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אֲהוּרְמִיןm. (Pers. Angra-Mainyus) Ahriman, the evil principle in the Zendavesta (Parsism); opp. הורמיז Ormuzd. Snh.39a מפלגך לעילאי דהורמיז מפלגך לתתאי דאה׳ Ar. (ed. a. Mss. incorr., v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.; Tosef. a. l. Better vers. Ms. F. מפלגן our half) thy upper half belongs to Ormuzd, thy lower half to Ahriman. Ib. א״כ היכי שביק אהורמין להורמיז למעבר מיא בארעא (ed. corr. acc.) if this be so, why does Ahriman allow Ormuzd to let the water pass (through the formers dominion) to the ground?

אֲהוּרְמִיןm. (Pers. Angra-Mainyus) Ahriman, the evil principle in the Zendavesta (Parsism); opp. הורמיז Ormuzd. Snh.39a מפלגך לעילאי דהורמיז מפלגך לתתאי דאה׳ Ar. (ed. a. Mss. incorr., v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.; Tosef. a. l. Better vers. Ms. F. מפלגן our half) thy upper half belongs to Ormuzd, thy lower half to Ahriman. Ib. א״כ היכי שביק אהורמין להורמיז למעבר מיא בארעא (ed. corr. acc.) if this be so, why does Ahriman allow Ormuzd to let the water pass (through the formers dominion) to the ground?

שָׁמֵןI (b. h.) (to be smooth,) to be fat. Hif. הִשְׁמִין to grow fat, improve. Y.B. Kam.IX, beg.6d גזל כחושה והִשְׁמִינָה if he took forcibly a lean animal, and it grew fat (in his possession); Tosef. ib. VII, 17; Bab. ib. 65a; a. e. Hithpa. הִשְׁתַּמֵּן to become smooth, bright; to glisten. Gen. R. s. 34 כל שהוא … היא מִשְׁתַּמֶּנֶת the more he beats it (the flax), the more it will glisten; Yalk. ib. 95; Yalk. Ps. 654. Pi. שִׁמֵּן 1) (denom. of שֶׁמֶן) to oil. Men.23a קומץ … ששִׁמְּנוֹוכ׳ the handful of the sinners meal-offering on which he (the priest) put oil, … has become unfit for the altar; Yalk. Lev. 474. 2) to smooth, level; ש׳ בין to compromise to average. B. Mets.87a השוכר … מְשַׁמְּנִין ביניהם if one hires a laborer, saying, I will pay you as much as one or two of the inhabitants of the place get: he may pay him the lowest wages … the scholars say, you compromise between them, i. e. you make him pay the average wages. B. Bath.VII, 4 האומר … משמנין ביניהםוכ׳ if one says to his neighbor, I sell thee one-half of my field (and one part is better than the other), we compromise between them, i. e. the field is divided into two portions of equal value, but the purchaser must take whichever portion the seller may assign to him; חציה בדרום … משמניןוכ׳ if he says, I sell thee half of the field on the south side, we compromise between them, and he gets his portion on the south side; expl. ib. 107b משמנין … לדמי ‘we compromise means according to value. Bekh.II, 6, sq. משמנין ביניהם we compromise between them, i. e. the priest takes the inferior of the twin animals, and the difference in value remains under litigation; expl. ib. 18a מהו משמנין שומן יהא ביניהן mshammnin means, the fat one (the difference of value) remains to be decided, v. שוּמָן.

שָׁמֵןI (b. h.) (to be smooth,) to be fat. Hif. הִשְׁמִין to grow fat, improve. Y.B. Kam.IX, beg.6d גזל כחושה והִשְׁמִינָה if he took forcibly a lean animal, and it grew fat (in his possession); Tosef. ib. VII, 17; Bab. ib. 65a; a. e. Hithpa. הִשְׁתַּמֵּן to become smooth, bright; to glisten. Gen. R. s. 34 כל שהוא … היא מִשְׁתַּמֶּנֶת the more he beats it (the flax), the more it will glisten; Yalk. ib. 95; Yalk. Ps. 654. Pi. שִׁמֵּן 1) (denom. of שֶׁמֶן) to oil. Men.23a קומץ … ששִׁמְּנוֹוכ׳ the handful of the sinners meal-offering on which he (the priest) put oil, … has become unfit for the altar; Yalk. Lev. 474. 2) to smooth, level; ש׳ בין to compromise to average. B. Mets.87a השוכר … מְשַׁמְּנִין ביניהם if one hires a laborer, saying, I will pay you as much as one or two of the inhabitants of the place get: he may pay him the lowest wages … the scholars say, you compromise between them, i. e. you make him pay the average wages. B. Bath.VII, 4 האומר … משמנין ביניהםוכ׳ if one says to his neighbor, I sell thee one-half of my field (and one part is better than the other), we compromise between them, i. e. the field is divided into two portions of equal value, but the purchaser must take whichever portion the seller may assign to him; חציה בדרום … משמניןוכ׳ if he says, I sell thee half of the field on the south side, we compromise between them, and he gets his portion on the south side; expl. ib. 107b משמנין … לדמי ‘we compromise means according to value. Bekh.II, 6, sq. משמנין ביניהם we compromise between them, i. e. the priest takes the inferior of the twin animals, and the difference in value remains under litigation; expl. ib. 18a מהו משמנין שומן יהא ביניהן mshammnin means, the fat one (the difference of value) remains to be decided, v. שוּמָן.

גַּןc., גַּנָּה, גִּינָּה f. (b. h.; גנן) a fenced-in place, garden.גַּן עֵדֶן paradise, place of future reward, opp. גֵּיהִינָּם. Pes.54a; Ned.39b; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 15 beg. גן גדול מעדן the garden was larger than Eden (Eden was a portion of the garden, ref. to Ez. 31:9). Taan.10a וגן אחדוכ׳ and the garden was one sixtieth portion of Eden.Gen. R. l. c. כפיגי שהיא נתונה בגי׳ like a spring in a garden. Kil. II, 2 זרעוני גנה garden plants. Ex. R. s. 31 גלגל שבגי׳ the wheel works of the well in the garden; a. fr.Trnsf. (cmp. hortulus a. κῆπος) woman. Pirké dR. El. ch. XXI אין גן אלא האשהוכ׳ gan (Gen. 3:3) means woman who is compared to a garden (ref. to Cant. 4:12), מה הגנה זווכ׳ as a garden Cant. R. to IV, 12 גַּנָּתִי נעולה והיא מתגניא my consort (Israel) is closed (chaste), and yet defamed.Pl. גַּנּוֹת. Lev. R. s. 3, beg. better off is he who owns גינה one garden and ממי שנוטל ג׳ שלוכ׳ than he who takes other peoples gardens an half-shares; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 85 חורש בגנות (euphem. for sexual intercourse).

גַּןc., גַּנָּה, גִּינָּה f. (b. h.; גנן) a fenced-in place, garden.גַּן עֵדֶן paradise, place of future reward, opp. גֵּיהִינָּם. Pes.54a; Ned.39b; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 15 beg. גן גדול מעדן the garden was larger than Eden (Eden was a portion of the garden, ref. to Ez. 31:9). Taan.10a וגן אחדוכ׳ and the garden was one sixtieth portion of Eden.Gen. R. l. c. כפיגי שהיא נתונה בגי׳ like a spring in a garden. Kil. II, 2 זרעוני גנה garden plants. Ex. R. s. 31 גלגל שבגי׳ the wheel works of the well in the garden; a. fr.Trnsf. (cmp. hortulus a. κῆπος) woman. Pirké dR. El. ch. XXI אין גן אלא האשהוכ׳ gan (Gen. 3:3) means woman who is compared to a garden (ref. to Cant. 4:12), מה הגנה זווכ׳ as a garden Cant. R. to IV, 12 גַּנָּתִי נעולה והיא מתגניא my consort (Israel) is closed (chaste), and yet defamed.Pl. גַּנּוֹת. Lev. R. s. 3, beg. better off is he who owns גינה one garden and ממי שנוטל ג׳ שלוכ׳ than he who takes other peoples gardens an half-shares; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 85 חורש בגנות (euphem. for sexual intercourse).

קָדַם(b. h.) (to bend, go forward, to advance, precede; to anticipate. Y.Meg.III, 74a bot. צפה … מוטב שיִקְדּוֹם … לכספווכ׳ the Lord foresaw that Haman the wicked would weigh his silver for Israels destruction (Esth. 3:9), and he said, it is better that my childrens silver (the half-Shekel, Ex. 30:11 sq.) anticipate Hamans silver (to act as a protection from evil designs); ib. I, 70d bot. שיַּקְדִּים (Hif.). Sifra Vayiḳra, Ḥob., Par. 3, ch. V, v. infra. Gen. R. s. 1 ששה דברים קָדְמוּוכ׳ six things preceded the creation of the world. Ib. איני יודע איזה מהן קוֹדֵם אם התורה קָדְמָהוכ׳ I know not yet, which of them was first, whether the Torah was created before the throne of glory Ib. התורה קרמהוכ׳, v. קְרִימָה. Ḥull.100a, sq. ק׳ וסלקו he removed it first (before putting in other pieces). Snh.38a; Lev. R. s. 14, beg. יתוש קְדָמְךָ, v. יַתּוּש. B. Mets. II, 11 אבדתו … אבדתו קוֹדֶמֶת if a mans own loss and his fathers loss are to be attended to, his own has the precedence; ib. שלו קודמת (Bab. ed. 33a קודם). Ab. III, 9 כל … קודמת לחכמתווכ׳ he to whom fear of sin comes before his learning, his learning will endure. Y.Ned.IX, 42c bot. חיי העיר הזאת קוֹדְמִיןוכ׳ the supply of provisions for the people of ones own town has the precedence over Kel. XXV, 4, v. כַּתְּ; a. fr. (Nif. נִקְדָּם, Taan.20a נקדמה, v. נָקַד I. Pi. קִדֵּם to get the start of. Y.Taan.I, end, 64d שלא יְקַדְּמֶנּוּ אחר lest another man get ahead of him (in proposing to a woman he desires to marry); Y.Bets. V, 63a bot. Sifré Deut. 34 לא קִידְּמוּם מצוותוכ׳ no other commands were promulgated before them; a. fr. Hif. הִקְדִּים 1) to advance; to do first; to anticipate, provide against. Y. Meg. l. c. לפיכך מַקְדִּימִין וקיריןוכ׳ therefore we read the section of Shḳalim first (before the first of Adar, and before the Sabbath Zakhor); Bab. ib. 13b לפיכךה׳ שקליהןוכ׳ therefore the Lord ordered their Shekels in anticipation of his (Hamans) Shekels, v. supra. Ib. 30a מקדימין לשבת שעברה we read it the Sabbath before, opp. מאחרין. Ib. when Purim falls on a Friday, מקרימין פרשת זכור we read the section Zakhor on the Sabbath previous. Y.Sot.VIII, 22d bot. ה׳ לו שכרי if he paid the builder in advance. Zeb.106a (ref. to Lev. 4:12) שיהא שם דשן שיַקְדִּים לשם דשן this means that ashes must be there, that he must first have put ashes there; Sifra Vayikra l. c. שיִקְדּים; a. fr.ה׳ שלום to salute first. Ber.6b כל שיודע … יקדים לו שלום he who knows his neighbor to be in the habit of greeting him, should salute him first. Ib. 17a לא הִקְדִּימוֹ אדם יכ׳ never was a man the first in saluting him, not even a stranger Ex. R. s. 23 באו … להַקְדִּים שירה the angels came wanting to be the first to offer song; יַקְדִּימוּ בני תחלה let my children be the first; a. v. fr.Part. pass. מוּקְדָּם; f. מוּקְרֶּמֶת; pl. מוּקְדָּמִים Pes.6b, a. fr. אין מ׳ ומאוחרוכ׳, v. אָחַר. Shebi. X, 5, v. פְּרוֹזְבּוּל. Ib. שטרי חוב המ׳ antedated notes of indebtedness. M. Mets. V, 10 נתן עיניו … זו היא רבית מ׳ if he intends to borrow money, and he sends his neighbor a gift and says, ‘in order to make thee inclined to lend me money,this is interest paid in advance; a. fr. 2) to be early, zealous. Naz.23b, a. e. לעולם יקדים אדם לדברוכ׳ man should always be anxious to do a good deed as early as possible. Pes.4a, a. e. מקדימיןוכ׳, v. זָרִיז; a. fr.Y.Erub.V, 22d top שמקדימין העליון, read: שמקדירין or שמקדרין, v. קָדַר I.

קָדַם(b. h.) (to bend, go forward, to advance, precede; to anticipate. Y.Meg.III, 74a bot. צפה … מוטב שיִקְדּוֹם … לכספווכ׳ the Lord foresaw that Haman the wicked would weigh his silver for Israels destruction (Esth. 3:9), and he said, it is better that my childrens silver (the half-Shekel, Ex. 30:11 sq.) anticipate Hamans silver (to act as a protection from evil designs); ib. I, 70d bot. שיַּקְדִּים (Hif.). Sifra Vayiḳra, Ḥob., Par. 3, ch. V, v. infra. Gen. R. s. 1 ששה דברים קָדְמוּוכ׳ six things preceded the creation of the world. Ib. איני יודע איזה מהן קוֹדֵם אם התורה קָדְמָהוכ׳ I know not yet, which of them was first, whether the Torah was created before the throne of glory Ib. התורה קרמהוכ׳, v. קְרִימָה. Ḥull.100a, sq. ק׳ וסלקו he removed it first (before putting in other pieces). Snh.38a; Lev. R. s. 14, beg. יתוש קְדָמְךָ, v. יַתּוּש. B. Mets. II, 11 אבדתו … אבדתו קוֹדֶמֶת if a mans own loss and his fathers loss are to be attended to, his own has the precedence; ib. שלו קודמת (Bab. ed. 33a קודם). Ab. III, 9 כל … קודמת לחכמתווכ׳ he to whom fear of sin comes before his learning, his learning will endure. Y.Ned.IX, 42c bot. חיי העיר הזאת קוֹדְמִיןוכ׳ the supply of provisions for the people of ones own town has the precedence over Kel. XXV, 4, v. כַּתְּ; a. fr. (Nif. נִקְדָּם, Taan.20a נקדמה, v. נָקַד I. Pi. קִדֵּם to get the start of. Y.Taan.I, end, 64d שלא יְקַדְּמֶנּוּ אחר lest another man get ahead of him (in proposing to a woman he desires to marry); Y.Bets. V, 63a bot. Sifré Deut. 34 לא קִידְּמוּם מצוותוכ׳ no other commands were promulgated before them; a. fr. Hif. הִקְדִּים 1) to advance; to do first; to anticipate, provide against. Y. Meg. l. c. לפיכך מַקְדִּימִין וקיריןוכ׳ therefore we read the section of Shḳalim first (before the first of Adar, and before the Sabbath Zakhor); Bab. ib. 13b לפיכךה׳ שקליהןוכ׳ therefore the Lord ordered their Shekels in anticipation of his (Hamans) Shekels, v. supra. Ib. 30a מקדימין לשבת שעברה we read it the Sabbath before, opp. מאחרין. Ib. when Purim falls on a Friday, מקרימין פרשת זכור we read the section Zakhor on the Sabbath previous. Y.Sot.VIII, 22d bot. ה׳ לו שכרי if he paid the builder in advance. Zeb.106a (ref. to Lev. 4:12) שיהא שם דשן שיַקְדִּים לשם דשן this means that ashes must be there, that he must first have put ashes there; Sifra Vayikra l. c. שיִקְדּים; a. fr.ה׳ שלום to salute first. Ber.6b כל שיודע … יקדים לו שלום he who knows his neighbor to be in the habit of greeting him, should salute him first. Ib. 17a לא הִקְדִּימוֹ אדם יכ׳ never was a man the first in saluting him, not even a stranger Ex. R. s. 23 באו … להַקְדִּים שירה the angels came wanting to be the first to offer song; יַקְדִּימוּ בני תחלה let my children be the first; a. v. fr.Part. pass. מוּקְדָּם; f. מוּקְרֶּמֶת; pl. מוּקְדָּמִים Pes.6b, a. fr. אין מ׳ ומאוחרוכ׳, v. אָחַר. Shebi. X, 5, v. פְּרוֹזְבּוּל. Ib. שטרי חוב המ׳ antedated notes of indebtedness. M. Mets. V, 10 נתן עיניו … זו היא רבית מ׳ if he intends to borrow money, and he sends his neighbor a gift and says, ‘in order to make thee inclined to lend me money,this is interest paid in advance; a. fr. 2) to be early, zealous. Naz.23b, a. e. לעולם יקדים אדם לדברוכ׳ man should always be anxious to do a good deed as early as possible. Pes.4a, a. e. מקדימיןוכ׳, v. זָרִיז; a. fr.Y.Erub.V, 22d top שמקדימין העליון, read: שמקדירין or שמקדרין, v. קָדַר I.