13:1; 4:2 (Var. תבַצְּרוּן Pa.). Targ. Job 15:4.Nidd.65a למִבְצַר לה חדא to allow her one night less; a. fr. Pa. בַּצַּר to cut off; to diminish, deduct. Men.37b האי מאן דבַצְּרֵיה לגלימיה he who cuts one corner of his cloak off.Targ. Koh. 3:5. Targ. Deut. 4:2, a. e., v. supra.Ab. Zar.9b ונְבַצַּדוכ׳ we let him deduct therefrom forty eight. B. Mets. 103b בַּצְּרִי לך I let thee have it for less.Denom. בַּצִּירָא one who uses the vowel letters sparingly. Ab. Zar. 9ab and as a mnemonical sign (for remembering when to add and when to deduct) ספרא ב׳וכ׳ the writer of Bible copies writes many words without the vowel letters (defective) which the Mishnah teacher writes plene.

בְּצַר, בְּצֵירch. 1) (neut. v.) to be cut, lessened; to be small; to want. Ab. Zar.9a כמה בצרן (Rashi בצירן) how much is wanting yet? Targ. Prov. 14:28 בציר עמא the population is diminishing.Ḥull.42b בצר להו חדא there is, according to him, one less (than the number stated); a. fr. 2) (act. v.) to diminish, lessen. Targ. Y. Deut. 13:1; 4:2 (Var. תבַצְּרוּן Pa.). Targ. Job 15:4.Nidd.65a למִבְצַר לה חדא to allow her one night less; a. fr. Pa. בַּצַּר to cut off; to diminish, deduct. Men.37b האי מאן דבַצְּרֵיה לגלימיה he who cuts one corner of his cloak off.Targ. Koh. 3:5. Targ. Deut. 4:2, a. e., v. supra.Ab. Zar.9b ונְבַצַּדוכ׳ we let him deduct therefrom forty eight. B. Mets. 103b בַּצְּרִי לך I let thee have it for less.Denom. בַּצִּירָא one who uses the vowel letters sparingly. Ab. Zar. 9ab and as a mnemonical sign (for remembering when to add and when to deduct) ספרא ב׳וכ׳ the writer of Bible copies writes many words without the vowel letters (defective) which the Mishnah teacher writes plene.

לָבוּדm. (לָבַד) 1) לֶבֶר. 2) compact, solid. Sabb.97a; Succ.16b כל פחות משלשה כל׳ דמי wherever there is a gap of less than three handbreadths, the parts so separated are considered as a solid (partition), e. g. a mat suspended vertically so as to leave a gap of less than three hand breadths from the ceiling and one of the same size from the floor is to be considered a solid wall completing the requirements of the Succah (סוּכָּה).Hence labud, the legal fiction of considering separated parts as united, if the gap is less than three handbreadths. Ib. מהו דתימא חד ל׳ אמרינן תרי ל׳וכ׳ you might have thought we adopt one labud but not two labud (a fictitious connection with the ceiling and with the floor); Erub.9a מרוח אחת אמרינן ל׳ משתיוכ׳. Ib. 4b the traditional rule aplies לְגוּד וּלְלָ׳וכ׳ to the fiction of stretching (v. נְגַד), of labud ; Succ.6b ולל׳ Ms. M. (ed. ול׳, corr. acc.). Erub.9a, v. חָבוּט.