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לבי, לָבָה(contr. of להב, to be bright; cmp. לבלב, לָבַן II); Pi. לִיבָּה, לִבָּה, to blow ablaze, enkindle. B. Kam.VI, 4 (59b) בא אחר ולי׳ המְלַבֶּה חייב if a third person came (after one brought the wood and another the light), and blew the wood ablaze, he who fanned the flame is responsible; לִיבְּתָחּ הרוחוכ׳ (Y. ed. לִיבָּהוּ, Mish. Nap., Ms. H. a. R. לִבְּתוֹ, לִיבְּ׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 30) if the wind enkindled it, all are free. Ib. 60a לי׳ וליבתה הרוח if he blew and the wind set the fire ablaze, אם יש בְּלִבּוּיוֹ כדי ללַבּוֹתָהּ חייב if there was in his blow enough force to set it ablaze, he is guilty; Tosef. ib. VI, 22 נִיבָּה ונִיבְּתוֹ, כדי לנַבּוֹת … ed. Zuck. (Var. ל for נ).B. Kam. l. c. מאן דתני ל׳ … ומאן דתני נ׳וכ׳ he who teaches libbah is not at fault, nor is he who teaches nibbah (ref. for libbah to labbath, Ex. 3:2, for nibbah to נִיב, Is. 57:19); Y. ib. II, 5c top (ref. for nibbah to Jer. 20:9 ‘it (the word of prophecy, v. נָבָא) was in my heart like a burning fire). Bab. ib. l. c. כגון שלי׳ ברוח מצויה ולִבְּתוֹוכ׳ it means, if he blew! while there was ordinary air stirring, and then an unusual wind set in, and blew it ablaze. Ib. 59b Ib מסר לו גחלת ול׳ he placed in his charge glowing coals, and he (the irresponsible person) did the blowing, opp. to מסר לו שלהבת. Y.Sabb.III, beg.5c מְלַבֶּה עליה נעורתוכ׳ he lets hatchelled flax blaze over the hot ashes (so as to form a cover on which to place dishes for the Sabbath; Tosef. ib. III, 2 הדליקו). Nithpa. נִתְלַבֶּה to flame up. Sabb.37a קטמה ונִתְלַבְּתָה if after having covered the embers with ashes, the flames blazed up again; Y. ib. l. c. ונִתְלַבַּת.

לִילִיתf. (b. h.; לַיִל) night-demon, Lilith. Targ. Job 1:15 ל׳ מלכתוכ׳ (h. text שבא).Erub.100b מגדלת שער כל׳ she (woman) lets her hair grow like L.Nidd.24b דמות ל׳ (a fetus) like L. (with wings). B. Bath.73a הירמין בר ל׳ (Ms. M. לֵילְיָאתָא, Var. in ed. a. Mss. לִילִיתָא, לֵולְתָּא; לֵילָוָאתָא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note), v. הוּרְמִין. Sabb.151b אחזתו ל׳ L. will take hold of him.Pl. לִילֵי, לִילִין m. night-demons Targ. Y. Num. 6:24. Targ. Y. I Deut. 32:24. Targ. Is. 34:14. Targ. II Esth. 1:2; a. e.Erub.18b.

לִילִיתf. (b. h.; לַיִל) night-demon, Lilith. Targ. Job 1:15 ל׳ מלכתוכ׳ (h. text שבא).Erub.100b מגדלת שער כל׳ she (woman) lets her hair grow like L.Nidd.24b דמות ל׳ (a fetus) like L. (with wings). B. Bath.73a הירמין בר ל׳ (Ms. M. לֵילְיָאתָא, Var. in ed. a. Mss. לִילִיתָא, לֵולְתָּא; לֵילָוָאתָא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note), v. הוּרְמִין. Sabb.151b אחזתו ל׳ L. will take hold of him.Pl. לִילֵי, לִילִין m. night-demons Targ. Y. Num. 6:24. Targ. Y. I Deut. 32:24. Targ. Is. 34:14. Targ. II Esth. 1:2; a. e.Erub.18b.

לָֽקַק(b. h.; cmp. לחך) to lap, lick. Pesik. Zakh. p. 26b> אומה שבאה לָלוֹקוכ׳ (not שבא); Tanḥ. Ki Thetse 9; Yalk. Deut. 938, v. לָק. Pi. לִיקֵּק same. Snh.68a ככלב המְלַקֵּקוכ׳, v. חָסַר. Hif. הֵלֵק same. Par. IX, 3 מפני שהיא מֵלֶקֶת (ed. Dehr. מְלִקָּה) because it (the weasel) laps (lets the water drip back out of its mouth).

לָֽקַק(b. h.; cmp. לחך) to lap, lick. Pesik. Zakh. p. 26b> אומה שבאה לָלוֹקוכ׳ (not שבא); Tanḥ. Ki Thetse 9; Yalk. Deut. 938, v. לָק. Pi. לִיקֵּק same. Snh.68a ככלב המְלַקֵּקוכ׳, v. חָסַר. Hif. הֵלֵק same. Par. IX, 3 מפני שהיא מֵלֶקֶת (ed. Dehr. מְלִקָּה) because it (the weasel) laps (lets the water drip back out of its mouth).

מַחֲלָץm., du. מַחֲלָצַיִם, pl. מַחֲלָצִין (חָלַץ cmp. חָלִיץ,) a sort of windlass, loops of a rope attached to a heavy slab for rolling over plastered roofing, v. מַעֲגִילָה. Macc.9b עד שישמט מַחֲלָצוֹ מידו Var. in Ar. s. v. מחצל (ed. מחצלו) until the entire ramming machine slips out of his hands (opp. to נפסק the breaking of the rope); Y. ib. II, beg.31c עד שיתיר את כל המחלצין (read שיפיל or שיוריד) until he lets go all the loops (expl. = נפסק החבל). Ib. מה דמרר״י בשמיטת המ׳ (not המחלצון) what R. J. says (until he drops the whole rope) refers to the slipping of the machine; Tosef. ib. II, 3 ed. Zuck. עד שיפול כל המחצלין מידו (read: שיפיל … המחלצ׳). M. Kat. I, 10 (11a) שפין את … אבל לא במחלצים (Y. ed. … צַיִים; Ms. M. מחצלים) you may plaster over cracks in the roof, or roll them over with a (small) roller, using the hands or the feet, but not with the windlass, v. Y. ib. 81a top.(The Var. lect. מחצל־ rests upon a popular transposition, as if from מָחַץ. The interpretation of מחצל by commentators as trowel does not fit the context.

מַחֲלָץm., du. מַחֲלָצַיִם, pl. מַחֲלָצִין (חָלַץ cmp. חָלִיץ,) a sort of windlass, loops of a rope attached to a heavy slab for rolling over plastered roofing, v. מַעֲגִילָה. Macc.9b עד שישמט מַחֲלָצוֹ מידו Var. in Ar. s. v. מחצל (ed. מחצלו) until the entire ramming machine slips out of his hands (opp. to נפסק the breaking of the rope); Y. ib. II, beg.31c עד שיתיר את כל המחלצין (read שיפיל or שיוריד) until he lets go all the loops (expl. = נפסק החבל). Ib. מה דמרר״י בשמיטת המ׳ (not המחלצון) what R. J. says (until he drops the whole rope) refers to the slipping of the machine; Tosef. ib. II, 3 ed. Zuck. עד שיפול כל המחצלין מידו (read: שיפיל … המחלצ׳). M. Kat. I, 10 (11a) שפין את … אבל לא במחלצים (Y. ed. … צַיִים; Ms. M. מחצלים) you may plaster over cracks in the roof, or roll them over with a (small) roller, using the hands or the feet, but not with the windlass, v. Y. ib. 81a top.(The Var. lect. מחצל־ rests upon a popular transposition, as if from מָחַץ. The interpretation of מחצל by commentators as trowel does not fit the context.

מָצַץ(b. h.; v. מוּץ) to press, suck; to drain. Sabb.XIX, 2 ומוֹצְצִין and compress the blood-vessels of the wound by sucking. Par. IX, 3 שהיא מוֹצֶצֶת she (the dove) sips (and lets no water out of her month again). Tosef.Sot.V, 9 נוטלו ומוֹצְצוֹ ואוכלוכ׳ he takes out the fly and sucks it out and eats the dish; Y. ib. I, 17a bot.; Gitt.90a. Lev. R. s. 15 לא שהוא מוצץוכ׳ not that the dry sponge drains the wound, but it protects it. Deut. R. s. 2 אין לך טבעת מוֹץ אותה ומות hast thou not a ring (containing poison)? Suck it and die; a. fr.(Cant. R. to III, 10 מוצצת באש, read: מוּצֶתֶת, v. יָצַת.

מָצַץ(b. h.; v. מוּץ) to press, suck; to drain. Sabb.XIX, 2 ומוֹצְצִין and compress the blood-vessels of the wound by sucking. Par. IX, 3 שהיא מוֹצֶצֶת she (the dove) sips (and lets no water out of her month again). Tosef.Sot.V, 9 נוטלו ומוֹצְצוֹ ואוכלוכ׳ he takes out the fly and sucks it out and eats the dish; Y. ib. I, 17a bot.; Gitt.90a. Lev. R. s. 15 לא שהוא מוצץוכ׳ not that the dry sponge drains the wound, but it protects it. Deut. R. s. 2 אין לך טבעת מוֹץ אותה ומות hast thou not a ring (containing poison)? Suck it and die; a. fr.(Cant. R. to III, 10 מוצצת באש, read: מוּצֶתֶת, v. יָצַת.

נוֹדc. (b. h. נֹאד; preced., v. Ges. Thes. s. v. נָאַד) leather bottle, skin. Ges. R. s. 53 (ref. to Ps. 54:9) כאותה בעלת נ׳ (thou didst to) that woman carrying the water bottle (Hagar); Yalk. Ps. 774 נֹאד; Yalk. Gen. 94. Ḥull.14b, v. בָּקַע. Lev. R. s. 6 משביעין האדם … אתמול היה הנ׳ הזהוכ׳ they administer an oath to a person by the book of the Law and bring before him blown-up (empty) hides, to intimate, yesterday this hide was filled with sinews and bones and now it is empty, so will he who wantonly causes his neighbor to swear become empty Mekh. Bshall., Shir., s.6 (ref. to ונֵד Ex. 15:8) מה נֹד צרורוכ׳ as a tied-up skin stands and neither lets (air) escape nor receives any ; Yalk. Ex. 248 נוֹד; a. e.Pl. נוֹדוֹת. Lev. R. l. c. נ׳ נפיחים, v. supra. Y.Taan.IV, 69b top נ׳ נפוחות; Lam. R. to II, 2 נ׳ מנופחות blown-up bottles (having the appearance of being filled with water). Ab. Zar. II, 4; a. e.

נוֹדc. (b. h. נֹאד; preced., v. Ges. Thes. s. v. נָאַד) leather bottle, skin. Ges. R. s. 53 (ref. to Ps. 54:9) כאותה בעלת נ׳ (thou didst to) that woman carrying the water bottle (Hagar); Yalk. Ps. 774 נֹאד; Yalk. Gen. 94. Ḥull.14b, v. בָּקַע. Lev. R. s. 6 משביעין האדם … אתמול היה הנ׳ הזהוכ׳ they administer an oath to a person by the book of the Law and bring before him blown-up (empty) hides, to intimate, yesterday this hide was filled with sinews and bones and now it is empty, so will he who wantonly causes his neighbor to swear become empty Mekh. Bshall., Shir., s.6 (ref. to ונֵד Ex. 15:8) מה נֹד צרורוכ׳ as a tied-up skin stands and neither lets (air) escape nor receives any ; Yalk. Ex. 248 נוֹד; a. e.Pl. נוֹדוֹת. Lev. R. l. c. נ׳ נפיחים, v. supra. Y.Taan.IV, 69b top נ׳ נפוחות; Lam. R. to II, 2 נ׳ מנופחות blown-up bottles (having the appearance of being filled with water). Ab. Zar. II, 4; a. e.

נָזַל(b. h.; cmp. אזל) to run, melt, be distilled. Gen. R. s. 13 (ref. to Job 36:28) היכן הם נוֹזְלִין בשחקים where are they (the salty waters of the Ocean) distilled? In the clouds; Yalk. Gen. 20 (corr. acc.); Koh. R. to I, 7 איכן הם נעשים נוֹזְלִים בשחקים where are they made into distilled (sweet) waters? In the clouds; Yalk. Koh. 967.Esp. נוֹזְלִים, נוֹזְלִין running waters. Mekh. Bshall., Shir., s.6; a. e. Pi. נִזֵּל, Hif. הִזִּיל to cause to flow; to distill. Sifré Deut. 306 (ref. to Deut. 32:2) אם כנסת … לסוף שאתה מְנַזֵּל ומשקהוכ׳ if thou gatherest the words of the Law after the manner of those who collect rain water in the cistern, thou shalt finally be able to make them flow and give drink to others. B. Bath.25a (ref. to Deut. l. c.) זה רוח צפונית שמַזֶּלֶתוכ׳ that is the nothern wind which makes the gold run (increases commerce; Rashi: makes gold cheap, v. זוּל). Cant. R. to IV, 15 (ref. to ונזליםוכ׳, ib.) זה מַזִּיל מקצת דבר וזה מזילוכ׳ the one lets flow (utters, cmp. נָבַע) one part of the argument, and the other another part, until the halakhah shines forth like the Lebanon.

נָזַל(b. h.; cmp. אזל) to run, melt, be distilled. Gen. R. s. 13 (ref. to Job 36:28) היכן הם נוֹזְלִין בשחקים where are they (the salty waters of the Ocean) distilled? In the clouds; Yalk. Gen. 20 (corr. acc.); Koh. R. to I, 7 איכן הם נעשים נוֹזְלִים בשחקים where are they made into distilled (sweet) waters? In the clouds; Yalk. Koh. 967.Esp. נוֹזְלִים, נוֹזְלִין running waters. Mekh. Bshall., Shir., s.6; a. e. Pi. נִזֵּל, Hif. הִזִּיל to cause to flow; to distill. Sifré Deut. 306 (ref. to Deut. 32:2) אם כנסת … לסוף שאתה מְנַזֵּל ומשקהוכ׳ if thou gatherest the words of the Law after the manner of those who collect rain water in the cistern, thou shalt finally be able to make them flow and give drink to others. B. Bath.25a (ref. to Deut. l. c.) זה רוח צפונית שמַזֶּלֶתוכ׳ that is the nothern wind which makes the gold run (increases commerce; Rashi: makes gold cheap, v. זוּל). Cant. R. to IV, 15 (ref. to ונזליםוכ׳, ib.) זה מַזִּיל מקצת דבר וזה מזילוכ׳ the one lets flow (utters, cmp. נָבַע) one part of the argument, and the other another part, until the halakhah shines forth like the Lebanon.

נָשַׁב(b. h.) to blow. Ber.3b בא … ונוֹשֶׁבֶת בו (Ms. M. ומְנַשֶּׁבֶת Pi.) the north wind came and blew at him. Ab. III, 17 אפילו … ונוֹשְׁבוֹת בו even if all the winds of the world came and blew at it (to uproot it) ; Taan.20a; a. fr. Pi. נִשֵּׁב 1) same. Cant. R. to IV, 16. Yoma 21b; a. fr. 2) to cause to blow. Keth.111b הקב״ה … ומְנַשְּׁבָהּ עליה the Lord brings a wind … and lets it pass over it (the wheat). Hif. הִשִּׁיב same. מַשִּׁיב הרוח ומוריד הגשם ‘who causes the wind to blow and the rain to descend, a clause inserted in Gburoth (v. גְּבוּרוֹת) during the winter season. Taan.3b אמר משיב הרוח איןוכ׳ if he said in his prayers, ‘Who causes the wind to blow only. Ib. 24a אמר מ׳ הרוחוכ׳ as soon as he said, ‘Who causes, a wind arose; a. e.

נָשַׁב(b. h.) to blow. Ber.3b בא … ונוֹשֶׁבֶת בו (Ms. M. ומְנַשֶּׁבֶת Pi.) the north wind came and blew at him. Ab. III, 17 אפילו … ונוֹשְׁבוֹת בו even if all the winds of the world came and blew at it (to uproot it) ; Taan.20a; a. fr. Pi. נִשֵּׁב 1) same. Cant. R. to IV, 16. Yoma 21b; a. fr. 2) to cause to blow. Keth.111b הקב״ה … ומְנַשְּׁבָהּ עליה the Lord brings a wind … and lets it pass over it (the wheat). Hif. הִשִּׁיב same. מַשִּׁיב הרוח ומוריד הגשם ‘who causes the wind to blow and the rain to descend, a clause inserted in Gburoth (v. גְּבוּרוֹת) during the winter season. Taan.3b אמר משיב הרוח איןוכ׳ if he said in his prayers, ‘Who causes the wind to blow only. Ib. 24a אמר מ׳ הרוחוכ׳ as soon as he said, ‘Who causes, a wind arose; a. e.

נָשִׂיאm. (b. h.; נָשָׂא) 1) prince, chief, ruler, officer. Num. R. s. 1 לנ׳ שנכנסוכ׳ like unto a chief that entered a country. Ib. שלא מנה נ׳ לשבטוכ׳ he appointed no prince for the tribe of Levi. (Ib. נשיא שבטים, read נְשִׂיאֵי). Hor.II, 6; a. v. fr.Pl. נְשִׂיאִים. Num. R. s. 12 למה נזדרזו הנ׳וכ׳ why were the princes so anxious to be the first ? Ib. s. 3; a. v. fr.Esp. Nasi, the chief of the Great Sanhedrin in Jerusalem and of its successor in Palestinian places (v. אָב). Taan.II, 1. Pes.66a מינוהו נ׳ עליהם they elected him as their Nasi; a. fr.R. Judah the Nasi, v. רַבִּי.Pl. as ab. Ḥag.II, 2; a. e. 2) pl. as ab. clouds. Kidd.32b הק״בה … מעלה נ׳וכ׳ the Lord causes the wind to blow and brings up clouds and lets rain come down

נָשִׂיאm. (b. h.; נָשָׂא) 1) prince, chief, ruler, officer. Num. R. s. 1 לנ׳ שנכנסוכ׳ like unto a chief that entered a country. Ib. שלא מנה נ׳ לשבטוכ׳ he appointed no prince for the tribe of Levi. (Ib. נשיא שבטים, read נְשִׂיאֵי). Hor.II, 6; a. v. fr.Pl. נְשִׂיאִים. Num. R. s. 12 למה נזדרזו הנ׳וכ׳ why were the princes so anxious to be the first ? Ib. s. 3; a. v. fr.Esp. Nasi, the chief of the Great Sanhedrin in Jerusalem and of its successor in Palestinian places (v. אָב). Taan.II, 1. Pes.66a מינוהו נ׳ עליהם they elected him as their Nasi; a. fr.R. Judah the Nasi, v. רַבִּי.Pl. as ab. Ḥag.II, 2; a. e. 2) pl. as ab. clouds. Kidd.32b הק״בה … מעלה נ׳וכ׳ the Lord causes the wind to blow and brings up clouds and lets rain come down

נָתַרI (b. h.; cmp. נתק) to sever, loosen. Nif. נִיתַּר, נִיתּוֹר 1) to be torn loose, be released. Y.Taan.II, 65d top, v. נָטַש II a. נָתש.Trnsf. to be untied, released from an obligation; to become permitted. Y.Yeb.IV, 6b bot. (ref. to Deut. 25:10) בית שהוא נִיתָּרוכ׳ a house (of several wives) which is released (from the leviratical marriage) by means of one ḥălitsah (performed on one of the wives). Y.Bicc.I, 64b top כל הביכורים שנראו לִיתּוֹר … אינן נִיתּוֹרִיןוכ׳ all the first fruits whioh are to be released (become permitted by being brought to the Temple) in the land (of Palestine), can become so only by reciting the confession (Deut. 26:5–10). Erub.10a; 12a חצר נִיתֶּרֶתוכ׳ a court becomes permitted (for Sabbath purposes) by, v. פַּס. Ib. שהוא נִיתָּרוכ׳ that it is made available ; a. e. Hif. הִתִּיר 1) to loosen, untie, unscrew. Tosef.Sabb.XVI (XVII), 5 שהִתִּירוֹ which one unscrewed; Sabb.XX, 5 מַתִּירִין, v. מַכְבֵּש. Ib. 22a מתירין (ציצית) מבגד לבגד you may untie show-fringes from one garment (and put them) on another garment. Gen. R. s. 5 מַתִּירָן ומוציאוכ׳ he unties them (opens the bags) and lets the air in them escape; a. fr.Tosef.Shebi.I, 7, v. וָתַר. 2) to permit, declare permitted, opp. אָסַר. Sabb.4a הִתִּירוּ לווכ׳ would they (the scholars) permit him to take it out ? Ib. II, 4 ור׳ יהודה מַתִּיר but R. Judah declares it permitted. Ib. 2 וחכמים מַתִּירִין; a. v. fr.V. מַתִּיר. 3) to free, surrender; to outlaw, proscribe. Snh.40b ה׳ עצמו למיתה did he surrender himself to death?, i. e. did he declare that he would commit the act in spite of the warning which defined it to be a deadly crime? Ib. 41a (ref. to Deut. 17:6) עד שיַתִּירוכ׳ until he declares himself ready to undergo capital punishment for his act Ḥull.41a. Y.Peah I, 16a עילא … להַתִּיר דמןוכ׳ they wanted a pretext to outlaw the rebels; a. fr. Hof. הוּתָּר 1) to be loosened, untied. Lev. R. s. 28, beg., a. fr. הוּתְּרָה הרצועה v. רְצוּעָה. Sabb.XX, 5 אם היה מוּתָּרוכ׳ if it (the clothes press) was (partly) unscrewed on the eve of the Sabbath, he may unscrew it entirely. B. Kam.9b שור מותר an ox that is not tied, opp. קשור. Erub.II, 1 קשורות אבל לא מוּתָּרוֹת closely tied together, but not tied in a loose way; a. e. 2) to be permitted. Y.Sabb.II, 5b bot. ה׳ הנדר, v. נֶדֶר; Snh.68a. Ḥull.17a בתחילהה׳ להןוכ׳ originally they were permitted to eat the flesh of an animal killed by stabbing (v. נְחִירָה). Ib. 9a נשחטה הותרה when the animal has been slaughtered according to the ritual, it is (absolutely) permitted. Erub.93b שבת ביון שהותרה הותרה as regards Sabbath laws what has been permitted at the entrance of the Sabbath remains permitted the entire day; ib. 70b כל שה׳ למקצתוכ׳ whatever is permitted for one part of the Sabbath ; a. v. fr.Part. מוּתָּר; f. מוּתֶּרֶת; pl. מוּתָּרִים, מוּתָּרִין; מוּתָּרוֹת (it is, they are) permitted (of things and persons). Ter. X, 7. Yeb.I, 2 צרתה מ׳ her rival is permitted (to him as wife). Ib. III, 2 ומ׳ באחותה and he is permitted to marry her sister. Ib. II, 10 מותרות לינשא להן may be married to them; a. v. fr.Pes.48a, a. e. (ref. to ממשקה ישראל, Ez. 45:15) מן המותר לישראל of what an Israelite is permitted to drink. Sabb.108a (ref. to בפיך, Ex. 13:9) מדבר המותר בפיך the Torah must be written on the skin of an animal which is permitted in thy mouth (a clean animal).

נָתַרI (b. h.; cmp. נתק) to sever, loosen. Nif. נִיתַּר, נִיתּוֹר 1) to be torn loose, be released. Y.Taan.II, 65d top, v. נָטַש II a. נָתש.Trnsf. to be untied, released from an obligation; to become permitted. Y.Yeb.IV, 6b bot. (ref. to Deut. 25:10) בית שהוא נִיתָּרוכ׳ a house (of several wives) which is released (from the leviratical marriage) by means of one ḥălitsah (performed on one of the wives). Y.Bicc.I, 64b top כל הביכורים שנראו לִיתּוֹר … אינן נִיתּוֹרִיןוכ׳ all the first fruits whioh are to be released (become permitted by being brought to the Temple) in the land (of Palestine), can become so only by reciting the confession (Deut. 26:5–10). Erub.10a; 12a חצר נִיתֶּרֶתוכ׳ a court becomes permitted (for Sabbath purposes) by, v. פַּס. Ib. שהוא נִיתָּרוכ׳ that it is made available ; a. e. Hif. הִתִּיר 1) to loosen, untie, unscrew. Tosef.Sabb.XVI (XVII), 5 שהִתִּירוֹ which one unscrewed; Sabb.XX, 5 מַתִּירִין, v. מַכְבֵּש. Ib. 22a מתירין (ציצית) מבגד לבגד you may untie show-fringes from one garment (and put them) on another garment. Gen. R. s. 5 מַתִּירָן ומוציאוכ׳ he unties them (opens the bags) and lets the air in them escape; a. fr.Tosef.Shebi.I, 7, v. וָתַר. 2) to permit, declare permitted, opp. אָסַר. Sabb.4a הִתִּירוּ לווכ׳ would they (the scholars) permit him to take it out ? Ib. II, 4 ור׳ יהודה מַתִּיר but R. Judah declares it permitted. Ib. 2 וחכמים מַתִּירִין; a. v. fr.V. מַתִּיר. 3) to free, surrender; to outlaw, proscribe. Snh.40b ה׳ עצמו למיתה did he surrender himself to death?, i. e. did he declare that he would commit the act in spite of the warning which defined it to be a deadly crime? Ib. 41a (ref. to Deut. 17:6) עד שיַתִּירוכ׳ until he declares himself ready to undergo capital punishment for his act Ḥull.41a. Y.Peah I, 16a עילא … להַתִּיר דמןוכ׳ they wanted a pretext to outlaw the rebels; a. fr. Hof. הוּתָּר 1) to be loosened, untied. Lev. R. s. 28, beg., a. fr. הוּתְּרָה הרצועה v. רְצוּעָה. Sabb.XX, 5 אם היה מוּתָּרוכ׳ if it (the clothes press) was (partly) unscrewed on the eve of the Sabbath, he may unscrew it entirely. B. Kam.9b שור מותר an ox that is not tied, opp. קשור. Erub.II, 1 קשורות אבל לא מוּתָּרוֹת closely tied together, but not tied in a loose way; a. e. 2) to be permitted. Y.Sabb.II, 5b bot. ה׳ הנדר, v. נֶדֶר; Snh.68a. Ḥull.17a בתחילהה׳ להןוכ׳ originally they were permitted to eat the flesh of an animal killed by stabbing (v. נְחִירָה). Ib. 9a נשחטה הותרה when the animal has been slaughtered according to the ritual, it is (absolutely) permitted. Erub.93b שבת ביון שהותרה הותרה as regards Sabbath laws what has been permitted at the entrance of the Sabbath remains permitted the entire day; ib. 70b כל שה׳ למקצתוכ׳ whatever is permitted for one part of the Sabbath ; a. v. fr.Part. מוּתָּר; f. מוּתֶּרֶת; pl. מוּתָּרִים, מוּתָּרִין; מוּתָּרוֹת (it is, they are) permitted (of things and persons). Ter. X, 7. Yeb.I, 2 צרתה מ׳ her rival is permitted (to him as wife). Ib. III, 2 ומ׳ באחותה and he is permitted to marry her sister. Ib. II, 10 מותרות לינשא להן may be married to them; a. v. fr.Pes.48a, a. e. (ref. to ממשקה ישראל, Ez. 45:15) מן המותר לישראל of what an Israelite is permitted to drink. Sabb.108a (ref. to בפיך, Ex. 13:9) מדבר המותר בפיך the Torah must be written on the skin of an animal which is permitted in thy mouth (a clean animal).

עִיקּוּר, עִקּ׳m. (עָקַר) 1) uprooting, tearing loose. Y.Shebi.V, 35b bot., v. דִּיכּוּן. Ib. כעיקר (corr. acc.).Esp. ע׳ סימנים, or ע׳ tearing loose the windpipe and gullet before cutting, looseness of (v. סִימָן). Ḥull.44a. Ib. 9a; 27a; a. fr. 3) mutilation, hamstringing; unfitting. Ab. Zar.11a ע׳ שיש בו טריפה a mutilation which affects the vitality of the animal; ואיזהו ע׳ שאיןוכ׳ and what mutilation does not affect ?, v. נָשַׁר; ib. 13a; Tosef.Sabb.VII (VIII), 20; a. fr.Bekh.53a; Yoma 66a, a. e. (ref. to בהמה תיעקר, ib.) ואי זה הוא ע׳ נועלוכ׳ what kind of ʿiḳḳur is meant? He locks the door before the animal and lets it die of itself.Pl. עִיקּוּרִים, עִיקּוּרִין, עִיקּוּרוֹת, עִקּ׳ plucking, harvest (of leguminous plants). Snh.65b לימודי … עִיקּוּרֵי קיטניות מהיות רעות (Rashi עקרי) it is usual in ante-Sabbatical years … for the harvests of leguminous plants (of peas) not to be bad (v. לִימּוּד); Yalk. Deut. 918 עוקרי קוטניות מחיות (corr. acc.); Sifré Deut. 171 עֲקִירוֹת קטנות להיות רעות for the small harvests to be bad; Tosef.Sabb.VII (VIII), 14 ועִקּוּרוֹת קיטניות ed. Zuck. (Var. עקודות, קטנות); Sifra Kdosh., Par. 3, ch. VI עקורות קטניות.