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מָה, מַה(b. h.) 1) something; anything. Num. R. s. 14; Tanḥ. Ḥayé 3, v. בְּלִימָה. 2) what? which? Ḥull.89a (play on הא̇מ̇נ̇ם א̇ל̇ם̇, Ps. 58:2) מה א̇ומ̇נ̇תו … כא̇ל̇ם̇ which is the best policy for man in this world? Let him act as if he were mute (keep silence). B. Mets.63a, a. e. מה לו הן מה לי דמיהן what are they to me and what their equivalent, i. e. what difference does it make whether the purchased objects or their equivalent be delivered?; Y.Yoma V, 43a bot. מה ביניהן ומה בין דמיהן. B. Bath.32b; 31a מה (לי) לו לשקר what motive could he have to tell a lie? Ib., a. e. מה לי לשקר במקום עדיםוכ׳ we do not apply the principle that we believe a defendant because he has no motive to lie, where witnesses are on hand; a. v. fr.מה … אף what …?, even so, i. e. as … so. Gitt.23b מה אתם … אףוכ׳ as you (Num. 18:28) refers to Israelites, so must your delegate be an Israelite. Sabb.133b מה הוא … אףוכ׳ as He is gracious and merciful, so be thou ; a. fr.מה … לא כל שכן, v. כָּל.מה … אינו דין, v. דִּין II.מה ל־ … שכן … תאמר what has this to do with …? In this case …, whereas, i. e. it is different with … because Kidd.4b מה ליבמה שכן … תאמרוכ׳ the case of a Ybamah is different, because she can neither be acquired by means of a document, whereas this (an ordinary woman) ; a. fr.מָה נַפְשְׁךָ (in Babli mostly: מִמָּה נפשך; abbr. ממ״נ) whatever be thy opinion (from whatever opinion thou start), i. e. whichever side you take, at all events. Y.Ber.I, 2b מ׳ נ׳ אםוכ׳ at all events (he has offended); if it was day-time when the first stars (on Friday evening) were visible, it was day-time when the first stars (on Sabbath evening) were visible ; Sabb.35b חייכ חטאתממ״נ must bring a sinoffering at all events (whether you consider twilight a part of the day or a part of the night). Ib. 34a (in Chald. diet.) מה נפשך איוכ׳ whichever side you take, if twilight is day Erub.10a גדולה … למה ליממ״נ איוכ׳ what reason was there for saying ‘large …? In either case (it is incorrect), if it be to permit the use of the larger court Ḥull.29a ממ״נ אי מחצהוכ׳ in either case (the slaughtering is ritually correct); if you adopt the opinion that an exact half is to be considered as if it were the larger portion ; a. v. fr.Ib. 78b מה אם נפשך, v. נֶפֶש.בַּמֶּה a) wherewith? B. Bath.10b במה תרוםוכ׳ whereby can the horn of Israel be lifted up? Sabb.II, 1; a. fr.b) in what case? במה דברים אמורים (abbr. בד״א), v. אָמַר I.לָמָּה wherefore? Ber.3a תחלת … סימנא למה לי what need is there for a sign for the beginning of the first watch? M. Kat. 28a ל׳ נסמכהוכ׳ why is the account of the death of Miriam attached to ?; a. fr.לַמֶּה to what?, whereto? Kidd.40b ל׳ צדיקים נמשלים what are the righteous to be compared to?ל׳ הדבר דומה, v. דָּמָה; a. fr.V. לָמָה. 3) (relat) which, what. Pes.88b מה שקנה עבדוכ׳ whatever the slave acquires belongs to the master. Ber.I, 1 כל מה שאמרווכ׳ for whatever act the scholars designated the time ‘up to midnight ; a. v. fr.

מְחִיצָהII f. (חוּץ I or חָצַץ) 1) division. B. Bath.2b אימא מ׳ פלוגתא may I not say, mḥitsah (ib. I, 1) means a division of property?Answ. רצו לחצותוכ׳ then it ought to have read, ‘they agreed to divide. 2) partition, wall. Ib. 3a, v. גּוּדָּא; a. e.Esp. (in Sabbath law) a partition ten handbreadths high, to mark a space off as private ground ( רשות היחיד). Erub.VIII, 7 אמת …אא״כ עשו להוכ׳ if a canal runs through a (private) court, you must not draw water out of it on the Sabbath, unless you made at its entrance and its exit a partition ; כותל … תדון משום מ׳ the wall over the channel may serve as a legal partition. Ib. 8. Sabb.101a, a. fr. מ׳ תלויה an overhanging mḥitsah (not connected with the ground). Erub.5a קורה משום מ׳ the beam (across an alley) serves as a legal fiction for a m. (as if its broadside were prolonged so as to form a partition), v. נְגַד; a. v. fr. 3) divided off space, compartment; (for sacred law) camp, precinct, cmp. מַחֲנֶה. Num. R. s. 4 מְחִיצַת הכהנים the camp of the priestly division. Macc.20a, a. e. מ׳ לאכול the limit (the area of Jerusalem) for consuming (the second tithes); מ׳ לקלוט the limit for protecting it (as having once entered the sacred precinct). Lev. R. s. 26 עמי במְחִיצָתִי ‘with me (1 Sam. 28:19) in my division (in heaven). Ib. אין לי רשות ליכנס למְחִיצָתְךָ I am not permitted to enter thy compartment. Num. R. s. 20 מְחִיצָתָן their compartment.Gen. R. s. 98 (play on חצים, Gen. 49:23) בעלי מְחִיצָתוֹ his camp fellows (brothers); a. fr.Pl. מְחִיצוֹת. Erub.89a במ׳ הניכרות when the partitions (between one house and the other) are distinguishable on the roof. Num. R. s. 7 נתנו חכמים מ׳ the scholars fixed camps (for sacred law); Sifré Num. 1 מנו חכמים למ׳ (v. Kel. I, 9); a. fr.מְחִיצִין laws concerning partitions for Sabbath purposes, v. supra. Erub.4a; Succ.5b.

מְחִיצָהII f. (חוּץ I or חָצַץ) 1) division. B. Bath.2b אימא מ׳ פלוגתא may I not say, mḥitsah (ib. I, 1) means a division of property?Answ. רצו לחצותוכ׳ then it ought to have read, ‘they agreed to divide. 2) partition, wall. Ib. 3a, v. גּוּדָּא; a. e.Esp. (in Sabbath law) a partition ten handbreadths high, to mark a space off as private ground ( רשות היחיד). Erub.VIII, 7 אמת …אא״כ עשו להוכ׳ if a canal runs through a (private) court, you must not draw water out of it on the Sabbath, unless you made at its entrance and its exit a partition ; כותל … תדון משום מ׳ the wall over the channel may serve as a legal partition. Ib. 8. Sabb.101a, a. fr. מ׳ תלויה an overhanging mḥitsah (not connected with the ground). Erub.5a קורה משום מ׳ the beam (across an alley) serves as a legal fiction for a m. (as if its broadside were prolonged so as to form a partition), v. נְגַד; a. v. fr. 3) divided off space, compartment; (for sacred law) camp, precinct, cmp. מַחֲנֶה. Num. R. s. 4 מְחִיצַת הכהנים the camp of the priestly division. Macc.20a, a. e. מ׳ לאכול the limit (the area of Jerusalem) for consuming (the second tithes); מ׳ לקלוט the limit for protecting it (as having once entered the sacred precinct). Lev. R. s. 26 עמי במְחִיצָתִי ‘with me (1 Sam. 28:19) in my division (in heaven). Ib. אין לי רשות ליכנס למְחִיצָתְךָ I am not permitted to enter thy compartment. Num. R. s. 20 מְחִיצָתָן their compartment.Gen. R. s. 98 (play on חצים, Gen. 49:23) בעלי מְחִיצָתוֹ his camp fellows (brothers); a. fr.Pl. מְחִיצוֹת. Erub.89a במ׳ הניכרות when the partitions (between one house and the other) are distinguishable on the roof. Num. R. s. 7 נתנו חכמים מ׳ the scholars fixed camps (for sacred law); Sifré Num. 1 מנו חכמים למ׳ (v. Kel. I, 9); a. fr.מְחִיצִין laws concerning partitions for Sabbath purposes, v. supra. Erub.4a; Succ.5b.

מְחִיצוּתָאch. sam( מְחִיצָה II f. (חוּץ I or חָצַץ) mḥitsah), partition. Targ. Y. Num. 17:13.Erub.89a, v. next w.

מְחִיצוּתָאch. sam( מְחִיצָה II f. (חוּץ I or חָצַץ) mḥitsah), partition. Targ. Y. Num. 17:13.Erub.89a, v. next w.

(מְחִיצְתָא) מְחִיצְתָּא f. same, 1) partition, division. Erub.92a דמינכרא מ׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 60) the partition between the two areas are distinguishable (v. מְחִיצָה). Sabb.101a, a. fr. גיד אחית מ׳ imagine the partition continued downward. Erub.89a גיד אסיק מחיצותא imagine the partition continued upward, v. נְגַד; a. fr. 2) (also מְחִיצָא) compartment, wing, extension (cmp. גִּזְרָה). Targ. 1 Kings 6:6 (not מְחִיצָ׳; h. text יציע, צלע). Targ. Ez. 41:5, 8, sq.; a. fr.Pl. מְחִיצָתָא, מְחִיצַיָּא. Ib. 6, sq. Targ. I Kings l. c. Ib. 15, sq.; a. fr.

מִיתָהf. (b. h.; מוּת) death, penalty of death. Sabb.156b מ׳ משונה an unnatural death; מ׳ עצמה natural death. Snh.68a אם ימותו מִיתַת עצמן if they shall die a natural death. Ib. IX, 4 (89a) מ׳ בב״ד death at the hand of the court. Ib. 5 מִיתָתוֹ בידי אדם he must be put to death by man (court); מיתתו בידי שמים he shall be put to death by the Lord. Keth.37b מ׳ אריכתא one continued act of execution (comprising lashes and putting to death); a. fr.Pl. מִיתוֹת Snh.VII, 1 ארבע מ׳ נמסרו לב״ד four forms of capital punishment have been entrusted to the courts. Sot.8b דין ארבע מ׳וכ׳ the divine judgment taking the place of the four forms of capital punishment (which the Jewish courts can no longer decree) has not ceased; a. fr.

מִיתָהf. (b. h.; מוּת) death, penalty of death. Sabb.156b מ׳ משונה an unnatural death; מ׳ עצמה natural death. Snh.68a אם ימותו מִיתַת עצמן if they shall die a natural death. Ib. IX, 4 (89a) מ׳ בב״ד death at the hand of the court. Ib. 5 מִיתָתוֹ בידי אדם he must be put to death by man (court); מיתתו בידי שמים he shall be put to death by the Lord. Keth.37b מ׳ אריכתא one continued act of execution (comprising lashes and putting to death); a. fr.Pl. מִיתוֹת Snh.VII, 1 ארבע מ׳ נמסרו לב״ד four forms of capital punishment have been entrusted to the courts. Sot.8b דין ארבע מ׳וכ׳ the divine judgment taking the place of the four forms of capital punishment (which the Jewish courts can no longer decree) has not ceased; a. fr.