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מָעַט(b. h.; cmp. מוּט) to be thin, minute.Part. pass. מָעוּט, f. מְעוּטָה; pl. מְעוּטִים, מְעוּטִין; מְעוּטוֹת. Y.Pes.V, 32a bot.; Y.Snh.I, 18c bot. גסי רוח ומְעוּטֵי תידה big in spirit (haughty) and small in learning (of narrow capacity). Tosef.Ḥall.I, 7; a. e.Tam.IV, 2 במעוטה at least (Talm. ed. 31a במעוטן, comment. במיעוטן on the smallest of the tables). Pi. מִעֵט, מִיעֵט 1) to diminish, reduce; to do little. Ab. IV, 10 הוי מְמַעֵט בעסקוכ׳ do less business, and busy thyself with the Law. M. Kat. 22a, v. עֵסֶק. Taan. I, 7 מְמַעֲטִין במשאוכ׳ we must reduce business transactions, building Ib. IV, 6 משנכנס אב ממעטין בשמחה with the beginning of the month of Ab we must reduce rejoicing. Ḥull.60b לכי ומַעֲטִי את עצמך go and make thyself smaller (be reduced). Snh.17a הואיל ומִיעַטְתֶּם עצמיכם because you made yourselves small (were modest); Num. R. s. 15. Tosef.Erub.IX (VI), 15 מִיעֲטָהּ באבניםוכ׳ if he reduced the size of the gap by means of stones Y. ib. VII, beg.24b ממעטין בכלים you may use utensils for reducing the opening. Bab. ib. 77b ממעט effects the reduction, i. e. puts the two adjoining places in the legal condition of dwellings connected by a gate; a. fr. 2) (interpret.) to limit, qualify, exclude from the rule. Shebu.26a היה דורש את כל התורה בריבה ומיעט interpreted the entire Law on the principle of ‘It includes and it excludes, i. e. on the principle that if, in the Biblical text, a specification is preceded and followed by general terms, both an extension ( ריבוי) and a limitation ( מיעוט) must be found; e. g. ib. (ref. to Lev. 5:4) או נפש … להרע … מי׳וכ׳ ‘or if a soul swears, this is a general expression, ‘for bad or for good, this limits (the sphere of the law to things which are either an advantage or a disadvantage); ‘whatsoever it be, this is again a generalization; now what does it include? All kinds of words (vows); ומאי מ׳ מ׳וכ׳ and what does it exclude? It excludes a religious act (the vow of doing a forbidden thing or not doing a commanded thing). Sifra Tsav, ch. XV, Par. 11 אם מִיעַטְתִּים מסמיכה מרובה לא אֲמַעֲטֵם בתנופהוכ׳ if I exclude them (the gentiles) from the privilege of laying hands on the sacrifice, which has a wider sphere of application, must I not exclude them from the privilege of waving ?; a. fr.Part. pass. מְמוּעָט, v. מוּעָט. Hif. הִמְעִיט to do little, less. Ber.I7a שמא תאמר אני מרבה והוא מַמְעִיט lest you say, I do much good, and he but little; שנינו אחד המרבה ואחד הממעיטוכ׳ we have learned, whether one does much or little (they are equally worthy), provided one directs his heart ; Men. XIII, 11; a. fr. Nithpa. נִתְמַעֵט, Hithpa. הִתְמַעֵט to be diminished, reduced. Erub.VII, 5 נ׳ התבן מעשרהוכ׳ if the pile of straw has been reduced to less than ten handbreadths. Ib. 54b; Ab. Zar.19a מִתְמַעֵט he will become less (will decline in learning). Arakh.30b נ׳ כספו if his value was reduced. Tosef.Sot.XIV, 10 נִתְמַעֲטוּ הימיםוכ׳ the days were reduced, and the years shortened. Ib. התחילו הגוים להתרבות וישראל להִתְמעֵט the nations began to grow and the Israelites to be reduced (in rank). Pesik. R. s. 14 נִתְמַעֲטָה ידו he became reduced in fortune. Midr. Till. to Ps. 12, end נפשם מִתְמַעֶטֶת עליהם their soul within them shrinks, i. e. they feel jealous and angry; Yalk. ib. 659; Lev. R. s. 32, beg. מתמענת (corr. acc.). Sifra l. c. נִתְמַעֶטֶת תנופה the sphere of the act of waving is the smaller one; נִתְמַעֲטָה סמיכה the laying on of hands has the smaller sphere; a. fr.Erub.80b מאי נתמעט נתמטמט ‘it was reduced (Mish. VII, 7) means, it was reduced to atoms, v. מִטְמֵט.B. Mets.71a נכסיו מִתְמַעֲטִין, v. סוּט h.Tosef.Mikv.VI (VII), 14 מִתְמַעֲטִין, v. מָעַךְ.

מָעַט(b. h.; cmp. מוּט) to be thin, minute.Part. pass. מָעוּט, f. מְעוּטָה; pl. מְעוּטִים, מְעוּטִין; מְעוּטוֹת. Y.Pes.V, 32a bot.; Y.Snh.I, 18c bot. גסי רוח ומְעוּטֵי תידה big in spirit (haughty) and small in learning (of narrow capacity). Tosef.Ḥall.I, 7; a. e.Tam.IV, 2 במעוטה at least (Talm. ed. 31a במעוטן, comment. במיעוטן on the smallest of the tables). Pi. מִעֵט, מִיעֵט 1) to diminish, reduce; to do little. Ab. IV, 10 הוי מְמַעֵט בעסקוכ׳ do less business, and busy thyself with the Law. M. Kat. 22a, v. עֵסֶק. Taan. I, 7 מְמַעֲטִין במשאוכ׳ we must reduce business transactions, building Ib. IV, 6 משנכנס אב ממעטין בשמחה with the beginning of the month of Ab we must reduce rejoicing. Ḥull.60b לכי ומַעֲטִי את עצמך go and make thyself smaller (be reduced). Snh.17a הואיל ומִיעַטְתֶּם עצמיכם because you made yourselves small (were modest); Num. R. s. 15. Tosef.Erub.IX (VI), 15 מִיעֲטָהּ באבניםוכ׳ if he reduced the size of the gap by means of stones Y. ib. VII, beg.24b ממעטין בכלים you may use utensils for reducing the opening. Bab. ib. 77b ממעט effects the reduction, i. e. puts the two adjoining places in the legal condition of dwellings connected by a gate; a. fr. 2) (interpret.) to limit, qualify, exclude from the rule. Shebu.26a היה דורש את כל התורה בריבה ומיעט interpreted the entire Law on the principle of ‘It includes and it excludes, i. e. on the principle that if, in the Biblical text, a specification is preceded and followed by general terms, both an extension ( ריבוי) and a limitation ( מיעוט) must be found; e. g. ib. (ref. to Lev. 5:4) או נפש … להרע … מי׳וכ׳ ‘or if a soul swears, this is a general expression, ‘for bad or for good, this limits (the sphere of the law to things which are either an advantage or a disadvantage); ‘whatsoever it be, this is again a generalization; now what does it include? All kinds of words (vows); ומאי מ׳ מ׳וכ׳ and what does it exclude? It excludes a religious act (the vow of doing a forbidden thing or not doing a commanded thing). Sifra Tsav, ch. XV, Par. 11 אם מִיעַטְתִּים מסמיכה מרובה לא אֲמַעֲטֵם בתנופהוכ׳ if I exclude them (the gentiles) from the privilege of laying hands on the sacrifice, which has a wider sphere of application, must I not exclude them from the privilege of waving ?; a. fr.Part. pass. מְמוּעָט, v. מוּעָט. Hif. הִמְעִיט to do little, less. Ber.I7a שמא תאמר אני מרבה והוא מַמְעִיט lest you say, I do much good, and he but little; שנינו אחד המרבה ואחד הממעיטוכ׳ we have learned, whether one does much or little (they are equally worthy), provided one directs his heart ; Men. XIII, 11; a. fr. Nithpa. נִתְמַעֵט, Hithpa. הִתְמַעֵט to be diminished, reduced. Erub.VII, 5 נ׳ התבן מעשרהוכ׳ if the pile of straw has been reduced to less than ten handbreadths. Ib. 54b; Ab. Zar.19a מִתְמַעֵט he will become less (will decline in learning). Arakh.30b נ׳ כספו if his value was reduced. Tosef.Sot.XIV, 10 נִתְמַעֲטוּ הימיםוכ׳ the days were reduced, and the years shortened. Ib. התחילו הגוים להתרבות וישראל להִתְמעֵט the nations began to grow and the Israelites to be reduced (in rank). Pesik. R. s. 14 נִתְמַעֲטָה ידו he became reduced in fortune. Midr. Till. to Ps. 12, end נפשם מִתְמַעֶטֶת עליהם their soul within them shrinks, i. e. they feel jealous and angry; Yalk. ib. 659; Lev. R. s. 32, beg. מתמענת (corr. acc.). Sifra l. c. נִתְמַעֶטֶת תנופה the sphere of the act of waving is the smaller one; נִתְמַעֲטָה סמיכה the laying on of hands has the smaller sphere; a. fr.Erub.80b מאי נתמעט נתמטמט ‘it was reduced (Mish. VII, 7) means, it was reduced to atoms, v. מִטְמֵט.B. Mets.71a נכסיו מִתְמַעֲטִין, v. סוּט h.Tosef.Mikv.VI (VII), 14 מִתְמַעֲטִין, v. מָעַךְ.

קְטַל 1) to cut. Snh.74b if a gentile says to a Jew, קְטוֹל אספסתאוכ׳ cut grass on the Sabbath and throw it to the cattle, or I shall kill thee, לִיקְטִיל ולא לִיקְטְלֵיה let him cut, that he (the gentile) may not kill him; שדי לנהרא ליקטליה ולא ליקטול but if he says to him, (cut grass and) throw it into the river, let him (the gentile) kill him, but he must not cut, because the gentiles intention is merely to make him commit a sin; Yeb.121b. Sabb.95a רבך קָטֵיל … הוה thy teacher must have been a cutter of reeds in the marsh (an ignorant man); Snh.33a אטו אנן קַטְלֵיוכ׳ are we reed-cutters?; a. e. 2) to kill. Targ. Gen. 5:8. Targ. Ex. 4:23, sq.; a. fr.Part. pass. קְטִיל, קְטִילָא; f. קְטִילָא; pl. קְטִילִין, קְטִילַיָּא; קְטִילָן. Targ. II Sam. 23:8. Targ. Prov. 7:26; a. fr.Cant. R. to III, 4 אריא קטילא קְטִילַת thou hast killed a dead lion; Snh.96b עמא ק׳ קַטְלַת thou hast killed a dead people, v. טְחַן. Ib. 74a אמר … זיל קַטְלֵיה … ואי לא קַטְלִינָא לן the governor of my place told me, go and kill that man, or I shall kill thee; א״ל לִיקְטְלוּךְ ולא תִיקְטוֹלוכ׳ said he (Raba) to him, let them kill thee, but do thou not kill; who tells thee that thy blood is redder ? Cant. R. to IV, 1 (expl. טרף, Gen. 8:11) קטילוכ׳ killed, as we read (Gen. 37:33) ṭarof ; אמר לה אילו לא קְטַלְתִּינֵיהוכ׳ he (Noah) said to her (the dove), hadst thou not killed it, it would have become a big tree; Lev. R. s. 31 אילו לא קְטַלְתֵּיה; Yalk. Gen. 59; (Gen. R. s. 33 אילו שבקתה); a. fr. Pa. קַטֵּיל same, to Kill. Targ. Ex. 17:3. Targ. II Kings 17:26; a. fr.Y.Taan.IV, 69a והוון רומים … ומְקַטְּלִין לון the Romans came and massacred them (the inhabitants); a. e. Ithpe. אִתְקְטִיל, אִיקְּטִיל to be killed, put to death. Targ. Ex. 21:15. Targ. Prov. 22:13; a. fr.Keth.35b אע״ג דמִיקְּטִיל משלם although he is to be put to death, he must pay damages; a. e.

קְטַל 1) to cut. Snh.74b if a gentile says to a Jew, קְטוֹל אספסתאוכ׳ cut grass on the Sabbath and throw it to the cattle, or I shall kill thee, לִיקְטִיל ולא לִיקְטְלֵיה let him cut, that he (the gentile) may not kill him; שדי לנהרא ליקטליה ולא ליקטול but if he says to him, (cut grass and) throw it into the river, let him (the gentile) kill him, but he must not cut, because the gentiles intention is merely to make him commit a sin; Yeb.121b. Sabb.95a רבך קָטֵיל … הוה thy teacher must have been a cutter of reeds in the marsh (an ignorant man); Snh.33a אטו אנן קַטְלֵיוכ׳ are we reed-cutters?; a. e. 2) to kill. Targ. Gen. 5:8. Targ. Ex. 4:23, sq.; a. fr.Part. pass. קְטִיל, קְטִילָא; f. קְטִילָא; pl. קְטִילִין, קְטִילַיָּא; קְטִילָן. Targ. II Sam. 23:8. Targ. Prov. 7:26; a. fr.Cant. R. to III, 4 אריא קטילא קְטִילַת thou hast killed a dead lion; Snh.96b עמא ק׳ קַטְלַת thou hast killed a dead people, v. טְחַן. Ib. 74a אמר … זיל קַטְלֵיה … ואי לא קַטְלִינָא לן the governor of my place told me, go and kill that man, or I shall kill thee; א״ל לִיקְטְלוּךְ ולא תִיקְטוֹלוכ׳ said he (Raba) to him, let them kill thee, but do thou not kill; who tells thee that thy blood is redder ? Cant. R. to IV, 1 (expl. טרף, Gen. 8:11) קטילוכ׳ killed, as we read (Gen. 37:33) ṭarof ; אמר לה אילו לא קְטַלְתִּינֵיהוכ׳ he (Noah) said to her (the dove), hadst thou not killed it, it would have become a big tree; Lev. R. s. 31 אילו לא קְטַלְתֵּיה; Yalk. Gen. 59; (Gen. R. s. 33 אילו שבקתה); a. fr. Pa. קַטֵּיל same, to Kill. Targ. Ex. 17:3. Targ. II Kings 17:26; a. fr.Y.Taan.IV, 69a והוון רומים … ומְקַטְּלִין לון the Romans came and massacred them (the inhabitants); a. e. Ithpe. אִתְקְטִיל, אִיקְּטִיל to be killed, put to death. Targ. Ex. 21:15. Targ. Prov. 22:13; a. fr.Keth.35b אע״ג דמִיקְּטִיל משלם although he is to be put to death, he must pay damages; a. e.