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נָהַג(b. h.) ( to drive an animal, to lead, conduct; to demean ones self; to be guided by, be wont to; to apply, be practiced. Keth.103b נְהוֹג, v. דָּמִים. Ḥull.VII, 1 נוֹהֵג, v. גִּיד. Sifra Tsav, Par. 11, ch. 18 שיִנְהוֹג הדבר לדורות which intimates that this order should be preserved at all times. Pes.IV, 1 מקום שנָהֲגוּוכ׳ where it is a local usage to Meg.6b כל מצות שנוֹהֲגוֹת בשניוכ׳ all laws that apply to the second (Adar) apply also to the first. Ib. 5b, a. e. דברים … ואחרים נָהֲגוּ בהן איסור things which are permitted, but which some treat as forbidden; a. v. fr.נ׳ כבוד, v. כָּבוֹד.נ׳ קלות (ראש), v. קַלּוּת.Ab. Zar.54b עולם … נוהג, v. מִנְהָג.Yalk. Num. 764 נ׳ שמניםוכ׳ he applied oils and baths. Hif. הִנְהִיג same, esp. 1) to drive, direct; to take possession of an animal by driving. Kil. VIII, 2 להַנְחִיג, v. מָשַךְ. Ib. 3 המַנְהִיג the driver of heterogeneous animals. B. Mets.I, 2 אחד רוכב ואחד מנהיג one rode (the animal that was found), and the other directed it (by leading). Ib. 8b רכוב במקום מנהיג the rights of the driver as against those of the leader. Ib. במנהיג ברגליו when the rider drives by means of his heels. Ib. תרי גווני מנהיג there are two ways of driving; a. fr.B. Bath. V, 1 ואת כל המַנְהִיגִין אותה and all the implements needed for directing the ship; a. e., v. מַנְהִיג. 2) to lead, conduct. Ber.35b הַנְהֵג בהן דרך ארץ combine with the study of the Law a secular occupation; Yalk. Deut. 863 תּנְהוֹג. Snh.92a כל פרנס שמנהיג … ומַנְהִיגָםוכ׳ a manager that leads a community with gentleness, will be privileged to lead it in the days to come (of resurrection); a. fr.Tosef.Bets.II, 15 ה׳ את בני רומיוכ׳ made it a custom among the Jews in Borne ה׳ עצמו ברבנות to assume airs of superiority. Sot.13b; a. fr. Hithpa. מִתְנַהֵג 1) to conduct ones self. Sifré Deut. 323 הִתְנַהֲגוּ זה את זהוכ׳ conduct yourselves towards one another in charity; a. fr. 2) to be conducted. Y.B. Kam.VI, 5c top רוח שהעולם מִתְנַהֵג בו a wind by which the world is maintained, i. e. an ordinary wind, opp. של אונסים a calamitous wind (Bab. ib. 60a רוח מצויה, v. מָצָא). 3) to move. Gen. R. s. 66 מתנהג בהוכ׳ moves with her (Israel) from tent to tent.V. נוֹהַג.

נָהַג(b. h.) ( to drive an animal, to lead, conduct; to demean ones self; to be guided by, be wont to; to apply, be practiced. Keth.103b נְהוֹג, v. דָּמִים. Ḥull.VII, 1 נוֹהֵג, v. גִּיד. Sifra Tsav, Par. 11, ch. 18 שיִנְהוֹג הדבר לדורות which intimates that this order should be preserved at all times. Pes.IV, 1 מקום שנָהֲגוּוכ׳ where it is a local usage to Meg.6b כל מצות שנוֹהֲגוֹת בשניוכ׳ all laws that apply to the second (Adar) apply also to the first. Ib. 5b, a. e. דברים … ואחרים נָהֲגוּ בהן איסור things which are permitted, but which some treat as forbidden; a. v. fr.נ׳ כבוד, v. כָּבוֹד.נ׳ קלות (ראש), v. קַלּוּת.Ab. Zar.54b עולם … נוהג, v. מִנְהָג.Yalk. Num. 764 נ׳ שמניםוכ׳ he applied oils and baths. Hif. הִנְהִיג same, esp. 1) to drive, direct; to take possession of an animal by driving. Kil. VIII, 2 להַנְחִיג, v. מָשַךְ. Ib. 3 המַנְהִיג the driver of heterogeneous animals. B. Mets.I, 2 אחד רוכב ואחד מנהיג one rode (the animal that was found), and the other directed it (by leading). Ib. 8b רכוב במקום מנהיג the rights of the driver as against those of the leader. Ib. במנהיג ברגליו when the rider drives by means of his heels. Ib. תרי גווני מנהיג there are two ways of driving; a. fr.B. Bath. V, 1 ואת כל המַנְהִיגִין אותה and all the implements needed for directing the ship; a. e., v. מַנְהִיג. 2) to lead, conduct. Ber.35b הַנְהֵג בהן דרך ארץ combine with the study of the Law a secular occupation; Yalk. Deut. 863 תּנְהוֹג. Snh.92a כל פרנס שמנהיג … ומַנְהִיגָםוכ׳ a manager that leads a community with gentleness, will be privileged to lead it in the days to come (of resurrection); a. fr.Tosef.Bets.II, 15 ה׳ את בני רומיוכ׳ made it a custom among the Jews in Borne ה׳ עצמו ברבנות to assume airs of superiority. Sot.13b; a. fr. Hithpa. מִתְנַהֵג 1) to conduct ones self. Sifré Deut. 323 הִתְנַהֲגוּ זה את זהוכ׳ conduct yourselves towards one another in charity; a. fr. 2) to be conducted. Y.B. Kam.VI, 5c top רוח שהעולם מִתְנַהֵג בו a wind by which the world is maintained, i. e. an ordinary wind, opp. של אונסים a calamitous wind (Bab. ib. 60a רוח מצויה, v. מָצָא). 3) to move. Gen. R. s. 66 מתנהג בהוכ׳ moves with her (Israel) from tent to tent.V. נוֹהַג.

עֲגָבָהf., pl. עֲגָבוֹת ( עגב to be round) rump, buttocks (cmp. עָקֵב). Snh.38b עִגְבוֹתָיו … מאקראוכ׳ (not עגביותין) the earth for Adams rump was taken from Aḳra ; Yalk. Ps. 888. Nidd.30b וב׳ עקביו על ב׳ עגבותיו and its (the foetus) two heels lie against the two sides of its rump; Lev. R. s. 14; Yalk. ib. 547. Ber.24a ע׳ … משום ערוה the contact of posteriors (of two persons lying in one bed) does not come under the class of indecency (as regards prayer). Sabb.152a (expl. החגב, Koh. 12:5) אלו ע׳ that means the rump; (comment. the genitals; Lev. R. s. 18 לוז של שדרה; Koh. R. to XII, 5 קרסוליו).

עֲגָבָהf., pl. עֲגָבוֹת ( עגב to be round) rump, buttocks (cmp. עָקֵב). Snh.38b עִגְבוֹתָיו … מאקראוכ׳ (not עגביותין) the earth for Adams rump was taken from Aḳra ; Yalk. Ps. 888. Nidd.30b וב׳ עקביו על ב׳ עגבותיו and its (the foetus) two heels lie against the two sides of its rump; Lev. R. s. 14; Yalk. ib. 547. Ber.24a ע׳ … משום ערוה the contact of posteriors (of two persons lying in one bed) does not come under the class of indecency (as regards prayer). Sabb.152a (expl. החגב, Koh. 12:5) אלו ע׳ that means the rump; (comment. the genitals; Lev. R. s. 18 לוז של שדרה; Koh. R. to XII, 5 קרסוליו).

עֲגָבָהf., pl. עֲגָבוֹת ( עגב to be round) rump, buttocks (cmp. עָקֵב). Snh.38b עִגְבוֹתָיו … מאקראוכ׳ (not עגביותין) the earth for Adams rump was taken from Aḳra ; Yalk. Ps. 888. Nidd.30b וב׳ עקביו על ב׳ עגבותיו and its (the foetus) two heels lie against the two sides of its rump; Lev. R. s. 14; Yalk. ib. 547. Ber.24a ע׳ … משום ערוה the contact of posteriors (of two persons lying in one bed) does not come under the class of indecency (as regards prayer). Sabb.152a (expl. החגב, Koh. 12:5) אלו ע׳ that means the rump; (comment. the genitals; Lev. R. s. 18 לוז של שדרה; Koh. R. to XII, 5 קרסוליו).

פַּסII m. (b. h.; פָּסַס) 1) strip, stripe.Pl. פַּסִּים, פַּסִּין. Gen. R. s. 84 (ref. to Gen. 37:3 sq., a. Ps. 66:5 sq.; v. עֲלִילָה) why ‘did they hate him? That (in the course of events it should come about that) שיקרע הים לפניהם פ׳ פ׳ the sea be rent before them in strips (ed. Wil. פ̇ס̇י̇ם̇ פס ים passim alludes to ‘strip of the sea).Esp. (cmp. פֶּרֶק) פס יד, palm, the hand from the wrist to the tip of the finger; פס רגל the foot to the ankle, interch. with פִּסַּת, פִּיסַּת (constr. of פִּסָּה). Ib. (expl. פסים, Gen. l. c.) שהיתה מגעת עד פס ידו the coat reached with its sleeves to his wrist; שהיתה … בפס ידו it was very fine and light, and could be (compressed and) hidden in his hand (cmp. מַלְמֵלָה). Meg.IV, 8 (24b) נתנה … על פס ידווכ׳ if he placed the Tfillin on his forehead or on his palm. Yoma 87a (play on ה̇ת̇ר̇פ̇ס̇, Prov. 6:3) (read:) אם ממון יש לו בידך ה̇ת̇ר לו פ̇ס̇ת ידוכ׳ if thou owest him (whom thou hast wronged) money, untie thy hand to him (pay him), if not (if thou hast otherwise wronged him), get several friends around him (to ask his pardon in their presence); B. Mets. 115a; B. Bath. 173b; Yalk. Prov. 938. Gen. R. s. 78 (play on מ̇ת̇ר̇פ̇ס בר̇צ̇י, Ps. 68:31) מ̇ת̇יר̇ את הפ̇ס̇ ומ̇ת̇ר̇צ̇ה בכסף he (Edom-Rome) opens his hand (for bribery), and is appeased with silver; Ex. R. s. 35 מתרת את הפסוכ׳ she (Rome) opens ; Yalk. Ps. 800 שפושטין פסת יד … ואין עושין ר̇צ̇וןוכ׳ they stretch forth their hand to accept silver, and then do not what the givers desire; Pes.118b שפושטין פסת ידוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שפושטין יד). Yoma 47a על פ׳ ידו up to his wrist, v. חָפָה; Sifra Vayikra, Ndab., ch. X, Par. 9 חופה את פס ידווכ׳ he bends his hand (grabbing) in the pan Ohol. I, 8 שלשים בפס הרגל thirty joints in the foot. Yalk. Sam. 143 חלילה … פ׳ יד ופ׳ רגל ועקב מגולין never were their wrists or their feet or their heels seen uncovered; Midr. Sam. ch. XXV (corr. acc.); a. fr. 2) partition, board, barrier. Erub.5a אם יש שם פם ארבעה if a bar of four handbreadths is left or placed above the breach. Ib. 10b עושה פם גבוה עשרהוכ׳ he cuts a board ten handbreadths high and four cubits long ; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ib. II, 1 עושין פ׳ לביראותוכ׳ you must place partitions around watering stations in the shape of four cornerpieces, v. דְּיֹומַד Ib. 11a פַּסֵּי ביראות the partitions of watering stations; a. fr.Maasr. I, 7, v. פַּץ. 3) Pl. (v. פִּיסִּים) tax; פַּסֵּי העיר town tax (used for maintaining the safety of the town). Tosef.Peah IV, 9 לפ׳ העיר לשניםוכ׳ ed. Zuck. (ed. לעניי, corr. acc.) in order to be assessed for the town tax one must have been a resident for twelve months; B. Bath.8a; Y.Peah VIII, 21a bot. לפסין ולצדקות for the town tax and for the charities, expl. for the salaries of public school teachers; Y.B. Bath.I, beg.12d לפסים ולזימיות for town tax and town fines.

פַּסII m. (b. h.; פָּסַס) 1) strip, stripe.Pl. פַּסִּים, פַּסִּין. Gen. R. s. 84 (ref. to Gen. 37:3 sq., a. Ps. 66:5 sq.; v. עֲלִילָה) why ‘did they hate him? That (in the course of events it should come about that) שיקרע הים לפניהם פ׳ פ׳ the sea be rent before them in strips (ed. Wil. פ̇ס̇י̇ם̇ פס ים passim alludes to ‘strip of the sea).Esp. (cmp. פֶּרֶק) פס יד, palm, the hand from the wrist to the tip of the finger; פס רגל the foot to the ankle, interch. with פִּסַּת, פִּיסַּת (constr. of פִּסָּה). Ib. (expl. פסים, Gen. l. c.) שהיתה מגעת עד פס ידו the coat reached with its sleeves to his wrist; שהיתה … בפס ידו it was very fine and light, and could be (compressed and) hidden in his hand (cmp. מַלְמֵלָה). Meg.IV, 8 (24b) נתנה … על פס ידווכ׳ if he placed the Tfillin on his forehead or on his palm. Yoma 87a (play on ה̇ת̇ר̇פ̇ס̇, Prov. 6:3) (read:) אם ממון יש לו בידך ה̇ת̇ר לו פ̇ס̇ת ידוכ׳ if thou owest him (whom thou hast wronged) money, untie thy hand to him (pay him), if not (if thou hast otherwise wronged him), get several friends around him (to ask his pardon in their presence); B. Mets. 115a; B. Bath. 173b; Yalk. Prov. 938. Gen. R. s. 78 (play on מ̇ת̇ר̇פ̇ס בר̇צ̇י, Ps. 68:31) מ̇ת̇יר̇ את הפ̇ס̇ ומ̇ת̇ר̇צ̇ה בכסף he (Edom-Rome) opens his hand (for bribery), and is appeased with silver; Ex. R. s. 35 מתרת את הפסוכ׳ she (Rome) opens ; Yalk. Ps. 800 שפושטין פסת יד … ואין עושין ר̇צ̇וןוכ׳ they stretch forth their hand to accept silver, and then do not what the givers desire; Pes.118b שפושטין פסת ידוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שפושטין יד). Yoma 47a על פ׳ ידו up to his wrist, v. חָפָה; Sifra Vayikra, Ndab., ch. X, Par. 9 חופה את פס ידווכ׳ he bends his hand (grabbing) in the pan Ohol. I, 8 שלשים בפס הרגל thirty joints in the foot. Yalk. Sam. 143 חלילה … פ׳ יד ופ׳ רגל ועקב מגולין never were their wrists or their feet or their heels seen uncovered; Midr. Sam. ch. XXV (corr. acc.); a. fr. 2) partition, board, barrier. Erub.5a אם יש שם פם ארבעה if a bar of four handbreadths is left or placed above the breach. Ib. 10b עושה פם גבוה עשרהוכ׳ he cuts a board ten handbreadths high and four cubits long ; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ib. II, 1 עושין פ׳ לביראותוכ׳ you must place partitions around watering stations in the shape of four cornerpieces, v. דְּיֹומַד Ib. 11a פַּסֵּי ביראות the partitions of watering stations; a. fr.Maasr. I, 7, v. פַּץ. 3) Pl. (v. פִּיסִּים) tax; פַּסֵּי העיר town tax (used for maintaining the safety of the town). Tosef.Peah IV, 9 לפ׳ העיר לשניםוכ׳ ed. Zuck. (ed. לעניי, corr. acc.) in order to be assessed for the town tax one must have been a resident for twelve months; B. Bath.8a; Y.Peah VIII, 21a bot. לפסין ולצדקות for the town tax and for the charities, expl. for the salaries of public school teachers; Y.B. Bath.I, beg.12d לפסים ולזימיות for town tax and town fines.

שוּףII 1) to smooth, rub, polish, sharpen; to smear over, plaster. Kel. XIV, 5 משיְשוּפֶינּוּ (Mish. ed. משישוּפֶנּוּ; Ar. משיְשַׁפֶּנּוּ, fr. שָׁפָה I) a sword becomes susceptible of uncleanness when it is furbished. Ib. XVI, 1 משיְשוּפם בעור הדג when he smooths them by rubbing with the skin of a fish; Snh.20b; Ned.56b משיְשַׁפֵּם (Rashi משישופם). Kel. l. c. גמר שלא לָשוּף if he decided not to smooth them. Y.Ber.III, 5d bot. לאיזה דבר הוא שָׁפָהּ for what purpose should he polish it? Ḥull.25a, sq.; Tosef.Kel.B. Mets.II, 10. Tosef.Toh.VI, 12 ושָׁפָה את רוקו and she rubbed his spittle off (with her foot); שכן … (להיות) שָׁפוֹתוכ׳ for it is the habit of Israelitish women during menstruation to rub off Y.Sabb.VII, 10b top רוקק ושָׁף he spits on the stone pavement and rubs it out (with his foot). M. Kat. I, 10 שָׁפִין את הסדקין you may plaster over the rifts in the roof (during the festive week). Sabb.XX, 3 ולא שפין אותן nor must you rub them (with the hand to cleanse them). Eduy. I, 8 שורין ושפיןוכ׳ you must observe levitical cleanness when you soak them and rub (your body) with them. Sabb.75b השף בין העמודים he who rubs (smooths skins) between columns; Y. ib. VII, 10c bot. השף את העור על גבי העמוד. Kel. XXX, 1 שָׁפָן בשופין files them with a file. Pes.II, 7 אבל שָׁפָה היאוכ׳ but she may rub (the bran) dry over her body (to soften her skin); a. fr. 2) to run smoothly, glide. Gen. R. s. 6; Midr. Sam. ch. IX. 3) (b. h.) to grind, crush, stamp. Sifré Deut. 315 שיהו הטים שָׁפוֹת זווכ׳ that wheat grains rub against one another and drop, v. סֹלֶת; Yalk. ib. 944.Midr. Till. to Ps. 4:7 וישראל … ואתם באים לָשוּף אותה מן העקב and the Israelites say to them (the gentiles asking for a share in the hereafter), in how many troubles … we surrendered our lives for the sanctification of the Lord, and you want to stamp it (all this good) out of your heels (out of the ground)?; (ed. Bub. אותם על העקב, corr. acc.); Yalk. ib. 627 לשוף עצמיכם מן העקב (corr. acc.).(Midr. Till. to Ps. 92 וישופני עקב, v. שוּף I. Nif. נִישּׁוֹף 1) to be rubbed off, made smooth, level. Tosef.B. Kam.X, מטבע ונ׳ if he took by force a coin, and it became rubbed off (effaced). 2) to be ground, crushed. Tosef.B. Mets. XI, 8 מוציא אדם זבלו … כדי שיִישּׁוֹףוכ׳ a man may take out his material for dung and place it in front of his house, that it may be stamped upon by the feet of man and beast; B. Kam.30a; 81b; B. Mets. 118b כדי שיהא נישוף. B. Kam.28b נשוף באבן (Ms. F. ונושף, read: נִישָּׁף) was smashed against a stone; (Y. ib. III, 3c top נחבט).v. שָׁפַף.

שוּףII 1) to smooth, rub, polish, sharpen; to smear over, plaster. Kel. XIV, 5 משיְשוּפֶינּוּ (Mish. ed. משישוּפֶנּוּ; Ar. משיְשַׁפֶּנּוּ, fr. שָׁפָה I) a sword becomes susceptible of uncleanness when it is furbished. Ib. XVI, 1 משיְשוּפם בעור הדג when he smooths them by rubbing with the skin of a fish; Snh.20b; Ned.56b משיְשַׁפֵּם (Rashi משישופם). Kel. l. c. גמר שלא לָשוּף if he decided not to smooth them. Y.Ber.III, 5d bot. לאיזה דבר הוא שָׁפָהּ for what purpose should he polish it? Ḥull.25a, sq.; Tosef.Kel.B. Mets.II, 10. Tosef.Toh.VI, 12 ושָׁפָה את רוקו and she rubbed his spittle off (with her foot); שכן … (להיות) שָׁפוֹתוכ׳ for it is the habit of Israelitish women during menstruation to rub off Y.Sabb.VII, 10b top רוקק ושָׁף he spits on the stone pavement and rubs it out (with his foot). M. Kat. I, 10 שָׁפִין את הסדקין you may plaster over the rifts in the roof (during the festive week). Sabb.XX, 3 ולא שפין אותן nor must you rub them (with the hand to cleanse them). Eduy. I, 8 שורין ושפיןוכ׳ you must observe levitical cleanness when you soak them and rub (your body) with them. Sabb.75b השף בין העמודים he who rubs (smooths skins) between columns; Y. ib. VII, 10c bot. השף את העור על גבי העמוד. Kel. XXX, 1 שָׁפָן בשופין files them with a file. Pes.II, 7 אבל שָׁפָה היאוכ׳ but she may rub (the bran) dry over her body (to soften her skin); a. fr. 2) to run smoothly, glide. Gen. R. s. 6; Midr. Sam. ch. IX. 3) (b. h.) to grind, crush, stamp. Sifré Deut. 315 שיהו הטים שָׁפוֹת זווכ׳ that wheat grains rub against one another and drop, v. סֹלֶת; Yalk. ib. 944.Midr. Till. to Ps. 4:7 וישראל … ואתם באים לָשוּף אותה מן העקב and the Israelites say to them (the gentiles asking for a share in the hereafter), in how many troubles … we surrendered our lives for the sanctification of the Lord, and you want to stamp it (all this good) out of your heels (out of the ground)?; (ed. Bub. אותם על העקב, corr. acc.); Yalk. ib. 627 לשוף עצמיכם מן העקב (corr. acc.).(Midr. Till. to Ps. 92 וישופני עקב, v. שוּף I. Nif. נִישּׁוֹף 1) to be rubbed off, made smooth, level. Tosef.B. Kam.X, מטבע ונ׳ if he took by force a coin, and it became rubbed off (effaced). 2) to be ground, crushed. Tosef.B. Mets. XI, 8 מוציא אדם זבלו … כדי שיִישּׁוֹףוכ׳ a man may take out his material for dung and place it in front of his house, that it may be stamped upon by the feet of man and beast; B. Kam.30a; 81b; B. Mets. 118b כדי שיהא נישוף. B. Kam.28b נשוף באבן (Ms. F. ונושף, read: נִישָּׁף) was smashed against a stone; (Y. ib. III, 3c top נחבט).v. שָׁפַף.