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צִמְצֵם( Pilp. of צָמַם) 1) to contract; to press, squeeze in, force into close confinement. Snh.76b לרבות את המְצַמְצֵם this includes him who caused the death of a person by forcing him into a place whence he could not escape. Ib. 77a בנזקין … מצמצם in cases of damages the Law does not condemn him who causes damage through confinement (e. g. by placing an animal where it was exposed to sunstroke). Pesik. Baḥod., p. 152a> מצמצם שכינתו ביניהם forces his Divine Presence into their midst; ib. Vayhi, p. 5a>. Gen. R. s. 5; Lev. R. s. 10 צִימְצְמָן ביןוכ׳ he crowded them (the priests) between the two bars of the Ark (cmp. צָמַד); a. e.Part. pass. מְצוּמְצָם; f. מְצוּמְצֶמֶת; pl. מְצוּמְצָמִין; מְצוּמְצָמוֹת. Ib. s. 11 (in Chaid. dict.) אנא חמיתיה מצ׳ ביניהון I saw it (the Divine Presence) confined in the midst of them (the elders); Yalk. Prov. 964. Lev. R. s. 14 ושאר איבריו מצ׳ בווכ׳ and the rest of its (the embryos) limbs are pressed together like a shapeless lump; (Y.Nidd.III, 50d מצומתים), v. גּוֹלֶם. 2) to press against, hide behind. Pesik. Sos, p. 147b> (ref. to Is. 61:10 ככלה) כיון … היו מְצַמְצְמִין עצמןוכ׳ when the Israelites stood at Mount Sinai they pressed themselves (against one another, in reverence) like a bride (when she undresses), opening one (part of her garment) and holding together another Part. Cant. R. to IV, 10 the Ten Commandments שהיו מצמצמים עליהן ככלה (sub. עצמן) at receiving which they hid themselves like a bride. Gen. R. s. 45 end והיתה … וצִימְצְמָה פניהוכ׳ she leaned on her maid and pressed her face (against her), so that the king could not see her ; Yalk. ib. 80. Cant. R. to VI, 5 הלכה וצמצמה פניה אחורי העמוד she went and pressed her face (hid herself) behind a column; a. e. 3) ( to press the eye) to observe closely; to define exactly. Bekh.II, 6 (17a) אי אפשר לצַמְצֵם (Mish. ed. אי אפשר only) it is impossible to ascertain exactly (that both heads came forth simultaneously). Ib. 17b אפשר לצַ׳ בידי שמים it is possible to ascertain simultaneity in natural processes; א״א לצַ׳ בידי אדם it is impossible to ascertain simultaneity in human actions. Shebu.32a (ref. to כפרו שניהן כאחת, Mish. IV, 4) הא אי איפשר לצַ׳ but is it not impossible to ascertain simultaneity (of evidence of two witnesses)? Ib.; Ḥull.28b חלקו … לפי שא״א לצ׳ if he divided the stove into two equal parts, both are unclean, because it is impossible to make an exactly even division; a. fr.Y.Erub.V, 22c שתהא החמה מְצַמְצֶמֶת בו באחדוכ׳ that the sun should shine on it exactly in the first moment of the solstice of Tebeth and of that of Tammuz.Part. pass. as ab. Y.Ḥall.I, 57d bot. חמשת … מצ׳ exactly five quarts. Y.Sabb.II, 5a top שלש על שלש מצ׳ exactly three by three (handbreadths). Gitt.7a אם … שמזונותיו מצ׳ if a man sees that his means of support are getting scanty; a. fr. 4) to stint, save, v. צָמַת.

צִמְצֵם( Pilp. of צָמַם) 1) to contract; to press, squeeze in, force into close confinement. Snh.76b לרבות את המְצַמְצֵם this includes him who caused the death of a person by forcing him into a place whence he could not escape. Ib. 77a בנזקין … מצמצם in cases of damages the Law does not condemn him who causes damage through confinement (e. g. by placing an animal where it was exposed to sunstroke). Pesik. Baḥod., p. 152a> מצמצם שכינתו ביניהם forces his Divine Presence into their midst; ib. Vayhi, p. 5a>. Gen. R. s. 5; Lev. R. s. 10 צִימְצְמָן ביןוכ׳ he crowded them (the priests) between the two bars of the Ark (cmp. צָמַד); a. e.Part. pass. מְצוּמְצָם; f. מְצוּמְצֶמֶת; pl. מְצוּמְצָמִין; מְצוּמְצָמוֹת. Ib. s. 11 (in Chaid. dict.) אנא חמיתיה מצ׳ ביניהון I saw it (the Divine Presence) confined in the midst of them (the elders); Yalk. Prov. 964. Lev. R. s. 14 ושאר איבריו מצ׳ בווכ׳ and the rest of its (the embryos) limbs are pressed together like a shapeless lump; (Y.Nidd.III, 50d מצומתים), v. גּוֹלֶם. 2) to press against, hide behind. Pesik. Sos, p. 147b> (ref. to Is. 61:10 ככלה) כיון … היו מְצַמְצְמִין עצמןוכ׳ when the Israelites stood at Mount Sinai they pressed themselves (against one another, in reverence) like a bride (when she undresses), opening one (part of her garment) and holding together another Part. Cant. R. to IV, 10 the Ten Commandments שהיו מצמצמים עליהן ככלה (sub. עצמן) at receiving which they hid themselves like a bride. Gen. R. s. 45 end והיתה … וצִימְצְמָה פניהוכ׳ she leaned on her maid and pressed her face (against her), so that the king could not see her ; Yalk. ib. 80. Cant. R. to VI, 5 הלכה וצמצמה פניה אחורי העמוד she went and pressed her face (hid herself) behind a column; a. e. 3) ( to press the eye) to observe closely; to define exactly. Bekh.II, 6 (17a) אי אפשר לצַמְצֵם (Mish. ed. אי אפשר only) it is impossible to ascertain exactly (that both heads came forth simultaneously). Ib. 17b אפשר לצַ׳ בידי שמים it is possible to ascertain simultaneity in natural processes; א״א לצַ׳ בידי אדם it is impossible to ascertain simultaneity in human actions. Shebu.32a (ref. to כפרו שניהן כאחת, Mish. IV, 4) הא אי איפשר לצַ׳ but is it not impossible to ascertain simultaneity (of evidence of two witnesses)? Ib.; Ḥull.28b חלקו … לפי שא״א לצ׳ if he divided the stove into two equal parts, both are unclean, because it is impossible to make an exactly even division; a. fr.Y.Erub.V, 22c שתהא החמה מְצַמְצֶמֶת בו באחדוכ׳ that the sun should shine on it exactly in the first moment of the solstice of Tebeth and of that of Tammuz.Part. pass. as ab. Y.Ḥall.I, 57d bot. חמשת … מצ׳ exactly five quarts. Y.Sabb.II, 5a top שלש על שלש מצ׳ exactly three by three (handbreadths). Gitt.7a אם … שמזונותיו מצ׳ if a man sees that his means of support are getting scanty; a. fr. 4) to stint, save, v. צָמַת.

מָצַע(v. מָצָה) to press, squeeze.Denom. אֶמְצַע. q. v. Pi. מִיצֵּעַ 1) (v. מָצָה Hithpa.) to be exact in calculation, to measure exactly. Tosef.Erub.IV (III), 4 ואם מִיצְּעוּ את התחוםוכ׳ and if they (those authorized to lay for him the Erub. v. עֵירוּב) measured the Sabbath limit exactly (laying the Erub. in opposite directions, each exactly at 2000 cubits from his present place), he must not move from his place; Erub.50b; Y. ib. III, 21b מיצע אתוכ׳ if he had the Erub. laid Ib. מיצעת אתוכ׳ (read מִיצְּעוּ) if they (the partners) laid the Erub. ; Tosef. ib. IX (VI), 12 מיצע (read: מיצעו); a. e. 2) (denom. of אֶמְצַע) to place in the middle. Snh.II, 1 מְמַצְּעוֹ, v. מְמוּנֶּה. Y.Ber.V, end, 9d מְמַצְּעִין את הכהן the priest is called upon to read between the two common Israelites. Gen. R. s. 95 היו מְמַצְּעִים אותווכ׳ they took him in the middle and guarded him. Pes.111a שלשה אין ממצעין ולא מִתְמַצְּעִין there are three objects we must not allow to pass between two persons, nor must any person be passed between them.Part. pass. מְמוּצָּע a) exactly placed (= מְכוּוָּן); b) placed between. Zeb.58b מזבח ממ׳ ועומדוכ׳ the altar was placed exactly in the centre of the Temple; Yoma 16a; ib. 33b; Sifra Vayikra, Ndab., Par. V, ch. VII מְמֻצְּע. Ex. R. s. 2 שהיה ממ׳ ועומד באמצעוכ׳ who was standing in the very centre of the fire. Y.Ber.IV, 8b top גדולה … שהיא מְמוּצַּעַתוכ׳ knowledge is something great, for it is placed between two divine names (1 Sam. 2:3).

מָצַע(v. מָצָה) to press, squeeze.Denom. אֶמְצַע. q. v. Pi. מִיצֵּעַ 1) (v. מָצָה Hithpa.) to be exact in calculation, to measure exactly. Tosef.Erub.IV (III), 4 ואם מִיצְּעוּ את התחוםוכ׳ and if they (those authorized to lay for him the Erub. v. עֵירוּב) measured the Sabbath limit exactly (laying the Erub. in opposite directions, each exactly at 2000 cubits from his present place), he must not move from his place; Erub.50b; Y. ib. III, 21b מיצע אתוכ׳ if he had the Erub. laid Ib. מיצעת אתוכ׳ (read מִיצְּעוּ) if they (the partners) laid the Erub. ; Tosef. ib. IX (VI), 12 מיצע (read: מיצעו); a. e. 2) (denom. of אֶמְצַע) to place in the middle. Snh.II, 1 מְמַצְּעוֹ, v. מְמוּנֶּה. Y.Ber.V, end, 9d מְמַצְּעִין את הכהן the priest is called upon to read between the two common Israelites. Gen. R. s. 95 היו מְמַצְּעִים אותווכ׳ they took him in the middle and guarded him. Pes.111a שלשה אין ממצעין ולא מִתְמַצְּעִין there are three objects we must not allow to pass between two persons, nor must any person be passed between them.Part. pass. מְמוּצָּע a) exactly placed (= מְכוּוָּן); b) placed between. Zeb.58b מזבח ממ׳ ועומדוכ׳ the altar was placed exactly in the centre of the Temple; Yoma 16a; ib. 33b; Sifra Vayikra, Ndab., Par. V, ch. VII מְמֻצְּע. Ex. R. s. 2 שהיה ממ׳ ועומד באמצעוכ׳ who was standing in the very centre of the fire. Y.Ber.IV, 8b top גדולה … שהיא מְמוּצַּעַתוכ׳ knowledge is something great, for it is placed between two divine names (1 Sam. 2:3).

כּוּן(b. h.) to stand, exist, be firm. Pi. כִּיוֵּון 1) to straighten. Sifré Deut. 308 מְכַוְּונוֹ במעגילה he tries to straighten the wood in a press; Yalk. Deut. 942 (not מכינן); Pesik. Zutr. Haăz. (ed. Bub. V, p. 11 1) נתנו לאומן שיְכַוְּונוֹ he gave it to a mechanic to straighten it. 2) to place in a line, direct. Macc.II, 5 (9b) מְכַוְּונִין להן דרךוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. ומְכוּוָּנוֹת להן דרכים, v. infra) we make for them direct roads from one place of refuge to the other. 3) to determine exactly (place, time). Y.Erub.V, 22c לְכַוֵּין את הרוחות how to determine exactly the four cardinal points (v. רָבַע). Ib. bot. הארון היה מְכַוֵּיןוכ׳ the Ark indicated for them the points of the compass. Gen. R. s. 15, beg., v. כִּוּוּן. M. Kat. 10a אין יכול לכַוֵּין אימראוכ׳ is unable to sew the fringe accurately on the bosom of the shirt. Ber.7a לכַוֵּין אותה שעה to seize the opportunity of just that moment; a. fr. 4) (with לב or sub. לב) to direct or prepare ones mind, to pay attention, to do a thing with an intention. Ber.II, 1 אם כ׳ לבו if he (while reading in the Law) had his mind directed (to the Shma); ib. 13a אם כ׳ לבו לקרות it means, he read with attention (to the sense, not merely like one going over the text for correction). R. Hash. 28b כ׳ לבו לצאת he had the intention of complying with the law (v. יָצָא); opp. (כ׳) לשמוע he directed his attention to listening, i. e. heard the sound with consciousness (but without devotion); v. כַּוָּונָה. Ber.V, 1 היו שוהין … כדי שיְכַוְּונוּ לבםוכ׳ tarried a while before prayer, in order to direct their hearts to their Father in heaven. Y. ib. II, 5a חזקה כִּוֵּין the presumption is that he read with attention; a. fr.Part. pass. מְכוּוָּן, f. מְכוּוָּנָה, מְכוּוֶּנֶת; pl. מְכוּוָּנִים, … נִין; מְכוּוָּנוֹת a) in a line, corresponding. Y.Kil.V, beg.30b עריס המכ׳ a straight bed of vines, opp. מעוקם. Ib. מכ׳ הן they (the vines) are in a straight line. Y.Ber.IV, 8c top בית … מ׳ כנגד … של מעלן the situation of the earthly Holy of Holies corresponds with that of the heavenly Macc.II, 5 ומכוונות להן דרכים (not … נת), v. supra. Ib. 9b ומכוונות היו כמיןוכ׳ (Ms. M. ומכוונין הן) and they (the three towns on this side and those on the other side of the Jordan respectively) were in straight parallel lines like two rows in a vineyard; a. fr.b) exact, precise. Toh. III, 1 sq. כביצה מ׳ exactly the quantity of an egg. Mikv. VII, 6; Ḥag.19a; Gitt.16a. Hif. הֵכִין to put in proper position, to prepare; to hold ready, to designate. Bets.2b (ref. to Ex. 16:5) חול מֵכִין לשבתוכ׳ a week day prepares for the Sabbath (that which has become ready for use on a week day may be used on the Sabbath), but a Holy Day does not prepare for the succeeding Sabbath, ואין שבת מֵכִינָה ליו״ט nor can the Sabbath prepare for a succeeding Holy Day, v. הֲכָנָה.Meg.12b (play on ממוכן, Esth. 1:14) כלום הֵכִינוּוכ׳ have they (the Persians) arranged a table before thee?; Esth. R. to l. c. מי מֵכִיןוכ׳ who arranges an altar ?; a. fr.Tosef.Maasr.I, 4 משיכינו ed. Zuck., Var. משייבינו, read: משיניצו.Part. pass. מוּכָן prepared, designated, ready. Bets.I, 2 עפר מ׳ מבעוד יום dust (for covering the blood) made ready a day before. Ib. אפר כירה מ׳ הוא ashes of the stove are considered ready (destined to be used for the purpose). Ib. III, 4 אין זה מן המ׳ this is not among the things designated for use on the Holy Day. Ib. IV, 6.Meg. l. c. (play on ממוכן, v. supra) שמ׳ לפורענות he was ready for evil; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְכַּיֵּון, הִתְכַּוֵּון, Nithpa. נִתְכַּוֵּין 1) to be made straight, to be remedied (cmp. תכן). Pesik. Zutr. l. c. אין אתם מִתְכַּוְּונִים אלא באור you (your crookedness) can be remedied only through fire; Sifré Deut. L, 100. אין אתם הולכים אלא לאור; Yalk. Deut l. c. הולכין אלא לאחור (corr. acc.). 2) to prepare ones self. Y.Meg.I, 71c (ref. to הִכּוֹן, Am. 4:12) הִתְכַּוֵּון לקראתוכ׳ put thyself in proper condition to meet thy God. 3) to intend, propose. B. Kam.VIII. 1 עד שיהא מִתְכַּ יֵן unless he did it with malicious intent. Tosef.Naz.III, 10 לא נִתְכֵּוַּונְתִּי אלא כמותה my intention was to be exactly like her (as to her vow). Ib. 14 מישנ׳ לעלותוכ׳ if he who had the intention to eat the flesh of swine ; v. עָלָה. Sabb.22a ובלבד שלא יִתְכַּוֵּיןוכ׳ provided he has not the intention of making a groove.Bets.23a, a. fr. דבר שאינו מִתְכַּ׳ a forbidden act which was produced without intent, i. e. an unintended but unavoidable effect of a permitted act. R. Hash. 28b. Pes.53b, a. fr. שניהם … נִתְכַּוְּונוּ both meant the same thing; a. fr. Polel כּוֹנֵן to establish, base firmly. Ex. R. s. 15 מבקש לְכוֹנֵן עולמים wanted to establish worlds. Ib. על אלו אני מְכוֹנֵןוכ׳ upon those (the patriarchs) I will establish the world.Part. pass. מְכוֹנָן, f. מְבוֹנֶנֶת. Midr. Sam. ch. 16 (ref. to הכינני, 1 Kings 2:24) בזכות התורה המ׳ בארון (the world exists) for the sake of the Law that is put up straight in the holy Ark.

כּוּן(b. h.) to stand, exist, be firm. Pi. כִּיוֵּון 1) to straighten. Sifré Deut. 308 מְכַוְּונוֹ במעגילה he tries to straighten the wood in a press; Yalk. Deut. 942 (not מכינן); Pesik. Zutr. Haăz. (ed. Bub. V, p. 11 1) נתנו לאומן שיְכַוְּונוֹ he gave it to a mechanic to straighten it. 2) to place in a line, direct. Macc.II, 5 (9b) מְכַוְּונִין להן דרךוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. ומְכוּוָּנוֹת להן דרכים, v. infra) we make for them direct roads from one place of refuge to the other. 3) to determine exactly (place, time). Y.Erub.V, 22c לְכַוֵּין את הרוחות how to determine exactly the four cardinal points (v. רָבַע). Ib. bot. הארון היה מְכַוֵּיןוכ׳ the Ark indicated for them the points of the compass. Gen. R. s. 15, beg., v. כִּוּוּן. M. Kat. 10a אין יכול לכַוֵּין אימראוכ׳ is unable to sew the fringe accurately on the bosom of the shirt. Ber.7a לכַוֵּין אותה שעה to seize the opportunity of just that moment; a. fr. 4) (with לב or sub. לב) to direct or prepare ones mind, to pay attention, to do a thing with an intention. Ber.II, 1 אם כ׳ לבו if he (while reading in the Law) had his mind directed (to the Shma); ib. 13a אם כ׳ לבו לקרות it means, he read with attention (to the sense, not merely like one going over the text for correction). R. Hash. 28b כ׳ לבו לצאת he had the intention of complying with the law (v. יָצָא); opp. (כ׳) לשמוע he directed his attention to listening, i. e. heard the sound with consciousness (but without devotion); v. כַּוָּונָה. Ber.V, 1 היו שוהין … כדי שיְכַוְּונוּ לבםוכ׳ tarried a while before prayer, in order to direct their hearts to their Father in heaven. Y. ib. II, 5a חזקה כִּוֵּין the presumption is that he read with attention; a. fr.Part. pass. מְכוּוָּן, f. מְכוּוָּנָה, מְכוּוֶּנֶת; pl. מְכוּוָּנִים, … נִין; מְכוּוָּנוֹת a) in a line, corresponding. Y.Kil.V, beg.30b עריס המכ׳ a straight bed of vines, opp. מעוקם. Ib. מכ׳ הן they (the vines) are in a straight line. Y.Ber.IV, 8c top בית … מ׳ כנגד … של מעלן the situation of the earthly Holy of Holies corresponds with that of the heavenly Macc.II, 5 ומכוונות להן דרכים (not … נת), v. supra. Ib. 9b ומכוונות היו כמיןוכ׳ (Ms. M. ומכוונין הן) and they (the three towns on this side and those on the other side of the Jordan respectively) were in straight parallel lines like two rows in a vineyard; a. fr.b) exact, precise. Toh. III, 1 sq. כביצה מ׳ exactly the quantity of an egg. Mikv. VII, 6; Ḥag.19a; Gitt.16a. Hif. הֵכִין to put in proper position, to prepare; to hold ready, to designate. Bets.2b (ref. to Ex. 16:5) חול מֵכִין לשבתוכ׳ a week day prepares for the Sabbath (that which has become ready for use on a week day may be used on the Sabbath), but a Holy Day does not prepare for the succeeding Sabbath, ואין שבת מֵכִינָה ליו״ט nor can the Sabbath prepare for a succeeding Holy Day, v. הֲכָנָה.Meg.12b (play on ממוכן, Esth. 1:14) כלום הֵכִינוּוכ׳ have they (the Persians) arranged a table before thee?; Esth. R. to l. c. מי מֵכִיןוכ׳ who arranges an altar ?; a. fr.Tosef.Maasr.I, 4 משיכינו ed. Zuck., Var. משייבינו, read: משיניצו.Part. pass. מוּכָן prepared, designated, ready. Bets.I, 2 עפר מ׳ מבעוד יום dust (for covering the blood) made ready a day before. Ib. אפר כירה מ׳ הוא ashes of the stove are considered ready (destined to be used for the purpose). Ib. III, 4 אין זה מן המ׳ this is not among the things designated for use on the Holy Day. Ib. IV, 6.Meg. l. c. (play on ממוכן, v. supra) שמ׳ לפורענות he was ready for evil; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְכַּיֵּון, הִתְכַּוֵּון, Nithpa. נִתְכַּוֵּין 1) to be made straight, to be remedied (cmp. תכן). Pesik. Zutr. l. c. אין אתם מִתְכַּוְּונִים אלא באור you (your crookedness) can be remedied only through fire; Sifré Deut. L, 100. אין אתם הולכים אלא לאור; Yalk. Deut l. c. הולכין אלא לאחור (corr. acc.). 2) to prepare ones self. Y.Meg.I, 71c (ref. to הִכּוֹן, Am. 4:12) הִתְכַּוֵּון לקראתוכ׳ put thyself in proper condition to meet thy God. 3) to intend, propose. B. Kam.VIII. 1 עד שיהא מִתְכַּ יֵן unless he did it with malicious intent. Tosef.Naz.III, 10 לא נִתְכֵּוַּונְתִּי אלא כמותה my intention was to be exactly like her (as to her vow). Ib. 14 מישנ׳ לעלותוכ׳ if he who had the intention to eat the flesh of swine ; v. עָלָה. Sabb.22a ובלבד שלא יִתְכַּוֵּיןוכ׳ provided he has not the intention of making a groove.Bets.23a, a. fr. דבר שאינו מִתְכַּ׳ a forbidden act which was produced without intent, i. e. an unintended but unavoidable effect of a permitted act. R. Hash. 28b. Pes.53b, a. fr. שניהם … נִתְכַּוְּונוּ both meant the same thing; a. fr. Polel כּוֹנֵן to establish, base firmly. Ex. R. s. 15 מבקש לְכוֹנֵן עולמים wanted to establish worlds. Ib. על אלו אני מְכוֹנֵןוכ׳ upon those (the patriarchs) I will establish the world.Part. pass. מְכוֹנָן, f. מְבוֹנֶנֶת. Midr. Sam. ch. 16 (ref. to הכינני, 1 Kings 2:24) בזכות התורה המ׳ בארון (the world exists) for the sake of the Law that is put up straight in the holy Ark.

כּוּןch. sam(כוןto stand, exist, be firm); Pa. כַּוֵּון 1) to direct, aim, draw a direct line. Targ. Y. Num. 22:23. Targ. Num. 34:7, sq. (h. text תאה). Targ. Y. Deut. 10:5 וכוונית (h. text פנה). Ib. 19:3 (h. text תכין, v. preced.); a. e. 2) to draw a parallel, compare. Targ. Is. 46:5 (h. text תמשילני). 3) (with דעתא, or sub. דעתא) to direct the mind, to pay attention; to do a thing intentionally. Targ. Y. Num. 11:1 מכ׳ והגיאן ביש intentionally speaking evil.Ber.17b לא מצי לְכַוּוּנֵי דעתיה he cannot collect his mind (for prayer). Ib. 30b מעיקרא לא כ׳וכ׳ the first time he read without attention. Ḥull.31a דלא קָמְכַוֵּין (or קָמִכַּוֵּין Ithpa.) when he had no intention whatever (to cut); a. fr.Part. pass. מְכַוַּון a) directed towards, corresponding. Targ. Ez. 1:9. Targ. Ex. 26:5; a. fr.b) straight, firm, upright. Targ. Job 21:8 מְכַוְּונִין Bxt. (Ms. מְכַוְּונַן; ed. מכוין, מְכַוַּון, corr. acc.; h. text נכון). Targ. Ps. 51:12. Ib. 57:8 (ed. Wil. מכוֵן, corr. acc.); a. fr.Yoma 28b לא מְכַוְּונֵי Ms. M. (ed. לא מ׳ טובא) the Temple walls were not exactly straight (the lower portions being thicker than the upper); (Ms. M. 2 משום דמכווני because the walls were exactly built in correspondence with the points of the compass). Y.Snh.IV, beg.22a; III, 21c top (read:) כד הוא חמי סהדו מכַוְּונָא … הכן והכן מְכַוֵּון when he found evidences (of two) exactly corresponding, he cross-examined; but when he found them turning hither and thither (differing in details), he tried to harmonize (allowing for errors in time, v. חֲקִירָה). Ithpa. אִיתְכַּיֵּון, אִיכַּ׳, כַּוֵּין … 1) to place ones self, to stand. Targ. Ps. 101:7. 2) to be precise in doing. Ib. 90:12 מן יִתְכַּ׳ להודע ed. Lag. (oth. ed. כן, corr. acc.) who can exactly make known? (h. text כן הודע). Targ. Y. Lev. 13:12. 3) to be trained, to be in the habit of. Targ. Y. Num. 22:30 (h. text הסכן). 4) to intend, mean. Ib. 30:5 ויתכ׳ וישתוק and keeps silence intentionally. Targ. Y. Deut. 19:4; a. e.Ḥull.95a דאיכ׳ לצעורי׳וכ׳ who meant to vex his neighbor. Ib. 31a מִיכַּוֵּין לשום חתיכה had the intention merely to cut (not to slaughter according to the ritual, v. זְבִיחָה). Ib. מה כלים דלא מִיכַּוְּונֵיוכ׳ as vessels (lifeless things) which have no thought ; a. e. Ithpe. אִיתְכָּן to be prepared, ready (מוּכָן, v. preced.). Ib. 14a כיון דלא א׳וכ׳ because it was not prepared (designated for use) yesterday.V. תכן.

כּוּןch. sam(כוןto stand, exist, be firm); Pa. כַּוֵּון 1) to direct, aim, draw a direct line. Targ. Y. Num. 22:23. Targ. Num. 34:7, sq. (h. text תאה). Targ. Y. Deut. 10:5 וכוונית (h. text פנה). Ib. 19:3 (h. text תכין, v. preced.); a. e. 2) to draw a parallel, compare. Targ. Is. 46:5 (h. text תמשילני). 3) (with דעתא, or sub. דעתא) to direct the mind, to pay attention; to do a thing intentionally. Targ. Y. Num. 11:1 מכ׳ והגיאן ביש intentionally speaking evil.Ber.17b לא מצי לְכַוּוּנֵי דעתיה he cannot collect his mind (for prayer). Ib. 30b מעיקרא לא כ׳וכ׳ the first time he read without attention. Ḥull.31a דלא קָמְכַוֵּין (or קָמִכַּוֵּין Ithpa.) when he had no intention whatever (to cut); a. fr.Part. pass. מְכַוַּון a) directed towards, corresponding. Targ. Ez. 1:9. Targ. Ex. 26:5; a. fr.b) straight, firm, upright. Targ. Job 21:8 מְכַוְּונִין Bxt. (Ms. מְכַוְּונַן; ed. מכוין, מְכַוַּון, corr. acc.; h. text נכון). Targ. Ps. 51:12. Ib. 57:8 (ed. Wil. מכוֵן, corr. acc.); a. fr.Yoma 28b לא מְכַוְּונֵי Ms. M. (ed. לא מ׳ טובא) the Temple walls were not exactly straight (the lower portions being thicker than the upper); (Ms. M. 2 משום דמכווני because the walls were exactly built in correspondence with the points of the compass). Y.Snh.IV, beg.22a; III, 21c top (read:) כד הוא חמי סהדו מכַוְּונָא … הכן והכן מְכַוֵּון when he found evidences (of two) exactly corresponding, he cross-examined; but when he found them turning hither and thither (differing in details), he tried to harmonize (allowing for errors in time, v. חֲקִירָה). Ithpa. אִיתְכַּיֵּון, אִיכַּ׳, כַּוֵּין … 1) to place ones self, to stand. Targ. Ps. 101:7. 2) to be precise in doing. Ib. 90:12 מן יִתְכַּ׳ להודע ed. Lag. (oth. ed. כן, corr. acc.) who can exactly make known? (h. text כן הודע). Targ. Y. Lev. 13:12. 3) to be trained, to be in the habit of. Targ. Y. Num. 22:30 (h. text הסכן). 4) to intend, mean. Ib. 30:5 ויתכ׳ וישתוק and keeps silence intentionally. Targ. Y. Deut. 19:4; a. e.Ḥull.95a דאיכ׳ לצעורי׳וכ׳ who meant to vex his neighbor. Ib. 31a מִיכַּוֵּין לשום חתיכה had the intention merely to cut (not to slaughter according to the ritual, v. זְבִיחָה). Ib. מה כלים דלא מִיכַּוְּונֵיוכ׳ as vessels (lifeless things) which have no thought ; a. e. Ithpe. אִיתְכָּן to be prepared, ready (מוּכָן, v. preced.). Ib. 14a כיון דלא א׳וכ׳ because it was not prepared (designated for use) yesterday.V. תכן.

דַּוְקָא, דַּוְוקָאm. (preced.) 1) exactness, minuteness. Nez. 7b נחית לד׳ enters into minuteness (saying ‘one and a half). 2) (as an adv.) exactly, exclusively, only. Yeb.76a ד׳ שערתא a real barley corn it must be (nothing else). Men.30a באמצע שיטה ד׳ only in the middle of a line.Gitt.44a ד׳ או לאו ד׳ is this meant exactly (one hundred), or not exactly? Men.27b אל ד׳ el (towards) is meant in its exact sense; a. fr.

דַּוְקָא, דַּוְוקָאm. (preced.) 1) exactness, minuteness. Nez. 7b נחית לד׳ enters into minuteness (saying ‘one and a half). 2) (as an adv.) exactly, exclusively, only. Yeb.76a ד׳ שערתא a real barley corn it must be (nothing else). Men.30a באמצע שיטה ד׳ only in the middle of a line.Gitt.44a ד׳ או לאו ד׳ is this meant exactly (one hundred), or not exactly? Men.27b אל ד׳ el (towards) is meant in its exact sense; a. fr.

דַּוְקָא, דַּוְוקָאm. (preced.) 1) exactness, minuteness. Nez. 7b נחית לד׳ enters into minuteness (saying ‘one and a half). 2) (as an adv.) exactly, exclusively, only. Yeb.76a ד׳ שערתא a real barley corn it must be (nothing else). Men.30a באמצע שיטה ד׳ only in the middle of a line.Gitt.44a ד׳ או לאו ד׳ is this meant exactly (one hundred), or not exactly? Men.27b אל ד׳ el (towards) is meant in its exact sense; a. fr.

דַּוְקָא, דַּוְוקָאm. (preced.) 1) exactness, minuteness. Nez. 7b נחית לד׳ enters into minuteness (saying ‘one and a half). 2) (as an adv.) exactly, exclusively, only. Yeb.76a ד׳ שערתא a real barley corn it must be (nothing else). Men.30a באמצע שיטה ד׳ only in the middle of a line.Gitt.44a ד׳ או לאו ד׳ is this meant exactly (one hundred), or not exactly? Men.27b אל ד׳ el (towards) is meant in its exact sense; a. fr.

מצי, מָצָה(מָצָא) (b. h.) to squeeze, wring, esp. to wring out the blood of the bird sacrifice. Sifra Vayikra, Ndab., ch. VIII, Par. 7 הזא מוֹצֶה he wrings it; a. fr. Pi. מִיצָּה, מִצָּה 1) same. Zeb.VI, 5, sq.; a. fr. 2) to pour out to the last drop, to drain. Ib. 64b מי כתיב יְמַצֶּה יִמָּצֵהוכ׳ (ed. punctuate יַמְצֶה, Hif.) it does not say (Lev. 5:9), ‘he shall pour out (the remainder) at the bottom, but ‘it shall be wrung out, which means, that it will run out to the bottom of itself. Ter. XI, 8 הִרְכִּינָהּ ומִיצָּה (Y. ed. ומִיצֵּת; Ms. M. ומִצֵּת) if he bent the vessel and drained it; B. Bath.87b (Ms. H. a. R. ומיצת); ib. V, 8 (87a) הרכינה ומיצה (Y. ed. ומצת; Bab. ed. ומִיצֵּית, Ms. M. ומִוצֵּת; Ms. R. ומִיצְּתָהּ). Gen. R. s. 85; s. 92 (play on מצא, Gen. 44:16) כזה שהוא מְמַצֶּהוכ׳ as one drains a vessel and leaves nothing but the lees. Midr. Till. to Ps. 59 (play on מצא, Prov. 18:22) כשהאשה רעה היא מְמַצָּה (כל) הטובות כולן מביתווכ׳ ed. Bub. (oth. ed. ממַצֶּאֶת, a. oth. variants) when the wife is bad, she drains all the good things out of his house and makes him poor; Yalk. Prov. 957 ממציא (read: מְמַצֵּית); a. fr. 3) (cmp. מָצַע) מ׳ מידות to measure exactly. Erub.IV, 11 (52b) אין המשוחות מְמַצִּיןוכ׳ the surveyors (in marking distances for Sabbath limits) do not measure exactly (but mark within the limits), in order to allow for mistakes.Trnsf. to sound ones learning. Men.18a למַצֹּות מידותי to have my own learning examined; למ׳ מידותיווכ׳ to sound the learning of Hithpa. מִתְמַצֶּה to be wrung out; to be emptied, drained Sifra Vayikra, Ḥob., Par. 10, ch. XVIII; Zeb.64b שהשירין מִתְמְצִּים ליסוד where the remainder is poured out towards the bottom of the altar; a. fr. (Ib. VI, 4 (64b) היה מתמצה, read מְמַצֶּה, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 50.Y.R. Hash. I, 56d top; Y.Shek.III, beg.47b עד כאן הן מִתְמַצּוֹת לילדוכ׳ up to that time (the first of Elul) the latest births of the old year (of those conceived before the first of Nisan) take place Trnsf. (with חשבון) to be exactly counted, to be finally settled. Y.Sot.I, 17a (he suffers a loss by the death of his ox) והחשבון מִתְמַצֶּה and the account (of his sins) is settled; ib.; Num. R. s. 9 אחת מתארעאוכ׳, v. אָרַע I; Koh. R. to VII, 27.

מצי, מָצָה(מָצָא) (b. h.) to squeeze, wring, esp. to wring out the blood of the bird sacrifice. Sifra Vayikra, Ndab., ch. VIII, Par. 7 הזא מוֹצֶה he wrings it; a. fr. Pi. מִיצָּה, מִצָּה 1) same. Zeb.VI, 5, sq.; a. fr. 2) to pour out to the last drop, to drain. Ib. 64b מי כתיב יְמַצֶּה יִמָּצֵהוכ׳ (ed. punctuate יַמְצֶה, Hif.) it does not say (Lev. 5:9), ‘he shall pour out (the remainder) at the bottom, but ‘it shall be wrung out, which means, that it will run out to the bottom of itself. Ter. XI, 8 הִרְכִּינָהּ ומִיצָּה (Y. ed. ומִיצֵּת; Ms. M. ומִצֵּת) if he bent the vessel and drained it; B. Bath.87b (Ms. H. a. R. ומיצת); ib. V, 8 (87a) הרכינה ומיצה (Y. ed. ומצת; Bab. ed. ומִיצֵּית, Ms. M. ומִוצֵּת; Ms. R. ומִיצְּתָהּ). Gen. R. s. 85; s. 92 (play on מצא, Gen. 44:16) כזה שהוא מְמַצֶּהוכ׳ as one drains a vessel and leaves nothing but the lees. Midr. Till. to Ps. 59 (play on מצא, Prov. 18:22) כשהאשה רעה היא מְמַצָּה (כל) הטובות כולן מביתווכ׳ ed. Bub. (oth. ed. ממַצֶּאֶת, a. oth. variants) when the wife is bad, she drains all the good things out of his house and makes him poor; Yalk. Prov. 957 ממציא (read: מְמַצֵּית); a. fr. 3) (cmp. מָצַע) מ׳ מידות to measure exactly. Erub.IV, 11 (52b) אין המשוחות מְמַצִּיןוכ׳ the surveyors (in marking distances for Sabbath limits) do not measure exactly (but mark within the limits), in order to allow for mistakes.Trnsf. to sound ones learning. Men.18a למַצֹּות מידותי to have my own learning examined; למ׳ מידותיווכ׳ to sound the learning of Hithpa. מִתְמַצֶּה to be wrung out; to be emptied, drained Sifra Vayikra, Ḥob., Par. 10, ch. XVIII; Zeb.64b שהשירין מִתְמְצִּים ליסוד where the remainder is poured out towards the bottom of the altar; a. fr. (Ib. VI, 4 (64b) היה מתמצה, read מְמַצֶּה, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 50.Y.R. Hash. I, 56d top; Y.Shek.III, beg.47b עד כאן הן מִתְמַצּוֹת לילדוכ׳ up to that time (the first of Elul) the latest births of the old year (of those conceived before the first of Nisan) take place Trnsf. (with חשבון) to be exactly counted, to be finally settled. Y.Sot.I, 17a (he suffers a loss by the death of his ox) והחשבון מִתְמַצֶּה and the account (of his sins) is settled; ib.; Num. R. s. 9 אחת מתארעאוכ׳, v. אָרַע I; Koh. R. to VII, 27.

מצי, מָצָה(מָצָא) (b. h.) to squeeze, wring, esp. to wring out the blood of the bird sacrifice. Sifra Vayikra, Ndab., ch. VIII, Par. 7 הזא מוֹצֶה he wrings it; a. fr. Pi. מִיצָּה, מִצָּה 1) same. Zeb.VI, 5, sq.; a. fr. 2) to pour out to the last drop, to drain. Ib. 64b מי כתיב יְמַצֶּה יִמָּצֵהוכ׳ (ed. punctuate יַמְצֶה, Hif.) it does not say (Lev. 5:9), ‘he shall pour out (the remainder) at the bottom, but ‘it shall be wrung out, which means, that it will run out to the bottom of itself. Ter. XI, 8 הִרְכִּינָהּ ומִיצָּה (Y. ed. ומִיצֵּת; Ms. M. ומִצֵּת) if he bent the vessel and drained it; B. Bath.87b (Ms. H. a. R. ומיצת); ib. V, 8 (87a) הרכינה ומיצה (Y. ed. ומצת; Bab. ed. ומִיצֵּית, Ms. M. ומִוצֵּת; Ms. R. ומִיצְּתָהּ). Gen. R. s. 85; s. 92 (play on מצא, Gen. 44:16) כזה שהוא מְמַצֶּהוכ׳ as one drains a vessel and leaves nothing but the lees. Midr. Till. to Ps. 59 (play on מצא, Prov. 18:22) כשהאשה רעה היא מְמַצָּה (כל) הטובות כולן מביתווכ׳ ed. Bub. (oth. ed. ממַצֶּאֶת, a. oth. variants) when the wife is bad, she drains all the good things out of his house and makes him poor; Yalk. Prov. 957 ממציא (read: מְמַצֵּית); a. fr. 3) (cmp. מָצַע) מ׳ מידות to measure exactly. Erub.IV, 11 (52b) אין המשוחות מְמַצִּיןוכ׳ the surveyors (in marking distances for Sabbath limits) do not measure exactly (but mark within the limits), in order to allow for mistakes.Trnsf. to sound ones learning. Men.18a למַצֹּות מידותי to have my own learning examined; למ׳ מידותיווכ׳ to sound the learning of Hithpa. מִתְמַצֶּה to be wrung out; to be emptied, drained Sifra Vayikra, Ḥob., Par. 10, ch. XVIII; Zeb.64b שהשירין מִתְמְצִּים ליסוד where the remainder is poured out towards the bottom of the altar; a. fr. (Ib. VI, 4 (64b) היה מתמצה, read מְמַצֶּה, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 50.Y.R. Hash. I, 56d top; Y.Shek.III, beg.47b עד כאן הן מִתְמַצּוֹת לילדוכ׳ up to that time (the first of Elul) the latest births of the old year (of those conceived before the first of Nisan) take place Trnsf. (with חשבון) to be exactly counted, to be finally settled. Y.Sot.I, 17a (he suffers a loss by the death of his ox) והחשבון מִתְמַצֶּה and the account (of his sins) is settled; ib.; Num. R. s. 9 אחת מתארעאוכ׳, v. אָרַע I; Koh. R. to VII, 27.