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חֲבִילָהf. (חָבַל 2) 1) connection, whatever is in a connected state. Kel. XVIII, 9 המסה מיטמאת ח׳וכ׳ a couch gets unclean only when combined, and can become clean again, opp. איברים; Succ.16a. 2) bundle, load, baggage, luggage. Y.Ter.X, 47b top, v. זֵיר. B. Mets.72b המוליך ח׳וכ׳ if one carries a load (as a messenger) from one place to another (where prices are higher). Kidd.65b וח׳ עמהם and have luggage with them. B. Mets.78a כשבאת ח׳ לידו when the working man has left a bundle (of tools) with him (as a pledge that he will come to work); a. fr.Pl. חֲבִילוֹת, חֲבִילִין constr. (mostly) חֲבִילֵי. Sabb.XVIII, 2 ח׳ קשוכ׳ bundles of straw Y.Ber.VII beg.11a מג׳ ח׳ from three different bundles (of hyssop). B. Kam.10a bot. מרבה בח׳ Ms. M. (ed. sing.) one adding bundles (of dry twigs) to the fire.Ber.49a, a. e. אין עושין מצות ח׳ ח׳ we must not perform religious duties bundle-wise (but pay attention to each singly). Erub.54b (ref. to Prov. 13:11) אם עושה … ח׳ ח׳ מתמעטת Ms. O. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) if one studies bundle-wise (too many subjects at a time), his learning will decrease (ed. מתמעט he will become poorer in learning). B. Mets.84b הקפתנו ח׳ תשובותוכ׳ Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) thou hast surrounded us with bundles of arguments which contain no substance; a. fr. 3) band, bandage. Ab. Zar.10b, sq. נחפרדה ח׳ the bond (of friendship between the two nations) is severedPl. חֲבִילִין. Lev. R. s. 14; Yalk. Job 905 עשוייה … ח׳ ח׳ consists of cells, convolutions and bands (muscles). 4) pledge, v. חֲבוֹלָה.

מְאֵרָה, מְאֵי׳f. (b. h.; אָרַר) curse, evil; decrease, destruction, opp. בְּרָכָה. Ber.20b תבא מ׳וכ׳ curse (poverty) will come upon him ; Y.Dem.II, 22d bot.; Y.Peah V, end, 19a. Y.Snh.X, 28b, ib. 29d נשלטה בהן מ׳ (not ושלטה) curse (poverty) was given power over them. Tanḥ. Bresh. 11 מה אנו מולידות למ׳ why should we give birth for curse (to see our offspring perish)?; Gen. R. s. 23. Ib. s. 34.Sifra Thazr, Par. 5, ch. XIV (ref. to ממארת, Lev. 13:51) תן בו מ׳וכ׳ put a curse on it (the garment) that no use be made thereof. Bets.15b הללו בעלי מ׳ these (being the last to leave) are poor men. Tosef.Kidd.I, 11 תהא לה מ׳ (Var. מורא) she will be cursed; a. fr.Pl. מְאֵרוֹת, מְאֵי׳. Tosef.B. Bath.VI, 2 עשר מ׳ למאה (ed. Zuck. מרים לסאה) ten spoiled (bitter) pumpkins out of each hundred.

מְאֵרָה, מְאֵי׳f. (b. h.; אָרַר) curse, evil; decrease, destruction, opp. בְּרָכָה. Ber.20b תבא מ׳וכ׳ curse (poverty) will come upon him ; Y.Dem.II, 22d bot.; Y.Peah V, end, 19a. Y.Snh.X, 28b, ib. 29d נשלטה בהן מ׳ (not ושלטה) curse (poverty) was given power over them. Tanḥ. Bresh. 11 מה אנו מולידות למ׳ why should we give birth for curse (to see our offspring perish)?; Gen. R. s. 23. Ib. s. 34.Sifra Thazr, Par. 5, ch. XIV (ref. to ממארת, Lev. 13:51) תן בו מ׳וכ׳ put a curse on it (the garment) that no use be made thereof. Bets.15b הללו בעלי מ׳ these (being the last to leave) are poor men. Tosef.Kidd.I, 11 תהא לה מ׳ (Var. מורא) she will be cursed; a. fr.Pl. מְאֵרוֹת, מְאֵי׳. Tosef.B. Bath.VI, 2 עשר מ׳ למאה (ed. Zuck. מרים לסאה) ten spoiled (bitter) pumpkins out of each hundred.

מְאֵרָה, מְאֵי׳f. (b. h.; אָרַר) curse, evil; decrease, destruction, opp. בְּרָכָה. Ber.20b תבא מ׳וכ׳ curse (poverty) will come upon him ; Y.Dem.II, 22d bot.; Y.Peah V, end, 19a. Y.Snh.X, 28b, ib. 29d נשלטה בהן מ׳ (not ושלטה) curse (poverty) was given power over them. Tanḥ. Bresh. 11 מה אנו מולידות למ׳ why should we give birth for curse (to see our offspring perish)?; Gen. R. s. 23. Ib. s. 34.Sifra Thazr, Par. 5, ch. XIV (ref. to ממארת, Lev. 13:51) תן בו מ׳וכ׳ put a curse on it (the garment) that no use be made thereof. Bets.15b הללו בעלי מ׳ these (being the last to leave) are poor men. Tosef.Kidd.I, 11 תהא לה מ׳ (Var. מורא) she will be cursed; a. fr.Pl. מְאֵרוֹת, מְאֵי׳. Tosef.B. Bath.VI, 2 עשר מ׳ למאה (ed. Zuck. מרים לסאה) ten spoiled (bitter) pumpkins out of each hundred.

מְאֵרָה, מְאֵי׳f. (b. h.; אָרַר) curse, evil; decrease, destruction, opp. בְּרָכָה. Ber.20b תבא מ׳וכ׳ curse (poverty) will come upon him ; Y.Dem.II, 22d bot.; Y.Peah V, end, 19a. Y.Snh.X, 28b, ib. 29d נשלטה בהן מ׳ (not ושלטה) curse (poverty) was given power over them. Tanḥ. Bresh. 11 מה אנו מולידות למ׳ why should we give birth for curse (to see our offspring perish)?; Gen. R. s. 23. Ib. s. 34.Sifra Thazr, Par. 5, ch. XIV (ref. to ממארת, Lev. 13:51) תן בו מ׳וכ׳ put a curse on it (the garment) that no use be made thereof. Bets.15b הללו בעלי מ׳ these (being the last to leave) are poor men. Tosef.Kidd.I, 11 תהא לה מ׳ (Var. מורא) she will be cursed; a. fr.Pl. מְאֵרוֹת, מְאֵי׳. Tosef.B. Bath.VI, 2 עשר מ׳ למאה (ed. Zuck. מרים לסאה) ten spoiled (bitter) pumpkins out of each hundred.

מְלֵיאָה, מְלֵיאָהf. (b. h.) 1) full, v. מָלֵא. 2) fulness, full growth. Pesik. Haḥod., p. 53a> (ref. to Ps. 89:38, v. preced.) אם זכיתם … למְלֵיאָתָהּ if you will do good, you shall count (your historical records) by the nations growth to fulness, opp. פגם decrease; Pesik. R. s. 15, a. e., v. preced. Gen. R. s. 12 נבראו … על מְלֵיאָתָן those things had been created in perfect condition. Ib. s. 14 על מְלֵיאָתָהּ על מְלֵיאָתוֹ, fully developed. Num. R. s. 12; a. e.Gitt.70a Ar., v. מִלּיּא. 3) ( the priestly gifts from) the ripe or stored fruits. Tem.4a (ref. to Ex. 22:28) מ׳ זו ביכורים mleah means the first fruits; Mekh. Mishp. s. 19 אלו ביכורים הנטלין מהמ׳ that means the first fruits which are taken from the fulness (the stored fruits). Ib בכורים שהם קרויין … ומ׳ first fruits which go by four names, reshith … and mleah; Yalk. Ex. 351.

מְלֵיאָה, מְלֵיאָהf. (b. h.) 1) full, v. מָלֵא. 2) fulness, full growth. Pesik. Haḥod., p. 53a> (ref. to Ps. 89:38, v. preced.) אם זכיתם … למְלֵיאָתָהּ if you will do good, you shall count (your historical records) by the nations growth to fulness, opp. פגם decrease; Pesik. R. s. 15, a. e., v. preced. Gen. R. s. 12 נבראו … על מְלֵיאָתָן those things had been created in perfect condition. Ib. s. 14 על מְלֵיאָתָהּ על מְלֵיאָתוֹ, fully developed. Num. R. s. 12; a. e.Gitt.70a Ar., v. מִלּיּא. 3) ( the priestly gifts from) the ripe or stored fruits. Tem.4a (ref. to Ex. 22:28) מ׳ זו ביכורים mleah means the first fruits; Mekh. Mishp. s. 19 אלו ביכורים הנטלין מהמ׳ that means the first fruits which are taken from the fulness (the stored fruits). Ib בכורים שהם קרויין … ומ׳ first fruits which go by four names, reshith … and mleah; Yalk. Ex. 351.

פְּגָמָא, פִּיגְמָאch. sam( פְּגָם m. (preced. wds.) ḥerem, shekets), 1) blemish, discredit. Sot.41a ומי חיישינן לפ׳ do we take into consideration that a scroll may be discredited by reading from a second one in the same service? Ib. תלתא … ליכא פ׳ … בתרי סיפרי איכא פ׳ when three persons read successively from three scrolls, there is no discredit, but when one person reads from two scrolls, there is discredit (it has the appearance as if the first scroll had been found defective); Yoma 70a; a. e. 2) the decrease of the moon, wane. Targ. Job 25:5 עד דפְגָמָא דסיהראוכ׳ Ms. (ed. דפָגְמָא סיהרא, read: דס׳) until the wane of the moon is in the east, the sun does not shine (simultaneously with the moon, v. פְּגִימָה). Pesik. Haḥod., p. 53a>; Pesik. R. s. 15 אברהם … על מלייא רחבעם … הא סיהרא על פִּיגְמָה Abraham, Isaac, … Solomonthat is the moon in its growth to fulness; Rehoboam … Zedekiahthat is the moon on the wane; v. preced. 3) semicircular turret, v. פִּיגְמָא.

פְּגָמָא, פִּיגְמָאch. sam( פְּגָם m. (preced. wds.) ḥerem, shekets), 1) blemish, discredit. Sot.41a ומי חיישינן לפ׳ do we take into consideration that a scroll may be discredited by reading from a second one in the same service? Ib. תלתא … ליכא פ׳ … בתרי סיפרי איכא פ׳ when three persons read successively from three scrolls, there is no discredit, but when one person reads from two scrolls, there is discredit (it has the appearance as if the first scroll had been found defective); Yoma 70a; a. e. 2) the decrease of the moon, wane. Targ. Job 25:5 עד דפְגָמָא דסיהראוכ׳ Ms. (ed. דפָגְמָא סיהרא, read: דס׳) until the wane of the moon is in the east, the sun does not shine (simultaneously with the moon, v. פְּגִימָה). Pesik. Haḥod., p. 53a>; Pesik. R. s. 15 אברהם … על מלייא רחבעם … הא סיהרא על פִּיגְמָה Abraham, Isaac, … Solomonthat is the moon in its growth to fulness; Rehoboam … Zedekiahthat is the moon on the wane; v. preced. 3) semicircular turret, v. פִּיגְמָא.

פְּגָמָא, פִּיגְמָאch. sam( פְּגָם m. (preced. wds.) ḥerem, shekets), 1) blemish, discredit. Sot.41a ומי חיישינן לפ׳ do we take into consideration that a scroll may be discredited by reading from a second one in the same service? Ib. תלתא … ליכא פ׳ … בתרי סיפרי איכא פ׳ when three persons read successively from three scrolls, there is no discredit, but when one person reads from two scrolls, there is discredit (it has the appearance as if the first scroll had been found defective); Yoma 70a; a. e. 2) the decrease of the moon, wane. Targ. Job 25:5 עד דפְגָמָא דסיהראוכ׳ Ms. (ed. דפָגְמָא סיהרא, read: דס׳) until the wane of the moon is in the east, the sun does not shine (simultaneously with the moon, v. פְּגִימָה). Pesik. Haḥod., p. 53a>; Pesik. R. s. 15 אברהם … על מלייא רחבעם … הא סיהרא על פִּיגְמָה Abraham, Isaac, … Solomonthat is the moon in its growth to fulness; Rehoboam … Zedekiahthat is the moon on the wane; v. preced. 3) semicircular turret, v. פִּיגְמָא.

פְּגָמָא, פִּיגְמָאch. sam( פְּגָם m. (preced. wds.) ḥerem, shekets), 1) blemish, discredit. Sot.41a ומי חיישינן לפ׳ do we take into consideration that a scroll may be discredited by reading from a second one in the same service? Ib. תלתא … ליכא פ׳ … בתרי סיפרי איכא פ׳ when three persons read successively from three scrolls, there is no discredit, but when one person reads from two scrolls, there is discredit (it has the appearance as if the first scroll had been found defective); Yoma 70a; a. e. 2) the decrease of the moon, wane. Targ. Job 25:5 עד דפְגָמָא דסיהראוכ׳ Ms. (ed. דפָגְמָא סיהרא, read: דס׳) until the wane of the moon is in the east, the sun does not shine (simultaneously with the moon, v. פְּגִימָה). Pesik. Haḥod., p. 53a>; Pesik. R. s. 15 אברהם … על מלייא רחבעם … הא סיהרא על פִּיגְמָה Abraham, Isaac, … Solomonthat is the moon in its growth to fulness; Rehoboam … Zedekiahthat is the moon on the wane; v. preced. 3) semicircular turret, v. פִּיגְמָא.

פָּחַת 1) to hollow out, dig. Bets.IV, 4 (32a) אין פּוֹחֲתִין את הנר (Mish. פיתתין, corr. acc.) you must not hollow out a lump of clay to make it a candlestick (on the Holy Day). Ib. 3 פּיֹחֵת לכתחלה he may start to dig out (take out closely packed fruit), v. infra. Mikv. IV, 5 פְּחָתוּהָ they hollowed it out (widened the aperture in the rock through which the water came forth); Y.Yeb.I, end, 3b (Bab. ib. 15a הרחיבוה). Mikv. l. c. עד שיִפְחוֹת רובה (ed. Dehr. a. Mish. ed. ער שיִפְחֲתוּ) until the larger portion of the aperture is chiselled out; Y. Yeb. l. c. שיפחות את רובה; Bab. ib. l. c. שתִּיפָּחֵת ברובה; a. e. 2) to diminish, lessen, decrease, opp. הוסיף. Mekh. Yithro, Baḥod., s. 2 שלא תִפְחוֹת ולא תוסיף from which you must not diminish, and to which you must not add. Sabb.21b פּוֹחֵת והולך one kindles one light less every night. Meg.IV, 1, sq. אין פּוֹחֲתִיןוכ׳ we call up no less (than the number named) nor more. Y.Yeb.IV, 6a bot. חמרתה (ה) פּוֹחֶתֶת אינה פוחתתוכ׳ a sheass, if short (whose period of pregnance is the shortest possible) gives birth not earlier than a lunar year from conception, if long, not later than a solar year; Y.Nidd.I, 49b top. Pes.X, 1 ולא יִפְחֲתוּ לו מארבעוכ׳ and they must give him (the poor man) no less than four cupfuls of wine. B. Kam.85b שבת הפּוֹחֲתַתּוֹ בדמים (not הפח׳) if the idleness enforced by being wounded has also the effect of lessening his value (if he were to be sold as a slave). Shek. V, 4 אם פָּחֲתוּ פחתו לו Y. ed. (differ. in Mishn. ed.) if money is missing, the loss is his. Tanḥ. Reh 10 פ׳ הוא עשרה ופָחֲתָה היאוכ׳ he gave ten measures less as tithe, and it (the field) yielded one hundred less; Yalk. Deut. 892; a. v. fr.Tanḥ. l. c. מי פחת, v. next w.V. פָּחוּת. Pi. פִּיחֵת same, 1) to diminish, lessen. Ter. IV, 4 פי׳ עשרהוכ׳ (Y. ed. פחת) if he set aside as Trumah ten fractions less (than 1/50, i. e. 1/60), or ten fractions more (i. e. 1/40), Maim.; (R. S. if he reduced the divisor by ten (i. e. set aside 1/40), or increased the divisor by ten (i. e. set aside 1/60); Y. ib. 42d bot. הפּוֹחֵת אחד מעשרה. 2) to be diminished, lose. Lev. R. s. 2 כלום פי׳ כבודיוכ׳ has my glory or my majesty lost anything ? Nif. נִפְחַת 1) to be hollowed out, broken through. Yeb.15a שתִּיפָּחֵת, v. supra. Ḥull.45a נִפְחֲתָה כדלת if a piece of the windpipe is broken through in the shape of a door (split on three sides and attached by the fourth side). Bets.IV, 3 בית … ונ׳ a room which was packed with fruits and closed up (with bricks), and which was burst open (the bricks giving way to the pressure), v. supra. 2) to be reduced in size, numbers ; to be lowered. Succ.18a ביתשנ׳ a building which has been reduced (the walls of which have given way partly). Sot.5a bot. כל אדם … לבסוף נ׳ every man in whom there is haughtiness, will finally be lowered; a. e. Hif. הִפְחִית 1) to lessen, wear out, damage. Y.B. Mets.II, 8d top כלי נחשת … מפני שמַפְחִיתָן if one found copper vessels (keeping them until the owner be found), he may use them for hot water, but not over fire, because he wears them out; (Bab. ib. 30a שמשחיקן); a. e. 2) (denom. of פָּחוּת) to become less, be damaged. Succ.18b ה׳ דופן אמצעי if the middle wall (of a Succah) became reduced (fell in, v. supra); a. e.

פָּחַת 1) to hollow out, dig. Bets.IV, 4 (32a) אין פּוֹחֲתִין את הנר (Mish. פיתתין, corr. acc.) you must not hollow out a lump of clay to make it a candlestick (on the Holy Day). Ib. 3 פּיֹחֵת לכתחלה he may start to dig out (take out closely packed fruit), v. infra. Mikv. IV, 5 פְּחָתוּהָ they hollowed it out (widened the aperture in the rock through which the water came forth); Y.Yeb.I, end, 3b (Bab. ib. 15a הרחיבוה). Mikv. l. c. עד שיִפְחוֹת רובה (ed. Dehr. a. Mish. ed. ער שיִפְחֲתוּ) until the larger portion of the aperture is chiselled out; Y. Yeb. l. c. שיפחות את רובה; Bab. ib. l. c. שתִּיפָּחֵת ברובה; a. e. 2) to diminish, lessen, decrease, opp. הוסיף. Mekh. Yithro, Baḥod., s. 2 שלא תִפְחוֹת ולא תוסיף from which you must not diminish, and to which you must not add. Sabb.21b פּוֹחֵת והולך one kindles one light less every night. Meg.IV, 1, sq. אין פּוֹחֲתִיןוכ׳ we call up no less (than the number named) nor more. Y.Yeb.IV, 6a bot. חמרתה (ה) פּוֹחֶתֶת אינה פוחתתוכ׳ a sheass, if short (whose period of pregnance is the shortest possible) gives birth not earlier than a lunar year from conception, if long, not later than a solar year; Y.Nidd.I, 49b top. Pes.X, 1 ולא יִפְחֲתוּ לו מארבעוכ׳ and they must give him (the poor man) no less than four cupfuls of wine. B. Kam.85b שבת הפּוֹחֲתַתּוֹ בדמים (not הפח׳) if the idleness enforced by being wounded has also the effect of lessening his value (if he were to be sold as a slave). Shek. V, 4 אם פָּחֲתוּ פחתו לו Y. ed. (differ. in Mishn. ed.) if money is missing, the loss is his. Tanḥ. Reh 10 פ׳ הוא עשרה ופָחֲתָה היאוכ׳ he gave ten measures less as tithe, and it (the field) yielded one hundred less; Yalk. Deut. 892; a. v. fr.Tanḥ. l. c. מי פחת, v. next w.V. פָּחוּת. Pi. פִּיחֵת same, 1) to diminish, lessen. Ter. IV, 4 פי׳ עשרהוכ׳ (Y. ed. פחת) if he set aside as Trumah ten fractions less (than 1/50, i. e. 1/60), or ten fractions more (i. e. 1/40), Maim.; (R. S. if he reduced the divisor by ten (i. e. set aside 1/40), or increased the divisor by ten (i. e. set aside 1/60); Y. ib. 42d bot. הפּוֹחֵת אחד מעשרה. 2) to be diminished, lose. Lev. R. s. 2 כלום פי׳ כבודיוכ׳ has my glory or my majesty lost anything ? Nif. נִפְחַת 1) to be hollowed out, broken through. Yeb.15a שתִּיפָּחֵת, v. supra. Ḥull.45a נִפְחֲתָה כדלת if a piece of the windpipe is broken through in the shape of a door (split on three sides and attached by the fourth side). Bets.IV, 3 בית … ונ׳ a room which was packed with fruits and closed up (with bricks), and which was burst open (the bricks giving way to the pressure), v. supra. 2) to be reduced in size, numbers ; to be lowered. Succ.18a ביתשנ׳ a building which has been reduced (the walls of which have given way partly). Sot.5a bot. כל אדם … לבסוף נ׳ every man in whom there is haughtiness, will finally be lowered; a. e. Hif. הִפְחִית 1) to lessen, wear out, damage. Y.B. Mets.II, 8d top כלי נחשת … מפני שמַפְחִיתָן if one found copper vessels (keeping them until the owner be found), he may use them for hot water, but not over fire, because he wears them out; (Bab. ib. 30a שמשחיקן); a. e. 2) (denom. of פָּחוּת) to become less, be damaged. Succ.18b ה׳ דופן אמצעי if the middle wall (of a Succah) became reduced (fell in, v. supra); a. e.

קני, קָנָה(b. h.) ( to estabIish, 1) (cmp. קום, Gen. 23:17) to create; to acquire, own; to take possession. R. Hash. 31a (ref. to Ps. 24 recited in the Temple on the first day of the week) על שם שק׳ והקנהוכ׳ because he (the Lord in establishing the world) took possession and gave (his creatures) possession (invested them with a fief), and became the sovereign of the world. Kidd.I, 1 האשה קוֹנָה את עצמהוכ׳ a wife acquires herself (becomes independent) when she receives her divorce Ib. 20a כל הקוֹנֶה … כקונהוכ׳ whoever buys a Hebrew bondman creates, as it were, a master over himself. B. Mets.75b הקונה אדון לעצמו he who creates a master over himself, expl. תולה נכסיו בנכרי who (in order to evade obligations) hangs his property on a gentile (pretends to be merely the agent of a gentile); (another explan.) הכותב נכסיווכ׳ who transfers his property to his children during his lifetime. Gitt.37b sq. (ref. to Lev. 25:45) אתם קוֹנִיםוכ׳ you may buy (as a slave) one of them, but they cannot buy one of you, nor can they buy of one another. Ib. יכול לא יִקְנוּ זה את זה למעשה ידיו you may think, they cannot buy one another for the work (as long as the serf choses to be in the masters power); ולא הם קוֹנִים … לגופו they cannot buy of one another a bodily slave (who requires formal manumission to be a freeman). B. Mets.46b bot. מכור לי באלו ק׳ if one says, sell me (a certain object) for these (coins which I hold in my hand), he has bought (the sale is valid). Ib. IV, 1 הזהב קונהוכ׳, v. זָהָב. Ib. מעות הרעות קוֹנוֹתוכ׳ the delivery of cancelled coins effects the purchase of the valid coins. Ib. 47b מעות קונות the delivery of the purchasing money gives possession (no formal possession of the purchased object (מְשִׁיכָה) being required). Kidd.22b הגבהה קונה lifting up the purchased object makes the sale binding; a. v. fr. 2) to make sure; to obligate a person by a special symbolical act (קִנְיָן); to enter into an obligation by a special symbolical form. Gitt.51a בשקָנוּ מידו when they (the court, witnesses) made him obligate himself (that his widow should receive support from his estate); בשקנו לזו ולא קנו לזו when such an obligation was entered with reference to this (his wifes case), but not with reference to that (his daughters case). B. Mets.47a במה קונין … בכליו של קונה wherewith is the bargain made sure?… By handing over one of the garments (or any object) belonging to the purchaser; דניחא ליה לקונה דליהוי מקנה קונהוכ׳ for the purchaser likes the seller to obligate himself, in order that he may be sure to give him possession; a. fr.Ib. 48b when he said to him, ערבוני יָקוּן (fr. קון = קנה) my earnest money shall serve to make the purchase sure.Part. pass. קָנוּי; f. קְנוּיָה; pl. קְנוּיִים, קְנוּיִין; קְנוּיוֹת. Kidd.16a עבד עברי גופו ק׳ והרבוכ׳ a Hebrew bondman is owned bodily (to the end of his term), and if the master allowed him a reduction of his time, his allowance is not legally binding (the slave not being able to acquire himself); ib. 28a; B. Kam. 113b. Gen. R. s. 86 (ref. to Gen. 39:1) הקנויין קונין וכלוכ׳ as a rule those who are owned make themselves owners (slaves enrich themselves by robbing their master), and all slaves cause decrease to their masters house, but in this case ‘the Lord blessed (ib. 5); Yalk. ib. 145 הקונין קונין (corr. acc.); a. fr.Tosef.Ned.IV, 6 קונם … שאני קנוי the axe of which I am possessed be forbidden (v. קוֹנָם), i. e. I swear that I have no axe; Ned.35a (Rashi שאינו ק׳ I swear that another axe is not owned by me).Y.Peah IV, 18b השעה קנויה, read: פְּנוּיָה, v. פָּנוּי. Nif. נִקְנֶה to be acquired, owned, bought. Kidd.20a (ref. to Lev. 25:14) דבר הנ׳ מיד ליד this refers to what is bought from hand to hand (movable goods). Ib. I, 1 האשה נִקְנֵיתוכ׳ a wife can be acquired in three ways. Ib. 6b אין אשה נ׳ בחליפין a wife cannot be taken possession of by symbolical delivery (חֲלִיפִין). Ib. I, 3 עבד כנעני נ׳ בכסףוכ׳ a Canaanite slave is taken possession of (is considered owned) either by delivery of the purchasing money, or by a deed, or by undisturbed possession (חֲזָקָה). Ib. 5 נכסים שיש … נִקְנִיןוכ׳ landed property is acquired by means of handing over the money, but movables cannot be acquired otherwise than by taking hold (מְשִׁיכָה). Ib. 22b תִּקָּנֶה בביאח let her be acquired (become his slave) by coition; a. fr. Hif. הִקְנָה to give possession, sell, transfer. R. Hash. l. c., v. supra. Snh.81b ולמַקְנוֹ, v. קוֹנֶה. Keth.82b אשה הִקְנוּ לווכ׳ it is heaven that gave him a wife (through his brothers death without issue); Yeb.39a. B. Mets.47a בכליו של מַקְנֶה, v. supra. Ib. 33b, a. fr. אין אדם מקנה דברוכ׳ none can give possession of (sell) what does not yet exist (future crops); a. fr.Esth. R. introd. (ref. to Deut. 28:68 sq.) למה ואין קונה …ע״י שלא הִקְנִיתֶם אלהוכ׳ why ‘no purchaser?… Because you have not transmitted ‘these words of the covenant, for there is none among you making the five books of the Law his own (v. קוֹנֶה).

קני, קָנָה(b. h.) ( to estabIish, 1) (cmp. קום, Gen. 23:17) to create; to acquire, own; to take possession. R. Hash. 31a (ref. to Ps. 24 recited in the Temple on the first day of the week) על שם שק׳ והקנהוכ׳ because he (the Lord in establishing the world) took possession and gave (his creatures) possession (invested them with a fief), and became the sovereign of the world. Kidd.I, 1 האשה קוֹנָה את עצמהוכ׳ a wife acquires herself (becomes independent) when she receives her divorce Ib. 20a כל הקוֹנֶה … כקונהוכ׳ whoever buys a Hebrew bondman creates, as it were, a master over himself. B. Mets.75b הקונה אדון לעצמו he who creates a master over himself, expl. תולה נכסיו בנכרי who (in order to evade obligations) hangs his property on a gentile (pretends to be merely the agent of a gentile); (another explan.) הכותב נכסיווכ׳ who transfers his property to his children during his lifetime. Gitt.37b sq. (ref. to Lev. 25:45) אתם קוֹנִיםוכ׳ you may buy (as a slave) one of them, but they cannot buy one of you, nor can they buy of one another. Ib. יכול לא יִקְנוּ זה את זה למעשה ידיו you may think, they cannot buy one another for the work (as long as the serf choses to be in the masters power); ולא הם קוֹנִים … לגופו they cannot buy of one another a bodily slave (who requires formal manumission to be a freeman). B. Mets.46b bot. מכור לי באלו ק׳ if one says, sell me (a certain object) for these (coins which I hold in my hand), he has bought (the sale is valid). Ib. IV, 1 הזהב קונהוכ׳, v. זָהָב. Ib. מעות הרעות קוֹנוֹתוכ׳ the delivery of cancelled coins effects the purchase of the valid coins. Ib. 47b מעות קונות the delivery of the purchasing money gives possession (no formal possession of the purchased object (מְשִׁיכָה) being required). Kidd.22b הגבהה קונה lifting up the purchased object makes the sale binding; a. v. fr. 2) to make sure; to obligate a person by a special symbolical act (קִנְיָן); to enter into an obligation by a special symbolical form. Gitt.51a בשקָנוּ מידו when they (the court, witnesses) made him obligate himself (that his widow should receive support from his estate); בשקנו לזו ולא קנו לזו when such an obligation was entered with reference to this (his wifes case), but not with reference to that (his daughters case). B. Mets.47a במה קונין … בכליו של קונה wherewith is the bargain made sure?… By handing over one of the garments (or any object) belonging to the purchaser; דניחא ליה לקונה דליהוי מקנה קונהוכ׳ for the purchaser likes the seller to obligate himself, in order that he may be sure to give him possession; a. fr.Ib. 48b when he said to him, ערבוני יָקוּן (fr. קון = קנה) my earnest money shall serve to make the purchase sure.Part. pass. קָנוּי; f. קְנוּיָה; pl. קְנוּיִים, קְנוּיִין; קְנוּיוֹת. Kidd.16a עבד עברי גופו ק׳ והרבוכ׳ a Hebrew bondman is owned bodily (to the end of his term), and if the master allowed him a reduction of his time, his allowance is not legally binding (the slave not being able to acquire himself); ib. 28a; B. Kam. 113b. Gen. R. s. 86 (ref. to Gen. 39:1) הקנויין קונין וכלוכ׳ as a rule those who are owned make themselves owners (slaves enrich themselves by robbing their master), and all slaves cause decrease to their masters house, but in this case ‘the Lord blessed (ib. 5); Yalk. ib. 145 הקונין קונין (corr. acc.); a. fr.Tosef.Ned.IV, 6 קונם … שאני קנוי the axe of which I am possessed be forbidden (v. קוֹנָם), i. e. I swear that I have no axe; Ned.35a (Rashi שאינו ק׳ I swear that another axe is not owned by me).Y.Peah IV, 18b השעה קנויה, read: פְּנוּיָה, v. פָּנוּי. Nif. נִקְנֶה to be acquired, owned, bought. Kidd.20a (ref. to Lev. 25:14) דבר הנ׳ מיד ליד this refers to what is bought from hand to hand (movable goods). Ib. I, 1 האשה נִקְנֵיתוכ׳ a wife can be acquired in three ways. Ib. 6b אין אשה נ׳ בחליפין a wife cannot be taken possession of by symbolical delivery (חֲלִיפִין). Ib. I, 3 עבד כנעני נ׳ בכסףוכ׳ a Canaanite slave is taken possession of (is considered owned) either by delivery of the purchasing money, or by a deed, or by undisturbed possession (חֲזָקָה). Ib. 5 נכסים שיש … נִקְנִיןוכ׳ landed property is acquired by means of handing over the money, but movables cannot be acquired otherwise than by taking hold (מְשִׁיכָה). Ib. 22b תִּקָּנֶה בביאח let her be acquired (become his slave) by coition; a. fr. Hif. הִקְנָה to give possession, sell, transfer. R. Hash. l. c., v. supra. Snh.81b ולמַקְנוֹ, v. קוֹנֶה. Keth.82b אשה הִקְנוּ לווכ׳ it is heaven that gave him a wife (through his brothers death without issue); Yeb.39a. B. Mets.47a בכליו של מַקְנֶה, v. supra. Ib. 33b, a. fr. אין אדם מקנה דברוכ׳ none can give possession of (sell) what does not yet exist (future crops); a. fr.Esth. R. introd. (ref. to Deut. 28:68 sq.) למה ואין קונה …ע״י שלא הִקְנִיתֶם אלהוכ׳ why ‘no purchaser?… Because you have not transmitted ‘these words of the covenant, for there is none among you making the five books of the Law his own (v. קוֹנֶה).

קני, קָנָה(b. h.) ( to estabIish, 1) (cmp. קום, Gen. 23:17) to create; to acquire, own; to take possession. R. Hash. 31a (ref. to Ps. 24 recited in the Temple on the first day of the week) על שם שק׳ והקנהוכ׳ because he (the Lord in establishing the world) took possession and gave (his creatures) possession (invested them with a fief), and became the sovereign of the world. Kidd.I, 1 האשה קוֹנָה את עצמהוכ׳ a wife acquires herself (becomes independent) when she receives her divorce Ib. 20a כל הקוֹנֶה … כקונהוכ׳ whoever buys a Hebrew bondman creates, as it were, a master over himself. B. Mets.75b הקונה אדון לעצמו he who creates a master over himself, expl. תולה נכסיו בנכרי who (in order to evade obligations) hangs his property on a gentile (pretends to be merely the agent of a gentile); (another explan.) הכותב נכסיווכ׳ who transfers his property to his children during his lifetime. Gitt.37b sq. (ref. to Lev. 25:45) אתם קוֹנִיםוכ׳ you may buy (as a slave) one of them, but they cannot buy one of you, nor can they buy of one another. Ib. יכול לא יִקְנוּ זה את זה למעשה ידיו you may think, they cannot buy one another for the work (as long as the serf choses to be in the masters power); ולא הם קוֹנִים … לגופו they cannot buy of one another a bodily slave (who requires formal manumission to be a freeman). B. Mets.46b bot. מכור לי באלו ק׳ if one says, sell me (a certain object) for these (coins which I hold in my hand), he has bought (the sale is valid). Ib. IV, 1 הזהב קונהוכ׳, v. זָהָב. Ib. מעות הרעות קוֹנוֹתוכ׳ the delivery of cancelled coins effects the purchase of the valid coins. Ib. 47b מעות קונות the delivery of the purchasing money gives possession (no formal possession of the purchased object (מְשִׁיכָה) being required). Kidd.22b הגבהה קונה lifting up the purchased object makes the sale binding; a. v. fr. 2) to make sure; to obligate a person by a special symbolical act (קִנְיָן); to enter into an obligation by a special symbolical form. Gitt.51a בשקָנוּ מידו when they (the court, witnesses) made him obligate himself (that his widow should receive support from his estate); בשקנו לזו ולא קנו לזו when such an obligation was entered with reference to this (his wifes case), but not with reference to that (his daughters case). B. Mets.47a במה קונין … בכליו של קונה wherewith is the bargain made sure?… By handing over one of the garments (or any object) belonging to the purchaser; דניחא ליה לקונה דליהוי מקנה קונהוכ׳ for the purchaser likes the seller to obligate himself, in order that he may be sure to give him possession; a. fr.Ib. 48b when he said to him, ערבוני יָקוּן (fr. קון = קנה) my earnest money shall serve to make the purchase sure.Part. pass. קָנוּי; f. קְנוּיָה; pl. קְנוּיִים, קְנוּיִין; קְנוּיוֹת. Kidd.16a עבד עברי גופו ק׳ והרבוכ׳ a Hebrew bondman is owned bodily (to the end of his term), and if the master allowed him a reduction of his time, his allowance is not legally binding (the slave not being able to acquire himself); ib. 28a; B. Kam. 113b. Gen. R. s. 86 (ref. to Gen. 39:1) הקנויין קונין וכלוכ׳ as a rule those who are owned make themselves owners (slaves enrich themselves by robbing their master), and all slaves cause decrease to their masters house, but in this case ‘the Lord blessed (ib. 5); Yalk. ib. 145 הקונין קונין (corr. acc.); a. fr.Tosef.Ned.IV, 6 קונם … שאני קנוי the axe of which I am possessed be forbidden (v. קוֹנָם), i. e. I swear that I have no axe; Ned.35a (Rashi שאינו ק׳ I swear that another axe is not owned by me).Y.Peah IV, 18b השעה קנויה, read: פְּנוּיָה, v. פָּנוּי. Nif. נִקְנֶה to be acquired, owned, bought. Kidd.20a (ref. to Lev. 25:14) דבר הנ׳ מיד ליד this refers to what is bought from hand to hand (movable goods). Ib. I, 1 האשה נִקְנֵיתוכ׳ a wife can be acquired in three ways. Ib. 6b אין אשה נ׳ בחליפין a wife cannot be taken possession of by symbolical delivery (חֲלִיפִין). Ib. I, 3 עבד כנעני נ׳ בכסףוכ׳ a Canaanite slave is taken possession of (is considered owned) either by delivery of the purchasing money, or by a deed, or by undisturbed possession (חֲזָקָה). Ib. 5 נכסים שיש … נִקְנִיןוכ׳ landed property is acquired by means of handing over the money, but movables cannot be acquired otherwise than by taking hold (מְשִׁיכָה). Ib. 22b תִּקָּנֶה בביאח let her be acquired (become his slave) by coition; a. fr. Hif. הִקְנָה to give possession, sell, transfer. R. Hash. l. c., v. supra. Snh.81b ולמַקְנוֹ, v. קוֹנֶה. Keth.82b אשה הִקְנוּ לווכ׳ it is heaven that gave him a wife (through his brothers death without issue); Yeb.39a. B. Mets.47a בכליו של מַקְנֶה, v. supra. Ib. 33b, a. fr. אין אדם מקנה דברוכ׳ none can give possession of (sell) what does not yet exist (future crops); a. fr.Esth. R. introd. (ref. to Deut. 28:68 sq.) למה ואין קונה …ע״י שלא הִקְנִיתֶם אלהוכ׳ why ‘no purchaser?… Because you have not transmitted ‘these words of the covenant, for there is none among you making the five books of the Law his own (v. קוֹנֶה).