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עָרַךְ(b. h.) (to connect, join, 1) (b. h.) to range, arrange, place in order. Y.Yoma II, end, 40a (ref. to Lev. 1:8, a. 12) כהן אחד עוֹרֵךְוכ׳ one priest places two limbs on the altar ; Sifra Vayikra, Ndab., Par. 4, ch. VI. Gen. R. s. 78 יש בי כח לעֲרוֹךְ תפלה (Yalk. ib. 133 לסדר) I have strength to offer prayer; יש בי כח לערוך מלחמה I have strength to give battle. Yalk. l. c. וע׳ מלחמה כנגדו gave him battle. Tanḥ. Bḥuck. 6 ואֶעֱרוֹךְ לפניכם שלחן I will set a table before you (in the hereafter), v. infra. Ned.20b עָרַכְתִּי לו שלחן והפכו I prepared a table for him, but he upset it (euphem. for unnatural gratification); a. e. (In Talm. mostly סדר.עוֹרְכֵי הדיינין (= עורכי דין לפני הדיינין) those who arrange arguments before the judges, pleaders, advocates, who advise their clients what to say or not to say before court. Ab. I, 8 אל תעש עצמך כע׳ הד׳ do not make thyself to he like legal advisers, i. e. be careful as judge not to suggest an advice to one of the litigants; Y.B. Bath.lX, 17a top כעֹרְכֵי; Y.Keth.IV, 29a bot. אל תעש עצמך כע׳ הד׳ שלא לגלותוכ׳ do not make thyself to be like, that is, you must not reveal to an individual his case (how to argue). Bab. ib. 52b; 86a עשינו עצמינו כע׳ ד׳ we have made ourselves to be like (I ought not to have suggested an advice).Part. pass. עָרוּךְ; f. עְרוּכָה Sabb.119b וכשבא לביתו ומצא נר דלוק ושלחן ע׳וכ׳ when he comes home and finds the lamp lighted, the table set and the couch spread, the good angel says ; a. e. 2) (cmp. Syr. ערך, P. Sm. 2990) to work dough (contrad. to לוּש); to roll, shape Pes.III, 4 אחת לשה ואחת עוֹרֶכֶתוכ׳ one woman kneads, another works and shapes the dough, and a third one bakes. Ab. Zar. IV, 9 לא לשין ולא עוֹרְכִין עמו you must not knead nor work and shape dough with him. Neg. II, 4 כעוֹרֶכֶת in the position of a woman working dough; a. fr.Part. pass. as ab. Erub.54a (ref. to ערוכהוכ׳, 2 Sam. 23:5) אם ע׳ … משתמרתוכ׳ if the Law is worked into thy two hundred and forty-eight limbs, it will be preserved Midr. Till. to Ps. 14 (read:) פת לושה ופת ע׳ kneaded (common) bread and well-worked bread; Yalk. ib. 662 עריכה (corr. acc.). Hif. הֶעֱרִיךְ ( to place side by side; cmp. נָקַש Hif.) to compare; to value; esp. (v. Lev. 27:2–13) to dedicate the value of a person or of an animal unfit for the altar. Arakh.I, 1 הכל מַעֲרִיכִין ונֶעֱרָכִין all persons are fit to dedicate or to be the subjects of dedication. Ib. נֶעֱרָךְ אבל לא מַעֲרִיךְ may be the subject of dedication, but cannot dedicate (his vow is invalid). Ib. VI, 5 המעריך את עצמו he who dedicates his own value. Tanḥ. l. c. (read:) אתם מעריכין לפני את נפשותיכם … מעריכת גיהנם you value before me your lives, and I shall save you from the range of Gehenna (v. עֲרִיכָה), and set (v. supra); a. fr. Nif. נֶעֱרַךְ to be the subject of valuation, to be valued. Arakh.I, 1, a. fr., v. supra. Ib. II, 1 אין נערכין Var., v. עֵרֶךְ.

עִרְעֵר, עִירְ׳I (Pilp. of עוּר) 1) to stir up, excite to lamentation. M. Kat 8a לא יְעַרְעֵרוכ׳, v. עוּר Polel. 2) (to stir up strife, disturb, to contest the legality of an action, the legitimacy of a person, his fitness as judge, witness Y.Snh.III, 21d top אם בא ועי׳ עֲרָרוֹ קיים if he comes and protests (against the judgment given in his absence), his protest is valid. Y.Ned.V, end, 39b כל מי שיבוא וִיעַרְעֵרוכ׳ whosoever may at some future time contest this donation (having a claim against the property); a. e.Meg.25b המְעַרְעֲרִים those inclined to argue,a censorial change from המומרים or המינים; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 8. 3) to stir on by chiding, to scold. Sot.III, 3 מְעַרְעֲרִים אותהוכ׳ they (the court) chide her and make her drink by force; (Rashi seems to take our w. in the sense of encouraging); Tosef. ib. II, 3 מְרַעְרְעִין ed. Zuck. (Var. מערערין). Ib. בצבת של ברזל … מדדיןוכ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. מערערין, read ומע׳) they opened her mouth … and urged her on and forced her to drink; Sot.19b. Y. ib. III, 18d bot. מערערים אותה עדוכ׳ we urge her on to drink by chiding her until her face becomes pale; Num. R. s. 9; Yalk. ib. 708 מכין אותה … ומע׳וכ׳ they strike her with the broadside of a sword and urge her ; a. e. Hithpa. הִתְעַרְעֵר to be stirred up, v. עָרַר.

עִרְעֵר, עִירְ׳I (Pilp. of עוּר) 1) to stir up, excite to lamentation. M. Kat 8a לא יְעַרְעֵרוכ׳, v. עוּר Polel. 2) (to stir up strife, disturb, to contest the legality of an action, the legitimacy of a person, his fitness as judge, witness Y.Snh.III, 21d top אם בא ועי׳ עֲרָרוֹ קיים if he comes and protests (against the judgment given in his absence), his protest is valid. Y.Ned.V, end, 39b כל מי שיבוא וִיעַרְעֵרוכ׳ whosoever may at some future time contest this donation (having a claim against the property); a. e.Meg.25b המְעַרְעֲרִים those inclined to argue,a censorial change from המומרים or המינים; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 8. 3) to stir on by chiding, to scold. Sot.III, 3 מְעַרְעֲרִים אותהוכ׳ they (the court) chide her and make her drink by force; (Rashi seems to take our w. in the sense of encouraging); Tosef. ib. II, 3 מְרַעְרְעִין ed. Zuck. (Var. מערערין). Ib. בצבת של ברזל … מדדיןוכ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. מערערין, read ומע׳) they opened her mouth … and urged her on and forced her to drink; Sot.19b. Y. ib. III, 18d bot. מערערים אותה עדוכ׳ we urge her on to drink by chiding her until her face becomes pale; Num. R. s. 9; Yalk. ib. 708 מכין אותה … ומע׳וכ׳ they strike her with the broadside of a sword and urge her ; a. e. Hithpa. הִתְעַרְעֵר to be stirred up, v. עָרַר.

עִרְעֵר, עִירְ׳I (Pilp. of עוּר) 1) to stir up, excite to lamentation. M. Kat 8a לא יְעַרְעֵרוכ׳, v. עוּר Polel. 2) (to stir up strife, disturb, to contest the legality of an action, the legitimacy of a person, his fitness as judge, witness Y.Snh.III, 21d top אם בא ועי׳ עֲרָרוֹ קיים if he comes and protests (against the judgment given in his absence), his protest is valid. Y.Ned.V, end, 39b כל מי שיבוא וִיעַרְעֵרוכ׳ whosoever may at some future time contest this donation (having a claim against the property); a. e.Meg.25b המְעַרְעֲרִים those inclined to argue,a censorial change from המומרים or המינים; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 8. 3) to stir on by chiding, to scold. Sot.III, 3 מְעַרְעֲרִים אותהוכ׳ they (the court) chide her and make her drink by force; (Rashi seems to take our w. in the sense of encouraging); Tosef. ib. II, 3 מְרַעְרְעִין ed. Zuck. (Var. מערערין). Ib. בצבת של ברזל … מדדיןוכ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. מערערין, read ומע׳) they opened her mouth … and urged her on and forced her to drink; Sot.19b. Y. ib. III, 18d bot. מערערים אותה עדוכ׳ we urge her on to drink by chiding her until her face becomes pale; Num. R. s. 9; Yalk. ib. 708 מכין אותה … ומע׳וכ׳ they strike her with the broadside of a sword and urge her ; a. e. Hithpa. הִתְעַרְעֵר to be stirred up, v. עָרַר.

עִרְעֵר, עִירְ׳I (Pilp. of עוּר) 1) to stir up, excite to lamentation. M. Kat 8a לא יְעַרְעֵרוכ׳, v. עוּר Polel. 2) (to stir up strife, disturb, to contest the legality of an action, the legitimacy of a person, his fitness as judge, witness Y.Snh.III, 21d top אם בא ועי׳ עֲרָרוֹ קיים if he comes and protests (against the judgment given in his absence), his protest is valid. Y.Ned.V, end, 39b כל מי שיבוא וִיעַרְעֵרוכ׳ whosoever may at some future time contest this donation (having a claim against the property); a. e.Meg.25b המְעַרְעֲרִים those inclined to argue,a censorial change from המומרים or המינים; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 8. 3) to stir on by chiding, to scold. Sot.III, 3 מְעַרְעֲרִים אותהוכ׳ they (the court) chide her and make her drink by force; (Rashi seems to take our w. in the sense of encouraging); Tosef. ib. II, 3 מְרַעְרְעִין ed. Zuck. (Var. מערערין). Ib. בצבת של ברזל … מדדיןוכ׳ ed. Zuck. (Var. מערערין, read ומע׳) they opened her mouth … and urged her on and forced her to drink; Sot.19b. Y. ib. III, 18d bot. מערערים אותה עדוכ׳ we urge her on to drink by chiding her until her face becomes pale; Num. R. s. 9; Yalk. ib. 708 מכין אותה … ומע׳וכ׳ they strike her with the broadside of a sword and urge her ; a. e. Hithpa. הִתְעַרְעֵר to be stirred up, v. עָרַר.

פּוּגch. sam( 1) same, v. supra. Erub.64b עד שיָפִיג יינינו until the wine we drank has escaped (the effect of the wine is overcome). to lose taste, intensity; to cause to escape; to cool off; to mitigate), 1) to evaporate, faint Targ. Ps. 38:9 פָּגִית (ed. Lag. פַּגְיִית, fr. פגי; h. text נפוגתי). Targ. Esth. 2:1 פג ed. Lag. (Var. פח). Targ. Hab. 1:4 פָּגַת (Levita פֵּיגַת, read: פָּיְגַת); a. e.Part. פָּיֵג, פָּיֵיג; f. פָּיְגָא, פָּיְגַת; pl. פָּיְגָן. Targ. O. Gen. 45:26.Y.Pes.III, 30a top מן דטלא פייגא מנהון (not מה) after the dew upon them has evaporated. Meg.25b דלמא פייגא דעתייהווכ׳ lest the minds of the congregation be fainting (lose courage, on hearing the curses); a. e. 2) to weaken, mitigate. Part. פָּאֵיג. Targ. Lam. 3:49. Pa. פַּיֵּיג to cause relaxation; to slacken. Ib. 2:18. Targ. Prov. 14:30 מפייג ed. Lag. (oth. ed. מפליג). Af. אָפֵיג to let ( the wine) escape. Targ. 1 Sam. 1:14. Ithpo. אִתְפּוֹגָג to seek relaxation from anger, trouble, seek diversion, sport. Lev. R. s. 27 לא אתא אלא לאתפוגגהוכ׳ he came only to sport with his children (not to argue with them seriously); ib. לא אתא אלא מתפגג׳ (read: מִתְפּוֹגְגָא); Yalk. Mic. 554 למתפונגא (corr. acc.); Num. R. s. 10; Cant. R. to V, 16 (not להתפ׳); Tanḥ. Emor 10. Ib. (read:) לא אתת דא אלא למִתְפַּגְּיָיא עם ברה this woman has come to court merely to have some sport with her son.

פּוּגch. sam( 1) same, v. supra. Erub.64b עד שיָפִיג יינינו until the wine we drank has escaped (the effect of the wine is overcome). to lose taste, intensity; to cause to escape; to cool off; to mitigate), 1) to evaporate, faint Targ. Ps. 38:9 פָּגִית (ed. Lag. פַּגְיִית, fr. פגי; h. text נפוגתי). Targ. Esth. 2:1 פג ed. Lag. (Var. פח). Targ. Hab. 1:4 פָּגַת (Levita פֵּיגַת, read: פָּיְגַת); a. e.Part. פָּיֵג, פָּיֵיג; f. פָּיְגָא, פָּיְגַת; pl. פָּיְגָן. Targ. O. Gen. 45:26.Y.Pes.III, 30a top מן דטלא פייגא מנהון (not מה) after the dew upon them has evaporated. Meg.25b דלמא פייגא דעתייהווכ׳ lest the minds of the congregation be fainting (lose courage, on hearing the curses); a. e. 2) to weaken, mitigate. Part. פָּאֵיג. Targ. Lam. 3:49. Pa. פַּיֵּיג to cause relaxation; to slacken. Ib. 2:18. Targ. Prov. 14:30 מפייג ed. Lag. (oth. ed. מפליג). Af. אָפֵיג to let ( the wine) escape. Targ. 1 Sam. 1:14. Ithpo. אִתְפּוֹגָג to seek relaxation from anger, trouble, seek diversion, sport. Lev. R. s. 27 לא אתא אלא לאתפוגגהוכ׳ he came only to sport with his children (not to argue with them seriously); ib. לא אתא אלא מתפגג׳ (read: מִתְפּוֹגְגָא); Yalk. Mic. 554 למתפונגא (corr. acc.); Num. R. s. 10; Cant. R. to V, 16 (not להתפ׳); Tanḥ. Emor 10. Ib. (read:) לא אתת דא אלא למִתְפַּגְּיָיא עם ברה this woman has come to court merely to have some sport with her son.

פִּטְפֵּט, פִּיטְ׳,(v. preced., a. פַּטָּטָא) 1) to talk, babble. Men.65a חוץ מזקן אחד שהיה מְפַטְפֵּט כנגדו except one old man who talked (childishly) against him. 2) פ׳ ביצרו to talk or argue with ones own passion, to conquer ones self. B. Bath. 109b (play on בנות פ̇וט̇יאל, Ex. 6:25) דאתי מיוסף שפ׳ ביצרו Elazar was a descendant of Joseph, who (is surnamed Putiel, because he) conquered his passion; Ex. R. s. 7, end שהיתה אשתו … יוסף שפ׳ ביצרו … שפ̇יט̇םוכ׳ his wife was a descendant of two families, being on one side of the tribe of Joseph who conquered his passion, and on the other of the family of Jethro who fattened &., v. פָּטַם; Sot.43a.

פִּטְפֵּט, פִּיטְ׳,(v. preced., a. פַּטָּטָא) 1) to talk, babble. Men.65a חוץ מזקן אחד שהיה מְפַטְפֵּט כנגדו except one old man who talked (childishly) against him. 2) פ׳ ביצרו to talk or argue with ones own passion, to conquer ones self. B. Bath. 109b (play on בנות פ̇וט̇יאל, Ex. 6:25) דאתי מיוסף שפ׳ ביצרו Elazar was a descendant of Joseph, who (is surnamed Putiel, because he) conquered his passion; Ex. R. s. 7, end שהיתה אשתו … יוסף שפ׳ ביצרו … שפ̇יט̇םוכ׳ his wife was a descendant of two families, being on one side of the tribe of Joseph who conquered his passion, and on the other of the family of Jethro who fattened &., v. פָּטַם; Sot.43a.

פִּטְפֵּט, פִּיטְ׳,(v. preced., a. פַּטָּטָא) 1) to talk, babble. Men.65a חוץ מזקן אחד שהיה מְפַטְפֵּט כנגדו except one old man who talked (childishly) against him. 2) פ׳ ביצרו to talk or argue with ones own passion, to conquer ones self. B. Bath. 109b (play on בנות פ̇וט̇יאל, Ex. 6:25) דאתי מיוסף שפ׳ ביצרו Elazar was a descendant of Joseph, who (is surnamed Putiel, because he) conquered his passion; Ex. R. s. 7, end שהיתה אשתו … יוסף שפ׳ ביצרו … שפ̇יט̇םוכ׳ his wife was a descendant of two families, being on one side of the tribe of Joseph who conquered his passion, and on the other of the family of Jethro who fattened &., v. פָּטַם; Sot.43a.

פִּטְפֵּט, פִּיטְ׳,(v. preced., a. פַּטָּטָא) 1) to talk, babble. Men.65a חוץ מזקן אחד שהיה מְפַטְפֵּט כנגדו except one old man who talked (childishly) against him. 2) פ׳ ביצרו to talk or argue with ones own passion, to conquer ones self. B. Bath. 109b (play on בנות פ̇וט̇יאל, Ex. 6:25) דאתי מיוסף שפ׳ ביצרו Elazar was a descendant of Joseph, who (is surnamed Putiel, because he) conquered his passion; Ex. R. s. 7, end שהיתה אשתו … יוסף שפ׳ ביצרו … שפ̇יט̇םוכ׳ his wife was a descendant of two families, being on one side of the tribe of Joseph who conquered his passion, and on the other of the family of Jethro who fattened &., v. פָּטַם; Sot.43a.

פְּלַלch. sam(פללto separate, divide), to argue, debate (v. פלפל). Y.Shebi.VIII, 38b top מאן גדם לך דלא פַלְתָּה עם חביריך what brought it on thee (that thou couldst not solve that problem)? That thou didst not hold debates with thy fellow students; Y.Ned.XI, 42c bot. ילפתה (corr. acc).

פְּלַלch. sam(פללto separate, divide), to argue, debate (v. פלפל). Y.Shebi.VIII, 38b top מאן גדם לך דלא פַלְתָּה עם חביריך what brought it on thee (that thou couldst not solve that problem)? That thou didst not hold debates with thy fellow students; Y.Ned.XI, 42c bot. ילפתה (corr. acc).

פַּלְפֵּלI ch. sam( פִּלְפֵּל (v. פָּלַל a. פּוּל) to search), to argue, reason. Targ. Job 11:12 sec. vers. (first vers. חריף; h. text נבוב).

פַּלְפֵּלI ch. sam( פִּלְפֵּל (v. פָּלַל a. פּוּל) to search), to argue, reason. Targ. Job 11:12 sec. vers. (first vers. חריף; h. text נבוב).

פָּסַק(b. h. פָּשַׂק) (to separate, part, distribute, 1) to divide, split, interrupt. Taan.27b; Meg.22a פּוֹסֵק the reader divides (one verse), i. e. the first reads two verses and a half, leaving the other half to be read by his successor. Ib. לא התיר לי לִפְסוֹקוכ׳ he permitted me to cut a verse in two only in teaching the school children. Ib. 31b במשנה תורה פוסק the chapter in Deuteronomy containing the curses (Deut. 28:15–69) may be divided (to be read by two or more); a. fr.(Gen. R. s. 10 כיון שפסקה; Yalk. ib. 16 שפוסקה, v. פָּתַק.Part. pass. פָּסוּק; f. פְּסוּקָה. Ḥull.III, 3 פְּסוּקַת הגרגרת, v. גַּרְגֶּרֶת. 2) (denom. of פָּסוּק) to recite a verse. Ḥag.15a, sq. פְּסוֹק לי פְּסוּקְךָ (interch. with Chald. פסוק לי פסוקיך) recite to me thy Bible verse (recently learned). 3) (cmp. חָתַךְ, גָּזַר) to apportion, assign; to provide; to promise, agree. Keth.65a אין פּוֹסְקִין יינות לאשה in decreeing alimentation for a woman we do not provide for wine. Ib. כך תִּפְסְקוּ לבנותיכם so much (and no more) may ye grant to your daughters. Ib. 107a פוסקין מזונות לאשת איש the court assigns alimentation (from the estate) to a deserted wife. Ib. V, 8 לא פ׳ … אלאוכ׳ only R. Y. decreed barley as a part of alimentation, because he lived near Edom. Ib. פוסק לעומתןוכ׳ he must give her, v. עוּמָּה. Ib. VI, 2 הפוסק מעות לחתנו if a man agrees to pay a certain amount to his intended son-in-law (on the date of marriage). Ib. 3 פָּסְקָה להכניס … הוא פוסקוכ׳ if she promises to bring to him one thousand Denars, he must assign to her (as settlement in the Kthubah) fifteen Manehs. Tosef. ib. XIII (XII), 1 אם פָּסְקוּ לה … מה שפסקו פסקו if the court has granted her (alimentation), what they have granted, is granted. Ib. פסקה היא לעצמה (not על עצמה) if she herself has promised (to bring her husband a certain sum, and now her father refuses to give it). Ib. אבה פ׳ עליוכ׳ my father has promised for me; what can I do (if he retracts)?; Keth.XIII, 5. Y.Kidd.IV, 65c top פּוֹסְקֵי צדקה ברביםוכ׳ those who subscribe to a charity in public and refuse to pay; Taan.8b; a. v. fr. 4) to fix a price; to buy on time. Gitt.58a אפדנו בכל ממון שפוסקין עליו I will redeem him for any price that they may set on him. B. Mets.V, 7 אין פוסקין … עד שיצא השער you dare not fix a price on crops (buy on time), until the market price has been published. Ib. יצא השער פוסקין ואע״פ שאין לזה יש לזה (missing in Y. ed.) when the market price is out, you may buy, for although he (the seller) has no goods as yet, others have. Ib. פוסק עמו על הגדיש, v. גָּדִיש; a. v. fr. 5) פ׳ דברים ( to split words, to argue. Snh.44b פיסקון שפוסק דברים כלפי מעלה Gabriel is surnamed Pisḳon, because he argues with the Lord. 6) (neut. verb) to be cut off; to cease, be stopped. Sot.IX, 9 משרבו … פסקו המים המרים … הפסיקן when the faithless men became frequent, the application of the waters of jealousy ceased, and it was R. J. ben Z. that abolished them. Ib. 12 פסקו אנשי אמונה the men of faith ceased to exist. Tanḥ. Shmoth 16 אין אותה מצוה פוֹסֶקֶת מביתו that good deed shall never cease from (being practiced in) his house. Gen. R. s. 52 פסקו העוברים והשבים travellers ceased to pass by; a. v. fr. Nif. נִפְסַק to be split, cut in two, broken. Tosef.B. Kam. XI, 15; B. Kam. 119b הנ׳ במגירה chips at planing, v. גָּרַר I. Ḥull.III, 1 נשברה השדרה ונ׳ החוט שלה if the spinal column is broken and the spinal cord severed. Sabb.112a סנדל שנִפְסְקוּ שתי אזניו a sandal, both ears (loops) of which are torn off; Tosef.Kel.B. Bath. IV, 5 שנִתְפַּסְּקוּ; Kel. XXVI, 4; a. fr.Tosef.Mikv.III, 5, sq. ונפסקו, v. פָּתַק. Hif. הִפְסִיק 1) to separate, sever connection; to form a partition. Sot.38b אפי׳ מחיצה … אינה מַפְסֶקֶת ביןוכ׳ not even an iron wall forms a partition between Israel and his father in heaven (worshippers form a congregation even if separated by a partition); Pes.85b. Peah. I, 2 ואלו מַפְסִיקִין לפאה the following things form a division of fields with regard to Peah: a brook Ab. Zar.52a אתה׳ הענין the word eth (before ĕlohehem Deut. 12:2) divides the subject (so as not to allow an analogy between idolatrous utensils and the idols themselves), v. next w.; a. fr. 2) to interrupt; to cause to cease; to leave off; to pause. Ber.II, 2 בין ויאמר לאמת ויציב לא יַפְסִיק between the last portion of the Sh‘mʿa (Num. 15:37–41) and ‘Ĕmeth Vyatsib one must not pause (interrupt the prayer to greet a person). Ib. 14a במגילה מהו שיפסיק may one interrupt ones self during the reading of the Mgillah? (Ib. also פּוֹסֵק Kal. Ib. 5:1. Ex. R. s. 2 עם כל הנביאיםה׳ מלדבר … לאה׳ מימיו with all other prophets the Lord ceased from speaking at times, but with Moses he never ceased. Taan.30a סעודה המַפְסִיק בה the meal with which one ceases (the last meal before beginning to fast, called סעודה המַפְסֶקֶת). Y.Nidd.I, 49c והִפְסִיקָה שלש עונות and ceased (to have menstruation) for three periods. Meg.III, 6 אין מַפְסִיקִין בקללותוכ׳ in reading the curses (Lev. 26:14–44; Deut. 28:15–69) you must not break off, but one person must read the whole Ib. 31b מקום שמפסיקין בשבתוכ׳ where they leave off reading on Sabbath morning, there they continue in the afternoon Sot.IX, 9, v. supra. Gen. R. s. 52, beg. מה אני מפסיק צדקה מביתי shall I allow charity to cease in my house (to fall into desuetude from want of opportunity)?; a. fr. 3) to cut sprays off, trim, v. פָּסַג. 4) to dam. Tosef.Par.V (IV), 9 מפסיק ומנגב he makes a dam (cuts off the influx) and lays the cavity dry. Pi. פִּיסֵּק 1) to trim. Tosef.B. Kam. XI, 18, v. פָּסַג. 2) to interrupt.Part. pass. מְפוּסָּק; pl. מְפוּסָּקִין. Y.Pes.X, 37c; Y.Sabb.VIII, beg.11a מהו לשתותן מפ׳ how about drinking them (the four cups of the Passover evening) in pauses (sipping)?, v. פִּיסָּק. 3) to cut down, ruin; to cut to pieces. Pesik. Naḥ., p. 128a> קיצצוהו ופִיסְּקוּהוּ they cut it down and ruined it (the vineyard). Lam. R. to IV, 15 והיתה … עליהן ומְפַסַּקְתָּן the carriage passed over them and dismembered them; Pesik. Vattom., p. 133b> ומפסקתה (corr. acc.); Yalk. Is. 266 והיתה … עליה ומְפַסַּקְתָּהּ; a. e. Hithpa. הִתְפַּסֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְפַּסֵּק 1) to be severed. Tosef.Kel.B. Bath. IV, 5, v. supra. 2) (sub. בעינים, cmp. קרץ, Prov. 10:10; 6:13) to blink. Deut. R. s. 5 עשה עצמו מִתְפַּסֵּק he pretended to be blinking (Y.Sot.I, 16d bot., a. e. עבד גרמיה חשש בעייניה).

פָּסַק(b. h. פָּשַׂק) (to separate, part, distribute, 1) to divide, split, interrupt. Taan.27b; Meg.22a פּוֹסֵק the reader divides (one verse), i. e. the first reads two verses and a half, leaving the other half to be read by his successor. Ib. לא התיר לי לִפְסוֹקוכ׳ he permitted me to cut a verse in two only in teaching the school children. Ib. 31b במשנה תורה פוסק the chapter in Deuteronomy containing the curses (Deut. 28:15–69) may be divided (to be read by two or more); a. fr.(Gen. R. s. 10 כיון שפסקה; Yalk. ib. 16 שפוסקה, v. פָּתַק.Part. pass. פָּסוּק; f. פְּסוּקָה. Ḥull.III, 3 פְּסוּקַת הגרגרת, v. גַּרְגֶּרֶת. 2) (denom. of פָּסוּק) to recite a verse. Ḥag.15a, sq. פְּסוֹק לי פְּסוּקְךָ (interch. with Chald. פסוק לי פסוקיך) recite to me thy Bible verse (recently learned). 3) (cmp. חָתַךְ, גָּזַר) to apportion, assign; to provide; to promise, agree. Keth.65a אין פּוֹסְקִין יינות לאשה in decreeing alimentation for a woman we do not provide for wine. Ib. כך תִּפְסְקוּ לבנותיכם so much (and no more) may ye grant to your daughters. Ib. 107a פוסקין מזונות לאשת איש the court assigns alimentation (from the estate) to a deserted wife. Ib. V, 8 לא פ׳ … אלאוכ׳ only R. Y. decreed barley as a part of alimentation, because he lived near Edom. Ib. פוסק לעומתןוכ׳ he must give her, v. עוּמָּה. Ib. VI, 2 הפוסק מעות לחתנו if a man agrees to pay a certain amount to his intended son-in-law (on the date of marriage). Ib. 3 פָּסְקָה להכניס … הוא פוסקוכ׳ if she promises to bring to him one thousand Denars, he must assign to her (as settlement in the Kthubah) fifteen Manehs. Tosef. ib. XIII (XII), 1 אם פָּסְקוּ לה … מה שפסקו פסקו if the court has granted her (alimentation), what they have granted, is granted. Ib. פסקה היא לעצמה (not על עצמה) if she herself has promised (to bring her husband a certain sum, and now her father refuses to give it). Ib. אבה פ׳ עליוכ׳ my father has promised for me; what can I do (if he retracts)?; Keth.XIII, 5. Y.Kidd.IV, 65c top פּוֹסְקֵי צדקה ברביםוכ׳ those who subscribe to a charity in public and refuse to pay; Taan.8b; a. v. fr. 4) to fix a price; to buy on time. Gitt.58a אפדנו בכל ממון שפוסקין עליו I will redeem him for any price that they may set on him. B. Mets.V, 7 אין פוסקין … עד שיצא השער you dare not fix a price on crops (buy on time), until the market price has been published. Ib. יצא השער פוסקין ואע״פ שאין לזה יש לזה (missing in Y. ed.) when the market price is out, you may buy, for although he (the seller) has no goods as yet, others have. Ib. פוסק עמו על הגדיש, v. גָּדִיש; a. v. fr. 5) פ׳ דברים ( to split words, to argue. Snh.44b פיסקון שפוסק דברים כלפי מעלה Gabriel is surnamed Pisḳon, because he argues with the Lord. 6) (neut. verb) to be cut off; to cease, be stopped. Sot.IX, 9 משרבו … פסקו המים המרים … הפסיקן when the faithless men became frequent, the application of the waters of jealousy ceased, and it was R. J. ben Z. that abolished them. Ib. 12 פסקו אנשי אמונה the men of faith ceased to exist. Tanḥ. Shmoth 16 אין אותה מצוה פוֹסֶקֶת מביתו that good deed shall never cease from (being practiced in) his house. Gen. R. s. 52 פסקו העוברים והשבים travellers ceased to pass by; a. v. fr. Nif. נִפְסַק to be split, cut in two, broken. Tosef.B. Kam. XI, 15; B. Kam. 119b הנ׳ במגירה chips at planing, v. גָּרַר I. Ḥull.III, 1 נשברה השדרה ונ׳ החוט שלה if the spinal column is broken and the spinal cord severed. Sabb.112a סנדל שנִפְסְקוּ שתי אזניו a sandal, both ears (loops) of which are torn off; Tosef.Kel.B. Bath. IV, 5 שנִתְפַּסְּקוּ; Kel. XXVI, 4; a. fr.Tosef.Mikv.III, 5, sq. ונפסקו, v. פָּתַק. Hif. הִפְסִיק 1) to separate, sever connection; to form a partition. Sot.38b אפי׳ מחיצה … אינה מַפְסֶקֶת ביןוכ׳ not even an iron wall forms a partition between Israel and his father in heaven (worshippers form a congregation even if separated by a partition); Pes.85b. Peah. I, 2 ואלו מַפְסִיקִין לפאה the following things form a division of fields with regard to Peah: a brook Ab. Zar.52a אתה׳ הענין the word eth (before ĕlohehem Deut. 12:2) divides the subject (so as not to allow an analogy between idolatrous utensils and the idols themselves), v. next w.; a. fr. 2) to interrupt; to cause to cease; to leave off; to pause. Ber.II, 2 בין ויאמר לאמת ויציב לא יַפְסִיק between the last portion of the Sh‘mʿa (Num. 15:37–41) and ‘Ĕmeth Vyatsib one must not pause (interrupt the prayer to greet a person). Ib. 14a במגילה מהו שיפסיק may one interrupt ones self during the reading of the Mgillah? (Ib. also פּוֹסֵק Kal. Ib. 5:1. Ex. R. s. 2 עם כל הנביאיםה׳ מלדבר … לאה׳ מימיו with all other prophets the Lord ceased from speaking at times, but with Moses he never ceased. Taan.30a סעודה המַפְסִיק בה the meal with which one ceases (the last meal before beginning to fast, called סעודה המַפְסֶקֶת). Y.Nidd.I, 49c והִפְסִיקָה שלש עונות and ceased (to have menstruation) for three periods. Meg.III, 6 אין מַפְסִיקִין בקללותוכ׳ in reading the curses (Lev. 26:14–44; Deut. 28:15–69) you must not break off, but one person must read the whole Ib. 31b מקום שמפסיקין בשבתוכ׳ where they leave off reading on Sabbath morning, there they continue in the afternoon Sot.IX, 9, v. supra. Gen. R. s. 52, beg. מה אני מפסיק צדקה מביתי shall I allow charity to cease in my house (to fall into desuetude from want of opportunity)?; a. fr. 3) to cut sprays off, trim, v. פָּסַג. 4) to dam. Tosef.Par.V (IV), 9 מפסיק ומנגב he makes a dam (cuts off the influx) and lays the cavity dry. Pi. פִּיסֵּק 1) to trim. Tosef.B. Kam. XI, 18, v. פָּסַג. 2) to interrupt.Part. pass. מְפוּסָּק; pl. מְפוּסָּקִין. Y.Pes.X, 37c; Y.Sabb.VIII, beg.11a מהו לשתותן מפ׳ how about drinking them (the four cups of the Passover evening) in pauses (sipping)?, v. פִּיסָּק. 3) to cut down, ruin; to cut to pieces. Pesik. Naḥ., p. 128a> קיצצוהו ופִיסְּקוּהוּ they cut it down and ruined it (the vineyard). Lam. R. to IV, 15 והיתה … עליהן ומְפַסַּקְתָּן the carriage passed over them and dismembered them; Pesik. Vattom., p. 133b> ומפסקתה (corr. acc.); Yalk. Is. 266 והיתה … עליה ומְפַסַּקְתָּהּ; a. e. Hithpa. הִתְפַּסֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְפַּסֵּק 1) to be severed. Tosef.Kel.B. Bath. IV, 5, v. supra. 2) (sub. בעינים, cmp. קרץ, Prov. 10:10; 6:13) to blink. Deut. R. s. 5 עשה עצמו מִתְפַּסֵּק he pretended to be blinking (Y.Sot.I, 16d bot., a. e. עבד גרמיה חשש בעייניה).

פְּקַרch. sam(פקר to break through), 1) to break into; 2) to declare free; v. infra. 3) to be irreverent, sceptical. Snh.38b אבל אפיקורוס … דפ׳ טפי but with a Jewish sceptic you must surely not argue, for he will become only bolder by it. Ib. 60a מי פְקִירֵי כולי האי are they (Jews) so bold (as to blaspheme God)?; a. e. Af. אַפְקַר 1) to break into, trespass. Targ. Y. Ex. 22:4 (ed. Amst. יִפְקַר; ed. Vien. יפקר, corr. acc.; h. text יבער). 2) to declare free. Ib. 23:11 (ed. Amst. Pe.; ed. Vien. ותפקד, corr. acc.; h. text ונטש׳).Succ.44b אַפְקַר זיתיאוכ׳ declare thy olives free for the benefit of the poor. Ber.47a, a. fr. אי בעי מַפְקַרוכ׳ if he chooses, he may renounce ownership of his property, and be a poor man B. Mets.30b לכולי עלמא אַפְקַרְנְהוּוכ׳ I declared them free for all people but not for thee, (v. infra). Ib. לכ״ע אַפְקְרִינְהוּ he declared them indeed free for all. Ib. 68b אַפְקוּרֵי מַפְקִיר להו presumably he has renounced ownership of them. M. Kat. 16a מֵפְקְרִינָן נכסיה we (the court) declare his property ownerless; a. fr.Ḥull.13b אשתו לא מַפְקַר his own wife will he (the Samaritan) not give up to prostitution, v. infraPart. pass. מַפְקַר. B. Mets.30b וכ׳ לכ״ע מ׳ Ms. M. (Ms. F. מִיפְּקַר Ithpe.) it is made free to all, but not Ithpe. אִתְפְּקַר, אִיפְּקַר 1) to behave irreverently, disrespectfully. M. Kat. l. c. אי מִתְפְּקַר בשליחאוכ׳ if he treats the messenger of the court with disrespect. Ib. ההוא טבחא דאית׳וכ׳ a butcher behaved irreverently towards R. 2) to prostitute ones self. Snh.82a נשייהו ודאי לא מִיפְקְרֵי their (the Samaritans) wives will surely not prostitute themselves; v. supra.

פְּקַרch. sam(פקר to break through), 1) to break into; 2) to declare free; v. infra. 3) to be irreverent, sceptical. Snh.38b אבל אפיקורוס … דפ׳ טפי but with a Jewish sceptic you must surely not argue, for he will become only bolder by it. Ib. 60a מי פְקִירֵי כולי האי are they (Jews) so bold (as to blaspheme God)?; a. e. Af. אַפְקַר 1) to break into, trespass. Targ. Y. Ex. 22:4 (ed. Amst. יִפְקַר; ed. Vien. יפקר, corr. acc.; h. text יבער). 2) to declare free. Ib. 23:11 (ed. Amst. Pe.; ed. Vien. ותפקד, corr. acc.; h. text ונטש׳).Succ.44b אַפְקַר זיתיאוכ׳ declare thy olives free for the benefit of the poor. Ber.47a, a. fr. אי בעי מַפְקַרוכ׳ if he chooses, he may renounce ownership of his property, and be a poor man B. Mets.30b לכולי עלמא אַפְקַרְנְהוּוכ׳ I declared them free for all people but not for thee, (v. infra). Ib. לכ״ע אַפְקְרִינְהוּ he declared them indeed free for all. Ib. 68b אַפְקוּרֵי מַפְקִיר להו presumably he has renounced ownership of them. M. Kat. 16a מֵפְקְרִינָן נכסיה we (the court) declare his property ownerless; a. fr.Ḥull.13b אשתו לא מַפְקַר his own wife will he (the Samaritan) not give up to prostitution, v. infraPart. pass. מַפְקַר. B. Mets.30b וכ׳ לכ״ע מ׳ Ms. M. (Ms. F. מִיפְּקַר Ithpe.) it is made free to all, but not Ithpe. אִתְפְּקַר, אִיפְּקַר 1) to behave irreverently, disrespectfully. M. Kat. l. c. אי מִתְפְּקַר בשליחאוכ׳ if he treats the messenger of the court with disrespect. Ib. ההוא טבחא דאית׳וכ׳ a butcher behaved irreverently towards R. 2) to prostitute ones self. Snh.82a נשייהו ודאי לא מִיפְקְרֵי their (the Samaritans) wives will surely not prostitute themselves; v. supra.

קהי, קָהָה, קָהָא(b. h.; cmp. כָּהָה) 1) to be dull, blunt; (of a sword) to slide off a hard object. Y.Ber.IX, 13a וקָהַת החרב מעלוכ׳ and the sword slid off Moses neck and broke; Deut. R. s. 2; Yalk. Ex. 167 וקהית (corr. acc.). Gen. R. s. 78; Cant. R. to VII, 5 וקָהוּ שיניווכ׳ and the teeth of the wicked (Esau) became blunt and loose. 2) to be tough, unyielding, hard. Num. R. s. 3 (ref. to Koh. 10:10) אם ראית שקהו השמיםוכ׳, v. preced.Trnsf. to be difficult, unsolvable. Cant. R. to III, 7 שהיו כולן שונין … הלכה קוֹהָא להם they all sharpened the discussion like a sword, so that, when a case came before them, the decision might not be too difficult for them. Ib. to IV, 4 שאין הלכה קוהא להם never was there a subject too difficult for them to decide; a. e. 3) to be wearied; to faint; esp. to have a morbid appetite (caused by the smell of a dish). Ib. to I, 12 the Lord sent them a sweet scent from Eden והיתה נפשם קוהא לאכול and they were dying to eat (of the Passover sacrifice), v. עָיֵף; a. e. Hif. הִקְהָה (with שן) to make blunt and loose; trnsf. to refute; to break the power of; to grieve. Mekh. Bo, s. 18 אף אתה הַקְהֵה את שיניו thou, too, make his teeth blunt (refute his arguments). Gen. R. s. 99 (play on יקהת, Gen. 49:10) מי שמַקְהֶה שניוכ׳ he (the Messiah) that shall break the power of all nations; ib. s. 98. Sot.49a (read:) אימרים … למה הִקְהִיתָוכ׳ (v. Rashi) they (the children of the wicked that died in their parents lifetime) argue before him, … if thou intendedst to punish them in the hereafter, why didst thou cause them grief while living? Ib. שמחת … והקהית חשיני thou hast gladdened my heart (with the evidence of thy purity) and given me pain (by showing more affection for thy son than for myself). Snh.109b (play on בן קהת, Num. 16:1) בן שה׳וכ׳ a son that brought grief over his parents; a. e. Pi. קֵיהָה to pronounce unsolvable. Neg. IV, 11, v. כָּהָה. Nif. נִקְהָה 1) to become faint, powerless. Koh. R. to X, 10 אם נִקְהֵת אומהוכ׳ if the nation whose power was as hard as iron, has grown powerless. 2) to be tough, difficult. Ib. אם נ׳ תלמודךוכ׳ if thy lesson is as tough to thee as iron (v. preced). Hithpa. הִתְקָהֵא, הִתְקָהֶה; Nithpa. נִתְקָהֶה 1) to faint, long for. Yalk. Ex. 186 (ref. to מתלקחת, Ex. 9:24) מִתְקָהָא לעשות שליחותה (not שליחותיה) it (the fire) was dying to perform its mission; Pesik. Vayhi, p. 4a> מיתה מתקהאוכ׳ Ar. (ed. מתקריא, corr. acc.) dying, that is longing ; Cant. R. to III, 11 מיתה ומתקלהא בשביל לעשות רצון בוראם (corr. acc., a. read בוראה); Num. R. s. 12 (combining both versions) מיתה ומתקהלא לעשות … בוראה (corr. acc.). 2) to become tough, hard, unyielding, grievous, irksome. Koh. R. l. c. אם נִתְקָהוּ שמים שעלוכ׳ if the heavens above you have become hard as iron, v. supra. Ib. אם נתק׳ הרב על התלמידוכ׳ if the teacher has been unyielding to the pupil like iron (out of patience, and refusing to teach him) …, and the teacher shows not a friendly face (does not relent) Ib. אם נתק׳ התלמיד על הרבוכ׳ if the pupil has been annoying to his teacher (through his obtuseness or weavisome questions) …, and the teacher refuses to explain