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21 רע
n. friend, companion, comrade; fellow-creature————————v. to break————————v. to harm, hurt, do evil, do wrong, ill-treat————————v. to join, associate, befriend; follow————————v. to shepherd; graze, pasture; lead————————v. to shout (with joy, triumph), cheer; trumpet————————v. to worsen, become worse; deteriorate————————v. to worsen, make worse————————bad, wrong, ill, lousy, foul, moldy, mouldy, noxious, unkind, verminous, atrocious; evil, wicked, vicious, meany, nefarious, baleful; dangerous, malignant————————badness, wickedness, evil; trouble, calamity————————idea, thought -
22 רעה
badness, wickedness, evil; trouble, calamity, ill, mischief, detriment, disservice -
23 שבר
v. be broken; quenched————————v. to break, shatter, smash————————v. to break; quench————————v. to refract; be broken————————v. to sell (food)————————disaster, calamity————————fraction (arithmetic)————————fragment, splinter, broken piece, potsherd, shard————————hernia, rupture; break, fracture (of a limb), breakage -
24 שואה
holocaust, calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, bale -
25 אך II
אַךְII m. (v. אָנַךְ 2) affliction, calamity. B. Mets.59b; v. חֲכָךְ. Gen. R. s. 32, end; Tanḥ. Noah 9, ed. Bub. 3, cmp. preced. -
26 אַךְ
אַךְII m. (v. אָנַךְ 2) affliction, calamity. B. Mets.59b; v. חֲכָךְ. Gen. R. s. 32, end; Tanḥ. Noah 9, ed. Bub. 3, cmp. preced. -
27 בהלה
בֶּהָלָהf. (b. h.; בהל) suddenness, sudden calamity, shock. Y.Bicc.II, 64d top; Smaḥ. III, 9 לשנים מיתה של ב׳ death after two days sickness is a shocking death.Y.B. Mets.II, end, 8d a rending of garments שאינו של ב׳וכ׳ which is not done under the influence of the first shock (after the sad news) is considered as if not performed at all.Pl. בֶּהָלוֹת. Num. R. s. 11; Tanḥ. Naso, 10 באנגריא ובב׳ as a forced duty and in a hurried manner; a. fr. -
28 בֶּהָלָה
בֶּהָלָהf. (b. h.; בהל) suddenness, sudden calamity, shock. Y.Bicc.II, 64d top; Smaḥ. III, 9 לשנים מיתה של ב׳ death after two days sickness is a shocking death.Y.B. Mets.II, end, 8d a rending of garments שאינו של ב׳וכ׳ which is not done under the influence of the first shock (after the sad news) is considered as if not performed at all.Pl. בֶּהָלוֹת. Num. R. s. 11; Tanḥ. Naso, 10 באנגריא ובב׳ as a forced duty and in a hurried manner; a. fr. -
29 בצורת
בַּצּוֹרֶתf. (b. h. בַּצֹּרֶת, בַּצָּרָה; בצר) scarcity of provision, dearth. Ab. V, 8 רעב של ב׳וכ׳ a famine in consequence of high prices, when some are hungry, others are satisfied, רעב של מהומה ושל ב׳ a famine through political disturbances and through dearth. Gen. R. s. 33 שנת ב׳ a year of dearth. Taan.III, 1 מכת ב׳, expl. ib. 19b מכה המביאה לידי ב׳ a calamity which will produce dearth (want of rain in season). -
30 בַּצּוֹרֶת
בַּצּוֹרֶתf. (b. h. בַּצֹּרֶת, בַּצָּרָה; בצר) scarcity of provision, dearth. Ab. V, 8 רעב של ב׳וכ׳ a famine in consequence of high prices, when some are hungry, others are satisfied, רעב של מהומה ושל ב׳ a famine through political disturbances and through dearth. Gen. R. s. 33 שנת ב׳ a year of dearth. Taan.III, 1 מכת ב׳, expl. ib. 19b מכה המביאה לידי ב׳ a calamity which will produce dearth (want of rain in season). -
31 דלת
דֶּלֶתf. (b. h.; דלל) door, lid on hinges, shutter. Erub.101a, v. אַלְמָנָה.נעל ד׳ בפני לוין to shut the door to borrowers, to render credit difficult. Snh.32a; a. fr.B. Kam.80b ד׳ הננעלתוכ׳ a door once shut is not easily opened, i. e. it requires ardent prayer to regain divine grace after a calamity has set in; a. fr.Tosef.Kel.B. Mets. VI, 7 של ד׳ on hinges, v. מַסְחֵיט.Pl. דְּלָתוֹת, constr. דַּלְתוֹת. Sabb.XVII, 1. Lev. R. s. 14 יש ד׳וכ׳ womans womb has doors (muscles, ref. to Job 3:10); a. fr.Par. III, 2; Tosef. ib. III (II), 2 על גביהן ד׳ a seat of boards on hinges upon the backs of the oxen; Succ.21a.Yoma 9b כד׳ vacillating like doors, v. דַּלּוּח. Y.Kidd.I, 59d top, v. דְּלַעַת. -
32 דֶּלֶת
דֶּלֶתf. (b. h.; דלל) door, lid on hinges, shutter. Erub.101a, v. אַלְמָנָה.נעל ד׳ בפני לוין to shut the door to borrowers, to render credit difficult. Snh.32a; a. fr.B. Kam.80b ד׳ הננעלתוכ׳ a door once shut is not easily opened, i. e. it requires ardent prayer to regain divine grace after a calamity has set in; a. fr.Tosef.Kel.B. Mets. VI, 7 של ד׳ on hinges, v. מַסְחֵיט.Pl. דְּלָתוֹת, constr. דַּלְתוֹת. Sabb.XVII, 1. Lev. R. s. 14 יש ד׳וכ׳ womans womb has doors (muscles, ref. to Job 3:10); a. fr.Par. III, 2; Tosef. ib. III (II), 2 על גביהן ד׳ a seat of boards on hinges upon the backs of the oxen; Succ.21a.Yoma 9b כד׳ vacillating like doors, v. דַּלּוּח. Y.Kidd.I, 59d top, v. דְּלַעַת. -
33 פקד
פָּקַד(b. h.) (to search, examine) 1) to visit; (euphem.) to have marital connection with. Yeb.62b ואינו פוֹקְדָהּ does not visit her (in due time, v. עוֹנָה I), Ib. חייב אדם לִפְקוֹד וכו׳ a man is bound to visit his wife before going on a journey.Treat. Smaḥ. ch. VIII יוצאין … ופוֹקְדין על המתיםוכ׳ you may go out to the burial ground and call upon the dead until three days (after being placed in the sepulchral chamber), and there is no superstitious practice in that; מעשה שפְּקָדוֹ אחדוכ׳ it occurred that one visited an entombed person, and the latter (was found living and) lived twenty years thereafter; a. fr. 2) (of the Lord) to visit, remember, decree upon. Tanḥ. Vayera 14 בלשון … אני פוֹקְדָךְ with the same expression … I will remember thee (bless thee with issue). Ib. הרוני פוֹקֵד לאברהםוכ׳ I will remember Abraham (relieve him from impotence) at the same time with Abimelech (ref. to Gen. 20:17–21:1). Pesik. R. s. 43 כשבא לפקוד את חנה when the Lord came to visit Hannah; a. v. fr.Part. pass. פָּקוּד; f. פְּקוּדָה; pl. פְּקיּדִים, פְּקוּדִין; פְּקוּדִוֹת. Snh.97a עד שהראשונה פ׳ שנייהוכ׳ while the first calamity is remembered (by the Lord for delivery), the second quickly comes. 3) to count, muster; v. פָּקוּד, פְּקידָה, פִּיקּוּד. 4) (denom. of פָּקִיד, interch. with Hif.) to give in charge, entrust, deposit. Pesik. R. l. c. בעל פקדונות אני … פּוֹקֵד אצלי אני נותן לו I (the Lord) am a trustee, whatever a man deposits with me, I give back to him. Ib. נפשות פְּקַדְתֶּם אצליוכ׳ you (Abraham and Sarah) deposited souls with me (converted souls to the belief in me), I will pay you back in souls (ref. to Gen. 21:1); a. fr. 5) (denom. of פָּקִיד) to command, order. Ib. s. 42 פָּקַדְתִּי לאדםוכ׳ I gave Adam a command, and he did not do it; פקדתי למלאדוכ׳ I commissioned the angel of death, and he did (what I commanded him). Shebu.VII, 7 (45a) שבועה שלא פְּקָדָנוּ אבא we swear that our father has not left us any order (concerning this case); Y.Keth.VII, 33b פִּיקְּדָנוּ Shebu.48b מה לו שלא פְקָרַנִי אבא ושלא פקדני אחי what is the difference between the oath of an heir ‘that my father has not left me an order, and ‘that my brother ?; a. fr. Pi. פִּיקֵּד same, v. supra. Nif. נִפְקַד, Hithpa. הִתְפַּקֵּד, Nithpa. נִתְפַּקֵּד 1) to be visited, remembered, decreed upon. Gen. R. s. 53 בשעה שנִפְקְדָה … נִפְקְדוּ עמה when Sarah was visited, v. עֲקָרָה. Ib. אינו דין שתִּפָּקֵד is it not right that she should be visited? Tanḥ. Vayera 13 תהי נִפְקֶדֶת she shall be remembered. R. Hash. 11a. Pesik. R. s. 42 בדין הוא שיִפָּקֵד אבוהם it is right that Abraham be visited. Ib. שתִּתְפַּקֵּד אף היא that she be likewise visited. Lev. R. s. 29; Pesik. Baḥod., p. 150b> (quot. from Rabs New Years prayer) ובריות בו יִפָּקֵדוּ להזכירםוכ׳ and creatures are passed upon on that day to record them for life or for death; a. fr. 2) to be commanded, commissioned. Pesik. R. l. c. יש שנתפ׳ ולא עשהוכ׳ some are commanded and do not (what they are ordered to) Mekh. Bshall., Vayassa, s. 4 עשו מה שנִתְפַּקְּדוּ they did what they were commanded to do; a. e. Hif. הִפְּקִיד 1) to give in charge, deposit. B. Mets.III, 1 המַפְקִיד אצלוכ׳ if a man deposits for safe-keeping with his neighbor Ib. 36a sq. כל המפקיד על דעת אשתו ובניו הוא מפקיד he who deposits with his neighbor, does so with the presumptive condition that the latters wife and children be also trustees (and it was no breach of trust to leave the deposit in their charge). Gen. R. s. 53 עמלקה׳ אצליוכ׳ Amalek deposited with me bundles of thorns (wrong-doings) ; שרה הִפְקִידָה אצליוכ׳ Sarah deposited with me virtues and good deeds Pesik. R. s. 43; a. fr.B. Mets.35a ופרקין המפקיד הוה and our subject at college was hammafḳid (the Mishnah B. Mets. l. c. and the discussions concerning it).Part. pass. מוּפְקָד; f. מוּפְקֶדֶת B. Kam. 105a כגון שהיתה … מופ׳ ביד אחרים when his fathers bag was left in trust with other people; a. e. 2) to take charge of. Yalk. Deut. 847 הַפִקֵד לו הפקדון הזה take this object in charge for me. -
34 פָּקַד
פָּקַד(b. h.) (to search, examine) 1) to visit; (euphem.) to have marital connection with. Yeb.62b ואינו פוֹקְדָהּ does not visit her (in due time, v. עוֹנָה I), Ib. חייב אדם לִפְקוֹד וכו׳ a man is bound to visit his wife before going on a journey.Treat. Smaḥ. ch. VIII יוצאין … ופוֹקְדין על המתיםוכ׳ you may go out to the burial ground and call upon the dead until three days (after being placed in the sepulchral chamber), and there is no superstitious practice in that; מעשה שפְּקָדוֹ אחדוכ׳ it occurred that one visited an entombed person, and the latter (was found living and) lived twenty years thereafter; a. fr. 2) (of the Lord) to visit, remember, decree upon. Tanḥ. Vayera 14 בלשון … אני פוֹקְדָךְ with the same expression … I will remember thee (bless thee with issue). Ib. הרוני פוֹקֵד לאברהםוכ׳ I will remember Abraham (relieve him from impotence) at the same time with Abimelech (ref. to Gen. 20:17–21:1). Pesik. R. s. 43 כשבא לפקוד את חנה when the Lord came to visit Hannah; a. v. fr.Part. pass. פָּקוּד; f. פְּקוּדָה; pl. פְּקיּדִים, פְּקוּדִין; פְּקוּדִוֹת. Snh.97a עד שהראשונה פ׳ שנייהוכ׳ while the first calamity is remembered (by the Lord for delivery), the second quickly comes. 3) to count, muster; v. פָּקוּד, פְּקידָה, פִּיקּוּד. 4) (denom. of פָּקִיד, interch. with Hif.) to give in charge, entrust, deposit. Pesik. R. l. c. בעל פקדונות אני … פּוֹקֵד אצלי אני נותן לו I (the Lord) am a trustee, whatever a man deposits with me, I give back to him. Ib. נפשות פְּקַדְתֶּם אצליוכ׳ you (Abraham and Sarah) deposited souls with me (converted souls to the belief in me), I will pay you back in souls (ref. to Gen. 21:1); a. fr. 5) (denom. of פָּקִיד) to command, order. Ib. s. 42 פָּקַדְתִּי לאדםוכ׳ I gave Adam a command, and he did not do it; פקדתי למלאדוכ׳ I commissioned the angel of death, and he did (what I commanded him). Shebu.VII, 7 (45a) שבועה שלא פְּקָדָנוּ אבא we swear that our father has not left us any order (concerning this case); Y.Keth.VII, 33b פִּיקְּדָנוּ Shebu.48b מה לו שלא פְקָרַנִי אבא ושלא פקדני אחי what is the difference between the oath of an heir ‘that my father has not left me an order, and ‘that my brother ?; a. fr. Pi. פִּיקֵּד same, v. supra. Nif. נִפְקַד, Hithpa. הִתְפַּקֵּד, Nithpa. נִתְפַּקֵּד 1) to be visited, remembered, decreed upon. Gen. R. s. 53 בשעה שנִפְקְדָה … נִפְקְדוּ עמה when Sarah was visited, v. עֲקָרָה. Ib. אינו דין שתִּפָּקֵד is it not right that she should be visited? Tanḥ. Vayera 13 תהי נִפְקֶדֶת she shall be remembered. R. Hash. 11a. Pesik. R. s. 42 בדין הוא שיִפָּקֵד אבוהם it is right that Abraham be visited. Ib. שתִּתְפַּקֵּד אף היא that she be likewise visited. Lev. R. s. 29; Pesik. Baḥod., p. 150b> (quot. from Rabs New Years prayer) ובריות בו יִפָּקֵדוּ להזכירםוכ׳ and creatures are passed upon on that day to record them for life or for death; a. fr. 2) to be commanded, commissioned. Pesik. R. l. c. יש שנתפ׳ ולא עשהוכ׳ some are commanded and do not (what they are ordered to) Mekh. Bshall., Vayassa, s. 4 עשו מה שנִתְפַּקְּדוּ they did what they were commanded to do; a. e. Hif. הִפְּקִיד 1) to give in charge, deposit. B. Mets.III, 1 המַפְקִיד אצלוכ׳ if a man deposits for safe-keeping with his neighbor Ib. 36a sq. כל המפקיד על דעת אשתו ובניו הוא מפקיד he who deposits with his neighbor, does so with the presumptive condition that the latters wife and children be also trustees (and it was no breach of trust to leave the deposit in their charge). Gen. R. s. 53 עמלקה׳ אצליוכ׳ Amalek deposited with me bundles of thorns (wrong-doings) ; שרה הִפְקִידָה אצליוכ׳ Sarah deposited with me virtues and good deeds Pesik. R. s. 43; a. fr.B. Mets.35a ופרקין המפקיד הוה and our subject at college was hammafḳid (the Mishnah B. Mets. l. c. and the discussions concerning it).Part. pass. מוּפְקָד; f. מוּפְקֶדֶת B. Kam. 105a כגון שהיתה … מופ׳ ביד אחרים when his fathers bag was left in trust with other people; a. e. 2) to take charge of. Yalk. Deut. 847 הַפִקֵד לו הפקדון הזה take this object in charge for me. -
35 צמיד
צָמִידm. (b. h.; צָמַד) ( closely joined, 1) exactly fitting lid. צ׳ פתיל, v. פָּתִיל. Snh.64a (ref. to הנצמדים, Num. 25:5, in contrast to הדבקים, Deut. 4:4) הנצמדים … כצ׳ פ׳ who were attached to Baal Peor like an air-tight lid, whereas they were ‘attached to the Lord merely as two dates sticking to each other; Yalk. Num. 771. 2) joined, yoked. Num. R. s. 20 (ref. to ויצמד, Num. 25:3) כאדם צ׳ במלאכתו like a man yoked (inseparably attached) to his work. 3) wrist-band, bracelet. Snh. l. c. הנצמדים … כצ׳ על ידי אשהוכ׳ ‘who were attached to Baal Peor, means merely as a bracelet on the hands of a woman, whereas, v. דָּבַק; a. e.Pl. צְמִידִים. Num. R. l. c. כצ׳ על ידיה like ‘the bracelets on her hands (Gen. 24:22). Ib. זו גזירה קשה … ויצמד בצ׳ this was a greater calamity than that of the golden calf, for there it is said (Ex. 32:2), ‘take off the golden rings, but here, ‘and Israel was tied (Num. l. c.) with wristbands. Yalk. Gen. 109; a. e. 4) couple.Pl. as ab. Num. R. l. c. (ref. to ויצמד, v. supra) בתחלה … צ׳ צ׳ זוגותוכ׳ at first they went (into the house of prostitution) secretly, but then they went in jointly, pair-wise, as we speak of צֶמֶד בָּקָר (a pair of oxen); Tanḥ. Bal. 18. -
36 צָמִיד
צָמִידm. (b. h.; צָמַד) ( closely joined, 1) exactly fitting lid. צ׳ פתיל, v. פָּתִיל. Snh.64a (ref. to הנצמדים, Num. 25:5, in contrast to הדבקים, Deut. 4:4) הנצמדים … כצ׳ פ׳ who were attached to Baal Peor like an air-tight lid, whereas they were ‘attached to the Lord merely as two dates sticking to each other; Yalk. Num. 771. 2) joined, yoked. Num. R. s. 20 (ref. to ויצמד, Num. 25:3) כאדם צ׳ במלאכתו like a man yoked (inseparably attached) to his work. 3) wrist-band, bracelet. Snh. l. c. הנצמדים … כצ׳ על ידי אשהוכ׳ ‘who were attached to Baal Peor, means merely as a bracelet on the hands of a woman, whereas, v. דָּבַק; a. e.Pl. צְמִידִים. Num. R. l. c. כצ׳ על ידיה like ‘the bracelets on her hands (Gen. 24:22). Ib. זו גזירה קשה … ויצמד בצ׳ this was a greater calamity than that of the golden calf, for there it is said (Ex. 32:2), ‘take off the golden rings, but here, ‘and Israel was tied (Num. l. c.) with wristbands. Yalk. Gen. 109; a. e. 4) couple.Pl. as ab. Num. R. l. c. (ref. to ויצמד, v. supra) בתחלה … צ׳ צ׳ זוגותוכ׳ at first they went (into the house of prostitution) secretly, but then they went in jointly, pair-wise, as we speak of צֶמֶד בָּקָר (a pair of oxen); Tanḥ. Bal. 18. -
37 שדף
שָׁדַף(b. h.; cmp. דפף, s. v. דַּף) to knock; (of grain) to blast. Pesik. ʿAsser, p. 99b> (read:) דוח אחת … והיא שוֹדְפַתָּן I send one east wind, and it blasts them; Yalk. Deut. 892 שדפתן (corr. acc.); Tanḥ. Reh 17 ומְשַׁדַּפְתָּן; Pesik. R. s. 25 ושוֹדֶפֶת. Pi. שִׁדֵּף same, v. supra. Nif. נִשְׁדַּף, Nithpa. נִשְׁתַּדֵּף to be blasted. B. Mets.IX, 6 המקבל … או נִשְׁדְּפָה if one tenanted a field …, and the locust ate it up, or it was blasted. Ib. 105b כגון שנִשְׁתַּדְּפוּ ארבעוכ׳ (it is considered a regional calamity,) if for instance four fields on four sides of that in litigation have been struck with blast. Ib. נ׳ תלם אחדוכ׳ if one furrow over the whole length of it was struck. Y.M. Kat. III, 81d top כל מקום … היה נִשְׁדָּף every spot on which his eye looked was blasted; a. fr. -
38 שָׁדַף
שָׁדַף(b. h.; cmp. דפף, s. v. דַּף) to knock; (of grain) to blast. Pesik. ʿAsser, p. 99b> (read:) דוח אחת … והיא שוֹדְפַתָּן I send one east wind, and it blasts them; Yalk. Deut. 892 שדפתן (corr. acc.); Tanḥ. Reh 17 ומְשַׁדַּפְתָּן; Pesik. R. s. 25 ושוֹדֶפֶת. Pi. שִׁדֵּף same, v. supra. Nif. נִשְׁדַּף, Nithpa. נִשְׁתַּדֵּף to be blasted. B. Mets.IX, 6 המקבל … או נִשְׁדְּפָה if one tenanted a field …, and the locust ate it up, or it was blasted. Ib. 105b כגון שנִשְׁתַּדְּפוּ ארבעוכ׳ (it is considered a regional calamity,) if for instance four fields on four sides of that in litigation have been struck with blast. Ib. נ׳ תלם אחדוכ׳ if one furrow over the whole length of it was struck. Y.M. Kat. III, 81d top כל מקום … היה נִשְׁדָּף every spot on which his eye looked was blasted; a. fr. -
39 שוש
שׂוּשׂ, שִׂישׂ(b. h.) to be bright, quick, glad. Sabb.28a ששָׂשׂ בגווניןוכ׳ (Ar. שסָס), v. סֵסְגּוֹנָא. Cant. R. to I, 9; Mekh. Bshall.s.6 (play on לססתי, Cant. l. c.) כשם ששַׂשְׂתִּי על … כך (כמעט) ששתי עלוכ׳ as I was quick to destroy the Egyptians, so I was (almost) ready to destroy Israel Ib. 1 they praised God שלא ראו … ושָׂשׂוּוכ׳ that their enemies had not seen (the deaths among them), and rejoiced at their calamity. B. Mets.83b שִׂישׂוּ בני מעי שישו rejoice, my entrails, rejoice! Snh.39b הוא אינו שָׂשׂ … מֵשִׂישׂ the Lord himself does not rejoice (over the downfall of the wicked), but he causes others to rejoice; דכתיב יָשִׂישׂ ולא כתיב יָשׂוּשׂ for it is written (Deut. 28:63) yasis (Hif.), and not yasus (Kal); Meg.10b; a. e. Hif. הֵשִׂישׂ to gladden. Ib., v. supra. Koh. R. to VII, 19 כבד לחמה … הריאה מְשַׂשְׂתָּן the liver is the organ of anger, the gall, of jealousy, the lungs gladden them again; a. e. -
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שׂוּשׂ, שִׂישׂ(b. h.) to be bright, quick, glad. Sabb.28a ששָׂשׂ בגווניןוכ׳ (Ar. שסָס), v. סֵסְגּוֹנָא. Cant. R. to I, 9; Mekh. Bshall.s.6 (play on לססתי, Cant. l. c.) כשם ששַׂשְׂתִּי על … כך (כמעט) ששתי עלוכ׳ as I was quick to destroy the Egyptians, so I was (almost) ready to destroy Israel Ib. 1 they praised God שלא ראו … ושָׂשׂוּוכ׳ that their enemies had not seen (the deaths among them), and rejoiced at their calamity. B. Mets.83b שִׂישׂוּ בני מעי שישו rejoice, my entrails, rejoice! Snh.39b הוא אינו שָׂשׂ … מֵשִׂישׂ the Lord himself does not rejoice (over the downfall of the wicked), but he causes others to rejoice; דכתיב יָשִׂישׂ ולא כתיב יָשׂוּשׂ for it is written (Deut. 28:63) yasis (Hif.), and not yasus (Kal); Meg.10b; a. e. Hif. הֵשִׂישׂ to gladden. Ib., v. supra. Koh. R. to VII, 19 כבד לחמה … הריאה מְשַׂשְׂתָּן the liver is the organ of anger, the gall, of jealousy, the lungs gladden them again; a. e.
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