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דְּמֵיI, דְּמָא ch. sam( Pi. דִּימָּה to compare, judge from analogy), 1) to be dumb. Targ. Hab. 2:19 דַּמְיָא (some ed. incorr. ר׳). 2) to imagine, suspect, consider, Targ. 1 Kings 8:27 דָּמֵי (incorr. חמי).Part. act. a. pass. דָּמֵי suspected, considered; resembling, like.Yeb.114b אמרה בדְדָמֵי she speaks of what was to be suspected (under the circumstances, though she has not seen it). שפיר דמי it is considered as right, it is right. Ab. Zar.38b ש׳ ד׳ it is all right (is permitted). Ber.13b הא מיגנא ש׳ ד׳ but to lie (on the back) is permitted; a. v. fr.Ber.25b כוליה ביתא … ד׳ the entire house is to be considered (for legal purposes) as four cubits. Ib. 4b כתפלה אריכתא דַמְיָא is to be considered as one continued prayer, v. אֲרִיכָא; a. fr. היכי דמי (abbrev. ה״ד) what is it like? in what case? Yeb.63b ה״ד אשה רעה what do you call ‘a bad wife? Sabb.4a ה״ר אילימאוכ׳ what case do you mean? Do you mean the case of an involuntary transgressor ?; a. v. fr.Targ. Y. I Deut. 32:32, v. Pa.Erub.54a כהלולא ד׳ is like a wedding feast (soon passing away). B. Kam.85a דַּמְיַת עלי כאריאוכ׳, v. אֲרַב. Taan.21b דַּמְיָין מעייהו ל־ their entrails look like those of human beings; a. fr.Pes.14b, a. fr. מי דָמֵי is this like (the other)?, i. e. there is no analogy between them. Pa. דַּמֵּי 1) to compare. Targ. Is. 40:25; a. fr.Ḥull.55b, a. e. טרפות קא מְדַמְּיַת להדדי you compare cases of Trefoth to one another (form an analogy)? (v. preced. Pi.). Snh.47a מי קא מדמיתוכ׳ can you compare ?Part. pass, מְדַמֵּי, f. מְדַמְיָא, pl. מְדַמְיָין. Targ. Y. II Deut. 32:32 sq. (Y. I דמי׳. 2) to imagine, speculate. Targ. Jud. 11:23. Targ. Is. 45:9; a. e. Ithpe. אִיתְדְּמֵי, אִירְּמֵי, אִדְּ׳ 1) to be like, to take an example. Targ. Prov. 6:6 אִתְדְּמֵאוכ׳ imitate the ant (ed. Vien. אִתְרְמֵי, read אתד׳). Targ. Ps. 102:7; a. e.Y.Shek.IV, 48d top; Y.Dem.I, 21d bot. לא אִידְּמִינָן we cannot compare ourselves. Gitt.57b אייתו דמי ולא אִידְּמוּ they brought blood of animals but it did not look like (the blood of the prophet); a. fr. 2) to appear in the disguise of. Kidd.81a … אי׳ ליה שטן כ Satan appeared to him as a woman Ib. 29b אי׳ ליהוכ׳ (a demon) appeared to him as a monster Snh.95a אד׳; a. fr.

דְּמֵיI, דְּמָא ch. sam( Pi. דִּימָּה to compare, judge from analogy), 1) to be dumb. Targ. Hab. 2:19 דַּמְיָא (some ed. incorr. ר׳). 2) to imagine, suspect, consider, Targ. 1 Kings 8:27 דָּמֵי (incorr. חמי).Part. act. a. pass. דָּמֵי suspected, considered; resembling, like.Yeb.114b אמרה בדְדָמֵי she speaks of what was to be suspected (under the circumstances, though she has not seen it). שפיר דמי it is considered as right, it is right. Ab. Zar.38b ש׳ ד׳ it is all right (is permitted). Ber.13b הא מיגנא ש׳ ד׳ but to lie (on the back) is permitted; a. v. fr.Ber.25b כוליה ביתא … ד׳ the entire house is to be considered (for legal purposes) as four cubits. Ib. 4b כתפלה אריכתא דַמְיָא is to be considered as one continued prayer, v. אֲרִיכָא; a. fr. היכי דמי (abbrev. ה״ד) what is it like? in what case? Yeb.63b ה״ד אשה רעה what do you call ‘a bad wife? Sabb.4a ה״ר אילימאוכ׳ what case do you mean? Do you mean the case of an involuntary transgressor ?; a. v. fr.Targ. Y. I Deut. 32:32, v. Pa.Erub.54a כהלולא ד׳ is like a wedding feast (soon passing away). B. Kam.85a דַּמְיַת עלי כאריאוכ׳, v. אֲרַב. Taan.21b דַּמְיָין מעייהו ל־ their entrails look like those of human beings; a. fr.Pes.14b, a. fr. מי דָמֵי is this like (the other)?, i. e. there is no analogy between them. Pa. דַּמֵּי 1) to compare. Targ. Is. 40:25; a. fr.Ḥull.55b, a. e. טרפות קא מְדַמְּיַת להדדי you compare cases of Trefoth to one another (form an analogy)? (v. preced. Pi.). Snh.47a מי קא מדמיתוכ׳ can you compare ?Part. pass, מְדַמֵּי, f. מְדַמְיָא, pl. מְדַמְיָין. Targ. Y. II Deut. 32:32 sq. (Y. I דמי׳. 2) to imagine, speculate. Targ. Jud. 11:23. Targ. Is. 45:9; a. e. Ithpe. אִיתְדְּמֵי, אִירְּמֵי, אִדְּ׳ 1) to be like, to take an example. Targ. Prov. 6:6 אִתְדְּמֵאוכ׳ imitate the ant (ed. Vien. אִתְרְמֵי, read אתד׳). Targ. Ps. 102:7; a. e.Y.Shek.IV, 48d top; Y.Dem.I, 21d bot. לא אִידְּמִינָן we cannot compare ourselves. Gitt.57b אייתו דמי ולא אִידְּמוּ they brought blood of animals but it did not look like (the blood of the prophet); a. fr. 2) to appear in the disguise of. Kidd.81a … אי׳ ליה שטן כ Satan appeared to him as a woman Ib. 29b אי׳ ליהוכ׳ (a demon) appeared to him as a monster Snh.95a אד׳; a. fr.

טַבָּת f. (v. טָבָאוּת) ( in a) good condition, right. Gen. R. s. 26 (ref. to טֹבֹת, Gen. 6:2) טבת כתיב משהיו מטיביןוכ׳ you may read tabbath (that they were all right); when people had made the bride ready

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לְחַיֵיad v. ( לחי, cmp. Aeth. la-ḥa-y a to be beautiful; cmp. יָפֶה, כָּשֵׁר) very well, all right. Targ. Ruth 3:13.Gitt.67b bot. א״ל ל׳ said he to him, Very well (do so). Erub.15a בשלמא קמה ל׳ as regards grain stacks, very well (they may have been so arranged on purpose); a. fr.

לְחַיֵיad v. ( לחי, cmp. Aeth. la-ḥa-y a to be beautiful; cmp. יָפֶה, כָּשֵׁר) very well, all right. Targ. Ruth 3:13.Gitt.67b bot. א״ל ל׳ said he to him, Very well (do so). Erub.15a בשלמא קמה ל׳ as regards grain stacks, very well (they may have been so arranged on purpose); a. fr.

צָדַק(b. h.; reduplic. of זק; cmp. זָכָה) (to be clear, pure, sincere, to be right, true, just; to be cleared. Y.Snh.IV, 22b top יכול אם צ׳ בדינך יִצְדַּק בדיני you may think, if he (the guilty) is cleared in thy court, he will also be cleared in my (Gods) court. Pi. צִדֵּק 1) (cmp. זכה) to act in favor of a person; to be liberal. B. Bath.88b (ref. to Deut. 25:15) צַדֶּק משלך ותן לו be liberal with what is thine own and give it to him, i. e. add overweight and overmeasure (גֵּירוּמִים); Ḥull.134a (ref. to the poor mans share). Num. R. s. 2 (ref. to ואתן צדק Job 26:3) צי׳ עמהם שלאוכ׳ the Lord dealt kindly with them in not changing their arrangements. 2) to justify, declare or consider a person right; to defend. Gen. R. s. 49 (ref. to Ps. 45:8) אהבת לצַדֵּק את בריותיוכ׳ thou (Abraham) lovest to defend my creatures, and hatest to condemn them. Y.Snh.IV, beg.22a צַדְּקֵיהוּ consider him to be right (a true witness), opp. חקריהו cross-examine him; Deut. R. s. 5.Esp. צ׳ את הדין to justify Gods judgment, to submit to divine dispensation as just, to punishment as deserved. Sifra Shmini, introd. כיון ששמע אהרן כן צ׳ … ושתק when Aaron heard this, he submitted to divine judgment and kept his peace (Lev. 10:3). Ib. אברהם צי׳ עליווכ׳ Abraham resigned himself to Gods will, for we read (Gen. 18:27), ‘I am dust and ashes. Ib. צִידְּקוּ עליהםוכ׳ they resigned themselves Y.Sot.VIII, 22c bot. צ̇ד̇ק̇יהו שצ̇יד̇ק̇ עליווכ׳. Shallum was surnamed Zedekiah (justifier of God), because he justified Gods judgment upon him. Ab. Zar.18a בשעה שיצאו … צידקו עליהםוכ׳ all three of them, when they were taken out for execution, resigned themselves (reciting an appropriate Bible verse); a. fr.Part. pass. מְצוּדָּק; pl. מְצוּדָּקִים. Mekh. Mishp., s. 20 (ref. to Ex. 23:8) שונא דברים המצ׳וכ׳ he will hate the justified words (the exhortations to justice) spoken at Sinai; Yalk. Ex. 353 (not דברי). Hif. הִצְדִּיק 1) to justify, clear, declare to be right; to make virtuous. Snh.10a (ref. to Deut. 25:1) עדים שהרשיעו את הצדיק ואתו … והִצְדִּיקוּוכ׳ when witnesses denounced an innocent man, and other witnesses came and justified him that was right, and thus exposed those (first witnesses) as wicked men; Macc.2b. Gen. R. s. 21 (ref. to Ps. 16:5) לכשיקיץ … אני מַצְדִּיקוֹ מאותה גזרה when he that is created in thine (Adams) image shall awake (when the Messiah comes) …, then I shall clear him from this decree (of expulsion from Eden). Lev. R. s. 4, beg. (ref. to Koh. 3:16) מקום שהִצְדַּקְתִּיםוכ׳ there where I made them virtuous and called them divine beings …, there they acted wickedly Gen. R. s. 43 (ref. to Gen. 14:18) מַצְדִּיקוכ׳ המקום הזה this place (Salem-Jerusalem) makes its inhabitants righteous.ה׳ עליו את הדין to deal strictly with. Taan.8a כל המצדיק … מַצְדִּיקִין עליו את הדיןוכ׳ he who makes himself righteous here below (who strives for righteousness) is judged righteously (strictly dealt with) in the judgment above (cmp. Yeb.121b quot. s. v. דִּקְדֵּק). Hor.11b (play on צדקיהו) אמר לו יה יַצְדִּיק עליךוכ׳ he (Nebuchadnezzar) said to him, Yah shall deal strictly with thee, if thou wilt rebel against me; a. fr. 2) to treat with צְדָקָה, to be liberal towards. Y.Peah IV, end 18c (alluding to Ps. 82:3) עני ורש הַצְדִּיקוּהוּ במתנותיו (not ועשיר) treat the poor and needy liberally as regards the gifts belonging to him (v. Ḥull.134a quot. supra). 3) ה׳ את הדין to submit to divine judgment, be resigned (v. supra). Sifra l. c. למודים צדיקים שמַצְדִּיקִיםוכ׳ the righteous are wont to resign themselves to the will of God. Taan.11a מצדיק עליווכ׳ he acknowledges the justice of the verdict and says, you have judged me rightly Ber.19a והוא עומד ומצדיקוכ׳ he (the mourner) stands up and declares the judgment to be just ; a. fr.Part. pass. מוּצְדָּק justified, lawfully qualified. Gitt.86a (in a Chaldaic formula of sale of a slave) מ׳ לעבדו, v. עַבְדּוּתָא. Hithpa. הִצְטַדֵּק to justify ones self, excuse ones self. Gen. R. s. 92 (ref. to Gen. 44:16) מה נִצְטַּדָּק בדינה how can we justify ourselves for what we have done in the case of Dinah (that we killed the Shechemites)? ; Yalk. ib. 150.

צָדַק(b. h.; reduplic. of זק; cmp. זָכָה) (to be clear, pure, sincere, to be right, true, just; to be cleared. Y.Snh.IV, 22b top יכול אם צ׳ בדינך יִצְדַּק בדיני you may think, if he (the guilty) is cleared in thy court, he will also be cleared in my (Gods) court. Pi. צִדֵּק 1) (cmp. זכה) to act in favor of a person; to be liberal. B. Bath.88b (ref. to Deut. 25:15) צַדֶּק משלך ותן לו be liberal with what is thine own and give it to him, i. e. add overweight and overmeasure (גֵּירוּמִים); Ḥull.134a (ref. to the poor mans share). Num. R. s. 2 (ref. to ואתן צדק Job 26:3) צי׳ עמהם שלאוכ׳ the Lord dealt kindly with them in not changing their arrangements. 2) to justify, declare or consider a person right; to defend. Gen. R. s. 49 (ref. to Ps. 45:8) אהבת לצַדֵּק את בריותיוכ׳ thou (Abraham) lovest to defend my creatures, and hatest to condemn them. Y.Snh.IV, beg.22a צַדְּקֵיהוּ consider him to be right (a true witness), opp. חקריהו cross-examine him; Deut. R. s. 5.Esp. צ׳ את הדין to justify Gods judgment, to submit to divine dispensation as just, to punishment as deserved. Sifra Shmini, introd. כיון ששמע אהרן כן צ׳ … ושתק when Aaron heard this, he submitted to divine judgment and kept his peace (Lev. 10:3). Ib. אברהם צי׳ עליווכ׳ Abraham resigned himself to Gods will, for we read (Gen. 18:27), ‘I am dust and ashes. Ib. צִידְּקוּ עליהםוכ׳ they resigned themselves Y.Sot.VIII, 22c bot. צ̇ד̇ק̇יהו שצ̇יד̇ק̇ עליווכ׳. Shallum was surnamed Zedekiah (justifier of God), because he justified Gods judgment upon him. Ab. Zar.18a בשעה שיצאו … צידקו עליהםוכ׳ all three of them, when they were taken out for execution, resigned themselves (reciting an appropriate Bible verse); a. fr.Part. pass. מְצוּדָּק; pl. מְצוּדָּקִים. Mekh. Mishp., s. 20 (ref. to Ex. 23:8) שונא דברים המצ׳וכ׳ he will hate the justified words (the exhortations to justice) spoken at Sinai; Yalk. Ex. 353 (not דברי). Hif. הִצְדִּיק 1) to justify, clear, declare to be right; to make virtuous. Snh.10a (ref. to Deut. 25:1) עדים שהרשיעו את הצדיק ואתו … והִצְדִּיקוּוכ׳ when witnesses denounced an innocent man, and other witnesses came and justified him that was right, and thus exposed those (first witnesses) as wicked men; Macc.2b. Gen. R. s. 21 (ref. to Ps. 16:5) לכשיקיץ … אני מַצְדִּיקוֹ מאותה גזרה when he that is created in thine (Adams) image shall awake (when the Messiah comes) …, then I shall clear him from this decree (of expulsion from Eden). Lev. R. s. 4, beg. (ref. to Koh. 3:16) מקום שהִצְדַּקְתִּיםוכ׳ there where I made them virtuous and called them divine beings …, there they acted wickedly Gen. R. s. 43 (ref. to Gen. 14:18) מַצְדִּיקוכ׳ המקום הזה this place (Salem-Jerusalem) makes its inhabitants righteous.ה׳ עליו את הדין to deal strictly with. Taan.8a כל המצדיק … מַצְדִּיקִין עליו את הדיןוכ׳ he who makes himself righteous here below (who strives for righteousness) is judged righteously (strictly dealt with) in the judgment above (cmp. Yeb.121b quot. s. v. דִּקְדֵּק). Hor.11b (play on צדקיהו) אמר לו יה יַצְדִּיק עליךוכ׳ he (Nebuchadnezzar) said to him, Yah shall deal strictly with thee, if thou wilt rebel against me; a. fr. 2) to treat with צְדָקָה, to be liberal towards. Y.Peah IV, end 18c (alluding to Ps. 82:3) עני ורש הַצְדִּיקוּהוּ במתנותיו (not ועשיר) treat the poor and needy liberally as regards the gifts belonging to him (v. Ḥull.134a quot. supra). 3) ה׳ את הדין to submit to divine judgment, be resigned (v. supra). Sifra l. c. למודים צדיקים שמַצְדִּיקִיםוכ׳ the righteous are wont to resign themselves to the will of God. Taan.11a מצדיק עליווכ׳ he acknowledges the justice of the verdict and says, you have judged me rightly Ber.19a והוא עומד ומצדיקוכ׳ he (the mourner) stands up and declares the judgment to be just ; a. fr.Part. pass. מוּצְדָּק justified, lawfully qualified. Gitt.86a (in a Chaldaic formula of sale of a slave) מ׳ לעבדו, v. עַבְדּוּתָא. Hithpa. הִצְטַדֵּק to justify ones self, excuse ones self. Gen. R. s. 92 (ref. to Gen. 44:16) מה נִצְטַּדָּק בדינה how can we justify ourselves for what we have done in the case of Dinah (that we killed the Shechemites)? ; Yalk. ib. 150.

הֵימ־prefix (= b. h. מִמּ־) from, of. הֵימֶנִּי from me; הֵימֶךָּ from thee; הֵימֶנּוּ, הֵימֶנָּהּ from him, her (it). Ned.9a he said הריני עלי הימנו ‘I will be (a Nazir), ‘upon me (shall the vow of an offering rest), and ‘from it (I will abstain). Keth.27b חוץ מהימנה except herself. Y.Shebi.VIII, 38a bot. אין לוקחין הֵימֶינּוּוכ׳ (Bekh.IV, 7, sq. ממנו, Talm. 29b ה׳ interch. with ממנו) you must not buy of him Gen. R s. 87 למעלה הימנה on top of it (the bed). Ib. s. 38 ויצילך הימנו and save thee from it (the fire); a. fr. לא כל הימנו not all depends on him, i. e. he has no right, it is not in his power. Ib. לא כל הימנו לבורוכ׳ He had no right to choose for Himself the heavens Num. R. s. 4 לא הימך לומר ליתןוכ׳ you had no right to order Ex. R. s. 15 וכל הימךוכ׳ have you a right to say ? v. כֹּל.

הֵימ־prefix (= b. h. מִמּ־) from, of. הֵימֶנִּי from me; הֵימֶךָּ from thee; הֵימֶנּוּ, הֵימֶנָּהּ from him, her (it). Ned.9a he said הריני עלי הימנו ‘I will be (a Nazir), ‘upon me (shall the vow of an offering rest), and ‘from it (I will abstain). Keth.27b חוץ מהימנה except herself. Y.Shebi.VIII, 38a bot. אין לוקחין הֵימֶינּוּוכ׳ (Bekh.IV, 7, sq. ממנו, Talm. 29b ה׳ interch. with ממנו) you must not buy of him Gen. R s. 87 למעלה הימנה on top of it (the bed). Ib. s. 38 ויצילך הימנו and save thee from it (the fire); a. fr. לא כל הימנו not all depends on him, i. e. he has no right, it is not in his power. Ib. לא כל הימנו לבורוכ׳ He had no right to choose for Himself the heavens Num. R. s. 4 לא הימך לומר ליתןוכ׳ you had no right to order Ex. R. s. 15 וכל הימךוכ׳ have you a right to say ? v. כֹּל.

יָשָׁרm. (b. h.; preced.) firm, sound; straight, right, upright. Gen. R. s. 49 אברהם זה י׳ מן היְשָׁרִים this Abraham is firmer than all the firm (angels); Yalk. ib. 82 אברהם זה י׳; Midr. Till. to Ps. 11:7 קודם לִישָׁרוֹ של עולםוכ׳ before they see the Right One of the world, they (the pious) shall behold the faces of the firm (believers); a. fr.Pl. יְשָׁרִים, יְשָׁרִין. Cant. R. to I, 4 מה ישריין רחמיך, (read as:) Yalk. ib. 982 מה ישריםוכ׳, expl. מה תקיפיןוכ׳ how strong are thy mercies. Midr. Till. l. c. איזו כת … זו כת י׳ which is the highest class among those who will greet the countenance of the Divine Presence (in the hereafter)? The class of the firm believers. Ib. to Ps. 25:14 בתחלה … ואה״כ נתן לי׳ first the secret of the Lord is communicated to those who fear him (human beings), and then to the firm ones (the angels, cmp. יְצוּקִים s. v. יָצַק); Gen. R. s. 49; a. e. Fem. יְשָׁרָה, pl. יְשָׁרוֹת (sub. בעיניו; with ref. to Deut. 12:8) ( right in the eyes of the offerer, free-will offerings (opp. חוֹבָה). Zeb.114a י׳ תקריבווכ׳ free-will sacrifices you may offer (on the bamoth, v. בָּמָה), but no obligatory offerings; ib. 117b. Ib. י׳ נינהו they belong to the class of free-will offerings. Ib. 118a; a. fr.סֵפֶר הַיָּשָׁר the Boole Ẏashar, a lost book (Josh. 10:13; 2 Sam. 1:18). Ab. Zar.25a. Y.Sot.I, end, 17c.

יָשָׁרm. (b. h.; preced.) firm, sound; straight, right, upright. Gen. R. s. 49 אברהם זה י׳ מן היְשָׁרִים this Abraham is firmer than all the firm (angels); Yalk. ib. 82 אברהם זה י׳; Midr. Till. to Ps. 11:7 קודם לִישָׁרוֹ של עולםוכ׳ before they see the Right One of the world, they (the pious) shall behold the faces of the firm (believers); a. fr.Pl. יְשָׁרִים, יְשָׁרִין. Cant. R. to I, 4 מה ישריין רחמיך, (read as:) Yalk. ib. 982 מה ישריםוכ׳, expl. מה תקיפיןוכ׳ how strong are thy mercies. Midr. Till. l. c. איזו כת … זו כת י׳ which is the highest class among those who will greet the countenance of the Divine Presence (in the hereafter)? The class of the firm believers. Ib. to Ps. 25:14 בתחלה … ואה״כ נתן לי׳ first the secret of the Lord is communicated to those who fear him (human beings), and then to the firm ones (the angels, cmp. יְצוּקִים s. v. יָצַק); Gen. R. s. 49; a. e. Fem. יְשָׁרָה, pl. יְשָׁרוֹת (sub. בעיניו; with ref. to Deut. 12:8) ( right in the eyes of the offerer, free-will offerings (opp. חוֹבָה). Zeb.114a י׳ תקריבווכ׳ free-will sacrifices you may offer (on the bamoth, v. בָּמָה), but no obligatory offerings; ib. 117b. Ib. י׳ נינהו they belong to the class of free-will offerings. Ib. 118a; a. fr.סֵפֶר הַיָּשָׁר the Boole Ẏashar, a lost book (Josh. 10:13; 2 Sam. 1:18). Ab. Zar.25a. Y.Sot.I, end, 17c.

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.

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.

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.