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משַׁךְ(b. h.; cmp. מָשַׁח II) to draw, pull; to seize; (with מן) to withdraw; in gen. to stretch, produce a continuous line or flow; to conduct. Kil. VIII, 2 לחרוש לִמְשוֹךְ ולהנהיג to plough with, to pull (by the head, go in front of), and to drive. Gen. R. s. 86 שהיו מוֹשְׁכִיןוכ׳, v. infra. Mekh. Bo, s. 11 (ref. to Ex. 12:21) מִשְׁכוּ מי שיש לווכ׳ ‘lead forth (select), refers to him who has a lamb, ‘and buy, refers to one who has none. Ib. מִשְׁכוּ מע״ז withdraw from idolatry, Ib. שמוֹשְׁכִין את ידיהם ממנווכ׳ that you may withdraw your share in the Passover lamb as long as it has not been slaughtered (v. מָנָה); Pes.VIII, 3. Ib. IX, 10 אלו מושכין להן אחדוכ׳ the one company select one lamb, the other M. Kat. I, 3 מוֹשְׁכִים את המיםוכ׳ you may draw (conduct) the water in channels from tree to tree. Pesik. R. s. 26 שמא יִמְשוֹךְ לו חלב והוא אינו מוֹשֵׁךְ perhaps it (the breast) will yield him milk when sucking, but it did not yield. Ex. R. n. 52 התחילה מוֹשֶׁכֶת דינריוכ׳ it (the valley) began to give forth a flow of gold denars before their eyes. Tosef.Sot.XIV, 8; Sot.47b מוֹשְׁכֵי הרוק those who draw out their spittle (assume aristocratic airs). Ḥag.14a מושכין לבווכ׳ they draw the heart of the people as one conducts water, when they lecture; Sabb.87a (play on ויגד, Ex. 19:9, v. נָגַד) דברים שמושכין … כאגדה words which draw (attract) the heart of man like a lecture. Y.Ab. Zar. III. 42c top מָשְׁבוּ צינורות דםוכ׳ the gutters of Laodicea carried a flow of blood; a. v. fr.Esp. (law) to take possession by drawing or seizing an object, v. מְשִׁיכָה. B. Mets.IV, 2 מ׳ הימנו פירותוכ׳ if he took possession of fruits bought of him before paying. Ib. 47a לא הספיק לִמְשוֹךְוכ׳ he had not yet had time to take possession of the ass; a. v. fr.Zeb.6b סכין מוֹשְׁכַתָּן למה שהן the slaughtering knife takes possession of them for what they are to be, i. e. the slaughtering of the sacrifices decides their purpose; Shebu.12b.מ׳ ערלה to stretch the prepuce, to disguise circumcision. Y.Peah I, 16b; a. e.Part. pass. מָשוּךְ; f. מְשוּכָה; pl. מְשוּכִים, מְשוּכִין; מְשוּכוֹת a) straightlined, continuous. Nidd.57b אם מ׳ if the blood-stain has the shape of a line, opp. עגול. Y.Erub.I, 19b top היה מ׳ if the wall is straight-lined. Ib. שלא תהא הקורה מ׳וכ׳ that the beam be not prolonged more than Ib. במשוכין יותרוכ׳ when they are longer than ; a. fr.Mikv. V, 3, v. נָדָל.b) (with מ־) withdrawn. Pes.IX, 10 ידיך מ׳ משלךוכ׳ thy share be withdrawn from thy lamb, and be transferred to ours; a. e.c) v. מָשוּךְ. Nif. נִמְשַׁךְ 1) to be stretched. Y.Yeb.VIII, 8d bot. נִמְשְׁכָה מאליה if the prepuce overgrew the corona of itself, v. מָשוּךְ. 2) to be prolonged, continued. Hor.12a אין מושחין … כדי שתִּמָּשֵׁךְ מלכותן kings are anointed at a spring in order that their government may be prolonged (cmp. Ḥag. l. c.). Ib. נמשכה מלכותן their dynasty was prolonged; a. fr. 3) to be withdrawn. Tosef.Pes.VII, 7 רצו להִמָּשֵׁךְ ולהמנותוכ׳ (ed. Zuck. incorrect) if they desire to withdraw, and that others be entered, Ib. נִמְשָׁכִין והולכיןוכ׳ they may go on withdrawing, a. fr. 4) to be drawn after; to follow. Ex. R. s. 24. Gen. R. s. 86 לפדה שהיו מושכין … ולא היתה נִמְשֶׁכֶת like a cow which they attempt to pull to the slaughter-house, and which will not go; a. fr. 5) to be conducted in a channel. Tosef.Par.IX (VIII), 9 המים הנִמְשָׁכִיןוכ׳ well-water derived into a channel, v. מָרַץ; a. e. Hif. הִמְשִׁיךְ 1) to cause to extend. Keth.10b (the rain) מצדן ימַמְשִׁיךְ gives beauty and enlargement (to the fruits). 2) to draw, pull. Y.Kil.VIII, 31c top, a. e. הנהיגה הִמְשִׁיכָהּוכ׳ if he drove the animal, or pulled it, or called it. Ex. R. s. 20, beg. הִמְשַׁכְתִּיו ברסן I pulled him by the bridle; a. e. 3) to conduct water into channels. Tem.12b שאובה שהִמְשִׁיכוּהָ כולה a collection of drawn water all of which has been conducted through a channel. Y.Shebi.II, end, 34b להַמְשִׁיךְ to irrigate by gutters, contrad. to להשקות. Y.M. Kat. I, 80b top ה׳ המעייןוכ׳ he led the water of a well into it. Tosef.Sabb.VII (VIII), 16 מַמְשִׁיכִין ייןוכ׳ you may let wine or oil run in gutters before bride and groom; Ber.50b; a. fr. 4) to prolong a meal, to add a course. Succ.27a, v. פַּרְפֶּרֶת.

משַׁךְ(b. h.; cmp. מָשַׁח II) to draw, pull; to seize; (with מן) to withdraw; in gen. to stretch, produce a continuous line or flow; to conduct. Kil. VIII, 2 לחרוש לִמְשוֹךְ ולהנהיג to plough with, to pull (by the head, go in front of), and to drive. Gen. R. s. 86 שהיו מוֹשְׁכִיןוכ׳, v. infra. Mekh. Bo, s. 11 (ref. to Ex. 12:21) מִשְׁכוּ מי שיש לווכ׳ ‘lead forth (select), refers to him who has a lamb, ‘and buy, refers to one who has none. Ib. מִשְׁכוּ מע״ז withdraw from idolatry, Ib. שמוֹשְׁכִין את ידיהם ממנווכ׳ that you may withdraw your share in the Passover lamb as long as it has not been slaughtered (v. מָנָה); Pes.VIII, 3. Ib. IX, 10 אלו מושכין להן אחדוכ׳ the one company select one lamb, the other M. Kat. I, 3 מוֹשְׁכִים את המיםוכ׳ you may draw (conduct) the water in channels from tree to tree. Pesik. R. s. 26 שמא יִמְשוֹךְ לו חלב והוא אינו מוֹשֵׁךְ perhaps it (the breast) will yield him milk when sucking, but it did not yield. Ex. R. n. 52 התחילה מוֹשֶׁכֶת דינריוכ׳ it (the valley) began to give forth a flow of gold denars before their eyes. Tosef.Sot.XIV, 8; Sot.47b מוֹשְׁכֵי הרוק those who draw out their spittle (assume aristocratic airs). Ḥag.14a מושכין לבווכ׳ they draw the heart of the people as one conducts water, when they lecture; Sabb.87a (play on ויגד, Ex. 19:9, v. נָגַד) דברים שמושכין … כאגדה words which draw (attract) the heart of man like a lecture. Y.Ab. Zar. III. 42c top מָשְׁבוּ צינורות דםוכ׳ the gutters of Laodicea carried a flow of blood; a. v. fr.Esp. (law) to take possession by drawing or seizing an object, v. מְשִׁיכָה. B. Mets.IV, 2 מ׳ הימנו פירותוכ׳ if he took possession of fruits bought of him before paying. Ib. 47a לא הספיק לִמְשוֹךְוכ׳ he had not yet had time to take possession of the ass; a. v. fr.Zeb.6b סכין מוֹשְׁכַתָּן למה שהן the slaughtering knife takes possession of them for what they are to be, i. e. the slaughtering of the sacrifices decides their purpose; Shebu.12b.מ׳ ערלה to stretch the prepuce, to disguise circumcision. Y.Peah I, 16b; a. e.Part. pass. מָשוּךְ; f. מְשוּכָה; pl. מְשוּכִים, מְשוּכִין; מְשוּכוֹת a) straightlined, continuous. Nidd.57b אם מ׳ if the blood-stain has the shape of a line, opp. עגול. Y.Erub.I, 19b top היה מ׳ if the wall is straight-lined. Ib. שלא תהא הקורה מ׳וכ׳ that the beam be not prolonged more than Ib. במשוכין יותרוכ׳ when they are longer than ; a. fr.Mikv. V, 3, v. נָדָל.b) (with מ־) withdrawn. Pes.IX, 10 ידיך מ׳ משלךוכ׳ thy share be withdrawn from thy lamb, and be transferred to ours; a. e.c) v. מָשוּךְ. Nif. נִמְשַׁךְ 1) to be stretched. Y.Yeb.VIII, 8d bot. נִמְשְׁכָה מאליה if the prepuce overgrew the corona of itself, v. מָשוּךְ. 2) to be prolonged, continued. Hor.12a אין מושחין … כדי שתִּמָּשֵׁךְ מלכותן kings are anointed at a spring in order that their government may be prolonged (cmp. Ḥag. l. c.). Ib. נמשכה מלכותן their dynasty was prolonged; a. fr. 3) to be withdrawn. Tosef.Pes.VII, 7 רצו להִמָּשֵׁךְ ולהמנותוכ׳ (ed. Zuck. incorrect) if they desire to withdraw, and that others be entered, Ib. נִמְשָׁכִין והולכיןוכ׳ they may go on withdrawing, a. fr. 4) to be drawn after; to follow. Ex. R. s. 24. Gen. R. s. 86 לפדה שהיו מושכין … ולא היתה נִמְשֶׁכֶת like a cow which they attempt to pull to the slaughter-house, and which will not go; a. fr. 5) to be conducted in a channel. Tosef.Par.IX (VIII), 9 המים הנִמְשָׁכִיןוכ׳ well-water derived into a channel, v. מָרַץ; a. e. Hif. הִמְשִׁיךְ 1) to cause to extend. Keth.10b (the rain) מצדן ימַמְשִׁיךְ gives beauty and enlargement (to the fruits). 2) to draw, pull. Y.Kil.VIII, 31c top, a. e. הנהיגה הִמְשִׁיכָהּוכ׳ if he drove the animal, or pulled it, or called it. Ex. R. s. 20, beg. הִמְשַׁכְתִּיו ברסן I pulled him by the bridle; a. e. 3) to conduct water into channels. Tem.12b שאובה שהִמְשִׁיכוּהָ כולה a collection of drawn water all of which has been conducted through a channel. Y.Shebi.II, end, 34b להַמְשִׁיךְ to irrigate by gutters, contrad. to להשקות. Y.M. Kat. I, 80b top ה׳ המעייןוכ׳ he led the water of a well into it. Tosef.Sabb.VII (VIII), 16 מַמְשִׁיכִין ייןוכ׳ you may let wine or oil run in gutters before bride and groom; Ber.50b; a. fr. 4) to prolong a meal, to add a course. Succ.27a, v. פַּרְפֶּרֶת.

פְּסַק, פְּסֵיקch. sam( Hithpa. הִתְפַּסֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְפַּסֵּק to be severed), 1) to cut, split, sever. Targ. Jud. 16:9. Targ. 2 Sam. 10:4; 1 Chr. 19:4; a. fr.Part. pass. פָּסִיק, פְּסִיק. Targ. O. Deut. 23:2 (h. text פצוע דכה); Y. ib. פ׳ גידא (h. text. כרות שפכה). Targ. O. Lev. 22:22 (h. text חרוץ).Ḥull.8b, v. גַּוָּוזָא I. B. Bath.21b קא פַסְקַתוכ׳ thou cuttest off (interferest with), v. חַיּוּתָא. Lev. R. s. 32, end פסקת חייוי דהאי גברא thou cuttest off (shortenest) this mans (my) life (by divulging my spurious descent); a. fr. פסיק רישיה ולא ימות ‘let his head be cut off, but let him not die, a dialectic term for an unavoidable result of an act. Sabb.75a מודהר״ש בפ׳ר׳וכ׳ R. S. (who ordinarily permits, on the Sabbath, an act which may have as a result a violation of the Sabbath law, if the latter is not intended) admits that such an act is forbidden, if the result is inevitable. 2) to separate, divide. Targ. Hos. 2:8 (ed. Lag. Af.).Pes.111a פַּסְקִינְהוּ רשות הרבים (Rashb. פְּסַקְתִּינְהוּ) the public road divides them (the two palms); a. e.Meg.2b; B. Kam.65b, v. infra Af. 3) to be interrupted; to cease. Targ. Y. Gen. 44:12 (h. text כִּלָּה). Targ. II Esth. 3:7. Targ. Deut. 5:19; a. fr.Lev. R. s. 31; Midr. Till. to Ps. 19; Yalk. ib. 673 (expl. לא נעדר, Zeph. 3:5) לא פַסְקִין they never fail. M. Kat. 4a מיא דלא פּסְקֵי water which never fails. Ib. עבידא דפַסְקָא it often fails. Ib. 18b קלא דלא פָסֵיק a continuous rumor; וכמח קלא דלא פ׳ how long must a rumor last to be called a continuous rumor? Ib. דלא פ׳ ביני ביני if it has not ceased at intervals. Gitt.69a כי היכי דפסקי … לִיפְסוֹקוכ׳ as this water ceases to run, so may the blood ofstop flowing. Sabb.30b לא פ׳ פומיה, v. גִּירְסָא I; a. fr. 4) to apportion, assign, bargain, agree, subscribe. Y.Hor.III, 48a bot. הוה חמי … פ׳ והוא פסיק לקיבליח he waited to see how much the whole assembly subscribed, and he subscribed an amount equal to the entire subscription; Lev. R. s. 5 כד הוון פַּסְקִיןוכ׳ when all people had subscribed, he Ib. פ׳ חד ליטראוכ׳ subscribed one pound of gold. Keth.65a פְּסוֹק לי מזוני give me an order for my food; פ׳ לה he did so. Ib. 63a פסקו ליהוכ׳ they made arrangements for him for six years (to remain at college). Lev. R. s. 34 אנן פּסְקִינָן פרנה we shall make up the dowry by subscription (v. פְּסַס); Yalk. ib. 665; a. fr. 5) to decide, adjudge. Targ. 1 Kings 20:40. Targ. Job 38:10; a. e.Succ.29b, a. e. קא פסיק ותני לא שנאוכ׳ the editor of the Mishnah decides and teaches; i. e. speaks absolutely, drawing no distinction whether Gitt.86b לא פְסִיקָא ליה it was not decided with him, i. e. he could not state it absolutely; a. fr. 6) to close; פ׳ סידרא to close the reading from the Pentateuch, read the Hafṭarah. Yoma 87a; a. e., v. סִדְרָא.7) (denom. of פְּסוּקָא) to recite a verse, v. preced. a. פְּסוּקָא. Af. אַפְסֵיק 1) to sever, break, burst. Targ. Nah. 1:13; a. e. 2) to separate, interpose, divide off. Targ. Hos. 2:8; a. e.Meg.2b אתא את ואַפְסְקיהוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. ופסק, ופסיק) the eth (וְאֵת, Esth. 9:21) comes to divide the sentence (giving it the meaning) that some celebrate the fourteenth and others the fifteenth of Adar. B. Kam.65b את פַּסְקֵיה קרא with eth ( ואת, Lev. 5:25) the text separates the clause from the preceding, opp. ערביה combines it; Yalk. Lev. 479 את אַפְסְקֵיה eth separates it; ib. לאַפְסוּקֵי בין ממוןוכ׳ (not לאפסוקיה) to draw the line between sacred property and Sot.38b אריכי … לא מַפְסְקֵי tall persons in front of short ones do not form a partition (to intercept the priestly benediction pronounced upon the congregation); תיבה לא מַפְסְקָא nor does the Tebah (v. תֵּבָה) between the priests and the people form a partition. Pes.111a אַפְסְקִינְהוּ בעפרא he dammed it (the waste water poured out in the street) with dust (spread dust over it); a. fr.Keth.77b; 17a, v. infra. 3) to cut off, cause to cease. Targ. 1 Sam. 2:33; a. e. 4) to take the last meal before beginning the fast. Keth.63a לא מר א׳ ולא מר א׳ Ar. (ed. אִיפְּסִיק Ithpe.) neither father nor son partook of the last meal (before the Day of Atonement). Ithpe. אִתְפְּסַק, אִיפְּסִיק 1) to be cut, severed, broken off. Targ. Jud. 16:9. Targ. Is. 52:2; a. fr.Sabb.112a איפסיק ליה רצועה (read: אִיפְּסִיקָא) a strap of his shoe broke. Y. ib. VI, 8a bot. אי׳ סנדליהוכ׳ R. Aḥas sandal fell off (the strap was broken). Ḥull.51a; a. fr. 2) to be interposed, to divide off. Keth.17a א׳ עמודא דנוראוכ׳ a column of fire was interposed between the bier of ; וגמירי דלא אפסיקוכ׳ (read: מִפְּסִיק) and there is a tradition that such a phenomenon occurs only for one person in a generation ; ib. 77b אִפְּסִיק, מִפְּסִיק. 3) to take the last meal, v. supra.

פְּסַק, פְּסֵיקch. sam( Hithpa. הִתְפַּסֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְפַּסֵּק to be severed), 1) to cut, split, sever. Targ. Jud. 16:9. Targ. 2 Sam. 10:4; 1 Chr. 19:4; a. fr.Part. pass. פָּסִיק, פְּסִיק. Targ. O. Deut. 23:2 (h. text פצוע דכה); Y. ib. פ׳ גידא (h. text. כרות שפכה). Targ. O. Lev. 22:22 (h. text חרוץ).Ḥull.8b, v. גַּוָּוזָא I. B. Bath.21b קא פַסְקַתוכ׳ thou cuttest off (interferest with), v. חַיּוּתָא. Lev. R. s. 32, end פסקת חייוי דהאי גברא thou cuttest off (shortenest) this mans (my) life (by divulging my spurious descent); a. fr. פסיק רישיה ולא ימות ‘let his head be cut off, but let him not die, a dialectic term for an unavoidable result of an act. Sabb.75a מודהר״ש בפ׳ר׳וכ׳ R. S. (who ordinarily permits, on the Sabbath, an act which may have as a result a violation of the Sabbath law, if the latter is not intended) admits that such an act is forbidden, if the result is inevitable. 2) to separate, divide. Targ. Hos. 2:8 (ed. Lag. Af.).Pes.111a פַּסְקִינְהוּ רשות הרבים (Rashb. פְּסַקְתִּינְהוּ) the public road divides them (the two palms); a. e.Meg.2b; B. Kam.65b, v. infra Af. 3) to be interrupted; to cease. Targ. Y. Gen. 44:12 (h. text כִּלָּה). Targ. II Esth. 3:7. Targ. Deut. 5:19; a. fr.Lev. R. s. 31; Midr. Till. to Ps. 19; Yalk. ib. 673 (expl. לא נעדר, Zeph. 3:5) לא פַסְקִין they never fail. M. Kat. 4a מיא דלא פּסְקֵי water which never fails. Ib. עבידא דפַסְקָא it often fails. Ib. 18b קלא דלא פָסֵיק a continuous rumor; וכמח קלא דלא פ׳ how long must a rumor last to be called a continuous rumor? Ib. דלא פ׳ ביני ביני if it has not ceased at intervals. Gitt.69a כי היכי דפסקי … לִיפְסוֹקוכ׳ as this water ceases to run, so may the blood ofstop flowing. Sabb.30b לא פ׳ פומיה, v. גִּירְסָא I; a. fr. 4) to apportion, assign, bargain, agree, subscribe. Y.Hor.III, 48a bot. הוה חמי … פ׳ והוא פסיק לקיבליח he waited to see how much the whole assembly subscribed, and he subscribed an amount equal to the entire subscription; Lev. R. s. 5 כד הוון פַּסְקִיןוכ׳ when all people had subscribed, he Ib. פ׳ חד ליטראוכ׳ subscribed one pound of gold. Keth.65a פְּסוֹק לי מזוני give me an order for my food; פ׳ לה he did so. Ib. 63a פסקו ליהוכ׳ they made arrangements for him for six years (to remain at college). Lev. R. s. 34 אנן פּסְקִינָן פרנה we shall make up the dowry by subscription (v. פְּסַס); Yalk. ib. 665; a. fr. 5) to decide, adjudge. Targ. 1 Kings 20:40. Targ. Job 38:10; a. e.Succ.29b, a. e. קא פסיק ותני לא שנאוכ׳ the editor of the Mishnah decides and teaches; i. e. speaks absolutely, drawing no distinction whether Gitt.86b לא פְסִיקָא ליה it was not decided with him, i. e. he could not state it absolutely; a. fr. 6) to close; פ׳ סידרא to close the reading from the Pentateuch, read the Hafṭarah. Yoma 87a; a. e., v. סִדְרָא.7) (denom. of פְּסוּקָא) to recite a verse, v. preced. a. פְּסוּקָא. Af. אַפְסֵיק 1) to sever, break, burst. Targ. Nah. 1:13; a. e. 2) to separate, interpose, divide off. Targ. Hos. 2:8; a. e.Meg.2b אתא את ואַפְסְקיהוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. ופסק, ופסיק) the eth (וְאֵת, Esth. 9:21) comes to divide the sentence (giving it the meaning) that some celebrate the fourteenth and others the fifteenth of Adar. B. Kam.65b את פַּסְקֵיה קרא with eth ( ואת, Lev. 5:25) the text separates the clause from the preceding, opp. ערביה combines it; Yalk. Lev. 479 את אַפְסְקֵיה eth separates it; ib. לאַפְסוּקֵי בין ממוןוכ׳ (not לאפסוקיה) to draw the line between sacred property and Sot.38b אריכי … לא מַפְסְקֵי tall persons in front of short ones do not form a partition (to intercept the priestly benediction pronounced upon the congregation); תיבה לא מַפְסְקָא nor does the Tebah (v. תֵּבָה) between the priests and the people form a partition. Pes.111a אַפְסְקִינְהוּ בעפרא he dammed it (the waste water poured out in the street) with dust (spread dust over it); a. fr.Keth.77b; 17a, v. infra. 3) to cut off, cause to cease. Targ. 1 Sam. 2:33; a. e. 4) to take the last meal before beginning the fast. Keth.63a לא מר א׳ ולא מר א׳ Ar. (ed. אִיפְּסִיק Ithpe.) neither father nor son partook of the last meal (before the Day of Atonement). Ithpe. אִתְפְּסַק, אִיפְּסִיק 1) to be cut, severed, broken off. Targ. Jud. 16:9. Targ. Is. 52:2; a. fr.Sabb.112a איפסיק ליה רצועה (read: אִיפְּסִיקָא) a strap of his shoe broke. Y. ib. VI, 8a bot. אי׳ סנדליהוכ׳ R. Aḥas sandal fell off (the strap was broken). Ḥull.51a; a. fr. 2) to be interposed, to divide off. Keth.17a א׳ עמודא דנוראוכ׳ a column of fire was interposed between the bier of ; וגמירי דלא אפסיקוכ׳ (read: מִפְּסִיק) and there is a tradition that such a phenomenon occurs only for one person in a generation ; ib. 77b אִפְּסִיק, מִפְּסִיק. 3) to take the last meal, v. supra.

פְּסַק, פְּסֵיקch. sam( Hithpa. הִתְפַּסֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְפַּסֵּק to be severed), 1) to cut, split, sever. Targ. Jud. 16:9. Targ. 2 Sam. 10:4; 1 Chr. 19:4; a. fr.Part. pass. פָּסִיק, פְּסִיק. Targ. O. Deut. 23:2 (h. text פצוע דכה); Y. ib. פ׳ גידא (h. text. כרות שפכה). Targ. O. Lev. 22:22 (h. text חרוץ).Ḥull.8b, v. גַּוָּוזָא I. B. Bath.21b קא פַסְקַתוכ׳ thou cuttest off (interferest with), v. חַיּוּתָא. Lev. R. s. 32, end פסקת חייוי דהאי גברא thou cuttest off (shortenest) this mans (my) life (by divulging my spurious descent); a. fr. פסיק רישיה ולא ימות ‘let his head be cut off, but let him not die, a dialectic term for an unavoidable result of an act. Sabb.75a מודהר״ש בפ׳ר׳וכ׳ R. S. (who ordinarily permits, on the Sabbath, an act which may have as a result a violation of the Sabbath law, if the latter is not intended) admits that such an act is forbidden, if the result is inevitable. 2) to separate, divide. Targ. Hos. 2:8 (ed. Lag. Af.).Pes.111a פַּסְקִינְהוּ רשות הרבים (Rashb. פְּסַקְתִּינְהוּ) the public road divides them (the two palms); a. e.Meg.2b; B. Kam.65b, v. infra Af. 3) to be interrupted; to cease. Targ. Y. Gen. 44:12 (h. text כִּלָּה). Targ. II Esth. 3:7. Targ. Deut. 5:19; a. fr.Lev. R. s. 31; Midr. Till. to Ps. 19; Yalk. ib. 673 (expl. לא נעדר, Zeph. 3:5) לא פַסְקִין they never fail. M. Kat. 4a מיא דלא פּסְקֵי water which never fails. Ib. עבידא דפַסְקָא it often fails. Ib. 18b קלא דלא פָסֵיק a continuous rumor; וכמח קלא דלא פ׳ how long must a rumor last to be called a continuous rumor? Ib. דלא פ׳ ביני ביני if it has not ceased at intervals. Gitt.69a כי היכי דפסקי … לִיפְסוֹקוכ׳ as this water ceases to run, so may the blood ofstop flowing. Sabb.30b לא פ׳ פומיה, v. גִּירְסָא I; a. fr. 4) to apportion, assign, bargain, agree, subscribe. Y.Hor.III, 48a bot. הוה חמי … פ׳ והוא פסיק לקיבליח he waited to see how much the whole assembly subscribed, and he subscribed an amount equal to the entire subscription; Lev. R. s. 5 כד הוון פַּסְקִיןוכ׳ when all people had subscribed, he Ib. פ׳ חד ליטראוכ׳ subscribed one pound of gold. Keth.65a פְּסוֹק לי מזוני give me an order for my food; פ׳ לה he did so. Ib. 63a פסקו ליהוכ׳ they made arrangements for him for six years (to remain at college). Lev. R. s. 34 אנן פּסְקִינָן פרנה we shall make up the dowry by subscription (v. פְּסַס); Yalk. ib. 665; a. fr. 5) to decide, adjudge. Targ. 1 Kings 20:40. Targ. Job 38:10; a. e.Succ.29b, a. e. קא פסיק ותני לא שנאוכ׳ the editor of the Mishnah decides and teaches; i. e. speaks absolutely, drawing no distinction whether Gitt.86b לא פְסִיקָא ליה it was not decided with him, i. e. he could not state it absolutely; a. fr. 6) to close; פ׳ סידרא to close the reading from the Pentateuch, read the Hafṭarah. Yoma 87a; a. e., v. סִדְרָא.7) (denom. of פְּסוּקָא) to recite a verse, v. preced. a. פְּסוּקָא. Af. אַפְסֵיק 1) to sever, break, burst. Targ. Nah. 1:13; a. e. 2) to separate, interpose, divide off. Targ. Hos. 2:8; a. e.Meg.2b אתא את ואַפְסְקיהוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. ופסק, ופסיק) the eth (וְאֵת, Esth. 9:21) comes to divide the sentence (giving it the meaning) that some celebrate the fourteenth and others the fifteenth of Adar. B. Kam.65b את פַּסְקֵיה קרא with eth ( ואת, Lev. 5:25) the text separates the clause from the preceding, opp. ערביה combines it; Yalk. Lev. 479 את אַפְסְקֵיה eth separates it; ib. לאַפְסוּקֵי בין ממוןוכ׳ (not לאפסוקיה) to draw the line between sacred property and Sot.38b אריכי … לא מַפְסְקֵי tall persons in front of short ones do not form a partition (to intercept the priestly benediction pronounced upon the congregation); תיבה לא מַפְסְקָא nor does the Tebah (v. תֵּבָה) between the priests and the people form a partition. Pes.111a אַפְסְקִינְהוּ בעפרא he dammed it (the waste water poured out in the street) with dust (spread dust over it); a. fr.Keth.77b; 17a, v. infra. 3) to cut off, cause to cease. Targ. 1 Sam. 2:33; a. e. 4) to take the last meal before beginning the fast. Keth.63a לא מר א׳ ולא מר א׳ Ar. (ed. אִיפְּסִיק Ithpe.) neither father nor son partook of the last meal (before the Day of Atonement). Ithpe. אִתְפְּסַק, אִיפְּסִיק 1) to be cut, severed, broken off. Targ. Jud. 16:9. Targ. Is. 52:2; a. fr.Sabb.112a איפסיק ליה רצועה (read: אִיפְּסִיקָא) a strap of his shoe broke. Y. ib. VI, 8a bot. אי׳ סנדליהוכ׳ R. Aḥas sandal fell off (the strap was broken). Ḥull.51a; a. fr. 2) to be interposed, to divide off. Keth.17a א׳ עמודא דנוראוכ׳ a column of fire was interposed between the bier of ; וגמירי דלא אפסיקוכ׳ (read: מִפְּסִיק) and there is a tradition that such a phenomenon occurs only for one person in a generation ; ib. 77b אִפְּסִיק, מִפְּסִיק. 3) to take the last meal, v. supra.

פְּסַק, פְּסֵיקch. sam( Hithpa. הִתְפַּסֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְפַּסֵּק to be severed), 1) to cut, split, sever. Targ. Jud. 16:9. Targ. 2 Sam. 10:4; 1 Chr. 19:4; a. fr.Part. pass. פָּסִיק, פְּסִיק. Targ. O. Deut. 23:2 (h. text פצוע דכה); Y. ib. פ׳ גידא (h. text. כרות שפכה). Targ. O. Lev. 22:22 (h. text חרוץ).Ḥull.8b, v. גַּוָּוזָא I. B. Bath.21b קא פַסְקַתוכ׳ thou cuttest off (interferest with), v. חַיּוּתָא. Lev. R. s. 32, end פסקת חייוי דהאי גברא thou cuttest off (shortenest) this mans (my) life (by divulging my spurious descent); a. fr. פסיק רישיה ולא ימות ‘let his head be cut off, but let him not die, a dialectic term for an unavoidable result of an act. Sabb.75a מודהר״ש בפ׳ר׳וכ׳ R. S. (who ordinarily permits, on the Sabbath, an act which may have as a result a violation of the Sabbath law, if the latter is not intended) admits that such an act is forbidden, if the result is inevitable. 2) to separate, divide. Targ. Hos. 2:8 (ed. Lag. Af.).Pes.111a פַּסְקִינְהוּ רשות הרבים (Rashb. פְּסַקְתִּינְהוּ) the public road divides them (the two palms); a. e.Meg.2b; B. Kam.65b, v. infra Af. 3) to be interrupted; to cease. Targ. Y. Gen. 44:12 (h. text כִּלָּה). Targ. II Esth. 3:7. Targ. Deut. 5:19; a. fr.Lev. R. s. 31; Midr. Till. to Ps. 19; Yalk. ib. 673 (expl. לא נעדר, Zeph. 3:5) לא פַסְקִין they never fail. M. Kat. 4a מיא דלא פּסְקֵי water which never fails. Ib. עבידא דפַסְקָא it often fails. Ib. 18b קלא דלא פָסֵיק a continuous rumor; וכמח קלא דלא פ׳ how long must a rumor last to be called a continuous rumor? Ib. דלא פ׳ ביני ביני if it has not ceased at intervals. Gitt.69a כי היכי דפסקי … לִיפְסוֹקוכ׳ as this water ceases to run, so may the blood ofstop flowing. Sabb.30b לא פ׳ פומיה, v. גִּירְסָא I; a. fr. 4) to apportion, assign, bargain, agree, subscribe. Y.Hor.III, 48a bot. הוה חמי … פ׳ והוא פסיק לקיבליח he waited to see how much the whole assembly subscribed, and he subscribed an amount equal to the entire subscription; Lev. R. s. 5 כד הוון פַּסְקִיןוכ׳ when all people had subscribed, he Ib. פ׳ חד ליטראוכ׳ subscribed one pound of gold. Keth.65a פְּסוֹק לי מזוני give me an order for my food; פ׳ לה he did so. Ib. 63a פסקו ליהוכ׳ they made arrangements for him for six years (to remain at college). Lev. R. s. 34 אנן פּסְקִינָן פרנה we shall make up the dowry by subscription (v. פְּסַס); Yalk. ib. 665; a. fr. 5) to decide, adjudge. Targ. 1 Kings 20:40. Targ. Job 38:10; a. e.Succ.29b, a. e. קא פסיק ותני לא שנאוכ׳ the editor of the Mishnah decides and teaches; i. e. speaks absolutely, drawing no distinction whether Gitt.86b לא פְסִיקָא ליה it was not decided with him, i. e. he could not state it absolutely; a. fr. 6) to close; פ׳ סידרא to close the reading from the Pentateuch, read the Hafṭarah. Yoma 87a; a. e., v. סִדְרָא.7) (denom. of פְּסוּקָא) to recite a verse, v. preced. a. פְּסוּקָא. Af. אַפְסֵיק 1) to sever, break, burst. Targ. Nah. 1:13; a. e. 2) to separate, interpose, divide off. Targ. Hos. 2:8; a. e.Meg.2b אתא את ואַפְסְקיהוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. ופסק, ופסיק) the eth (וְאֵת, Esth. 9:21) comes to divide the sentence (giving it the meaning) that some celebrate the fourteenth and others the fifteenth of Adar. B. Kam.65b את פַּסְקֵיה קרא with eth ( ואת, Lev. 5:25) the text separates the clause from the preceding, opp. ערביה combines it; Yalk. Lev. 479 את אַפְסְקֵיה eth separates it; ib. לאַפְסוּקֵי בין ממוןוכ׳ (not לאפסוקיה) to draw the line between sacred property and Sot.38b אריכי … לא מַפְסְקֵי tall persons in front of short ones do not form a partition (to intercept the priestly benediction pronounced upon the congregation); תיבה לא מַפְסְקָא nor does the Tebah (v. תֵּבָה) between the priests and the people form a partition. Pes.111a אַפְסְקִינְהוּ בעפרא he dammed it (the waste water poured out in the street) with dust (spread dust over it); a. fr.Keth.77b; 17a, v. infra. 3) to cut off, cause to cease. Targ. 1 Sam. 2:33; a. e. 4) to take the last meal before beginning the fast. Keth.63a לא מר א׳ ולא מר א׳ Ar. (ed. אִיפְּסִיק Ithpe.) neither father nor son partook of the last meal (before the Day of Atonement). Ithpe. אִתְפְּסַק, אִיפְּסִיק 1) to be cut, severed, broken off. Targ. Jud. 16:9. Targ. Is. 52:2; a. fr.Sabb.112a איפסיק ליה רצועה (read: אִיפְּסִיקָא) a strap of his shoe broke. Y. ib. VI, 8a bot. אי׳ סנדליהוכ׳ R. Aḥas sandal fell off (the strap was broken). Ḥull.51a; a. fr. 2) to be interposed, to divide off. Keth.17a א׳ עמודא דנוראוכ׳ a column of fire was interposed between the bier of ; וגמירי דלא אפסיקוכ׳ (read: מִפְּסִיק) and there is a tradition that such a phenomenon occurs only for one person in a generation ; ib. 77b אִפְּסִיק, מִפְּסִיק. 3) to take the last meal, v. supra.

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גְּרִירָהf. ( גרר) 1) scraping off. Ḥull.84a מחוסר … וג׳ requires the acts of pouring out the blood, scraping off the blood stains Ib. 93a ריש מעיא … בעי ג׳ the top of the small bowels up to a cubits length must be scraped (in order to remove the fat). 2) dragging, pulling, moving an object without lifting. Sabb.22a; Pes.101a; Men.41b הלכה … בג׳ the law decides in favor of … with reference to dragging an object on the Sabbath, v. גָּרַר. Y.Kidd.I, 60d top מהו שיקנו בג׳ can they be taken possession of by moving without lifting? 3) carrying with, involving. Y.Pes.VII, 34c top מאי נפקא … ג׳ what is the difference between them? They differ as to the majority of one tribe carrying with it (determining the legal status of) the whole nation, v. גָּרַר 3.Sabb.71a ומי אית ליה … ג׳ does R. adopt the opinion that one action can be involved with another so as to be considered one continuous act (e. g. cutting grain and immediately grinding it)? Ib. ג׳ דג׳ an application of this principle in the second degree, that the action involved should involve a third action.