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אל״ף Alef, the first letter of the Alphabet. Y.Snh.I, 18a bot.; a. fr. Y.Yeb.IV, 6a כל שהוא בה״י רבה באל״ף (referring to harbah arbeh Gen. 3:16) the embryo that counts harbah with Hé, (the numerical value being 212days), will grow; that which counts arbeh with Alef (i. e. 208 days, or less than seven months) will lie down (die); (cmp. הַרְבָּה for differ. versions).B. Bath. 168b א׳ ביתוכ׳ mere Alef Beth (arbitrary words). Gen. R. s. 1 הא׳ קרא תגר the Alef complained.Y.Sabb.XVI, 15c top א׳ בי״ת אחד one of the alphabetical acrostics (chapters) of Lamentations.Pl. אלפ״ין. Sabb.103b. Ex. R. s. 38; a. e.אָאִין. Y.Ber.II, 4d bot. they pronounce עיינין א׳ Ayins like Alefs.Sabb.103b אלף אלף דאאזרךוכ׳ ed. (Ms. M. omits דאאזרך) they differ as to one who wrote on the Sabbath two such letters as Alef, Alef (of ăazzerkha Is. 45:5) being merely vowels; v. בגלטורי.

אֲרַרch. sam(אררto break through, to make holes, meshes). Targ. 2 Kings 9:34 אֲרוּרְתָּא the cursed.אֲרוּרַיָּיא, אֲרוּרֵי m. pl. Arurs, the Bible chapters containing the word arur (Lev. 26:14–46; Deut. 28:15–69); (Hebr. תוכחות or קללות). Y.Meg.III, 74b bot.Meg.31b קא מגמגם … בא׳ read the arurs in an undertone. Koh. R. to VIII, 3.

אֲרַרch. sam(אררto break through, to make holes, meshes). Targ. 2 Kings 9:34 אֲרוּרְתָּא the cursed.אֲרוּרַיָּיא, אֲרוּרֵי m. pl. Arurs, the Bible chapters containing the word arur (Lev. 26:14–46; Deut. 28:15–69); (Hebr. תוכחות or קללות). Y.Meg.III, 74b bot.Meg.31b קא מגמגם … בא׳ read the arurs in an undertone. Koh. R. to VIII, 3.

1) (= הַאי) this, that. Y.Keth.XII, 35a bot. ה׳ שיניךוכ׳ (Y.Kil.IX, 32b bot. האי) how is that tooth of thine?Y.Snh.VIII, beg.26a היי די ליה אב, v. הַיְידָּא. 2) (= הֵי) which? (generally with דֵּין or דָּא, v. הַיְידָּא, הַיְירֵּן). Y.Shek.V, 48d אהיי דין … וה׳ דיןוכ׳ (read היי) which wine was good for the bowels, and which Y.R. Hash. I, beg. 56a ה׳ דין שני … וה׳וכ׳ which sheni refers to months, and which to years?Y.Meg.I, 72a top ה׳ לין אינוןוכ׳ (= ה׳ אילין; Y.Succ.III, 54a top הַיְילֵין) which are the headings of chapters?Y.Keth.VII, 31c top (read:) כהיי דא מתניתא דר׳ חנין בשםר׳ שמואל with which of them does the Boraitha cited by R. Ḥ. … agree?Ib. IX, 32d bot. (read:) היי לין רבנין (Y.B. Bath.VIII, 16b מאן אינון) who are meant by ‘the Rabbis?With prefixes: כַּיי, לַיי. Y.Ber.I, 3a top כיי דמרר׳וכ׳ (= כהא דאמר) as | (that which) R. … said. Y.Erub.III, 21a top; a. fr.Y.Shebu.II, 33d (לַיְידָּא) ליי דא מילה with regard to what?; a. e.Y.Gitt.IX, end, 50d ואדיין את ליי (usually לזו), v. אֲדַיִין.

נִזֶקm. (b. h.; denom. of זקק) (junction, touch; cmp. נגע, רע, accident, evil, injury, damage; תַּשְׁלוּמֵי נ׳ indemnity. Ab. Zar. I, 7 וכל דבר שיש בו נ׳ לרבים or anything through which the public may be injured. B. Kam. I, 1 הב … לשלם תשלומי נ׳וכ׳ the offender is bound to pay indemnity with the best of the land (out of his best lands, v. עִידִית). Ib. 2 הכשרתי במקצת נִזְקוֹ I have been partly instrumental in injuring him, v. הֶכְשַׁר. Ib. II, 5, a. fr. חצי נ׳ indemnity up to half the damage, opp. נ׳ שלם full indemnity. Ib. VIII, 1 בנ׳ בצערוכ׳ (has to pay) damages (for the maimed limb), an indemnity for the pain inflicted ; a. fr.Pl. נְזָקִים, נְזָקִין; constr. נִזְקֵי. Ib. 84a דנין נ׳ מנ׳וכ׳ we may draw an analogy between different cases of mayhem, but not between mayhem and homicide. Ib. נ׳ שור בשור damages for an ox injured by an ox; a. fr.נְזָקִין, נְזִיקִין (fr. נָזִיק) cases of damages, laws concerning injuries; damages. Ib. I, 1, v. אָב II. Mekh. Mishp. s. 14; a. fr., v. נִיזָּקִין.Esp. Nziḳin, ( Seder Nziḳin) name of the fourth Order of the Mishnah, Tosefta and Talmud, also of a section of Mkhilta Mishpaṭim. Sabb.31a. Lev. R. s. 19 נ׳ ל׳ פרקים N. which contains thirty chapters; a. e.B. Kam. 102a כולה נ׳ חדאוכ׳ the entire Nziḳin ( Baba Ḳamma, Mʾtsia and Bathra) is one treatise.

נִזֶקm. (b. h.; denom. of זקק) (junction, touch; cmp. נגע, רע, accident, evil, injury, damage; תַּשְׁלוּמֵי נ׳ indemnity. Ab. Zar. I, 7 וכל דבר שיש בו נ׳ לרבים or anything through which the public may be injured. B. Kam. I, 1 הב … לשלם תשלומי נ׳וכ׳ the offender is bound to pay indemnity with the best of the land (out of his best lands, v. עִידִית). Ib. 2 הכשרתי במקצת נִזְקוֹ I have been partly instrumental in injuring him, v. הֶכְשַׁר. Ib. II, 5, a. fr. חצי נ׳ indemnity up to half the damage, opp. נ׳ שלם full indemnity. Ib. VIII, 1 בנ׳ בצערוכ׳ (has to pay) damages (for the maimed limb), an indemnity for the pain inflicted ; a. fr.Pl. נְזָקִים, נְזָקִין; constr. נִזְקֵי. Ib. 84a דנין נ׳ מנ׳וכ׳ we may draw an analogy between different cases of mayhem, but not between mayhem and homicide. Ib. נ׳ שור בשור damages for an ox injured by an ox; a. fr.נְזָקִין, נְזִיקִין (fr. נָזִיק) cases of damages, laws concerning injuries; damages. Ib. I, 1, v. אָב II. Mekh. Mishp. s. 14; a. fr., v. נִיזָּקִין.Esp. Nziḳin, ( Seder Nziḳin) name of the fourth Order of the Mishnah, Tosefta and Talmud, also of a section of Mkhilta Mishpaṭim. Sabb.31a. Lev. R. s. 19 נ׳ ל׳ פרקים N. which contains thirty chapters; a. e.B. Kam. 102a כולה נ׳ חדאוכ׳ the entire Nziḳin ( Baba Ḳamma, Mʾtsia and Bathra) is one treatise.

סֵפֶרm. (b. h.; preced. wds.) letter, document, book. Erub.15b; Gitt.21b; Succ.24b, v. סְפִירָה. Eduy. I, 12, a. fr. ס׳ כתובה the formula of a Kethubah. Y.Sot.IX, end, 24c משמתר״א נגנז ס׳ החכמה with the death of R. El. a book of wisdom disappeared; Bab. ib. 49b נגנז ס׳ תורה; Tosef. ib. XV, 3 בטל ס׳ תורה. Gen. R. s. 24 סִפְרוֹ של אה״ר the book of Adam (the destinies of humanity); Ex. R. s. 40; Lev. R. s. 15 beg.; a. fr.Esp. a Biblical book. B. Bath.15a ירמיה כתב ספרו וס׳ מלכיםוכ׳ Jeremiah wrote his book (the prophecies of Jerem.) and the Book of Kings and the Lamentations. Ib. 14b משה כתב ספרווכ׳ Moses wrote his own book, and the Section of Balaam (the chapters on B., Num. 22:2–24:25) and Job; Y.Sot.V, end, 20d; a. v. fr.ס׳ תורה (abbrev. ס״ת) (or ס׳ only) the Pentateuch in a scroll. Ab. Zar.18a כרכוהו בס״תוכ׳ they wrapped him up in the scroll Sabb.116a ס״ת שנמחק a scroll of the Pentateuch the writing of which is effaced; Yad. III, 5 ס׳ שנמחק; a. v. fr.Kel. XV, 6, a. e. ס׳ העזרה the Pentateuch kept in the Temple court, v. עֲזָרָה.ס׳ היא, ס׳ זעטוטים, v. respective determinants.בֵּית סֵ׳, בַּיתהַסֵּ׳ the school in which the Bible is taught, secondary school, contrad. to בית תלמוד Talmud school. Y.Maasr.III, 50d, v. סַפָּר 1. Midr. Till. to XCII, 16 שתולים … אלו התינוקות שבבית הס׳ ‘planted in the house of the Lord (ib. 1 4), that means the children at school; a. fr.Pl. סְפָרִים, constr. סִפְרֵי, סִיפְ׳. Ex. R. s. 41 זריז בכ״ד ס׳ well-versed in the twenty-four books of the Scripture. Sabb.116a (ס׳ צדוקים) ס׳ מינים heretical books, v. מִין III. Snh.68a שתי … כשני ס׳ תורהוכ׳ my two arms which are like two rolled up scrolls of the Torah, a. v. fr.Pl. סִפְרָא, constr. סֵפֶר.

סֵפֶרm. (b. h.; preced. wds.) letter, document, book. Erub.15b; Gitt.21b; Succ.24b, v. סְפִירָה. Eduy. I, 12, a. fr. ס׳ כתובה the formula of a Kethubah. Y.Sot.IX, end, 24c משמתר״א נגנז ס׳ החכמה with the death of R. El. a book of wisdom disappeared; Bab. ib. 49b נגנז ס׳ תורה; Tosef. ib. XV, 3 בטל ס׳ תורה. Gen. R. s. 24 סִפְרוֹ של אה״ר the book of Adam (the destinies of humanity); Ex. R. s. 40; Lev. R. s. 15 beg.; a. fr.Esp. a Biblical book. B. Bath.15a ירמיה כתב ספרו וס׳ מלכיםוכ׳ Jeremiah wrote his book (the prophecies of Jerem.) and the Book of Kings and the Lamentations. Ib. 14b משה כתב ספרווכ׳ Moses wrote his own book, and the Section of Balaam (the chapters on B., Num. 22:2–24:25) and Job; Y.Sot.V, end, 20d; a. v. fr.ס׳ תורה (abbrev. ס״ת) (or ס׳ only) the Pentateuch in a scroll. Ab. Zar.18a כרכוהו בס״תוכ׳ they wrapped him up in the scroll Sabb.116a ס״ת שנמחק a scroll of the Pentateuch the writing of which is effaced; Yad. III, 5 ס׳ שנמחק; a. v. fr.Kel. XV, 6, a. e. ס׳ העזרה the Pentateuch kept in the Temple court, v. עֲזָרָה.ס׳ היא, ס׳ זעטוטים, v. respective determinants.בֵּית סֵ׳, בַּיתהַסֵּ׳ the school in which the Bible is taught, secondary school, contrad. to בית תלמוד Talmud school. Y.Maasr.III, 50d, v. סַפָּר 1. Midr. Till. to XCII, 16 שתולים … אלו התינוקות שבבית הס׳ ‘planted in the house of the Lord (ib. 1 4), that means the children at school; a. fr.Pl. סְפָרִים, constr. סִפְרֵי, סִיפְ׳. Ex. R. s. 41 זריז בכ״ד ס׳ well-versed in the twenty-four books of the Scripture. Sabb.116a (ס׳ צדוקים) ס׳ מינים heretical books, v. מִין III. Snh.68a שתי … כשני ס׳ תורהוכ׳ my two arms which are like two rolled up scrolls of the Torah, a. v. fr.Pl. סִפְרָא, constr. סֵפֶר.

פֶּרֶקm. (b. h.; preced.) (division, section; (b. h.) cross-road, 1) period ( of time), period of maturity, season. Keth.59b סמוך לפִירְקָהּ near her period of puberty. Y.Yeb.XIII, 13d bot. עד שתגדיל ותגיע לפ׳וכ׳ until she be grown up and arrive at a marriageable age and be married. Taan.16a ופִרְקוֹ נאה whose youth is becoming, expl. ib. b שלא יצאוכ׳ whose youth is of unblemished repute; Tosef.Ḥag.II, 9 ופרקו טוב Var. (ed. Zuck. ופרק). Pes.117a על כל פ׳ ופ׳ at every important epoch. Ib. 43a top שהגיעו לפִרְקָןוכ׳ who have reached puberty but not the legal age (prematurely developed). Tosef.R. Hash. I, 12 פ׳ שעורים the season of the barley crop; פ׳ גשמים the rainy season. Deut. R. s. 9 הגיע פרקו ליטולוכ׳ his (the childs) time has come to be taken away (he is destined to die) at the age of thirty days. Ib. הראה לי את פִּרְקִי show me my time (when I am to die); a. fr.Pl. פְּרָקִים; constr. פִּרְקֵי, פִּי׳. R. Hash. 35a ברכית … ושל פ׳ prayers for the New Year, the Day of Atonement and periodical prayers (for feasts, fasts). Ib. כיון … כפ׳ רמי as he prayed only once in thirty days, it was to him like a periodical prayer. Shek. III, 1 בשלשה פ׳ at three periods of the year. Y.Shebi.I, beg.33a שני פ׳ הראשונים the two beginning periods (shortly before the beginning of the Sabbatical year, and before the beginning of the new Sabbatical period); ib. III, end, 34d. Y.Shek.III, beg.47b פירקי לידה the seasons when animals give birth. Gen. R. s. 70, a. e. נשיקה של פ׳ the kiss on meeting after a period of separation; a. fr. 2) (of writings) section, chapter. R. Hash. 30b מפני שחוזר וכיפל את הפ׳ because in that case he would have to recite the same psalm again on the same day. Ber.14a בין פ׳ לפ׳ פוסקוכ׳ between one section (of the Hallel) and another he may interrupt himself, but in the middle of a section he must not do so. Ab.VI הלומד … פ׳ אחדוכ׳ he that learns from his neighbor one chapter or one halakhah. Erub.54b ושנה לו משה פִּירְקוֹ Moses taught him (Aaron) his lesson; ושנה להם … פִּירְקָן taught them their lesson; a. v. fr.Pl. as ab. Ber.II, 1 בפ׳ שואלוכ׳. between the sections (of the Shmʿa) one may interrupt ones self to extend a greeting Ib. 2 אלו הן בין הפ׳ these are the pauses between the sections: between the first and the second benediction (preceding the Shmʿa) Ḥag.13a ראשי פ׳ the headings of chapters (or subjects, leading words). R. Hash. 31a מה ראהר״ע לחלק בין הפ׳ הללו Ms. M. (ed. ראו חכמים) what reason had R. ʿA. to make a distinction between these psalms (by referring six of them to past events and the seventh to the hereafter)?; a. fr. 3) link, limb, joint. Ḥull.106a sq. נטילת ידים לחולין עד הפ׳וכ׳ washing of hands for secular food must be done up to the (second) joint (of the fingers), for Trumah to the (third) joint; קידוש … עד הפ׳ sanctification of hands (and feet) up to the joint (of the hand); Arakh.19b; Tosef.Yad.II, 1; Yad.II, 3; Y.Ber.VIII, 12a. Ḥull.X, 4 מן הפ׳ של ארכובהוכ׳ from the joint of the knee to the shoulder-blade of the forefoot. Ib. הפ׳ של לחי the joint of the jawbone. Sifra Tsav, Milluim, Par. 1 פ׳ האמצעי the middle joint (of the thumb); a. fr.Pl. as ab. Tosef.Kel.B. Mets. III, 2, v. מִסְפֶּרֶת. Deut. R. s. 3 beg. מנורה שעשויה פ׳ פ׳ a candlestick made of separable links (v. חוּלְיָא I). Ab. Zar.43a בין פְּרָקָיו, expl. בין פִּרְקֵי ציאר between the joints of its neck. Y. Ber. l. c. bot. (שולחן) של פ׳ a table that can be taken apart; a. fr. 4) load. Pl. as ab. Yalk. Lam. 1000 ושני פ׳ יש עליווכ׳ and the camel has two loads (hanging down on its sides), one of wine, and one of vinegar (Lam. R. to I, 1 רבתי ( חד מתינס 6) טעניה תרין זיקין). פרק אונסין, Esth. R. to I, 6, v. אינסין.

פֶּרֶקm. (b. h.; preced.) (division, section; (b. h.) cross-road, 1) period ( of time), period of maturity, season. Keth.59b סמוך לפִירְקָהּ near her period of puberty. Y.Yeb.XIII, 13d bot. עד שתגדיל ותגיע לפ׳וכ׳ until she be grown up and arrive at a marriageable age and be married. Taan.16a ופִרְקוֹ נאה whose youth is becoming, expl. ib. b שלא יצאוכ׳ whose youth is of unblemished repute; Tosef.Ḥag.II, 9 ופרקו טוב Var. (ed. Zuck. ופרק). Pes.117a על כל פ׳ ופ׳ at every important epoch. Ib. 43a top שהגיעו לפִרְקָןוכ׳ who have reached puberty but not the legal age (prematurely developed). Tosef.R. Hash. I, 12 פ׳ שעורים the season of the barley crop; פ׳ גשמים the rainy season. Deut. R. s. 9 הגיע פרקו ליטולוכ׳ his (the childs) time has come to be taken away (he is destined to die) at the age of thirty days. Ib. הראה לי את פִּרְקִי show me my time (when I am to die); a. fr.Pl. פְּרָקִים; constr. פִּרְקֵי, פִּי׳. R. Hash. 35a ברכית … ושל פ׳ prayers for the New Year, the Day of Atonement and periodical prayers (for feasts, fasts). Ib. כיון … כפ׳ רמי as he prayed only once in thirty days, it was to him like a periodical prayer. Shek. III, 1 בשלשה פ׳ at three periods of the year. Y.Shebi.I, beg.33a שני פ׳ הראשונים the two beginning periods (shortly before the beginning of the Sabbatical year, and before the beginning of the new Sabbatical period); ib. III, end, 34d. Y.Shek.III, beg.47b פירקי לידה the seasons when animals give birth. Gen. R. s. 70, a. e. נשיקה של פ׳ the kiss on meeting after a period of separation; a. fr. 2) (of writings) section, chapter. R. Hash. 30b מפני שחוזר וכיפל את הפ׳ because in that case he would have to recite the same psalm again on the same day. Ber.14a בין פ׳ לפ׳ פוסקוכ׳ between one section (of the Hallel) and another he may interrupt himself, but in the middle of a section he must not do so. Ab.VI הלומד … פ׳ אחדוכ׳ he that learns from his neighbor one chapter or one halakhah. Erub.54b ושנה לו משה פִּירְקוֹ Moses taught him (Aaron) his lesson; ושנה להם … פִּירְקָן taught them their lesson; a. v. fr.Pl. as ab. Ber.II, 1 בפ׳ שואלוכ׳. between the sections (of the Shmʿa) one may interrupt ones self to extend a greeting Ib. 2 אלו הן בין הפ׳ these are the pauses between the sections: between the first and the second benediction (preceding the Shmʿa) Ḥag.13a ראשי פ׳ the headings of chapters (or subjects, leading words). R. Hash. 31a מה ראהר״ע לחלק בין הפ׳ הללו Ms. M. (ed. ראו חכמים) what reason had R. ʿA. to make a distinction between these psalms (by referring six of them to past events and the seventh to the hereafter)?; a. fr. 3) link, limb, joint. Ḥull.106a sq. נטילת ידים לחולין עד הפ׳וכ׳ washing of hands for secular food must be done up to the (second) joint (of the fingers), for Trumah to the (third) joint; קידוש … עד הפ׳ sanctification of hands (and feet) up to the joint (of the hand); Arakh.19b; Tosef.Yad.II, 1; Yad.II, 3; Y.Ber.VIII, 12a. Ḥull.X, 4 מן הפ׳ של ארכובהוכ׳ from the joint of the knee to the shoulder-blade of the forefoot. Ib. הפ׳ של לחי the joint of the jawbone. Sifra Tsav, Milluim, Par. 1 פ׳ האמצעי the middle joint (of the thumb); a. fr.Pl. as ab. Tosef.Kel.B. Mets. III, 2, v. מִסְפֶּרֶת. Deut. R. s. 3 beg. מנורה שעשויה פ׳ פ׳ a candlestick made of separable links (v. חוּלְיָא I). Ab. Zar.43a בין פְּרָקָיו, expl. בין פִּרְקֵי ציאר between the joints of its neck. Y. Ber. l. c. bot. (שולחן) של פ׳ a table that can be taken apart; a. fr. 4) load. Pl. as ab. Yalk. Lam. 1000 ושני פ׳ יש עליווכ׳ and the camel has two loads (hanging down on its sides), one of wine, and one of vinegar (Lam. R. to I, 1 רבתי ( חד מתינס 6) טעניה תרין זיקין). פרק אונסין, Esth. R. to I, 6, v. אינסין.

תּוֹקֶף, תֹּקֶףm. (b. h.; תּקַף) strength, power. Mekh. Bshall., s.6 (ref. to Ex. 14:25) אין איתנו אלא תָקְפוֹ ethans means its strength. Meg.19a (ref. to Esth. 9:29) תָּקְפוֹ של אחשורוש ‘the whole strength refers to the power of Ahasverus (as described in the first chapters of Esther); תּוֹקְפוֹ של מרדכי to the power of Mordecai (beginning with 2:5); תוקפו של המן to Hamans power (beginning with 3:1); תקפו של נס the strength of the wonderful salvation (beginning with 6:1). Gen. R. s. 16, beg. (ref. to Job 14:20) ת׳ שנתןהקב״הוכ׳ the power which God gave Adam was to be for ever. Ib. s. 100 כל תקפו של אבלוכ׳ the height of mourning is on the third day (after burial); Y.M. Kat. III, 82b bot. אין תוקפו … עד שלשה ימים the height of mourning lasts only three days; a. e.Snh.19b תוקפו של יוסף ענוותנותווכ׳ that which was with Joseph an achievement of strength (self-control) was with Boaz a humble (plain) act. Sifré Deut. 323 (ref. to Deut. 32:31) לא כת׳ שאתהוכ׳ the power which thou givest us is not like the power which thou givest them (the gentiles); כשאתה ניתן להם את הת׳וכ׳ when thou givest them the power, they deal with us with cruelty ; a. e.

תּוֹקֶף, תֹּקֶףm. (b. h.; תּקַף) strength, power. Mekh. Bshall., s.6 (ref. to Ex. 14:25) אין איתנו אלא תָקְפוֹ ethans means its strength. Meg.19a (ref. to Esth. 9:29) תָּקְפוֹ של אחשורוש ‘the whole strength refers to the power of Ahasverus (as described in the first chapters of Esther); תּוֹקְפוֹ של מרדכי to the power of Mordecai (beginning with 2:5); תוקפו של המן to Hamans power (beginning with 3:1); תקפו של נס the strength of the wonderful salvation (beginning with 6:1). Gen. R. s. 16, beg. (ref. to Job 14:20) ת׳ שנתןהקב״הוכ׳ the power which God gave Adam was to be for ever. Ib. s. 100 כל תקפו של אבלוכ׳ the height of mourning is on the third day (after burial); Y.M. Kat. III, 82b bot. אין תוקפו … עד שלשה ימים the height of mourning lasts only three days; a. e.Snh.19b תוקפו של יוסף ענוותנותווכ׳ that which was with Joseph an achievement of strength (self-control) was with Boaz a humble (plain) act. Sifré Deut. 323 (ref. to Deut. 32:31) לא כת׳ שאתהוכ׳ the power which thou givest us is not like the power which thou givest them (the gentiles); כשאתה ניתן להם את הת׳וכ׳ when thou givest them the power, they deal with us with cruelty ; a. e.

תּוֹקֶף, תֹּקֶףm. (b. h.; תּקַף) strength, power. Mekh. Bshall., s.6 (ref. to Ex. 14:25) אין איתנו אלא תָקְפוֹ ethans means its strength. Meg.19a (ref. to Esth. 9:29) תָּקְפוֹ של אחשורוש ‘the whole strength refers to the power of Ahasverus (as described in the first chapters of Esther); תּוֹקְפוֹ של מרדכי to the power of Mordecai (beginning with 2:5); תוקפו של המן to Hamans power (beginning with 3:1); תקפו של נס the strength of the wonderful salvation (beginning with 6:1). Gen. R. s. 16, beg. (ref. to Job 14:20) ת׳ שנתןהקב״הוכ׳ the power which God gave Adam was to be for ever. Ib. s. 100 כל תקפו של אבלוכ׳ the height of mourning is on the third day (after burial); Y.M. Kat. III, 82b bot. אין תוקפו … עד שלשה ימים the height of mourning lasts only three days; a. e.Snh.19b תוקפו של יוסף ענוותנותווכ׳ that which was with Joseph an achievement of strength (self-control) was with Boaz a humble (plain) act. Sifré Deut. 323 (ref. to Deut. 32:31) לא כת׳ שאתהוכ׳ the power which thou givest us is not like the power which thou givest them (the gentiles); כשאתה ניתן להם את הת׳וכ׳ when thou givest them the power, they deal with us with cruelty ; a. e.

תּוֹקֶף, תֹּקֶףm. (b. h.; תּקַף) strength, power. Mekh. Bshall., s.6 (ref. to Ex. 14:25) אין איתנו אלא תָקְפוֹ ethans means its strength. Meg.19a (ref. to Esth. 9:29) תָּקְפוֹ של אחשורוש ‘the whole strength refers to the power of Ahasverus (as described in the first chapters of Esther); תּוֹקְפוֹ של מרדכי to the power of Mordecai (beginning with 2:5); תוקפו של המן to Hamans power (beginning with 3:1); תקפו של נס the strength of the wonderful salvation (beginning with 6:1). Gen. R. s. 16, beg. (ref. to Job 14:20) ת׳ שנתןהקב״הוכ׳ the power which God gave Adam was to be for ever. Ib. s. 100 כל תקפו של אבלוכ׳ the height of mourning is on the third day (after burial); Y.M. Kat. III, 82b bot. אין תוקפו … עד שלשה ימים the height of mourning lasts only three days; a. e.Snh.19b תוקפו של יוסף ענוותנותווכ׳ that which was with Joseph an achievement of strength (self-control) was with Boaz a humble (plain) act. Sifré Deut. 323 (ref. to Deut. 32:31) לא כת׳ שאתהוכ׳ the power which thou givest us is not like the power which thou givest them (the gentiles); כשאתה ניתן להם את הת׳וכ׳ when thou givest them the power, they deal with us with cruelty ; a. e.