(squeeze)

טְחִי, טְחָא(v. טוּחַ II) to squeeze into, fasten to. Gitt.69b נִיטַחְיֵיה בתנורא (not … חייא) let him squeeze it (the milt) into (the cracks of) an oven; ניט׳ ביני אורבי let him squeeze it in between bricks

טְחִי, טְחָא(v. טוּחַ II) to squeeze into, fasten to. Gitt.69b נִיטַחְיֵיה בתנורא (not … חייא) let him squeeze it (the milt) into (the cracks of) an oven; ניט׳ ביני אורבי let him squeeze it in between bricks

טְחִי, טְחָא(v. טוּחַ II) to squeeze into, fasten to. Gitt.69b נִיטַחְיֵיה בתנורא (not … חייא) let him squeeze it (the milt) into (the cracks of) an oven; ניט׳ ביני אורבי let him squeeze it in between bricks

טְחִי, טְחָא(v. טוּחַ II) to squeeze into, fasten to. Gitt.69b נִיטַחְיֵיה בתנורא (not … חייא) let him squeeze it (the milt) into (the cracks of) an oven; ניט׳ ביני אורבי let him squeeze it in between bricks

דּוּץII (contr. of דְּעַץ) to prick, stick, squeeze. Sabb.50b דָּצָהּ שלפהוכ׳ if he stuck it in, pulled it out Ib. 156b דָּצְתָהּ בגודא (Ms. O. דעיצתא בביזעא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 30) she stuck it (the brooch) into the wall. Ḥull93b אי דָץ ביה מידי if he stuck something into the nostrils (so as to keep them open). Succ.37b לא לֵדוּץוכ׳ one must not squeeze the palm branch between the myrtle and willow (after they have been tied together). B. Bath.74a דצייה Ar., v. דְּעַץ.

דּוּץII (contr. of דְּעַץ) to prick, stick, squeeze. Sabb.50b דָּצָהּ שלפהוכ׳ if he stuck it in, pulled it out Ib. 156b דָּצְתָהּ בגודא (Ms. O. דעיצתא בביזעא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 30) she stuck it (the brooch) into the wall. Ḥull93b אי דָץ ביה מידי if he stuck something into the nostrils (so as to keep them open). Succ.37b לא לֵדוּץוכ׳ one must not squeeze the palm branch between the myrtle and willow (after they have been tied together). B. Bath.74a דצייה Ar., v. דְּעַץ.

דְּחַקI, דְּחֵיק ch. sam(דחקpressed, scarce), 1) to push, squeeze Targ. Jud. 1:34; a. fr. 2) to impel, hurry, press. Targ. Josh. 10:13 (h. text אוץ). Targ. Y. Deut. 15:3; a. fr.M. Kat. 28a דָּחֲקָא רגליהוכ׳ the foot of Bar Nathan is pressing (his predestined term of office has begun). Pa. דַּחֵק to press (a debtor). Targ. Y. Deut. 15:2 למְדַחֲקָא (ed. Vien. למדה׳). Ithpe. אִדְּחֵק, אִידְּ׳ 1) to be pressed, squeeze ones self. Targ. O. Num. 22:25 (Y. אַדְחָקַת, read אִדְּ׳). 2) to be distressed. Targ. 1 Sam. 13:6; 14:24.

דְּחַקI, דְּחֵיק ch. sam(דחקpressed, scarce), 1) to push, squeeze Targ. Jud. 1:34; a. fr. 2) to impel, hurry, press. Targ. Josh. 10:13 (h. text אוץ). Targ. Y. Deut. 15:3; a. fr.M. Kat. 28a דָּחֲקָא רגליהוכ׳ the foot of Bar Nathan is pressing (his predestined term of office has begun). Pa. דַּחֵק to press (a debtor). Targ. Y. Deut. 15:2 למְדַחֲקָא (ed. Vien. למדה׳). Ithpe. אִדְּחֵק, אִידְּ׳ 1) to be pressed, squeeze ones self. Targ. O. Num. 22:25 (Y. אַדְחָקַת, read אִדְּ׳). 2) to be distressed. Targ. 1 Sam. 13:6; 14:24.

חָנַק(b. h.; cmp. אנק, ענק) ( to press, to seize by the throat, to choke. Tosef.Sabb.III (IV), 6 ואין חוֹנְקִין בשבת you must not press (the jugular veins, to relieve from belly-ache) on the Sabbath; v. infra Pi.B. Bath. X, 8 (175b) הרי החוֹנֵק אתוכ׳ if one seizes a debtor by the throat (threatening violence). Ib. 176a בחָנוּק in the case of one being threatened (and another pledging himself for him). Sabb.57a אין אשה חוֹנֶקֶתוכ׳ a woman will not choke herself (will not tie a band around her neck so closely that no water could get under it when bathing); ib. b אשה ח׳וכ׳ a woman does tie a chain closely in order to appear fleshy. Gen. R. s. 34 (ref. to דם האדם באדם, Gen. 9:6) אף החוֹנְקוֹ (the gentile is guilty of bloodshed) even if he only chokes a man (‘shedding the blood of man in man); Y.Kidd.I, 58c top בחונקו מפני עצמו (read: ממונו) when he merely chokes him to take his money; a. e.Esp. to strangle to death. B. Kam.47b ח׳ את עצמו (the ox) strangled himself (by being caught in a rope). Y.Sot.IX, 23c נמצא חָנוּק if he was found strangled; a. e.Trnsf. to produce anguish, agony. Ḥull.I, 2 מפני שהן חוֹנְקִין because they (a saw) cause agony as if by choking (instead of cutting).Kidd.62a (ref. to Num. 5:19–20) according to R. Meïr (who says that a condition is not valid unless both the negative and the positive alternatives are stated) חִנְקִי מיבעי ליה it ought to have been added (to vers 20) ‘die in agony. א״ר תנחום הנקי כתיב said R. T. it says (verse 19) hnki (which may be read hinnaki for the one alternative and hinki for ḥinki for the other); Ar. reads הנקי, v. נָקִי. Nif. נֶחְנַק 1) to be strangled. Snh.XI, 1 (84b) הנֶחְנָקִין those sentenced to death by strangulation. Pes.112a לֵיחָנֵק, v. אִילָּן. 2) to feel like choking, to be sorry (cmp. אָנַק). Cant. R. to IV, 12 התחיל … רואה ונ׳ the seller sees it and grieves (over his loss); Yalk. Ex. 225 Mekh. Bshall.s.1 לֵיחָנֵק.Sabb.66b, v. infra. Pi. חִינֵּק 1) to squeeze in, immure. Pirké dR. El. ch. XLVIII; Yalk. Ex. 169 (היו) מְחַנְּקִין את ישראלוכ׳ pressed Israelites between the walls (having mingled their bodies with the clay). 2) to strangle. Tosef.M. Kat. I, 5 מְחַנְּקִיןוכ׳ (M. Kat. 6b חונקין) the aunts choke each other to death. 3) to press the throat, to squeeze the jugular veins (an operation applied in cases of abdominal affection, (Ar. s. v. חנק; to reset a laryngal muscle or ring, Rashi; oth. defin., v. Ar. s. v.). Sabb.66b לְחַנֵּק to perform the operation (Rashi a. Ar. ed. Koh. לֵיחָנֵק to have the operation performed).

חָנַק(b. h.; cmp. אנק, ענק) ( to press, to seize by the throat, to choke. Tosef.Sabb.III (IV), 6 ואין חוֹנְקִין בשבת you must not press (the jugular veins, to relieve from belly-ache) on the Sabbath; v. infra Pi.B. Bath. X, 8 (175b) הרי החוֹנֵק אתוכ׳ if one seizes a debtor by the throat (threatening violence). Ib. 176a בחָנוּק in the case of one being threatened (and another pledging himself for him). Sabb.57a אין אשה חוֹנֶקֶתוכ׳ a woman will not choke herself (will not tie a band around her neck so closely that no water could get under it when bathing); ib. b אשה ח׳וכ׳ a woman does tie a chain closely in order to appear fleshy. Gen. R. s. 34 (ref. to דם האדם באדם, Gen. 9:6) אף החוֹנְקוֹ (the gentile is guilty of bloodshed) even if he only chokes a man (‘shedding the blood of man in man); Y.Kidd.I, 58c top בחונקו מפני עצמו (read: ממונו) when he merely chokes him to take his money; a. e.Esp. to strangle to death. B. Kam.47b ח׳ את עצמו (the ox) strangled himself (by being caught in a rope). Y.Sot.IX, 23c נמצא חָנוּק if he was found strangled; a. e.Trnsf. to produce anguish, agony. Ḥull.I, 2 מפני שהן חוֹנְקִין because they (a saw) cause agony as if by choking (instead of cutting).Kidd.62a (ref. to Num. 5:19–20) according to R. Meïr (who says that a condition is not valid unless both the negative and the positive alternatives are stated) חִנְקִי מיבעי ליה it ought to have been added (to vers 20) ‘die in agony. א״ר תנחום הנקי כתיב said R. T. it says (verse 19) hnki (which may be read hinnaki for the one alternative and hinki for ḥinki for the other); Ar. reads הנקי, v. נָקִי. Nif. נֶחְנַק 1) to be strangled. Snh.XI, 1 (84b) הנֶחְנָקִין those sentenced to death by strangulation. Pes.112a לֵיחָנֵק, v. אִילָּן. 2) to feel like choking, to be sorry (cmp. אָנַק). Cant. R. to IV, 12 התחיל … רואה ונ׳ the seller sees it and grieves (over his loss); Yalk. Ex. 225 Mekh. Bshall.s.1 לֵיחָנֵק.Sabb.66b, v. infra. Pi. חִינֵּק 1) to squeeze in, immure. Pirké dR. El. ch. XLVIII; Yalk. Ex. 169 (היו) מְחַנְּקִין את ישראלוכ׳ pressed Israelites between the walls (having mingled their bodies with the clay). 2) to strangle. Tosef.M. Kat. I, 5 מְחַנְּקִיןוכ׳ (M. Kat. 6b חונקין) the aunts choke each other to death. 3) to press the throat, to squeeze the jugular veins (an operation applied in cases of abdominal affection, (Ar. s. v. חנק; to reset a laryngal muscle or ring, Rashi; oth. defin., v. Ar. s. v.). Sabb.66b לְחַנֵּק to perform the operation (Rashi a. Ar. ed. Koh. לֵיחָנֵק to have the operation performed).

חָרַז(b. h.) (to bore holes, to carry thread through a hole, 1) to squeeze into. Cant. R. to I, 10 (ref. to בחרוזים ib.) שחוֹרְזִים צואריהםוכ׳ (not שחוזרין) who squeeze their necks (through window holes, open doors) to hear the words of the Law (v. Yoma 35b; Ber.6b; v. דּוּחֲקָא); Yalk. ib. 983 שהם חוזרים אחריוכ׳ (read: חוֹרְזִים אחוֹרֵי). 2) to string. Ex. R. s. 20 ישב וח׳וכ׳ he sat down and strung (assorting) the larger pearls separately Part. pass. חָרוּז, pl. חֲרוּזִים, חֲרוּזִין. Cant. R. l. c. (read:) אלו ע׳ זקנים שהיו חֲרוּזִים אחריהם כליניאוכ׳ (v. Yalk. l. c.) those are the seventy elders who were strung (arranged) behind them (Moses and Aaron) like a string of pearls.Ḥull.95b בחרוזין (Ar. חֲרִיזִים, noun) if the pieces of meat are strung together. Lam. R. to V, 13 ג׳ מאות … ח׳וכ׳ three hundred children were found strung up on the branches of one tree.Trnsf. to draw parallels between Biblical passages, to explain one passage by another. Cant. R. l. c. הייתי יושב וחוֹרֵזוכ׳ I was sitting and comparing verses of the Pentateuch, and Pentateuch with Prophets Ib. שהיו חוֹרְזִיםוכ׳; Yalk. l. c. חוזרים (corr. acc.). Cant. R. l. c. שהן חֲרוּזוֹתוכ׳ which are strung together (illustrate one another). Hif. הֶחֱרִיז same. Lev. R. s. 16 מַחֲרִיזד״תוכ׳ I was comparing

חָרַז(b. h.) (to bore holes, to carry thread through a hole, 1) to squeeze into. Cant. R. to I, 10 (ref. to בחרוזים ib.) שחוֹרְזִים צואריהםוכ׳ (not שחוזרין) who squeeze their necks (through window holes, open doors) to hear the words of the Law (v. Yoma 35b; Ber.6b; v. דּוּחֲקָא); Yalk. ib. 983 שהם חוזרים אחריוכ׳ (read: חוֹרְזִים אחוֹרֵי). 2) to string. Ex. R. s. 20 ישב וח׳וכ׳ he sat down and strung (assorting) the larger pearls separately Part. pass. חָרוּז, pl. חֲרוּזִים, חֲרוּזִין. Cant. R. l. c. (read:) אלו ע׳ זקנים שהיו חֲרוּזִים אחריהם כליניאוכ׳ (v. Yalk. l. c.) those are the seventy elders who were strung (arranged) behind them (Moses and Aaron) like a string of pearls.Ḥull.95b בחרוזין (Ar. חֲרִיזִים, noun) if the pieces of meat are strung together. Lam. R. to V, 13 ג׳ מאות … ח׳וכ׳ three hundred children were found strung up on the branches of one tree.Trnsf. to draw parallels between Biblical passages, to explain one passage by another. Cant. R. l. c. הייתי יושב וחוֹרֵזוכ׳ I was sitting and comparing verses of the Pentateuch, and Pentateuch with Prophets Ib. שהיו חוֹרְזִיםוכ׳; Yalk. l. c. חוזרים (corr. acc.). Cant. R. l. c. שהן חֲרוּזוֹתוכ׳ which are strung together (illustrate one another). Hif. הֶחֱרִיז same. Lev. R. s. 16 מַחֲרִיזד״תוכ׳ I was comparing

טוּחַII (v. טחי) to press, squeeze. Ḥull.109b טָחוֹ בכותל presses it against the wall (to make the milk flow out).Part. pass. טוּחַ squeezed in. Num. R. s. 10 (ref. to Job 38:36) אלו הכליות שהן טוּחוֹתוכ׳ that means the kidneys which are wedged into the body. Hif. הֵטִיחַ 1) to press, squeeze, knock against. Ber.34b אלמליה׳וכ׳ (Ms. M. הניח, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) if Ben. Z. (myself) had squeezed his head between his (the sons) knees (praying for his recovery). Gen. R. s. 20 התחיל מֵטִיחַוכ׳ he knocked his head against the wall; Yalk. ib. 30 להָטִיחַ. Ohol. XVII, 2 ה׳ בסלע struck (with the plough) against a rock. B. Kam.28b ה׳ צלוחיתווכ׳ he struck (with) his bottle against the stone; Y. ib. III, 3c top. v. הַטְחָה.Tanḥ. Pkudé 11 כיון שהֵטִיחוּ פניהםוכ׳ when they had squeezed their faces from all sides (had in vain tried in all directions). 2) to press the bow-string, to shoot; (euphem.) to emit semen virile. Yeb.54a Snh.46a ה׳ באשתו Ms. M. (ed. את אשתו).

טוּחַII (v. טחי) to press, squeeze. Ḥull.109b טָחוֹ בכותל presses it against the wall (to make the milk flow out).Part. pass. טוּחַ squeezed in. Num. R. s. 10 (ref. to Job 38:36) אלו הכליות שהן טוּחוֹתוכ׳ that means the kidneys which are wedged into the body. Hif. הֵטִיחַ 1) to press, squeeze, knock against. Ber.34b אלמליה׳וכ׳ (Ms. M. הניח, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) if Ben. Z. (myself) had squeezed his head between his (the sons) knees (praying for his recovery). Gen. R. s. 20 התחיל מֵטִיחַוכ׳ he knocked his head against the wall; Yalk. ib. 30 להָטִיחַ. Ohol. XVII, 2 ה׳ בסלע struck (with the plough) against a rock. B. Kam.28b ה׳ צלוחיתווכ׳ he struck (with) his bottle against the stone; Y. ib. III, 3c top. v. הַטְחָה.Tanḥ. Pkudé 11 כיון שהֵטִיחוּ פניהםוכ׳ when they had squeezed their faces from all sides (had in vain tried in all directions). 2) to press the bow-string, to shoot; (euphem.) to emit semen virile. Yeb.54a Snh.46a ה׳ באשתו Ms. M. (ed. את אשתו).

כָּבַש(b. h.; cmp. כָּבַס) 1) to press, squeeze. Ohol. VIII, 5 כ׳ את האבןוכ׳ if one pressed a stone on (weighted) the sheet. Bets.23b שהיא כּוֹבֶשֶׂת because it (the wagon) presses (the ground) down. Sabb.XX, 5 לא כוֹבְשִׁין you must not screw down, v. מַכְבֵּש; a. fr.Part. pass. כָּביּש, f. כְּבוּשָׁה pressed, compressed; pressing. Ib. 135a; Tosef. ib. XV (XVI), 9; a. e. ערלה כ׳ היא the foreskin (which seems to be wanting) is pressed (to the membrum). Tosef.Ohol.IX, 4 כאילו אבנים כְּבוּשוֹתוכ׳ as if stones were placed tightly upon them. Ex. R. s. 15 ההר … כְּבוּשִׁין עלוכ׳ a mountain on each side pressing upon (preventing the run of) the springs; a. fr. 2) כ׳ פנים (בקרקע) to press the face into the ground, to hide ones self in fear or shame. Snh.19b כָּבְשוּ פניהם בקרקע they cast their looks down (were afraid to give an opinion). Y. ib. X, 27d (ref. to Is. 7:3) א״ת כובס אלא כּוֹבֵש שהיה כובש פניווכ׳ read not kobes, but kobesh, for he hid his face and fled before him; (Bab. ib. 104a דכבשינהו לאפי Chald.). 3) to press vegetables, meat ; to preserve, pickle. Toh. II, 1 האשה … כּוֹבֶשֶׁתוכ׳ if a woman was pressing vegetables in a pot. Ukts. II, 1 זתים שכְּבָשָׂןוכ׳ olives which one pressed with their leaves; a. fr.Part. pass. כָּביּש preserved substance, pickle. Ḥull97b, a. fr. כ׳ הרי הוא כמבושל preserved substances are in ritual law like cooked.Pl. כְּבוּשִׁין. Pes.II, 6. Y.Sabb.I, 3c bot. כְּבוּשֵׁיהֶן preserves made by gentiles; a. fr. 4) Trnsf. to store, hide. Ḥag.13a (ref. to Prov. 27:26) א״ת כבשים אלא כְּברּשִׁים Ms. M. (missing in ed.; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) read not Kbasim (sheep) but Kbushim (hidden things), v. כִּבְשָׁן; Yalk. Prov. 961.Sot.10b; Macc.23b (ref. to Gen. 38:25) יצאת … ממני יצאו כבושים a divine voice went forth and said, ‘from me went forth the secret things (I declare that Judah is the father of Tamars children; Ar.: ממני היו הדברים כ׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 6); Yalk. Gen. 145; Yalk. 1 Sam. 112. 5) to detain (cmp. עצר). Pesik. Bayom, p. 193b>; כָּבְשָׁה אותם מטרונאוכ׳ the matron detained them one day longer; כבשה אותן התורחוכ׳ the Law detained them one day longer (before the Lord); ib. 195a>, sq.; Pesik. R. suppl., s. 4. Gen. R. s. 8, end האיש כּיֹבֵשוכ׳ the man detains his wife from going out; a. e. 6) to suppress, restrain, conquer. Snh.XI, 5 (89a) הכּוֹבֵש את נבואתו (a prophet) who suppresses his prophecy (being afraid to proclaim it). Ab. IV, 1 הכיבש את יצרו who conquers his passion. Lam. R. to V, 1 כובש את הגדול (not כביש), v. זַרְזִיר I. Y.Succ.V, 55b top עד שאתה מְכַבֵּש … בוא וכְבוֹשוכ׳ instead of conquering the barbarians, come and subdue the Jews; Lam. R. to I, 16; ib. to IV, 19. Ex. R. s. 25 הוא כוֹבְשוֹוכ׳ he suppresses (withholds the evidence) and does not produce it.כ׳ עון to suppress guilt, to forgive, cause forgiveness. Pesik. Eth Korb, p. 61b>; Pesik. R. s. 16, v. כֶּבֶש; a. fr.7) to violate. Esth. R. to VII, 7 (read:) הרי הוא כּוֹבְשֵׁנִיוכ׳ behold, he is attacking me in thy presence.8) to pave, grade a road.Part. pass. כָּבוּש, f. כְּבוּשָׁה. Tanḥ. Ḥuck. 20 דרך כ׳ graded road; ib. ed. Bub. 47; Yalk. Num. 764. (Pirké dR. El. ch. 52 כובשים במזלות, read with Yalk. Josh. 22: חושבים; Yalk. Gen. 77 רוגשים. Pi. כִּיבֵּש 1) to press, squeeze.Part. pass. מְכוּבָּש, pl. מְכוּבָּשִׁים. Tosef.Mikv.VI (VII), 17 לכלוכי צואה … המ׳ (ed. Zuck. והמכושים, corr. acc.) secretory substances … which are compressed, i. e. dried up by being sat upon. 2) (cmp. סָלַל II) to press down, make even, grade. Bets.IV, 5 מְכַבְּשִׁין you may press the ashes down (make a graded surface for baking); a. e.Trnsf. to level, make plain. Cant. R. to I, 2 (play on כבשים, Prov. 28:26, v. כֶּבֶש) כְּבָשִׁים … תהי׳ מְכַבֵּש לפניהםוכ׳ it may be read Kbashim ( grades), as long as thy pupils are young, make the words of the Law plain before them; when they are older reveal to them the secrets (reasons) of the Law; Yalk. ib. 985 הֱיֵה כוֹבֵש לפניהם (another expl., v. infra).כ׳ את הריחיים ( to carve steps for the grain, to put the millstones in working order. M. Kat. I, 9; expl. ib. 10a to sharpen the millstones (v. נָקַר I), (oth. opin.) to cut the hole out for the hopper. 3) (interch. with Kal) to conquer, defeat. Y.Peah VII, 20c top שבע שכִּיבְּשוּ seven years during which they were engaged in conquering the land; Ḥull.17a שכבשו. Sifré Deut. 51 לכַבֵּשח״ל עד שלא יְכַבְּשוּוכ׳ to conquer foreign land before they shall have conquered Palestine. Pes.5b נכרי שכִּיבַּשְׁתּוֹ a gentile who is in thy power. Yeb.65b (ref. to וכבשח, Gen. 1:28) איש דרכו לכַבֵּשוכ׳ it is man who conquers (the earth) but not woman; Kidd.35a; a. fr. 4) to suppress, withhold. Cant. R. l. c. תהי׳ מכבש לפניהםוכ׳ withhold from them, i. e. teach them merely the words of the Law without arguments; (another expl., v. supra). 5) (denom. of כֶּבֶש) to storm, climb over. Tosef.Sot.VI, 6 מכבש את הגנותוכ׳ climbing over the garden fences and violating the women; Gen. R. s. 53; Yalk. Gen. 94 מַכְבִּיש Hif. Nif. נִכְבַּש 1) to be pressed down, suppressed. Pesik. Eth. Korb. p. 61b> כל דבר שהוא נ׳ סופו לצוף whatever is pressed down, is liable to come to the surface again; Pesik. R. s. 16. 2) to be submissive. Midr. Till. to Ps. 30, end when scholars sit down ונִכְבָּשִׁין אלו לאלו and are submissive (respectful) to one another; (Sabb.63a ונוחין). 3) to have surreptitious intercourse. Sifra Emor, Par. 6, ch. V נ׳ עם; Yeb.VII, 5 to נ׳ על. Hif. הִכְכִּיש to climb, v. supra. Hithpa. הִתְכַּבֵּש, Nithpa. נִתְכַּבֵּש to be conquered, be taken. Y.Shebi.VI, 36c bot. כמי שנִתְכַּבְּשוּ they are to be treated as if they had been subdued (in the days of Joshua). Ib. שמא נִתְכַּבְּשָׁהמד״ת perhaps it was to be taken by the command of the Law; Y. Yeb.VII, 8a bot. (corr. acc.). Ex. R. s. 18 עכשיו … מִתְכַּבֶּשֶׁת בידו just now Jerusalem may be taken by him (Sennacherib). (Pesik. Zutr., Ekeb, ed. Bub. p. 30 מתכבשים, מתכבשות, v. כָּתַש.

כָּבַש(b. h.; cmp. כָּבַס) 1) to press, squeeze. Ohol. VIII, 5 כ׳ את האבןוכ׳ if one pressed a stone on (weighted) the sheet. Bets.23b שהיא כּוֹבֶשֶׂת because it (the wagon) presses (the ground) down. Sabb.XX, 5 לא כוֹבְשִׁין you must not screw down, v. מַכְבֵּש; a. fr.Part. pass. כָּביּש, f. כְּבוּשָׁה pressed, compressed; pressing. Ib. 135a; Tosef. ib. XV (XVI), 9; a. e. ערלה כ׳ היא the foreskin (which seems to be wanting) is pressed (to the membrum). Tosef.Ohol.IX, 4 כאילו אבנים כְּבוּשוֹתוכ׳ as if stones were placed tightly upon them. Ex. R. s. 15 ההר … כְּבוּשִׁין עלוכ׳ a mountain on each side pressing upon (preventing the run of) the springs; a. fr. 2) כ׳ פנים (בקרקע) to press the face into the ground, to hide ones self in fear or shame. Snh.19b כָּבְשוּ פניהם בקרקע they cast their looks down (were afraid to give an opinion). Y. ib. X, 27d (ref. to Is. 7:3) א״ת כובס אלא כּוֹבֵש שהיה כובש פניווכ׳ read not kobes, but kobesh, for he hid his face and fled before him; (Bab. ib. 104a דכבשינהו לאפי Chald.). 3) to press vegetables, meat ; to preserve, pickle. Toh. II, 1 האשה … כּוֹבֶשֶׁתוכ׳ if a woman was pressing vegetables in a pot. Ukts. II, 1 זתים שכְּבָשָׂןוכ׳ olives which one pressed with their leaves; a. fr.Part. pass. כָּביּש preserved substance, pickle. Ḥull97b, a. fr. כ׳ הרי הוא כמבושל preserved substances are in ritual law like cooked.Pl. כְּבוּשִׁין. Pes.II, 6. Y.Sabb.I, 3c bot. כְּבוּשֵׁיהֶן preserves made by gentiles; a. fr. 4) Trnsf. to store, hide. Ḥag.13a (ref. to Prov. 27:26) א״ת כבשים אלא כְּברּשִׁים Ms. M. (missing in ed.; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) read not Kbasim (sheep) but Kbushim (hidden things), v. כִּבְשָׁן; Yalk. Prov. 961.Sot.10b; Macc.23b (ref. to Gen. 38:25) יצאת … ממני יצאו כבושים a divine voice went forth and said, ‘from me went forth the secret things (I declare that Judah is the father of Tamars children; Ar.: ממני היו הדברים כ׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 6); Yalk. Gen. 145; Yalk. 1 Sam. 112. 5) to detain (cmp. עצר). Pesik. Bayom, p. 193b>; כָּבְשָׁה אותם מטרונאוכ׳ the matron detained them one day longer; כבשה אותן התורחוכ׳ the Law detained them one day longer (before the Lord); ib. 195a>, sq.; Pesik. R. suppl., s. 4. Gen. R. s. 8, end האיש כּיֹבֵשוכ׳ the man detains his wife from going out; a. e. 6) to suppress, restrain, conquer. Snh.XI, 5 (89a) הכּוֹבֵש את נבואתו (a prophet) who suppresses his prophecy (being afraid to proclaim it). Ab. IV, 1 הכיבש את יצרו who conquers his passion. Lam. R. to V, 1 כובש את הגדול (not כביש), v. זַרְזִיר I. Y.Succ.V, 55b top עד שאתה מְכַבֵּש … בוא וכְבוֹשוכ׳ instead of conquering the barbarians, come and subdue the Jews; Lam. R. to I, 16; ib. to IV, 19. Ex. R. s. 25 הוא כוֹבְשוֹוכ׳ he suppresses (withholds the evidence) and does not produce it.כ׳ עון to suppress guilt, to forgive, cause forgiveness. Pesik. Eth Korb, p. 61b>; Pesik. R. s. 16, v. כֶּבֶש; a. fr.7) to violate. Esth. R. to VII, 7 (read:) הרי הוא כּוֹבְשֵׁנִיוכ׳ behold, he is attacking me in thy presence.8) to pave, grade a road.Part. pass. כָּבוּש, f. כְּבוּשָׁה. Tanḥ. Ḥuck. 20 דרך כ׳ graded road; ib. ed. Bub. 47; Yalk. Num. 764. (Pirké dR. El. ch. 52 כובשים במזלות, read with Yalk. Josh. 22: חושבים; Yalk. Gen. 77 רוגשים. Pi. כִּיבֵּש 1) to press, squeeze.Part. pass. מְכוּבָּש, pl. מְכוּבָּשִׁים. Tosef.Mikv.VI (VII), 17 לכלוכי צואה … המ׳ (ed. Zuck. והמכושים, corr. acc.) secretory substances … which are compressed, i. e. dried up by being sat upon. 2) (cmp. סָלַל II) to press down, make even, grade. Bets.IV, 5 מְכַבְּשִׁין you may press the ashes down (make a graded surface for baking); a. e.Trnsf. to level, make plain. Cant. R. to I, 2 (play on כבשים, Prov. 28:26, v. כֶּבֶש) כְּבָשִׁים … תהי׳ מְכַבֵּש לפניהםוכ׳ it may be read Kbashim ( grades), as long as thy pupils are young, make the words of the Law plain before them; when they are older reveal to them the secrets (reasons) of the Law; Yalk. ib. 985 הֱיֵה כוֹבֵש לפניהם (another expl., v. infra).כ׳ את הריחיים ( to carve steps for the grain, to put the millstones in working order. M. Kat. I, 9; expl. ib. 10a to sharpen the millstones (v. נָקַר I), (oth. opin.) to cut the hole out for the hopper. 3) (interch. with Kal) to conquer, defeat. Y.Peah VII, 20c top שבע שכִּיבְּשוּ seven years during which they were engaged in conquering the land; Ḥull.17a שכבשו. Sifré Deut. 51 לכַבֵּשח״ל עד שלא יְכַבְּשוּוכ׳ to conquer foreign land before they shall have conquered Palestine. Pes.5b נכרי שכִּיבַּשְׁתּוֹ a gentile who is in thy power. Yeb.65b (ref. to וכבשח, Gen. 1:28) איש דרכו לכַבֵּשוכ׳ it is man who conquers (the earth) but not woman; Kidd.35a; a. fr. 4) to suppress, withhold. Cant. R. l. c. תהי׳ מכבש לפניהםוכ׳ withhold from them, i. e. teach them merely the words of the Law without arguments; (another expl., v. supra). 5) (denom. of כֶּבֶש) to storm, climb over. Tosef.Sot.VI, 6 מכבש את הגנותוכ׳ climbing over the garden fences and violating the women; Gen. R. s. 53; Yalk. Gen. 94 מַכְבִּיש Hif. Nif. נִכְבַּש 1) to be pressed down, suppressed. Pesik. Eth. Korb. p. 61b> כל דבר שהוא נ׳ סופו לצוף whatever is pressed down, is liable to come to the surface again; Pesik. R. s. 16. 2) to be submissive. Midr. Till. to Ps. 30, end when scholars sit down ונִכְבָּשִׁין אלו לאלו and are submissive (respectful) to one another; (Sabb.63a ונוחין). 3) to have surreptitious intercourse. Sifra Emor, Par. 6, ch. V נ׳ עם; Yeb.VII, 5 to נ׳ על. Hif. הִכְכִּיש to climb, v. supra. Hithpa. הִתְכַּבֵּש, Nithpa. נִתְכַּבֵּש to be conquered, be taken. Y.Shebi.VI, 36c bot. כמי שנִתְכַּבְּשוּ they are to be treated as if they had been subdued (in the days of Joshua). Ib. שמא נִתְכַּבְּשָׁהמד״ת perhaps it was to be taken by the command of the Law; Y. Yeb.VII, 8a bot. (corr. acc.). Ex. R. s. 18 עכשיו … מִתְכַּבֶּשֶׁת בידו just now Jerusalem may be taken by him (Sennacherib). (Pesik. Zutr., Ekeb, ed. Bub. p. 30 מתכבשים, מתכבשות, v. כָּתַש.

צַמְצֵםch. sam( צִמְצֵם ( Pilp. of צָמַם) to contract; to press, squeeze in, force into close confinement), 1) to squeeze in, confine. Snh.76b ההוא גברא דמִצַמְצְמָהּוכ׳ (not … מא; Ms. M. דצימצם Hebr. form) a man that confined his neighbors animal so as to expose it to sunstroke; Yalk. Num. 787 דצמצמיה, read: דצַמְצְמָהּ. Yeb.46a ארפו ליה וצַמְצְמוּ ליה (ed. וצימצמו, Hebr. form) they loosened the halter around his neck, and pressed it close to his neck; צ׳ ליה כי היכיוכ׳ they pressed it, in order that he (when immersing) may not anticipate them and say, I take this immersion as a freedman.Transf. to get a person into a dilemma. Lam. R. introd. (R. Josh. 2) אמר מְצַמְצְמָא יתיוכ׳ Nebuchadnezzar said, he (the Lord, in commanding me to destroy the Temple) wants to get me into trouble, that he may do unto me as he did ; ib. (Zabdi 2) מצמצא some ed. (corr. acc.); ib. to IV, 12. 2) (cmp. b. h. צַמָּה, v. אִיסְטְמָא) to restrain the hair from flying, to tie up, veil. Targ. Y. II Gen. 38:15 (h. text כסתה).(Gen. R. s. 98 צמצמתא some ed., read: למְצַמְּתָא, v. צְמַת. Ithpalp. 1) אִתְצַמְצַם to veil ones self. Targ. Y. II Gen. 24:65 (h. text ותתכס). 2) אִצְטַמְטַם (cmp. מזרנזדין, v. זעזע) to be pressed, want. Lam. R. to I, 1 (רבתי) אִצְטַמְטְמִינָן לבישראוכ׳ we were pressed for meat (our store of meat had given out). Ib. ואצטמטימתון לחמרא (corr. acc.) and we had no wine; v. צְמַת.

צַמְצֵםch. sam( צִמְצֵם ( Pilp. of צָמַם) to contract; to press, squeeze in, force into close confinement), 1) to squeeze in, confine. Snh.76b ההוא גברא דמִצַמְצְמָהּוכ׳ (not … מא; Ms. M. דצימצם Hebr. form) a man that confined his neighbors animal so as to expose it to sunstroke; Yalk. Num. 787 דצמצמיה, read: דצַמְצְמָהּ. Yeb.46a ארפו ליה וצַמְצְמוּ ליה (ed. וצימצמו, Hebr. form) they loosened the halter around his neck, and pressed it close to his neck; צ׳ ליה כי היכיוכ׳ they pressed it, in order that he (when immersing) may not anticipate them and say, I take this immersion as a freedman.Transf. to get a person into a dilemma. Lam. R. introd. (R. Josh. 2) אמר מְצַמְצְמָא יתיוכ׳ Nebuchadnezzar said, he (the Lord, in commanding me to destroy the Temple) wants to get me into trouble, that he may do unto me as he did ; ib. (Zabdi 2) מצמצא some ed. (corr. acc.); ib. to IV, 12. 2) (cmp. b. h. צַמָּה, v. אִיסְטְמָא) to restrain the hair from flying, to tie up, veil. Targ. Y. II Gen. 38:15 (h. text כסתה).(Gen. R. s. 98 צמצמתא some ed., read: למְצַמְּתָא, v. צְמַת. Ithpalp. 1) אִתְצַמְצַם to veil ones self. Targ. Y. II Gen. 24:65 (h. text ותתכס). 2) אִצְטַמְטַם (cmp. מזרנזדין, v. זעזע) to be pressed, want. Lam. R. to I, 1 (רבתי) אִצְטַמְטְמִינָן לבישראוכ׳ we were pressed for meat (our store of meat had given out). Ib. ואצטמטימתון לחמרא (corr. acc.) and we had no wine; v. צְמַת.

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