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סִיגְנוּם, סִיגְנוֹן, סִגְ׳m. (signum, σίγνον S.) 1) sign, ensign, banner. Gen. R. s. 6, end ספר משנה תורה היה ס׳ ליהושעוכ׳ (Ar. ed. Koh. סגנם, read סגנום) the Book of Deuteronomy was to Joshua a (commanders) banner; … he took it up and showed it to the sun ; Yalk. Josh. 22 שגנז יהושע) (corr. acc.). Ex. R. s. 45 נטל סגנוס שלוכ׳ (some ed. סגנם; corr. acc.) the commander (of the mutinous legion) took the royal ensign and fled.; Yalk. Ex. 394 סִיגְנִין (pl.); Tanḥ. ed. Bub., Ki Thissa 15; Ylamd. to Num. 10:2, quot. in Ar. נטלו סִגְנִיםוכ׳ they (the singulares, v. סִנְגְּלָרִין) took the ensigns Pl. סִוגְנִים, סִיגְנִין, סִגְ׳ (v. supra); סִיגְנִיּוֹת, סִגְ׳. Cant. R. to I, 9 נטל ס׳ שלהםוכ׳ the Lord took away their (the Egyptians) ensigns ; Yalk. Ex. 232; Tanḥ. Bshall. 23 סגיונות (some ed. סגניניות, corr. acc.); Mekh. Bshall., s. 2 מגפות (Var. מגניות, corr. acc.; v. מְנָפָה); Y.Sot.VIII, 22b bot. והפיל סיגנם שלהן (corr. acc., or סיגנום).Midr. Till. to Ps. 20, end מכיר דגלו מתוך סגנין שלו ed. Bub., not סגנון; oth. ed. דגליו מכל סְגָנָיו, read: דגלו מתוך ס׳) recognises his regiment by its colors; Yalk. Ps. 681 סימנין.Tosef.Ab. Zar. V (VI), 1 הסיגנין some ed., read with ed. Zuck. הטִיגָּנִין. 2) watchword, signal. Snh.89a ס׳ אחד עולה … בס׳ אחד the same watchword (divine oracle) is passed to many prophets, but no two prophets prophesy under the same watchword (use the very same expressions). 3) sign in the heavens, constellation; v. אִסְטגְנֵין.

סִיגְנוּם, סִיגְנוֹן, סִגְ׳m. (signum, σίγνον S.) 1) sign, ensign, banner. Gen. R. s. 6, end ספר משנה תורה היה ס׳ ליהושעוכ׳ (Ar. ed. Koh. סגנם, read סגנום) the Book of Deuteronomy was to Joshua a (commanders) banner; … he took it up and showed it to the sun ; Yalk. Josh. 22 שגנז יהושע) (corr. acc.). Ex. R. s. 45 נטל סגנוס שלוכ׳ (some ed. סגנם; corr. acc.) the commander (of the mutinous legion) took the royal ensign and fled.; Yalk. Ex. 394 סִיגְנִין (pl.); Tanḥ. ed. Bub., Ki Thissa 15; Ylamd. to Num. 10:2, quot. in Ar. נטלו סִגְנִיםוכ׳ they (the singulares, v. סִנְגְּלָרִין) took the ensigns Pl. סִוגְנִים, סִיגְנִין, סִגְ׳ (v. supra); סִיגְנִיּוֹת, סִגְ׳. Cant. R. to I, 9 נטל ס׳ שלהםוכ׳ the Lord took away their (the Egyptians) ensigns ; Yalk. Ex. 232; Tanḥ. Bshall. 23 סגיונות (some ed. סגניניות, corr. acc.); Mekh. Bshall., s. 2 מגפות (Var. מגניות, corr. acc.; v. מְנָפָה); Y.Sot.VIII, 22b bot. והפיל סיגנם שלהן (corr. acc., or סיגנום).Midr. Till. to Ps. 20, end מכיר דגלו מתוך סגנין שלו ed. Bub., not סגנון; oth. ed. דגליו מכל סְגָנָיו, read: דגלו מתוך ס׳) recognises his regiment by its colors; Yalk. Ps. 681 סימנין.Tosef.Ab. Zar. V (VI), 1 הסיגנין some ed., read with ed. Zuck. הטִיגָּנִין. 2) watchword, signal. Snh.89a ס׳ אחד עולה … בס׳ אחד the same watchword (divine oracle) is passed to many prophets, but no two prophets prophesy under the same watchword (use the very same expressions). 3) sign in the heavens, constellation; v. אִסְטגְנֵין.

סִיגְנוּם, סִיגְנוֹן, סִגְ׳m. (signum, σίγνον S.) 1) sign, ensign, banner. Gen. R. s. 6, end ספר משנה תורה היה ס׳ ליהושעוכ׳ (Ar. ed. Koh. סגנם, read סגנום) the Book of Deuteronomy was to Joshua a (commanders) banner; … he took it up and showed it to the sun ; Yalk. Josh. 22 שגנז יהושע) (corr. acc.). Ex. R. s. 45 נטל סגנוס שלוכ׳ (some ed. סגנם; corr. acc.) the commander (of the mutinous legion) took the royal ensign and fled.; Yalk. Ex. 394 סִיגְנִין (pl.); Tanḥ. ed. Bub., Ki Thissa 15; Ylamd. to Num. 10:2, quot. in Ar. נטלו סִגְנִיםוכ׳ they (the singulares, v. סִנְגְּלָרִין) took the ensigns Pl. סִוגְנִים, סִיגְנִין, סִגְ׳ (v. supra); סִיגְנִיּוֹת, סִגְ׳. Cant. R. to I, 9 נטל ס׳ שלהםוכ׳ the Lord took away their (the Egyptians) ensigns ; Yalk. Ex. 232; Tanḥ. Bshall. 23 סגיונות (some ed. סגניניות, corr. acc.); Mekh. Bshall., s. 2 מגפות (Var. מגניות, corr. acc.; v. מְנָפָה); Y.Sot.VIII, 22b bot. והפיל סיגנם שלהן (corr. acc., or סיגנום).Midr. Till. to Ps. 20, end מכיר דגלו מתוך סגנין שלו ed. Bub., not סגנון; oth. ed. דגליו מכל סְגָנָיו, read: דגלו מתוך ס׳) recognises his regiment by its colors; Yalk. Ps. 681 סימנין.Tosef.Ab. Zar. V (VI), 1 הסיגנין some ed., read with ed. Zuck. הטִיגָּנִין. 2) watchword, signal. Snh.89a ס׳ אחד עולה … בס׳ אחד the same watchword (divine oracle) is passed to many prophets, but no two prophets prophesy under the same watchword (use the very same expressions). 3) sign in the heavens, constellation; v. אִסְטגְנֵין.

סִיגְנוּם, סִיגְנוֹן, סִגְ׳m. (signum, σίγνον S.) 1) sign, ensign, banner. Gen. R. s. 6, end ספר משנה תורה היה ס׳ ליהושעוכ׳ (Ar. ed. Koh. סגנם, read סגנום) the Book of Deuteronomy was to Joshua a (commanders) banner; … he took it up and showed it to the sun ; Yalk. Josh. 22 שגנז יהושע) (corr. acc.). Ex. R. s. 45 נטל סגנוס שלוכ׳ (some ed. סגנם; corr. acc.) the commander (of the mutinous legion) took the royal ensign and fled.; Yalk. Ex. 394 סִיגְנִין (pl.); Tanḥ. ed. Bub., Ki Thissa 15; Ylamd. to Num. 10:2, quot. in Ar. נטלו סִגְנִיםוכ׳ they (the singulares, v. סִנְגְּלָרִין) took the ensigns Pl. סִוגְנִים, סִיגְנִין, סִגְ׳ (v. supra); סִיגְנִיּוֹת, סִגְ׳. Cant. R. to I, 9 נטל ס׳ שלהםוכ׳ the Lord took away their (the Egyptians) ensigns ; Yalk. Ex. 232; Tanḥ. Bshall. 23 סגיונות (some ed. סגניניות, corr. acc.); Mekh. Bshall., s. 2 מגפות (Var. מגניות, corr. acc.; v. מְנָפָה); Y.Sot.VIII, 22b bot. והפיל סיגנם שלהן (corr. acc., or סיגנום).Midr. Till. to Ps. 20, end מכיר דגלו מתוך סגנין שלו ed. Bub., not סגנון; oth. ed. דגליו מכל סְגָנָיו, read: דגלו מתוך ס׳) recognises his regiment by its colors; Yalk. Ps. 681 סימנין.Tosef.Ab. Zar. V (VI), 1 הסיגנין some ed., read with ed. Zuck. הטִיגָּנִין. 2) watchword, signal. Snh.89a ס׳ אחד עולה … בס׳ אחד the same watchword (divine oracle) is passed to many prophets, but no two prophets prophesy under the same watchword (use the very same expressions). 3) sign in the heavens, constellation; v. אִסְטגְנֵין.

סִיגְנוּם, סִיגְנוֹן, סִגְ׳m. (signum, σίγνον S.) 1) sign, ensign, banner. Gen. R. s. 6, end ספר משנה תורה היה ס׳ ליהושעוכ׳ (Ar. ed. Koh. סגנם, read סגנום) the Book of Deuteronomy was to Joshua a (commanders) banner; … he took it up and showed it to the sun ; Yalk. Josh. 22 שגנז יהושע) (corr. acc.). Ex. R. s. 45 נטל סגנוס שלוכ׳ (some ed. סגנם; corr. acc.) the commander (of the mutinous legion) took the royal ensign and fled.; Yalk. Ex. 394 סִיגְנִין (pl.); Tanḥ. ed. Bub., Ki Thissa 15; Ylamd. to Num. 10:2, quot. in Ar. נטלו סִגְנִיםוכ׳ they (the singulares, v. סִנְגְּלָרִין) took the ensigns Pl. סִוגְנִים, סִיגְנִין, סִגְ׳ (v. supra); סִיגְנִיּוֹת, סִגְ׳. Cant. R. to I, 9 נטל ס׳ שלהםוכ׳ the Lord took away their (the Egyptians) ensigns ; Yalk. Ex. 232; Tanḥ. Bshall. 23 סגיונות (some ed. סגניניות, corr. acc.); Mekh. Bshall., s. 2 מגפות (Var. מגניות, corr. acc.; v. מְנָפָה); Y.Sot.VIII, 22b bot. והפיל סיגנם שלהן (corr. acc., or סיגנום).Midr. Till. to Ps. 20, end מכיר דגלו מתוך סגנין שלו ed. Bub., not סגנון; oth. ed. דגליו מכל סְגָנָיו, read: דגלו מתוך ס׳) recognises his regiment by its colors; Yalk. Ps. 681 סימנין.Tosef.Ab. Zar. V (VI), 1 הסיגנין some ed., read with ed. Zuck. הטִיגָּנִין. 2) watchword, signal. Snh.89a ס׳ אחד עולה … בס׳ אחד the same watchword (divine oracle) is passed to many prophets, but no two prophets prophesy under the same watchword (use the very same expressions). 3) sign in the heavens, constellation; v. אִסְטגְנֵין.

לָשוֹןc. (b. h.; לוּש) 1) tongue. Ber.61a, v. חָתַךְ. Bekh.VI, 8 (40a), v. מְדַבֵּר. Lev. R. s. 16; a. v. fr.Pl. לְשוֹנוֹת. Ib. s. 33, beg.; a. e.Transf. a) language. Sot.49b ל׳ סורסי, Syriac, v. סוּרְסִי; לְ׳ הקודש (abbr. לה״ק) Hebrew; ל׳ יונית Greek; a. v. fr.b) expression, phraseology, parlance. Ber.31b, a. fr. כלְשוֹן בני אדם, v. דָּבַר. Y.Ned.VI, beg.39c לְ׳ תורה Biblical usage; לְ׳ב״א common parlance (later Hebrew).ל׳ נקי or ל׳ נקייה decent expression, euphemism. Gen. R. s. 70; s. 86 (ref. to Gen. 39:6) ל׳נ׳ it is a euphemism, i. e. ‘the bread which he ate means his marital life. Pes.3a; a. fr.Ib.b לְ׳ כבוד respectful, chaste language.Par. I, 1 מה הל׳ שלשית what does the expression שלשית mean?Eduy. I, 3; Sabb.15a שחייב אדם לומר בל׳ רבו in transmitting a tradition one must use the very words of the teacher, v. הִין; Ber.47a.ל׳ כפול a reiteration of the same word or an amplification. Cant. R. to I, 16, opp. ל׳ פשוט plain expression, v. infra.ל׳ נופל על ל׳ assonance, alliteration. Gen. R. s. 31 (נָחָש a. נְחשֶׁת); a. e.ל׳ הרע (abbr. לה״ר) evil talk, calumny, gossip, denunciation. Arakh.15b; a. v. fr.לְ׳ זכר, לְ׳ נקבה, v. זָכָר, נְקֵבָה.Pl. as ab. Y.Sabb.XIX, 17a; Y.Yeb.VIII, 8d bot. (ref. to המול ימול, Gen. 17:13) ל׳ ריבויין הן the double expressions intimate amplification (repeated action); ל׳ כפוליןוכ׳ (ל׳ כפולות) they are merely double expressions, the Torah speaking in the usual way (according to popular usage, v. supra); Y.Ned.I, beg.36c. Y.B. Bath.VIII, end, 16c בעלי ל׳ linguists; a. fr. 2) anything tongue-shaped, strip, strap, wedge. Yoma VI, 8, v. זְהוֹרִית. Erub.12a לְ׳ ים a small inlet, creek; a. fr.Pl. as ab. B. Mets.II, 1 ל׳ של ארגמן purple wool coming in straps; Erub.96b, opp. חוטין in threads. Tosef.Kel.B. Mets. VIII, 6 שתי ל׳ two straps of a bed, v. לוּחַ I.Kel. XVIII, 4 מלבן שנתנו על ל׳ a bottom of a bed made to rest on wedge-shaped corner pieces; a. e.

לָשוֹןc. (b. h.; לוּש) 1) tongue. Ber.61a, v. חָתַךְ. Bekh.VI, 8 (40a), v. מְדַבֵּר. Lev. R. s. 16; a. v. fr.Pl. לְשוֹנוֹת. Ib. s. 33, beg.; a. e.Transf. a) language. Sot.49b ל׳ סורסי, Syriac, v. סוּרְסִי; לְ׳ הקודש (abbr. לה״ק) Hebrew; ל׳ יונית Greek; a. v. fr.b) expression, phraseology, parlance. Ber.31b, a. fr. כלְשוֹן בני אדם, v. דָּבַר. Y.Ned.VI, beg.39c לְ׳ תורה Biblical usage; לְ׳ב״א common parlance (later Hebrew).ל׳ נקי or ל׳ נקייה decent expression, euphemism. Gen. R. s. 70; s. 86 (ref. to Gen. 39:6) ל׳נ׳ it is a euphemism, i. e. ‘the bread which he ate means his marital life. Pes.3a; a. fr.Ib.b לְ׳ כבוד respectful, chaste language.Par. I, 1 מה הל׳ שלשית what does the expression שלשית mean?Eduy. I, 3; Sabb.15a שחייב אדם לומר בל׳ רבו in transmitting a tradition one must use the very words of the teacher, v. הִין; Ber.47a.ל׳ כפול a reiteration of the same word or an amplification. Cant. R. to I, 16, opp. ל׳ פשוט plain expression, v. infra.ל׳ נופל על ל׳ assonance, alliteration. Gen. R. s. 31 (נָחָש a. נְחשֶׁת); a. e.ל׳ הרע (abbr. לה״ר) evil talk, calumny, gossip, denunciation. Arakh.15b; a. v. fr.לְ׳ זכר, לְ׳ נקבה, v. זָכָר, נְקֵבָה.Pl. as ab. Y.Sabb.XIX, 17a; Y.Yeb.VIII, 8d bot. (ref. to המול ימול, Gen. 17:13) ל׳ ריבויין הן the double expressions intimate amplification (repeated action); ל׳ כפוליןוכ׳ (ל׳ כפולות) they are merely double expressions, the Torah speaking in the usual way (according to popular usage, v. supra); Y.Ned.I, beg.36c. Y.B. Bath.VIII, end, 16c בעלי ל׳ linguists; a. fr. 2) anything tongue-shaped, strip, strap, wedge. Yoma VI, 8, v. זְהוֹרִית. Erub.12a לְ׳ ים a small inlet, creek; a. fr.Pl. as ab. B. Mets.II, 1 ל׳ של ארגמן purple wool coming in straps; Erub.96b, opp. חוטין in threads. Tosef.Kel.B. Mets. VIII, 6 שתי ל׳ two straps of a bed, v. לוּחַ I.Kel. XVIII, 4 מלבן שנתנו על ל׳ a bottom of a bed made to rest on wedge-shaped corner pieces; a. e.

נִיהוּm. = אִיהוּ (mostly after an open syllable to avoid a hiatus, or after ן) he, himself; it, it is. B. Kam. 114b דילמא … והוא נ׳ קא מפיק שמא perhaps he sold them, and he himself spread the report (that they had been stolen). Ber.58b לא ידענא מאי נ׳ I do not know what it is (its nature). Taan.24a אנא נ׳ (differ. in Ms. M.) I am he (of whom you are speaking). Pes.104a, a. e. מאן נ׳ בנןוכ׳ (Ms. M. נינהו, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) who is (are) meant by ‘the son of saints?; a. fr. Fem. נִיהִי. Ber.44a.Pl. נִינְהוּ, נִנְהוּ. Ḥull.38a מאי נ׳ דבריםוכ׳ what are the movements indicating the agony of death? Ib. 79a כולהו חדא מינא נ׳ they all belong to the same species. B. Mets.24b רובה ישראל ננהו the majority are Jews; a. fr.With suffixes: נִיהֲלִי, נִיהֲלָךְ, נִיהֲלֵיה (to) myself, thyself, himself Ḥull.59b בעינא דמחזית ליה ניהלי (Rashi דמחזית ניהליה) I want thee to show him to me (Rashi: to make him visible). Ib. 142a והדר לקנינהו נ׳ and then let him transfer them to thyself. Ber.54b בריך רחמנא דיהבך נִיהֲלָןוכ׳ blessed be the Merciful who returned thee to us and not to the dust. Ned.41a; Erub.10a, a. fr. את אמרת ניהלןוכ׳ thou didst cite it to ourselves Keth.92a מגבי להו נִיהֲלַיְיהוּ ארעא he will give land in payment to the very claimants, and then seize it from them; a. fr.

נִיהוּm. = אִיהוּ (mostly after an open syllable to avoid a hiatus, or after ן) he, himself; it, it is. B. Kam. 114b דילמא … והוא נ׳ קא מפיק שמא perhaps he sold them, and he himself spread the report (that they had been stolen). Ber.58b לא ידענא מאי נ׳ I do not know what it is (its nature). Taan.24a אנא נ׳ (differ. in Ms. M.) I am he (of whom you are speaking). Pes.104a, a. e. מאן נ׳ בנןוכ׳ (Ms. M. נינהו, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) who is (are) meant by ‘the son of saints?; a. fr. Fem. נִיהִי. Ber.44a.Pl. נִינְהוּ, נִנְהוּ. Ḥull.38a מאי נ׳ דבריםוכ׳ what are the movements indicating the agony of death? Ib. 79a כולהו חדא מינא נ׳ they all belong to the same species. B. Mets.24b רובה ישראל ננהו the majority are Jews; a. fr.With suffixes: נִיהֲלִי, נִיהֲלָךְ, נִיהֲלֵיה (to) myself, thyself, himself Ḥull.59b בעינא דמחזית ליה ניהלי (Rashi דמחזית ניהליה) I want thee to show him to me (Rashi: to make him visible). Ib. 142a והדר לקנינהו נ׳ and then let him transfer them to thyself. Ber.54b בריך רחמנא דיהבך נִיהֲלָןוכ׳ blessed be the Merciful who returned thee to us and not to the dust. Ned.41a; Erub.10a, a. fr. את אמרת ניהלןוכ׳ thou didst cite it to ourselves Keth.92a מגבי להו נִיהֲלַיְיהוּ ארעא he will give land in payment to the very claimants, and then seize it from them; a. fr.

תָּמַהּ, תָּמֵהַּ(b. h.; cmp. שָׁמַם) (to stand still,) to be astonished, amazed; to wonder; to be undecided. Pesik. R. addit, s. 1 והבריות תֹּומְהִים לומרוכ׳ and men wondered, saying, is such a thing possible? Ib. על דור המגדל אתם תֹּומְהִיןוכ׳ you wonder at what occurred to the generation of the tower: has not such a thing occurred ? Yalk. Ex. 166 וַיִתְמְהוּ תמיהא גדולה מאד and they wondered exceedingly. Pesik. Haḥod., p. 43a> היה … יושב ותָמֵהַּ בלבווכ׳ Abraham sat and was undecided in his heart, saying, which shall I choose?; Gen. R. s. 44. Ib. s. 12 מלך … ועמד לו תָּמֵיהַּ a king that rebuked his servant, and he stood there confounded. Ib. תמיה אני איךוכ׳ I wonder how great men … could disagree on Yeb.96b תמיה אני אם לאוכ׳ I should wonder, if this synagogue did not become an idolatrous temple. Arakh.l6b תְּמִיהַנִי ישוכ׳ I wonder if there is in this generation Pes.VI, 2 אל תִּתְמַהּ על אלו do not wonder at that Y. ib. 33b bot. תמיהני היאךוכ׳ I wonder how R. El. could accept such an answer. Yalk. Ex. 202 תְּמַתּ על עצמה היאךוכ׳ wonder at the very thing, why should leavened matter be forbidden ; Pes.28b תמה על עצמך (corr. acc.); a. fr. Hif. הִתְמִיהַּ 1) same. Gen. R. s. 98 על אלו אתם מַתְמִיהִין you wonder at that? if you were to see היה לכם … להַתְמִיהַּ יותר (not להתמה) you would wonder still more. Pesik. R. s. 28 מַתְמִיהִין (not מתמהין); a. e. 2) to create astonishment, act strangely. Men.40a אינו אלא מן המַתְמִיהִין is one of those who make people wonder at their strange conduct; (Ms. M. המוּתְמָהִין Hof. of those wondered at). 3) to love miracles, invent miracles. Yalk. Num. 764 אף אתה מן המַתְמַיהִים art thou, too, of the inventors of miracles? Hof. הוּתְמַהּ to be wondered at, v. supra.

תָּמַהּ, תָּמֵהַּ(b. h.; cmp. שָׁמַם) (to stand still,) to be astonished, amazed; to wonder; to be undecided. Pesik. R. addit, s. 1 והבריות תֹּומְהִים לומרוכ׳ and men wondered, saying, is such a thing possible? Ib. על דור המגדל אתם תֹּומְהִיןוכ׳ you wonder at what occurred to the generation of the tower: has not such a thing occurred ? Yalk. Ex. 166 וַיִתְמְהוּ תמיהא גדולה מאד and they wondered exceedingly. Pesik. Haḥod., p. 43a> היה … יושב ותָמֵהַּ בלבווכ׳ Abraham sat and was undecided in his heart, saying, which shall I choose?; Gen. R. s. 44. Ib. s. 12 מלך … ועמד לו תָּמֵיהַּ a king that rebuked his servant, and he stood there confounded. Ib. תמיה אני איךוכ׳ I wonder how great men … could disagree on Yeb.96b תמיה אני אם לאוכ׳ I should wonder, if this synagogue did not become an idolatrous temple. Arakh.l6b תְּמִיהַנִי ישוכ׳ I wonder if there is in this generation Pes.VI, 2 אל תִּתְמַהּ על אלו do not wonder at that Y. ib. 33b bot. תמיהני היאךוכ׳ I wonder how R. El. could accept such an answer. Yalk. Ex. 202 תְּמַתּ על עצמה היאךוכ׳ wonder at the very thing, why should leavened matter be forbidden ; Pes.28b תמה על עצמך (corr. acc.); a. fr. Hif. הִתְמִיהַּ 1) same. Gen. R. s. 98 על אלו אתם מַתְמִיהִין you wonder at that? if you were to see היה לכם … להַתְמִיהַּ יותר (not להתמה) you would wonder still more. Pesik. R. s. 28 מַתְמִיהִין (not מתמהין); a. e. 2) to create astonishment, act strangely. Men.40a אינו אלא מן המַתְמִיהִין is one of those who make people wonder at their strange conduct; (Ms. M. המוּתְמָהִין Hof. of those wondered at). 3) to love miracles, invent miracles. Yalk. Num. 764 אף אתה מן המַתְמַיהִים art thou, too, of the inventors of miracles? Hof. הוּתְמַהּ to be wondered at, v. supra.

תָּמַהּ, תָּמֵהַּ(b. h.; cmp. שָׁמַם) (to stand still,) to be astonished, amazed; to wonder; to be undecided. Pesik. R. addit, s. 1 והבריות תֹּומְהִים לומרוכ׳ and men wondered, saying, is such a thing possible? Ib. על דור המגדל אתם תֹּומְהִיןוכ׳ you wonder at what occurred to the generation of the tower: has not such a thing occurred ? Yalk. Ex. 166 וַיִתְמְהוּ תמיהא גדולה מאד and they wondered exceedingly. Pesik. Haḥod., p. 43a> היה … יושב ותָמֵהַּ בלבווכ׳ Abraham sat and was undecided in his heart, saying, which shall I choose?; Gen. R. s. 44. Ib. s. 12 מלך … ועמד לו תָּמֵיהַּ a king that rebuked his servant, and he stood there confounded. Ib. תמיה אני איךוכ׳ I wonder how great men … could disagree on Yeb.96b תמיה אני אם לאוכ׳ I should wonder, if this synagogue did not become an idolatrous temple. Arakh.l6b תְּמִיהַנִי ישוכ׳ I wonder if there is in this generation Pes.VI, 2 אל תִּתְמַהּ על אלו do not wonder at that Y. ib. 33b bot. תמיהני היאךוכ׳ I wonder how R. El. could accept such an answer. Yalk. Ex. 202 תְּמַתּ על עצמה היאךוכ׳ wonder at the very thing, why should leavened matter be forbidden ; Pes.28b תמה על עצמך (corr. acc.); a. fr. Hif. הִתְמִיהַּ 1) same. Gen. R. s. 98 על אלו אתם מַתְמִיהִין you wonder at that? if you were to see היה לכם … להַתְמִיהַּ יותר (not להתמה) you would wonder still more. Pesik. R. s. 28 מַתְמִיהִין (not מתמהין); a. e. 2) to create astonishment, act strangely. Men.40a אינו אלא מן המַתְמִיהִין is one of those who make people wonder at their strange conduct; (Ms. M. המוּתְמָהִין Hof. of those wondered at). 3) to love miracles, invent miracles. Yalk. Num. 764 אף אתה מן המַתְמַיהִים art thou, too, of the inventors of miracles? Hof. הוּתְמַהּ to be wondered at, v. supra.

תָּמַהּ, תָּמֵהַּ(b. h.; cmp. שָׁמַם) (to stand still,) to be astonished, amazed; to wonder; to be undecided. Pesik. R. addit, s. 1 והבריות תֹּומְהִים לומרוכ׳ and men wondered, saying, is such a thing possible? Ib. על דור המגדל אתם תֹּומְהִיןוכ׳ you wonder at what occurred to the generation of the tower: has not such a thing occurred ? Yalk. Ex. 166 וַיִתְמְהוּ תמיהא גדולה מאד and they wondered exceedingly. Pesik. Haḥod., p. 43a> היה … יושב ותָמֵהַּ בלבווכ׳ Abraham sat and was undecided in his heart, saying, which shall I choose?; Gen. R. s. 44. Ib. s. 12 מלך … ועמד לו תָּמֵיהַּ a king that rebuked his servant, and he stood there confounded. Ib. תמיה אני איךוכ׳ I wonder how great men … could disagree on Yeb.96b תמיה אני אם לאוכ׳ I should wonder, if this synagogue did not become an idolatrous temple. Arakh.l6b תְּמִיהַנִי ישוכ׳ I wonder if there is in this generation Pes.VI, 2 אל תִּתְמַהּ על אלו do not wonder at that Y. ib. 33b bot. תמיהני היאךוכ׳ I wonder how R. El. could accept such an answer. Yalk. Ex. 202 תְּמַתּ על עצמה היאךוכ׳ wonder at the very thing, why should leavened matter be forbidden ; Pes.28b תמה על עצמך (corr. acc.); a. fr. Hif. הִתְמִיהַּ 1) same. Gen. R. s. 98 על אלו אתם מַתְמִיהִין you wonder at that? if you were to see היה לכם … להַתְמִיהַּ יותר (not להתמה) you would wonder still more. Pesik. R. s. 28 מַתְמִיהִין (not מתמהין); a. e. 2) to create astonishment, act strangely. Men.40a אינו אלא מן המַתְמִיהִין is one of those who make people wonder at their strange conduct; (Ms. M. המוּתְמָהִין Hof. of those wondered at). 3) to love miracles, invent miracles. Yalk. Num. 764 אף אתה מן המַתְמַיהִים art thou, too, of the inventors of miracles? Hof. הוּתְמַהּ to be wondered at, v. supra.

מָתַח(b. h.) to extend, stretch (cmp. משך, משח). Kil. VI, 9 המוֹתֵחַ זמורהוכ׳ if one trains a vine from one tree to another. Sabb.75a המותח חוטוכ׳ he who pulls the thread of a seam (bringing the ends closer together), v. infra. Gen. R. s. 3, a. e. שלא תאמר מיכאל היה מותחוכ׳ lest you say, Michael stretched (the world) in the south, v. מָדַד; Midr. Till. to Ps. 24 מְמַתֵּחַ. Y.Ber.I, 2d top אדם מותח אהלוכ׳ when one stretches a tent-cover, in course of time it becomes loose; Gen. R. s. 12, end; Yalk. Is. 314.Gen. R. s. 10, end, v. Nif.(Yalk. Prov. 961 סופו להיות מותח v. מָתַק.Part. pass. מָתוּחַ; f. מְתוּחָה; pl. מְתוּחִים, מְתוּחִין; מְתוּחוֹת stretched, extended; (of a bow) bent; trnsf. (of judgment) ready to be discharged, aimed. Kel. XXI, 3. Gen. R. s. 35 אותה מדת הדין שהיתה מ׳ כנגד … ומְתָחָהּוכ׳ that very judgment which was aimed against Israel, did the Lord turn and aim against the Egyptians. Y.M. Kat. III, 83c top הדין מ׳ כנגדוכ׳ judgment is ready against the whole family. Pesik. R. s. 38; a. fr. Pi. מִיתֵּחַ same, esp. to straiten straps; to bring objects closer together. M. Kat. I, 8 אף מְמַתְּחִין you may also straigten (bed-straps). Ib. 10a וממתחין שאם … מְמַתְּחוֹ ‘you may stretch, means when it (a strap) is lax, you may straiten it; Y. ib. I, 80d bot. Tosef.Kel.B. Bath.IV, 10 מחוסרין … למַתֵּחַ need … stretching. Midr. Till. l. c., v. supra.Y.Sabb.XIII, beg.14a המְמַתֵּחַ צדדין (ed. Krot. הממחה צדדיו, corr. acc.) he who brings the ends of two pieces close together (by pulling the thread up and knotting it), v. supra; Y.Kil.IX, end, 32d המְמַתֵּיחַ צדדין (or המַמְתִּיחַ Hif.; not צדדיו); a. e. Nif. נִמְתַּח to be stretched, spread, drawn. Snh.38b נִמְתְּחוּ אבריו his limbs were stretched (shaped); (Ab. d R. N. ch. I נתקשרו); Yalk. Gen. 15. Ib. 16 היו נִמְתָּחִין והולכין (ib. also מוֹתְחִין; Gen. R. s. 10, end מותחין) they (the works of creation) continued to extend (develop). Y.Ber.I, 2c bot. יִמָּתֵחַ הרקיע (or יִמְתַּח) let the firmament be stretched out. R. Hash. 22b יִמָּתֵחַ על העמוד shall be stretched on the pillory. Y.Hor.II, 46d נִמְתְּחָה הקשת the bow was bent (euphem. for erection). Yalk. Ps. 796 נמתחה החרב the sword (of judgment) was drawn; (Tanḥ. Bmidb. 7 נמשכה; ib. ed. Bub. 7 נשמטה). Hithpa. הִתְמַתֵּחַ same. Tanḥ. Ḥayé 3 והיו הולכין ומִתְמַתְּחִיןוכ׳ they would have gone on spreading

מָתַח(b. h.) to extend, stretch (cmp. משך, משח). Kil. VI, 9 המוֹתֵחַ זמורהוכ׳ if one trains a vine from one tree to another. Sabb.75a המותח חוטוכ׳ he who pulls the thread of a seam (bringing the ends closer together), v. infra. Gen. R. s. 3, a. e. שלא תאמר מיכאל היה מותחוכ׳ lest you say, Michael stretched (the world) in the south, v. מָדַד; Midr. Till. to Ps. 24 מְמַתֵּחַ. Y.Ber.I, 2d top אדם מותח אהלוכ׳ when one stretches a tent-cover, in course of time it becomes loose; Gen. R. s. 12, end; Yalk. Is. 314.Gen. R. s. 10, end, v. Nif.(Yalk. Prov. 961 סופו להיות מותח v. מָתַק.Part. pass. מָתוּחַ; f. מְתוּחָה; pl. מְתוּחִים, מְתוּחִין; מְתוּחוֹת stretched, extended; (of a bow) bent; trnsf. (of judgment) ready to be discharged, aimed. Kel. XXI, 3. Gen. R. s. 35 אותה מדת הדין שהיתה מ׳ כנגד … ומְתָחָהּוכ׳ that very judgment which was aimed against Israel, did the Lord turn and aim against the Egyptians. Y.M. Kat. III, 83c top הדין מ׳ כנגדוכ׳ judgment is ready against the whole family. Pesik. R. s. 38; a. fr. Pi. מִיתֵּחַ same, esp. to straiten straps; to bring objects closer together. M. Kat. I, 8 אף מְמַתְּחִין you may also straigten (bed-straps). Ib. 10a וממתחין שאם … מְמַתְּחוֹ ‘you may stretch, means when it (a strap) is lax, you may straiten it; Y. ib. I, 80d bot. Tosef.Kel.B. Bath.IV, 10 מחוסרין … למַתֵּחַ need … stretching. Midr. Till. l. c., v. supra.Y.Sabb.XIII, beg.14a המְמַתֵּחַ צדדין (ed. Krot. הממחה צדדיו, corr. acc.) he who brings the ends of two pieces close together (by pulling the thread up and knotting it), v. supra; Y.Kil.IX, end, 32d המְמַתֵּיחַ צדדין (or המַמְתִּיחַ Hif.; not צדדיו); a. e. Nif. נִמְתַּח to be stretched, spread, drawn. Snh.38b נִמְתְּחוּ אבריו his limbs were stretched (shaped); (Ab. d R. N. ch. I נתקשרו); Yalk. Gen. 15. Ib. 16 היו נִמְתָּחִין והולכין (ib. also מוֹתְחִין; Gen. R. s. 10, end מותחין) they (the works of creation) continued to extend (develop). Y.Ber.I, 2c bot. יִמָּתֵחַ הרקיע (or יִמְתַּח) let the firmament be stretched out. R. Hash. 22b יִמָּתֵחַ על העמוד shall be stretched on the pillory. Y.Hor.II, 46d נִמְתְּחָה הקשת the bow was bent (euphem. for erection). Yalk. Ps. 796 נמתחה החרב the sword (of judgment) was drawn; (Tanḥ. Bmidb. 7 נמשכה; ib. ed. Bub. 7 נשמטה). Hithpa. הִתְמַתֵּחַ same. Tanḥ. Ḥayé 3 והיו הולכין ומִתְמַתְּחִיןוכ׳ they would have gone on spreading

אוֹתIII (b. h., v. אֵת) only with pronominal suffix 1) indicating the objective case, אוֹתִי me, אוֹתְךָ thee, 2) with pronom. suffix of third person, for emphasizing the subject, אוֹתוֹ he himself, this one, the same, he who Gen. R. s. 2, beg. ישב לו א׳וכ׳ the latter now sat there confounded Y.Git. VI, 47d באותו ענין on this very subject (divorce). Sabb.13b זכור אותו האישוכ׳ may that man be remembered for good. Ber.V, 3 באוֹתָהּ שעה in that hour; a. fr. אותו מקום euphem. for pudenda. Nid. 47b. Git. 69b; a. e. אותו ואת בנו the law concerning the killing of the young with its mother on the same day (Lev. 22:28). Ḥull.V, 1; a. fr.Pl. אוֹתָן. Y.Meg.IV, 74d top א׳ שבפה those laws delivered orally. Keth.4a כל א׳ הימים all those days; a. fr. (In later writings אותו האיש is freq. used for Jesus of Nazareth.

אוֹתIII (b. h., v. אֵת) only with pronominal suffix 1) indicating the objective case, אוֹתִי me, אוֹתְךָ thee, 2) with pronom. suffix of third person, for emphasizing the subject, אוֹתוֹ he himself, this one, the same, he who Gen. R. s. 2, beg. ישב לו א׳וכ׳ the latter now sat there confounded Y.Git. VI, 47d באותו ענין on this very subject (divorce). Sabb.13b זכור אותו האישוכ׳ may that man be remembered for good. Ber.V, 3 באוֹתָהּ שעה in that hour; a. fr. אותו מקום euphem. for pudenda. Nid. 47b. Git. 69b; a. e. אותו ואת בנו the law concerning the killing of the young with its mother on the same day (Lev. 22:28). Ḥull.V, 1; a. fr.Pl. אוֹתָן. Y.Meg.IV, 74d top א׳ שבפה those laws delivered orally. Keth.4a כל א׳ הימים all those days; a. fr. (In later writings אותו האיש is freq. used for Jesus of Nazareth.

בָּלַע(b. h.; √בל, v. בלל) to absorb, opp. פלט; to swallow, consume. Y.Shek.VI, 49c bot שהאור בּוֹלֵעַ … בּוֹלַעַת … בּוֹלְעִין the flame absorbs a portion of the oil, and so do the wood and the kettle. Ḥull.110b the liver when boiled with other meat פולטת ואינה ב׳ gives out (blood) but absorbs nothing from the other pieces. Y.Sabb.XIV, 14d top; Tosef. ib. XII (XIII), 9 but he may sip vinegar ובוֹלֵעַ and swallow it (opp. פלט to spit it out). Y.Ter.VIII, 45b bot. הלעוס כבָלוּעַ what is chewed is to be considered as swallowed. Ḥull.71a טומאה בְלוּעָה an unclean object (food) that has been swallowed.Snh.110a הַבְּלוּעִין those (of the band of Korah) that were swallowed up. Kel. IX, 6, v. דָּֽרְבָן; a. fr. Nif. נִבְלַע to be swallowed; with בין, to be absorbed, disappear. Sot.36b; Tanḥ. Vayigg. 4; Yalk. Gen. 150 (interpret, the name Bela, Gen. 46:21) שנ׳ בין האומות for he (Joseph) has disappeared among gentiles. Gen. R. s. 94; Yalk. l. c. שנבלע ממני he disappeared to me. Hif. הִבְלִיעַ to cause swallowing, to make absorb. Ex. R. s. 33 הִבְלַעְתָּ לקרח thou madst (the earth) swallow Korah. Ber.24b מַבְלִיעוֹ בטליתו he hides the spittle in his cloak; Y.Sabb.VII, 10b top. Ḥull.113a מַבְ׳ דם באברים causes the blood to remain in the meat (prevents it from flowing out).Trnsf. to sell something in connection with other things, in a lump, in the bargain. Bekh.31b מבליעווכ׳ he sells it (the meat) in the bargain with the hide B. Mets.64a; B. Kam. 118b one who robs his neighbor וה׳ לו בחשבון and makes up for it implicitly on settling his accounts. V. הַבְלָעָה. Hof. הוּבְלַע to be swallowed up; to mingle with, v. supra Nif.Part. מוּבְלַע. Ber.31b מ׳ בין אנשים mixing with people, expl. לא ארוךוכ׳ neither very tall (of average qualities). Erub.IV, 6 מ׳ ביניהן his property is enclosed between theirs (reaches into the limits of each). Y. ib. IV, 21d bot. עיירות המוּבְלָעוֹת inland-towns, opp. border-towns. Y.B. Bath. VII, 15cd מוּבְלָעִין בה fields which are enclosed by others belonging to the same estate. Hithpa. הִתְבַּלֵעַ to be swallowed up, to disappear. Midr. Till. to Ps. 11, beg. מִתְבַּלֵּעַ מןוכ׳ he disappears from the world (forfeits his life).

בָּלַע(b. h.; √בל, v. בלל) to absorb, opp. פלט; to swallow, consume. Y.Shek.VI, 49c bot שהאור בּוֹלֵעַ … בּוֹלַעַת … בּוֹלְעִין the flame absorbs a portion of the oil, and so do the wood and the kettle. Ḥull.110b the liver when boiled with other meat פולטת ואינה ב׳ gives out (blood) but absorbs nothing from the other pieces. Y.Sabb.XIV, 14d top; Tosef. ib. XII (XIII), 9 but he may sip vinegar ובוֹלֵעַ and swallow it (opp. פלט to spit it out). Y.Ter.VIII, 45b bot. הלעוס כבָלוּעַ what is chewed is to be considered as swallowed. Ḥull.71a טומאה בְלוּעָה an unclean object (food) that has been swallowed.Snh.110a הַבְּלוּעִין those (of the band of Korah) that were swallowed up. Kel. IX, 6, v. דָּֽרְבָן; a. fr. Nif. נִבְלַע to be swallowed; with בין, to be absorbed, disappear. Sot.36b; Tanḥ. Vayigg. 4; Yalk. Gen. 150 (interpret, the name Bela, Gen. 46:21) שנ׳ בין האומות for he (Joseph) has disappeared among gentiles. Gen. R. s. 94; Yalk. l. c. שנבלע ממני he disappeared to me. Hif. הִבְלִיעַ to cause swallowing, to make absorb. Ex. R. s. 33 הִבְלַעְתָּ לקרח thou madst (the earth) swallow Korah. Ber.24b מַבְלִיעוֹ בטליתו he hides the spittle in his cloak; Y.Sabb.VII, 10b top. Ḥull.113a מַבְ׳ דם באברים causes the blood to remain in the meat (prevents it from flowing out).Trnsf. to sell something in connection with other things, in a lump, in the bargain. Bekh.31b מבליעווכ׳ he sells it (the meat) in the bargain with the hide B. Mets.64a; B. Kam. 118b one who robs his neighbor וה׳ לו בחשבון and makes up for it implicitly on settling his accounts. V. הַבְלָעָה. Hof. הוּבְלַע to be swallowed up; to mingle with, v. supra Nif.Part. מוּבְלַע. Ber.31b מ׳ בין אנשים mixing with people, expl. לא ארוךוכ׳ neither very tall (of average qualities). Erub.IV, 6 מ׳ ביניהן his property is enclosed between theirs (reaches into the limits of each). Y. ib. IV, 21d bot. עיירות המוּבְלָעוֹת inland-towns, opp. border-towns. Y.B. Bath. VII, 15cd מוּבְלָעִין בה fields which are enclosed by others belonging to the same estate. Hithpa. הִתְבַּלֵעַ to be swallowed up, to disappear. Midr. Till. to Ps. 11, beg. מִתְבַּלֵּעַ מןוכ׳ he disappears from the world (forfeits his life).

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.