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גְּרַסII, גְּרֵיס (cmp. גרר, גּוֹרֶן) to scrape together; to collect, accumulate. Denom. גּוּרְסִינָא. Targ. Prov. 18:10; 5:19, v. גְּרַם II.Trnsf. to acquire knowledge, to commit traditions to memory, as a preliminary stage to speculation and analysis compared to grinding, v. טחן. Ab. Zar.19a לעולם יגמר ואע״ג דמשכח ולִיגְרַס ואע״ג דלא ידעוכ׳ Ms. M. one must at all events acquire readiness (v. גְּמַר II), though one may afterwards forget, and one must study by heart though one does not understand, for Holy Writ says (Ps. 119:20) garsah ; it says גָרְסָה and not טָחֲנָה (my soul heaps up, but not it grinds, learns but not analyzes); (ed. לִיגְרִיס, and other Variants); Yalk. Ps. 876.Ber.8a הוה גְרִיסְנָא בגו ביתאי Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) I used to study in my house; Meg.29a. Ber. l. c. bot. turned his face וגריס and reviewed (what he had learned). Taan.10b למִיגְרַס to recite traditions, opp. לעיוני to speculate. Ber.13b (ref. to Deut. 11:18, v. Targ. Y. a. l.) teach your children …, כי היכי דלִיגְרְסוּ בהו (Ms. M. ונִגְרְסוּ בהו) so that they be able to review them (by themselves); a. fr.Part. act. גָּרֵיס well-versed, knowing by heart. B. Bath.21a ג׳ ולא דייק knowing Bible verses by heart, but being inexact.Part. pass. גְּרִיס, f. גְּרִיסָא known by heart. Men.32b מיגרס גְּרִיסִין; Meg.18b מיגרס גְּרִיסָן they are known by heart.

גְּרַסII, גְּרֵיס (cmp. גרר, גּוֹרֶן) to scrape together; to collect, accumulate. Denom. גּוּרְסִינָא. Targ. Prov. 18:10; 5:19, v. גְּרַם II.Trnsf. to acquire knowledge, to commit traditions to memory, as a preliminary stage to speculation and analysis compared to grinding, v. טחן. Ab. Zar.19a לעולם יגמר ואע״ג דמשכח ולִיגְרַס ואע״ג דלא ידעוכ׳ Ms. M. one must at all events acquire readiness (v. גְּמַר II), though one may afterwards forget, and one must study by heart though one does not understand, for Holy Writ says (Ps. 119:20) garsah ; it says גָרְסָה and not טָחֲנָה (my soul heaps up, but not it grinds, learns but not analyzes); (ed. לִיגְרִיס, and other Variants); Yalk. Ps. 876.Ber.8a הוה גְרִיסְנָא בגו ביתאי Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) I used to study in my house; Meg.29a. Ber. l. c. bot. turned his face וגריס and reviewed (what he had learned). Taan.10b למִיגְרַס to recite traditions, opp. לעיוני to speculate. Ber.13b (ref. to Deut. 11:18, v. Targ. Y. a. l.) teach your children …, כי היכי דלִיגְרְסוּ בהו (Ms. M. ונִגְרְסוּ בהו) so that they be able to review them (by themselves); a. fr.Part. act. גָּרֵיס well-versed, knowing by heart. B. Bath.21a ג׳ ולא דייק knowing Bible verses by heart, but being inexact.Part. pass. גְּרִיס, f. גְּרִיסָא known by heart. Men.32b מיגרס גְּרִיסִין; Meg.18b מיגרס גְּרִיסָן they are known by heart.

מחי, מָחָה,(מָחַח) (b. h.; v. מָהָה) to rub, wipe out; to wear out, destroy. (In Talm. mostly מָחַק. Erub.l3a; Sot.II, 4 (17b) (ref. to ימחה, Num. 5:23) כתב שיכול לִמְחוֹת (Mish. להִמָּחֵק) a writing which one can wash off. Gen. R. s. 23 (play on מחויאל, Gen. 4:18) מוֹחָן אניוכ׳ I shall wipe them out of the world; a. e.V. מָחוּי. Pi. מִיחָה (to strike out, annul, 1) to protest against. B. Bath.38b מי׳ בפני שנים if he entered a protest against the illegitimate occupation of his property in the presence of two (v. מְחָאָה). Ib. וכי למָחוֹתוכ׳ must he protest in the occupants presence?Keth.11a מִיחֲתָה she protested against her conversion in childhood. Pes.88a יכולה למחות she has the privilege of protesting (declaring her preference); a. fr. 2) (with ב or ביד of the person) to forewarn, interfere, try to prevent. Sabb.55b bot. מפני שהיה לו … בחפני ולא מי׳ (not לחפני, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) it was for Ph. to forewarn Hofni, and he did not. Ib.a שאם מִיחוּ בהם לא יקבלו מהם (Ms. M. מחו … קבלו) that if they warned them, they would not have heeded them. Pes.IV, 8, a. e. לא מיחו בידם they did not prohibit their doing so; a. fr.Cant. R. to IV, 12 עמדו הבנית (ו)מִיחוּ על עצמןוכ׳ the daughters (in their fathers absence) entered a protest concerning themselves and gave themselves away to husbands (Pesik. Bshall., p. 82a>, a. e. נתעסקו בעצמן). Hif. הִמְחָה 1) to dissolve, dilute. Y.Pes.III, beg.29d ה׳ את החמץ if (by boiling) he made a mush of the leavened matter (made it unrecognizable). Ḥull.120a; Y.Maas. Sh. II, beg. 53b, a. e., v. גָּמָא; a. fr. (interchanging with הִמְהָה).Tosef.Par.IX (VIII), 8 הִמְחָן באור (not באויר) if he thawed the frozen water by artificial heat.(Midr. Till. to Ps. 6:7 וממחה, read וממסה, v. מָסָה. 2) to rub off, cleanse, polish. B. Bath. V, 10 מַמְחֶה משקלותיו cleanses his weights. Lev. R. s. 7 (play on מיחים, Ps. 66:15) כזה שהוא ממחה בקערה like him who wipes a dish (licks the remnants up); Pesik. Eth Korb., p. 61a>; Pesik. R. s. 16; a. e.Pirké dR. El. ch. XVII מַמְחָה בכפיה she produces a sound by rubbing her hands (in sympathy with the mourners). 3) (denom. of מוּמְחֶה) to recognize as an authority; in gen. to authorize; to appoint. Snh.23a לא כל הימנו … שהִמְחוּהוּ רבים עליהם he cannot reject a judge whom the majority has recognized as an authority over them. B. Mets. IX, 12 הִמְחֵהוּ אצלוכ׳ if he gave him an order to the storekeeper. Y.Pes.VIII, 35d top אם במַמְחִין סתם האשה מַמְחָהוכ׳ if by מדעתו is meant giving authority (and not merely knowing and tolerating), it is tacitly understood that a woman makes an appointment as if saying, I will dine with my children; if it means merely knowing, then theMishnah (Pes. VIII, 1) means appointment.Y.Sabb.XIII, beg.14a הממחה צדדיו ed. Krot., v. מָתַח. Nif. נִמְחֶה to be dissolved, washed away; to be wiped out, destroyed. Y.Pes.III, beg.29d a cake boiled שלא נ׳ without being mashed beyond recognition (v. supra). Taan.III, 8, a. e. אם נִמְחֵיתוכ׳, whether the stone … has been washed away, v. אֶבֶן. Tosef. Par. l. c. נִימּוֹחוּ (fr. מָחַח) the water was thawed up. Gen. R. s. 28. אפי׳ אסטרובולין … נ׳. even the millstone was washed away. Ib. וכמה נימוחו מהם and how many of them were destroyed?; a. e.

מחי, מָחָה,(מָחַח) (b. h.; v. מָהָה) to rub, wipe out; to wear out, destroy. (In Talm. mostly מָחַק. Erub.l3a; Sot.II, 4 (17b) (ref. to ימחה, Num. 5:23) כתב שיכול לִמְחוֹת (Mish. להִמָּחֵק) a writing which one can wash off. Gen. R. s. 23 (play on מחויאל, Gen. 4:18) מוֹחָן אניוכ׳ I shall wipe them out of the world; a. e.V. מָחוּי. Pi. מִיחָה (to strike out, annul, 1) to protest against. B. Bath.38b מי׳ בפני שנים if he entered a protest against the illegitimate occupation of his property in the presence of two (v. מְחָאָה). Ib. וכי למָחוֹתוכ׳ must he protest in the occupants presence?Keth.11a מִיחֲתָה she protested against her conversion in childhood. Pes.88a יכולה למחות she has the privilege of protesting (declaring her preference); a. fr. 2) (with ב or ביד of the person) to forewarn, interfere, try to prevent. Sabb.55b bot. מפני שהיה לו … בחפני ולא מי׳ (not לחפני, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) it was for Ph. to forewarn Hofni, and he did not. Ib.a שאם מִיחוּ בהם לא יקבלו מהם (Ms. M. מחו … קבלו) that if they warned them, they would not have heeded them. Pes.IV, 8, a. e. לא מיחו בידם they did not prohibit their doing so; a. fr.Cant. R. to IV, 12 עמדו הבנית (ו)מִיחוּ על עצמןוכ׳ the daughters (in their fathers absence) entered a protest concerning themselves and gave themselves away to husbands (Pesik. Bshall., p. 82a>, a. e. נתעסקו בעצמן). Hif. הִמְחָה 1) to dissolve, dilute. Y.Pes.III, beg.29d ה׳ את החמץ if (by boiling) he made a mush of the leavened matter (made it unrecognizable). Ḥull.120a; Y.Maas. Sh. II, beg. 53b, a. e., v. גָּמָא; a. fr. (interchanging with הִמְהָה).Tosef.Par.IX (VIII), 8 הִמְחָן באור (not באויר) if he thawed the frozen water by artificial heat.(Midr. Till. to Ps. 6:7 וממחה, read וממסה, v. מָסָה. 2) to rub off, cleanse, polish. B. Bath. V, 10 מַמְחֶה משקלותיו cleanses his weights. Lev. R. s. 7 (play on מיחים, Ps. 66:15) כזה שהוא ממחה בקערה like him who wipes a dish (licks the remnants up); Pesik. Eth Korb., p. 61a>; Pesik. R. s. 16; a. e.Pirké dR. El. ch. XVII מַמְחָה בכפיה she produces a sound by rubbing her hands (in sympathy with the mourners). 3) (denom. of מוּמְחֶה) to recognize as an authority; in gen. to authorize; to appoint. Snh.23a לא כל הימנו … שהִמְחוּהוּ רבים עליהם he cannot reject a judge whom the majority has recognized as an authority over them. B. Mets. IX, 12 הִמְחֵהוּ אצלוכ׳ if he gave him an order to the storekeeper. Y.Pes.VIII, 35d top אם במַמְחִין סתם האשה מַמְחָהוכ׳ if by מדעתו is meant giving authority (and not merely knowing and tolerating), it is tacitly understood that a woman makes an appointment as if saying, I will dine with my children; if it means merely knowing, then theMishnah (Pes. VIII, 1) means appointment.Y.Sabb.XIII, beg.14a הממחה צדדיו ed. Krot., v. מָתַח. Nif. נִמְחֶה to be dissolved, washed away; to be wiped out, destroyed. Y.Pes.III, beg.29d a cake boiled שלא נ׳ without being mashed beyond recognition (v. supra). Taan.III, 8, a. e. אם נִמְחֵיתוכ׳, whether the stone … has been washed away, v. אֶבֶן. Tosef. Par. l. c. נִימּוֹחוּ (fr. מָחַח) the water was thawed up. Gen. R. s. 28. אפי׳ אסטרובולין … נ׳. even the millstone was washed away. Ib. וכמה נימוחו מהם and how many of them were destroyed?; a. e.

מחי, מָחָה,(מָחַח) (b. h.; v. מָהָה) to rub, wipe out; to wear out, destroy. (In Talm. mostly מָחַק. Erub.l3a; Sot.II, 4 (17b) (ref. to ימחה, Num. 5:23) כתב שיכול לִמְחוֹת (Mish. להִמָּחֵק) a writing which one can wash off. Gen. R. s. 23 (play on מחויאל, Gen. 4:18) מוֹחָן אניוכ׳ I shall wipe them out of the world; a. e.V. מָחוּי. Pi. מִיחָה (to strike out, annul, 1) to protest against. B. Bath.38b מי׳ בפני שנים if he entered a protest against the illegitimate occupation of his property in the presence of two (v. מְחָאָה). Ib. וכי למָחוֹתוכ׳ must he protest in the occupants presence?Keth.11a מִיחֲתָה she protested against her conversion in childhood. Pes.88a יכולה למחות she has the privilege of protesting (declaring her preference); a. fr. 2) (with ב or ביד of the person) to forewarn, interfere, try to prevent. Sabb.55b bot. מפני שהיה לו … בחפני ולא מי׳ (not לחפני, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) it was for Ph. to forewarn Hofni, and he did not. Ib.a שאם מִיחוּ בהם לא יקבלו מהם (Ms. M. מחו … קבלו) that if they warned them, they would not have heeded them. Pes.IV, 8, a. e. לא מיחו בידם they did not prohibit their doing so; a. fr.Cant. R. to IV, 12 עמדו הבנית (ו)מִיחוּ על עצמןוכ׳ the daughters (in their fathers absence) entered a protest concerning themselves and gave themselves away to husbands (Pesik. Bshall., p. 82a>, a. e. נתעסקו בעצמן). Hif. הִמְחָה 1) to dissolve, dilute. Y.Pes.III, beg.29d ה׳ את החמץ if (by boiling) he made a mush of the leavened matter (made it unrecognizable). Ḥull.120a; Y.Maas. Sh. II, beg. 53b, a. e., v. גָּמָא; a. fr. (interchanging with הִמְהָה).Tosef.Par.IX (VIII), 8 הִמְחָן באור (not באויר) if he thawed the frozen water by artificial heat.(Midr. Till. to Ps. 6:7 וממחה, read וממסה, v. מָסָה. 2) to rub off, cleanse, polish. B. Bath. V, 10 מַמְחֶה משקלותיו cleanses his weights. Lev. R. s. 7 (play on מיחים, Ps. 66:15) כזה שהוא ממחה בקערה like him who wipes a dish (licks the remnants up); Pesik. Eth Korb., p. 61a>; Pesik. R. s. 16; a. e.Pirké dR. El. ch. XVII מַמְחָה בכפיה she produces a sound by rubbing her hands (in sympathy with the mourners). 3) (denom. of מוּמְחֶה) to recognize as an authority; in gen. to authorize; to appoint. Snh.23a לא כל הימנו … שהִמְחוּהוּ רבים עליהם he cannot reject a judge whom the majority has recognized as an authority over them. B. Mets. IX, 12 הִמְחֵהוּ אצלוכ׳ if he gave him an order to the storekeeper. Y.Pes.VIII, 35d top אם במַמְחִין סתם האשה מַמְחָהוכ׳ if by מדעתו is meant giving authority (and not merely knowing and tolerating), it is tacitly understood that a woman makes an appointment as if saying, I will dine with my children; if it means merely knowing, then theMishnah (Pes. VIII, 1) means appointment.Y.Sabb.XIII, beg.14a הממחה צדדיו ed. Krot., v. מָתַח. Nif. נִמְחֶה to be dissolved, washed away; to be wiped out, destroyed. Y.Pes.III, beg.29d a cake boiled שלא נ׳ without being mashed beyond recognition (v. supra). Taan.III, 8, a. e. אם נִמְחֵיתוכ׳, whether the stone … has been washed away, v. אֶבֶן. Tosef. Par. l. c. נִימּוֹחוּ (fr. מָחַח) the water was thawed up. Gen. R. s. 28. אפי׳ אסטרובולין … נ׳. even the millstone was washed away. Ib. וכמה נימוחו מהם and how many of them were destroyed?; a. e.

סוֹפֵרm. (b. h.; סָפַר) 1) scribe, writer of documents, copyist of prayers Gitt.VIII, 8 כתב ס׳ גטוכ׳ if the scribe wrote the letter of divorce for the husband and a receipt for the wife Keth.51a, a. e. טעות ס׳, v. אַחֲרָיוּת. B. Bath.21b ס׳ מתא (Ms. M. ספר) town-scribe (libeliarius); B. Mets. 109b top ספר; B. Bath.21a ס׳ מתא (some ed. ספר), v. Tosaf. a. l.; (Rashi: principal of a town-school keeping assistants, v. infra); a. fr. 2) a scholarly man, opp. בּוֹר illiterate. Ber.45b אחד ס׳וכ׳ if one is a scholar (knowing the prayers) and the other illiterate. 3) school teacher, primary teacher. B. Bath. l. c. ס׳ יהודי a Jewish teacher; ס׳ ארמאי a teacher of secular branches (oth. opin.: a gentile teacher). Ib. ס׳ מתא, v. supra. Tosef.Meg.IV (III), 38 והס׳ מלמד כדרכו but the Bible teacher teaches (these passages) in his usual way; a. fr.Pl. סוֹפְרִים, סוֹפְרִין. Gitt.24b ס׳ העשוייןוכ׳, v. לָמַד. Y. Ḥag.I, 76c, a. e. ס׳ ומשנים, v. מִשְׁנִים. Ber. l. c. בששניהם ס׳ when both of them are scholarly men (knowing the prayers); a. fr.Kidd.IV, 13 לא יְלַמֵּד ס׳ must not be a teacher of primary schools.מסכת ס׳ the Treatise Sofrim, one of the small treatises attached to the Talmud, containing rules for writing Torah copies; (in Septem Libri, ed. Kirchheim: מסכת ספר תורה).Esp. Sofer, pl. Sofrim, title of the scholars of the ante-Tannaic period, beginning with Ezra (v. Ezra 7:11). Y.Shek.V, beg.48c. Kidd.30a לפיכך … ס׳ שהיו סופריםוכ׳ the early scholars were called Sofrim, because they counted all the letters in the Torah; a. fr.דברי ס׳ enactments or interpretations dating from the Soferic period. Yeb.II, 4 מד׳ ס׳ belonging to the prohibitions ascribed to the Sofrim. Snh.XI, 3 חומר בד׳ ס׳וכ׳ disregard of Soferic enactments is more strictly dealt with, v. חוֹמֶר I. Ib. 88b דבר שעיקרו … מד׳ ס׳ a law which is founded on the Torah, but the interpretation of which dates from the Soferic period. Tosef.Kidd.V, 21; a. fr.תקון ס׳, v. תִּיקּוּן.

סוֹפֵרm. (b. h.; סָפַר) 1) scribe, writer of documents, copyist of prayers Gitt.VIII, 8 כתב ס׳ גטוכ׳ if the scribe wrote the letter of divorce for the husband and a receipt for the wife Keth.51a, a. e. טעות ס׳, v. אַחֲרָיוּת. B. Bath.21b ס׳ מתא (Ms. M. ספר) town-scribe (libeliarius); B. Mets. 109b top ספר; B. Bath.21a ס׳ מתא (some ed. ספר), v. Tosaf. a. l.; (Rashi: principal of a town-school keeping assistants, v. infra); a. fr. 2) a scholarly man, opp. בּוֹר illiterate. Ber.45b אחד ס׳וכ׳ if one is a scholar (knowing the prayers) and the other illiterate. 3) school teacher, primary teacher. B. Bath. l. c. ס׳ יהודי a Jewish teacher; ס׳ ארמאי a teacher of secular branches (oth. opin.: a gentile teacher). Ib. ס׳ מתא, v. supra. Tosef.Meg.IV (III), 38 והס׳ מלמד כדרכו but the Bible teacher teaches (these passages) in his usual way; a. fr.Pl. סוֹפְרִים, סוֹפְרִין. Gitt.24b ס׳ העשוייןוכ׳, v. לָמַד. Y. Ḥag.I, 76c, a. e. ס׳ ומשנים, v. מִשְׁנִים. Ber. l. c. בששניהם ס׳ when both of them are scholarly men (knowing the prayers); a. fr.Kidd.IV, 13 לא יְלַמֵּד ס׳ must not be a teacher of primary schools.מסכת ס׳ the Treatise Sofrim, one of the small treatises attached to the Talmud, containing rules for writing Torah copies; (in Septem Libri, ed. Kirchheim: מסכת ספר תורה).Esp. Sofer, pl. Sofrim, title of the scholars of the ante-Tannaic period, beginning with Ezra (v. Ezra 7:11). Y.Shek.V, beg.48c. Kidd.30a לפיכך … ס׳ שהיו סופריםוכ׳ the early scholars were called Sofrim, because they counted all the letters in the Torah; a. fr.דברי ס׳ enactments or interpretations dating from the Soferic period. Yeb.II, 4 מד׳ ס׳ belonging to the prohibitions ascribed to the Sofrim. Snh.XI, 3 חומר בד׳ ס׳וכ׳ disregard of Soferic enactments is more strictly dealt with, v. חוֹמֶר I. Ib. 88b דבר שעיקרו … מד׳ ס׳ a law which is founded on the Torah, but the interpretation of which dates from the Soferic period. Tosef.Kidd.V, 21; a. fr.תקון ס׳, v. תִּיקּוּן.

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אִסְתַּגַּר(Ithpa. of סגר) to be locked up, engrossed with, (Rashi: to be bewildered, silenced, not knowing what to say). B. Kam.40a שבקן אסתגרי בקמייתא Ms. F., leave us alone, I am yet engaged in the first question (Rashi: I am not yet ready to answer). (Editions a. Mss. אסתגר, prob. אִסְתַּגִּיר. Ar. אסתניד I am sick (?).

אִסְתַּגַּר(Ithpa. of סגר) to be locked up, engrossed with, (Rashi: to be bewildered, silenced, not knowing what to say). B. Kam.40a שבקן אסתגרי בקמייתא Ms. F., leave us alone, I am yet engaged in the first question (Rashi: I am not yet ready to answer). (Editions a. Mss. אסתגר, prob. אִסְתַּגִּיר. Ar. אסתניד I am sick (?).

אִסְתַּקַּר(Ithpa. of סקר) to look around. Keth.62b חזיתיה א׳ Ar. (ed. סוי לבה) she saw him looking around in her room (not knowing that a stranger had entered).

אִסְתַּקַּר(Ithpa. of סקר) to look around. Keth.62b חזיתיה א׳ Ar. (ed. סוי לבה) she saw him looking around in her room (not knowing that a stranger had entered).