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אַשְׁיָאן, אַשְׁיָיאן, אַשְׁיָיןpr. n. m. Ashyan, name of several Amoraim. Y.Ter.I, 41a. Ber.14a.Y.Ab. Zar. III, beg., 42b A. Nagra (the carpenter).Y.Yeb.XI, 12a bot. Y.Meg.I, 71c bot.V. יַאֽסְיָן.

אַשְׁפֹּת, אִישְׁפֹּתf. (b. h. אַשְׁ׳, v. אַשְׁפָּה) heap, pile, dunghill. Pl. אַשְׁפַּתּוֹת, אִישְׁ׳. Shebi. III, 2.Sot.42b אי׳ אי׳ שלוכ׳ piles of slain.

אַשְׁפֹּת, אִישְׁפֹּתf. (b. h. אַשְׁ׳, v. אַשְׁפָּה) heap, pile, dunghill. Pl. אַשְׁפַּתּוֹת, אִישְׁ׳. Shebi. III, 2.Sot.42b אי׳ אי׳ שלוכ׳ piles of slain.

אַשְׁפֹּת, אִישְׁפֹּתf. (b. h. אַשְׁ׳, v. אַשְׁפָּה) heap, pile, dunghill. Pl. אַשְׁפַּתּוֹת, אִישְׁ׳. Shebi. III, 2.Sot.42b אי׳ אי׳ שלוכ׳ piles of slain.

אַשְׁפֹּת, אִישְׁפֹּתf. (b. h. אַשְׁ׳, v. אַשְׁפָּה) heap, pile, dunghill. Pl. אַשְׁפַּתּוֹת, אִישְׁ׳. Shebi. III, 2.Sot.42b אי׳ אי׳ שלוכ׳ piles of slain.

בַּדV m. ( בדד) single stalk, twig; also (b. h.) pole, bar. Zeb.18b; Yoma 71b; v. preced. Keth.17a ב׳ של הדס myrtle twig. Succ.44b even one leaf וב׳ אחד and (on) one twig. B. Mets.24a anything on which something is suspended ב׳ קרו ליה is called bad.Pl. בַּדִּים. Y.Yoma V, 42b bot., a. e. בין הב׳ between the bars projecting from the Ark (i. e. their corresponding place in the Second Temple). B. Mets. l. c. בַּדֵּי מחטיןוכ׳ poles of peddlars for needles Ib. מאי בדי what does baddé mean? Answ. Twigs.And why do they call them baddé? Answ., v. supra. V. אַנְפּוֹרְיָא.

בַּדV m. ( בדד) single stalk, twig; also (b. h.) pole, bar. Zeb.18b; Yoma 71b; v. preced. Keth.17a ב׳ של הדס myrtle twig. Succ.44b even one leaf וב׳ אחד and (on) one twig. B. Mets.24a anything on which something is suspended ב׳ קרו ליה is called bad.Pl. בַּדִּים. Y.Yoma V, 42b bot., a. e. בין הב׳ between the bars projecting from the Ark (i. e. their corresponding place in the Second Temple). B. Mets. l. c. בַּדֵּי מחטיןוכ׳ poles of peddlars for needles Ib. מאי בדי what does baddé mean? Answ. Twigs.And why do they call them baddé? Answ., v. supra. V. אַנְפּוֹרְיָא.

בּוּקָאm. (cmp. אָבִיק, b. h. בַּקְבּוּק for which LXX, βύκος, βίκος; cmp. בועא, בוצין) 1) an earthen vessel, pitcher.Pl. בּוּקֵי. Ab. Zar.37b, a. e. לא תתלו ביה ב׳ וב׳ hang not empty pitchers on R. N., i. e. do not pronounce him the author of such an absurdity; a. fr. 2) (fr. its shape) hind leg, thigh. Ḥull.42b; 54ab; v. אַטְמָא. (Ar. s. v. פטם quotes בוכנא.

בּוּקָאm. (cmp. אָבִיק, b. h. בַּקְבּוּק for which LXX, βύκος, βίκος; cmp. בועא, בוצין) 1) an earthen vessel, pitcher.Pl. בּוּקֵי. Ab. Zar.37b, a. e. לא תתלו ביה ב׳ וב׳ hang not empty pitchers on R. N., i. e. do not pronounce him the author of such an absurdity; a. fr. 2) (fr. its shape) hind leg, thigh. Ḥull.42b; 54ab; v. אַטְמָא. (Ar. s. v. פטם quotes בוכנא.

בָּטֵלI (b. h.; v. בטי) ( to be hollow); 1) to be void, abolished, suspended; to cease to exist. Keth.103b בָּטְלָה קדושה sanctity of life ceased; (oth. opin.: the levitical law concerning the contact with a corpse was suspended in favor of Rabbi; v. Tosaf. a. l.. Ab. V, 16 ב׳ דבר בְּטֵלָהוכ׳ as soon as the (sensual) attraction disappears, love will disappear. Ib. 21 as if dead ועבר וב׳ מן העולם and passed away and disappeared from this world. Y.Meg.I, 70d top, a. e. בטלה מגלת תענית the Scroll of Fasts has been abolished (the festive commemorations enumerated therein are no more observed). Sot.IX, 9 (47a); a. fr. 2) to rest from labor, be at ease, be idle. Ab. IV, 10 אם בָּטַלְתָּ מןוכ׳ if thou choosest not to study the law, there will be many disturbances (excuses) to assist thee. Ib. I, 5 בּוֹטֵל מד׳׳ת he neglects the study of the Law; a. fr. Nif. נִבְטַל 1) to be abolished, suspended. Y.Meg.I, 70d bot. עתידין לִיבָּטֵל (= לְהִיבָּטֵל) shall in future be abolished (neglected). Gitt.32a, v. infra. 2) to be excused, be exempt, Ib. II, 16 thou art not a free man להִבָּטֵל ממנה so as to be exempt from lifes duties. 3) to remain single. Gitt.IV, 5 (41b) יִבָּטֵל shall he never marry? Pi. בִּיטֵּל, בִּטֵּל 1) to abolish, suspend, cancel, undo, neglect. Ab. II, 4 בַּטֵּל רצונךוכ׳ set aside thy will for the sake of the Lords will, in order that He may set aside the will of others (euphem. for His will) for the sake of thy will (withdraw evil decrees at thy prayer). Ib. IV, 9 המְבַטֵּלוכ׳ he who neglects the study of the Law on account of his wealth. Sot.IX, 10 (47a) אף הוא בִּטֵּל את המעוררין he also abolished (the custom of) the wakers, v. עָרַר. Sabb.63a מְבַטְּלָהּ he (the observer of the Law) will cancel it (avert Gods evil decree). Mekh. Bshall., Amalek, 2, v. אִיפָּטִיקוֹס. Macc.24a. Ab. Zar. IV, 7 למה מְבַטְּלָהּ why does He not destroy it (the objects of idol worship)?Gitt.IV, 1 שוב אינו יכול לבַטְּלוֹ he can no longer annul it (his letter of divorce). Ib. 2 in former times a man could summon a court in a strange place ובִּטְּלוֹ and declare it (the letter of divorce which he had sent off) void. Ib. 32b אתי דיבור ומבטל דיבור a word (declaration) comes and cancels a word.Ab. Zar.IV, 4 (42b) an idolator (gentile) מבטל אליל שלווכ׳ may (by mutilation) cancel his own or his neigbors idol (so that it is no longer subject to the law forbidding Jews to derive any benefits from idolatrous paraphernalia), but an Israelite cannot Ib. המב׳ אליל ב׳וכ׳ in cancelling an idol, one has at the same time cancelled its attachments; a. fr.ב׳ רשות to resign possession, a legal fiction by which the carrying of objects on the Sabbath from ones own place to one common to several persons, may be permitted. Erub.VI, 7 מְבַטֵּל את רשותו he (the brother who forgot to lay the Erub, v. עֵירוּב) must resign his share in the common property. Ib. 68b מבטלין ותוזרין ומב׳ you may resign your share to your neighbor, and then he may resign to you; a. fr.ב׳ חמץ to renounce (by declaration) the possession of anything leavened that may have remained undiscovered in ones possession. Pes.6b הבודק צריך שיְבַטֵּל after one has searched the house for leavened things, he most renounce (whatever he may have failed to find); a. fr.Part. pass. מְבוּטָּל, f. מְבוּטֶּלֶת. Erub.69b רשותי מב׳ לך my possession be resigned to thee (for Sabbath purposes). Gitt.32a if a recipient says, מתנה זו מב׳ ‘this donation be void, תִּיבָּטֵל ‘shall be void, opp. to בְּטֵלָה היא ‘is a void one, i. e. has been annulled.Eduy. I, 5; Gitt36b, a. fr. אין ב׳׳ד יכול לבַ׳וכ׳ no court can repeal (overrule) the decisions of another court, unless 2) to neutralize an admixture of forbidden food in a certain quantity. Ḥull.108a ושאינו מינו … ומבטלו and the portion of the mixture which is not its kind is prevailing and neutralizes the forbidden portion (as if did not exist at all); a. fr. 3) to disturb, cause suspense, interfere with. Erub.63b; Meg.3a בִּיטַּלְתֶּםוכ׳ ye interfered with the daily offering; a. fr.Ber.II, 5 לבטל ממניוכ׳ to suspend (shake off) the yoke of heavenly government even one minute. Hif. הִבְטִיל to cause interruption, to order suspension. Succ.V, 5 להַבְטִיל את העםוכ׳ to cause the people to cease working. Hithpa. a. Nithpa. הִתְבַּטֵּל, נִתְבַּטֵּל to be interrupted, v. Nif.Tan. dbe El. I, 5; II, 3.

בָּטֵלI (b. h.; v. בטי) ( to be hollow); 1) to be void, abolished, suspended; to cease to exist. Keth.103b בָּטְלָה קדושה sanctity of life ceased; (oth. opin.: the levitical law concerning the contact with a corpse was suspended in favor of Rabbi; v. Tosaf. a. l.. Ab. V, 16 ב׳ דבר בְּטֵלָהוכ׳ as soon as the (sensual) attraction disappears, love will disappear. Ib. 21 as if dead ועבר וב׳ מן העולם and passed away and disappeared from this world. Y.Meg.I, 70d top, a. e. בטלה מגלת תענית the Scroll of Fasts has been abolished (the festive commemorations enumerated therein are no more observed). Sot.IX, 9 (47a); a. fr. 2) to rest from labor, be at ease, be idle. Ab. IV, 10 אם בָּטַלְתָּ מןוכ׳ if thou choosest not to study the law, there will be many disturbances (excuses) to assist thee. Ib. I, 5 בּוֹטֵל מד׳׳ת he neglects the study of the Law; a. fr. Nif. נִבְטַל 1) to be abolished, suspended. Y.Meg.I, 70d bot. עתידין לִיבָּטֵל (= לְהִיבָּטֵל) shall in future be abolished (neglected). Gitt.32a, v. infra. 2) to be excused, be exempt, Ib. II, 16 thou art not a free man להִבָּטֵל ממנה so as to be exempt from lifes duties. 3) to remain single. Gitt.IV, 5 (41b) יִבָּטֵל shall he never marry? Pi. בִּיטֵּל, בִּטֵּל 1) to abolish, suspend, cancel, undo, neglect. Ab. II, 4 בַּטֵּל רצונךוכ׳ set aside thy will for the sake of the Lords will, in order that He may set aside the will of others (euphem. for His will) for the sake of thy will (withdraw evil decrees at thy prayer). Ib. IV, 9 המְבַטֵּלוכ׳ he who neglects the study of the Law on account of his wealth. Sot.IX, 10 (47a) אף הוא בִּטֵּל את המעוררין he also abolished (the custom of) the wakers, v. עָרַר. Sabb.63a מְבַטְּלָהּ he (the observer of the Law) will cancel it (avert Gods evil decree). Mekh. Bshall., Amalek, 2, v. אִיפָּטִיקוֹס. Macc.24a. Ab. Zar. IV, 7 למה מְבַטְּלָהּ why does He not destroy it (the objects of idol worship)?Gitt.IV, 1 שוב אינו יכול לבַטְּלוֹ he can no longer annul it (his letter of divorce). Ib. 2 in former times a man could summon a court in a strange place ובִּטְּלוֹ and declare it (the letter of divorce which he had sent off) void. Ib. 32b אתי דיבור ומבטל דיבור a word (declaration) comes and cancels a word.Ab. Zar.IV, 4 (42b) an idolator (gentile) מבטל אליל שלווכ׳ may (by mutilation) cancel his own or his neigbors idol (so that it is no longer subject to the law forbidding Jews to derive any benefits from idolatrous paraphernalia), but an Israelite cannot Ib. המב׳ אליל ב׳וכ׳ in cancelling an idol, one has at the same time cancelled its attachments; a. fr.ב׳ רשות to resign possession, a legal fiction by which the carrying of objects on the Sabbath from ones own place to one common to several persons, may be permitted. Erub.VI, 7 מְבַטֵּל את רשותו he (the brother who forgot to lay the Erub, v. עֵירוּב) must resign his share in the common property. Ib. 68b מבטלין ותוזרין ומב׳ you may resign your share to your neighbor, and then he may resign to you; a. fr.ב׳ חמץ to renounce (by declaration) the possession of anything leavened that may have remained undiscovered in ones possession. Pes.6b הבודק צריך שיְבַטֵּל after one has searched the house for leavened things, he most renounce (whatever he may have failed to find); a. fr.Part. pass. מְבוּטָּל, f. מְבוּטֶּלֶת. Erub.69b רשותי מב׳ לך my possession be resigned to thee (for Sabbath purposes). Gitt.32a if a recipient says, מתנה זו מב׳ ‘this donation be void, תִּיבָּטֵל ‘shall be void, opp. to בְּטֵלָה היא ‘is a void one, i. e. has been annulled.Eduy. I, 5; Gitt36b, a. fr. אין ב׳׳ד יכול לבַ׳וכ׳ no court can repeal (overrule) the decisions of another court, unless 2) to neutralize an admixture of forbidden food in a certain quantity. Ḥull.108a ושאינו מינו … ומבטלו and the portion of the mixture which is not its kind is prevailing and neutralizes the forbidden portion (as if did not exist at all); a. fr. 3) to disturb, cause suspense, interfere with. Erub.63b; Meg.3a בִּיטַּלְתֶּםוכ׳ ye interfered with the daily offering; a. fr.Ber.II, 5 לבטל ממניוכ׳ to suspend (shake off) the yoke of heavenly government even one minute. Hif. הִבְטִיל to cause interruption, to order suspension. Succ.V, 5 להַבְטִיל את העםוכ׳ to cause the people to cease working. Hithpa. a. Nithpa. הִתְבַּטֵּל, נִתְבַּטֵּל to be interrupted, v. Nif.Tan. dbe El. I, 5; II, 3.

בֵּינוֹנִיm. ( בין) central, mean (between extremes), average. Y.Sabb.I, 2d bot. לא לחוכ׳ neither wet, nor dry, but between the two (moist). אדם ב׳ a man of average strength. Y.Ber.I, 2c bot.; a. fr.Sot.42b ב׳ שבאחיו the middle betw. his brothers (the third of five).Pl. בֵּינוֹנִים, בֵּינוֹנִיִּים. Lev. R. s. 30 בֵּינוֹנֵי המדינה people of the middle class, opp. גדולי; Koh. R. to IX, 7 הבינונים; Tanḥ. Emor 22 בריוני (corr. acc.). R. Hash. 16b ב׳ those between the very good and the very bad; a. fr.Fem. בֵּינוֹנִית. Gitt.V, 1, a. fr. (sub. שדה) a field of average fertility; betw. עידית a. זיבורית.Y.Taan.I, 64a bot. הב׳ the intermediate rainy season.Y.Ber.V, 9c bot. there are three things of which too much or too little is obnoxious ובֵינוֹנִיתָן יפה but a reasonable quantity good. Kel. XVII, 7; a. fr.Pl. בֵּינוֹנִיּוֹת. Ib. 10 היו ב׳ were mean cubits; Y.Shek.VI, 49d top הוא כבניינות; Y.Sot.VIII, 22c bot. בבינויות (corr. acc.).

בֵּינוֹנִיm. ( בין) central, mean (between extremes), average. Y.Sabb.I, 2d bot. לא לחוכ׳ neither wet, nor dry, but between the two (moist). אדם ב׳ a man of average strength. Y.Ber.I, 2c bot.; a. fr.Sot.42b ב׳ שבאחיו the middle betw. his brothers (the third of five).Pl. בֵּינוֹנִים, בֵּינוֹנִיִּים. Lev. R. s. 30 בֵּינוֹנֵי המדינה people of the middle class, opp. גדולי; Koh. R. to IX, 7 הבינונים; Tanḥ. Emor 22 בריוני (corr. acc.). R. Hash. 16b ב׳ those between the very good and the very bad; a. fr.Fem. בֵּינוֹנִית. Gitt.V, 1, a. fr. (sub. שדה) a field of average fertility; betw. עידית a. זיבורית.Y.Taan.I, 64a bot. הב׳ the intermediate rainy season.Y.Ber.V, 9c bot. there are three things of which too much or too little is obnoxious ובֵינוֹנִיתָן יפה but a reasonable quantity good. Kel. XVII, 7; a. fr.Pl. בֵּינוֹנִיּוֹת. Ib. 10 היו ב׳ were mean cubits; Y.Shek.VI, 49d top הוא כבניינות; Y.Sot.VIII, 22c bot. בבינויות (corr. acc.).

בני, בָּנָה(b. h.; sec. r. of בין) ( to combine, to build. Sabb.XII, 1 הַבּוֹנֶה he who builds (on-the Sabbath). Ib. 102b משים בונה (isguilty) because it is one of the labors classified under ‘building; a. fr.Metaph. to educate, train. Ber.64a (ref. to Is. 54:13) א״ת בָּנַיִךְ אלא בוֹנַיִּךְ read not banayikh (thy children), but bonayikh (thy builders, trainers); v. בַּנָּאִים.Ex. R. s. 23 (play on bnoth, Cant. 1:5) בּוֹנוֹתוכ׳ the authorities directing the building of Jerusalem; v. Pi.Ḥull.78b זה בנה אב, v. אָב, a. בִּנְיָן. Tosef.Par.VII (VI), 4 בְּנָאוֹ ed. Zuck., v. כָּנַן. Nif. נִבְנֶה 1) to be built up. Y.B. Bath.III, 14b, a. fr. לְהִיבָּנוֹת, לִיבָּנוֹת. 2) (denom. of בֵּן) to get children. Gen. R. s. 71. Nithpa. נִתְבַּנֶּה (denom. of בֵּן) to be adopt denaturalized. Pesik. R. s. 43 נִתְבַּנּוּ בישראל they became full Israelitish citizens. Pi. בִּינָּה to lay out, plan a city, determine its limits. Ex. R. l. c. the Great Sanedrin held sessions ומְבַנָּים אותה (not אותם) and determined the limits of Jerusalem; v. Snh.I, 5.Part. Pu. מְבוּנֶּה cultivated; built (of human stature), well-proportioned. Keth.112a; Sot.34b היתה מְבוּנָּה עלוכ׳ it (Hebron, in spite of the rocky nature of its soil) was seven times better cultivated than Zoan (one measure of its land yielding as much as did seven measures of the soil of Zoan). Ib. 42b (play on benayim, 1 Sam. 17:4) מב׳ מכל מום his build was without blemish.

בני, בָּנָה(b. h.; sec. r. of בין) ( to combine, to build. Sabb.XII, 1 הַבּוֹנֶה he who builds (on-the Sabbath). Ib. 102b משים בונה (isguilty) because it is one of the labors classified under ‘building; a. fr.Metaph. to educate, train. Ber.64a (ref. to Is. 54:13) א״ת בָּנַיִךְ אלא בוֹנַיִּךְ read not banayikh (thy children), but bonayikh (thy builders, trainers); v. בַּנָּאִים.Ex. R. s. 23 (play on bnoth, Cant. 1:5) בּוֹנוֹתוכ׳ the authorities directing the building of Jerusalem; v. Pi.Ḥull.78b זה בנה אב, v. אָב, a. בִּנְיָן. Tosef.Par.VII (VI), 4 בְּנָאוֹ ed. Zuck., v. כָּנַן. Nif. נִבְנֶה 1) to be built up. Y.B. Bath.III, 14b, a. fr. לְהִיבָּנוֹת, לִיבָּנוֹת. 2) (denom. of בֵּן) to get children. Gen. R. s. 71. Nithpa. נִתְבַּנֶּה (denom. of בֵּן) to be adopt denaturalized. Pesik. R. s. 43 נִתְבַּנּוּ בישראל they became full Israelitish citizens. Pi. בִּינָּה to lay out, plan a city, determine its limits. Ex. R. l. c. the Great Sanedrin held sessions ומְבַנָּים אותה (not אותם) and determined the limits of Jerusalem; v. Snh.I, 5.Part. Pu. מְבוּנֶּה cultivated; built (of human stature), well-proportioned. Keth.112a; Sot.34b היתה מְבוּנָּה עלוכ׳ it (Hebron, in spite of the rocky nature of its soil) was seven times better cultivated than Zoan (one measure of its land yielding as much as did seven measures of the soil of Zoan). Ib. 42b (play on benayim, 1 Sam. 17:4) מב׳ מכל מום his build was without blemish.

בני, בָּנָה(b. h.; sec. r. of בין) ( to combine, to build. Sabb.XII, 1 הַבּוֹנֶה he who builds (on-the Sabbath). Ib. 102b משים בונה (isguilty) because it is one of the labors classified under ‘building; a. fr.Metaph. to educate, train. Ber.64a (ref. to Is. 54:13) א״ת בָּנַיִךְ אלא בוֹנַיִּךְ read not banayikh (thy children), but bonayikh (thy builders, trainers); v. בַּנָּאִים.Ex. R. s. 23 (play on bnoth, Cant. 1:5) בּוֹנוֹתוכ׳ the authorities directing the building of Jerusalem; v. Pi.Ḥull.78b זה בנה אב, v. אָב, a. בִּנְיָן. Tosef.Par.VII (VI), 4 בְּנָאוֹ ed. Zuck., v. כָּנַן. Nif. נִבְנֶה 1) to be built up. Y.B. Bath.III, 14b, a. fr. לְהִיבָּנוֹת, לִיבָּנוֹת. 2) (denom. of בֵּן) to get children. Gen. R. s. 71. Nithpa. נִתְבַּנֶּה (denom. of בֵּן) to be adopt denaturalized. Pesik. R. s. 43 נִתְבַּנּוּ בישראל they became full Israelitish citizens. Pi. בִּינָּה to lay out, plan a city, determine its limits. Ex. R. l. c. the Great Sanedrin held sessions ומְבַנָּים אותה (not אותם) and determined the limits of Jerusalem; v. Snh.I, 5.Part. Pu. מְבוּנֶּה cultivated; built (of human stature), well-proportioned. Keth.112a; Sot.34b היתה מְבוּנָּה עלוכ׳ it (Hebron, in spite of the rocky nature of its soil) was seven times better cultivated than Zoan (one measure of its land yielding as much as did seven measures of the soil of Zoan). Ib. 42b (play on benayim, 1 Sam. 17:4) מב׳ מכל מום his build was without blemish.

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.