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חָפֹורm. (חָפַר) digger, attendant of earth-work on farms.Pl. חֲפוֹרוֹת. Tosef.B. Mets. IX, 14 (ed. Zuck. חופורות, corr. acc.; Y. ib. IX, beg.12a החוֹפֵר).

חָפֹורm. (חָפַר) digger, attendant of earth-work on farms.Pl. חֲפוֹרוֹת. Tosef.B. Mets. IX, 14 (ed. Zuck. חופורות, corr. acc.; Y. ib. IX, beg.12a החוֹפֵר).

שָׁבַת(b. h.) 1) to rest, cease; esp. to observe the Sabbath, Lam. R. to V, 14 (expl. מנגינתם, ib.) מזמריהון שָׁבְתוּ they ceased from their songs. Ib. to I, 7 (ref. to משבתיה, ib.) זה … שש׳ מתוכה this refers to R. J. b. Z. who ceased from staying within her (who left Jerusalem during the siege). Snh.58b נכרי שש׳וכ׳ a gentile that rests from work (on any day) deserves death. Y.Ber.IV, 7c bot. כבר ש׳וכ׳ R. Ḥ. has already begun the Sabbath observance in his town. Y.Sabb.XV, 15a bot. שבת לה׳ שְׁבוֹת כה׳ מההקב״ה ש׳ ממאמר אף את שבות ממאמר ‘a Sabbath unto the Lord (Ex. 20:10), rest like the Lord, as God rested from speech, so do thou rest from speech (planning work). Ned.III, 10 הנודר משוֹבְתֵי שבתוכ׳ he who forswears benefit at the hands of those who rest on the Sabbath, is forbidden to receive benefits from Jews and from Samaritans; a. fr.Pes.54a אור שש׳ a light which burned during the entire Sabbath (having been kindled on the Sabbath eve). Men.21a (ref. to תשבית, Lev. 2:13) מלח שאינה שוֹבֶתֶתוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שובתה) a kind of salt which has no Sabbath (is generated at all times), which is Sodom salt (v. מֶלַח). 2) to stay over the Sabbath; (of scholars) to deliver the Sabbath lecture. Peah VIII, 7 ש׳ נותגין לו מזוןוכ׳ where the transient poor makes his Sabbath station, you must give him food for three meals; Sabb.118a; B. Bath.9a. Mekh. Bo, s. 16 כבר שָׂבְתוּ … ולא ש׳וכ׳ once the disciples made their Sabbath station at Jabneh, but R. J. did not stay there. Ib. ומי ש׳ שם and who lectured there?; אפשר שש׳ר׳וכ׳ is it possible that R. El. b. Az. lectured without saying something novel?; Y. Ḥag.I, beg.75d; Y.Sot.III, 18d bot.; a. fr. 3) (v. שְׁבִיתָה) to appoint a Sabbath camp as the center for Sabbath movements. Pes.III, 7 (49a) ההולך … לִשְׁבּוֹת שביתת הרשות if a person goes away from home … in order to transfer his Sabbath camp for some secular (social) purpose. Erub.51a לשוֹבְתֵי שבת for those who appoint a Sabbath camp (when on the road near the beginning of the Sabbath), v. פֵּאָה; a. fr.Part. pass. שָׁבוּת allowed to rest, abandoned. Sifra Bhar, Par. 1, ch. I (ref. to שבת הארץ, Lev. 25:6) מן חש׳ בארץ … מן השמור thou mayest (in the Sabbatical year) eat of what is abandoned in the earth (that which grows without special cultivation, manuring), but not of what is watched in the earth (of a field more than ordinarily ploughed); Yalk. Lev. 659. Hif. הִשְׁבִּית to cause to cease, remove. Y.Ber.IV, 7d bot. שתשבור ותַשְׁבִּית עולווכ׳ that thou mayest break and remove the yoke of the evil inclination ; ib. שהַּשְׁבִּיתֵהוּ מעלינווכ׳ that thou mayest remove it (the leaven of evil) from within us V. הַשְׁבָּתָה.

שָׁבַת(b. h.) 1) to rest, cease; esp. to observe the Sabbath, Lam. R. to V, 14 (expl. מנגינתם, ib.) מזמריהון שָׁבְתוּ they ceased from their songs. Ib. to I, 7 (ref. to משבתיה, ib.) זה … שש׳ מתוכה this refers to R. J. b. Z. who ceased from staying within her (who left Jerusalem during the siege). Snh.58b נכרי שש׳וכ׳ a gentile that rests from work (on any day) deserves death. Y.Ber.IV, 7c bot. כבר ש׳וכ׳ R. Ḥ. has already begun the Sabbath observance in his town. Y.Sabb.XV, 15a bot. שבת לה׳ שְׁבוֹת כה׳ מההקב״ה ש׳ ממאמר אף את שבות ממאמר ‘a Sabbath unto the Lord (Ex. 20:10), rest like the Lord, as God rested from speech, so do thou rest from speech (planning work). Ned.III, 10 הנודר משוֹבְתֵי שבתוכ׳ he who forswears benefit at the hands of those who rest on the Sabbath, is forbidden to receive benefits from Jews and from Samaritans; a. fr.Pes.54a אור שש׳ a light which burned during the entire Sabbath (having been kindled on the Sabbath eve). Men.21a (ref. to תשבית, Lev. 2:13) מלח שאינה שוֹבֶתֶתוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שובתה) a kind of salt which has no Sabbath (is generated at all times), which is Sodom salt (v. מֶלַח). 2) to stay over the Sabbath; (of scholars) to deliver the Sabbath lecture. Peah VIII, 7 ש׳ נותגין לו מזוןוכ׳ where the transient poor makes his Sabbath station, you must give him food for three meals; Sabb.118a; B. Bath.9a. Mekh. Bo, s. 16 כבר שָׂבְתוּ … ולא ש׳וכ׳ once the disciples made their Sabbath station at Jabneh, but R. J. did not stay there. Ib. ומי ש׳ שם and who lectured there?; אפשר שש׳ר׳וכ׳ is it possible that R. El. b. Az. lectured without saying something novel?; Y. Ḥag.I, beg.75d; Y.Sot.III, 18d bot.; a. fr. 3) (v. שְׁבִיתָה) to appoint a Sabbath camp as the center for Sabbath movements. Pes.III, 7 (49a) ההולך … לִשְׁבּוֹת שביתת הרשות if a person goes away from home … in order to transfer his Sabbath camp for some secular (social) purpose. Erub.51a לשוֹבְתֵי שבת for those who appoint a Sabbath camp (when on the road near the beginning of the Sabbath), v. פֵּאָה; a. fr.Part. pass. שָׁבוּת allowed to rest, abandoned. Sifra Bhar, Par. 1, ch. I (ref. to שבת הארץ, Lev. 25:6) מן חש׳ בארץ … מן השמור thou mayest (in the Sabbatical year) eat of what is abandoned in the earth (that which grows without special cultivation, manuring), but not of what is watched in the earth (of a field more than ordinarily ploughed); Yalk. Lev. 659. Hif. הִשְׁבִּית to cause to cease, remove. Y.Ber.IV, 7d bot. שתשבור ותַשְׁבִּית עולווכ׳ that thou mayest break and remove the yoke of the evil inclination ; ib. שהַּשְׁבִּיתֵהוּ מעלינווכ׳ that thou mayest remove it (the leaven of evil) from within us V. הַשְׁבָּתָה.

שָׁלֵםI, שָׁלַם, (b. h.) to be whole, complete; to end, cease. Y.Sot.VIII, 22c bot. שלום שבימיו שָׁלְמָהוכ׳ Zedekiah was named Shallum, because in his days ended the reign of the house of Judah; Y.Shek.VI, 49d top; Y.Hor.III, 47c bot.; Bab. ib. 11b; Ker.5b ששלם (corr. acc.); Yalk. Kings 250; Yalk. Chr. 1085. Pesik. R. s. 6 (ref. to 1 Kings 7:51) כיון שבא … עכשיו שלמה מלאכתוכ׳ when Solomon came and built the Temple, the Lord said, now the work of heaven and earth (creation) is complete; Yalk. Kings 186 שְׁלֵימָה. Pesik. R. l. c. כיון שהִשְׁלִימוּ … שלמה נפשם when the workmen had finished their work, their life was finished (they died); Yalk. l. c.; a. e. Hif. הִשְׁלִים 1) to complete, finish. Pesik. R. l. c., v. supra. Y.R. Hash. I, 57a top; Y.Shebi.II, 34a top מכיון שהוא עומד … מַשְׁלִים שנתו since he stands in (has entered) the third year of the tree, he may count it a full year. Yoma 33a (ref. to Lev. 6:5, play on עליח … השלמים) עליח הַשְׁלֵם כלוכ׳ with it (the evening sacrifice) cease all sacrifices (none can be offered after it). B. Kam.10a החופר … והִשְׁלִימָהּ לעשרה if one digs a pit nine cubits deep, and another comes and completes it to the legal size of ten. Ber.47b שחרר … והִשְׁלִימוֹוכ׳ he freed his slave and used him to complete the quorum of ten persons. Ib. 8b המשלים פרשיותיו, v. פָּרָשָׁה I. Pesik. R. l. c. לכך נקרא שלמה שה׳ … לתוך מעשה ידיו he is called Shlomoh (perfect), because God caused the work of creation to be perfected through his handiwork (the Temple); Yalk. Kings l. c.; a. fr.Esp. to finish the fast-day. Taan.VII, 9 יַשְׁלִימוּ they must fast the whole day. Yoma 82a מַשְׁלִימִין they must fast to the end of the day; a. fr.Part. pass. מוּשְׁלָם perfect, virtuous. Hor. l. c. he was named Shallum שהיה מ׳ במעשיו Ag. Hatt. (ed. משולם) because he was perfect in his deeds; Yalk. Kings 250; Yalk. Chr. l. c. 2) (denom. of שָׁלוֹם) to make friends, or to surrender. Succ.52a (ref. to Prov. 25:22) א״ת יְשַׁלֵּם אלא יַשְׁלִימֶנּוּ לך read not yshallem (he will pay) but, he will surrender him (the evil spirit) to thee; (comment.; he will make him be friends with thee).Part. pass. as ab. Num. R. s. 74> אחד עשר יום היו מוּשְׁלָמִים לאלהים eleven days were they (the Israelites) at peace with God (adhered to him sincerely); כ״ט יום … מוּשְׁלָמִין twenty-nine days they were sincere servants of God, opp. עשו את העגל. Ib. אינם מושלמים ליוכ׳ (ed. Wil. משלמים, corr. acc.) they will be faithful to me only forty days. Gen. R. s. 16, beg. מ׳ לבוראו faithful to his Creator; a. e. Nif. נִשְׁלַם to be finished, to end. Tanḥ. Mishp. 19 המלאך אומר נ׳ פלוני the angel says, such and such has ended (must die). Pi. שִׁלֵּם 1) to perfect.Part. pass. מְשוּלָּם. Hor. l. c., v. supra. Yalk. Lev. 458 מְשוּלָּמִים, v. שָׁלוֹם. 2) to compensate, reward, pay. Pesik. R. l. c. (play on יתשלם, 1 Kings 7:51) עלי לשַׁלֵּם להם מתן שכר it is for me to pay them their reward. Ib. עלי לשלם לו it is for me to compensate it (the month of Kislev) for its loss; ומה ש׳ לווכ׳ and wherewith did he compensate it? With the dedication under the Hasmonean house. Y.Taan.II, 65b top (ref. to Mic. 7:3) שַׁלֵּם לי יַאֲשַׁלֵּם לך (the judge says,) pay me, and I shall pay thee (decide in thy favor). B. Kam.I, 1 חב המזיק לשלםוכ׳ he that caused the damage is bound to pay Ib. 4 משַׁלֵּם נזק שלם must pay the full indemnity. B. Mets.III, 1 ש׳ ולא רצהוכ׳ if he pays in preference to making oath. B. Bath.III, 4 מְשַׁלְּמִין לי את הכל they must pay him in full. Ab. II, 16 שיְשַׁלֵּם, v. שָׂכָר; a. v. fr.

שָׁלֵםI, שָׁלַם, (b. h.) to be whole, complete; to end, cease. Y.Sot.VIII, 22c bot. שלום שבימיו שָׁלְמָהוכ׳ Zedekiah was named Shallum, because in his days ended the reign of the house of Judah; Y.Shek.VI, 49d top; Y.Hor.III, 47c bot.; Bab. ib. 11b; Ker.5b ששלם (corr. acc.); Yalk. Kings 250; Yalk. Chr. 1085. Pesik. R. s. 6 (ref. to 1 Kings 7:51) כיון שבא … עכשיו שלמה מלאכתוכ׳ when Solomon came and built the Temple, the Lord said, now the work of heaven and earth (creation) is complete; Yalk. Kings 186 שְׁלֵימָה. Pesik. R. l. c. כיון שהִשְׁלִימוּ … שלמה נפשם when the workmen had finished their work, their life was finished (they died); Yalk. l. c.; a. e. Hif. הִשְׁלִים 1) to complete, finish. Pesik. R. l. c., v. supra. Y.R. Hash. I, 57a top; Y.Shebi.II, 34a top מכיון שהוא עומד … מַשְׁלִים שנתו since he stands in (has entered) the third year of the tree, he may count it a full year. Yoma 33a (ref. to Lev. 6:5, play on עליח … השלמים) עליח הַשְׁלֵם כלוכ׳ with it (the evening sacrifice) cease all sacrifices (none can be offered after it). B. Kam.10a החופר … והִשְׁלִימָהּ לעשרה if one digs a pit nine cubits deep, and another comes and completes it to the legal size of ten. Ber.47b שחרר … והִשְׁלִימוֹוכ׳ he freed his slave and used him to complete the quorum of ten persons. Ib. 8b המשלים פרשיותיו, v. פָּרָשָׁה I. Pesik. R. l. c. לכך נקרא שלמה שה׳ … לתוך מעשה ידיו he is called Shlomoh (perfect), because God caused the work of creation to be perfected through his handiwork (the Temple); Yalk. Kings l. c.; a. fr.Esp. to finish the fast-day. Taan.VII, 9 יַשְׁלִימוּ they must fast the whole day. Yoma 82a מַשְׁלִימִין they must fast to the end of the day; a. fr.Part. pass. מוּשְׁלָם perfect, virtuous. Hor. l. c. he was named Shallum שהיה מ׳ במעשיו Ag. Hatt. (ed. משולם) because he was perfect in his deeds; Yalk. Kings 250; Yalk. Chr. l. c. 2) (denom. of שָׁלוֹם) to make friends, or to surrender. Succ.52a (ref. to Prov. 25:22) א״ת יְשַׁלֵּם אלא יַשְׁלִימֶנּוּ לך read not yshallem (he will pay) but, he will surrender him (the evil spirit) to thee; (comment.; he will make him be friends with thee).Part. pass. as ab. Num. R. s. 74> אחד עשר יום היו מוּשְׁלָמִים לאלהים eleven days were they (the Israelites) at peace with God (adhered to him sincerely); כ״ט יום … מוּשְׁלָמִין twenty-nine days they were sincere servants of God, opp. עשו את העגל. Ib. אינם מושלמים ליוכ׳ (ed. Wil. משלמים, corr. acc.) they will be faithful to me only forty days. Gen. R. s. 16, beg. מ׳ לבוראו faithful to his Creator; a. e. Nif. נִשְׁלַם to be finished, to end. Tanḥ. Mishp. 19 המלאך אומר נ׳ פלוני the angel says, such and such has ended (must die). Pi. שִׁלֵּם 1) to perfect.Part. pass. מְשוּלָּם. Hor. l. c., v. supra. Yalk. Lev. 458 מְשוּלָּמִים, v. שָׁלוֹם. 2) to compensate, reward, pay. Pesik. R. l. c. (play on יתשלם, 1 Kings 7:51) עלי לשַׁלֵּם להם מתן שכר it is for me to pay them their reward. Ib. עלי לשלם לו it is for me to compensate it (the month of Kislev) for its loss; ומה ש׳ לווכ׳ and wherewith did he compensate it? With the dedication under the Hasmonean house. Y.Taan.II, 65b top (ref. to Mic. 7:3) שַׁלֵּם לי יַאֲשַׁלֵּם לך (the judge says,) pay me, and I shall pay thee (decide in thy favor). B. Kam.I, 1 חב המזיק לשלםוכ׳ he that caused the damage is bound to pay Ib. 4 משַׁלֵּם נזק שלם must pay the full indemnity. B. Mets.III, 1 ש׳ ולא רצהוכ׳ if he pays in preference to making oath. B. Bath.III, 4 מְשַׁלְּמִין לי את הכל they must pay him in full. Ab. II, 16 שיְשַׁלֵּם, v. שָׂכָר; a. v. fr.

עֲבַדI, עֲבֵיד ch. sam(עבד to work) (corresp. to h. עָשָׂה) 1) to do, labor; to make; to act. Targ. Gen. 1:7. Ib. 31:26; a. v. fr.Ber.60b לעולם … כל דעביד רחמנא לטב Ms. M. (ed. לטב עביד; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 3) man should train himself always to say, Whatever the Merciful One does, is for good; Yalk. Job 893 כל … לטב עביד. Tem.4b אי עביד מהני, v. הֲנִי. Yeb.37a מי עָבוּד רבנן תקנתאוכ׳ (not עביד) have the Rabbis adopted special measures for priests ? Ib. עַבְדִּינָן כרבנן we act (decide) in accordance with the opinion of the Rabbis. Keth.60b לא עַבְדֵי נשי דחנקןוכ׳ women will not do such a thing as Strangling their children. Kidd.50a לא ע׳ אינש דמשויוכ׳ a man will not declare himself a wrongdoer; a. v. fr. 2) to do, fare, prosper. Lev. R. s. 5, end מה את עָבֵיד how art thou?; ומה ארעא עֲבִידָא and how does the field fare?; מה תורין עַבְדִין how are the oxen? Ib. ע׳ לב טב he assumes cheerfulness. Gen. R. s. 13 כל שיחתן … עַבְדַּת ארעא all the talk of people turns on the land (material prosperity): ‘the land is doing well (crops promise to be good); ‘the land is not doing well; a. fr. 3) to spend time. Y.Shebi.VIII, 38b top עביד טמיר במערתאוכ׳ he remained hidden in a cave ; ib. IX, 38d. Y.Shek.V, 48d top עַבְדַת טמיראוכ׳ she (the ass) remained hidden with them ; Gen. R. s. 60 עבדת גבון; a. fr.Part. pass. עָבִיד; f. עֲבִידָא made, liable to, likely, used to. Y.Peah III, 17d bot. היך ע׳ how did it happen (i. e. in what case would it make a practical difference for the slave)? R. Hash. 22b, a. e. מילתא דע׳ לאיגלויי, v. גְּלֵי. Shebu.46a, v. גְּזַם; a. fr. Af. אַעֲבֵיד, Pa. עַבֵּיד 1) to make, produce. Targ. O. Ex. 32:10 אַעַבֵּיד ed. Berl. (oth. אַעֲבֵיד; Y. אֶעְבַּד). Ib. 30:37; a. fr.Lev. R. s. 28, end, v. infra. 2) to cause to prosper. Gen. R. s. 13 כל תפלתן … מרי תַעֲבִיד ארעא יכ׳ all the prayers of men turn on the earth (mundane affairs): Lord, make the land (crop) thrive, make the land prosper; a. e. 3) to work through. Part. pass. מְעַבַּד, מְעַבְּדָא. B. Mets. 116b טינא דמע׳ thoroughly kneaded clay. Ithpe. אִיתְעֲבֵיד, אִיעֲבֵיד to be done; to be made, become. Targ. Gen. 29:26. Targ. Koh. 8:4. Targ. Ps. 62:4; a. fr.Lam. R. to II, 2 בעית לאִיעַבְדָּאוכ׳ (not לאיבדא, לעיבדא) dost thou want to be made a senator? Lev. R. s. 28, end מאן דעַבֵּיד … אתע׳וכ׳ he who made the comes …, is now to become a bather ; Esth. R. to VI, 10 האי גברא מְעַבֵּיד … עביד בלן (corr. acc.); a. fr. Zeb.75b דאיעבד, read: דאיערוב, v. עֲרַב I.V. דִּיעֲבַד.

עֲבַדI, עֲבֵיד ch. sam(עבד to work) (corresp. to h. עָשָׂה) 1) to do, labor; to make; to act. Targ. Gen. 1:7. Ib. 31:26; a. v. fr.Ber.60b לעולם … כל דעביד רחמנא לטב Ms. M. (ed. לטב עביד; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 3) man should train himself always to say, Whatever the Merciful One does, is for good; Yalk. Job 893 כל … לטב עביד. Tem.4b אי עביד מהני, v. הֲנִי. Yeb.37a מי עָבוּד רבנן תקנתאוכ׳ (not עביד) have the Rabbis adopted special measures for priests ? Ib. עַבְדִּינָן כרבנן we act (decide) in accordance with the opinion of the Rabbis. Keth.60b לא עַבְדֵי נשי דחנקןוכ׳ women will not do such a thing as Strangling their children. Kidd.50a לא ע׳ אינש דמשויוכ׳ a man will not declare himself a wrongdoer; a. v. fr. 2) to do, fare, prosper. Lev. R. s. 5, end מה את עָבֵיד how art thou?; ומה ארעא עֲבִידָא and how does the field fare?; מה תורין עַבְדִין how are the oxen? Ib. ע׳ לב טב he assumes cheerfulness. Gen. R. s. 13 כל שיחתן … עַבְדַּת ארעא all the talk of people turns on the land (material prosperity): ‘the land is doing well (crops promise to be good); ‘the land is not doing well; a. fr. 3) to spend time. Y.Shebi.VIII, 38b top עביד טמיר במערתאוכ׳ he remained hidden in a cave ; ib. IX, 38d. Y.Shek.V, 48d top עַבְדַת טמיראוכ׳ she (the ass) remained hidden with them ; Gen. R. s. 60 עבדת גבון; a. fr.Part. pass. עָבִיד; f. עֲבִידָא made, liable to, likely, used to. Y.Peah III, 17d bot. היך ע׳ how did it happen (i. e. in what case would it make a practical difference for the slave)? R. Hash. 22b, a. e. מילתא דע׳ לאיגלויי, v. גְּלֵי. Shebu.46a, v. גְּזַם; a. fr. Af. אַעֲבֵיד, Pa. עַבֵּיד 1) to make, produce. Targ. O. Ex. 32:10 אַעַבֵּיד ed. Berl. (oth. אַעֲבֵיד; Y. אֶעְבַּד). Ib. 30:37; a. fr.Lev. R. s. 28, end, v. infra. 2) to cause to prosper. Gen. R. s. 13 כל תפלתן … מרי תַעֲבִיד ארעא יכ׳ all the prayers of men turn on the earth (mundane affairs): Lord, make the land (crop) thrive, make the land prosper; a. e. 3) to work through. Part. pass. מְעַבַּד, מְעַבְּדָא. B. Mets. 116b טינא דמע׳ thoroughly kneaded clay. Ithpe. אִיתְעֲבֵיד, אִיעֲבֵיד to be done; to be made, become. Targ. Gen. 29:26. Targ. Koh. 8:4. Targ. Ps. 62:4; a. fr.Lam. R. to II, 2 בעית לאִיעַבְדָּאוכ׳ (not לאיבדא, לעיבדא) dost thou want to be made a senator? Lev. R. s. 28, end מאן דעַבֵּיד … אתע׳וכ׳ he who made the comes …, is now to become a bather ; Esth. R. to VI, 10 האי גברא מְעַבֵּיד … עביד בלן (corr. acc.); a. fr. Zeb.75b דאיעבד, read: דאיערוב, v. עֲרַב I.V. דִּיעֲבַד.

נִדְבָּךְm. ( דוך = דבך; v. Del. Prol., p. 150) 1) rammed wall (pisé), a mould fitted with earth or rubble; a block of a certain size (four handbreadths cubic measure), or a course of bricks, used as ‘binder (coagmentum); in gen. a course of stones, layer. Y.Shebi.III, 34c bot. זה שהוא מקבל נ׳ צריךוכ׳ he who contracts to build nidbakh, must build with blocks of four handbreadths as far as the space contracted for (v. infra). Sabb.115a אמר לבנאי שקעהו תחת הנ׳ he said to the builder, sink it (the translation of the Book of Job) under the rubble; Y. ib. XVI, 15c top. Ber.II, 4 mechanics at work may read the Shma בראש הנ׳ while standing on top of a course of the wall. Sabb.125b נ׳ של אבנים a mouldful of stones (v. מִרְבָּךְ); a. fr. 2) a frame carried to the building ground with tools and vessels above and under it. Tosef.Ohol.VII, 1 ארבעה שהיו נושאין את הנ׳ ואיןוכ׳ if four persons carry a frame the poles of which have not the size of a plough-handle; Ohol. VI, 1 (ed. Dehr. נדוד; Ar. נרווד, read: נִדְוָךְ, נִדְוָוךְ; Maim. a bier). Zab. V, 2 אצבעו של זב תחת הנ׳ if the gonorrhœist has his finger under the frame (while it is carried).Pl. נִדְבָּכִין, נִדְבָּכוֹת. Ohol. XIV, 1 שלשה נ׳וכ׳ a distance of three courses of stones which is twelve handbreadths; Tosef. ib. XIV, 8; Y.Shebi.III, 34d top. Ib. שלשה נ׳ עשרהוכ׳ three courses of trimmed stones making ten handbreadths, v. סִיתּוּת.

נִדְבָּךְm. ( דוך = דבך; v. Del. Prol., p. 150) 1) rammed wall (pisé), a mould fitted with earth or rubble; a block of a certain size (four handbreadths cubic measure), or a course of bricks, used as ‘binder (coagmentum); in gen. a course of stones, layer. Y.Shebi.III, 34c bot. זה שהוא מקבל נ׳ צריךוכ׳ he who contracts to build nidbakh, must build with blocks of four handbreadths as far as the space contracted for (v. infra). Sabb.115a אמר לבנאי שקעהו תחת הנ׳ he said to the builder, sink it (the translation of the Book of Job) under the rubble; Y. ib. XVI, 15c top. Ber.II, 4 mechanics at work may read the Shma בראש הנ׳ while standing on top of a course of the wall. Sabb.125b נ׳ של אבנים a mouldful of stones (v. מִרְבָּךְ); a. fr. 2) a frame carried to the building ground with tools and vessels above and under it. Tosef.Ohol.VII, 1 ארבעה שהיו נושאין את הנ׳ ואיןוכ׳ if four persons carry a frame the poles of which have not the size of a plough-handle; Ohol. VI, 1 (ed. Dehr. נדוד; Ar. נרווד, read: נִדְוָךְ, נִדְוָוךְ; Maim. a bier). Zab. V, 2 אצבעו של זב תחת הנ׳ if the gonorrhœist has his finger under the frame (while it is carried).Pl. נִדְבָּכִין, נִדְבָּכוֹת. Ohol. XIV, 1 שלשה נ׳וכ׳ a distance of three courses of stones which is twelve handbreadths; Tosef. ib. XIV, 8; Y.Shebi.III, 34d top. Ib. שלשה נ׳ עשרהוכ׳ three courses of trimmed stones making ten handbreadths, v. סִיתּוּת.

שָׁמַט(b. h.; cmp. מוּט) to slip; (act. verb) to loosen, detach; to carry off, steal. Num. R. s. 420> (ref. to 2 Sam. 6:6) למה שָׁמְטוּ why did they slip (turn off)? M. Kat. 24a שמטו חזיריםוכ׳ swine dragged his body off. Y.Ber.III, 5d bot., a. e. שוֹמֵטוכ׳, v. קְלִבִּנְטִירִין. Ib. מטה … שוֹמְטָן ודיו in the case of a bed the poles of which are movable, one (in mourning) detaches them, and that is sufficient; Y.Ned.VII, end, 40c שימטו (corr. acc.). B. Mets. 104a שוֹמְטוֹ מעל גבי בניו he may take it (the pledge) from the back of his (the debtors) sons. Ex. R. s. 43 והם שוֹמְטִיםוכ׳, v. טֶטְרָאמוּלִי. Y.Keth.V, 30b היתה שוֹמֶטֶת עצמהוכ׳ she slipped away from under him; Sot.9b נִשְׁמְטָה (Nif.). Gen. R. s. 14 שוֹמְטָהּ, v. צָרַר I. Pesik. R. s. 20 נִשְׁמוֹט אותה let us abandon her (that she may not find her way home); מיד שְׁמָטוּהָ (not שמוטה) and so they abandoned her. Lev. R. s. 34 יִשְׁמוֹט, v. חָלַץ. Gen. R. s. 20 שומט גידיןוכ׳ it (the serpent) draws out fibres (v. גִּיד) and eats them. Midr. Till. to Ps. 114 (ref. to Deut. 4:34 גוי מקרב גוי) כאדם ששומט את העוברוכ׳ as a man draws an embryo out of its mothers womb. Ib. למדנו צער לנִשְׁמָט לשימט מנין we learn here that there was pain for the body drawn out (Israel), whence do we learn that it was painful for him that drew out (for the Lord who redeemed them)?; a. fr.Part. pass. שָׁמוּט; f. שְׁמוּטָה. Ḥull.54a ש׳ ושחוטהוכ׳ if the trachea was found detached, yet cut through, the animal is kasher; שא״א לש׳וכ׳ for it is impossible that a loose trachea should be cut through (therefore the detachment must have taken place after the ritual cutting). Ib. 57a, a. e. שְׁמוּטַת ורך an animal with a dislocated thigh-bone; שמוטת וד with a dislocated foreleg; a. e.V. שָׁמוּט. Nif. נִשְׁמַט to be detached, slip away. Midr. Till. l. c., v. supra. Sot. l. c., v. supra. Num. R. s. 18> הר חורב שעליו נִשִׁמְטָה החרבוכ׳ it is named mount Horeb, because on it the sword (of judgment) was unsheathed (for crimes); (Yalk. ib. 684 נמשכה; Yalk. Ps. 796 נמתחה). Macc.II, 1, v. קַתְּ. Sifra Emor, ch. II, Par. 3 (expl. שרוע, Lev. 21:18) שנשמטה יריכו (Rabad שנשתרבבה) whose hip is dislocated. Cant. R. to V, 16 נשמטה נפשו (ממנו) his soul slipped away (from him), he fainted; a. fr.Tosef.‘UktsinI, 2 (Tbul Yom III) נשמטין, read with ed. Zuck. נִכְסָסִין. Pi. שִׁמֵּט 1) to loosen, pluck, esp. to thin a thicket of reeds. Tosef.Shebi.I, 7; Y. ib. II, 33d top מְשַׁמְּטִין בקנים you may thin reeds (in the Sabbatical year); מקום … ולְשַׁמֵּטוכ׳ where it is customary to clear vines and to thin reeds before ; a. e. 2) to drag forth. Pesik. R. s. 17 ומְשַׁמְּטִים הבכורות מביןוכ׳ and the dogs dragged the dead bodies of the first-born out of the burial caves; Yalk. Ex. 186; a. e. 3) (v. שְׁמִטָּה) to cause release from debt; to cause cessation of field labor; (neut. verb) to come under the law of limitation of the Sabbatical year; (of the ground) to rest. Shebi. X, 1 שביעית מְשַׁמֶּטֶת את המלוהוכ׳ the Sabbatical year causes cancellation of (cash) debts, whether verbal or written; הקפת … אינה משמטת, v. הַקָּפָה; שכר שכיר אינו מְשַׁמֵּט a hired mans wages do not come under the law of shmiṭṭah; ib. 2 המוסר … אינן משמטין (not אינו) if one hands his notes over to the court, they are not subject to the law of limitation; ib. האונס … וכל מעשהב״ד אינן משמטין fines for outrage … and all obligations arising from legal procedures do not come under the law ; ib. 3, v. פְּרוֹזְבּוֹל; (Y. ed. מַשְׁמִיט, מַשְׁמִיטִין Hif. interch. with Pi.. Sifra Bḥuck., Par. 2, ch. VII אני אמרתי … ומשמטים לי אחתוכ׳ I have told you that you may sow six years, and let the ground rest for me one year, that you may know ; עמדו וגלו והיא תְשַׁמֵּט מאליה כל שמיטיםוכ׳ go ye and be carried into exile, and it (the land) will rest of itself (making up for) all the Sabbatical years ; Yalk. Lev. 675 והיא תַשְׁמִיט מאיליה עד שתרצה לפני כל שמיטיןוכ׳. Ab. dR. N. ch. XXXVIII הואיל ואין אתם משמיטין אותה היא תְשַׁמֵּט אתכם (ed. Schechter ואי אתם משמטים את הארץ) because you do not let the earth rest, she will abandon you; ומספר ירחים שאי אתם משמיטין אותה היא תשמט מאליה (ed. Schechter שאין אתם משמטים) and according to the number of months that you fail to let her rest, she will rest of herself. Gitt.36a בזמן שאתה משמט … משמט כספים when thou art bound to let the ground rest, thou art bound to cancel debts; a. fr.Snh.97a כשם שהשביעית משמטת … כך העולם משמטוכ׳ as the Sabbatical year causes cessation of field work once every seven years, so shall the world rest (be waste) one millennium in every seven millenniums. 4) to remit a debt. Gitt.37b המחזיר חוב … יאמר לו משמט אניוכ׳ if a person pays a debt in the Sabbatical year, he (the creditor) must say, ‘I remit (and have no claim): but if he (the debtor) says, ‘nevertheless, he may accept; Sabb.148b; Sifré Deut. 112; a. e. 5) to abandon, send away. Ab. dR. N. l. c., v. supra. Hif. הִשְׁמִיט same, v. supra. Hithpa. הִשְׁתַּמֵּט to slide, fall off. Midr. Till. to Ps. 18:11 מִשְׁתַּמְּטוֹת, v. טֶלֶף.

שָׁמַט(b. h.; cmp. מוּט) to slip; (act. verb) to loosen, detach; to carry off, steal. Num. R. s. 420> (ref. to 2 Sam. 6:6) למה שָׁמְטוּ why did they slip (turn off)? M. Kat. 24a שמטו חזיריםוכ׳ swine dragged his body off. Y.Ber.III, 5d bot., a. e. שוֹמֵטוכ׳, v. קְלִבִּנְטִירִין. Ib. מטה … שוֹמְטָן ודיו in the case of a bed the poles of which are movable, one (in mourning) detaches them, and that is sufficient; Y.Ned.VII, end, 40c שימטו (corr. acc.). B. Mets. 104a שוֹמְטוֹ מעל גבי בניו he may take it (the pledge) from the back of his (the debtors) sons. Ex. R. s. 43 והם שוֹמְטִיםוכ׳, v. טֶטְרָאמוּלִי. Y.Keth.V, 30b היתה שוֹמֶטֶת עצמהוכ׳ she slipped away from under him; Sot.9b נִשְׁמְטָה (Nif.). Gen. R. s. 14 שוֹמְטָהּ, v. צָרַר I. Pesik. R. s. 20 נִשְׁמוֹט אותה let us abandon her (that she may not find her way home); מיד שְׁמָטוּהָ (not שמוטה) and so they abandoned her. Lev. R. s. 34 יִשְׁמוֹט, v. חָלַץ. Gen. R. s. 20 שומט גידיןוכ׳ it (the serpent) draws out fibres (v. גִּיד) and eats them. Midr. Till. to Ps. 114 (ref. to Deut. 4:34 גוי מקרב גוי) כאדם ששומט את העוברוכ׳ as a man draws an embryo out of its mothers womb. Ib. למדנו צער לנִשְׁמָט לשימט מנין we learn here that there was pain for the body drawn out (Israel), whence do we learn that it was painful for him that drew out (for the Lord who redeemed them)?; a. fr.Part. pass. שָׁמוּט; f. שְׁמוּטָה. Ḥull.54a ש׳ ושחוטהוכ׳ if the trachea was found detached, yet cut through, the animal is kasher; שא״א לש׳וכ׳ for it is impossible that a loose trachea should be cut through (therefore the detachment must have taken place after the ritual cutting). Ib. 57a, a. e. שְׁמוּטַת ורך an animal with a dislocated thigh-bone; שמוטת וד with a dislocated foreleg; a. e.V. שָׁמוּט. Nif. נִשְׁמַט to be detached, slip away. Midr. Till. l. c., v. supra. Sot. l. c., v. supra. Num. R. s. 18> הר חורב שעליו נִשִׁמְטָה החרבוכ׳ it is named mount Horeb, because on it the sword (of judgment) was unsheathed (for crimes); (Yalk. ib. 684 נמשכה; Yalk. Ps. 796 נמתחה). Macc.II, 1, v. קַתְּ. Sifra Emor, ch. II, Par. 3 (expl. שרוע, Lev. 21:18) שנשמטה יריכו (Rabad שנשתרבבה) whose hip is dislocated. Cant. R. to V, 16 נשמטה נפשו (ממנו) his soul slipped away (from him), he fainted; a. fr.Tosef.‘UktsinI, 2 (Tbul Yom III) נשמטין, read with ed. Zuck. נִכְסָסִין. Pi. שִׁמֵּט 1) to loosen, pluck, esp. to thin a thicket of reeds. Tosef.Shebi.I, 7; Y. ib. II, 33d top מְשַׁמְּטִין בקנים you may thin reeds (in the Sabbatical year); מקום … ולְשַׁמֵּטוכ׳ where it is customary to clear vines and to thin reeds before ; a. e. 2) to drag forth. Pesik. R. s. 17 ומְשַׁמְּטִים הבכורות מביןוכ׳ and the dogs dragged the dead bodies of the first-born out of the burial caves; Yalk. Ex. 186; a. e. 3) (v. שְׁמִטָּה) to cause release from debt; to cause cessation of field labor; (neut. verb) to come under the law of limitation of the Sabbatical year; (of the ground) to rest. Shebi. X, 1 שביעית מְשַׁמֶּטֶת את המלוהוכ׳ the Sabbatical year causes cancellation of (cash) debts, whether verbal or written; הקפת … אינה משמטת, v. הַקָּפָה; שכר שכיר אינו מְשַׁמֵּט a hired mans wages do not come under the law of shmiṭṭah; ib. 2 המוסר … אינן משמטין (not אינו) if one hands his notes over to the court, they are not subject to the law of limitation; ib. האונס … וכל מעשהב״ד אינן משמטין fines for outrage … and all obligations arising from legal procedures do not come under the law ; ib. 3, v. פְּרוֹזְבּוֹל; (Y. ed. מַשְׁמִיט, מַשְׁמִיטִין Hif. interch. with Pi.. Sifra Bḥuck., Par. 2, ch. VII אני אמרתי … ומשמטים לי אחתוכ׳ I have told you that you may sow six years, and let the ground rest for me one year, that you may know ; עמדו וגלו והיא תְשַׁמֵּט מאליה כל שמיטיםוכ׳ go ye and be carried into exile, and it (the land) will rest of itself (making up for) all the Sabbatical years ; Yalk. Lev. 675 והיא תַשְׁמִיט מאיליה עד שתרצה לפני כל שמיטיןוכ׳. Ab. dR. N. ch. XXXVIII הואיל ואין אתם משמיטין אותה היא תְשַׁמֵּט אתכם (ed. Schechter ואי אתם משמטים את הארץ) because you do not let the earth rest, she will abandon you; ומספר ירחים שאי אתם משמיטין אותה היא תשמט מאליה (ed. Schechter שאין אתם משמטים) and according to the number of months that you fail to let her rest, she will rest of herself. Gitt.36a בזמן שאתה משמט … משמט כספים when thou art bound to let the ground rest, thou art bound to cancel debts; a. fr.Snh.97a כשם שהשביעית משמטת … כך העולם משמטוכ׳ as the Sabbatical year causes cessation of field work once every seven years, so shall the world rest (be waste) one millennium in every seven millenniums. 4) to remit a debt. Gitt.37b המחזיר חוב … יאמר לו משמט אניוכ׳ if a person pays a debt in the Sabbatical year, he (the creditor) must say, ‘I remit (and have no claim): but if he (the debtor) says, ‘nevertheless, he may accept; Sabb.148b; Sifré Deut. 112; a. e. 5) to abandon, send away. Ab. dR. N. l. c., v. supra. Hif. הִשְׁמִיט same, v. supra. Hithpa. הִשְׁתַּמֵּט to slide, fall off. Midr. Till. to Ps. 18:11 מִשְׁתַּמְּטוֹת, v. טֶלֶף.