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חָטַט 1) to dig, cut out (of the sucket), hollow out. Mikv. IV, 3 החוֹטֵט בצינורוכ׳ if one makes a cavity in a water pipe for the deposit of pebbles. Gen. R. s. 34 היה חוטט אתוכ׳ the embryo would cut its way through Kidd.24b וחֲטָטָהּ and he (the master) cut it (the eye) out. 2) to rake, clean a well. M. Kat. I, 2 וחוֹטְטִין אותן and you may clean the wells. Ib. 5a ח׳ … ואין חופריןוכ׳ you may clean …, but not dig (deepen) (Ib. ולא חוטטין לתוכן you must not rake pebbles into them; v., however vers. Ms. M., Rabb. D. S. a. l.Y. ib. 80b bot. חוטטין אותן גרפין לוןוכ׳ (not חוטטן) ḥottin means ‘they rake them, as we read (Mikv. l. c.). 3) to take sheaves out with a rake. Succ.I, 8 החוטט בגדישוכ׳ if one takes sheaves out of a stack, so as to form a shed (Succah). Ib. 15a. Pi. חִטֵּט 1) to rake. Y.Sabb.III, beg.5c צריך לחַטֵּט בידוכ׳ he must rake (coals and ashes out of the oven) with a handle, which proves that he must clean thoroughly. 2) to make holes, to pick. Tosef.Mikv.VII (VIII), 2 אוצין צריך לחטט Var. (ed. Zuck. לחַטְחֵט) if the holes in the baskets are filled up with grapes, one must clean them by picking. B. Kam.18a תרנגולין שהיו מְחַטְּטִיןוכ׳ chickens that picked on the rope of a bucket. Tosef.B. Mets. VIII, 30 שמְחַטְּטִין אתוכ׳ (Var. שמְחַטְחֲטִין) for they pick holes in the walls. 3) (with אחר) to dig after, to trace with the knife. Ḥull.74b; Tosef. Ib. VII, 54. 4) to trim. Sabb.90a; Men.107a, v. מָחַט. Pilp. חִטְחֵט same. Y.Orl.III, 63a מצוי לחַטְחֵט אחריו it is likely that they dig after it (to take it out of the ground); a. e. (v. supra). Nif. נֶחֶטַט to be dug out, picked out. Kidd.24b נֶחְטְטָח עינה if the birds eye was picked out; Zeb.VII, 5 (68b) Ar. (ed. נסמית). Hithpa. הִתְחַטֵּט to be exhumed. Yeb.63b מתים מִתְחַטְּטִין the dead are exhumed (by the Guebres). Polel (of חוט), part. מְחוֹטֵט (v. מַחַט) stinging (the eye), dazzling, v. infra. Hithpol. הִתְחוֹטֵט to be cut (of jewels), to be polished, glisten. Meg.12a (play on בה̇ט̇, Esth. 1:6) אב̇נים שמִתְח̇וֹטְ֗טֹות על בעליהןוי״א אב̇נים המְח̇וֹטְ֗טוֹת לעינים במקומן Ms. F. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 5) stones which glisten on those who wear them, and some say, Stones which dazzle the eyes in the place where they are found.

חָטַט 1) to dig, cut out (of the sucket), hollow out. Mikv. IV, 3 החוֹטֵט בצינורוכ׳ if one makes a cavity in a water pipe for the deposit of pebbles. Gen. R. s. 34 היה חוטט אתוכ׳ the embryo would cut its way through Kidd.24b וחֲטָטָהּ and he (the master) cut it (the eye) out. 2) to rake, clean a well. M. Kat. I, 2 וחוֹטְטִין אותן and you may clean the wells. Ib. 5a ח׳ … ואין חופריןוכ׳ you may clean …, but not dig (deepen) (Ib. ולא חוטטין לתוכן you must not rake pebbles into them; v., however vers. Ms. M., Rabb. D. S. a. l.Y. ib. 80b bot. חוטטין אותן גרפין לוןוכ׳ (not חוטטן) ḥottin means ‘they rake them, as we read (Mikv. l. c.). 3) to take sheaves out with a rake. Succ.I, 8 החוטט בגדישוכ׳ if one takes sheaves out of a stack, so as to form a shed (Succah). Ib. 15a. Pi. חִטֵּט 1) to rake. Y.Sabb.III, beg.5c צריך לחַטֵּט בידוכ׳ he must rake (coals and ashes out of the oven) with a handle, which proves that he must clean thoroughly. 2) to make holes, to pick. Tosef.Mikv.VII (VIII), 2 אוצין צריך לחטט Var. (ed. Zuck. לחַטְחֵט) if the holes in the baskets are filled up with grapes, one must clean them by picking. B. Kam.18a תרנגולין שהיו מְחַטְּטִיןוכ׳ chickens that picked on the rope of a bucket. Tosef.B. Mets. VIII, 30 שמְחַטְּטִין אתוכ׳ (Var. שמְחַטְחֲטִין) for they pick holes in the walls. 3) (with אחר) to dig after, to trace with the knife. Ḥull.74b; Tosef. Ib. VII, 54. 4) to trim. Sabb.90a; Men.107a, v. מָחַט. Pilp. חִטְחֵט same. Y.Orl.III, 63a מצוי לחַטְחֵט אחריו it is likely that they dig after it (to take it out of the ground); a. e. (v. supra). Nif. נֶחֶטַט to be dug out, picked out. Kidd.24b נֶחְטְטָח עינה if the birds eye was picked out; Zeb.VII, 5 (68b) Ar. (ed. נסמית). Hithpa. הִתְחַטֵּט to be exhumed. Yeb.63b מתים מִתְחַטְּטִין the dead are exhumed (by the Guebres). Polel (of חוט), part. מְחוֹטֵט (v. מַחַט) stinging (the eye), dazzling, v. infra. Hithpol. הִתְחוֹטֵט to be cut (of jewels), to be polished, glisten. Meg.12a (play on בה̇ט̇, Esth. 1:6) אב̇נים שמִתְח̇וֹטְ֗טֹות על בעליהןוי״א אב̇נים המְח̇וֹטְ֗טוֹת לעינים במקומן Ms. F. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 5) stones which glisten on those who wear them, and some say, Stones which dazzle the eyes in the place where they are found.

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חוּקch. sam(חוק to round, arch, hollow).Part. חָאִיק. Targ. Job 24:16 ed. Lag. (Var. הָאֵיק, ed. Wil. הָאֵק, oth. ed. דאיק, corr. acc.; h. text חתר). Pa. חַיֵּיק to dig out. Sabb.109b ולִיחַיְּיקֵיה לגויה Rashi a. Ms. O. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 200) let him dig out its interior. Snh.56a (ref. to נקב, Lev. 24:16) ואימא דח׳ שםוכ׳ may it not mean that he cut out the Divine Name in the edge of the knife?, v. נָקַב.

חוּקch. sam(חוק to round, arch, hollow).Part. חָאִיק. Targ. Job 24:16 ed. Lag. (Var. הָאֵיק, ed. Wil. הָאֵק, oth. ed. דאיק, corr. acc.; h. text חתר). Pa. חַיֵּיק to dig out. Sabb.109b ולִיחַיְּיקֵיה לגויה Rashi a. Ms. O. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 200) let him dig out its interior. Snh.56a (ref. to נקב, Lev. 24:16) ואימא דח׳ שםוכ׳ may it not mean that he cut out the Divine Name in the edge of the knife?, v. נָקַב.

חֲטַטI ch. same, to dig, hollow out. Ḥull.25a; Sabb.103a דחַט קפיזאוכ׳ Ar. (ed. דחק) he hollowed out a Kfiza (smaller measure) whereas the material was large enough for a Kab. Pes.28a (prov.) כפא דחט נגרא בגויה נשרי חרדלא ונישלוף Ms. M. (read: ונישרוף; ed. דחט׳ נגרא בגווה נשרוףוכ׳; Var. דחק) in the ladle which the artisan hollowed out, he shall have mustard soaked and shall swallow it (man is paid with his own coin). Pa. חַטֵּט to dig after, exhume. Yeb.63b קא מְחַטְּטֵי שכבי they (the Guebres) exhume the (Jewish) dead. B. Bath.58a, v. חַטֵּיטָא.

חֲטַטI ch. same, to dig, hollow out. Ḥull.25a; Sabb.103a דחַט קפיזאוכ׳ Ar. (ed. דחק) he hollowed out a Kfiza (smaller measure) whereas the material was large enough for a Kab. Pes.28a (prov.) כפא דחט נגרא בגויה נשרי חרדלא ונישלוף Ms. M. (read: ונישרוף; ed. דחט׳ נגרא בגווה נשרוףוכ׳; Var. דחק) in the ladle which the artisan hollowed out, he shall have mustard soaked and shall swallow it (man is paid with his own coin). Pa. חַטֵּט to dig after, exhume. Yeb.63b קא מְחַטְּטֵי שכבי they (the Guebres) exhume the (Jewish) dead. B. Bath.58a, v. חַטֵּיטָא.

פַר(b. h.; cmp. חפשׂ) to dig, hollow out. B. Kam.V, 5 החֹופֵר בורוכ׳ if one hollows out a pit on private ground, but opens it on public ground; Tosef. ib. VI, 4. B. Mets.50a, v. אוּש II. Midr. Sam. ch. XXXII, end לַחְפֹּור to dig graves, v. חֵפֶר; a. fr.

פַר(b. h.; cmp. חפשׂ) to dig, hollow out. B. Kam.V, 5 החֹופֵר בורוכ׳ if one hollows out a pit on private ground, but opens it on public ground; Tosef. ib. VI, 4. B. Mets.50a, v. אוּש II. Midr. Sam. ch. XXXII, end לַחְפֹּור to dig graves, v. חֵפֶר; a. fr.

חֲפַרI ch. sam(פר to dig, hollow out), 1) to dig. Targ. Ps. 7:16 (Ms. כרא). Targ. Gen. 26:15; a. fr.Part. pass. חֲפִיר q. v. 2) (trnsf.) to plan, espy. Targ. Prov. 16:27. Targ. Job 39:29.

חֲפַרI ch. sam(פר to dig, hollow out), 1) to dig. Targ. Ps. 7:16 (Ms. כרא). Targ. Gen. 26:15; a. fr.Part. pass. חֲפִיר q. v. 2) (trnsf.) to plan, espy. Targ. Prov. 16:27. Targ. Job 39:29.

חָפַשׂ(b. h.; cmp. חָפַר), Pi. חִיפֵּשׂ to dig, search. Pes.II, 3 כל … לחַפֵּשׂ אחריו what the dog cannot reach by digging for it. Sabb.89a חִיפַּשְׂתִּיוכ׳ I searched all over the world. Cant. R. to I, 1אם אתה מחַפֵּשׂ אחרוכ׳ if thou wilt dig after the words of the Law as for secret treasures; a. fr.

חָפַשׂ(b. h.; cmp. חָפַר), Pi. חִיפֵּשׂ to dig, search. Pes.II, 3 כל … לחַפֵּשׂ אחריו what the dog cannot reach by digging for it. Sabb.89a חִיפַּשְׂתִּיוכ׳ I searched all over the world. Cant. R. to I, 1אם אתה מחַפֵּשׂ אחרוכ׳ if thou wilt dig after the words of the Law as for secret treasures; a. fr.

כְּרֵי, כְּרָאch. sam( Hif. הִכְרָה to heap, pile), to dig, bore. Targ. O. Ex. 21:33 יִכְרֵי ed. Berl. (oth. ed. יִכְרֶה). Targ. Ps. 40:7; a. e.B. Kam.51a אמרי ליה זיל כְּרֵי לן ואזל כְּרָא להו (some ed. כָּרָה hebr.) they said to him, go and dig for us, and he went and dug Ib. 48a כמאן דכַרְיֵיה דמי he is as responsible as if he had dug it. Succ.53b בְּרִינָן פורתאוכ׳ we bore only a little and there comes water; a. e.Taan.24a דהוה כָּרֵיא בהוצא that he was boring a hole in the fence (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note for Var. lect.). כרי to benarrow, distressed, part. כְּרִי, כַּרְיָא, pl. כְּרִין, v. כְּרַהּ)

כְּרֵי, כְּרָאch. sam( Hif. הִכְרָה to heap, pile), to dig, bore. Targ. O. Ex. 21:33 יִכְרֵי ed. Berl. (oth. ed. יִכְרֶה). Targ. Ps. 40:7; a. e.B. Kam.51a אמרי ליה זיל כְּרֵי לן ואזל כְּרָא להו (some ed. כָּרָה hebr.) they said to him, go and dig for us, and he went and dug Ib. 48a כמאן דכַרְיֵיה דמי he is as responsible as if he had dug it. Succ.53b בְּרִינָן פורתאוכ׳ we bore only a little and there comes water; a. e.Taan.24a דהוה כָּרֵיא בהוצא that he was boring a hole in the fence (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note for Var. lect.). כרי to benarrow, distressed, part. כְּרִי, כַּרְיָא, pl. כְּרִין, v. כְּרַהּ)

כְּרֵי, כְּרָאch. sam( Hif. הִכְרָה to heap, pile), to dig, bore. Targ. O. Ex. 21:33 יִכְרֵי ed. Berl. (oth. ed. יִכְרֶה). Targ. Ps. 40:7; a. e.B. Kam.51a אמרי ליה זיל כְּרֵי לן ואזל כְּרָא להו (some ed. כָּרָה hebr.) they said to him, go and dig for us, and he went and dug Ib. 48a כמאן דכַרְיֵיה דמי he is as responsible as if he had dug it. Succ.53b בְּרִינָן פורתאוכ׳ we bore only a little and there comes water; a. e.Taan.24a דהוה כָּרֵיא בהוצא that he was boring a hole in the fence (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note for Var. lect.). כרי to benarrow, distressed, part. כְּרִי, כַּרְיָא, pl. כְּרִין, v. כְּרַהּ)

כְּרֵי, כְּרָאch. sam( Hif. הִכְרָה to heap, pile), to dig, bore. Targ. O. Ex. 21:33 יִכְרֵי ed. Berl. (oth. ed. יִכְרֶה). Targ. Ps. 40:7; a. e.B. Kam.51a אמרי ליה זיל כְּרֵי לן ואזל כְּרָא להו (some ed. כָּרָה hebr.) they said to him, go and dig for us, and he went and dug Ib. 48a כמאן דכַרְיֵיה דמי he is as responsible as if he had dug it. Succ.53b בְּרִינָן פורתאוכ׳ we bore only a little and there comes water; a. e.Taan.24a דהוה כָּרֵיא בהוצא that he was boring a hole in the fence (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note for Var. lect.). כרי to benarrow, distressed, part. כְּרִי, כַּרְיָא, pl. כְּרִין, v. כְּרַהּ)

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.