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עֲטַרI same. Targ. Ps. 73:6 עֲטַרְתִּנוּןוכ׳ pride adoms them (some ed. עטרתהין, v. עֲטַרְתָּא).Part. pass. עָטִיר a) surrounded, guarded. Gitt.86a, v. חֲרוּרי (v., however, next w.).b) distinguished. Y.Nidd.II, end, 50b (read:) חמיתיה ע׳ מני dost thou see him (Rab)?He is more distinguished than I am, i. e. let him decide. Pa. עַטֵּר same, to wreathe, decorate. Targ. Y. I Deut. 26:3. Targ. 1 Chr. 2:54. Targ. Y. I Gen. 50:26 עַטְּרוּן יתיה they decorated his body. Targ. Y. Ex. 3:22 ותְעַטְּרוּן עלוכ׳ and put, them as ornaments on your children.Ber.51a מְעַטֵּר, v. נַטְלָא. Sot.5a ומְעַטְּרָא ליהוכ׳ and it (a little pride) adorns (or protects) man as the awn protects the ear. Ithpa. אִתְעַטַּר to be wreathed (with flowers). Targ. Joel 2:22 (h. text דשאו).

פָּאַר(b. h.), Pi. פֵּאֵר (denom. of preced.) 1) to cut the crown off. Ḥull.131a, sq. (ref. to תְפָאֵר, Deut. 24:20) שלא תטול תפארתו ממנו thou must not cut the crown off it (the last berries). 2) to crown, glorify. Lev. R. s. 2 כל מה … לגדלן ולפָאֲרָן פָּאֵר … להִתְפָּאֵר בהם as much as thou canst praise Israel, praise, as much as thou canst raise and glorify them, glorify, for I am to be glorified through them; Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 8; Pesik. Shek., p. 17b> לפָאֲרוֹ פָּאֲרוֹ; a. e.Part. pass. מְפוֹאָר; f. מְפוֹאָרָה, מְפוֹאֶרֶת. Taan.7a (to R. Joshua) אי חכמה מפ׳ בכלי מכוער O for that glorious wisdom in an ugly vessel! Ab. Zar.24b, v. עֲדִי II. Hithpa. הִתְפָּאֵר 1) to lord it, rule. Sifré Deut. 284 (ref. to תפאר, v. supra) לא תִתְפָּאֵר לעני do not make thyself the master of the poor man (i. e. do not decide who shall and who shall not get the gleanings); Yalk. ib. 937. 2) to be adorned, glorified. Lev. R. l. c., a. e., v. supra. Esth. R. to III, 6, v. פּוּרְפּוּרָא; a. e.

פָּאַר(b. h.), Pi. פֵּאֵר (denom. of preced.) 1) to cut the crown off. Ḥull.131a, sq. (ref. to תְפָאֵר, Deut. 24:20) שלא תטול תפארתו ממנו thou must not cut the crown off it (the last berries). 2) to crown, glorify. Lev. R. s. 2 כל מה … לגדלן ולפָאֲרָן פָּאֵר … להִתְפָּאֵר בהם as much as thou canst praise Israel, praise, as much as thou canst raise and glorify them, glorify, for I am to be glorified through them; Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 8; Pesik. Shek., p. 17b> לפָאֲרוֹ פָּאֲרוֹ; a. e.Part. pass. מְפוֹאָר; f. מְפוֹאָרָה, מְפוֹאֶרֶת. Taan.7a (to R. Joshua) אי חכמה מפ׳ בכלי מכוער O for that glorious wisdom in an ugly vessel! Ab. Zar.24b, v. עֲדִי II. Hithpa. הִתְפָּאֵר 1) to lord it, rule. Sifré Deut. 284 (ref. to תפאר, v. supra) לא תִתְפָּאֵר לעני do not make thyself the master of the poor man (i. e. do not decide who shall and who shall not get the gleanings); Yalk. ib. 937. 2) to be adorned, glorified. Lev. R. l. c., a. e., v. supra. Esth. R. to III, 6, v. פּוּרְפּוּרָא; a. e.

פַּיִיסm. (פִּיס) division, (cmp. פּוּר, a. בָּצַע) compromise, arbitration, esp. by counting out a certain number on the raised fingers of those among whom a decision is to be made (v. צָבַע Hif.), allotment. Yoma II, 2 התקינו … אלא בפ׳ it was ordained that the cleansing of the altar should not be done (by whosoever was the first to reach it) but according to arbitration by counting Ib. וזה הפ׳ הראשון and this was the first arbitration (on the Day of Atonement). Ib. 3 הפ׳ השני מיוכ׳ the second count was to decide who was to slaughter ; a. fr.Pl. פְּיָיסוֹת. Ib. 2 ארבע פ׳ היו שם four times arbitration took place there (on the Day of Atonement). Y.Pes.VI, 33b מפני קילקול פ׳ because it disturbs the arrangement of the various services allotted severally to the priests; a. e.

פַּיִיסm. (פִּיס) division, (cmp. פּוּר, a. בָּצַע) compromise, arbitration, esp. by counting out a certain number on the raised fingers of those among whom a decision is to be made (v. צָבַע Hif.), allotment. Yoma II, 2 התקינו … אלא בפ׳ it was ordained that the cleansing of the altar should not be done (by whosoever was the first to reach it) but according to arbitration by counting Ib. וזה הפ׳ הראשון and this was the first arbitration (on the Day of Atonement). Ib. 3 הפ׳ השני מיוכ׳ the second count was to decide who was to slaughter ; a. fr.Pl. פְּיָיסוֹת. Ib. 2 ארבע פ׳ היו שם four times arbitration took place there (on the Day of Atonement). Y.Pes.VI, 33b מפני קילקול פ׳ because it disturbs the arrangement of the various services allotted severally to the priests; a. e.

פְּלֵי, פְּלָאch. (v. preced. wds.) to split, cut open. B. Bath. 160b; 164b פּלְיֵיה וחזייה he ripped open the tied-up document and saw it (that the signature was in the folds). Ḥull.11a דילמא דפ׳ ליהוכ׳ may it not be that he (the priest) opened the skull and examined it? Yoma 87a הוה יתיב וקא פָלֵי רישא was sitting and chopping (an animals) head. Snh.108b קא פָאלֵיוכ׳ was opening pomegranates; a. e. Pa. פַּלֵּי 1) to search (garments). Y.M. Kat. III, 82a top מְפַלֵּא מאניו searching his garments. 2) to search after, glean; to remove. Targ. O. Deut. 24:20 (h. text תפאר). Ib. 26:13 (h. text בערתי). Targ. 1 Kings 16:3. Targ. Zeph. 3:15 (h. text פנה); a. fr.Targ. 1 Sam. 2:25, v. infra. Af. אַפְלֵי 1) to do strange, wonderful things; to go to the extreme of. Targ. Is. 9:5 מַפְלֵי ed. Lag. (ed. Wil. מַפְלְיָא; oth. ed. מַפְלִיא Hebraism).Ab. Zar.44a מַפְלְיָא, v. לֵיצָנוּתָא. 2) to decide, arbitrate. Targ. 1 Sam. 2:25 (Bxt. וִיפַלֵּי, Pa.; h. text פלל). 3) (with ב; cmp. Is. 29:14) to mystify, perplex, outwit, fool. Lam. R. to I, 1 רבתי (חד מאת׳ 8) חד … והוה מַפְלֵי … סגי an Athenian used to come to Jerusalem and outwit the Jerusalemites frequently. Ib. מכאן ולהבא לא תַפְלֵיוכ׳ henceforth thou shalt not again attempt to outwit Gen. R. s. 42, v. מְרֵי. Ib. s. 91 למה אַפְלְיַית בי why didst thou mystify (deceive) me?; לא אַפְלְיִית בך I did not deceive thee; Koh. R. to VII, 11 אַפְלְיַת, אַפְלִית; Y.Naz.V, end, 54b אַפְלֵיתָה, אַפְלֵיתִי; Y.Ber.VII, 11b bot.; Yalk. Gen. 148. Ib. 62 מה את מַפְלֵי בי (Gen. R. s. 38 מה את מַפְלֶה בי) why wilt thou fool me? Y.Shebi.IX, 38d, v. לֵי; a. e.

פְּלֵי, פְּלָאch. (v. preced. wds.) to split, cut open. B. Bath. 160b; 164b פּלְיֵיה וחזייה he ripped open the tied-up document and saw it (that the signature was in the folds). Ḥull.11a דילמא דפ׳ ליהוכ׳ may it not be that he (the priest) opened the skull and examined it? Yoma 87a הוה יתיב וקא פָלֵי רישא was sitting and chopping (an animals) head. Snh.108b קא פָאלֵיוכ׳ was opening pomegranates; a. e. Pa. פַּלֵּי 1) to search (garments). Y.M. Kat. III, 82a top מְפַלֵּא מאניו searching his garments. 2) to search after, glean; to remove. Targ. O. Deut. 24:20 (h. text תפאר). Ib. 26:13 (h. text בערתי). Targ. 1 Kings 16:3. Targ. Zeph. 3:15 (h. text פנה); a. fr.Targ. 1 Sam. 2:25, v. infra. Af. אַפְלֵי 1) to do strange, wonderful things; to go to the extreme of. Targ. Is. 9:5 מַפְלֵי ed. Lag. (ed. Wil. מַפְלְיָא; oth. ed. מַפְלִיא Hebraism).Ab. Zar.44a מַפְלְיָא, v. לֵיצָנוּתָא. 2) to decide, arbitrate. Targ. 1 Sam. 2:25 (Bxt. וִיפַלֵּי, Pa.; h. text פלל). 3) (with ב; cmp. Is. 29:14) to mystify, perplex, outwit, fool. Lam. R. to I, 1 רבתי (חד מאת׳ 8) חד … והוה מַפְלֵי … סגי an Athenian used to come to Jerusalem and outwit the Jerusalemites frequently. Ib. מכאן ולהבא לא תַפְלֵיוכ׳ henceforth thou shalt not again attempt to outwit Gen. R. s. 42, v. מְרֵי. Ib. s. 91 למה אַפְלְיַית בי why didst thou mystify (deceive) me?; לא אַפְלְיִית בך I did not deceive thee; Koh. R. to VII, 11 אַפְלְיַת, אַפְלִית; Y.Naz.V, end, 54b אַפְלֵיתָה, אַפְלֵיתִי; Y.Ber.VII, 11b bot.; Yalk. Gen. 148. Ib. 62 מה את מַפְלֵי בי (Gen. R. s. 38 מה את מַפְלֶה בי) why wilt thou fool me? Y.Shebi.IX, 38d, v. לֵי; a. e.

פְּלֵי, פְּלָאch. (v. preced. wds.) to split, cut open. B. Bath. 160b; 164b פּלְיֵיה וחזייה he ripped open the tied-up document and saw it (that the signature was in the folds). Ḥull.11a דילמא דפ׳ ליהוכ׳ may it not be that he (the priest) opened the skull and examined it? Yoma 87a הוה יתיב וקא פָלֵי רישא was sitting and chopping (an animals) head. Snh.108b קא פָאלֵיוכ׳ was opening pomegranates; a. e. Pa. פַּלֵּי 1) to search (garments). Y.M. Kat. III, 82a top מְפַלֵּא מאניו searching his garments. 2) to search after, glean; to remove. Targ. O. Deut. 24:20 (h. text תפאר). Ib. 26:13 (h. text בערתי). Targ. 1 Kings 16:3. Targ. Zeph. 3:15 (h. text פנה); a. fr.Targ. 1 Sam. 2:25, v. infra. Af. אַפְלֵי 1) to do strange, wonderful things; to go to the extreme of. Targ. Is. 9:5 מַפְלֵי ed. Lag. (ed. Wil. מַפְלְיָא; oth. ed. מַפְלִיא Hebraism).Ab. Zar.44a מַפְלְיָא, v. לֵיצָנוּתָא. 2) to decide, arbitrate. Targ. 1 Sam. 2:25 (Bxt. וִיפַלֵּי, Pa.; h. text פלל). 3) (with ב; cmp. Is. 29:14) to mystify, perplex, outwit, fool. Lam. R. to I, 1 רבתי (חד מאת׳ 8) חד … והוה מַפְלֵי … סגי an Athenian used to come to Jerusalem and outwit the Jerusalemites frequently. Ib. מכאן ולהבא לא תַפְלֵיוכ׳ henceforth thou shalt not again attempt to outwit Gen. R. s. 42, v. מְרֵי. Ib. s. 91 למה אַפְלְיַית בי why didst thou mystify (deceive) me?; לא אַפְלְיִית בך I did not deceive thee; Koh. R. to VII, 11 אַפְלְיַת, אַפְלִית; Y.Naz.V, end, 54b אַפְלֵיתָה, אַפְלֵיתִי; Y.Ber.VII, 11b bot.; Yalk. Gen. 148. Ib. 62 מה את מַפְלֵי בי (Gen. R. s. 38 מה את מַפְלֶה בי) why wilt thou fool me? Y.Shebi.IX, 38d, v. לֵי; a. e.

פְּלֵי, פְּלָאch. (v. preced. wds.) to split, cut open. B. Bath. 160b; 164b פּלְיֵיה וחזייה he ripped open the tied-up document and saw it (that the signature was in the folds). Ḥull.11a דילמא דפ׳ ליהוכ׳ may it not be that he (the priest) opened the skull and examined it? Yoma 87a הוה יתיב וקא פָלֵי רישא was sitting and chopping (an animals) head. Snh.108b קא פָאלֵיוכ׳ was opening pomegranates; a. e. Pa. פַּלֵּי 1) to search (garments). Y.M. Kat. III, 82a top מְפַלֵּא מאניו searching his garments. 2) to search after, glean; to remove. Targ. O. Deut. 24:20 (h. text תפאר). Ib. 26:13 (h. text בערתי). Targ. 1 Kings 16:3. Targ. Zeph. 3:15 (h. text פנה); a. fr.Targ. 1 Sam. 2:25, v. infra. Af. אַפְלֵי 1) to do strange, wonderful things; to go to the extreme of. Targ. Is. 9:5 מַפְלֵי ed. Lag. (ed. Wil. מַפְלְיָא; oth. ed. מַפְלִיא Hebraism).Ab. Zar.44a מַפְלְיָא, v. לֵיצָנוּתָא. 2) to decide, arbitrate. Targ. 1 Sam. 2:25 (Bxt. וִיפַלֵּי, Pa.; h. text פלל). 3) (with ב; cmp. Is. 29:14) to mystify, perplex, outwit, fool. Lam. R. to I, 1 רבתי (חד מאת׳ 8) חד … והוה מַפְלֵי … סגי an Athenian used to come to Jerusalem and outwit the Jerusalemites frequently. Ib. מכאן ולהבא לא תַפְלֵיוכ׳ henceforth thou shalt not again attempt to outwit Gen. R. s. 42, v. מְרֵי. Ib. s. 91 למה אַפְלְיַית בי why didst thou mystify (deceive) me?; לא אַפְלְיִית בך I did not deceive thee; Koh. R. to VII, 11 אַפְלְיַת, אַפְלִית; Y.Naz.V, end, 54b אַפְלֵיתָה, אַפְלֵיתִי; Y.Ber.VII, 11b bot.; Yalk. Gen. 148. Ib. 62 מה את מַפְלֵי בי (Gen. R. s. 38 מה את מַפְלֶה בי) why wilt thou fool me? Y.Shebi.IX, 38d, v. לֵי; a. e.

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.

קֵהֶה, קֵי׳m., קֵהָה, קֵי׳ f. (preced.; cmp. כֵּהֶה) dull, faint; 1) (of cutting tools) blunt; (of teeth) blunt and loose.Pl. קֵהִים, קֵהִין, קֵי׳; קֵהוֹת, קֵי׳. Midr. Sam. ch. 16 as with the grape vine כל מי … שיניו ק׳וכ׳ he that eats of its unripe fruit, will have his teeth set on edge, so it is with Israel ; Lev. R. s. 36 (corr. version after Midr. Sam.). 2) (of limbs) wearied, benumbed. Y.Yoma VIII, 44d בבא מן … ק׳ עליו in the case of one that had come from a journey, and his feet were benumbed; Y.Ber.II, 5b bot.; a. e. 3) tough, hard, unyielding. Taan.7b (ref. to Koh. 10:10) אם ראית רקיע שק׳ כברזלוכ׳ when thou seest the sky as tough as iron not sending down dew or rain; Yalk. Koh. 979 אם … דור שהשמים קהיןוכ׳ when thou seest a generation over which the heavens are as tough Ab. IV, 20 ענבים קהות hard (unripe) grapes, opp. בשולות.Trnsf. (of intellectual subjects) tough, difficult, unsolvable. Yalk. l. c. אם … שתלמודו ק׳ עליו כברזל when thou seest a student to whom his lesson is as tough as iron (Taan.8a שלמודו קשה; Ms. M. כהה). Pesik. R. s. 33 והמעשה שהיה ק׳וכ׳ and when a case was too difficult for me to decide, I asked ; Yalk. Job 917. Cant. R. to IV, 11; a. e. 4) fainting, having a morbid appetite. Y.Shebi.IV, end, 35c שכן דרך הק׳ אוכלות אותו for craving women are in the habit of eating it (the unripe grape).

קֵהֶה, קֵי׳m., קֵהָה, קֵי׳ f. (preced.; cmp. כֵּהֶה) dull, faint; 1) (of cutting tools) blunt; (of teeth) blunt and loose.Pl. קֵהִים, קֵהִין, קֵי׳; קֵהוֹת, קֵי׳. Midr. Sam. ch. 16 as with the grape vine כל מי … שיניו ק׳וכ׳ he that eats of its unripe fruit, will have his teeth set on edge, so it is with Israel ; Lev. R. s. 36 (corr. version after Midr. Sam.). 2) (of limbs) wearied, benumbed. Y.Yoma VIII, 44d בבא מן … ק׳ עליו in the case of one that had come from a journey, and his feet were benumbed; Y.Ber.II, 5b bot.; a. e. 3) tough, hard, unyielding. Taan.7b (ref. to Koh. 10:10) אם ראית רקיע שק׳ כברזלוכ׳ when thou seest the sky as tough as iron not sending down dew or rain; Yalk. Koh. 979 אם … דור שהשמים קהיןוכ׳ when thou seest a generation over which the heavens are as tough Ab. IV, 20 ענבים קהות hard (unripe) grapes, opp. בשולות.Trnsf. (of intellectual subjects) tough, difficult, unsolvable. Yalk. l. c. אם … שתלמודו ק׳ עליו כברזל when thou seest a student to whom his lesson is as tough as iron (Taan.8a שלמודו קשה; Ms. M. כהה). Pesik. R. s. 33 והמעשה שהיה ק׳וכ׳ and when a case was too difficult for me to decide, I asked ; Yalk. Job 917. Cant. R. to IV, 11; a. e. 4) fainting, having a morbid appetite. Y.Shebi.IV, end, 35c שכן דרך הק׳ אוכלות אותו for craving women are in the habit of eating it (the unripe grape).

קֵהֶה, קֵי׳m., קֵהָה, קֵי׳ f. (preced.; cmp. כֵּהֶה) dull, faint; 1) (of cutting tools) blunt; (of teeth) blunt and loose.Pl. קֵהִים, קֵהִין, קֵי׳; קֵהוֹת, קֵי׳. Midr. Sam. ch. 16 as with the grape vine כל מי … שיניו ק׳וכ׳ he that eats of its unripe fruit, will have his teeth set on edge, so it is with Israel ; Lev. R. s. 36 (corr. version after Midr. Sam.). 2) (of limbs) wearied, benumbed. Y.Yoma VIII, 44d בבא מן … ק׳ עליו in the case of one that had come from a journey, and his feet were benumbed; Y.Ber.II, 5b bot.; a. e. 3) tough, hard, unyielding. Taan.7b (ref. to Koh. 10:10) אם ראית רקיע שק׳ כברזלוכ׳ when thou seest the sky as tough as iron not sending down dew or rain; Yalk. Koh. 979 אם … דור שהשמים קהיןוכ׳ when thou seest a generation over which the heavens are as tough Ab. IV, 20 ענבים קהות hard (unripe) grapes, opp. בשולות.Trnsf. (of intellectual subjects) tough, difficult, unsolvable. Yalk. l. c. אם … שתלמודו ק׳ עליו כברזל when thou seest a student to whom his lesson is as tough as iron (Taan.8a שלמודו קשה; Ms. M. כהה). Pesik. R. s. 33 והמעשה שהיה ק׳וכ׳ and when a case was too difficult for me to decide, I asked ; Yalk. Job 917. Cant. R. to IV, 11; a. e. 4) fainting, having a morbid appetite. Y.Shebi.IV, end, 35c שכן דרך הק׳ אוכלות אותו for craving women are in the habit of eating it (the unripe grape).

קֵהֶה, קֵי׳m., קֵהָה, קֵי׳ f. (preced.; cmp. כֵּהֶה) dull, faint; 1) (of cutting tools) blunt; (of teeth) blunt and loose.Pl. קֵהִים, קֵהִין, קֵי׳; קֵהוֹת, קֵי׳. Midr. Sam. ch. 16 as with the grape vine כל מי … שיניו ק׳וכ׳ he that eats of its unripe fruit, will have his teeth set on edge, so it is with Israel ; Lev. R. s. 36 (corr. version after Midr. Sam.). 2) (of limbs) wearied, benumbed. Y.Yoma VIII, 44d בבא מן … ק׳ עליו in the case of one that had come from a journey, and his feet were benumbed; Y.Ber.II, 5b bot.; a. e. 3) tough, hard, unyielding. Taan.7b (ref. to Koh. 10:10) אם ראית רקיע שק׳ כברזלוכ׳ when thou seest the sky as tough as iron not sending down dew or rain; Yalk. Koh. 979 אם … דור שהשמים קהיןוכ׳ when thou seest a generation over which the heavens are as tough Ab. IV, 20 ענבים קהות hard (unripe) grapes, opp. בשולות.Trnsf. (of intellectual subjects) tough, difficult, unsolvable. Yalk. l. c. אם … שתלמודו ק׳ עליו כברזל when thou seest a student to whom his lesson is as tough as iron (Taan.8a שלמודו קשה; Ms. M. כהה). Pesik. R. s. 33 והמעשה שהיה ק׳וכ׳ and when a case was too difficult for me to decide, I asked ; Yalk. Job 917. Cant. R. to IV, 11; a. e. 4) fainting, having a morbid appetite. Y.Shebi.IV, end, 35c שכן דרך הק׳ אוכלות אותו for craving women are in the habit of eating it (the unripe grape).

קהי, קָהָה, קָהָא(b. h.; cmp. כָּהָה) 1) to be dull, blunt; (of a sword) to slide off a hard object. Y.Ber.IX, 13a וקָהַת החרב מעלוכ׳ and the sword slid off Moses neck and broke; Deut. R. s. 2; Yalk. Ex. 167 וקהית (corr. acc.). Gen. R. s. 78; Cant. R. to VII, 5 וקָהוּ שיניווכ׳ and the teeth of the wicked (Esau) became blunt and loose. 2) to be tough, unyielding, hard. Num. R. s. 3 (ref. to Koh. 10:10) אם ראית שקהו השמיםוכ׳, v. preced.Trnsf. to be difficult, unsolvable. Cant. R. to III, 7 שהיו כולן שונין … הלכה קוֹהָא להם they all sharpened the discussion like a sword, so that, when a case came before them, the decision might not be too difficult for them. Ib. to IV, 4 שאין הלכה קוהא להם never was there a subject too difficult for them to decide; a. e. 3) to be wearied; to faint; esp. to have a morbid appetite (caused by the smell of a dish). Ib. to I, 12 the Lord sent them a sweet scent from Eden והיתה נפשם קוהא לאכול and they were dying to eat (of the Passover sacrifice), v. עָיֵף; a. e. Hif. הִקְהָה (with שן) to make blunt and loose; trnsf. to refute; to break the power of; to grieve. Mekh. Bo, s. 18 אף אתה הַקְהֵה את שיניו thou, too, make his teeth blunt (refute his arguments). Gen. R. s. 99 (play on יקהת, Gen. 49:10) מי שמַקְהֶה שניוכ׳ he (the Messiah) that shall break the power of all nations; ib. s. 98. Sot.49a (read:) אימרים … למה הִקְהִיתָוכ׳ (v. Rashi) they (the children of the wicked that died in their parents lifetime) argue before him, … if thou intendedst to punish them in the hereafter, why didst thou cause them grief while living? Ib. שמחת … והקהית חשיני thou hast gladdened my heart (with the evidence of thy purity) and given me pain (by showing more affection for thy son than for myself). Snh.109b (play on בן קהת, Num. 16:1) בן שה׳וכ׳ a son that brought grief over his parents; a. e. Pi. קֵיהָה to pronounce unsolvable. Neg. IV, 11, v. כָּהָה. Nif. נִקְהָה 1) to become faint, powerless. Koh. R. to X, 10 אם נִקְהֵת אומהוכ׳ if the nation whose power was as hard as iron, has grown powerless. 2) to be tough, difficult. Ib. אם נ׳ תלמודךוכ׳ if thy lesson is as tough to thee as iron (v. preced). Hithpa. הִתְקָהֵא, הִתְקָהֶה; Nithpa. נִתְקָהֶה 1) to faint, long for. Yalk. Ex. 186 (ref. to מתלקחת, Ex. 9:24) מִתְקָהָא לעשות שליחותה (not שליחותיה) it (the fire) was dying to perform its mission; Pesik. Vayhi, p. 4a> מיתה מתקהאוכ׳ Ar. (ed. מתקריא, corr. acc.) dying, that is longing ; Cant. R. to III, 11 מיתה ומתקלהא בשביל לעשות רצון בוראם (corr. acc., a. read בוראה); Num. R. s. 12 (combining both versions) מיתה ומתקהלא לעשות … בוראה (corr. acc.). 2) to become tough, hard, unyielding, grievous, irksome. Koh. R. l. c. אם נִתְקָהוּ שמים שעלוכ׳ if the heavens above you have become hard as iron, v. supra. Ib. אם נתק׳ הרב על התלמידוכ׳ if the teacher has been unyielding to the pupil like iron (out of patience, and refusing to teach him) …, and the teacher shows not a friendly face (does not relent) Ib. אם נתק׳ התלמיד על הרבוכ׳ if the pupil has been annoying to his teacher (through his obtuseness or weavisome questions) …, and the teacher refuses to explain

קהי, קָהָה, קָהָא(b. h.; cmp. כָּהָה) 1) to be dull, blunt; (of a sword) to slide off a hard object. Y.Ber.IX, 13a וקָהַת החרב מעלוכ׳ and the sword slid off Moses neck and broke; Deut. R. s. 2; Yalk. Ex. 167 וקהית (corr. acc.). Gen. R. s. 78; Cant. R. to VII, 5 וקָהוּ שיניווכ׳ and the teeth of the wicked (Esau) became blunt and loose. 2) to be tough, unyielding, hard. Num. R. s. 3 (ref. to Koh. 10:10) אם ראית שקהו השמיםוכ׳, v. preced.Trnsf. to be difficult, unsolvable. Cant. R. to III, 7 שהיו כולן שונין … הלכה קוֹהָא להם they all sharpened the discussion like a sword, so that, when a case came before them, the decision might not be too difficult for them. Ib. to IV, 4 שאין הלכה קוהא להם never was there a subject too difficult for them to decide; a. e. 3) to be wearied; to faint; esp. to have a morbid appetite (caused by the smell of a dish). Ib. to I, 12 the Lord sent them a sweet scent from Eden והיתה נפשם קוהא לאכול and they were dying to eat (of the Passover sacrifice), v. עָיֵף; a. e. Hif. הִקְהָה (with שן) to make blunt and loose; trnsf. to refute; to break the power of; to grieve. Mekh. Bo, s. 18 אף אתה הַקְהֵה את שיניו thou, too, make his teeth blunt (refute his arguments). Gen. R. s. 99 (play on יקהת, Gen. 49:10) מי שמַקְהֶה שניוכ׳ he (the Messiah) that shall break the power of all nations; ib. s. 98. Sot.49a (read:) אימרים … למה הִקְהִיתָוכ׳ (v. Rashi) they (the children of the wicked that died in their parents lifetime) argue before him, … if thou intendedst to punish them in the hereafter, why didst thou cause them grief while living? Ib. שמחת … והקהית חשיני thou hast gladdened my heart (with the evidence of thy purity) and given me pain (by showing more affection for thy son than for myself). Snh.109b (play on בן קהת, Num. 16:1) בן שה׳וכ׳ a son that brought grief over his parents; a. e. Pi. קֵיהָה to pronounce unsolvable. Neg. IV, 11, v. כָּהָה. Nif. נִקְהָה 1) to become faint, powerless. Koh. R. to X, 10 אם נִקְהֵת אומהוכ׳ if the nation whose power was as hard as iron, has grown powerless. 2) to be tough, difficult. Ib. אם נ׳ תלמודךוכ׳ if thy lesson is as tough to thee as iron (v. preced). Hithpa. הִתְקָהֵא, הִתְקָהֶה; Nithpa. נִתְקָהֶה 1) to faint, long for. Yalk. Ex. 186 (ref. to מתלקחת, Ex. 9:24) מִתְקָהָא לעשות שליחותה (not שליחותיה) it (the fire) was dying to perform its mission; Pesik. Vayhi, p. 4a> מיתה מתקהאוכ׳ Ar. (ed. מתקריא, corr. acc.) dying, that is longing ; Cant. R. to III, 11 מיתה ומתקלהא בשביל לעשות רצון בוראם (corr. acc., a. read בוראה); Num. R. s. 12 (combining both versions) מיתה ומתקהלא לעשות … בוראה (corr. acc.). 2) to become tough, hard, unyielding, grievous, irksome. Koh. R. l. c. אם נִתְקָהוּ שמים שעלוכ׳ if the heavens above you have become hard as iron, v. supra. Ib. אם נתק׳ הרב על התלמידוכ׳ if the teacher has been unyielding to the pupil like iron (out of patience, and refusing to teach him) …, and the teacher shows not a friendly face (does not relent) Ib. אם נתק׳ התלמיד על הרבוכ׳ if the pupil has been annoying to his teacher (through his obtuseness or weavisome questions) …, and the teacher refuses to explain

קהי, קָהָה, קָהָא(b. h.; cmp. כָּהָה) 1) to be dull, blunt; (of a sword) to slide off a hard object. Y.Ber.IX, 13a וקָהַת החרב מעלוכ׳ and the sword slid off Moses neck and broke; Deut. R. s. 2; Yalk. Ex. 167 וקהית (corr. acc.). Gen. R. s. 78; Cant. R. to VII, 5 וקָהוּ שיניווכ׳ and the teeth of the wicked (Esau) became blunt and loose. 2) to be tough, unyielding, hard. Num. R. s. 3 (ref. to Koh. 10:10) אם ראית שקהו השמיםוכ׳, v. preced.Trnsf. to be difficult, unsolvable. Cant. R. to III, 7 שהיו כולן שונין … הלכה קוֹהָא להם they all sharpened the discussion like a sword, so that, when a case came before them, the decision might not be too difficult for them. Ib. to IV, 4 שאין הלכה קוהא להם never was there a subject too difficult for them to decide; a. e. 3) to be wearied; to faint; esp. to have a morbid appetite (caused by the smell of a dish). Ib. to I, 12 the Lord sent them a sweet scent from Eden והיתה נפשם קוהא לאכול and they were dying to eat (of the Passover sacrifice), v. עָיֵף; a. e. Hif. הִקְהָה (with שן) to make blunt and loose; trnsf. to refute; to break the power of; to grieve. Mekh. Bo, s. 18 אף אתה הַקְהֵה את שיניו thou, too, make his teeth blunt (refute his arguments). Gen. R. s. 99 (play on יקהת, Gen. 49:10) מי שמַקְהֶה שניוכ׳ he (the Messiah) that shall break the power of all nations; ib. s. 98. Sot.49a (read:) אימרים … למה הִקְהִיתָוכ׳ (v. Rashi) they (the children of the wicked that died in their parents lifetime) argue before him, … if thou intendedst to punish them in the hereafter, why didst thou cause them grief while living? Ib. שמחת … והקהית חשיני thou hast gladdened my heart (with the evidence of thy purity) and given me pain (by showing more affection for thy son than for myself). Snh.109b (play on בן קהת, Num. 16:1) בן שה׳וכ׳ a son that brought grief over his parents; a. e. Pi. קֵיהָה to pronounce unsolvable. Neg. IV, 11, v. כָּהָה. Nif. נִקְהָה 1) to become faint, powerless. Koh. R. to X, 10 אם נִקְהֵת אומהוכ׳ if the nation whose power was as hard as iron, has grown powerless. 2) to be tough, difficult. Ib. אם נ׳ תלמודךוכ׳ if thy lesson is as tough to thee as iron (v. preced). Hithpa. הִתְקָהֵא, הִתְקָהֶה; Nithpa. נִתְקָהֶה 1) to faint, long for. Yalk. Ex. 186 (ref. to מתלקחת, Ex. 9:24) מִתְקָהָא לעשות שליחותה (not שליחותיה) it (the fire) was dying to perform its mission; Pesik. Vayhi, p. 4a> מיתה מתקהאוכ׳ Ar. (ed. מתקריא, corr. acc.) dying, that is longing ; Cant. R. to III, 11 מיתה ומתקלהא בשביל לעשות רצון בוראם (corr. acc., a. read בוראה); Num. R. s. 12 (combining both versions) מיתה ומתקהלא לעשות … בוראה (corr. acc.). 2) to become tough, hard, unyielding, grievous, irksome. Koh. R. l. c. אם נִתְקָהוּ שמים שעלוכ׳ if the heavens above you have become hard as iron, v. supra. Ib. אם נתק׳ הרב על התלמידוכ׳ if the teacher has been unyielding to the pupil like iron (out of patience, and refusing to teach him) …, and the teacher shows not a friendly face (does not relent) Ib. אם נתק׳ התלמיד על הרבוכ׳ if the pupil has been annoying to his teacher (through his obtuseness or weavisome questions) …, and the teacher refuses to explain