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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).

שְׁמַט, שְׁמֵיטch. sam(שמט kasher), 1) to loosen, detach, break loose, take away. Targ. Y. Lev. 14:40 (h. text חלץ). Ib. 43. Targ. II Esth. 3:8.Ned.48b דהיה שָׁמֵיטוכ׳ who was in the habit of stealing flax balls. B. Bath.28b מִשְׁמַט הוא דקא שמיט ואכיל he plucks and eats (as the fruits grow, but does not harvest); a. e.Part. pass. שָׁמִיט; f. שְׁמִיטָא. Gen. R. s. 68 דין עיניה ש׳ (some ed. שְׁמִיטָה; oth. שְׁמוּטָה Hebraism) one of them had an eye taken out (in a quarrel); Lev. R. s. 8; Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 5 שמיטי (corr. acc.). 2) (neut. verb) to slip off, glide. Targ. Y. I Deut. 19:5 יִשְׁמֹוט (Y. II יִשְׁמֵיט; ed. Vien. יַשְׁמִיט, corr. acc.). 3) to be released, rest, lie fallow. Targ. O. Lev. 26:35 שְׁמַטַת ed. Berl. (oth. ed. שְׁמֵיטַת; ed. Vien. שְׁמָטָא, read: שְׁמָטַת). Targ. 2 Chr. 36:21. 4) to let rest, leave fallow, v. infra. Af. אַשְׁמֵיט 1) to release, remit a debt. Targ. Deut. 15:2. 2) to rest, lie fallow. Targ. O. Lev. 26:34, sq.; a. e. 3) to abandon, let lie fallow. Targ. O. Ex. 23:11 (Y. ed. Vien. תִּשְׁ׳, Pe.); a. e.Targ. Y. II Deut. 19:5, v. supra. Pa. שַׁמֵּט 1) to cause remission of debt. Gitt.36a מדאורייתא מְשַׁמְּטָא … דלא משמטא by Biblical law the Sabbatical year brings remission, and how could Hillel ordain that it should not bring remission? Ib. b ותקינו … דתְשַׁמֵּטוכ׳ and the Rabbis had ordained that it should bring remission as a remembrance of the (Biblical) Sabbatical year; a. e. 2) to let go, drop, discard. Tanḥ. Vayishl. 8 (read:) שַׁמְּטֵיה discard it (the vow), v. שִׁטְפָא. 3) to tear off. B. Kam. 117a שמטיהוכ׳, v. קֹועָא. Ithpa. אִשְׁתַּמֵּט, Ithpe. אִשְׁתְּמִיט 1) to slip off, be dislocated; to break loose. Targ. Y. Num. 25:8. Targ. Y. Lev. 21:18 דמִשְׁתְּמִיט יריכיה (h. text שׂרוע), v. preced.Yoma 87a bot., v. קֹועָא; a. e. 2) to relieve ones self; to escape, get rid. Targ. 2 Chr. 21:8. Targ. Ps. 141:6.B. Mets.3b אִשְׁתַּמּוּטֵי הוא דקא מישתמיטוכ׳ he tries to get rid of him (for the moment), thinking, when I have the money, I shall pay him. Ib. 17a; a. e.B. Bath.48b דלא הוה ליה לאישתמוטי Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) when he had no way of getting loose (by some subterfuge). Ḥull.120a אִשְׁתְּמִיטְתֵּיה האוכ׳ that which was said in the West escaped his attention. B. Kam.12a אִישְׁתַּמְּטִין עולא Ulla has escaped us (was afraid to oppose me); a. e.

שְׁמַט, שְׁמֵיטch. sam(שמט kasher), 1) to loosen, detach, break loose, take away. Targ. Y. Lev. 14:40 (h. text חלץ). Ib. 43. Targ. II Esth. 3:8.Ned.48b דהיה שָׁמֵיטוכ׳ who was in the habit of stealing flax balls. B. Bath.28b מִשְׁמַט הוא דקא שמיט ואכיל he plucks and eats (as the fruits grow, but does not harvest); a. e.Part. pass. שָׁמִיט; f. שְׁמִיטָא. Gen. R. s. 68 דין עיניה ש׳ (some ed. שְׁמִיטָה; oth. שְׁמוּטָה Hebraism) one of them had an eye taken out (in a quarrel); Lev. R. s. 8; Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 5 שמיטי (corr. acc.). 2) (neut. verb) to slip off, glide. Targ. Y. I Deut. 19:5 יִשְׁמֹוט (Y. II יִשְׁמֵיט; ed. Vien. יַשְׁמִיט, corr. acc.). 3) to be released, rest, lie fallow. Targ. O. Lev. 26:35 שְׁמַטַת ed. Berl. (oth. ed. שְׁמֵיטַת; ed. Vien. שְׁמָטָא, read: שְׁמָטַת). Targ. 2 Chr. 36:21. 4) to let rest, leave fallow, v. infra. Af. אַשְׁמֵיט 1) to release, remit a debt. Targ. Deut. 15:2. 2) to rest, lie fallow. Targ. O. Lev. 26:34, sq.; a. e. 3) to abandon, let lie fallow. Targ. O. Ex. 23:11 (Y. ed. Vien. תִּשְׁ׳, Pe.); a. e.Targ. Y. II Deut. 19:5, v. supra. Pa. שַׁמֵּט 1) to cause remission of debt. Gitt.36a מדאורייתא מְשַׁמְּטָא … דלא משמטא by Biblical law the Sabbatical year brings remission, and how could Hillel ordain that it should not bring remission? Ib. b ותקינו … דתְשַׁמֵּטוכ׳ and the Rabbis had ordained that it should bring remission as a remembrance of the (Biblical) Sabbatical year; a. e. 2) to let go, drop, discard. Tanḥ. Vayishl. 8 (read:) שַׁמְּטֵיה discard it (the vow), v. שִׁטְפָא. 3) to tear off. B. Kam. 117a שמטיהוכ׳, v. קֹועָא. Ithpa. אִשְׁתַּמֵּט, Ithpe. אִשְׁתְּמִיט 1) to slip off, be dislocated; to break loose. Targ. Y. Num. 25:8. Targ. Y. Lev. 21:18 דמִשְׁתְּמִיט יריכיה (h. text שׂרוע), v. preced.Yoma 87a bot., v. קֹועָא; a. e. 2) to relieve ones self; to escape, get rid. Targ. 2 Chr. 21:8. Targ. Ps. 141:6.B. Mets.3b אִשְׁתַּמּוּטֵי הוא דקא מישתמיטוכ׳ he tries to get rid of him (for the moment), thinking, when I have the money, I shall pay him. Ib. 17a; a. e.B. Bath.48b דלא הוה ליה לאישתמוטי Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) when he had no way of getting loose (by some subterfuge). Ḥull.120a אִשְׁתְּמִיטְתֵּיה האוכ׳ that which was said in the West escaped his attention. B. Kam.12a אִישְׁתַּמְּטִין עולא Ulla has escaped us (was afraid to oppose me); a. e.

שְׁמַט, שְׁמֵיטch. sam(שמט kasher), 1) to loosen, detach, break loose, take away. Targ. Y. Lev. 14:40 (h. text חלץ). Ib. 43. Targ. II Esth. 3:8.Ned.48b דהיה שָׁמֵיטוכ׳ who was in the habit of stealing flax balls. B. Bath.28b מִשְׁמַט הוא דקא שמיט ואכיל he plucks and eats (as the fruits grow, but does not harvest); a. e.Part. pass. שָׁמִיט; f. שְׁמִיטָא. Gen. R. s. 68 דין עיניה ש׳ (some ed. שְׁמִיטָה; oth. שְׁמוּטָה Hebraism) one of them had an eye taken out (in a quarrel); Lev. R. s. 8; Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 5 שמיטי (corr. acc.). 2) (neut. verb) to slip off, glide. Targ. Y. I Deut. 19:5 יִשְׁמֹוט (Y. II יִשְׁמֵיט; ed. Vien. יַשְׁמִיט, corr. acc.). 3) to be released, rest, lie fallow. Targ. O. Lev. 26:35 שְׁמַטַת ed. Berl. (oth. ed. שְׁמֵיטַת; ed. Vien. שְׁמָטָא, read: שְׁמָטַת). Targ. 2 Chr. 36:21. 4) to let rest, leave fallow, v. infra. Af. אַשְׁמֵיט 1) to release, remit a debt. Targ. Deut. 15:2. 2) to rest, lie fallow. Targ. O. Lev. 26:34, sq.; a. e. 3) to abandon, let lie fallow. Targ. O. Ex. 23:11 (Y. ed. Vien. תִּשְׁ׳, Pe.); a. e.Targ. Y. II Deut. 19:5, v. supra. Pa. שַׁמֵּט 1) to cause remission of debt. Gitt.36a מדאורייתא מְשַׁמְּטָא … דלא משמטא by Biblical law the Sabbatical year brings remission, and how could Hillel ordain that it should not bring remission? Ib. b ותקינו … דתְשַׁמֵּטוכ׳ and the Rabbis had ordained that it should bring remission as a remembrance of the (Biblical) Sabbatical year; a. e. 2) to let go, drop, discard. Tanḥ. Vayishl. 8 (read:) שַׁמְּטֵיה discard it (the vow), v. שִׁטְפָא. 3) to tear off. B. Kam. 117a שמטיהוכ׳, v. קֹועָא. Ithpa. אִשְׁתַּמֵּט, Ithpe. אִשְׁתְּמִיט 1) to slip off, be dislocated; to break loose. Targ. Y. Num. 25:8. Targ. Y. Lev. 21:18 דמִשְׁתְּמִיט יריכיה (h. text שׂרוע), v. preced.Yoma 87a bot., v. קֹועָא; a. e. 2) to relieve ones self; to escape, get rid. Targ. 2 Chr. 21:8. Targ. Ps. 141:6.B. Mets.3b אִשְׁתַּמּוּטֵי הוא דקא מישתמיטוכ׳ he tries to get rid of him (for the moment), thinking, when I have the money, I shall pay him. Ib. 17a; a. e.B. Bath.48b דלא הוה ליה לאישתמוטי Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) when he had no way of getting loose (by some subterfuge). Ḥull.120a אִשְׁתְּמִיטְתֵּיה האוכ׳ that which was said in the West escaped his attention. B. Kam.12a אִישְׁתַּמְּטִין עולא Ulla has escaped us (was afraid to oppose me); a. e.

שְׁמַט, שְׁמֵיטch. sam(שמט kasher), 1) to loosen, detach, break loose, take away. Targ. Y. Lev. 14:40 (h. text חלץ). Ib. 43. Targ. II Esth. 3:8.Ned.48b דהיה שָׁמֵיטוכ׳ who was in the habit of stealing flax balls. B. Bath.28b מִשְׁמַט הוא דקא שמיט ואכיל he plucks and eats (as the fruits grow, but does not harvest); a. e.Part. pass. שָׁמִיט; f. שְׁמִיטָא. Gen. R. s. 68 דין עיניה ש׳ (some ed. שְׁמִיטָה; oth. שְׁמוּטָה Hebraism) one of them had an eye taken out (in a quarrel); Lev. R. s. 8; Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 5 שמיטי (corr. acc.). 2) (neut. verb) to slip off, glide. Targ. Y. I Deut. 19:5 יִשְׁמֹוט (Y. II יִשְׁמֵיט; ed. Vien. יַשְׁמִיט, corr. acc.). 3) to be released, rest, lie fallow. Targ. O. Lev. 26:35 שְׁמַטַת ed. Berl. (oth. ed. שְׁמֵיטַת; ed. Vien. שְׁמָטָא, read: שְׁמָטַת). Targ. 2 Chr. 36:21. 4) to let rest, leave fallow, v. infra. Af. אַשְׁמֵיט 1) to release, remit a debt. Targ. Deut. 15:2. 2) to rest, lie fallow. Targ. O. Lev. 26:34, sq.; a. e. 3) to abandon, let lie fallow. Targ. O. Ex. 23:11 (Y. ed. Vien. תִּשְׁ׳, Pe.); a. e.Targ. Y. II Deut. 19:5, v. supra. Pa. שַׁמֵּט 1) to cause remission of debt. Gitt.36a מדאורייתא מְשַׁמְּטָא … דלא משמטא by Biblical law the Sabbatical year brings remission, and how could Hillel ordain that it should not bring remission? Ib. b ותקינו … דתְשַׁמֵּטוכ׳ and the Rabbis had ordained that it should bring remission as a remembrance of the (Biblical) Sabbatical year; a. e. 2) to let go, drop, discard. Tanḥ. Vayishl. 8 (read:) שַׁמְּטֵיה discard it (the vow), v. שִׁטְפָא. 3) to tear off. B. Kam. 117a שמטיהוכ׳, v. קֹועָא. Ithpa. אִשְׁתַּמֵּט, Ithpe. אִשְׁתְּמִיט 1) to slip off, be dislocated; to break loose. Targ. Y. Num. 25:8. Targ. Y. Lev. 21:18 דמִשְׁתְּמִיט יריכיה (h. text שׂרוע), v. preced.Yoma 87a bot., v. קֹועָא; a. e. 2) to relieve ones self; to escape, get rid. Targ. 2 Chr. 21:8. Targ. Ps. 141:6.B. Mets.3b אִשְׁתַּמּוּטֵי הוא דקא מישתמיטוכ׳ he tries to get rid of him (for the moment), thinking, when I have the money, I shall pay him. Ib. 17a; a. e.B. Bath.48b דלא הוה ליה לאישתמוטי Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) when he had no way of getting loose (by some subterfuge). Ḥull.120a אִשְׁתְּמִיטְתֵּיה האוכ׳ that which was said in the West escaped his attention. B. Kam.12a אִישְׁתַּמְּטִין עולא Ulla has escaped us (was afraid to oppose me); a. e.

דָּמַם(b. h.; v. דּוּם, דָּמָה) to be silent, dumb, at rest; to be stricken dumb. Pesik. R. s. 33 (ref. to Is. 6:5) היאך היה לי שדָּמַמְתִּי how did it happen to me that I was silent (did not join in the praises of the angels)? Taan.20a דָּמְמוּ הרוחות when the winds subside. Snh.91a כאבן דּוּמָם like a dumb stone. Ber.19a יושב ודֹומֵם sits in silence; a. fr.Part. pass. דָּמוּם, f. דְּמוּמָה. Lam. R. to I, 17 (ref. to אֶדַּדֵּם, Ps. 42:5) ועכשיו ד׳ סלקאוכ׳ and now in silence does she (Israel) go up (to the ruins of Jerusalem), and in silence V. דִּמְדֵּם. 2) to leave off. Midr. Till. to Ps. 4:5 (ref. to ודמו ib.) (read:) ובלבד שתִּדֹּוםוכ׳ provided that thou leavest off from the sin ; Yalk. ib. 627. Hif. הִדְמִים to silence, bring to a stand-still. Ex. R. s. 29 end ה׳ כל העולם He made the world stand still. Gen. R. s. 97 שהוא מַדְמִיםוכ׳ who will bring to a stand-still sun and moon.

דָּמַם(b. h.; v. דּוּם, דָּמָה) to be silent, dumb, at rest; to be stricken dumb. Pesik. R. s. 33 (ref. to Is. 6:5) היאך היה לי שדָּמַמְתִּי how did it happen to me that I was silent (did not join in the praises of the angels)? Taan.20a דָּמְמוּ הרוחות when the winds subside. Snh.91a כאבן דּוּמָם like a dumb stone. Ber.19a יושב ודֹומֵם sits in silence; a. fr.Part. pass. דָּמוּם, f. דְּמוּמָה. Lam. R. to I, 17 (ref. to אֶדַּדֵּם, Ps. 42:5) ועכשיו ד׳ סלקאוכ׳ and now in silence does she (Israel) go up (to the ruins of Jerusalem), and in silence V. דִּמְדֵּם. 2) to leave off. Midr. Till. to Ps. 4:5 (ref. to ודמו ib.) (read:) ובלבד שתִּדֹּוםוכ׳ provided that thou leavest off from the sin ; Yalk. ib. 627. Hif. הִדְמִים to silence, bring to a stand-still. Ex. R. s. 29 end ה׳ כל העולם He made the world stand still. Gen. R. s. 97 שהוא מַדְמִיםוכ׳ who will bring to a stand-still sun and moon.

סָמַךְ(b. h.) (to close, join, 1) to pack, make close, stamp. Shebi. III, 8 לא יִסְמוֹךְ בעפר one should not support the dam by packing earth upon it, v. סָבַךְ. Gen. R. s. 5 סְמָבָןוכ׳ he crowded them between (Lev. R. s. 10 שָׂמָן); a. e. 2) to support, stem. Midr. Till. to Ps. 136, עוג היה … וסוֹמְכוֹ Og broke a mountain loòse and threw it on the Israelites …, Moses took a pebble and mentioned the Holy Name over it and stemmed its fall; הידים שכך סוֹמְכוֹת the hands which thus stem (the mountain); Deut. R. s. 1, end; a. e. 3) to bring close, to join. Y.Sabb.III, 5d bot. אפי׳ לִסְמוֹךְ לו even to place a vessel close to it (to be warmed); Bab. ib. 38b. Y.Kil.II, 27d סוֹמְכִין עומריןוכ׳ you may put packed sheaves by the side of Kil. II, 7 לסמוך לווכ׳ to plant closely adjoining to it Ib. 8; a. fr.Esp. (sub. יד) a) to press hands on the head of a sacrifice (to indicate ownership). Men.IX, 8 הכל סוֹמְכִיןוכ׳ all persons are entitled to lay hands on their sacrifices, except Ḥag.II, 2 שלא לסמוך that the laying on of hands must not be done on the Holy Days. Ib. 3 ואין סומכין עליהם but hands must not be laid on them; a. fr.b) to lay hands on the head of a scholar, in gen. to ordain. Snh.14a the government decreed שכל הסומך יהרגוכ׳ that whosoever ordained a scholar should be put to death, and whosoever be ordained should be put to death, ועיר שסומכיןוכ׳ and the town wherein the ordination takes place Ib. וס׳ שם חמשהוכ׳ and he ordained there five elders. Ib. ר״מ לא סְמָכוֹר״ע that R. Akiba never ordained R. M.Ib. סומכין בארץ ונִסְמָכִיןוכ׳ if those ordaining stand on Palestinean ground, and those to be ordained outside of Palestine; a. fr. 4) to lean, to rely. Ber.9a, a. fr., v. כְּדָיי. Erub.65b נִסְמוֹךְ עלוכ׳ let us rely on the opinion of ; a. fr.Trnsf. a) to support; to find support for an opinion or a rule, (v. אַסְמַכְתָּא). Y.Shebi.X, 39c bot. (ref. to Deut. 15:3) מיכן סָמְכוּ לפרוזבולוכ׳ here they found a support for the prosbol as a Biblical institution, expl. בשהתקין הלל סְמָכוּהוּוכ׳ when Hillel had instituted it, they supported it by reference to b) (with ענין) to bring under the same rule laws which are joined in the Biblical text. Yeb.4a (ref. to Ex. 22:17 a. 18) סמכו עניין לווכ׳ they brought the subject (verse 17) close to it (verse 18) (to intimate) as the punishment for the one is stoning, so is it for the other. Ib. וכי מפני שסמכווכ׳ can we put a person to death on an intimation suggested merely by the neighborhood of two subjects? (v. סְמוּכִים, infra).Part. pass. סָמוּךְ; f. סְמוּכָה; pl. סְמוּכִים, סְמוּכִין; סְמוּכוֹת a) near, close by. Meg.3b וכל הס׳ לו and all (the inhabited area) adjoining it. Men.98a, a. e. על בס׳ the preposition ʿal means immediately on. Sifré Num. 131 הרבה פרשיות ס׳וכ׳ many sections (in the Torah) adjoin one another, and yet are (mentally) as far from one another Sabb.I, 2 ס׳ למנחה near Minḥah time; a. v. fr.Esp. סְמוּכִין, סְמוּכִים the interpretation founded on the fact of local junction of texts (v. supra). Yeb. l. c. ס׳ מן התורה מנין where is it intimated that Biblical texts are to be interpreted on the basis of proximity? Answ. (ref. to Ps. 111:8): they are arranged Ib. מאן דלא דריש ס׳ he who does not adopt the interpretation based on textual proximity. Ber.10a; a. fr.b) strong, hardened. Num. R. s. 9 לבה ס׳ עליהם her heart is hardened towards them (and their presence will prevent her from confessing her guilt); cmp. גּוּס I. Nif. נִסְמַךְ 1) to be adjoined. Ber. l. c. למה נִסְמְכָהוכ׳ why has the section referring to Absalom (Ps. 3) been joined to that relating to Gog and Magog (Ps. 2)? Tanḥ. Ḥuck. 20 ונ׳ להרוכ׳ and is close to the mountain opposite. M. Kat. 28a; a. fr. 2) to be ordained. Snh. l. c., v. supra. Yoma 87a שראויין לִיסָּמֵךְ who are worthy to be ordained; a. fr. Pi. סִימֵּךְ to support, prop. Y.Maasr.II, 50a top המְסַמֵּךְ בגפנים he who props vines. Yalk. Ex. 244 עוזר ומסמך אתהוכ׳ thou art a helper and supporter to all ; a. e.Part. pass. מְסוּמָּךְ, pl. מְסוּמָּכִין. Kel. II, 2 יושבין שלא מ׳ (vessels or fragments of vessels) resting without the need of a support. Hif. הִסְמִיךְ to pack, tread. Y. Maasr. l. c. ברגליו מַסְמִיךְ working with his feet is he who packs (sheaves ; Y.B. Mets.VII, beg.11b מקמץ). Hithpa. הִסְתַּמֵּךְ, Nithpa. נִסְתַּמֵּךְ to lean ones self. Gen. R. s. 45, end היתה מִסְתַּמֶּכֶת עלוכ׳ was leaning on her hand-maid. Sifré Num. 131 והיה מִסְתַּמֵּךְוכ׳ and he went off leaning on his stick; a. e.

סָמַךְ(b. h.) (to close, join, 1) to pack, make close, stamp. Shebi. III, 8 לא יִסְמוֹךְ בעפר one should not support the dam by packing earth upon it, v. סָבַךְ. Gen. R. s. 5 סְמָבָןוכ׳ he crowded them between (Lev. R. s. 10 שָׂמָן); a. e. 2) to support, stem. Midr. Till. to Ps. 136, עוג היה … וסוֹמְכוֹ Og broke a mountain loòse and threw it on the Israelites …, Moses took a pebble and mentioned the Holy Name over it and stemmed its fall; הידים שכך סוֹמְכוֹת the hands which thus stem (the mountain); Deut. R. s. 1, end; a. e. 3) to bring close, to join. Y.Sabb.III, 5d bot. אפי׳ לִסְמוֹךְ לו even to place a vessel close to it (to be warmed); Bab. ib. 38b. Y.Kil.II, 27d סוֹמְכִין עומריןוכ׳ you may put packed sheaves by the side of Kil. II, 7 לסמוך לווכ׳ to plant closely adjoining to it Ib. 8; a. fr.Esp. (sub. יד) a) to press hands on the head of a sacrifice (to indicate ownership). Men.IX, 8 הכל סוֹמְכִיןוכ׳ all persons are entitled to lay hands on their sacrifices, except Ḥag.II, 2 שלא לסמוך that the laying on of hands must not be done on the Holy Days. Ib. 3 ואין סומכין עליהם but hands must not be laid on them; a. fr.b) to lay hands on the head of a scholar, in gen. to ordain. Snh.14a the government decreed שכל הסומך יהרגוכ׳ that whosoever ordained a scholar should be put to death, and whosoever be ordained should be put to death, ועיר שסומכיןוכ׳ and the town wherein the ordination takes place Ib. וס׳ שם חמשהוכ׳ and he ordained there five elders. Ib. ר״מ לא סְמָכוֹר״ע that R. Akiba never ordained R. M.Ib. סומכין בארץ ונִסְמָכִיןוכ׳ if those ordaining stand on Palestinean ground, and those to be ordained outside of Palestine; a. fr. 4) to lean, to rely. Ber.9a, a. fr., v. כְּדָיי. Erub.65b נִסְמוֹךְ עלוכ׳ let us rely on the opinion of ; a. fr.Trnsf. a) to support; to find support for an opinion or a rule, (v. אַסְמַכְתָּא). Y.Shebi.X, 39c bot. (ref. to Deut. 15:3) מיכן סָמְכוּ לפרוזבולוכ׳ here they found a support for the prosbol as a Biblical institution, expl. בשהתקין הלל סְמָכוּהוּוכ׳ when Hillel had instituted it, they supported it by reference to b) (with ענין) to bring under the same rule laws which are joined in the Biblical text. Yeb.4a (ref. to Ex. 22:17 a. 18) סמכו עניין לווכ׳ they brought the subject (verse 17) close to it (verse 18) (to intimate) as the punishment for the one is stoning, so is it for the other. Ib. וכי מפני שסמכווכ׳ can we put a person to death on an intimation suggested merely by the neighborhood of two subjects? (v. סְמוּכִים, infra).Part. pass. סָמוּךְ; f. סְמוּכָה; pl. סְמוּכִים, סְמוּכִין; סְמוּכוֹת a) near, close by. Meg.3b וכל הס׳ לו and all (the inhabited area) adjoining it. Men.98a, a. e. על בס׳ the preposition ʿal means immediately on. Sifré Num. 131 הרבה פרשיות ס׳וכ׳ many sections (in the Torah) adjoin one another, and yet are (mentally) as far from one another Sabb.I, 2 ס׳ למנחה near Minḥah time; a. v. fr.Esp. סְמוּכִין, סְמוּכִים the interpretation founded on the fact of local junction of texts (v. supra). Yeb. l. c. ס׳ מן התורה מנין where is it intimated that Biblical texts are to be interpreted on the basis of proximity? Answ. (ref. to Ps. 111:8): they are arranged Ib. מאן דלא דריש ס׳ he who does not adopt the interpretation based on textual proximity. Ber.10a; a. fr.b) strong, hardened. Num. R. s. 9 לבה ס׳ עליהם her heart is hardened towards them (and their presence will prevent her from confessing her guilt); cmp. גּוּס I. Nif. נִסְמַךְ 1) to be adjoined. Ber. l. c. למה נִסְמְכָהוכ׳ why has the section referring to Absalom (Ps. 3) been joined to that relating to Gog and Magog (Ps. 2)? Tanḥ. Ḥuck. 20 ונ׳ להרוכ׳ and is close to the mountain opposite. M. Kat. 28a; a. fr. 2) to be ordained. Snh. l. c., v. supra. Yoma 87a שראויין לִיסָּמֵךְ who are worthy to be ordained; a. fr. Pi. סִימֵּךְ to support, prop. Y.Maasr.II, 50a top המְסַמֵּךְ בגפנים he who props vines. Yalk. Ex. 244 עוזר ומסמך אתהוכ׳ thou art a helper and supporter to all ; a. e.Part. pass. מְסוּמָּךְ, pl. מְסוּמָּכִין. Kel. II, 2 יושבין שלא מ׳ (vessels or fragments of vessels) resting without the need of a support. Hif. הִסְמִיךְ to pack, tread. Y. Maasr. l. c. ברגליו מַסְמִיךְ working with his feet is he who packs (sheaves ; Y.B. Mets.VII, beg.11b מקמץ). Hithpa. הִסְתַּמֵּךְ, Nithpa. נִסְתַּמֵּךְ to lean ones self. Gen. R. s. 45, end היתה מִסְתַּמֶּכֶת עלוכ׳ was leaning on her hand-maid. Sifré Num. 131 והיה מִסְתַּמֵּךְוכ׳ and he went off leaning on his stick; a. e.

הֲפַךְ, הָפֵיךְch., fut. יַהֲפוֹךְ, same (v. אֲפַךְ) 1) to turn, change. Targ. Ps. 105:29; a. fr.Y.Sabb.XVI, end, 15d ה׳ אפוי he turned his face off. 2) to overturn, destroy. CATarg. Gen. 19:25; a. fr. 3) (neut. verb) to turn around. Targ. Prov. 26:11; a. e.Num. R. s. 12 כהדין ברנש … הָפוּךְ לאחוריו like one going down a ladder backwards; Y.R. Hash. II, 58a כאילין דסלקין בסולמא הֲפִיךְ like those who ascend a ladder backward; Yalk. Job 912 (read:) כהדין דסלקין בסולמא הפוך (v. Lattes Saggio p. 10 6). 4) (with ב) to be engaged in, to handle. Pes.113a (prov.) הֲפוֹךְ בנבילתא ולא תֵיפוֹךְוכ׳ deal in carcasses, but deal not in words (gossip, sophistry &c). Y.B. Kam.IV, beg.4a אנא הפך ומתהפך בדידיוכ׳ I turn around my stock of goods (selling and buying again), so that I reach thee in profits. Ab. V, 22 הֲפוֹךְ בהוכ׳ study it over and again; a. fr.V. הֲפִיכָא. Pa. הַפֵּיךְ l) (= h. הֵשִׁיב) to turn; to bring back, restore; to turn off (wrath), to appease; to give in return, reply. Targ. Prov. 25:13.Ib. 29:8.Ib. 24:29 Ms. (ed. אַהֲפֵיךְ Af.).Ib. 26. 2) to handle, be engaged in, barter, study (v. Pe. 4). Kidd.59a דוה מְהַפֵּיךְ בההיאוכ׳ was negotiating about a field. Sabb.119a כמה דלא מְהַפִּיכְנָא בזכותיה before I study what might be said in his favor. Pes.40a דמְהַפְּכֵי כיפי who handle sheaves; כי מְהַפְּכִיתוּ הַפִּיכוּוכ׳ (Ms. M. הפכיתו) when ye handle (them), handle them with the thought that they will be used for a religious purpose.Part. pass. מְהַפַּךְ. Y.Maasr.III, end, 51a היא הפכה והיא מְהַפְּכָה it turns and is turned in all directions (studied over and again), but we can learn nothing from it. Af. אַהֲפַךְ, v. supra. Ithpa. אִתְהַפֵּךְ, Ithpe. אִתְהֲפֵיךְ 1) to be turned, changed; to turn about, deal in Targ. Lev. 13:3. Targ. Job 30:21; a. fr.Y.Maasr.III, end, 51a, v. supra. 2) to roll about. Targ. Jud. 7:13; a. e.

הֲפַךְ, הָפֵיךְch., fut. יַהֲפוֹךְ, same (v. אֲפַךְ) 1) to turn, change. Targ. Ps. 105:29; a. fr.Y.Sabb.XVI, end, 15d ה׳ אפוי he turned his face off. 2) to overturn, destroy. CATarg. Gen. 19:25; a. fr. 3) (neut. verb) to turn around. Targ. Prov. 26:11; a. e.Num. R. s. 12 כהדין ברנש … הָפוּךְ לאחוריו like one going down a ladder backwards; Y.R. Hash. II, 58a כאילין דסלקין בסולמא הֲפִיךְ like those who ascend a ladder backward; Yalk. Job 912 (read:) כהדין דסלקין בסולמא הפוך (v. Lattes Saggio p. 10 6). 4) (with ב) to be engaged in, to handle. Pes.113a (prov.) הֲפוֹךְ בנבילתא ולא תֵיפוֹךְוכ׳ deal in carcasses, but deal not in words (gossip, sophistry &c). Y.B. Kam.IV, beg.4a אנא הפך ומתהפך בדידיוכ׳ I turn around my stock of goods (selling and buying again), so that I reach thee in profits. Ab. V, 22 הֲפוֹךְ בהוכ׳ study it over and again; a. fr.V. הֲפִיכָא. Pa. הַפֵּיךְ l) (= h. הֵשִׁיב) to turn; to bring back, restore; to turn off (wrath), to appease; to give in return, reply. Targ. Prov. 25:13.Ib. 29:8.Ib. 24:29 Ms. (ed. אַהֲפֵיךְ Af.).Ib. 26. 2) to handle, be engaged in, barter, study (v. Pe. 4). Kidd.59a דוה מְהַפֵּיךְ בההיאוכ׳ was negotiating about a field. Sabb.119a כמה דלא מְהַפִּיכְנָא בזכותיה before I study what might be said in his favor. Pes.40a דמְהַפְּכֵי כיפי who handle sheaves; כי מְהַפְּכִיתוּ הַפִּיכוּוכ׳ (Ms. M. הפכיתו) when ye handle (them), handle them with the thought that they will be used for a religious purpose.Part. pass. מְהַפַּךְ. Y.Maasr.III, end, 51a היא הפכה והיא מְהַפְּכָה it turns and is turned in all directions (studied over and again), but we can learn nothing from it. Af. אַהֲפַךְ, v. supra. Ithpa. אִתְהַפֵּךְ, Ithpe. אִתְהֲפֵיךְ 1) to be turned, changed; to turn about, deal in Targ. Lev. 13:3. Targ. Job 30:21; a. fr.Y.Maasr.III, end, 51a, v. supra. 2) to roll about. Targ. Jud. 7:13; a. e.

הֲפַךְ, הָפֵיךְch., fut. יַהֲפוֹךְ, same (v. אֲפַךְ) 1) to turn, change. Targ. Ps. 105:29; a. fr.Y.Sabb.XVI, end, 15d ה׳ אפוי he turned his face off. 2) to overturn, destroy. CATarg. Gen. 19:25; a. fr. 3) (neut. verb) to turn around. Targ. Prov. 26:11; a. e.Num. R. s. 12 כהדין ברנש … הָפוּךְ לאחוריו like one going down a ladder backwards; Y.R. Hash. II, 58a כאילין דסלקין בסולמא הֲפִיךְ like those who ascend a ladder backward; Yalk. Job 912 (read:) כהדין דסלקין בסולמא הפוך (v. Lattes Saggio p. 10 6). 4) (with ב) to be engaged in, to handle. Pes.113a (prov.) הֲפוֹךְ בנבילתא ולא תֵיפוֹךְוכ׳ deal in carcasses, but deal not in words (gossip, sophistry &c). Y.B. Kam.IV, beg.4a אנא הפך ומתהפך בדידיוכ׳ I turn around my stock of goods (selling and buying again), so that I reach thee in profits. Ab. V, 22 הֲפוֹךְ בהוכ׳ study it over and again; a. fr.V. הֲפִיכָא. Pa. הַפֵּיךְ l) (= h. הֵשִׁיב) to turn; to bring back, restore; to turn off (wrath), to appease; to give in return, reply. Targ. Prov. 25:13.Ib. 29:8.Ib. 24:29 Ms. (ed. אַהֲפֵיךְ Af.).Ib. 26. 2) to handle, be engaged in, barter, study (v. Pe. 4). Kidd.59a דוה מְהַפֵּיךְ בההיאוכ׳ was negotiating about a field. Sabb.119a כמה דלא מְהַפִּיכְנָא בזכותיה before I study what might be said in his favor. Pes.40a דמְהַפְּכֵי כיפי who handle sheaves; כי מְהַפְּכִיתוּ הַפִּיכוּוכ׳ (Ms. M. הפכיתו) when ye handle (them), handle them with the thought that they will be used for a religious purpose.Part. pass. מְהַפַּךְ. Y.Maasr.III, end, 51a היא הפכה והיא מְהַפְּכָה it turns and is turned in all directions (studied over and again), but we can learn nothing from it. Af. אַהֲפַךְ, v. supra. Ithpa. אִתְהַפֵּךְ, Ithpe. אִתְהֲפֵיךְ 1) to be turned, changed; to turn about, deal in Targ. Lev. 13:3. Targ. Job 30:21; a. fr.Y.Maasr.III, end, 51a, v. supra. 2) to roll about. Targ. Jud. 7:13; a. e.

הֲפַךְ, הָפֵיךְch., fut. יַהֲפוֹךְ, same (v. אֲפַךְ) 1) to turn, change. Targ. Ps. 105:29; a. fr.Y.Sabb.XVI, end, 15d ה׳ אפוי he turned his face off. 2) to overturn, destroy. CATarg. Gen. 19:25; a. fr. 3) (neut. verb) to turn around. Targ. Prov. 26:11; a. e.Num. R. s. 12 כהדין ברנש … הָפוּךְ לאחוריו like one going down a ladder backwards; Y.R. Hash. II, 58a כאילין דסלקין בסולמא הֲפִיךְ like those who ascend a ladder backward; Yalk. Job 912 (read:) כהדין דסלקין בסולמא הפוך (v. Lattes Saggio p. 10 6). 4) (with ב) to be engaged in, to handle. Pes.113a (prov.) הֲפוֹךְ בנבילתא ולא תֵיפוֹךְוכ׳ deal in carcasses, but deal not in words (gossip, sophistry &c). Y.B. Kam.IV, beg.4a אנא הפך ומתהפך בדידיוכ׳ I turn around my stock of goods (selling and buying again), so that I reach thee in profits. Ab. V, 22 הֲפוֹךְ בהוכ׳ study it over and again; a. fr.V. הֲפִיכָא. Pa. הַפֵּיךְ l) (= h. הֵשִׁיב) to turn; to bring back, restore; to turn off (wrath), to appease; to give in return, reply. Targ. Prov. 25:13.Ib. 29:8.Ib. 24:29 Ms. (ed. אַהֲפֵיךְ Af.).Ib. 26. 2) to handle, be engaged in, barter, study (v. Pe. 4). Kidd.59a דוה מְהַפֵּיךְ בההיאוכ׳ was negotiating about a field. Sabb.119a כמה דלא מְהַפִּיכְנָא בזכותיה before I study what might be said in his favor. Pes.40a דמְהַפְּכֵי כיפי who handle sheaves; כי מְהַפְּכִיתוּ הַפִּיכוּוכ׳ (Ms. M. הפכיתו) when ye handle (them), handle them with the thought that they will be used for a religious purpose.Part. pass. מְהַפַּךְ. Y.Maasr.III, end, 51a היא הפכה והיא מְהַפְּכָה it turns and is turned in all directions (studied over and again), but we can learn nothing from it. Af. אַהֲפַךְ, v. supra. Ithpa. אִתְהַפֵּךְ, Ithpe. אִתְהֲפֵיךְ 1) to be turned, changed; to turn about, deal in Targ. Lev. 13:3. Targ. Job 30:21; a. fr.Y.Maasr.III, end, 51a, v. supra. 2) to roll about. Targ. Jud. 7:13; a. e.

עָרַםII (b. h.; cmp. עָרָה I) to peel off, strip; to make white, bright; v. עָרוּם, עָרוֹם. Hif. הֶעֱרִים 1) to enlighten, inform. Y.Snh.V, beg.22c, sq. (ref. to בערמה, Ex. 21:14) שיַעֲרִימוּהוּ באיזו מיתה מת they (the forewarning witnesses) must keep him informed as to what kind of death penalty is expecting him; (Bab. ib. 80b שיודיעוהו). 2) to plan, act deliberately. Mekh. Mishp. s. 4 (ref. to בערמה, v. supra) להוציא … שאינן מַעֲרִימִין this is to exclude the deaf and dumb, the insane and the minor (who do not act with premeditation; להוציא מרפא … אינן מערימין to exclude the surgeon …, for although they acted with wilfulness (criminal negligence), they did not plan; Yalk. Ex. 325. 3) to act with subtlety, to get around a law by an artifice. Sabb.65b מערימין בדליקה in case of a conflagration on the Sabbath (when the rabbinical law allows the rescue of a certain number of clothes by putting them on) we may use an artifice (by laying off the clothes saved and going in again to save others); (oth. opin.) אין מערימין בדליקה you dare not Ib. מהו שתַּעֲרִיםוכ׳ dare a woman use an artifice, v. פָּרַף. Tosef.Bets.III, 2. Gen. R. s. 49 מה אתה מַעֲרִים על השבועה מבולוכ׳ why wilt thou cunningly evade thy own oath? destruction by water thou wilt not bring, but destruction by fire thou wilt? Yalk. ib. 83; a. fr.

עָרַםII (b. h.; cmp. עָרָה I) to peel off, strip; to make white, bright; v. עָרוּם, עָרוֹם. Hif. הֶעֱרִים 1) to enlighten, inform. Y.Snh.V, beg.22c, sq. (ref. to בערמה, Ex. 21:14) שיַעֲרִימוּהוּ באיזו מיתה מת they (the forewarning witnesses) must keep him informed as to what kind of death penalty is expecting him; (Bab. ib. 80b שיודיעוהו). 2) to plan, act deliberately. Mekh. Mishp. s. 4 (ref. to בערמה, v. supra) להוציא … שאינן מַעֲרִימִין this is to exclude the deaf and dumb, the insane and the minor (who do not act with premeditation; להוציא מרפא … אינן מערימין to exclude the surgeon …, for although they acted with wilfulness (criminal negligence), they did not plan; Yalk. Ex. 325. 3) to act with subtlety, to get around a law by an artifice. Sabb.65b מערימין בדליקה in case of a conflagration on the Sabbath (when the rabbinical law allows the rescue of a certain number of clothes by putting them on) we may use an artifice (by laying off the clothes saved and going in again to save others); (oth. opin.) אין מערימין בדליקה you dare not Ib. מהו שתַּעֲרִיםוכ׳ dare a woman use an artifice, v. פָּרַף. Tosef.Bets.III, 2. Gen. R. s. 49 מה אתה מַעֲרִים על השבועה מבולוכ׳ why wilt thou cunningly evade thy own oath? destruction by water thou wilt not bring, but destruction by fire thou wilt? Yalk. ib. 83; a. fr.

פִּקְפֵּק(v. פָּקַק) 1) to drive a wedge in; to loosen, shake. Midr. Till. to Ps. 53 v. infra. Succ.I, 7 (15a) מְפַקְפֵּק ונוטלוכ׳ he loosens (the boards of the ceiling) and takes one board out. Y.Sabb.XV, beg.15a מְפַקְפְּקִין ומפקיעיןוכ׳ (not בו) you may loosen the knot, or ravel it out, or untie, v. פָּקַע; מפקפקין ולא מפקיעין you may loosen the knot, but not ravel it out; ib. XX, end, 17d; Y.Meg.I, 71a; Y.Bets. V, 63b top (not פקפקין).Part. pass. מְפוּקְפָּק; f. מְפוּקְפֶּקֶת; pl. מְפוּקְפָּקִים, מְפוּקְפָּקִין; מְפוּקְפָּקוֹת. Gen. R. s. 78 היו הברכות מפ׳וכ׳ the blessings were as yet shaky (uncertain) in his hands, opp. נתאוששו, v. אוּש; ib. s. 67.Trnsf. (to shake the foundations of,) to contest the validity of, make light of. Eduy. V, 6 פ׳ בטהרת ידים he contested the rabbinical regulations concerning cleanness of hands; Ber.19a. Ab. Zar.35a גזירה … ואין מְפַקְפְּקִין בה it is a recent enactment, and you must not shake it (discuss its reason before a year is past); a. e. 2) (sub. פיו, or דבר) to insert a wedge or coil in ones mouth, be gagged, estopped from speaking. Midr. Till. to Ps. 53 (ref. to פוקה, 1 Sam. 25:31) (read as in ed. Bub. אם הן באין אצלך לדין מה אתה עושה ואתה מְפַקְפֵּק בדבר ואין אתה יכול להוציאווכ׳ if men will come to thee for judgment, what wilt thou do? Thou wilt gag (thy mouth) with a word and be unable to bring it out, when they will say, has he not done so unto Nabal? Thus the text (I Sam. l. c.) reads, ‘and let this not be unto thee a stopper, אל תְּפַקְפֵּק בפיךוכ׳ do not put a gag in thy mouth (do not make thyself unable to give judgment boldly), nor say ; Yalk. Sam. 134. Hithpa. הִתְפַּקְפַּק 1) to be shaken, loosened. Ber.28b man must bow at prayer עד שיִתְפַּקְפְּקוּ כלוכ׳ Ms. M. a. Ar. (ed. שיִתְפַּקְּקוּ v. R. D. S. a. l. note 400) until all the vertebrae of the spine seem to be loosened. 2) (v. פָּקַק) to be stopped off. Yeb.63b עונותיו מִתְפַּקְפְּקִין Ar. (ed. מִתְפַּקְּקִין) his sins are stopped off (cannot come forth to accuse him).

פִּקְפֵּק(v. פָּקַק) 1) to drive a wedge in; to loosen, shake. Midr. Till. to Ps. 53 v. infra. Succ.I, 7 (15a) מְפַקְפֵּק ונוטלוכ׳ he loosens (the boards of the ceiling) and takes one board out. Y.Sabb.XV, beg.15a מְפַקְפְּקִין ומפקיעיןוכ׳ (not בו) you may loosen the knot, or ravel it out, or untie, v. פָּקַע; מפקפקין ולא מפקיעין you may loosen the knot, but not ravel it out; ib. XX, end, 17d; Y.Meg.I, 71a; Y.Bets. V, 63b top (not פקפקין).Part. pass. מְפוּקְפָּק; f. מְפוּקְפֶּקֶת; pl. מְפוּקְפָּקִים, מְפוּקְפָּקִין; מְפוּקְפָּקוֹת. Gen. R. s. 78 היו הברכות מפ׳וכ׳ the blessings were as yet shaky (uncertain) in his hands, opp. נתאוששו, v. אוּש; ib. s. 67.Trnsf. (to shake the foundations of,) to contest the validity of, make light of. Eduy. V, 6 פ׳ בטהרת ידים he contested the rabbinical regulations concerning cleanness of hands; Ber.19a. Ab. Zar.35a גזירה … ואין מְפַקְפְּקִין בה it is a recent enactment, and you must not shake it (discuss its reason before a year is past); a. e. 2) (sub. פיו, or דבר) to insert a wedge or coil in ones mouth, be gagged, estopped from speaking. Midr. Till. to Ps. 53 (ref. to פוקה, 1 Sam. 25:31) (read as in ed. Bub. אם הן באין אצלך לדין מה אתה עושה ואתה מְפַקְפֵּק בדבר ואין אתה יכול להוציאווכ׳ if men will come to thee for judgment, what wilt thou do? Thou wilt gag (thy mouth) with a word and be unable to bring it out, when they will say, has he not done so unto Nabal? Thus the text (I Sam. l. c.) reads, ‘and let this not be unto thee a stopper, אל תְּפַקְפֵּק בפיךוכ׳ do not put a gag in thy mouth (do not make thyself unable to give judgment boldly), nor say ; Yalk. Sam. 134. Hithpa. הִתְפַּקְפַּק 1) to be shaken, loosened. Ber.28b man must bow at prayer עד שיִתְפַּקְפְּקוּ כלוכ׳ Ms. M. a. Ar. (ed. שיִתְפַּקְּקוּ v. R. D. S. a. l. note 400) until all the vertebrae of the spine seem to be loosened. 2) (v. פָּקַק) to be stopped off. Yeb.63b עונותיו מִתְפַּקְפְּקִין Ar. (ed. מִתְפַּקְּקִין) his sins are stopped off (cannot come forth to accuse him).

רָחַק(b. h.) to be distant, far, removed. Ylamd. to Num. 10:29, quot. in Ar. (ref. to Ps. 73:27) מי שרוֹחֵק הק״בהוכ׳ (ed. Koh. שמִתְרַחֵק) he who keeps away from the Lord, so as not to repent. Sifré Num. 131 כרְחוֹק מזרחוכ׳ as far as the east is removed from the west; a. e. Pi. רִחֵק, רִיחֵק to remove; to alienate; to reject, expel; to loathe. B. Kam.24a top, a. e. ר׳ נגיחותיו if the ox did his gorings in intervals (of three days), opp. קירב. Ib. רִיחֲקָה ראיותיה, v. רְאִיָּה. Yalk. Ps. 809 (ref. to Ps. l. c.) זה … שרִחֲקוּ את הקץ this alludes to Balaam and his associates, who put far off the end (the day of judgment, Num. 24:17), opp. קרבו. Ber.60b ורַחֲקֵנִי מאדם רעוכ׳ keep me far from a bad man and a bad associate. Eduy. V, 7 מעשיך יקרבוך ומעשיך יְרַחֲקוּךָ thy own doings will bring thee near (win thee friends), and thy own doings will alienate thee. Ib. VIII, 7 לרַחֵק, v. קָרֵב; a. fr.Part. pass. מְרוּחָק; pl. מְרוּחָקִים, מְרוּחָקִין. Ib. המר׳ בזרוע, v. קָרֵב. Ber.63b שלא היה מר׳וכ׳ which was only twelve miles off. Hif. הִרְחִיק same. Sifré Num. 94 מַרְחִיקִים, v. קָרֵב. B. Bath.II, 5 מַרְחִיקִין את הסולםוכ׳ (neighbors) must keep a ladder removed from the (neighbors) dove-cote four cubits, Ib. 4 אלא אם כןה׳ ממנווכ׳ unless he places (the wall) at a distance of four cubits. Ib. 18b על המזיק להַרְחִיק את עצמו it is the duty of him who causes the damage to remove himself; (oth. opin.) על הניזק להרחיקוכ׳ he who is injured must remove himself. Ber.I, 1 כדי להרחיקוכ׳ in order to keep men away (prevent them) from sin. Snh.103b שהִרְחִיקָהוכ׳, v. לְגִימָה. Ib. מַרְחֶקֶתוכ׳ estranges those who are near (related) ; a. fr. 2) to keep aloof, stay away. Ab. I, 7 הַרְחֵק משכן רע keep aloof from a bad neighbor; a. e.Y.Ber.I, 2d bot. והרחיק על פתחווכ׳, read: והִרְתִּיק, v. רָתַק. Hithpa. הִתְרַחֵק, Nithpa. נִתְרַחֵק to remove ones self; to become a stranger. Yeb.109a לעולם ידבק … ויִתְרַחֵקוכ׳ man should always cling to three things, and keep aloof from three things. Snh.III, 4 קרוב ונ׳, v. קָרוֹב. Ber.34b (ref. to Is. 57:19) שהיה קרוב … ונ׳וכ׳ who came near committing a sin, and withdrew himself from it. Ylamd. l. c., v. supra; a. e.

רָחַק(b. h.) to be distant, far, removed. Ylamd. to Num. 10:29, quot. in Ar. (ref. to Ps. 73:27) מי שרוֹחֵק הק״בהוכ׳ (ed. Koh. שמִתְרַחֵק) he who keeps away from the Lord, so as not to repent. Sifré Num. 131 כרְחוֹק מזרחוכ׳ as far as the east is removed from the west; a. e. Pi. רִחֵק, רִיחֵק to remove; to alienate; to reject, expel; to loathe. B. Kam.24a top, a. e. ר׳ נגיחותיו if the ox did his gorings in intervals (of three days), opp. קירב. Ib. רִיחֲקָה ראיותיה, v. רְאִיָּה. Yalk. Ps. 809 (ref. to Ps. l. c.) זה … שרִחֲקוּ את הקץ this alludes to Balaam and his associates, who put far off the end (the day of judgment, Num. 24:17), opp. קרבו. Ber.60b ורַחֲקֵנִי מאדם רעוכ׳ keep me far from a bad man and a bad associate. Eduy. V, 7 מעשיך יקרבוך ומעשיך יְרַחֲקוּךָ thy own doings will bring thee near (win thee friends), and thy own doings will alienate thee. Ib. VIII, 7 לרַחֵק, v. קָרֵב; a. fr.Part. pass. מְרוּחָק; pl. מְרוּחָקִים, מְרוּחָקִין. Ib. המר׳ בזרוע, v. קָרֵב. Ber.63b שלא היה מר׳וכ׳ which was only twelve miles off. Hif. הִרְחִיק same. Sifré Num. 94 מַרְחִיקִים, v. קָרֵב. B. Bath.II, 5 מַרְחִיקִין את הסולםוכ׳ (neighbors) must keep a ladder removed from the (neighbors) dove-cote four cubits, Ib. 4 אלא אם כןה׳ ממנווכ׳ unless he places (the wall) at a distance of four cubits. Ib. 18b על המזיק להַרְחִיק את עצמו it is the duty of him who causes the damage to remove himself; (oth. opin.) על הניזק להרחיקוכ׳ he who is injured must remove himself. Ber.I, 1 כדי להרחיקוכ׳ in order to keep men away (prevent them) from sin. Snh.103b שהִרְחִיקָהוכ׳, v. לְגִימָה. Ib. מַרְחֶקֶתוכ׳ estranges those who are near (related) ; a. fr. 2) to keep aloof, stay away. Ab. I, 7 הַרְחֵק משכן רע keep aloof from a bad neighbor; a. e.Y.Ber.I, 2d bot. והרחיק על פתחווכ׳, read: והִרְתִּיק, v. רָתַק. Hithpa. הִתְרַחֵק, Nithpa. נִתְרַחֵק to remove ones self; to become a stranger. Yeb.109a לעולם ידבק … ויִתְרַחֵקוכ׳ man should always cling to three things, and keep aloof from three things. Snh.III, 4 קרוב ונ׳, v. קָרוֹב. Ber.34b (ref. to Is. 57:19) שהיה קרוב … ונ׳וכ׳ who came near committing a sin, and withdrew himself from it. Ylamd. l. c., v. supra; a. e.