halakhah

שְׁמַעI ch. sam( Nif. נִשְׁמַע to be heard; to be listened to, be obeyed). Targ. Gen. 27:5. Targ. Ex. 18:1. Targ. Job 4:16; a. v. fr.Part. pass. שְׁמִיעַ; f. שְׁמִיעָא. Targ. Ps. 29:3, sq. Targ. 2 Chr. 7:12; a. fr.Y.Ter.X, 47b bot. אנא מה דשַׁמְעִית ואינון מה דשַׁמְעוּן I report what I have heard, and they, what they have heard. Sabb.46b הא שַׁמְעִינָן ליה לר״שוכ׳ have we not heard what R. S. says ? Y.Sot.VII, beg.21b, v. אֲלִנִיסְטִי; a. v. fr.שמיע ל־ he has heard, he knows of. Erub.9b ור״י מי לא ש׳ ליה הא but has R. J. not heard that (does he not know that Boraitha of R. Ḥiya)? ש׳ ליה ולא סבר (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) he knows of it, but does not accept it. Ib. 10a, a. fr. לא ש׳ לי הא שמעתתא this tradition is not known to me. Pes.34a מידי ש׳ לך בהא do you know anything about this (hălakhah)?; a. v. fr.Esp. שמע מ־ to understand from, to infer, prove. Ab. Zar.72b, a. fr. ש׳ מינהוכ׳ (abbrev. ש״מ) deduce from this that Ib. שַׁמְעַת מינהוכ׳ wilt thou conclude from this that Ib., a. fr. אלא מהא ליכא למִשְׁמַע מינה but (the conclusion is,) you can derive nothing from this.Ib., a. fr. תא שמע (abbrev. ת״ש; v. אֲתָא) come and learn, i. e. derive it from the following. Sabb.13b ת״ש …ש״מ ואלו תנןש״מ I will prove it (from this Tosefta): ‘you must not … and those are some of the halakhoth, which proves that the right version is ‘ and those: it stands proved. Y.M. Kat. III, 83a top נִישְׁמְעִינָהּ מן הדא let us prove it from this; a. v. fr. Pa. שַׁמַּע 1) to make music; to sing, v. Af. 2) (v. שַׁמְּעָא) to minister to, be an attendant of. Ber.41b מאן … ונְשַׁמְּעִינָךְ would that we had iron feet, that we could always wait on thee! Meg.28b ניחא לי דאֲשַׁמְּעֵיה למר (Ms. M. דאשתמש ליה למר, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) it gives me pleasure to be your servant; a. e. Af. אַשְׁמַע 1) to cause to hear, cause to be heard, announce, proclaim. Targ. Deut. 4:36. Targ. Is. 52:7. Targ. Ps. 26:7; a. fr.Esp. (interch. with Pa.) to make music, play; to be a musician. Targ. 1 Sam. 29:5 (Ms. Pa.). Targ. 1 Chr. 15:16. Ib. 16:42 מַשְׁמְעַיָּא ed. Lag. (ed. Rahmer משמעייאה, Var. מַשְׁמְעַיָּה; h. text מַשְׁמִיעִים) musicians. Targ. Ps. 150:5 דמְשַׁמְּעִין לבדוחא Ms. (ed. Lag. דמשמעין בלחודיהון; ed. Wil. a. oth. דשמעין בלחודיהון, corr. acc.). Ib. דמַשְׁ׳ ביבבא (Ms. Pa.). 2) to give to understand; to teach, prove. Ber.2a מילתא … קא מַשְׁמַע לןוכ׳ (the Tannai in using such an expression) wants to teach us something by the way: when do the priests eat ; והא קמשמע לןוכ׳ (abbrev. קמ״ל) and it is this he teaches us, that the sacrifice of atonement is not indispensable Ib. 4b לאפוקי … קמ״ל דחובה in opposition to the opinion that the evening prayer is optional, he gives us to understand that it is obligatory. Sabb.19a מהו דתימא … קמ״ל you may have thought (that the cases are different, because) this devolves upon him, and the other does not, therefore he teaches us (that they are the same). Ib. 108a מאיקמ״ל what does he teach us (is it not a matter of course)? Ber.21a sq. דאי אַשְׁמְעִינָןוכ׳, v. צְרִיךְ; a. v. fr.Part. pass. מַשְׁמֵע a) understood. Yeb.102b מ׳ הכי ומ׳ הכי it may be understood thus (it may mean, ‘to take off), and may be understood thus (it may mean, ‘to strengthen); a. fr. 2) inferred, proved; evidence. Sabb.84b מאי מ׳ how is this proved (from the verse quoted)? Erub.65a מאי מ׳וכ׳ what evidence is there ?, v. פּוּק. Ib. מַשְׁמְעֵי, v. infra; a. fr.V. מַשְׁמָע. Ithpa. אִשְׁתַּמַּע, Ithpe. אִשְׁתְּמַע 1) to be heard, let ones self be heard. Targ. Gen. 45:16. Targ. Job 37:4 Ms. (ed. ישמע). Targ. Ps. 77:19; a. fr.Snh.95b (prov.) אגב אורחך … א׳ on thy road let thy enemy hear from thee, i. e. take revenge when occasion offers. R. Hash. 27a תרתי … לא מִשְׁתַּמְּעֵי … משתמעי two different sounds produced simultaneously by the same person are not distinctly perceived, but if produced by two persons, they are. Erub. l. c. מכרי קראי מִשְׁתַּמְּעֵי בין למרוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. משמעי, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) since verses may be quoted in favor of the one as well as of the other, what is the practical difference between them?; a. fr. 2) to make ones self subservient, obey; to surrender to the enemy, desert. Targ. 2 Kings 25:11 (h. text נפלו). Ib. 7:4. Targ. Ps. 18:45; 2 Sam. 22:45; a. fr.

שְׁמַעI ch. sam( Nif. נִשְׁמַע to be heard; to be listened to, be obeyed). Targ. Gen. 27:5. Targ. Ex. 18:1. Targ. Job 4:16; a. v. fr.Part. pass. שְׁמִיעַ; f. שְׁמִיעָא. Targ. Ps. 29:3, sq. Targ. 2 Chr. 7:12; a. fr.Y.Ter.X, 47b bot. אנא מה דשַׁמְעִית ואינון מה דשַׁמְעוּן I report what I have heard, and they, what they have heard. Sabb.46b הא שַׁמְעִינָן ליה לר״שוכ׳ have we not heard what R. S. says ? Y.Sot.VII, beg.21b, v. אֲלִנִיסְטִי; a. v. fr.שמיע ל־ he has heard, he knows of. Erub.9b ור״י מי לא ש׳ ליה הא but has R. J. not heard that (does he not know that Boraitha of R. Ḥiya)? ש׳ ליה ולא סבר (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) he knows of it, but does not accept it. Ib. 10a, a. fr. לא ש׳ לי הא שמעתתא this tradition is not known to me. Pes.34a מידי ש׳ לך בהא do you know anything about this (hălakhah)?; a. v. fr.Esp. שמע מ־ to understand from, to infer, prove. Ab. Zar.72b, a. fr. ש׳ מינהוכ׳ (abbrev. ש״מ) deduce from this that Ib. שַׁמְעַת מינהוכ׳ wilt thou conclude from this that Ib., a. fr. אלא מהא ליכא למִשְׁמַע מינה but (the conclusion is,) you can derive nothing from this.Ib., a. fr. תא שמע (abbrev. ת״ש; v. אֲתָא) come and learn, i. e. derive it from the following. Sabb.13b ת״ש …ש״מ ואלו תנןש״מ I will prove it (from this Tosefta): ‘you must not … and those are some of the halakhoth, which proves that the right version is ‘ and those: it stands proved. Y.M. Kat. III, 83a top נִישְׁמְעִינָהּ מן הדא let us prove it from this; a. v. fr. Pa. שַׁמַּע 1) to make music; to sing, v. Af. 2) (v. שַׁמְּעָא) to minister to, be an attendant of. Ber.41b מאן … ונְשַׁמְּעִינָךְ would that we had iron feet, that we could always wait on thee! Meg.28b ניחא לי דאֲשַׁמְּעֵיה למר (Ms. M. דאשתמש ליה למר, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) it gives me pleasure to be your servant; a. e. Af. אַשְׁמַע 1) to cause to hear, cause to be heard, announce, proclaim. Targ. Deut. 4:36. Targ. Is. 52:7. Targ. Ps. 26:7; a. fr.Esp. (interch. with Pa.) to make music, play; to be a musician. Targ. 1 Sam. 29:5 (Ms. Pa.). Targ. 1 Chr. 15:16. Ib. 16:42 מַשְׁמְעַיָּא ed. Lag. (ed. Rahmer משמעייאה, Var. מַשְׁמְעַיָּה; h. text מַשְׁמִיעִים) musicians. Targ. Ps. 150:5 דמְשַׁמְּעִין לבדוחא Ms. (ed. Lag. דמשמעין בלחודיהון; ed. Wil. a. oth. דשמעין בלחודיהון, corr. acc.). Ib. דמַשְׁ׳ ביבבא (Ms. Pa.). 2) to give to understand; to teach, prove. Ber.2a מילתא … קא מַשְׁמַע לןוכ׳ (the Tannai in using such an expression) wants to teach us something by the way: when do the priests eat ; והא קמשמע לןוכ׳ (abbrev. קמ״ל) and it is this he teaches us, that the sacrifice of atonement is not indispensable Ib. 4b לאפוקי … קמ״ל דחובה in opposition to the opinion that the evening prayer is optional, he gives us to understand that it is obligatory. Sabb.19a מהו דתימא … קמ״ל you may have thought (that the cases are different, because) this devolves upon him, and the other does not, therefore he teaches us (that they are the same). Ib. 108a מאיקמ״ל what does he teach us (is it not a matter of course)? Ber.21a sq. דאי אַשְׁמְעִינָןוכ׳, v. צְרִיךְ; a. v. fr.Part. pass. מַשְׁמֵע a) understood. Yeb.102b מ׳ הכי ומ׳ הכי it may be understood thus (it may mean, ‘to take off), and may be understood thus (it may mean, ‘to strengthen); a. fr. 2) inferred, proved; evidence. Sabb.84b מאי מ׳ how is this proved (from the verse quoted)? Erub.65a מאי מ׳וכ׳ what evidence is there ?, v. פּוּק. Ib. מַשְׁמְעֵי, v. infra; a. fr.V. מַשְׁמָע. Ithpa. אִשְׁתַּמַּע, Ithpe. אִשְׁתְּמַע 1) to be heard, let ones self be heard. Targ. Gen. 45:16. Targ. Job 37:4 Ms. (ed. ישמע). Targ. Ps. 77:19; a. fr.Snh.95b (prov.) אגב אורחך … א׳ on thy road let thy enemy hear from thee, i. e. take revenge when occasion offers. R. Hash. 27a תרתי … לא מִשְׁתַּמְּעֵי … משתמעי two different sounds produced simultaneously by the same person are not distinctly perceived, but if produced by two persons, they are. Erub. l. c. מכרי קראי מִשְׁתַּמְּעֵי בין למרוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. משמעי, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) since verses may be quoted in favor of the one as well as of the other, what is the practical difference between them?; a. fr. 2) to make ones self subservient, obey; to surrender to the enemy, desert. Targ. 2 Kings 25:11 (h. text נפלו). Ib. 7:4. Targ. Ps. 18:45; 2 Sam. 22:45; a. fr.

תּוֹרְתָּא, תּוֹרְתָאII, תּוֹרְתָּה, בֶּן תּ׳ pr. n. m. ( Johanan) ben Torta, a Tannai. Y.Taan.IV, 68d bot.; Lam. R. to II, 2. Num. R. s. 79>; Tosef.Men. XIII, 22. Pesik. R. s. 14 (describing the origin of the name) אמר ומה אם פרה … מיד בא ונתגייר … יוחנן בן ת׳ he said, if a cow that has no speech and no mind recognized her Creator, should I whom my Maker has created in his image … not go and acknowledge my Creator? He went and became a Jew, and studied and grew efficient in the Law, and they named him Johanan ben T. (son of a cow); and to this day our teachers quote Hălakhah in his name.

תּוֹרְתָּא, תּוֹרְתָאII, תּוֹרְתָּה, בֶּן תּ׳ pr. n. m. ( Johanan) ben Torta, a Tannai. Y.Taan.IV, 68d bot.; Lam. R. to II, 2. Num. R. s. 79>; Tosef.Men. XIII, 22. Pesik. R. s. 14 (describing the origin of the name) אמר ומה אם פרה … מיד בא ונתגייר … יוחנן בן ת׳ he said, if a cow that has no speech and no mind recognized her Creator, should I whom my Maker has created in his image … not go and acknowledge my Creator? He went and became a Jew, and studied and grew efficient in the Law, and they named him Johanan ben T. (son of a cow); and to this day our teachers quote Hălakhah in his name.

תּוֹרְתָּא, תּוֹרְתָאII, תּוֹרְתָּה, בֶּן תּ׳ pr. n. m. ( Johanan) ben Torta, a Tannai. Y.Taan.IV, 68d bot.; Lam. R. to II, 2. Num. R. s. 79>; Tosef.Men. XIII, 22. Pesik. R. s. 14 (describing the origin of the name) אמר ומה אם פרה … מיד בא ונתגייר … יוחנן בן ת׳ he said, if a cow that has no speech and no mind recognized her Creator, should I whom my Maker has created in his image … not go and acknowledge my Creator? He went and became a Jew, and studied and grew efficient in the Law, and they named him Johanan ben T. (son of a cow); and to this day our teachers quote Hălakhah in his name.

תָּקַע(b. h.; cmp. תָּקַל) (to bring into contact, knock, insert, 1) to drive a peg in, put up a tent; to fasten. Yalk. Cant. 981 הלואי יִתְקַע תורתי בלבנווכ׳ Oh that he would drive his law into our heart as in former days. Ex. R. s. 117> Caleb is named Tekoa (1 Chr. 2:24), שת׳ לבו לאביווכ׳ because he fastened his heart on his father in heaven. Yeb.109b תּוֹקֵעַ עצמו לדבר הלכה he who nails himself to the matter of the law, i. e. confines himself to study, and is remiss in practical conduct; ואיבעית אימא תוקע … בדיינאוכ׳ or I may explain, ‘he who nails himself to the matter of the law refers to a judge before whom a case comes, and he having learned a certain hălakhah decides by analogy, while there is a greater scholar than he whom he fails to consult; a. e.Part. pass. תָּקוּעַ lodged, placed. B. Mets.85b אצל מי אתה ת׳ next to whom art thou placed (in heaven)? Y.Sot.IX, 23c והסכין ת׳ בלבו with the knife sticking in his heart; a. e. 2) (cmp. רָעַע) to shout, esp. to blow ( a horn). B. Kam.18b תרנגול … ות׳ בו ושברו if a cock put his head into a glass vessel and crowed into it, and broke it; Kidd.24b. Ib. ת׳ באזנווכ׳ if one blew on a horn into a persons ear, and made him deaf; a. e.Esp. a) to blow the Shofar at services; b) to sound the plain note (תְּקִיעָה). R. Hash. III, 5 בר״ה תּוֹקְעִין בשל זכרים on New Years day they blow on a rams horn. Ib. 7 התוקע לתוך הבורוכ׳ if one blows (the Shofar) into a pit Ib. IV, 1 יום טוב … תוקעיםוכ׳ when New Year fell on a Sabbath, they blew in the Temple, but not in the country. Ib. 8 אין מעכבין … מלִתְקוֹעַ we do not prevent children from blowing the Shofar (on the Sabbath). Ib. 9 תוקע ומריע ותוקע, v. רוּעַ I. Taan.II, 5 תִּקְעיּ הכהנים תָּקְעוּוכ׳ (the reader said,) sound the Tḳiʿah, you priests, and they did so, (upon which he said,) He who has answered ; a. v. fr.( 3) to slap with the back of the hand. B. Kam.VIII, 6 (90a) התוקע לחבירו he who slaps his neighbor on the ear; oth. opin. who shouts into his neighbors ear. Hif. הִתְקִיעַ to cause to blow. R. Hash. IV, 7 השני מַתְקִיעַ the second reader orders the blowing of the Shofar. Nif. נִתְקַע 1) to be driven in, be inserted. Yeb.54a ונ׳ and his membrum was inserted. 2) to be lodged. Taan.24a אוי לו לדורשנ׳ בכך Ms. M. (ed. שכן נ׳) woe to the generation that is placed in such a (bad) position.

תָּקַע(b. h.; cmp. תָּקַל) (to bring into contact, knock, insert, 1) to drive a peg in, put up a tent; to fasten. Yalk. Cant. 981 הלואי יִתְקַע תורתי בלבנווכ׳ Oh that he would drive his law into our heart as in former days. Ex. R. s. 117> Caleb is named Tekoa (1 Chr. 2:24), שת׳ לבו לאביווכ׳ because he fastened his heart on his father in heaven. Yeb.109b תּוֹקֵעַ עצמו לדבר הלכה he who nails himself to the matter of the law, i. e. confines himself to study, and is remiss in practical conduct; ואיבעית אימא תוקע … בדיינאוכ׳ or I may explain, ‘he who nails himself to the matter of the law refers to a judge before whom a case comes, and he having learned a certain hălakhah decides by analogy, while there is a greater scholar than he whom he fails to consult; a. e.Part. pass. תָּקוּעַ lodged, placed. B. Mets.85b אצל מי אתה ת׳ next to whom art thou placed (in heaven)? Y.Sot.IX, 23c והסכין ת׳ בלבו with the knife sticking in his heart; a. e. 2) (cmp. רָעַע) to shout, esp. to blow ( a horn). B. Kam.18b תרנגול … ות׳ בו ושברו if a cock put his head into a glass vessel and crowed into it, and broke it; Kidd.24b. Ib. ת׳ באזנווכ׳ if one blew on a horn into a persons ear, and made him deaf; a. e.Esp. a) to blow the Shofar at services; b) to sound the plain note (תְּקִיעָה). R. Hash. III, 5 בר״ה תּוֹקְעִין בשל זכרים on New Years day they blow on a rams horn. Ib. 7 התוקע לתוך הבורוכ׳ if one blows (the Shofar) into a pit Ib. IV, 1 יום טוב … תוקעיםוכ׳ when New Year fell on a Sabbath, they blew in the Temple, but not in the country. Ib. 8 אין מעכבין … מלִתְקוֹעַ we do not prevent children from blowing the Shofar (on the Sabbath). Ib. 9 תוקע ומריע ותוקע, v. רוּעַ I. Taan.II, 5 תִּקְעיּ הכהנים תָּקְעוּוכ׳ (the reader said,) sound the Tḳiʿah, you priests, and they did so, (upon which he said,) He who has answered ; a. v. fr.( 3) to slap with the back of the hand. B. Kam.VIII, 6 (90a) התוקע לחבירו he who slaps his neighbor on the ear; oth. opin. who shouts into his neighbors ear. Hif. הִתְקִיעַ to cause to blow. R. Hash. IV, 7 השני מַתְקִיעַ the second reader orders the blowing of the Shofar. Nif. נִתְקַע 1) to be driven in, be inserted. Yeb.54a ונ׳ and his membrum was inserted. 2) to be lodged. Taan.24a אוי לו לדורשנ׳ בכך Ms. M. (ed. שכן נ׳) woe to the generation that is placed in such a (bad) position.