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סָתַם(b. h.; = סחתם, Saf. of חתם) 1) to stop up, close, shut. Ab. Zar. V, 3 כדי שישתום ויִסְתּוֹם ויגוב, v. נָגַב. B. Mets.VII, 5 שלא יהא … ויהא סוֹתֵם את הפתחוכ׳ that he (the laborer) must not be greedy so as to shut the door before himself (make himself objectionable to employers). Ḥull.43a, a. e. מרה שניקבה וכבד סוֹתַמְתָּהּ if the bladder of the gall is perforated, and the liver (adhering to the perforated spot) closes it up. Ib. 49b חלב טהור סותם clean fat (such as it is permitted to eat) forms a stopper (to an adjacent organ, and makes the animal so affected permitted). Pes.IV, 9 (56a) ס׳ מי גיחוןוכ׳ he stopped up the water of the upper Gihon (2 Chr. 32:3); a. fr.Part. pass. סָתוּם; f. סְתוּמָה; pl. סְתוּמִים, סְתוּמִין; סְתוּמוֹת. Yeb.71b; Nidd.30b; Lev. R. s. 14 נפתח הס׳ ונסתםוכ׳ the organ which (in the embryonic stage) was closed, opens, and that which was open, closes itself. Bets.IV, 3 בית … ס׳ a room filled with fruit which was closed up (with bricks). Y. ib. 62c bot. לפסים ס׳ pots with their lids on (not yet cut apart); Tosef. ib. III, 13; Tosef.Sabb. XVI (XVII), 13. Snh.94a (ref. to לסרבה, Is. 9:6) מפני מה כל מ״ם … וזה ס׳ why is every Mem in the middle of a word open, and this one is closed (final Mem). Meg.3a פתוחין … וס׳ בסוףוכ׳ open in the middle of words and closed at the end (v. מנצפ״ך); a. fr.Esp. פרשה סתומה a paragraph in the Torah separated from the preceding by a vacant space in the middle of the line, opp. to פתוחה a section beginning a new indented line. Gen. R. s. 96, beg., v. infra. Treat. Sofrim I, 14 איזוהי ס׳ כל שהניחוכ׳ what is a closed paragraph? When space is left ; וכמה יניח … ותהא נקראת ס׳ and how much space must be left …, in order that the paragraph may be called closed?; a. fr. 2) to conceal. Gen. R. l. c. (ref. to the section beginning with Gen. 47:28) that paragraph is closed, שס׳ ממנווכ׳ because the Lord concealed from his vision all (coming) troubles; (Yalk. ib. 154 שנסתמו ממנו, v. infra); a. e.Part. pass. as ab. concealed, not explicitly stated, opp. מפורש. Zeb.53a יִלָּמֵד ס׳ מן המפורש let that which is not explicitly stated in a law be derived (by analogy) from what is explicitly stated; Sifra Aḥăré, beg. יְלַמֵּד פתוח על הס׳ let the explicit statement throw light on the implicit. Meg.15a כל … אבותיו ס׳ a person (mentioned in the Bible) whose deeds and the deeds of whose ancestors are not stated; a. fr.Y. Bets. l. c. (in Chald. dict.) סתומה the anonymous opinion, v. סְתָמָא. Nif. נִסְתַּם, Hithpa. הִסְתַּתֵּם, Nithpa. נִסְתַּתֵּם to be closed; to be concealed; to be silenced. Gen. R. l. c. בקש … ונ׳ ממנו Jacob wanted to reveal the end of the captivity, and it was closed before him; Yalk. ib. l. c. נִסְתְּמוּ ממנו, v. supra. Cant. R. to I, 4 היה אומר … ומִסְתַּתְּמִין he said a word (of charm) over them, and they became silent (dumb). Snh.31b לעולם … עד שיִסְתַּתֵּם טענותיו (Alf. שיִסְתּוֹם; Asheri שיסתיר) he may continually bring evidence and refute, until he declares himself closed as to his pleas, i. e., until he declares that he has no more evidence to offer. Yeb.76a; Tosef. ib. X, 4, a. e. נ׳ כשר if the perforation in the membrum has closed itself again, he is considered unblemished. Kel. XIV, 8 נִסְתַּתְּמוּ נקבין if the holes have been stopped up. Snh.94a לכך נ׳ therefore the Mem was closed (the final מ was written). Sot.13b נסתתמו ממנו שעריוכ׳ the gates of wisdom were closed before him (he lost his judicial judgment); a. e. Pi. סִיתֵּם to close, Y.Snh.X, 28c bot. היו … מְסַתְּמִיןוכ׳ the ministering angels closed the windows (of heaven) that the prayer of Manasseh might not rise; Deut. R. s. 2; (Pesik. Shub., p. 162b> סוֹתְמִין).

סָתַם(b. h.; = סחתם, Saf. of חתם) 1) to stop up, close, shut. Ab. Zar. V, 3 כדי שישתום ויִסְתּוֹם ויגוב, v. נָגַב. B. Mets.VII, 5 שלא יהא … ויהא סוֹתֵם את הפתחוכ׳ that he (the laborer) must not be greedy so as to shut the door before himself (make himself objectionable to employers). Ḥull.43a, a. e. מרה שניקבה וכבד סוֹתַמְתָּהּ if the bladder of the gall is perforated, and the liver (adhering to the perforated spot) closes it up. Ib. 49b חלב טהור סותם clean fat (such as it is permitted to eat) forms a stopper (to an adjacent organ, and makes the animal so affected permitted). Pes.IV, 9 (56a) ס׳ מי גיחוןוכ׳ he stopped up the water of the upper Gihon (2 Chr. 32:3); a. fr.Part. pass. סָתוּם; f. סְתוּמָה; pl. סְתוּמִים, סְתוּמִין; סְתוּמוֹת. Yeb.71b; Nidd.30b; Lev. R. s. 14 נפתח הס׳ ונסתםוכ׳ the organ which (in the embryonic stage) was closed, opens, and that which was open, closes itself. Bets.IV, 3 בית … ס׳ a room filled with fruit which was closed up (with bricks). Y. ib. 62c bot. לפסים ס׳ pots with their lids on (not yet cut apart); Tosef. ib. III, 13; Tosef.Sabb. XVI (XVII), 13. Snh.94a (ref. to לסרבה, Is. 9:6) מפני מה כל מ״ם … וזה ס׳ why is every Mem in the middle of a word open, and this one is closed (final Mem). Meg.3a פתוחין … וס׳ בסוףוכ׳ open in the middle of words and closed at the end (v. מנצפ״ך); a. fr.Esp. פרשה סתומה a paragraph in the Torah separated from the preceding by a vacant space in the middle of the line, opp. to פתוחה a section beginning a new indented line. Gen. R. s. 96, beg., v. infra. Treat. Sofrim I, 14 איזוהי ס׳ כל שהניחוכ׳ what is a closed paragraph? When space is left ; וכמה יניח … ותהא נקראת ס׳ and how much space must be left …, in order that the paragraph may be called closed?; a. fr. 2) to conceal. Gen. R. l. c. (ref. to the section beginning with Gen. 47:28) that paragraph is closed, שס׳ ממנווכ׳ because the Lord concealed from his vision all (coming) troubles; (Yalk. ib. 154 שנסתמו ממנו, v. infra); a. e.Part. pass. as ab. concealed, not explicitly stated, opp. מפורש. Zeb.53a יִלָּמֵד ס׳ מן המפורש let that which is not explicitly stated in a law be derived (by analogy) from what is explicitly stated; Sifra Aḥăré, beg. יְלַמֵּד פתוח על הס׳ let the explicit statement throw light on the implicit. Meg.15a כל … אבותיו ס׳ a person (mentioned in the Bible) whose deeds and the deeds of whose ancestors are not stated; a. fr.Y. Bets. l. c. (in Chald. dict.) סתומה the anonymous opinion, v. סְתָמָא. Nif. נִסְתַּם, Hithpa. הִסְתַּתֵּם, Nithpa. נִסְתַּתֵּם to be closed; to be concealed; to be silenced. Gen. R. l. c. בקש … ונ׳ ממנו Jacob wanted to reveal the end of the captivity, and it was closed before him; Yalk. ib. l. c. נִסְתְּמוּ ממנו, v. supra. Cant. R. to I, 4 היה אומר … ומִסְתַּתְּמִין he said a word (of charm) over them, and they became silent (dumb). Snh.31b לעולם … עד שיִסְתַּתֵּם טענותיו (Alf. שיִסְתּוֹם; Asheri שיסתיר) he may continually bring evidence and refute, until he declares himself closed as to his pleas, i. e., until he declares that he has no more evidence to offer. Yeb.76a; Tosef. ib. X, 4, a. e. נ׳ כשר if the perforation in the membrum has closed itself again, he is considered unblemished. Kel. XIV, 8 נִסְתַּתְּמוּ נקבין if the holes have been stopped up. Snh.94a לכך נ׳ therefore the Mem was closed (the final מ was written). Sot.13b נסתתמו ממנו שעריוכ׳ the gates of wisdom were closed before him (he lost his judicial judgment); a. e. Pi. סִיתֵּם to close, Y.Snh.X, 28c bot. היו … מְסַתְּמִיןוכ׳ the ministering angels closed the windows (of heaven) that the prayer of Manasseh might not rise; Deut. R. s. 2; (Pesik. Shub., p. 162b> סוֹתְמִין).

נָעַל(b. h.) 1) to tie (the door), to lock up, close. B. Kam.VI, 1 נ׳ בפניה כראוי if he locked it in (secured the flock) properly. Tosef.B. Bath. II, 11, a. e. נ׳ וגדרוכ׳ if he fastened (something on the property), fenced in or tore down, it is possession (חֲזָקָה). Sabb.XIII, 6 בפניו ונ׳ אתד and one blocked it (by placing himself in the entrance). Ib. 7 לנוֹעֵל את ביתווכ׳ it is like one locking up (sitting at the entrance of) his house to guard it. Mekh. Mishp. s. 18 שלא לִנְעוֹל בפניוכ׳ in order not to close the door to future proselytes (not to discourage them on account of advanced age). Snh.32a, a. fr. כדי שלא תִנְעוֹלוכ׳, v. דֶּלֶת.Y.Naz.VIII, 57a bot., v. וַעַד. Tosef.Sot.V, 9 (read:) שנעל דלתוכ׳ who locked his wife up (to prevent her from going astray); Y. ib. I, 17a bot.; Gitt.90a; Y.Kidd.IV, 66a; a. fr.Cant. R. to VII, 2 (play on בנעלים, ib.) אתם נוֹעֲלִים לפני … ואני נועלוכ׳ you lock up (interrupt business) for my sake on Passover …, and I lock up (the rain) for your sake, v. נְעִילָה. Ib. מה היה … שהיו נועלין בעד כל הצרות how great wa is the beauty of thy steps (pilgrimage to the Temple) which locked up (protected against) all troubles.Part. pass. נְעוּל; f. נְעוּלָה; pl. נְעוּלִים, נְעוּלִין; נְעוּלוֹת. Midr. Till. to Ps. 4 שערי תפלה … נ׳וכ׳ the gates of prayer are sometimes open, sometimes closed, but the gates of tears are never closed; a. e. 2) to tie a sandal, to put shoes on. Tosef.Sabb.IV (V), 8 לא יִנְעוֹל אדםוכ׳ one must not put on a nail-studded sandal Y.M. Kat. III, 83c הורי … לנעול בו ביום R. … allowed (the people mourning for R. Yassa) to wear shoes on the same day. Tosef.Kidd.I, 5 נ׳ לו סנדלווכ׳ if the slave tied his sandals for him (the new master) or untied them, it is possession (v. supra); B. Bath.53b (Ms. M. הִנְעִיל); a. fr.Part. pass. as ab., shod. Yalk. Josh. 7 וכי במנעלים אתה נ׳וכ׳ dost thou wear shoes and observest not mourning? Hif. הִנְעִיל to put shoes on a person. B. Bath. l. c.; Kidd.22b הלבישו הִנְעִילֹווכ׳ if the slave helped him put on his clothes or his shoes or lifted him up (helped him into a conveyance), it is possession. Nif. נִנְעַל to be closed. Ber.32b מיום … נִנְעֲלוּ שעריוכ׳ since the day the Temple was destroyed, the gates of prayer have been closed. Ib. שערי דמעה לא ננעלו; Midr. Till. to Ps. 4 נִנְעָלִים, v. supra. B. Mets.59a כל השערים נִנְעָלִים חוץוכ׳ all gates (of prayer) are (at times) closed, except the gates for the cry of oppression. Ib. הפרגוד ננעל, v. פַּרְגּוֹד. Erub.6b, a. e. אילמלא דלתותיה נִנְעָלוֹת if its gates were not shut by night; a. fr.Sabb.67a bot. (in an incantation for a swallowed fish-bone) נִנְעַלְתָּה כתריס (Ms. M. מנעלתה בתריס) thou art locked up as (within) a cuirass.

נָעַל(b. h.) 1) to tie (the door), to lock up, close. B. Kam.VI, 1 נ׳ בפניה כראוי if he locked it in (secured the flock) properly. Tosef.B. Bath. II, 11, a. e. נ׳ וגדרוכ׳ if he fastened (something on the property), fenced in or tore down, it is possession (חֲזָקָה). Sabb.XIII, 6 בפניו ונ׳ אתד and one blocked it (by placing himself in the entrance). Ib. 7 לנוֹעֵל את ביתווכ׳ it is like one locking up (sitting at the entrance of) his house to guard it. Mekh. Mishp. s. 18 שלא לִנְעוֹל בפניוכ׳ in order not to close the door to future proselytes (not to discourage them on account of advanced age). Snh.32a, a. fr. כדי שלא תִנְעוֹלוכ׳, v. דֶּלֶת.Y.Naz.VIII, 57a bot., v. וַעַד. Tosef.Sot.V, 9 (read:) שנעל דלתוכ׳ who locked his wife up (to prevent her from going astray); Y. ib. I, 17a bot.; Gitt.90a; Y.Kidd.IV, 66a; a. fr.Cant. R. to VII, 2 (play on בנעלים, ib.) אתם נוֹעֲלִים לפני … ואני נועלוכ׳ you lock up (interrupt business) for my sake on Passover …, and I lock up (the rain) for your sake, v. נְעִילָה. Ib. מה היה … שהיו נועלין בעד כל הצרות how great wa is the beauty of thy steps (pilgrimage to the Temple) which locked up (protected against) all troubles.Part. pass. נְעוּל; f. נְעוּלָה; pl. נְעוּלִים, נְעוּלִין; נְעוּלוֹת. Midr. Till. to Ps. 4 שערי תפלה … נ׳וכ׳ the gates of prayer are sometimes open, sometimes closed, but the gates of tears are never closed; a. e. 2) to tie a sandal, to put shoes on. Tosef.Sabb.IV (V), 8 לא יִנְעוֹל אדםוכ׳ one must not put on a nail-studded sandal Y.M. Kat. III, 83c הורי … לנעול בו ביום R. … allowed (the people mourning for R. Yassa) to wear shoes on the same day. Tosef.Kidd.I, 5 נ׳ לו סנדלווכ׳ if the slave tied his sandals for him (the new master) or untied them, it is possession (v. supra); B. Bath.53b (Ms. M. הִנְעִיל); a. fr.Part. pass. as ab., shod. Yalk. Josh. 7 וכי במנעלים אתה נ׳וכ׳ dost thou wear shoes and observest not mourning? Hif. הִנְעִיל to put shoes on a person. B. Bath. l. c.; Kidd.22b הלבישו הִנְעִילֹווכ׳ if the slave helped him put on his clothes or his shoes or lifted him up (helped him into a conveyance), it is possession. Nif. נִנְעַל to be closed. Ber.32b מיום … נִנְעֲלוּ שעריוכ׳ since the day the Temple was destroyed, the gates of prayer have been closed. Ib. שערי דמעה לא ננעלו; Midr. Till. to Ps. 4 נִנְעָלִים, v. supra. B. Mets.59a כל השערים נִנְעָלִים חוץוכ׳ all gates (of prayer) are (at times) closed, except the gates for the cry of oppression. Ib. הפרגוד ננעל, v. פַּרְגּוֹד. Erub.6b, a. e. אילמלא דלתותיה נִנְעָלוֹת if its gates were not shut by night; a. fr.Sabb.67a bot. (in an incantation for a swallowed fish-bone) נִנְעַלְתָּה כתריס (Ms. M. מנעלתה בתריס) thou art locked up as (within) a cuirass.

סָגַר(b. h.) to bar, bolt; to lock up, close. Snh.38a (ref. to מסגר, 2 Kings 24:16) כיון שסוֹגְרִין הלכהוכ׳ after they had closed the discussion about a law (declared it obscure), there was none to open again; Gitt.88a; Sifré Deut. 321 אהר שפותח אין סוֹגֵר after he has opened (explained), none can close (raise objection). Tanḥ. Shmini 9 עבר על כל בתי … וס׳ אותם he passed over all synagogues and schools and closed them. Mekh. Bshall., s. 3 ושונא רודףוכ׳ הים סוגר the sea forming a bar, and the enemy pursuing ; Ex. R. s. 21 (not סגר). Mekh. Yithro, Amal., s. 1 מתחלה … שהיתה סוֹגֶרֶת ומְסוּגֶּרֶתוכ׳ formerly no slave could flee from Egypt, for it was shut up and barred (Josh. 6:1); a. fr.Cant. R. to III, 10 (expl. זהב סָגוּר) שהיה סוֹגר בעד כלוכ׳ it locked up the shops of all workers in gold (ruined their trade); Y.Yoma IV, 41d top מכסיף (corr. acc.); Num. R. s. 12 (not סגור); Ex. R. s. 35 שהיה סגור כלוכ׳ (corr. acc.). Nif. נִסְגָּר to be locked up. Yoma 45a כל החנויות נִסְגָּרוֹת all (gold) shops were closed (their business ruined, v. supra); a. e. Hif. הִסְגִּיר, to lock up; to bind over, hand over, deliver. Sifré Deut. 322 בקשו ישראל לברוח … היו מַסְגִּירִים אותם when the Israelites attempted to flee northward, they blocked their way. Ib. 323 (ref. to Deut. 32:30) איני מַסְגִּיר אתכםע״י עצמיוכ׳ I shall not deliver you (into the hands of the enemy) directly, but through others (who will betray you). Ib. מוכרני מיד ומַסְגִּירַנִי מיד I sell and immediately deliver you. Tanḥ. Shmini l. c. (ref. to המסגר, v. supra) שכל או״ח … שהן מַסְגִּירִין לכל האומות all nations go before them into enclosures and flee, for they cause all nations to lock themselves up; a. fr.Esp. to lock up the leper pending the priests observation (Lev. 13:4, a. e.). Neg. V, 1; a. fr.Part. pass. מוּסְגָּר a leper under trial, opp. מוחלט (v. חָלַט I). Meg.I, 7; a. fr. Pu. סוּגָּר to be closed, locked. Part. מְסוּגָּר, f. מְסוּגֶּרֶת, v. supra.

סָגַר(b. h.) to bar, bolt; to lock up, close. Snh.38a (ref. to מסגר, 2 Kings 24:16) כיון שסוֹגְרִין הלכהוכ׳ after they had closed the discussion about a law (declared it obscure), there was none to open again; Gitt.88a; Sifré Deut. 321 אהר שפותח אין סוֹגֵר after he has opened (explained), none can close (raise objection). Tanḥ. Shmini 9 עבר על כל בתי … וס׳ אותם he passed over all synagogues and schools and closed them. Mekh. Bshall., s. 3 ושונא רודףוכ׳ הים סוגר the sea forming a bar, and the enemy pursuing ; Ex. R. s. 21 (not סגר). Mekh. Yithro, Amal., s. 1 מתחלה … שהיתה סוֹגֶרֶת ומְסוּגֶּרֶתוכ׳ formerly no slave could flee from Egypt, for it was shut up and barred (Josh. 6:1); a. fr.Cant. R. to III, 10 (expl. זהב סָגוּר) שהיה סוֹגר בעד כלוכ׳ it locked up the shops of all workers in gold (ruined their trade); Y.Yoma IV, 41d top מכסיף (corr. acc.); Num. R. s. 12 (not סגור); Ex. R. s. 35 שהיה סגור כלוכ׳ (corr. acc.). Nif. נִסְגָּר to be locked up. Yoma 45a כל החנויות נִסְגָּרוֹת all (gold) shops were closed (their business ruined, v. supra); a. e. Hif. הִסְגִּיר, to lock up; to bind over, hand over, deliver. Sifré Deut. 322 בקשו ישראל לברוח … היו מַסְגִּירִים אותם when the Israelites attempted to flee northward, they blocked their way. Ib. 323 (ref. to Deut. 32:30) איני מַסְגִּיר אתכםע״י עצמיוכ׳ I shall not deliver you (into the hands of the enemy) directly, but through others (who will betray you). Ib. מוכרני מיד ומַסְגִּירַנִי מיד I sell and immediately deliver you. Tanḥ. Shmini l. c. (ref. to המסגר, v. supra) שכל או״ח … שהן מַסְגִּירִין לכל האומות all nations go before them into enclosures and flee, for they cause all nations to lock themselves up; a. fr.Esp. to lock up the leper pending the priests observation (Lev. 13:4, a. e.). Neg. V, 1; a. fr.Part. pass. מוּסְגָּר a leper under trial, opp. מוחלט (v. חָלַט I). Meg.I, 7; a. fr. Pu. סוּגָּר to be closed, locked. Part. מְסוּגָּר, f. מְסוּגֶּרֶת, v. supra.

חָקַר(b. h.) to go around, to espy, to examine; esp. to cross-examine, v. חֲקִירָה. Ab. I, 9 הוי מרבה לַחְקוֹרוכ׳ cross-examine witnesses as much as possible. Snh.40b מדהוי ליה … חָקוֹר תַּחְקוֹר the text might have read (for emphasis) thou shalt diligently inquire, or thou shalt diligently investigate (instead of the unusual phrase ודרשת היטב, Deut. 17:4); a. e. Nif. נֶחְקַר to be investigated, examined. Koh. R. to I, 16 הלב נ׳ the heart is examined (by the Lord). R. Hash. III, 1 נֶחְקְרוּ העדים when the evidence was closed. Tosef.Snh.VI, 4 עד שתֵּחָקֵר עדותןוכ׳ until their examination in court has been closed; נֶחְקְרָה עדותןוכ׳ after it has been closed, they cannot retract. Ib. 5; a. fr.

חָקַר(b. h.) to go around, to espy, to examine; esp. to cross-examine, v. חֲקִירָה. Ab. I, 9 הוי מרבה לַחְקוֹרוכ׳ cross-examine witnesses as much as possible. Snh.40b מדהוי ליה … חָקוֹר תַּחְקוֹר the text might have read (for emphasis) thou shalt diligently inquire, or thou shalt diligently investigate (instead of the unusual phrase ודרשת היטב, Deut. 17:4); a. e. Nif. נֶחְקַר to be investigated, examined. Koh. R. to I, 16 הלב נ׳ the heart is examined (by the Lord). R. Hash. III, 1 נֶחְקְרוּ העדים when the evidence was closed. Tosef.Snh.VI, 4 עד שתֵּחָקֵר עדותןוכ׳ until their examination in court has been closed; נֶחְקְרָה עדותןוכ׳ after it has been closed, they cannot retract. Ib. 5; a. fr.

חֲתַםch. sam( Nif. נֶחְתַּם, Hithpa. הִתְחַתֵּם, Nithpa. נִתְחַתֵּם to be signed, sealed.). 1) to close up. Ber.6a ולִיחְתּוֹם פומיה and let him close up its opening. Part. pass. חֲתִים. Targ. O. Lev. 15:3. 2) to seal, sign. Targ. Jer. 32:44; a. fr.Gitt.66b מִחְתַּםוכ׳ to draw their signatures.Part. pass. as ab. Targ. l. c. 11.B. Bath89b דלא חֲתִימֵי where they do not stamp measures officially. 3) to close a benediction. Meg.22b ח׳ ולא בריך he closed his prayer without saying Barukh Cant. R. to I, 11 (read:) מלה חֲתִימָה … מסיימה a closed and finished word (complete in itself). Pa. חַתֵּים to lock up. Targ. Job 24:16 (some ed. Ithpa.). Ithpa. אִתְחַתֵּים 1) to lock ones self up. V. supra. 2) to be sealed, stamped. Targ. Esth. 4:1. Targ. Is. 8:21; a. fr. 3) to be closed up. Targ. Y. Lev. 15:3 ed. pr. (ed. אתסתם).