make+work

איסטריפומטאv. אִסְטְרֹופֹומָטָא.

פְּלַחch. sam(פלח to split; to dig, till; to cut out), 1) to till, work. Targ. Ex. 20:9 (Y. ed. Vien. Pa.). Targ. Prov. 5:5 (h. text אגר). Targ. Gen. 4:12; a. fr. 3) to serve ( man or deity); to worship. Ib. 14:4. Ib. 17:1 (h. text התהלך); a. fr.Y.Ab. Zar. I, 39c top לפָלְחִין בה, v. preced. Ib. נשי דפלחין כפלחין the wives of those who worship (on the Roman festivals) are to be treated like those who worship. Ib. כפלחין היא (not כפלחון), v. שָׁמְרַיִין. Bab. ib. 11a פָּלְחֵי בה לע״א they worship the idol on it (the anniversary of death). Ib. 22b אם איתא דפַלְחֵיהוכ׳ if he had worshipped it, he would not sell it. Snh.102b מ״כ פַּלְחִיתוּ לע״א why do you worship idols? Gitt.57b פְּלַח לע״א worship (bow down) to !; a. fr. 4) פ׳ ב־ ( to work with, to compel to serve or work, to subject. Targ. Lev. 25:39. Targ. O. ib. 43. Targ. O. Gen. 15:14; a. fr. 5) to split, distribute. Ab. Zar.18a bot. פלגא פְלַח ופלגאוכ׳ one half distribute (as bribe), and one half be thine. Pa. פַּלַּח same, to dig, till, work. Targ. Y. Ex. 20:9 (v. supra). Targ. Ps. 141:7. Targ. Is. 32:17; a. e. Af. אַפְלַח to make work, to subject, rule. Targ. O. Ex. 1:13. Targ. 1 Kings 5:4; a. fr. Ithpa. אִתְפַּלַּח, Ithpe. אִתְפְּלַח 1) to be worked, tilled; (with ב) to be worked with. Targ. Deut. 21:3. Targ. O. ib. 4. Targ. Ez. 36:9; a. e. 2) to break through, be born. Targ. Job 39:3.

פְּלַחch. sam(פלח to split; to dig, till; to cut out), 1) to till, work. Targ. Ex. 20:9 (Y. ed. Vien. Pa.). Targ. Prov. 5:5 (h. text אגר). Targ. Gen. 4:12; a. fr. 3) to serve ( man or deity); to worship. Ib. 14:4. Ib. 17:1 (h. text התהלך); a. fr.Y.Ab. Zar. I, 39c top לפָלְחִין בה, v. preced. Ib. נשי דפלחין כפלחין the wives of those who worship (on the Roman festivals) are to be treated like those who worship. Ib. כפלחין היא (not כפלחון), v. שָׁמְרַיִין. Bab. ib. 11a פָּלְחֵי בה לע״א they worship the idol on it (the anniversary of death). Ib. 22b אם איתא דפַלְחֵיהוכ׳ if he had worshipped it, he would not sell it. Snh.102b מ״כ פַּלְחִיתוּ לע״א why do you worship idols? Gitt.57b פְּלַח לע״א worship (bow down) to !; a. fr. 4) פ׳ ב־ ( to work with, to compel to serve or work, to subject. Targ. Lev. 25:39. Targ. O. ib. 43. Targ. O. Gen. 15:14; a. fr. 5) to split, distribute. Ab. Zar.18a bot. פלגא פְלַח ופלגאוכ׳ one half distribute (as bribe), and one half be thine. Pa. פַּלַּח same, to dig, till, work. Targ. Y. Ex. 20:9 (v. supra). Targ. Ps. 141:7. Targ. Is. 32:17; a. e. Af. אַפְלַח to make work, to subject, rule. Targ. O. Ex. 1:13. Targ. 1 Kings 5:4; a. fr. Ithpa. אִתְפַּלַּח, Ithpe. אִתְפְּלַח 1) to be worked, tilled; (with ב) to be worked with. Targ. Deut. 21:3. Targ. O. ib. 4. Targ. Ez. 36:9; a. e. 2) to break through, be born. Targ. Job 39:3.

עֲבַדI, עֲבֵיד ch. sam(עבד to work) (corresp. to h. עָשָׂה) 1) to do, labor; to make; to act. Targ. Gen. 1:7. Ib. 31:26; a. v. fr.Ber.60b לעולם … כל דעביד רחמנא לטב Ms. M. (ed. לטב עביד; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 3) man should train himself always to say, Whatever the Merciful One does, is for good; Yalk. Job 893 כל … לטב עביד. Tem.4b אי עביד מהני, v. הֲנִי. Yeb.37a מי עָבוּד רבנן תקנתאוכ׳ (not עביד) have the Rabbis adopted special measures for priests ? Ib. עַבְדִּינָן כרבנן we act (decide) in accordance with the opinion of the Rabbis. Keth.60b לא עַבְדֵי נשי דחנקןוכ׳ women will not do such a thing as Strangling their children. Kidd.50a לא ע׳ אינש דמשויוכ׳ a man will not declare himself a wrongdoer; a. v. fr. 2) to do, fare, prosper. Lev. R. s. 5, end מה את עָבֵיד how art thou?; ומה ארעא עֲבִידָא and how does the field fare?; מה תורין עַבְדִין how are the oxen? Ib. ע׳ לב טב he assumes cheerfulness. Gen. R. s. 13 כל שיחתן … עַבְדַּת ארעא all the talk of people turns on the land (material prosperity): ‘the land is doing well (crops promise to be good); ‘the land is not doing well; a. fr. 3) to spend time. Y.Shebi.VIII, 38b top עביד טמיר במערתאוכ׳ he remained hidden in a cave ; ib. IX, 38d. Y.Shek.V, 48d top עַבְדַת טמיראוכ׳ she (the ass) remained hidden with them ; Gen. R. s. 60 עבדת גבון; a. fr.Part. pass. עָבִיד; f. עֲבִידָא made, liable to, likely, used to. Y.Peah III, 17d bot. היך ע׳ how did it happen (i. e. in what case would it make a practical difference for the slave)? R. Hash. 22b, a. e. מילתא דע׳ לאיגלויי, v. גְּלֵי. Shebu.46a, v. גְּזַם; a. fr. Af. אַעֲבֵיד, Pa. עַבֵּיד 1) to make, produce. Targ. O. Ex. 32:10 אַעַבֵּיד ed. Berl. (oth. אַעֲבֵיד; Y. אֶעְבַּד). Ib. 30:37; a. fr.Lev. R. s. 28, end, v. infra. 2) to cause to prosper. Gen. R. s. 13 כל תפלתן … מרי תַעֲבִיד ארעא יכ׳ all the prayers of men turn on the earth (mundane affairs): Lord, make the land (crop) thrive, make the land prosper; a. e. 3) to work through. Part. pass. מְעַבַּד, מְעַבְּדָא. B. Mets. 116b טינא דמע׳ thoroughly kneaded clay. Ithpe. אִיתְעֲבֵיד, אִיעֲבֵיד to be done; to be made, become. Targ. Gen. 29:26. Targ. Koh. 8:4. Targ. Ps. 62:4; a. fr.Lam. R. to II, 2 בעית לאִיעַבְדָּאוכ׳ (not לאיבדא, לעיבדא) dost thou want to be made a senator? Lev. R. s. 28, end מאן דעַבֵּיד … אתע׳וכ׳ he who made the comes …, is now to become a bather ; Esth. R. to VI, 10 האי גברא מְעַבֵּיד … עביד בלן (corr. acc.); a. fr. Zeb.75b דאיעבד, read: דאיערוב, v. עֲרַב I.V. דִּיעֲבַד.

עֲבַדI, עֲבֵיד ch. sam(עבד to work) (corresp. to h. עָשָׂה) 1) to do, labor; to make; to act. Targ. Gen. 1:7. Ib. 31:26; a. v. fr.Ber.60b לעולם … כל דעביד רחמנא לטב Ms. M. (ed. לטב עביד; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 3) man should train himself always to say, Whatever the Merciful One does, is for good; Yalk. Job 893 כל … לטב עביד. Tem.4b אי עביד מהני, v. הֲנִי. Yeb.37a מי עָבוּד רבנן תקנתאוכ׳ (not עביד) have the Rabbis adopted special measures for priests ? Ib. עַבְדִּינָן כרבנן we act (decide) in accordance with the opinion of the Rabbis. Keth.60b לא עַבְדֵי נשי דחנקןוכ׳ women will not do such a thing as Strangling their children. Kidd.50a לא ע׳ אינש דמשויוכ׳ a man will not declare himself a wrongdoer; a. v. fr. 2) to do, fare, prosper. Lev. R. s. 5, end מה את עָבֵיד how art thou?; ומה ארעא עֲבִידָא and how does the field fare?; מה תורין עַבְדִין how are the oxen? Ib. ע׳ לב טב he assumes cheerfulness. Gen. R. s. 13 כל שיחתן … עַבְדַּת ארעא all the talk of people turns on the land (material prosperity): ‘the land is doing well (crops promise to be good); ‘the land is not doing well; a. fr. 3) to spend time. Y.Shebi.VIII, 38b top עביד טמיר במערתאוכ׳ he remained hidden in a cave ; ib. IX, 38d. Y.Shek.V, 48d top עַבְדַת טמיראוכ׳ she (the ass) remained hidden with them ; Gen. R. s. 60 עבדת גבון; a. fr.Part. pass. עָבִיד; f. עֲבִידָא made, liable to, likely, used to. Y.Peah III, 17d bot. היך ע׳ how did it happen (i. e. in what case would it make a practical difference for the slave)? R. Hash. 22b, a. e. מילתא דע׳ לאיגלויי, v. גְּלֵי. Shebu.46a, v. גְּזַם; a. fr. Af. אַעֲבֵיד, Pa. עַבֵּיד 1) to make, produce. Targ. O. Ex. 32:10 אַעַבֵּיד ed. Berl. (oth. אַעֲבֵיד; Y. אֶעְבַּד). Ib. 30:37; a. fr.Lev. R. s. 28, end, v. infra. 2) to cause to prosper. Gen. R. s. 13 כל תפלתן … מרי תַעֲבִיד ארעא יכ׳ all the prayers of men turn on the earth (mundane affairs): Lord, make the land (crop) thrive, make the land prosper; a. e. 3) to work through. Part. pass. מְעַבַּד, מְעַבְּדָא. B. Mets. 116b טינא דמע׳ thoroughly kneaded clay. Ithpe. אִיתְעֲבֵיד, אִיעֲבֵיד to be done; to be made, become. Targ. Gen. 29:26. Targ. Koh. 8:4. Targ. Ps. 62:4; a. fr.Lam. R. to II, 2 בעית לאִיעַבְדָּאוכ׳ (not לאיבדא, לעיבדא) dost thou want to be made a senator? Lev. R. s. 28, end מאן דעַבֵּיד … אתע׳וכ׳ he who made the comes …, is now to become a bather ; Esth. R. to VI, 10 האי גברא מְעַבֵּיד … עביד בלן (corr. acc.); a. fr. Zeb.75b דאיעבד, read: דאיערוב, v. עֲרַב I.V. דִּיעֲבַד.

עשי, עָשָׂה(b. h.; cmp. עסי) 1) to do, work, prepare (corresp. in variety of meanings to עֲבַד). Shebi. VIII, 6 אין עוֹשִׂין זתיםוכ׳ (in the Sabbatical year) you must not prepare (press, cmp. עֲסֵי) olives in the press Tosef. ib. VI, 29 אין עושין אותן גרוגרות you must not prepare them as dried figs. Ib. 8 אין עושין את הייןוכ׳ you must not make ăluntith wine (v. אֲלוּנְטִית II). Sabb.118a, a. e. עֲשֵׂה שבתך חולוכ׳ make thy Sabbath a week-day (as to expense), and be independent of men. Ib. 56a שביקש לַעֲשׂוֹת ולא ע׳ he wanted to do (evil), but did not do it. Ber.17a (ref. to Ps. 111:10) לעוֹשִׂים לשמה ועושיםוכ׳ to those who do good for its own sake, but not to those who do it from impure motives; וכל העוֹשֶׂה שלא לשמהוכ׳ whoever does good from impure motives, had better not have been born; a. v. fr.עֲשֵׂה (do), or מִצְוַת עֲשֵׂה positive law; לאֹ תַעֲשֶׂה ( do not) prohibitory law, v. לֹא, לַאו, a. מִצְוָה Keth.30a, a. e. חייבי עֲ׳ מצרי ואדומי those guilty of transgressing the law implied in the positive law (limitation) concerning intermarriages with descendants of Egyptian or Edomite converts (Deut. 23:8 sq.).לאו הבא מכלל עֲ׳, v. לַאו.ע׳ דמים, or ע׳ (sub. דמים) to value, assess. B. Mets.69b לא עֲשָׂאָהּ דמים he did not estimate her (the cows) value; ולא עשאה but did he not estimate her value (when he said, thy cow is worth to me thirty denars)? לא עשאה ד׳ מחייםוכ׳ he did not estimate her value as alive, but as dead (how much he would have to pay, if the cow died while in his use). Ib. 62b צא ועֲשֵׂה עלי כשערוכ׳ go and give me credit for it in accordance with the present market price, and I will furnish it Ib. בדמי חיטיך שעָשִׂיתָ עלי בשלשיםוכ׳ as an equivalent for thy wheat for which thou hast charged me with thirty denars, I hold wine for thee; a. fr.Part. pass. עָשׂוּי; f. עֲשׂוּיָה; pl. עֲשׂוּיִים, עֲשׂוּיִין; עֲשׂוּיוֹת. Ib. הדי חיטיך ע׳ עליוכ׳ thy wheat is worth to me Tosef. ib. VI, 6 הרי קמה זו ע׳ עליךוכ׳ this quantity of standing grain is charged to thee (I sell thee) at one hundred ; ib. הרי גיזיהן של אלו ע׳וכ׳ I sell thee the wool on these sheep for ; a. fr.Tanḥ. Naso 10; Num. R. s. 11 שלא תהא ע׳ that thou mayest not be forced (v. Pi.) to take an office, v. פַּנְיָיס. 2) to spend time, tarry. Midr. Till. to Ps. 17:14 ר׳ שמעון … שע׳ במערהוכ׳ ed. Bub. (oth. ed. טמון) R. S. ben Y. who lived in a cave, … thirteen years. Gen. R. s. 91 (ref. to רדו, Gen. 42:2) בישרם שהן עתידין לעשות שםר״י שנה מנין רד״ו he announced to them that they were to live there two hundred and ten years, the numerical value of rdu; Num. R. s. 13. Gen. R. s. 22 עשה … קייםוכ׳ Abel lived from ; a. fr.Tanḥ. Shmini 1 ולא ע׳ אלא אמרוכ׳ and he did not tarry but said, i. e. at once he said; a. fr. Nif. נַעֲשֶׂה to be done, made; to become. Ber.35b מלאכתן נַעֲשֵׂיתע״י אחרים their work is done through others. B. Mets.46a, a. e. מטבע נ׳ חליפין, v. חֲלִיפִים. Pesik. R. s. 33 (ref. to Is. 50:5) לא נַעֲשֵׂיתִי אחור לנבואה I was not behind (any one) in prophecy; a. v. fr.נ׳ דמים to be valued, priced. B. Mets. l. c.; Kidd.I, 6 כל הנ׳ ד׳ באחר an object upon which a valuation has been set for the purpose of exchange with another object; expl. ib. 28a כל הנישוםוכ׳ the value of which is estimated ; a. e.נעשה כ־ it is to be considered as if, it is as if. Ḥull.19b נ׳ כמי ששחטוכ׳ the case is the same as when a gentile begins the slaughtering and an Israelite finishes it. Y.B. Mets.V, 10c top נ׳ כמשכירוכ׳ it is to be considered as if he had rented the field to him at a high price; a. fr. Hif. הֶעֱשָׂה to cause to do; to order. B. Bath.9a, a. e. גדול המַעֲשֶׂה יותר מן העושה greater is he who causes others to do good than he who does good. Ex. R. s. 35 ליתן שכר למעשה כעושה to reward him who causes a good deed like him who does it. Num. R. s. 7 (ref. to Num. 5:4) מעצמן לא הוצרכו שיַעֲשִׂיאוּם משהוכ׳ ‘so did they of their own accord, it did not become necessary for Moses and Aaron to make them do it Tosef.Pes.VIII, 5 שה׳ את הציבור לעשותוכ׳ (ed. Zuck. שעִישָּׂה, Pi.) he ordered the congregation to celebrate the Second Passover; Tosef.Snh.II, 11 שהֶעֱשׂוּ את הצבור (ed. Zuck. שהֶיעֱשׂוּ) they ordered Y.Yoma VI, 43d top ראו היך הֶעֱשִׂיא את ישראל לעבודה זרה see how he became the cause for Israelites to commit idolatry (to erect a Temple in Egypt); a. e. Pi. עִישָּׂה same, esp. to force; to enforce. Pesik. R. s. 33 השופט דן … מְעַשֶּׂה את הדין the judge decides the law, and the officer ( shoṭer) enforces the law. Y.Snh.I, 18d bot. ע׳ יהזקיהו לציבור לעשותוכ׳ Hezekiah ordered the congregation to celebrate ; Tosef. Pes. l. c. v. supra. R. Hash. 6a ועשית אזהרה לבית דין שיְעַשּׂוּךָ ‘and thou shalt do (Deut. 23:24), this is an instruction to the authorities to make thee do it; Y. ib. I, 56c Pl. Keth.77a; Y.Gitt.IX, end, 50d אין מְעַשִּׂין אלאוכ׳ we do not force (a man to divorce his wife) except Ib. ישראל שעִיסּוּ כמעשה גוים if an Israelitish authority forced (divorce) in the way the gentiles do; גוים שעיסווכ׳ if gentile authorities forced (divorce) in the way Israelites do; a. fr.Part. pass. מְעיּשֶּׂה. Gitt.IX, 8 גט מע׳וכ׳ a letter of divorce given under force, if forced by an Israelitish authority, is valid. Ib. 88b; a. fr.

עשי, עָשָׂה(b. h.; cmp. עסי) 1) to do, work, prepare (corresp. in variety of meanings to עֲבַד). Shebi. VIII, 6 אין עוֹשִׂין זתיםוכ׳ (in the Sabbatical year) you must not prepare (press, cmp. עֲסֵי) olives in the press Tosef. ib. VI, 29 אין עושין אותן גרוגרות you must not prepare them as dried figs. Ib. 8 אין עושין את הייןוכ׳ you must not make ăluntith wine (v. אֲלוּנְטִית II). Sabb.118a, a. e. עֲשֵׂה שבתך חולוכ׳ make thy Sabbath a week-day (as to expense), and be independent of men. Ib. 56a שביקש לַעֲשׂוֹת ולא ע׳ he wanted to do (evil), but did not do it. Ber.17a (ref. to Ps. 111:10) לעוֹשִׂים לשמה ועושיםוכ׳ to those who do good for its own sake, but not to those who do it from impure motives; וכל העוֹשֶׂה שלא לשמהוכ׳ whoever does good from impure motives, had better not have been born; a. v. fr.עֲשֵׂה (do), or מִצְוַת עֲשֵׂה positive law; לאֹ תַעֲשֶׂה ( do not) prohibitory law, v. לֹא, לַאו, a. מִצְוָה Keth.30a, a. e. חייבי עֲ׳ מצרי ואדומי those guilty of transgressing the law implied in the positive law (limitation) concerning intermarriages with descendants of Egyptian or Edomite converts (Deut. 23:8 sq.).לאו הבא מכלל עֲ׳, v. לַאו.ע׳ דמים, or ע׳ (sub. דמים) to value, assess. B. Mets.69b לא עֲשָׂאָהּ דמים he did not estimate her (the cows) value; ולא עשאה but did he not estimate her value (when he said, thy cow is worth to me thirty denars)? לא עשאה ד׳ מחייםוכ׳ he did not estimate her value as alive, but as dead (how much he would have to pay, if the cow died while in his use). Ib. 62b צא ועֲשֵׂה עלי כשערוכ׳ go and give me credit for it in accordance with the present market price, and I will furnish it Ib. בדמי חיטיך שעָשִׂיתָ עלי בשלשיםוכ׳ as an equivalent for thy wheat for which thou hast charged me with thirty denars, I hold wine for thee; a. fr.Part. pass. עָשׂוּי; f. עֲשׂוּיָה; pl. עֲשׂוּיִים, עֲשׂוּיִין; עֲשׂוּיוֹת. Ib. הדי חיטיך ע׳ עליוכ׳ thy wheat is worth to me Tosef. ib. VI, 6 הרי קמה זו ע׳ עליךוכ׳ this quantity of standing grain is charged to thee (I sell thee) at one hundred ; ib. הרי גיזיהן של אלו ע׳וכ׳ I sell thee the wool on these sheep for ; a. fr.Tanḥ. Naso 10; Num. R. s. 11 שלא תהא ע׳ that thou mayest not be forced (v. Pi.) to take an office, v. פַּנְיָיס. 2) to spend time, tarry. Midr. Till. to Ps. 17:14 ר׳ שמעון … שע׳ במערהוכ׳ ed. Bub. (oth. ed. טמון) R. S. ben Y. who lived in a cave, … thirteen years. Gen. R. s. 91 (ref. to רדו, Gen. 42:2) בישרם שהן עתידין לעשות שםר״י שנה מנין רד״ו he announced to them that they were to live there two hundred and ten years, the numerical value of rdu; Num. R. s. 13. Gen. R. s. 22 עשה … קייםוכ׳ Abel lived from ; a. fr.Tanḥ. Shmini 1 ולא ע׳ אלא אמרוכ׳ and he did not tarry but said, i. e. at once he said; a. fr. Nif. נַעֲשֶׂה to be done, made; to become. Ber.35b מלאכתן נַעֲשֵׂיתע״י אחרים their work is done through others. B. Mets.46a, a. e. מטבע נ׳ חליפין, v. חֲלִיפִים. Pesik. R. s. 33 (ref. to Is. 50:5) לא נַעֲשֵׂיתִי אחור לנבואה I was not behind (any one) in prophecy; a. v. fr.נ׳ דמים to be valued, priced. B. Mets. l. c.; Kidd.I, 6 כל הנ׳ ד׳ באחר an object upon which a valuation has been set for the purpose of exchange with another object; expl. ib. 28a כל הנישוםוכ׳ the value of which is estimated ; a. e.נעשה כ־ it is to be considered as if, it is as if. Ḥull.19b נ׳ כמי ששחטוכ׳ the case is the same as when a gentile begins the slaughtering and an Israelite finishes it. Y.B. Mets.V, 10c top נ׳ כמשכירוכ׳ it is to be considered as if he had rented the field to him at a high price; a. fr. Hif. הֶעֱשָׂה to cause to do; to order. B. Bath.9a, a. e. גדול המַעֲשֶׂה יותר מן העושה greater is he who causes others to do good than he who does good. Ex. R. s. 35 ליתן שכר למעשה כעושה to reward him who causes a good deed like him who does it. Num. R. s. 7 (ref. to Num. 5:4) מעצמן לא הוצרכו שיַעֲשִׂיאוּם משהוכ׳ ‘so did they of their own accord, it did not become necessary for Moses and Aaron to make them do it Tosef.Pes.VIII, 5 שה׳ את הציבור לעשותוכ׳ (ed. Zuck. שעִישָּׂה, Pi.) he ordered the congregation to celebrate the Second Passover; Tosef.Snh.II, 11 שהֶעֱשׂוּ את הצבור (ed. Zuck. שהֶיעֱשׂוּ) they ordered Y.Yoma VI, 43d top ראו היך הֶעֱשִׂיא את ישראל לעבודה זרה see how he became the cause for Israelites to commit idolatry (to erect a Temple in Egypt); a. e. Pi. עִישָּׂה same, esp. to force; to enforce. Pesik. R. s. 33 השופט דן … מְעַשֶּׂה את הדין the judge decides the law, and the officer ( shoṭer) enforces the law. Y.Snh.I, 18d bot. ע׳ יהזקיהו לציבור לעשותוכ׳ Hezekiah ordered the congregation to celebrate ; Tosef. Pes. l. c. v. supra. R. Hash. 6a ועשית אזהרה לבית דין שיְעַשּׂוּךָ ‘and thou shalt do (Deut. 23:24), this is an instruction to the authorities to make thee do it; Y. ib. I, 56c Pl. Keth.77a; Y.Gitt.IX, end, 50d אין מְעַשִּׂין אלאוכ׳ we do not force (a man to divorce his wife) except Ib. ישראל שעִיסּוּ כמעשה גוים if an Israelitish authority forced (divorce) in the way the gentiles do; גוים שעיסווכ׳ if gentile authorities forced (divorce) in the way Israelites do; a. fr.Part. pass. מְעיּשֶּׂה. Gitt.IX, 8 גט מע׳וכ׳ a letter of divorce given under force, if forced by an Israelitish authority, is valid. Ib. 88b; a. fr.

עשי, עָשָׂה(b. h.; cmp. עסי) 1) to do, work, prepare (corresp. in variety of meanings to עֲבַד). Shebi. VIII, 6 אין עוֹשִׂין זתיםוכ׳ (in the Sabbatical year) you must not prepare (press, cmp. עֲסֵי) olives in the press Tosef. ib. VI, 29 אין עושין אותן גרוגרות you must not prepare them as dried figs. Ib. 8 אין עושין את הייןוכ׳ you must not make ăluntith wine (v. אֲלוּנְטִית II). Sabb.118a, a. e. עֲשֵׂה שבתך חולוכ׳ make thy Sabbath a week-day (as to expense), and be independent of men. Ib. 56a שביקש לַעֲשׂוֹת ולא ע׳ he wanted to do (evil), but did not do it. Ber.17a (ref. to Ps. 111:10) לעוֹשִׂים לשמה ועושיםוכ׳ to those who do good for its own sake, but not to those who do it from impure motives; וכל העוֹשֶׂה שלא לשמהוכ׳ whoever does good from impure motives, had better not have been born; a. v. fr.עֲשֵׂה (do), or מִצְוַת עֲשֵׂה positive law; לאֹ תַעֲשֶׂה ( do not) prohibitory law, v. לֹא, לַאו, a. מִצְוָה Keth.30a, a. e. חייבי עֲ׳ מצרי ואדומי those guilty of transgressing the law implied in the positive law (limitation) concerning intermarriages with descendants of Egyptian or Edomite converts (Deut. 23:8 sq.).לאו הבא מכלל עֲ׳, v. לַאו.ע׳ דמים, or ע׳ (sub. דמים) to value, assess. B. Mets.69b לא עֲשָׂאָהּ דמים he did not estimate her (the cows) value; ולא עשאה but did he not estimate her value (when he said, thy cow is worth to me thirty denars)? לא עשאה ד׳ מחייםוכ׳ he did not estimate her value as alive, but as dead (how much he would have to pay, if the cow died while in his use). Ib. 62b צא ועֲשֵׂה עלי כשערוכ׳ go and give me credit for it in accordance with the present market price, and I will furnish it Ib. בדמי חיטיך שעָשִׂיתָ עלי בשלשיםוכ׳ as an equivalent for thy wheat for which thou hast charged me with thirty denars, I hold wine for thee; a. fr.Part. pass. עָשׂוּי; f. עֲשׂוּיָה; pl. עֲשׂוּיִים, עֲשׂוּיִין; עֲשׂוּיוֹת. Ib. הדי חיטיך ע׳ עליוכ׳ thy wheat is worth to me Tosef. ib. VI, 6 הרי קמה זו ע׳ עליךוכ׳ this quantity of standing grain is charged to thee (I sell thee) at one hundred ; ib. הרי גיזיהן של אלו ע׳וכ׳ I sell thee the wool on these sheep for ; a. fr.Tanḥ. Naso 10; Num. R. s. 11 שלא תהא ע׳ that thou mayest not be forced (v. Pi.) to take an office, v. פַּנְיָיס. 2) to spend time, tarry. Midr. Till. to Ps. 17:14 ר׳ שמעון … שע׳ במערהוכ׳ ed. Bub. (oth. ed. טמון) R. S. ben Y. who lived in a cave, … thirteen years. Gen. R. s. 91 (ref. to רדו, Gen. 42:2) בישרם שהן עתידין לעשות שםר״י שנה מנין רד״ו he announced to them that they were to live there two hundred and ten years, the numerical value of rdu; Num. R. s. 13. Gen. R. s. 22 עשה … קייםוכ׳ Abel lived from ; a. fr.Tanḥ. Shmini 1 ולא ע׳ אלא אמרוכ׳ and he did not tarry but said, i. e. at once he said; a. fr. Nif. נַעֲשֶׂה to be done, made; to become. Ber.35b מלאכתן נַעֲשֵׂיתע״י אחרים their work is done through others. B. Mets.46a, a. e. מטבע נ׳ חליפין, v. חֲלִיפִים. Pesik. R. s. 33 (ref. to Is. 50:5) לא נַעֲשֵׂיתִי אחור לנבואה I was not behind (any one) in prophecy; a. v. fr.נ׳ דמים to be valued, priced. B. Mets. l. c.; Kidd.I, 6 כל הנ׳ ד׳ באחר an object upon which a valuation has been set for the purpose of exchange with another object; expl. ib. 28a כל הנישוםוכ׳ the value of which is estimated ; a. e.נעשה כ־ it is to be considered as if, it is as if. Ḥull.19b נ׳ כמי ששחטוכ׳ the case is the same as when a gentile begins the slaughtering and an Israelite finishes it. Y.B. Mets.V, 10c top נ׳ כמשכירוכ׳ it is to be considered as if he had rented the field to him at a high price; a. fr. Hif. הֶעֱשָׂה to cause to do; to order. B. Bath.9a, a. e. גדול המַעֲשֶׂה יותר מן העושה greater is he who causes others to do good than he who does good. Ex. R. s. 35 ליתן שכר למעשה כעושה to reward him who causes a good deed like him who does it. Num. R. s. 7 (ref. to Num. 5:4) מעצמן לא הוצרכו שיַעֲשִׂיאוּם משהוכ׳ ‘so did they of their own accord, it did not become necessary for Moses and Aaron to make them do it Tosef.Pes.VIII, 5 שה׳ את הציבור לעשותוכ׳ (ed. Zuck. שעִישָּׂה, Pi.) he ordered the congregation to celebrate the Second Passover; Tosef.Snh.II, 11 שהֶעֱשׂוּ את הצבור (ed. Zuck. שהֶיעֱשׂוּ) they ordered Y.Yoma VI, 43d top ראו היך הֶעֱשִׂיא את ישראל לעבודה זרה see how he became the cause for Israelites to commit idolatry (to erect a Temple in Egypt); a. e. Pi. עִישָּׂה same, esp. to force; to enforce. Pesik. R. s. 33 השופט דן … מְעַשֶּׂה את הדין the judge decides the law, and the officer ( shoṭer) enforces the law. Y.Snh.I, 18d bot. ע׳ יהזקיהו לציבור לעשותוכ׳ Hezekiah ordered the congregation to celebrate ; Tosef. Pes. l. c. v. supra. R. Hash. 6a ועשית אזהרה לבית דין שיְעַשּׂוּךָ ‘and thou shalt do (Deut. 23:24), this is an instruction to the authorities to make thee do it; Y. ib. I, 56c Pl. Keth.77a; Y.Gitt.IX, end, 50d אין מְעַשִּׂין אלאוכ׳ we do not force (a man to divorce his wife) except Ib. ישראל שעִיסּוּ כמעשה גוים if an Israelitish authority forced (divorce) in the way the gentiles do; גוים שעיסווכ׳ if gentile authorities forced (divorce) in the way Israelites do; a. fr.Part. pass. מְעיּשֶּׂה. Gitt.IX, 8 גט מע׳וכ׳ a letter of divorce given under force, if forced by an Israelitish authority, is valid. Ib. 88b; a. fr.

שָׁלֵםI, שָׁלַם, (b. h.) to be whole, complete; to end, cease. Y.Sot.VIII, 22c bot. שלום שבימיו שָׁלְמָהוכ׳ Zedekiah was named Shallum, because in his days ended the reign of the house of Judah; Y.Shek.VI, 49d top; Y.Hor.III, 47c bot.; Bab. ib. 11b; Ker.5b ששלם (corr. acc.); Yalk. Kings 250; Yalk. Chr. 1085. Pesik. R. s. 6 (ref. to 1 Kings 7:51) כיון שבא … עכשיו שלמה מלאכתוכ׳ when Solomon came and built the Temple, the Lord said, now the work of heaven and earth (creation) is complete; Yalk. Kings 186 שְׁלֵימָה. Pesik. R. l. c. כיון שהִשְׁלִימוּ … שלמה נפשם when the workmen had finished their work, their life was finished (they died); Yalk. l. c.; a. e. Hif. הִשְׁלִים 1) to complete, finish. Pesik. R. l. c., v. supra. Y.R. Hash. I, 57a top; Y.Shebi.II, 34a top מכיון שהוא עומד … מַשְׁלִים שנתו since he stands in (has entered) the third year of the tree, he may count it a full year. Yoma 33a (ref. to Lev. 6:5, play on עליח … השלמים) עליח הַשְׁלֵם כלוכ׳ with it (the evening sacrifice) cease all sacrifices (none can be offered after it). B. Kam.10a החופר … והִשְׁלִימָהּ לעשרה if one digs a pit nine cubits deep, and another comes and completes it to the legal size of ten. Ber.47b שחרר … והִשְׁלִימוֹוכ׳ he freed his slave and used him to complete the quorum of ten persons. Ib. 8b המשלים פרשיותיו, v. פָּרָשָׁה I. Pesik. R. l. c. לכך נקרא שלמה שה׳ … לתוך מעשה ידיו he is called Shlomoh (perfect), because God caused the work of creation to be perfected through his handiwork (the Temple); Yalk. Kings l. c.; a. fr.Esp. to finish the fast-day. Taan.VII, 9 יַשְׁלִימוּ they must fast the whole day. Yoma 82a מַשְׁלִימִין they must fast to the end of the day; a. fr.Part. pass. מוּשְׁלָם perfect, virtuous. Hor. l. c. he was named Shallum שהיה מ׳ במעשיו Ag. Hatt. (ed. משולם) because he was perfect in his deeds; Yalk. Kings 250; Yalk. Chr. l. c. 2) (denom. of שָׁלוֹם) to make friends, or to surrender. Succ.52a (ref. to Prov. 25:22) א״ת יְשַׁלֵּם אלא יַשְׁלִימֶנּוּ לך read not yshallem (he will pay) but, he will surrender him (the evil spirit) to thee; (comment.; he will make him be friends with thee).Part. pass. as ab. Num. R. s. 74> אחד עשר יום היו מוּשְׁלָמִים לאלהים eleven days were they (the Israelites) at peace with God (adhered to him sincerely); כ״ט יום … מוּשְׁלָמִין twenty-nine days they were sincere servants of God, opp. עשו את העגל. Ib. אינם מושלמים ליוכ׳ (ed. Wil. משלמים, corr. acc.) they will be faithful to me only forty days. Gen. R. s. 16, beg. מ׳ לבוראו faithful to his Creator; a. e. Nif. נִשְׁלַם to be finished, to end. Tanḥ. Mishp. 19 המלאך אומר נ׳ פלוני the angel says, such and such has ended (must die). Pi. שִׁלֵּם 1) to perfect.Part. pass. מְשוּלָּם. Hor. l. c., v. supra. Yalk. Lev. 458 מְשוּלָּמִים, v. שָׁלוֹם. 2) to compensate, reward, pay. Pesik. R. l. c. (play on יתשלם, 1 Kings 7:51) עלי לשַׁלֵּם להם מתן שכר it is for me to pay them their reward. Ib. עלי לשלם לו it is for me to compensate it (the month of Kislev) for its loss; ומה ש׳ לווכ׳ and wherewith did he compensate it? With the dedication under the Hasmonean house. Y.Taan.II, 65b top (ref. to Mic. 7:3) שַׁלֵּם לי יַאֲשַׁלֵּם לך (the judge says,) pay me, and I shall pay thee (decide in thy favor). B. Kam.I, 1 חב המזיק לשלםוכ׳ he that caused the damage is bound to pay Ib. 4 משַׁלֵּם נזק שלם must pay the full indemnity. B. Mets.III, 1 ש׳ ולא רצהוכ׳ if he pays in preference to making oath. B. Bath.III, 4 מְשַׁלְּמִין לי את הכל they must pay him in full. Ab. II, 16 שיְשַׁלֵּם, v. שָׂכָר; a. v. fr.

שָׁלֵםI, שָׁלַם, (b. h.) to be whole, complete; to end, cease. Y.Sot.VIII, 22c bot. שלום שבימיו שָׁלְמָהוכ׳ Zedekiah was named Shallum, because in his days ended the reign of the house of Judah; Y.Shek.VI, 49d top; Y.Hor.III, 47c bot.; Bab. ib. 11b; Ker.5b ששלם (corr. acc.); Yalk. Kings 250; Yalk. Chr. 1085. Pesik. R. s. 6 (ref. to 1 Kings 7:51) כיון שבא … עכשיו שלמה מלאכתוכ׳ when Solomon came and built the Temple, the Lord said, now the work of heaven and earth (creation) is complete; Yalk. Kings 186 שְׁלֵימָה. Pesik. R. l. c. כיון שהִשְׁלִימוּ … שלמה נפשם when the workmen had finished their work, their life was finished (they died); Yalk. l. c.; a. e. Hif. הִשְׁלִים 1) to complete, finish. Pesik. R. l. c., v. supra. Y.R. Hash. I, 57a top; Y.Shebi.II, 34a top מכיון שהוא עומד … מַשְׁלִים שנתו since he stands in (has entered) the third year of the tree, he may count it a full year. Yoma 33a (ref. to Lev. 6:5, play on עליח … השלמים) עליח הַשְׁלֵם כלוכ׳ with it (the evening sacrifice) cease all sacrifices (none can be offered after it). B. Kam.10a החופר … והִשְׁלִימָהּ לעשרה if one digs a pit nine cubits deep, and another comes and completes it to the legal size of ten. Ber.47b שחרר … והִשְׁלִימוֹוכ׳ he freed his slave and used him to complete the quorum of ten persons. Ib. 8b המשלים פרשיותיו, v. פָּרָשָׁה I. Pesik. R. l. c. לכך נקרא שלמה שה׳ … לתוך מעשה ידיו he is called Shlomoh (perfect), because God caused the work of creation to be perfected through his handiwork (the Temple); Yalk. Kings l. c.; a. fr.Esp. to finish the fast-day. Taan.VII, 9 יַשְׁלִימוּ they must fast the whole day. Yoma 82a מַשְׁלִימִין they must fast to the end of the day; a. fr.Part. pass. מוּשְׁלָם perfect, virtuous. Hor. l. c. he was named Shallum שהיה מ׳ במעשיו Ag. Hatt. (ed. משולם) because he was perfect in his deeds; Yalk. Kings 250; Yalk. Chr. l. c. 2) (denom. of שָׁלוֹם) to make friends, or to surrender. Succ.52a (ref. to Prov. 25:22) א״ת יְשַׁלֵּם אלא יַשְׁלִימֶנּוּ לך read not yshallem (he will pay) but, he will surrender him (the evil spirit) to thee; (comment.; he will make him be friends with thee).Part. pass. as ab. Num. R. s. 74> אחד עשר יום היו מוּשְׁלָמִים לאלהים eleven days were they (the Israelites) at peace with God (adhered to him sincerely); כ״ט יום … מוּשְׁלָמִין twenty-nine days they were sincere servants of God, opp. עשו את העגל. Ib. אינם מושלמים ליוכ׳ (ed. Wil. משלמים, corr. acc.) they will be faithful to me only forty days. Gen. R. s. 16, beg. מ׳ לבוראו faithful to his Creator; a. e. Nif. נִשְׁלַם to be finished, to end. Tanḥ. Mishp. 19 המלאך אומר נ׳ פלוני the angel says, such and such has ended (must die). Pi. שִׁלֵּם 1) to perfect.Part. pass. מְשוּלָּם. Hor. l. c., v. supra. Yalk. Lev. 458 מְשוּלָּמִים, v. שָׁלוֹם. 2) to compensate, reward, pay. Pesik. R. l. c. (play on יתשלם, 1 Kings 7:51) עלי לשַׁלֵּם להם מתן שכר it is for me to pay them their reward. Ib. עלי לשלם לו it is for me to compensate it (the month of Kislev) for its loss; ומה ש׳ לווכ׳ and wherewith did he compensate it? With the dedication under the Hasmonean house. Y.Taan.II, 65b top (ref. to Mic. 7:3) שַׁלֵּם לי יַאֲשַׁלֵּם לך (the judge says,) pay me, and I shall pay thee (decide in thy favor). B. Kam.I, 1 חב המזיק לשלםוכ׳ he that caused the damage is bound to pay Ib. 4 משַׁלֵּם נזק שלם must pay the full indemnity. B. Mets.III, 1 ש׳ ולא רצהוכ׳ if he pays in preference to making oath. B. Bath.III, 4 מְשַׁלְּמִין לי את הכל they must pay him in full. Ab. II, 16 שיְשַׁלֵּם, v. שָׂכָר; a. v. fr.

כָּשֵׁרI (b. h.; cmp. גשר) ( to be well-joined, (cmp. יָפֶה, אֲרִיךְ II), to be proper, fit, right; to turn out well, to succeed. Y.Ḥall.I, 57b top החטים שכָּשְׁרוּ לשארוכ׳ wheats which are fit for all other meat offerings; ib. 57c; Sifra Vayikra, Ndabah, ch. XIV, Par. 13; a. fr.V. כָּשֵׁר II. Hif. הִכְשִׁיר 1) (ritual, v. כָּשֵׁר II) to pronounce kasher, to permit. Ḥull.III, 2 ר׳ … מַכְשִׁיר R. pronounces it fit to be eaten, opp. פוסל; a. v. fr. 2) to make fit, to prepare. Ab.VI, 1 מַכְשַׁרְתּוֹ להיותוכ׳ enables him to be righteous Ḥull.140a מַכְשִׁיר an offering which makes fit for admission to the Temple or eating sacred food, contrad. to מכפר an offering which procures atonement; Kidd.57a, a. e.Snh.42b הוצא … מכשיר ומכפר ‘the carrying outside of the camp (Lev. 4:12; 21) makes the act legal and procures atonement; ib. מכשיר ממכשיר עדיף ליה the analogy between one fitting act and another is preferred.B. Kam.I, 2 הִכְשַׁרְתִּי את נזקו I have prepared (am responsible for) the damage, v. חוּב. Ib. הכשרתי (ב)מקצת נזקווכ׳ wherever I am the partial cause of a damage (e. g. by completing a pit to its legally indictable depth), I am as responsible as if I had been the entire author. Gen. R. s. 56 the slaughtering knife is called מַאֲכֶלֶת (causing the eating) לפי שמַכְשֶׁרֶת את האוכלים (not שמכשר) because it makes the food fit for eating.Esp. (with or without לקבל טומאה) to make an object fit for levitical uncleanness (v. Lev. 11:34; 38). Ḥull.35b וכי הרם מַכְשִׁיר … מַכְשֶׁרֶת is it the blood (as a liquid) which fits the meat for uncleanness?; is it not rather the slaughtering (because it makes it ‘an eatable)?Ib. 33a חיבת הקדש מַכְשַׁרְתָּן, v. חִבָּה; ib. 36b מַכְשַׁרְתָּהּ. Makhsh. VI, 6. Y.Gitt.I, 43c על מי בצים שאינן מַכְשִׁירִין that the liquid of eggs does not fit for uncleanness; Y.Shebi.VI, 36c top שאין כשירין (corr. acc.); a. v. fr.v. הֶכְשֵׁר, מַכְשִׁירִין. Hof. הוּכְשַׁר to be made fit; to be pronounced fit; to be prepared; to be fitted for levitical uncleanness. Yoma 50a במהה׳ אהרןוכ׳ through what act is Aaron (a high priest) made fit to enter ?Sabb.76a כל שאינו כשר … וה׳ לזהוכ׳ that which is not fit for preservation but appeared fit to this man, and he did preserve it. Ḥull.22b הוּכְשְׁרוּ are pronounced fit for sacrifices. Ib. II, 5 הוכשרו בדם they became fit for uncleanness through the blood (flowing out at killing); ה׳ בשחיטה they became fit through the act of slaughtering (v. supra); a. v. fr.Y.Keth.XII, 35a מכושר, read: מב׳, v. בָּשַׂר. Hithpa. הִתְכַּשֵּׁר to adapt ones self, to work with zeal and conscientiousness. Koh. R. to V, 11 מִתְכַּשֵּׁר במלאכתווכ׳ more skilled and zealous in his work than (cmp. זָרִיז). Gen. R. s. 9; a. e.

כָּשֵׁרI (b. h.; cmp. גשר) ( to be well-joined, (cmp. יָפֶה, אֲרִיךְ II), to be proper, fit, right; to turn out well, to succeed. Y.Ḥall.I, 57b top החטים שכָּשְׁרוּ לשארוכ׳ wheats which are fit for all other meat offerings; ib. 57c; Sifra Vayikra, Ndabah, ch. XIV, Par. 13; a. fr.V. כָּשֵׁר II. Hif. הִכְשִׁיר 1) (ritual, v. כָּשֵׁר II) to pronounce kasher, to permit. Ḥull.III, 2 ר׳ … מַכְשִׁיר R. pronounces it fit to be eaten, opp. פוסל; a. v. fr. 2) to make fit, to prepare. Ab.VI, 1 מַכְשַׁרְתּוֹ להיותוכ׳ enables him to be righteous Ḥull.140a מַכְשִׁיר an offering which makes fit for admission to the Temple or eating sacred food, contrad. to מכפר an offering which procures atonement; Kidd.57a, a. e.Snh.42b הוצא … מכשיר ומכפר ‘the carrying outside of the camp (Lev. 4:12; 21) makes the act legal and procures atonement; ib. מכשיר ממכשיר עדיף ליה the analogy between one fitting act and another is preferred.B. Kam.I, 2 הִכְשַׁרְתִּי את נזקו I have prepared (am responsible for) the damage, v. חוּב. Ib. הכשרתי (ב)מקצת נזקווכ׳ wherever I am the partial cause of a damage (e. g. by completing a pit to its legally indictable depth), I am as responsible as if I had been the entire author. Gen. R. s. 56 the slaughtering knife is called מַאֲכֶלֶת (causing the eating) לפי שמַכְשֶׁרֶת את האוכלים (not שמכשר) because it makes the food fit for eating.Esp. (with or without לקבל טומאה) to make an object fit for levitical uncleanness (v. Lev. 11:34; 38). Ḥull.35b וכי הרם מַכְשִׁיר … מַכְשֶׁרֶת is it the blood (as a liquid) which fits the meat for uncleanness?; is it not rather the slaughtering (because it makes it ‘an eatable)?Ib. 33a חיבת הקדש מַכְשַׁרְתָּן, v. חִבָּה; ib. 36b מַכְשַׁרְתָּהּ. Makhsh. VI, 6. Y.Gitt.I, 43c על מי בצים שאינן מַכְשִׁירִין that the liquid of eggs does not fit for uncleanness; Y.Shebi.VI, 36c top שאין כשירין (corr. acc.); a. v. fr.v. הֶכְשֵׁר, מַכְשִׁירִין. Hof. הוּכְשַׁר to be made fit; to be pronounced fit; to be prepared; to be fitted for levitical uncleanness. Yoma 50a במהה׳ אהרןוכ׳ through what act is Aaron (a high priest) made fit to enter ?Sabb.76a כל שאינו כשר … וה׳ לזהוכ׳ that which is not fit for preservation but appeared fit to this man, and he did preserve it. Ḥull.22b הוּכְשְׁרוּ are pronounced fit for sacrifices. Ib. II, 5 הוכשרו בדם they became fit for uncleanness through the blood (flowing out at killing); ה׳ בשחיטה they became fit through the act of slaughtering (v. supra); a. v. fr.Y.Keth.XII, 35a מכושר, read: מב׳, v. בָּשַׂר. Hithpa. הִתְכַּשֵּׁר to adapt ones self, to work with zeal and conscientiousness. Koh. R. to V, 11 מִתְכַּשֵּׁר במלאכתווכ׳ more skilled and zealous in his work than (cmp. זָרִיז). Gen. R. s. 9; a. e.

עָסַק(cmp. b. h. עָשַׂק) (with ב) to work at, be engaged in. Sifra Kdosh., ch. VIII, Par. 4 ועוֹסֵק בו; Yalk. Lev. 619 ועוֹסְקֵנִי בו and busy myself with him (to punish him), v. עֵסֶק II. Ber.11a (ref. to Deut. 6:7, ‘when thou sittest in thy house) פרט לעוסק במצוה this exempts (from reading the Shma) him who is engaged in a religious work; Succ.25a Ib. והעוסק במצוה פטור מן המצוה מהכא נפקאוכ׳ is it from here (Deut. l. c.) that we derive the rule, that he who is engaged in a religious act is exempt from other religious duties? Ib. 26a. Pes.50b לעולם וַעֲסוֹק אדם בתורהוכ׳ let man by all means be engaged in the study of the Law and the pursuit of religious work, even if not for their own sake, v. שֵׁם. Ib. וכל העוֹסְקִין במלאכת שמים and all those who make a living of religious work (deal in objects used for religious ceremonies); ib. ואם עוסקין לשמהוכ׳ but if they do so from a religious motive ; a. fr.Part. pass. עָסוּק; pl. עֲסוּקִון. Keth.103b ר׳ חייא ע׳ במצות הוה R. Ḥ. was always engaged in some good work (charity). Tosef.Bicc.II, 15 וכל העסוקין לגכוה all whose business is connected with religion, v. supra. Ib. אם היו ע׳ לשום שמים, v. supra. Ex. R. s. 20 (ref. to Ex. 13:19) כל ישראל היו ע׳ בכסףוכ׳ while all Israel were busy taking along silver and gold, Moses was busy getting the bones of Joseph; a. fr. Hif. הֶעֱסִיק to engage, keep interested, entertain. Yoma I, 7 ומַעֲסִיקִין אותו and they entertain him (to keep him awake); ib. 19b לא היו מעסיקין אותווכ׳ they did not entertain him with music, but with their mouth (speech); Tosef. ib. I, 9. Ib. לעַסְּקוֹ בהברה (not בהברא, Pi.) to keep him awake with noise (recitations). Midr. Till. to Ps. 7 הין מַעֲסִיקוֹת אותי עד שיבוא שמואל they kept him engaged (in talk) until Samuel came; a. e. Pi. עִיסֵּק same, v. supra. Hithpa. הִתְעַסֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְעַסֵּק 1) to occupy ones self, to attend. Sot.I, 9 מי לנו גדול מיוסף שלא נ׳ בו אלא משה who is greater than Joseph, to whose body none attended but Moses himself? (v. supra); מי גדול ממשה שלא ני בווכ׳ who is greater than Moses in whose burial none but the Lord himself was engaged? Lev. R. s. 25 מתחלת ברייתו … לא נ׳וכ׳ soon after the creation the Lord was first of all engaged in planting (Gen. 2:8), אף אתם לא תִתְעַסְּקוּוכ׳ even so, when you enter the land, you shall apply yourselves first of all to planting (Lev. 19:23). Y. Ḥag.II, 77b וישבו ונִתְעַסְּקוּ, v. next w. Tanḥ. Vaëra 5 (play on הָעשֶׁק, Koh. 7:7) עסקשנ׳ שלמה … הטעהו (not הטעוהו) the occupation with vain things in which Solomon engaged, led him astray; ib. כשהחכם מִתְעַסֵּק בדברים הרבה מערבביןוכ׳ when a scholar engages in too many affairs, they confound him so that he loses his wisdom; ib. חכם המתעסק בצרכי צמור משכחיןוכ׳ if a scholar busies himself with public affairs, they cause him to forget his learning; a. fr.Tosef.Arakh.IV, 27 מִתְעַסֵּק בירק בקדרה בכל יום may arrange to have vegetables in the pot every day; מתעסק ירק בקדרה ואלפסוכ׳ (read: בירק) may have vegetables in the pot and stew 2) to do a thing without a direct practical purpose; to practice, experiment. Sabb.157b מתעסק בעלמא אנא I was merely playing (without the intention of measuring). R. Hash. IV, 8 (32b) אבל מִתְעַסְּקִין בהם כדי שילמדו Ms. M. (ed. מתע׳ עמהם עד) but you may practice with them that they may learn (to blow the Shofar); והמתעסק לא יצא and he who merely blows for practice, has not done his duty. Ib. 33a מתע׳ בהן עד שילמדווכ׳ (Tosef. ib. IV (II), 10 מתלמדין להקוע) you may practice with them …, even on the Sabbath; a. e. 3) to do one thing while intending to do another thing; to miss ones purpose, choose the wrong thing. Snh.62b המתעסק בחלביםוכ׳ he that misses his purpose in selecting forbidden fat to eat (intending to reach out for a permitted piece), or in consanguineous connection (by mistaking the person) is bound to bring a sin offering; המתע׳ בשבת who does a forbidden act by mistake on the Sabbath (meaning to do a different though forbidden act); Kerith. 19b. Ib. IV, 3 (19a) (ref. to אשר חטא בה, Lev. 4:23) פרט למתעסק this is to exempt him who sinned by doing the thing which he had not intended to do. Ib. 19b מתעסק דמאי to what kind of a mistaken act does this refer? Ib. מתע׳ בדבר דלאו מצוה if by mistake he did an act which was not commanded (for that day). Ib. מתע׳ בחבורה making a wound (on the Sabbath) by mistake (circumcising the wrong child), opp. מקלקל בחבורה doing harm by making a wound; a. fr. 4) to dispute, argue. Gen. R. s. 8 עו שמלאכי השרת מדיינין … ומתעסקין אלו עם אלו while the ministering angels were arguing with one another, disputing with one another, God created him (Adam); a. e.

עָסַק(cmp. b. h. עָשַׂק) (with ב) to work at, be engaged in. Sifra Kdosh., ch. VIII, Par. 4 ועוֹסֵק בו; Yalk. Lev. 619 ועוֹסְקֵנִי בו and busy myself with him (to punish him), v. עֵסֶק II. Ber.11a (ref. to Deut. 6:7, ‘when thou sittest in thy house) פרט לעוסק במצוה this exempts (from reading the Shma) him who is engaged in a religious work; Succ.25a Ib. והעוסק במצוה פטור מן המצוה מהכא נפקאוכ׳ is it from here (Deut. l. c.) that we derive the rule, that he who is engaged in a religious act is exempt from other religious duties? Ib. 26a. Pes.50b לעולם וַעֲסוֹק אדם בתורהוכ׳ let man by all means be engaged in the study of the Law and the pursuit of religious work, even if not for their own sake, v. שֵׁם. Ib. וכל העוֹסְקִין במלאכת שמים and all those who make a living of religious work (deal in objects used for religious ceremonies); ib. ואם עוסקין לשמהוכ׳ but if they do so from a religious motive ; a. fr.Part. pass. עָסוּק; pl. עֲסוּקִון. Keth.103b ר׳ חייא ע׳ במצות הוה R. Ḥ. was always engaged in some good work (charity). Tosef.Bicc.II, 15 וכל העסוקין לגכוה all whose business is connected with religion, v. supra. Ib. אם היו ע׳ לשום שמים, v. supra. Ex. R. s. 20 (ref. to Ex. 13:19) כל ישראל היו ע׳ בכסףוכ׳ while all Israel were busy taking along silver and gold, Moses was busy getting the bones of Joseph; a. fr. Hif. הֶעֱסִיק to engage, keep interested, entertain. Yoma I, 7 ומַעֲסִיקִין אותו and they entertain him (to keep him awake); ib. 19b לא היו מעסיקין אותווכ׳ they did not entertain him with music, but with their mouth (speech); Tosef. ib. I, 9. Ib. לעַסְּקוֹ בהברה (not בהברא, Pi.) to keep him awake with noise (recitations). Midr. Till. to Ps. 7 הין מַעֲסִיקוֹת אותי עד שיבוא שמואל they kept him engaged (in talk) until Samuel came; a. e. Pi. עִיסֵּק same, v. supra. Hithpa. הִתְעַסֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְעַסֵּק 1) to occupy ones self, to attend. Sot.I, 9 מי לנו גדול מיוסף שלא נ׳ בו אלא משה who is greater than Joseph, to whose body none attended but Moses himself? (v. supra); מי גדול ממשה שלא ני בווכ׳ who is greater than Moses in whose burial none but the Lord himself was engaged? Lev. R. s. 25 מתחלת ברייתו … לא נ׳וכ׳ soon after the creation the Lord was first of all engaged in planting (Gen. 2:8), אף אתם לא תִתְעַסְּקוּוכ׳ even so, when you enter the land, you shall apply yourselves first of all to planting (Lev. 19:23). Y. Ḥag.II, 77b וישבו ונִתְעַסְּקוּ, v. next w. Tanḥ. Vaëra 5 (play on הָעשֶׁק, Koh. 7:7) עסקשנ׳ שלמה … הטעהו (not הטעוהו) the occupation with vain things in which Solomon engaged, led him astray; ib. כשהחכם מִתְעַסֵּק בדברים הרבה מערבביןוכ׳ when a scholar engages in too many affairs, they confound him so that he loses his wisdom; ib. חכם המתעסק בצרכי צמור משכחיןוכ׳ if a scholar busies himself with public affairs, they cause him to forget his learning; a. fr.Tosef.Arakh.IV, 27 מִתְעַסֵּק בירק בקדרה בכל יום may arrange to have vegetables in the pot every day; מתעסק ירק בקדרה ואלפסוכ׳ (read: בירק) may have vegetables in the pot and stew 2) to do a thing without a direct practical purpose; to practice, experiment. Sabb.157b מתעסק בעלמא אנא I was merely playing (without the intention of measuring). R. Hash. IV, 8 (32b) אבל מִתְעַסְּקִין בהם כדי שילמדו Ms. M. (ed. מתע׳ עמהם עד) but you may practice with them that they may learn (to blow the Shofar); והמתעסק לא יצא and he who merely blows for practice, has not done his duty. Ib. 33a מתע׳ בהן עד שילמדווכ׳ (Tosef. ib. IV (II), 10 מתלמדין להקוע) you may practice with them …, even on the Sabbath; a. e. 3) to do one thing while intending to do another thing; to miss ones purpose, choose the wrong thing. Snh.62b המתעסק בחלביםוכ׳ he that misses his purpose in selecting forbidden fat to eat (intending to reach out for a permitted piece), or in consanguineous connection (by mistaking the person) is bound to bring a sin offering; המתע׳ בשבת who does a forbidden act by mistake on the Sabbath (meaning to do a different though forbidden act); Kerith. 19b. Ib. IV, 3 (19a) (ref. to אשר חטא בה, Lev. 4:23) פרט למתעסק this is to exempt him who sinned by doing the thing which he had not intended to do. Ib. 19b מתעסק דמאי to what kind of a mistaken act does this refer? Ib. מתע׳ בדבר דלאו מצוה if by mistake he did an act which was not commanded (for that day). Ib. מתע׳ בחבורה making a wound (on the Sabbath) by mistake (circumcising the wrong child), opp. מקלקל בחבורה doing harm by making a wound; a. fr. 4) to dispute, argue. Gen. R. s. 8 עו שמלאכי השרת מדיינין … ומתעסקין אלו עם אלו while the ministering angels were arguing with one another, disputing with one another, God created him (Adam); a. e.

עָרַךְ(b. h.) (to connect, join, 1) (b. h.) to range, arrange, place in order. Y.Yoma II, end, 40a (ref. to Lev. 1:8, a. 12) כהן אחד עוֹרֵךְוכ׳ one priest places two limbs on the altar ; Sifra Vayikra, Ndab., Par. 4, ch. VI. Gen. R. s. 78 יש בי כח לעֲרוֹךְ תפלה (Yalk. ib. 133 לסדר) I have strength to offer prayer; יש בי כח לערוך מלחמה I have strength to give battle. Yalk. l. c. וע׳ מלחמה כנגדו gave him battle. Tanḥ. Bḥuck. 6 ואֶעֱרוֹךְ לפניכם שלחן I will set a table before you (in the hereafter), v. infra. Ned.20b עָרַכְתִּי לו שלחן והפכו I prepared a table for him, but he upset it (euphem. for unnatural gratification); a. e. (In Talm. mostly סדר.עוֹרְכֵי הדיינין (= עורכי דין לפני הדיינין) those who arrange arguments before the judges, pleaders, advocates, who advise their clients what to say or not to say before court. Ab. I, 8 אל תעש עצמך כע׳ הד׳ do not make thyself to he like legal advisers, i. e. be careful as judge not to suggest an advice to one of the litigants; Y.B. Bath.lX, 17a top כעֹרְכֵי; Y.Keth.IV, 29a bot. אל תעש עצמך כע׳ הד׳ שלא לגלותוכ׳ do not make thyself to be like, that is, you must not reveal to an individual his case (how to argue). Bab. ib. 52b; 86a עשינו עצמינו כע׳ ד׳ we have made ourselves to be like (I ought not to have suggested an advice).Part. pass. עָרוּךְ; f. עְרוּכָה Sabb.119b וכשבא לביתו ומצא נר דלוק ושלחן ע׳וכ׳ when he comes home and finds the lamp lighted, the table set and the couch spread, the good angel says ; a. e. 2) (cmp. Syr. ערך, P. Sm. 2990) to work dough (contrad. to לוּש); to roll, shape Pes.III, 4 אחת לשה ואחת עוֹרֶכֶתוכ׳ one woman kneads, another works and shapes the dough, and a third one bakes. Ab. Zar. IV, 9 לא לשין ולא עוֹרְכִין עמו you must not knead nor work and shape dough with him. Neg. II, 4 כעוֹרֶכֶת in the position of a woman working dough; a. fr.Part. pass. as ab. Erub.54a (ref. to ערוכהוכ׳, 2 Sam. 23:5) אם ע׳ … משתמרתוכ׳ if the Law is worked into thy two hundred and forty-eight limbs, it will be preserved Midr. Till. to Ps. 14 (read:) פת לושה ופת ע׳ kneaded (common) bread and well-worked bread; Yalk. ib. 662 עריכה (corr. acc.). Hif. הֶעֱרִיךְ ( to place side by side; cmp. נָקַש Hif.) to compare; to value; esp. (v. Lev. 27:2–13) to dedicate the value of a person or of an animal unfit for the altar. Arakh.I, 1 הכל מַעֲרִיכִין ונֶעֱרָכִין all persons are fit to dedicate or to be the subjects of dedication. Ib. נֶעֱרָךְ אבל לא מַעֲרִיךְ may be the subject of dedication, but cannot dedicate (his vow is invalid). Ib. VI, 5 המעריך את עצמו he who dedicates his own value. Tanḥ. l. c. (read:) אתם מעריכין לפני את נפשותיכם … מעריכת גיהנם you value before me your lives, and I shall save you from the range of Gehenna (v. עֲרִיכָה), and set (v. supra); a. fr. Nif. נֶעֱרַךְ to be the subject of valuation, to be valued. Arakh.I, 1, a. fr., v. supra. Ib. II, 1 אין נערכין Var., v. עֵרֶךְ.

עָרַךְ(b. h.) (to connect, join, 1) (b. h.) to range, arrange, place in order. Y.Yoma II, end, 40a (ref. to Lev. 1:8, a. 12) כהן אחד עוֹרֵךְוכ׳ one priest places two limbs on the altar ; Sifra Vayikra, Ndab., Par. 4, ch. VI. Gen. R. s. 78 יש בי כח לעֲרוֹךְ תפלה (Yalk. ib. 133 לסדר) I have strength to offer prayer; יש בי כח לערוך מלחמה I have strength to give battle. Yalk. l. c. וע׳ מלחמה כנגדו gave him battle. Tanḥ. Bḥuck. 6 ואֶעֱרוֹךְ לפניכם שלחן I will set a table before you (in the hereafter), v. infra. Ned.20b עָרַכְתִּי לו שלחן והפכו I prepared a table for him, but he upset it (euphem. for unnatural gratification); a. e. (In Talm. mostly סדר.עוֹרְכֵי הדיינין (= עורכי דין לפני הדיינין) those who arrange arguments before the judges, pleaders, advocates, who advise their clients what to say or not to say before court. Ab. I, 8 אל תעש עצמך כע׳ הד׳ do not make thyself to he like legal advisers, i. e. be careful as judge not to suggest an advice to one of the litigants; Y.B. Bath.lX, 17a top כעֹרְכֵי; Y.Keth.IV, 29a bot. אל תעש עצמך כע׳ הד׳ שלא לגלותוכ׳ do not make thyself to be like, that is, you must not reveal to an individual his case (how to argue). Bab. ib. 52b; 86a עשינו עצמינו כע׳ ד׳ we have made ourselves to be like (I ought not to have suggested an advice).Part. pass. עָרוּךְ; f. עְרוּכָה Sabb.119b וכשבא לביתו ומצא נר דלוק ושלחן ע׳וכ׳ when he comes home and finds the lamp lighted, the table set and the couch spread, the good angel says ; a. e. 2) (cmp. Syr. ערך, P. Sm. 2990) to work dough (contrad. to לוּש); to roll, shape Pes.III, 4 אחת לשה ואחת עוֹרֶכֶתוכ׳ one woman kneads, another works and shapes the dough, and a third one bakes. Ab. Zar. IV, 9 לא לשין ולא עוֹרְכִין עמו you must not knead nor work and shape dough with him. Neg. II, 4 כעוֹרֶכֶת in the position of a woman working dough; a. fr.Part. pass. as ab. Erub.54a (ref. to ערוכהוכ׳, 2 Sam. 23:5) אם ע׳ … משתמרתוכ׳ if the Law is worked into thy two hundred and forty-eight limbs, it will be preserved Midr. Till. to Ps. 14 (read:) פת לושה ופת ע׳ kneaded (common) bread and well-worked bread; Yalk. ib. 662 עריכה (corr. acc.). Hif. הֶעֱרִיךְ ( to place side by side; cmp. נָקַש Hif.) to compare; to value; esp. (v. Lev. 27:2–13) to dedicate the value of a person or of an animal unfit for the altar. Arakh.I, 1 הכל מַעֲרִיכִין ונֶעֱרָכִין all persons are fit to dedicate or to be the subjects of dedication. Ib. נֶעֱרָךְ אבל לא מַעֲרִיךְ may be the subject of dedication, but cannot dedicate (his vow is invalid). Ib. VI, 5 המעריך את עצמו he who dedicates his own value. Tanḥ. l. c. (read:) אתם מעריכין לפני את נפשותיכם … מעריכת גיהנם you value before me your lives, and I shall save you from the range of Gehenna (v. עֲרִיכָה), and set (v. supra); a. fr. Nif. נֶעֱרַךְ to be the subject of valuation, to be valued. Arakh.I, 1, a. fr., v. supra. Ib. II, 1 אין נערכין Var., v. עֵרֶךְ.

קני, קָנָה(b. h.) ( to estabIish, 1) (cmp. קום, Gen. 23:17) to create; to acquire, own; to take possession. R. Hash. 31a (ref. to Ps. 24 recited in the Temple on the first day of the week) על שם שק׳ והקנהוכ׳ because he (the Lord in establishing the world) took possession and gave (his creatures) possession (invested them with a fief), and became the sovereign of the world. Kidd.I, 1 האשה קוֹנָה את עצמהוכ׳ a wife acquires herself (becomes independent) when she receives her divorce Ib. 20a כל הקוֹנֶה … כקונהוכ׳ whoever buys a Hebrew bondman creates, as it were, a master over himself. B. Mets.75b הקונה אדון לעצמו he who creates a master over himself, expl. תולה נכסיו בנכרי who (in order to evade obligations) hangs his property on a gentile (pretends to be merely the agent of a gentile); (another explan.) הכותב נכסיווכ׳ who transfers his property to his children during his lifetime. Gitt.37b sq. (ref. to Lev. 25:45) אתם קוֹנִיםוכ׳ you may buy (as a slave) one of them, but they cannot buy one of you, nor can they buy of one another. Ib. יכול לא יִקְנוּ זה את זה למעשה ידיו you may think, they cannot buy one another for the work (as long as the serf choses to be in the masters power); ולא הם קוֹנִים … לגופו they cannot buy of one another a bodily slave (who requires formal manumission to be a freeman). B. Mets.46b bot. מכור לי באלו ק׳ if one says, sell me (a certain object) for these (coins which I hold in my hand), he has bought (the sale is valid). Ib. IV, 1 הזהב קונהוכ׳, v. זָהָב. Ib. מעות הרעות קוֹנוֹתוכ׳ the delivery of cancelled coins effects the purchase of the valid coins. Ib. 47b מעות קונות the delivery of the purchasing money gives possession (no formal possession of the purchased object (מְשִׁיכָה) being required). Kidd.22b הגבהה קונה lifting up the purchased object makes the sale binding; a. v. fr. 2) to make sure; to obligate a person by a special symbolical act (קִנְיָן); to enter into an obligation by a special symbolical form. Gitt.51a בשקָנוּ מידו when they (the court, witnesses) made him obligate himself (that his widow should receive support from his estate); בשקנו לזו ולא קנו לזו when such an obligation was entered with reference to this (his wifes case), but not with reference to that (his daughters case). B. Mets.47a במה קונין … בכליו של קונה wherewith is the bargain made sure?… By handing over one of the garments (or any object) belonging to the purchaser; דניחא ליה לקונה דליהוי מקנה קונהוכ׳ for the purchaser likes the seller to obligate himself, in order that he may be sure to give him possession; a. fr.Ib. 48b when he said to him, ערבוני יָקוּן (fr. קון = קנה) my earnest money shall serve to make the purchase sure.Part. pass. קָנוּי; f. קְנוּיָה; pl. קְנוּיִים, קְנוּיִין; קְנוּיוֹת. Kidd.16a עבד עברי גופו ק׳ והרבוכ׳ a Hebrew bondman is owned bodily (to the end of his term), and if the master allowed him a reduction of his time, his allowance is not legally binding (the slave not being able to acquire himself); ib. 28a; B. Kam. 113b. Gen. R. s. 86 (ref. to Gen. 39:1) הקנויין קונין וכלוכ׳ as a rule those who are owned make themselves owners (slaves enrich themselves by robbing their master), and all slaves cause decrease to their masters house, but in this case ‘the Lord blessed (ib. 5); Yalk. ib. 145 הקונין קונין (corr. acc.); a. fr.Tosef.Ned.IV, 6 קונם … שאני קנוי the axe of which I am possessed be forbidden (v. קוֹנָם), i. e. I swear that I have no axe; Ned.35a (Rashi שאינו ק׳ I swear that another axe is not owned by me).Y.Peah IV, 18b השעה קנויה, read: פְּנוּיָה, v. פָּנוּי. Nif. נִקְנֶה to be acquired, owned, bought. Kidd.20a (ref. to Lev. 25:14) דבר הנ׳ מיד ליד this refers to what is bought from hand to hand (movable goods). Ib. I, 1 האשה נִקְנֵיתוכ׳ a wife can be acquired in three ways. Ib. 6b אין אשה נ׳ בחליפין a wife cannot be taken possession of by symbolical delivery (חֲלִיפִין). Ib. I, 3 עבד כנעני נ׳ בכסףוכ׳ a Canaanite slave is taken possession of (is considered owned) either by delivery of the purchasing money, or by a deed, or by undisturbed possession (חֲזָקָה). Ib. 5 נכסים שיש … נִקְנִיןוכ׳ landed property is acquired by means of handing over the money, but movables cannot be acquired otherwise than by taking hold (מְשִׁיכָה). Ib. 22b תִּקָּנֶה בביאח let her be acquired (become his slave) by coition; a. fr. Hif. הִקְנָה to give possession, sell, transfer. R. Hash. l. c., v. supra. Snh.81b ולמַקְנוֹ, v. קוֹנֶה. Keth.82b אשה הִקְנוּ לווכ׳ it is heaven that gave him a wife (through his brothers death without issue); Yeb.39a. B. Mets.47a בכליו של מַקְנֶה, v. supra. Ib. 33b, a. fr. אין אדם מקנה דברוכ׳ none can give possession of (sell) what does not yet exist (future crops); a. fr.Esth. R. introd. (ref. to Deut. 28:68 sq.) למה ואין קונה …ע״י שלא הִקְנִיתֶם אלהוכ׳ why ‘no purchaser?… Because you have not transmitted ‘these words of the covenant, for there is none among you making the five books of the Law his own (v. קוֹנֶה).

קני, קָנָה(b. h.) ( to estabIish, 1) (cmp. קום, Gen. 23:17) to create; to acquire, own; to take possession. R. Hash. 31a (ref. to Ps. 24 recited in the Temple on the first day of the week) על שם שק׳ והקנהוכ׳ because he (the Lord in establishing the world) took possession and gave (his creatures) possession (invested them with a fief), and became the sovereign of the world. Kidd.I, 1 האשה קוֹנָה את עצמהוכ׳ a wife acquires herself (becomes independent) when she receives her divorce Ib. 20a כל הקוֹנֶה … כקונהוכ׳ whoever buys a Hebrew bondman creates, as it were, a master over himself. B. Mets.75b הקונה אדון לעצמו he who creates a master over himself, expl. תולה נכסיו בנכרי who (in order to evade obligations) hangs his property on a gentile (pretends to be merely the agent of a gentile); (another explan.) הכותב נכסיווכ׳ who transfers his property to his children during his lifetime. Gitt.37b sq. (ref. to Lev. 25:45) אתם קוֹנִיםוכ׳ you may buy (as a slave) one of them, but they cannot buy one of you, nor can they buy of one another. Ib. יכול לא יִקְנוּ זה את זה למעשה ידיו you may think, they cannot buy one another for the work (as long as the serf choses to be in the masters power); ולא הם קוֹנִים … לגופו they cannot buy of one another a bodily slave (who requires formal manumission to be a freeman). B. Mets.46b bot. מכור לי באלו ק׳ if one says, sell me (a certain object) for these (coins which I hold in my hand), he has bought (the sale is valid). Ib. IV, 1 הזהב קונהוכ׳, v. זָהָב. Ib. מעות הרעות קוֹנוֹתוכ׳ the delivery of cancelled coins effects the purchase of the valid coins. Ib. 47b מעות קונות the delivery of the purchasing money gives possession (no formal possession of the purchased object (מְשִׁיכָה) being required). Kidd.22b הגבהה קונה lifting up the purchased object makes the sale binding; a. v. fr. 2) to make sure; to obligate a person by a special symbolical act (קִנְיָן); to enter into an obligation by a special symbolical form. Gitt.51a בשקָנוּ מידו when they (the court, witnesses) made him obligate himself (that his widow should receive support from his estate); בשקנו לזו ולא קנו לזו when such an obligation was entered with reference to this (his wifes case), but not with reference to that (his daughters case). B. Mets.47a במה קונין … בכליו של קונה wherewith is the bargain made sure?… By handing over one of the garments (or any object) belonging to the purchaser; דניחא ליה לקונה דליהוי מקנה קונהוכ׳ for the purchaser likes the seller to obligate himself, in order that he may be sure to give him possession; a. fr.Ib. 48b when he said to him, ערבוני יָקוּן (fr. קון = קנה) my earnest money shall serve to make the purchase sure.Part. pass. קָנוּי; f. קְנוּיָה; pl. קְנוּיִים, קְנוּיִין; קְנוּיוֹת. Kidd.16a עבד עברי גופו ק׳ והרבוכ׳ a Hebrew bondman is owned bodily (to the end of his term), and if the master allowed him a reduction of his time, his allowance is not legally binding (the slave not being able to acquire himself); ib. 28a; B. Kam. 113b. Gen. R. s. 86 (ref. to Gen. 39:1) הקנויין קונין וכלוכ׳ as a rule those who are owned make themselves owners (slaves enrich themselves by robbing their master), and all slaves cause decrease to their masters house, but in this case ‘the Lord blessed (ib. 5); Yalk. ib. 145 הקונין קונין (corr. acc.); a. fr.Tosef.Ned.IV, 6 קונם … שאני קנוי the axe of which I am possessed be forbidden (v. קוֹנָם), i. e. I swear that I have no axe; Ned.35a (Rashi שאינו ק׳ I swear that another axe is not owned by me).Y.Peah IV, 18b השעה קנויה, read: פְּנוּיָה, v. פָּנוּי. Nif. נִקְנֶה to be acquired, owned, bought. Kidd.20a (ref. to Lev. 25:14) דבר הנ׳ מיד ליד this refers to what is bought from hand to hand (movable goods). Ib. I, 1 האשה נִקְנֵיתוכ׳ a wife can be acquired in three ways. Ib. 6b אין אשה נ׳ בחליפין a wife cannot be taken possession of by symbolical delivery (חֲלִיפִין). Ib. I, 3 עבד כנעני נ׳ בכסףוכ׳ a Canaanite slave is taken possession of (is considered owned) either by delivery of the purchasing money, or by a deed, or by undisturbed possession (חֲזָקָה). Ib. 5 נכסים שיש … נִקְנִיןוכ׳ landed property is acquired by means of handing over the money, but movables cannot be acquired otherwise than by taking hold (מְשִׁיכָה). Ib. 22b תִּקָּנֶה בביאח let her be acquired (become his slave) by coition; a. fr. Hif. הִקְנָה to give possession, sell, transfer. R. Hash. l. c., v. supra. Snh.81b ולמַקְנוֹ, v. קוֹנֶה. Keth.82b אשה הִקְנוּ לווכ׳ it is heaven that gave him a wife (through his brothers death without issue); Yeb.39a. B. Mets.47a בכליו של מַקְנֶה, v. supra. Ib. 33b, a. fr. אין אדם מקנה דברוכ׳ none can give possession of (sell) what does not yet exist (future crops); a. fr.Esth. R. introd. (ref. to Deut. 28:68 sq.) למה ואין קונה …ע״י שלא הִקְנִיתֶם אלהוכ׳ why ‘no purchaser?… Because you have not transmitted ‘these words of the covenant, for there is none among you making the five books of the Law his own (v. קוֹנֶה).

קני, קָנָה(b. h.) ( to estabIish, 1) (cmp. קום, Gen. 23:17) to create; to acquire, own; to take possession. R. Hash. 31a (ref. to Ps. 24 recited in the Temple on the first day of the week) על שם שק׳ והקנהוכ׳ because he (the Lord in establishing the world) took possession and gave (his creatures) possession (invested them with a fief), and became the sovereign of the world. Kidd.I, 1 האשה קוֹנָה את עצמהוכ׳ a wife acquires herself (becomes independent) when she receives her divorce Ib. 20a כל הקוֹנֶה … כקונהוכ׳ whoever buys a Hebrew bondman creates, as it were, a master over himself. B. Mets.75b הקונה אדון לעצמו he who creates a master over himself, expl. תולה נכסיו בנכרי who (in order to evade obligations) hangs his property on a gentile (pretends to be merely the agent of a gentile); (another explan.) הכותב נכסיווכ׳ who transfers his property to his children during his lifetime. Gitt.37b sq. (ref. to Lev. 25:45) אתם קוֹנִיםוכ׳ you may buy (as a slave) one of them, but they cannot buy one of you, nor can they buy of one another. Ib. יכול לא יִקְנוּ זה את זה למעשה ידיו you may think, they cannot buy one another for the work (as long as the serf choses to be in the masters power); ולא הם קוֹנִים … לגופו they cannot buy of one another a bodily slave (who requires formal manumission to be a freeman). B. Mets.46b bot. מכור לי באלו ק׳ if one says, sell me (a certain object) for these (coins which I hold in my hand), he has bought (the sale is valid). Ib. IV, 1 הזהב קונהוכ׳, v. זָהָב. Ib. מעות הרעות קוֹנוֹתוכ׳ the delivery of cancelled coins effects the purchase of the valid coins. Ib. 47b מעות קונות the delivery of the purchasing money gives possession (no formal possession of the purchased object (מְשִׁיכָה) being required). Kidd.22b הגבהה קונה lifting up the purchased object makes the sale binding; a. v. fr. 2) to make sure; to obligate a person by a special symbolical act (קִנְיָן); to enter into an obligation by a special symbolical form. Gitt.51a בשקָנוּ מידו when they (the court, witnesses) made him obligate himself (that his widow should receive support from his estate); בשקנו לזו ולא קנו לזו when such an obligation was entered with reference to this (his wifes case), but not with reference to that (his daughters case). B. Mets.47a במה קונין … בכליו של קונה wherewith is the bargain made sure?… By handing over one of the garments (or any object) belonging to the purchaser; דניחא ליה לקונה דליהוי מקנה קונהוכ׳ for the purchaser likes the seller to obligate himself, in order that he may be sure to give him possession; a. fr.Ib. 48b when he said to him, ערבוני יָקוּן (fr. קון = קנה) my earnest money shall serve to make the purchase sure.Part. pass. קָנוּי; f. קְנוּיָה; pl. קְנוּיִים, קְנוּיִין; קְנוּיוֹת. Kidd.16a עבד עברי גופו ק׳ והרבוכ׳ a Hebrew bondman is owned bodily (to the end of his term), and if the master allowed him a reduction of his time, his allowance is not legally binding (the slave not being able to acquire himself); ib. 28a; B. Kam. 113b. Gen. R. s. 86 (ref. to Gen. 39:1) הקנויין קונין וכלוכ׳ as a rule those who are owned make themselves owners (slaves enrich themselves by robbing their master), and all slaves cause decrease to their masters house, but in this case ‘the Lord blessed (ib. 5); Yalk. ib. 145 הקונין קונין (corr. acc.); a. fr.Tosef.Ned.IV, 6 קונם … שאני קנוי the axe of which I am possessed be forbidden (v. קוֹנָם), i. e. I swear that I have no axe; Ned.35a (Rashi שאינו ק׳ I swear that another axe is not owned by me).Y.Peah IV, 18b השעה קנויה, read: פְּנוּיָה, v. פָּנוּי. Nif. נִקְנֶה to be acquired, owned, bought. Kidd.20a (ref. to Lev. 25:14) דבר הנ׳ מיד ליד this refers to what is bought from hand to hand (movable goods). Ib. I, 1 האשה נִקְנֵיתוכ׳ a wife can be acquired in three ways. Ib. 6b אין אשה נ׳ בחליפין a wife cannot be taken possession of by symbolical delivery (חֲלִיפִין). Ib. I, 3 עבד כנעני נ׳ בכסףוכ׳ a Canaanite slave is taken possession of (is considered owned) either by delivery of the purchasing money, or by a deed, or by undisturbed possession (חֲזָקָה). Ib. 5 נכסים שיש … נִקְנִיןוכ׳ landed property is acquired by means of handing over the money, but movables cannot be acquired otherwise than by taking hold (מְשִׁיכָה). Ib. 22b תִּקָּנֶה בביאח let her be acquired (become his slave) by coition; a. fr. Hif. הִקְנָה to give possession, sell, transfer. R. Hash. l. c., v. supra. Snh.81b ולמַקְנוֹ, v. קוֹנֶה. Keth.82b אשה הִקְנוּ לווכ׳ it is heaven that gave him a wife (through his brothers death without issue); Yeb.39a. B. Mets.47a בכליו של מַקְנֶה, v. supra. Ib. 33b, a. fr. אין אדם מקנה דברוכ׳ none can give possession of (sell) what does not yet exist (future crops); a. fr.Esth. R. introd. (ref. to Deut. 28:68 sq.) למה ואין קונה …ע״י שלא הִקְנִיתֶם אלהוכ׳ why ‘no purchaser?… Because you have not transmitted ‘these words of the covenant, for there is none among you making the five books of the Law his own (v. קוֹנֶה).

סָרַג(b. h. שָׂרַג; Saf. of אָרַג), Pi. סֵירֵג (to interlace, plait, to strap (in zig-zag); to girth. Kel. XVI, 1 משיְסָרֵג בהוכ׳ from the time he made three meshes of girthing. Tosef. ib. B. Bath.I, 12 סֵירְגֹו במשיחיתוכ׳ if he strapped it (the disjointed frame) with cords Ib. B. Mets.IX, 4 (read:) שהוא מְסָרֵג בו את המטה with which one girths the bedstead. M. Kat. I, 8 ומסָרְגִין את המטות you may girth the bedsteads (during the festive week). Y.Ber.III, beg.5d, a. e. כל שמסרגין עלוכ׳ a bedstead on which the girths are drawn on top is called miṭṭah, when drawn beneath, dargesh; Ned.56b (v. אַבְקָתָא); a. fr.Trnsf. a) to unite, combine. Gen. R. s. 85 (ref. to the chronological disorder in the Book of Daniel, in going from Belshazzar (ch. 5) to Darius (ch. 6), again to the first year of B. (ch. 7), and to the third year of B. (ch. 8) unite כדי לסָרֵג עלוכ׳ in order to combine the entire section as one written in the spirit of holiness; Yalk. ib. 144; Yalk. Dan. 1063 לִסְרֹוג (perh. to be read לסָרֵיג).b) to make a partition by means of net-work, like lattices Tosef.Men. X, 23 ומסרגין שם כנגדוכ׳ and there they fence in an area of about three Sah.Part. pass. מְסֹורָג. Ber.57b, v. next w. 2) to do a thing in a manner in which straps are drawn in bedsteads, i. e. in zig-zag; to skip. Tosef.Nidd.IX, 3 סֵירְגָה להוכ׳ if she skipped four days (beyond the ordinary period of menstruation); Nidd.64a סירגה ליוםוכ׳ if she skipped (from the twenty-first) to the twenty-fourth day. Y.Gitt.VII, 48c bot. ובלבד במְסָרְגִין לו provided they put cross-questions to him alternately (one question to which a positive, and one to which a negative answer are expected, so as to test his sanity).Part. pass. מְסֹורָג; f. מְסֹורֶגֶת; pl. מְסֹורָגִים, מְסֹורָגִין; מְסֹורָגֹות. Mekh. Yithro, Baḥod. s. 6 (read as;) Yalk. Ex. 292 (ref. to Ex. 20:5) בזמן שהן אינן מסורגין או בזמן שהן מס׳ (not מסרגין) are the sins of the fathers visited upon the children when the succession is uninterrupted, or even when interrupted (by a good generation)? Y.Snh.I, 19c bot. מס׳ עלו the differently marked ballots came up alternately. Tosef.Nidd.IX, 13, v. סֵירוּג.Trnsf. a) to write in broken lines (leaving a vacant space in the middle of the line); to spread. Treat. Sofrim I, 11 מְסָרְגֹווכ׳ he spreads the writing so as to make a small column of it.Part. pass. as ab. Ib. 10 רצוף שעשאו מס׳ או מס׳וכ׳ if he wrote in broken lines what is to be written in continuous lines or vice versa; או שעשה המס׳ שלא כהלכתו or if he did the spreading not in accordance with the rule.b) to trace cross-lines on stone, to carve designs. Pesik. ‘Ăniya, p. 137a> מְסָרְגִין בו carving it; Yalk. Is. 339 (omitted in Pesik. R. s. 3 2); v. סָתַת.V. סִירוּג. Hithpa. הִסְתָּרֵג to be provided with girths, be strapped. Ned.56b אי מטה מִסְתָּרֶגֶת על גבה if it be, that miṭṭah is a couch, the straps of which are drawn over the frame