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קָלַל(b. h.) ( to swing) to be light, slender, unimportant.Part. קַל. Snh.VI, 5 (ref. to קללת, Deut. 21:23) בזמן … קַלַּנִי מראשיוכ׳ when man suffers punishment, what does the Shekhinah say? ‘I am lighter than my head, than my arm (euphem. for, I feel my head heavy); Y. ib. 23d bot. אנן תנינן קַלֵּינִי (= קל איני) we read ḳalleni, I am not lighter; אית תניי תני קל אני some Tannai reads ḳal ăni; מאן דאמר קליני לית הוא אלא קליל according to him that reads ḳalleni, it is a euphemistic expression for ‘light (i. e. my head is light, I feel giddy; my arm is light, I feel weak); מאן דאמר קלני … נטיל according to the version ḳallani, it is a euphemistic expression for ‘heavy (i. e. my head, my arm is heavy); Bab. ib. 46b Abbayi says כמאן דאמד קל לית (read ḳalleni) as one says, ‘light (I am) not (i. e. I feel heavy, without euphemism)(which is refuted by Raba, who explains the word in question) קליל לי עלמא, v. קַלִּיל II. Hif. הֵיקַל, הֵקַל, הֵקיל I) to lighten. M. Kat. 17b הכביד … מֵיקַלוכ׳ if the mourners hair is too heavy, he may make it lighter with a razor; Y. ib. III, 82a top. Erub.IV, 9 להָקֵל על העשיר to make it easy for the rich man; a. fr.Trnsf. ה׳ ראשו to be irreverent, talk frivolously (v. קַלּוּת). Ber.IX, 5 לא יָקֵל אדם את ראשו כנגדוכ׳ man (a pilgrim coming to Jerusalem) must not behave irreverently in sight of the eastern gate Yalk. Gen. 24 מֵיקֶלֶת ראשה she is frivolous (light-minded); Yalk. Is. 265 מֵקֶילֶת ראש; (Gen. R. s. 18 מיקרת, v. יָקַר). 2) to be lenient; to incline towards the less restrictive practice, opp. החמיר, v. חָמַר I. Y. M. Kat. l. c. הלכה כדברי מי שהוא מיקל the adopted practice follows the opinion of him who is more lenient; Erub.46a, a. fr. כדברי המיקלוכ׳. Yeb.88a הֵיקַלְתָּ עליה, v. חָמַר I. Pes.52b, v. מַגִּיד. Erub. l. c. wherever you find יחיד מיקל ורביםוכ׳ an individual scholar favoring the more lenient practice against several in favor of restriction. Sabb.129a, a. fr. ספק נפשות להָקל where there is a doubt involving the endangering of human life, the more lenient rule is applied; a. fr. 3) to be sparing, beggarly. Ib. כל המיקל … מְקִילִין לו מזוניתיווכ׳ he that stints himself at the meal taken after bloodletting, to him they in heaven will give his sustenance stintingly; a. e. Pi. קִלֵּל ( to diminish, to curse. Keth.VII, 6 מְקַלֶּלֶת, v. יִוֹלֵד. Sabb.62b שאשתו מְקַלַּלְתּוֹ בפניו whom his wife curses in his presence. Pes.87b (ref. to Prov. 30:10 sq.) אפו׳ דור שאביו יְקַלֵּלוכ׳ even if it be a generation of men that curse their father …, do not denounce Yoma 75a ק׳ את הנחשוכ׳ God cursed the serpent, yet it climbs up the roof and finds its food. Sot.11a (expl. ועלה, Ex. 1:10, as euphem. for ועלינו) כאדם שמְקַלֵּל את עצמווכ׳ like a man that wants to curse himself (express an ill omen about himself), and hangs his curse on others. B. Bath.88b הקב״ה בירך … וקִלְּלָןוכ׳ the Lord blessed Israel with the twenty-two letters of the alphabet (from א of אם, Lev. 26:3, to ת of קוממיות, ib. 13), and cursed them with eight letters (from ו of ואם, ib. 14, to ם of נפשם, ib. 43). Snh.70a מתוך שקלקלו … קִלְּלוֹ ברביעי because Ham injured him by (preventing his begetting) a fourth son, he (Noah) cursed him by his fourth son (Canaan). Ib. 91b כל המונע … שבמעי אמן מְקַלְּלִין אותו (not אמו) he that withholds a tradition from his pupil, even the embryos in their mothers womb will curse him; Yalk. Prov. 947; a. fr. Nithpa. נִתְקַלֵּל to be cursed. Ber.61a בתחלה נ׳ … נִתְקַלְּלָהוכ׳ the serpent was cursed first, and then Eve ; Gen. R. s. 20; Erub.18a. Ib. b נתקללה בבל נִתְקַלְּלוּוכ׳ when Babylon was cursed, her neighbors were cursed. Bekh.8a אם מבהמה נתקללהוכ׳ if she (Eve) was cursed (with prolonged pregnancy) more than cattle Ib. נ׳ הוא … אחת לשבע it (the serpent) was cursed seven times more than certain cattle. Ib. נ׳ הוא מחיה (not נתקלקל); a. fr.Tosef.Sot.II, 3 ניקללה ניוולה, Var. ניקל, read: ניקתה בניוולה, v. נָקָה Nif.)

קָלַל(b. h.) ( to swing) to be light, slender, unimportant.Part. קַל. Snh.VI, 5 (ref. to קללת, Deut. 21:23) בזמן … קַלַּנִי מראשיוכ׳ when man suffers punishment, what does the Shekhinah say? ‘I am lighter than my head, than my arm (euphem. for, I feel my head heavy); Y. ib. 23d bot. אנן תנינן קַלֵּינִי (= קל איני) we read ḳalleni, I am not lighter; אית תניי תני קל אני some Tannai reads ḳal ăni; מאן דאמר קליני לית הוא אלא קליל according to him that reads ḳalleni, it is a euphemistic expression for ‘light (i. e. my head is light, I feel giddy; my arm is light, I feel weak); מאן דאמר קלני … נטיל according to the version ḳallani, it is a euphemistic expression for ‘heavy (i. e. my head, my arm is heavy); Bab. ib. 46b Abbayi says כמאן דאמד קל לית (read ḳalleni) as one says, ‘light (I am) not (i. e. I feel heavy, without euphemism)(which is refuted by Raba, who explains the word in question) קליל לי עלמא, v. קַלִּיל II. Hif. הֵיקַל, הֵקַל, הֵקיל I) to lighten. M. Kat. 17b הכביד … מֵיקַלוכ׳ if the mourners hair is too heavy, he may make it lighter with a razor; Y. ib. III, 82a top. Erub.IV, 9 להָקֵל על העשיר to make it easy for the rich man; a. fr.Trnsf. ה׳ ראשו to be irreverent, talk frivolously (v. קַלּוּת). Ber.IX, 5 לא יָקֵל אדם את ראשו כנגדוכ׳ man (a pilgrim coming to Jerusalem) must not behave irreverently in sight of the eastern gate Yalk. Gen. 24 מֵיקֶלֶת ראשה she is frivolous (light-minded); Yalk. Is. 265 מֵקֶילֶת ראש; (Gen. R. s. 18 מיקרת, v. יָקַר). 2) to be lenient; to incline towards the less restrictive practice, opp. החמיר, v. חָמַר I. Y. M. Kat. l. c. הלכה כדברי מי שהוא מיקל the adopted practice follows the opinion of him who is more lenient; Erub.46a, a. fr. כדברי המיקלוכ׳. Yeb.88a הֵיקַלְתָּ עליה, v. חָמַר I. Pes.52b, v. מַגִּיד. Erub. l. c. wherever you find יחיד מיקל ורביםוכ׳ an individual scholar favoring the more lenient practice against several in favor of restriction. Sabb.129a, a. fr. ספק נפשות להָקל where there is a doubt involving the endangering of human life, the more lenient rule is applied; a. fr. 3) to be sparing, beggarly. Ib. כל המיקל … מְקִילִין לו מזוניתיווכ׳ he that stints himself at the meal taken after bloodletting, to him they in heaven will give his sustenance stintingly; a. e. Pi. קִלֵּל ( to diminish, to curse. Keth.VII, 6 מְקַלֶּלֶת, v. יִוֹלֵד. Sabb.62b שאשתו מְקַלַּלְתּוֹ בפניו whom his wife curses in his presence. Pes.87b (ref. to Prov. 30:10 sq.) אפו׳ דור שאביו יְקַלֵּלוכ׳ even if it be a generation of men that curse their father …, do not denounce Yoma 75a ק׳ את הנחשוכ׳ God cursed the serpent, yet it climbs up the roof and finds its food. Sot.11a (expl. ועלה, Ex. 1:10, as euphem. for ועלינו) כאדם שמְקַלֵּל את עצמווכ׳ like a man that wants to curse himself (express an ill omen about himself), and hangs his curse on others. B. Bath.88b הקב״ה בירך … וקִלְּלָןוכ׳ the Lord blessed Israel with the twenty-two letters of the alphabet (from א of אם, Lev. 26:3, to ת of קוממיות, ib. 13), and cursed them with eight letters (from ו of ואם, ib. 14, to ם of נפשם, ib. 43). Snh.70a מתוך שקלקלו … קִלְּלוֹ ברביעי because Ham injured him by (preventing his begetting) a fourth son, he (Noah) cursed him by his fourth son (Canaan). Ib. 91b כל המונע … שבמעי אמן מְקַלְּלִין אותו (not אמו) he that withholds a tradition from his pupil, even the embryos in their mothers womb will curse him; Yalk. Prov. 947; a. fr. Nithpa. נִתְקַלֵּל to be cursed. Ber.61a בתחלה נ׳ … נִתְקַלְּלָהוכ׳ the serpent was cursed first, and then Eve ; Gen. R. s. 20; Erub.18a. Ib. b נתקללה בבל נִתְקַלְּלוּוכ׳ when Babylon was cursed, her neighbors were cursed. Bekh.8a אם מבהמה נתקללהוכ׳ if she (Eve) was cursed (with prolonged pregnancy) more than cattle Ib. נ׳ הוא … אחת לשבע it (the serpent) was cursed seven times more than certain cattle. Ib. נ׳ הוא מחיה (not נתקלקל); a. fr.Tosef.Sot.II, 3 ניקללה ניוולה, Var. ניקל, read: ניקתה בניוולה, v. נָקָה Nif.)

כְּבַש, כְּבֵישch. same, 1) to press, grade, make a path. Targ. Job 19:12 (h. text סלל). Targ. Is. 40:3; a. e.Part. pass. כָּבִיש, f. כְּבִישָׁא. Targ. O. Num. 20:19 (not כְּבָשָׁא). Targ. Is. 11:16; a. e.Pl. כְּבִישִׁין dams. Ib. 19:10.Erub.34b כְּבוּשוּ כבשיוכ׳ make a dam (or embankment) in the reed-marshes. 2) to press on, to put on ( the head). Targ. Y. Lev. 8:13 (h. text חבש). 3) to bind, fillet; to inlay. Targ. Y. Ex. 38:28 (h. text חשק; O. Pa.). Targ. Is. 54:11.Part. Pass. as ab.; pl. f. כְּבִישָׁן. 4) (with על) to tread upon, to stamp out. Targ. Mic. 7:19. Targ. Esth. 1:5. 5) (interch. with Pa.) to suppress, oppress; to conquer, force; to violate. Targ. Josh. 8:21. Targ. Ps. 4:6. Targ. II Esth. 7:8; a. fr.Part. pass. as Ab. Targ. Hos. 5:11.Zeb.73b, נִיכְבְּשִׁינְהוּ, v. נוּד ch. Y.Sabb.IV, end, 7a דילמא לא כ׳ צינתה will it (the band around the head) not overcome (counter-act the effect of) the cold? 6) to withhold, detain. Targ. Y. II Gen. 29:22.Nidd.39b a hen that laid one day וכַבְשָׁה יומאוכ׳ and held back (failed to lay) one day 7) to hide (the face); to close (the eyes). Targ. Ex. 3:6. Targ. Lev. 20:4; a. fr.Targ. O. Deut. 22:1 ed. Berl. (ed. Ithpe); ib. 4 (sub. עינין).B. Bath.40b כְּבִישְׁנָא לשטרוכ׳ I shall hide the deed of mortgage. Pa. כַּבֵּיש same. Targ. Prov. 16:32 מְכַבֵּיש Ms. (ed. מַכְבֵּיש Af.) who conquers. Targ. Josh. 8:19.Targ. O. Ex. 38:28 (v. supra). Targ. Lam. 3:34; a. fr.Snh.95a דכַבְּשִׁית בתקוף ידי which I conquered with the strength of my hand; (ib. כבשית כל מדינתי, read כנשית;) Yalk. Is. 284.Part. pass. מְכַבַּש, f. מְכַבְּשָׁא; pl. מְכַבְּשִׁין; מְכַכְּשָׁן. Targ. Ex. 38:17 (h. text מחשקים). Ib. 27:17 (not מְכֻבָּשִׁין, v. O. ed. Berl.). Targ. Am. 6:4.Targ. Jer. 18:15 (h. text סלולה); a. e. Af. אַכְבֵּיש, v. supra. Ithpe. אִתְכְּבֵיש 1) to be conquered; to be subdued, oppressed. Targ. Num. 32:22. Targ. Y. Gen. 16:9 (some ed. אתכנעי); a. e. 2) (of the face) to be sunk (in fear, shame), to grieve. Targ. Gen. 4:5; 6 (h. text נפל). 3) to withdraw ones self. Targ. O. Deut. 22:1, v. supra.

כְּבַש, כְּבֵישch. same, 1) to press, grade, make a path. Targ. Job 19:12 (h. text סלל). Targ. Is. 40:3; a. e.Part. pass. כָּבִיש, f. כְּבִישָׁא. Targ. O. Num. 20:19 (not כְּבָשָׁא). Targ. Is. 11:16; a. e.Pl. כְּבִישִׁין dams. Ib. 19:10.Erub.34b כְּבוּשוּ כבשיוכ׳ make a dam (or embankment) in the reed-marshes. 2) to press on, to put on ( the head). Targ. Y. Lev. 8:13 (h. text חבש). 3) to bind, fillet; to inlay. Targ. Y. Ex. 38:28 (h. text חשק; O. Pa.). Targ. Is. 54:11.Part. Pass. as ab.; pl. f. כְּבִישָׁן. 4) (with על) to tread upon, to stamp out. Targ. Mic. 7:19. Targ. Esth. 1:5. 5) (interch. with Pa.) to suppress, oppress; to conquer, force; to violate. Targ. Josh. 8:21. Targ. Ps. 4:6. Targ. II Esth. 7:8; a. fr.Part. pass. as Ab. Targ. Hos. 5:11.Zeb.73b, נִיכְבְּשִׁינְהוּ, v. נוּד ch. Y.Sabb.IV, end, 7a דילמא לא כ׳ צינתה will it (the band around the head) not overcome (counter-act the effect of) the cold? 6) to withhold, detain. Targ. Y. II Gen. 29:22.Nidd.39b a hen that laid one day וכַבְשָׁה יומאוכ׳ and held back (failed to lay) one day 7) to hide (the face); to close (the eyes). Targ. Ex. 3:6. Targ. Lev. 20:4; a. fr.Targ. O. Deut. 22:1 ed. Berl. (ed. Ithpe); ib. 4 (sub. עינין).B. Bath.40b כְּבִישְׁנָא לשטרוכ׳ I shall hide the deed of mortgage. Pa. כַּבֵּיש same. Targ. Prov. 16:32 מְכַבֵּיש Ms. (ed. מַכְבֵּיש Af.) who conquers. Targ. Josh. 8:19.Targ. O. Ex. 38:28 (v. supra). Targ. Lam. 3:34; a. fr.Snh.95a דכַבְּשִׁית בתקוף ידי which I conquered with the strength of my hand; (ib. כבשית כל מדינתי, read כנשית;) Yalk. Is. 284.Part. pass. מְכַבַּש, f. מְכַבְּשָׁא; pl. מְכַבְּשִׁין; מְכַכְּשָׁן. Targ. Ex. 38:17 (h. text מחשקים). Ib. 27:17 (not מְכֻבָּשִׁין, v. O. ed. Berl.). Targ. Am. 6:4.Targ. Jer. 18:15 (h. text סלולה); a. e. Af. אַכְבֵּיש, v. supra. Ithpe. אִתְכְּבֵיש 1) to be conquered; to be subdued, oppressed. Targ. Num. 32:22. Targ. Y. Gen. 16:9 (some ed. אתכנעי); a. e. 2) (of the face) to be sunk (in fear, shame), to grieve. Targ. Gen. 4:5; 6 (h. text נפל). 3) to withdraw ones self. Targ. O. Deut. 22:1, v. supra.

כְּבַש, כְּבֵישch. same, 1) to press, grade, make a path. Targ. Job 19:12 (h. text סלל). Targ. Is. 40:3; a. e.Part. pass. כָּבִיש, f. כְּבִישָׁא. Targ. O. Num. 20:19 (not כְּבָשָׁא). Targ. Is. 11:16; a. e.Pl. כְּבִישִׁין dams. Ib. 19:10.Erub.34b כְּבוּשוּ כבשיוכ׳ make a dam (or embankment) in the reed-marshes. 2) to press on, to put on ( the head). Targ. Y. Lev. 8:13 (h. text חבש). 3) to bind, fillet; to inlay. Targ. Y. Ex. 38:28 (h. text חשק; O. Pa.). Targ. Is. 54:11.Part. Pass. as ab.; pl. f. כְּבִישָׁן. 4) (with על) to tread upon, to stamp out. Targ. Mic. 7:19. Targ. Esth. 1:5. 5) (interch. with Pa.) to suppress, oppress; to conquer, force; to violate. Targ. Josh. 8:21. Targ. Ps. 4:6. Targ. II Esth. 7:8; a. fr.Part. pass. as Ab. Targ. Hos. 5:11.Zeb.73b, נִיכְבְּשִׁינְהוּ, v. נוּד ch. Y.Sabb.IV, end, 7a דילמא לא כ׳ צינתה will it (the band around the head) not overcome (counter-act the effect of) the cold? 6) to withhold, detain. Targ. Y. II Gen. 29:22.Nidd.39b a hen that laid one day וכַבְשָׁה יומאוכ׳ and held back (failed to lay) one day 7) to hide (the face); to close (the eyes). Targ. Ex. 3:6. Targ. Lev. 20:4; a. fr.Targ. O. Deut. 22:1 ed. Berl. (ed. Ithpe); ib. 4 (sub. עינין).B. Bath.40b כְּבִישְׁנָא לשטרוכ׳ I shall hide the deed of mortgage. Pa. כַּבֵּיש same. Targ. Prov. 16:32 מְכַבֵּיש Ms. (ed. מַכְבֵּיש Af.) who conquers. Targ. Josh. 8:19.Targ. O. Ex. 38:28 (v. supra). Targ. Lam. 3:34; a. fr.Snh.95a דכַבְּשִׁית בתקוף ידי which I conquered with the strength of my hand; (ib. כבשית כל מדינתי, read כנשית;) Yalk. Is. 284.Part. pass. מְכַבַּש, f. מְכַבְּשָׁא; pl. מְכַבְּשִׁין; מְכַכְּשָׁן. Targ. Ex. 38:17 (h. text מחשקים). Ib. 27:17 (not מְכֻבָּשִׁין, v. O. ed. Berl.). Targ. Am. 6:4.Targ. Jer. 18:15 (h. text סלולה); a. e. Af. אַכְבֵּיש, v. supra. Ithpe. אִתְכְּבֵיש 1) to be conquered; to be subdued, oppressed. Targ. Num. 32:22. Targ. Y. Gen. 16:9 (some ed. אתכנעי); a. e. 2) (of the face) to be sunk (in fear, shame), to grieve. Targ. Gen. 4:5; 6 (h. text נפל). 3) to withdraw ones self. Targ. O. Deut. 22:1, v. supra.

כְּבַש, כְּבֵישch. same, 1) to press, grade, make a path. Targ. Job 19:12 (h. text סלל). Targ. Is. 40:3; a. e.Part. pass. כָּבִיש, f. כְּבִישָׁא. Targ. O. Num. 20:19 (not כְּבָשָׁא). Targ. Is. 11:16; a. e.Pl. כְּבִישִׁין dams. Ib. 19:10.Erub.34b כְּבוּשוּ כבשיוכ׳ make a dam (or embankment) in the reed-marshes. 2) to press on, to put on ( the head). Targ. Y. Lev. 8:13 (h. text חבש). 3) to bind, fillet; to inlay. Targ. Y. Ex. 38:28 (h. text חשק; O. Pa.). Targ. Is. 54:11.Part. Pass. as ab.; pl. f. כְּבִישָׁן. 4) (with על) to tread upon, to stamp out. Targ. Mic. 7:19. Targ. Esth. 1:5. 5) (interch. with Pa.) to suppress, oppress; to conquer, force; to violate. Targ. Josh. 8:21. Targ. Ps. 4:6. Targ. II Esth. 7:8; a. fr.Part. pass. as Ab. Targ. Hos. 5:11.Zeb.73b, נִיכְבְּשִׁינְהוּ, v. נוּד ch. Y.Sabb.IV, end, 7a דילמא לא כ׳ צינתה will it (the band around the head) not overcome (counter-act the effect of) the cold? 6) to withhold, detain. Targ. Y. II Gen. 29:22.Nidd.39b a hen that laid one day וכַבְשָׁה יומאוכ׳ and held back (failed to lay) one day 7) to hide (the face); to close (the eyes). Targ. Ex. 3:6. Targ. Lev. 20:4; a. fr.Targ. O. Deut. 22:1 ed. Berl. (ed. Ithpe); ib. 4 (sub. עינין).B. Bath.40b כְּבִישְׁנָא לשטרוכ׳ I shall hide the deed of mortgage. Pa. כַּבֵּיש same. Targ. Prov. 16:32 מְכַבֵּיש Ms. (ed. מַכְבֵּיש Af.) who conquers. Targ. Josh. 8:19.Targ. O. Ex. 38:28 (v. supra). Targ. Lam. 3:34; a. fr.Snh.95a דכַבְּשִׁית בתקוף ידי which I conquered with the strength of my hand; (ib. כבשית כל מדינתי, read כנשית;) Yalk. Is. 284.Part. pass. מְכַבַּש, f. מְכַבְּשָׁא; pl. מְכַבְּשִׁין; מְכַכְּשָׁן. Targ. Ex. 38:17 (h. text מחשקים). Ib. 27:17 (not מְכֻבָּשִׁין, v. O. ed. Berl.). Targ. Am. 6:4.Targ. Jer. 18:15 (h. text סלולה); a. e. Af. אַכְבֵּיש, v. supra. Ithpe. אִתְכְּבֵיש 1) to be conquered; to be subdued, oppressed. Targ. Num. 32:22. Targ. Y. Gen. 16:9 (some ed. אתכנעי); a. e. 2) (of the face) to be sunk (in fear, shame), to grieve. Targ. Gen. 4:5; 6 (h. text נפל). 3) to withdraw ones self. Targ. O. Deut. 22:1, v. supra.

קָרַח(b. h.) ( to be round and smooth, (denom. of קֵרֵחַ to make a bald spot. Macc.III, 5 הקוֹרִחַ קרחהוכ׳ he that makes a baldness upon his head. Ib. 20a יכולאפי׳ ק׳ … קריחותוכ׳ lest you think that even if one makes four or five spots, he is guilty only of one act; Kidd.36a; a. e. Nif. נִקְרַח to become bald, hairless, smooth. Maasr. I, 3 האגסים … משיִקָּרְהוּ (Y. ed. משיַקְרִיחוּ, a. משיקרחו) pears … are subject to tithes when their surface begins to grow smooth, v. infra. Neg. VIII, 5 חזר … ונִקְרְחוּ if head and chin changed and became bald; Tosef. ib. III, 10 (not שנ׳); a. e. Hif. הִקְרִיחַ 1) same. Tosef.Maasr.I, 2 משיַקְרִיחוּ (not משיקד׳), v. supra. Y. ib. I, 48d bot. משיקריחו … משיעשו קרחות … לבנות ‘when they get smooth (Mish. I, 3, v. supra) …, that means, when they begin to get white, smooth spots (cmp. קְרוּחַ). Ib. וכי מחמת האוכל חן מַקְרִיחִיןוכ׳ do the fruits get white spots because of the development of the eatable matter (flesh), is it not on account of worms?; a. e. 2) to make bare, raze. Y.Kil.IV, beg.29a קרחת … מקריחין אותווכ׳ ‘a bald portion of a vineyard (Mish. IV, 1) is one which is razed in the centre; כרם שחרב מקריחיןוכ׳ ‘a waste vineyard (ib. 2) is one which is razed on all sides. Sot.46b (play on קרח, 2 Kings 2:23) שהִקְרַחְתָּ עלינו את המקום thou hast made the place bare for us (ruined our water trade by healing the well); a. e.Part. pass. מוּקְרָח; pl. מוּקְרָחִין. Y.Kil.I, 27b bot. ששה על ששה מוק׳וכ׳ when one throws mixed seeds into a plot of six (cubits) by six which lies vacant within a field of grains or which is fenced in.

קָרַח(b. h.) ( to be round and smooth, (denom. of קֵרֵחַ to make a bald spot. Macc.III, 5 הקוֹרִחַ קרחהוכ׳ he that makes a baldness upon his head. Ib. 20a יכולאפי׳ ק׳ … קריחותוכ׳ lest you think that even if one makes four or five spots, he is guilty only of one act; Kidd.36a; a. e. Nif. נִקְרַח to become bald, hairless, smooth. Maasr. I, 3 האגסים … משיִקָּרְהוּ (Y. ed. משיַקְרִיחוּ, a. משיקרחו) pears … are subject to tithes when their surface begins to grow smooth, v. infra. Neg. VIII, 5 חזר … ונִקְרְחוּ if head and chin changed and became bald; Tosef. ib. III, 10 (not שנ׳); a. e. Hif. הִקְרִיחַ 1) same. Tosef.Maasr.I, 2 משיַקְרִיחוּ (not משיקד׳), v. supra. Y. ib. I, 48d bot. משיקריחו … משיעשו קרחות … לבנות ‘when they get smooth (Mish. I, 3, v. supra) …, that means, when they begin to get white, smooth spots (cmp. קְרוּחַ). Ib. וכי מחמת האוכל חן מַקְרִיחִיןוכ׳ do the fruits get white spots because of the development of the eatable matter (flesh), is it not on account of worms?; a. e. 2) to make bare, raze. Y.Kil.IV, beg.29a קרחת … מקריחין אותווכ׳ ‘a bald portion of a vineyard (Mish. IV, 1) is one which is razed in the centre; כרם שחרב מקריחיןוכ׳ ‘a waste vineyard (ib. 2) is one which is razed on all sides. Sot.46b (play on קרח, 2 Kings 2:23) שהִקְרַחְתָּ עלינו את המקום thou hast made the place bare for us (ruined our water trade by healing the well); a. e.Part. pass. מוּקְרָח; pl. מוּקְרָחִין. Y.Kil.I, 27b bot. ששה על ששה מוק׳וכ׳ when one throws mixed seeds into a plot of six (cubits) by six which lies vacant within a field of grains or which is fenced in.

קָפַח 1) (cmp. גבח, כופח) to arch, bend.Denom. קִיפֵּחַ. 2) to slap (with the palm of the hand); to strike. Yalk. Gen. 79 קְפָחַתָּהּ, v. טָפַח I. Y.Yeb.XV, 14d אין החמה קוֹפַחַת עלוכ׳ the sun strikes the head of man only in the harvesting season. Cant. R. to I, 6 קְפָחַתּוֹ החמה עלוכ׳ the sun struck his head, and his face became bronzed. Ib. VI, 10.Gen. R. s. 67 (ref. to Gen. 27:46) קופחת זו לזו וזו לזו slapping this against that, and that against this, i. e. (cmp. נָקַש) believing all of them equally bad.Y.Sabb.XX, end, 17d קפוח, v. next. w.Hor.11b, v. infra. Pi. קִיפֵּחַ 1) same. Gen. R. s. 23 (ref. to וזה, Gen. 11:6) ק׳ על ראשווכ׳ he put his hand upon Nimrods head, saying, this man ; ib. s. 26. 2) to bend, force, outrage, overwhelm. Pes.118a הקב״ה אינו מְקַפֵּחַ שכרוכ׳ the Lord does not outrage (by withholding) the reward of any creature, i. e. even the wicked are rewarded for what good they may do; Naz.23b אין … מקפחאפי׳ שכרוכ׳ God does not withhold the reward even for a decorous word. Y.Dem.I, 22a איפשר … והוא מְקַפְּחוֹ במים(= מק׳ שכרו) is it possible? he honored his Creator with water, and he should outrage him with water (allow his daughter to be drowned)?; Y.Shek.V, 48d bot. מקפתו (corr. acc.). Kidd.52b לקַפְּחֵנִי בהלכותוכ׳ they come to overwhelm me with citations of traditions (of which they will prove me to be ignorant); Naz.49b. Num. R. s. 9 (3 1) קִיפְּחָה נזירות בראשה she forced the nazarite obligations upon her head (the vow was of her own doing); a. fr.Part. pass. מְקוּפָּח; f. מְקוּפַּחַת forced, perverted, distorted. Y.Sot.III, 18d bot. נמצאת מידת הדין מק׳ justice would appear perverted; Num. R. l. c. Ohol. XVI, 1 אקפח … שזו הלכה מק׳ may I bury my children (v. infra), if this is not a distorted (misrepresented) hălakhah; Tosef. ib. XV, 12. 3) to overpower, take from one by force. Y.Snh.VIII, 26b bot. יושב … ומקפח הבריותוכ׳ he will sit at cross-roads and rob the people and kill ; (Bab. ib. 72a ומלסטם); Lev. R. s. 30 ומק׳ לעוברים ושבים. Yoma 83b קִפַּחְתָּ את הרועה thou hast forced the shepherd (to give thee his bread); אני קִפַּחְתִּי … ואתה קפחתוכ׳ I laid the shepherd under contribution, but thou didst so to the whole town (when they all came to his rescue with refreshments). Pesik. R. s. 3 ראה כמה קי׳ לוטוכ׳ see to what extent Lot deprived Abraham of the divine communication!; a. fr. 4) to cover, bury, survive. Ohol. l. c.; Y.Sabb.XVI, 15c bot. אֲקַפֵּחַ את בנייוכ׳ may I bury my children if (an oath frequently used by R. Ṭarfon). B. Mets.85a אותו צדיק שהיה מקפח את בניו that righteous man (Ṭarfon) who used to swear by the life of his children. Pes.87b אין לך כל נביא … שלא ק׳וכ׳ there was not a single prophet that did not survive four kings ; a. fr.Trnsf. a) to ruin. Sabb.147b חמרא … קִיפְּתוּוכ׳ the wine of Prugitha and the baths of D. (luxurious life) ruined ten tribes of Israel. Kidd.IV, 14 (82a); Tosef. ib. V, קיפחתי את פרנסתי I have ruined my livelihood (forfeited the privilege of support without toil like dumb animals); Y. ib. IV, end, 66d (not קופחתי).b) to cover up, retain. Ker.5a bot. קלט את הריח וקִיפְּחוֹ the oil resorbed the scent and retained it; Hor.11b קולט … וקפחו (ed. Ven. וקופיחו; corr. acc.); Yalk. Ex. 387 (not וקיפחן). 5) (denom. of קִפֵּחַ) to make high and arched shoulders, to cause or pretend to be humpbacked. Sot.VIII, 6 כל המבקש … לקַפֵּחַ את שוקיו if anybody attempted to go back (desert the army), he (the officer) was empowered to beat him until he was humpbacked; Sifré Deut. 198; Yalk. ib. 923. Tosef.Peah lV, 14 המקפח את שוקיו (a beggar) who simulates a hump; Keth.68a; Y.Peah VIII, 21b top המנפח (read: המְכַפֵּחַ).

קָפַח 1) (cmp. גבח, כופח) to arch, bend.Denom. קִיפֵּחַ. 2) to slap (with the palm of the hand); to strike. Yalk. Gen. 79 קְפָחַתָּהּ, v. טָפַח I. Y.Yeb.XV, 14d אין החמה קוֹפַחַת עלוכ׳ the sun strikes the head of man only in the harvesting season. Cant. R. to I, 6 קְפָחַתּוֹ החמה עלוכ׳ the sun struck his head, and his face became bronzed. Ib. VI, 10.Gen. R. s. 67 (ref. to Gen. 27:46) קופחת זו לזו וזו לזו slapping this against that, and that against this, i. e. (cmp. נָקַש) believing all of them equally bad.Y.Sabb.XX, end, 17d קפוח, v. next. w.Hor.11b, v. infra. Pi. קִיפֵּחַ 1) same. Gen. R. s. 23 (ref. to וזה, Gen. 11:6) ק׳ על ראשווכ׳ he put his hand upon Nimrods head, saying, this man ; ib. s. 26. 2) to bend, force, outrage, overwhelm. Pes.118a הקב״ה אינו מְקַפֵּחַ שכרוכ׳ the Lord does not outrage (by withholding) the reward of any creature, i. e. even the wicked are rewarded for what good they may do; Naz.23b אין … מקפחאפי׳ שכרוכ׳ God does not withhold the reward even for a decorous word. Y.Dem.I, 22a איפשר … והוא מְקַפְּחוֹ במים(= מק׳ שכרו) is it possible? he honored his Creator with water, and he should outrage him with water (allow his daughter to be drowned)?; Y.Shek.V, 48d bot. מקפתו (corr. acc.). Kidd.52b לקַפְּחֵנִי בהלכותוכ׳ they come to overwhelm me with citations of traditions (of which they will prove me to be ignorant); Naz.49b. Num. R. s. 9 (3 1) קִיפְּחָה נזירות בראשה she forced the nazarite obligations upon her head (the vow was of her own doing); a. fr.Part. pass. מְקוּפָּח; f. מְקוּפַּחַת forced, perverted, distorted. Y.Sot.III, 18d bot. נמצאת מידת הדין מק׳ justice would appear perverted; Num. R. l. c. Ohol. XVI, 1 אקפח … שזו הלכה מק׳ may I bury my children (v. infra), if this is not a distorted (misrepresented) hălakhah; Tosef. ib. XV, 12. 3) to overpower, take from one by force. Y.Snh.VIII, 26b bot. יושב … ומקפח הבריותוכ׳ he will sit at cross-roads and rob the people and kill ; (Bab. ib. 72a ומלסטם); Lev. R. s. 30 ומק׳ לעוברים ושבים. Yoma 83b קִפַּחְתָּ את הרועה thou hast forced the shepherd (to give thee his bread); אני קִפַּחְתִּי … ואתה קפחתוכ׳ I laid the shepherd under contribution, but thou didst so to the whole town (when they all came to his rescue with refreshments). Pesik. R. s. 3 ראה כמה קי׳ לוטוכ׳ see to what extent Lot deprived Abraham of the divine communication!; a. fr. 4) to cover, bury, survive. Ohol. l. c.; Y.Sabb.XVI, 15c bot. אֲקַפֵּחַ את בנייוכ׳ may I bury my children if (an oath frequently used by R. Ṭarfon). B. Mets.85a אותו צדיק שהיה מקפח את בניו that righteous man (Ṭarfon) who used to swear by the life of his children. Pes.87b אין לך כל נביא … שלא ק׳וכ׳ there was not a single prophet that did not survive four kings ; a. fr.Trnsf. a) to ruin. Sabb.147b חמרא … קִיפְּתוּוכ׳ the wine of Prugitha and the baths of D. (luxurious life) ruined ten tribes of Israel. Kidd.IV, 14 (82a); Tosef. ib. V, קיפחתי את פרנסתי I have ruined my livelihood (forfeited the privilege of support without toil like dumb animals); Y. ib. IV, end, 66d (not קופחתי).b) to cover up, retain. Ker.5a bot. קלט את הריח וקִיפְּחוֹ the oil resorbed the scent and retained it; Hor.11b קולט … וקפחו (ed. Ven. וקופיחו; corr. acc.); Yalk. Ex. 387 (not וקיפחן). 5) (denom. of קִפֵּחַ) to make high and arched shoulders, to cause or pretend to be humpbacked. Sot.VIII, 6 כל המבקש … לקַפֵּחַ את שוקיו if anybody attempted to go back (desert the army), he (the officer) was empowered to beat him until he was humpbacked; Sifré Deut. 198; Yalk. ib. 923. Tosef.Peah lV, 14 המקפח את שוקיו (a beggar) who simulates a hump; Keth.68a; Y.Peah VIII, 21b top המנפח (read: המְכַפֵּחַ).

קְרַחI ch. sam( 1) same. Tosef.Maasr.I, 2 משיַקְרִיחוּ (not משיקד׳), v. supra. Y. ib. I, 48d bot. משיקריחו … משיעשו קרחות … לבנות ‘when they get smooth (Mish. I, 3, v. supra) …, that means, when they begin to get white, smooth spots (cmp. קְרוּחַ). Ib. וכי מחמת האוכל חן מַקְרִיחִיןוכ׳ do the fruits get white spots because of the development of the eatable matter (flesh), is it not on account of worms?; a. e. to make bare, raze), to make bald; to become bald. Pes.110a bot. (in an incantation) ק׳ קרחייכי bald be your baldness (may the hair with which you practice your witchcraft fall out). Y.Sabb.XX, end, 17d (perh. Hebrew) קְרוֹחַ קריחה make bald a bald head (?), v. צְנִינִים.Snh.109b עד דקרחא some ed., read: דקדחא, v. קְדַח.

קְרַחI ch. sam( 1) same. Tosef.Maasr.I, 2 משיַקְרִיחוּ (not משיקד׳), v. supra. Y. ib. I, 48d bot. משיקריחו … משיעשו קרחות … לבנות ‘when they get smooth (Mish. I, 3, v. supra) …, that means, when they begin to get white, smooth spots (cmp. קְרוּחַ). Ib. וכי מחמת האוכל חן מַקְרִיחִיןוכ׳ do the fruits get white spots because of the development of the eatable matter (flesh), is it not on account of worms?; a. e. to make bare, raze), to make bald; to become bald. Pes.110a bot. (in an incantation) ק׳ קרחייכי bald be your baldness (may the hair with which you practice your witchcraft fall out). Y.Sabb.XX, end, 17d (perh. Hebrew) קְרוֹחַ קריחה make bald a bald head (?), v. צְנִינִים.Snh.109b עד דקרחא some ed., read: דקדחא, v. קְדַח.

טוּחַII (v. טחי) to press, squeeze. Ḥull.109b טָחוֹ בכותל presses it against the wall (to make the milk flow out).Part. pass. טוּחַ squeezed in. Num. R. s. 10 (ref. to Job 38:36) אלו הכליות שהן טוּחוֹתוכ׳ that means the kidneys which are wedged into the body. Hif. הֵטִיחַ 1) to press, squeeze, knock against. Ber.34b אלמליה׳וכ׳ (Ms. M. הניח, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) if Ben. Z. (myself) had squeezed his head between his (the sons) knees (praying for his recovery). Gen. R. s. 20 התחיל מֵטִיחַוכ׳ he knocked his head against the wall; Yalk. ib. 30 להָטִיחַ. Ohol. XVII, 2 ה׳ בסלע struck (with the plough) against a rock. B. Kam.28b ה׳ צלוחיתווכ׳ he struck (with) his bottle against the stone; Y. ib. III, 3c top. v. הַטְחָה.Tanḥ. Pkudé 11 כיון שהֵטִיחוּ פניהםוכ׳ when they had squeezed their faces from all sides (had in vain tried in all directions). 2) to press the bow-string, to shoot; (euphem.) to emit semen virile. Yeb.54a Snh.46a ה׳ באשתו Ms. M. (ed. את אשתו).

טוּחַII (v. טחי) to press, squeeze. Ḥull.109b טָחוֹ בכותל presses it against the wall (to make the milk flow out).Part. pass. טוּחַ squeezed in. Num. R. s. 10 (ref. to Job 38:36) אלו הכליות שהן טוּחוֹתוכ׳ that means the kidneys which are wedged into the body. Hif. הֵטִיחַ 1) to press, squeeze, knock against. Ber.34b אלמליה׳וכ׳ (Ms. M. הניח, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) if Ben. Z. (myself) had squeezed his head between his (the sons) knees (praying for his recovery). Gen. R. s. 20 התחיל מֵטִיחַוכ׳ he knocked his head against the wall; Yalk. ib. 30 להָטִיחַ. Ohol. XVII, 2 ה׳ בסלע struck (with the plough) against a rock. B. Kam.28b ה׳ צלוחיתווכ׳ he struck (with) his bottle against the stone; Y. ib. III, 3c top. v. הַטְחָה.Tanḥ. Pkudé 11 כיון שהֵטִיחוּ פניהםוכ׳ when they had squeezed their faces from all sides (had in vain tried in all directions). 2) to press the bow-string, to shoot; (euphem.) to emit semen virile. Yeb.54a Snh.46a ה׳ באשתו Ms. M. (ed. את אשתו).

סָמַךְ(b. h.) (to close, join, 1) to pack, make close, stamp. Shebi. III, 8 לא יִסְמוֹךְ בעפר one should not support the dam by packing earth upon it, v. סָבַךְ. Gen. R. s. 5 סְמָבָןוכ׳ he crowded them between (Lev. R. s. 10 שָׂמָן); a. e. 2) to support, stem. Midr. Till. to Ps. 136, עוג היה … וסוֹמְכוֹ Og broke a mountain loòse and threw it on the Israelites …, Moses took a pebble and mentioned the Holy Name over it and stemmed its fall; הידים שכך סוֹמְכוֹת the hands which thus stem (the mountain); Deut. R. s. 1, end; a. e. 3) to bring close, to join. Y.Sabb.III, 5d bot. אפי׳ לִסְמוֹךְ לו even to place a vessel close to it (to be warmed); Bab. ib. 38b. Y.Kil.II, 27d סוֹמְכִין עומריןוכ׳ you may put packed sheaves by the side of Kil. II, 7 לסמוך לווכ׳ to plant closely adjoining to it Ib. 8; a. fr.Esp. (sub. יד) a) to press hands on the head of a sacrifice (to indicate ownership). Men.IX, 8 הכל סוֹמְכִיןוכ׳ all persons are entitled to lay hands on their sacrifices, except Ḥag.II, 2 שלא לסמוך that the laying on of hands must not be done on the Holy Days. Ib. 3 ואין סומכין עליהם but hands must not be laid on them; a. fr.b) to lay hands on the head of a scholar, in gen. to ordain. Snh.14a the government decreed שכל הסומך יהרגוכ׳ that whosoever ordained a scholar should be put to death, and whosoever be ordained should be put to death, ועיר שסומכיןוכ׳ and the town wherein the ordination takes place Ib. וס׳ שם חמשהוכ׳ and he ordained there five elders. Ib. ר״מ לא סְמָכוֹר״ע that R. Akiba never ordained R. M.Ib. סומכין בארץ ונִסְמָכִיןוכ׳ if those ordaining stand on Palestinean ground, and those to be ordained outside of Palestine; a. fr. 4) to lean, to rely. Ber.9a, a. fr., v. כְּדָיי. Erub.65b נִסְמוֹךְ עלוכ׳ let us rely on the opinion of ; a. fr.Trnsf. a) to support; to find support for an opinion or a rule, (v. אַסְמַכְתָּא). Y.Shebi.X, 39c bot. (ref. to Deut. 15:3) מיכן סָמְכוּ לפרוזבולוכ׳ here they found a support for the prosbol as a Biblical institution, expl. בשהתקין הלל סְמָכוּהוּוכ׳ when Hillel had instituted it, they supported it by reference to b) (with ענין) to bring under the same rule laws which are joined in the Biblical text. Yeb.4a (ref. to Ex. 22:17 a. 18) סמכו עניין לווכ׳ they brought the subject (verse 17) close to it (verse 18) (to intimate) as the punishment for the one is stoning, so is it for the other. Ib. וכי מפני שסמכווכ׳ can we put a person to death on an intimation suggested merely by the neighborhood of two subjects? (v. סְמוּכִים, infra).Part. pass. סָמוּךְ; f. סְמוּכָה; pl. סְמוּכִים, סְמוּכִין; סְמוּכוֹת a) near, close by. Meg.3b וכל הס׳ לו and all (the inhabited area) adjoining it. Men.98a, a. e. על בס׳ the preposition ʿal means immediately on. Sifré Num. 131 הרבה פרשיות ס׳וכ׳ many sections (in the Torah) adjoin one another, and yet are (mentally) as far from one another Sabb.I, 2 ס׳ למנחה near Minḥah time; a. v. fr.Esp. סְמוּכִין, סְמוּכִים the interpretation founded on the fact of local junction of texts (v. supra). Yeb. l. c. ס׳ מן התורה מנין where is it intimated that Biblical texts are to be interpreted on the basis of proximity? Answ. (ref. to Ps. 111:8): they are arranged Ib. מאן דלא דריש ס׳ he who does not adopt the interpretation based on textual proximity. Ber.10a; a. fr.b) strong, hardened. Num. R. s. 9 לבה ס׳ עליהם her heart is hardened towards them (and their presence will prevent her from confessing her guilt); cmp. גּוּס I. Nif. נִסְמַךְ 1) to be adjoined. Ber. l. c. למה נִסְמְכָהוכ׳ why has the section referring to Absalom (Ps. 3) been joined to that relating to Gog and Magog (Ps. 2)? Tanḥ. Ḥuck. 20 ונ׳ להרוכ׳ and is close to the mountain opposite. M. Kat. 28a; a. fr. 2) to be ordained. Snh. l. c., v. supra. Yoma 87a שראויין לִיסָּמֵךְ who are worthy to be ordained; a. fr. Pi. סִימֵּךְ to support, prop. Y.Maasr.II, 50a top המְסַמֵּךְ בגפנים he who props vines. Yalk. Ex. 244 עוזר ומסמך אתהוכ׳ thou art a helper and supporter to all ; a. e.Part. pass. מְסוּמָּךְ, pl. מְסוּמָּכִין. Kel. II, 2 יושבין שלא מ׳ (vessels or fragments of vessels) resting without the need of a support. Hif. הִסְמִיךְ to pack, tread. Y. Maasr. l. c. ברגליו מַסְמִיךְ working with his feet is he who packs (sheaves ; Y.B. Mets.VII, beg.11b מקמץ). Hithpa. הִסְתַּמֵּךְ, Nithpa. נִסְתַּמֵּךְ to lean ones self. Gen. R. s. 45, end היתה מִסְתַּמֶּכֶת עלוכ׳ was leaning on her hand-maid. Sifré Num. 131 והיה מִסְתַּמֵּךְוכ׳ and he went off leaning on his stick; a. e.

סָמַךְ(b. h.) (to close, join, 1) to pack, make close, stamp. Shebi. III, 8 לא יִסְמוֹךְ בעפר one should not support the dam by packing earth upon it, v. סָבַךְ. Gen. R. s. 5 סְמָבָןוכ׳ he crowded them between (Lev. R. s. 10 שָׂמָן); a. e. 2) to support, stem. Midr. Till. to Ps. 136, עוג היה … וסוֹמְכוֹ Og broke a mountain loòse and threw it on the Israelites …, Moses took a pebble and mentioned the Holy Name over it and stemmed its fall; הידים שכך סוֹמְכוֹת the hands which thus stem (the mountain); Deut. R. s. 1, end; a. e. 3) to bring close, to join. Y.Sabb.III, 5d bot. אפי׳ לִסְמוֹךְ לו even to place a vessel close to it (to be warmed); Bab. ib. 38b. Y.Kil.II, 27d סוֹמְכִין עומריןוכ׳ you may put packed sheaves by the side of Kil. II, 7 לסמוך לווכ׳ to plant closely adjoining to it Ib. 8; a. fr.Esp. (sub. יד) a) to press hands on the head of a sacrifice (to indicate ownership). Men.IX, 8 הכל סוֹמְכִיןוכ׳ all persons are entitled to lay hands on their sacrifices, except Ḥag.II, 2 שלא לסמוך that the laying on of hands must not be done on the Holy Days. Ib. 3 ואין סומכין עליהם but hands must not be laid on them; a. fr.b) to lay hands on the head of a scholar, in gen. to ordain. Snh.14a the government decreed שכל הסומך יהרגוכ׳ that whosoever ordained a scholar should be put to death, and whosoever be ordained should be put to death, ועיר שסומכיןוכ׳ and the town wherein the ordination takes place Ib. וס׳ שם חמשהוכ׳ and he ordained there five elders. Ib. ר״מ לא סְמָכוֹר״ע that R. Akiba never ordained R. M.Ib. סומכין בארץ ונִסְמָכִיןוכ׳ if those ordaining stand on Palestinean ground, and those to be ordained outside of Palestine; a. fr. 4) to lean, to rely. Ber.9a, a. fr., v. כְּדָיי. Erub.65b נִסְמוֹךְ עלוכ׳ let us rely on the opinion of ; a. fr.Trnsf. a) to support; to find support for an opinion or a rule, (v. אַסְמַכְתָּא). Y.Shebi.X, 39c bot. (ref. to Deut. 15:3) מיכן סָמְכוּ לפרוזבולוכ׳ here they found a support for the prosbol as a Biblical institution, expl. בשהתקין הלל סְמָכוּהוּוכ׳ when Hillel had instituted it, they supported it by reference to b) (with ענין) to bring under the same rule laws which are joined in the Biblical text. Yeb.4a (ref. to Ex. 22:17 a. 18) סמכו עניין לווכ׳ they brought the subject (verse 17) close to it (verse 18) (to intimate) as the punishment for the one is stoning, so is it for the other. Ib. וכי מפני שסמכווכ׳ can we put a person to death on an intimation suggested merely by the neighborhood of two subjects? (v. סְמוּכִים, infra).Part. pass. סָמוּךְ; f. סְמוּכָה; pl. סְמוּכִים, סְמוּכִין; סְמוּכוֹת a) near, close by. Meg.3b וכל הס׳ לו and all (the inhabited area) adjoining it. Men.98a, a. e. על בס׳ the preposition ʿal means immediately on. Sifré Num. 131 הרבה פרשיות ס׳וכ׳ many sections (in the Torah) adjoin one another, and yet are (mentally) as far from one another Sabb.I, 2 ס׳ למנחה near Minḥah time; a. v. fr.Esp. סְמוּכִין, סְמוּכִים the interpretation founded on the fact of local junction of texts (v. supra). Yeb. l. c. ס׳ מן התורה מנין where is it intimated that Biblical texts are to be interpreted on the basis of proximity? Answ. (ref. to Ps. 111:8): they are arranged Ib. מאן דלא דריש ס׳ he who does not adopt the interpretation based on textual proximity. Ber.10a; a. fr.b) strong, hardened. Num. R. s. 9 לבה ס׳ עליהם her heart is hardened towards them (and their presence will prevent her from confessing her guilt); cmp. גּוּס I. Nif. נִסְמַךְ 1) to be adjoined. Ber. l. c. למה נִסְמְכָהוכ׳ why has the section referring to Absalom (Ps. 3) been joined to that relating to Gog and Magog (Ps. 2)? Tanḥ. Ḥuck. 20 ונ׳ להרוכ׳ and is close to the mountain opposite. M. Kat. 28a; a. fr. 2) to be ordained. Snh. l. c., v. supra. Yoma 87a שראויין לִיסָּמֵךְ who are worthy to be ordained; a. fr. Pi. סִימֵּךְ to support, prop. Y.Maasr.II, 50a top המְסַמֵּךְ בגפנים he who props vines. Yalk. Ex. 244 עוזר ומסמך אתהוכ׳ thou art a helper and supporter to all ; a. e.Part. pass. מְסוּמָּךְ, pl. מְסוּמָּכִין. Kel. II, 2 יושבין שלא מ׳ (vessels or fragments of vessels) resting without the need of a support. Hif. הִסְמִיךְ to pack, tread. Y. Maasr. l. c. ברגליו מַסְמִיךְ working with his feet is he who packs (sheaves ; Y.B. Mets.VII, beg.11b מקמץ). Hithpa. הִסְתַּמֵּךְ, Nithpa. נִסְתַּמֵּךְ to lean ones self. Gen. R. s. 45, end היתה מִסְתַּמֶּכֶת עלוכ׳ was leaning on her hand-maid. Sifré Num. 131 והיה מִסְתַּמֵּךְוכ׳ and he went off leaning on his stick; a. e.