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סָתַם(b. h.; = סחתם, Saf. of חתם) 1) to stop up, close, shut. Ab. Zar. V, 3 כדי שישתום ויִסְתּוֹם ויגוב, v. נָגַב. B. Mets.VII, 5 שלא יהא … ויהא סוֹתֵם את הפתחוכ׳ that he (the laborer) must not be greedy so as to shut the door before himself (make himself objectionable to employers). Ḥull.43a, a. e. מרה שניקבה וכבד סוֹתַמְתָּהּ if the bladder of the gall is perforated, and the liver (adhering to the perforated spot) closes it up. Ib. 49b חלב טהור סותם clean fat (such as it is permitted to eat) forms a stopper (to an adjacent organ, and makes the animal so affected permitted). Pes.IV, 9 (56a) ס׳ מי גיחוןוכ׳ he stopped up the water of the upper Gihon (2 Chr. 32:3); a. fr.Part. pass. סָתוּם; f. סְתוּמָה; pl. סְתוּמִים, סְתוּמִין; סְתוּמוֹת. Yeb.71b; Nidd.30b; Lev. R. s. 14 נפתח הס׳ ונסתםוכ׳ the organ which (in the embryonic stage) was closed, opens, and that which was open, closes itself. Bets.IV, 3 בית … ס׳ a room filled with fruit which was closed up (with bricks). Y. ib. 62c bot. לפסים ס׳ pots with their lids on (not yet cut apart); Tosef. ib. III, 13; Tosef.Sabb. XVI (XVII), 13. Snh.94a (ref. to לסרבה, Is. 9:6) מפני מה כל מ״ם … וזה ס׳ why is every Mem in the middle of a word open, and this one is closed (final Mem). Meg.3a פתוחין … וס׳ בסוףוכ׳ open in the middle of words and closed at the end (v. מנצפ״ך); a. fr.Esp. פרשה סתומה a paragraph in the Torah separated from the preceding by a vacant space in the middle of the line, opp. to פתוחה a section beginning a new indented line. Gen. R. s. 96, beg., v. infra. Treat. Sofrim I, 14 איזוהי ס׳ כל שהניחוכ׳ what is a closed paragraph? When space is left ; וכמה יניח … ותהא נקראת ס׳ and how much space must be left …, in order that the paragraph may be called closed?; a. fr. 2) to conceal. Gen. R. l. c. (ref. to the section beginning with Gen. 47:28) that paragraph is closed, שס׳ ממנווכ׳ because the Lord concealed from his vision all (coming) troubles; (Yalk. ib. 154 שנסתמו ממנו, v. infra); a. e.Part. pass. as ab. concealed, not explicitly stated, opp. מפורש. Zeb.53a יִלָּמֵד ס׳ מן המפורש let that which is not explicitly stated in a law be derived (by analogy) from what is explicitly stated; Sifra Aḥăré, beg. יְלַמֵּד פתוח על הס׳ let the explicit statement throw light on the implicit. Meg.15a כל … אבותיו ס׳ a person (mentioned in the Bible) whose deeds and the deeds of whose ancestors are not stated; a. fr.Y. Bets. l. c. (in Chald. dict.) סתומה the anonymous opinion, v. סְתָמָא. Nif. נִסְתַּם, Hithpa. הִסְתַּתֵּם, Nithpa. נִסְתַּתֵּם to be closed; to be concealed; to be silenced. Gen. R. l. c. בקש … ונ׳ ממנו Jacob wanted to reveal the end of the captivity, and it was closed before him; Yalk. ib. l. c. נִסְתְּמוּ ממנו, v. supra. Cant. R. to I, 4 היה אומר … ומִסְתַּתְּמִין he said a word (of charm) over them, and they became silent (dumb). Snh.31b לעולם … עד שיִסְתַּתֵּם טענותיו (Alf. שיִסְתּוֹם; Asheri שיסתיר) he may continually bring evidence and refute, until he declares himself closed as to his pleas, i. e., until he declares that he has no more evidence to offer. Yeb.76a; Tosef. ib. X, 4, a. e. נ׳ כשר if the perforation in the membrum has closed itself again, he is considered unblemished. Kel. XIV, 8 נִסְתַּתְּמוּ נקבין if the holes have been stopped up. Snh.94a לכך נ׳ therefore the Mem was closed (the final מ was written). Sot.13b נסתתמו ממנו שעריוכ׳ the gates of wisdom were closed before him (he lost his judicial judgment); a. e. Pi. סִיתֵּם to close, Y.Snh.X, 28c bot. היו … מְסַתְּמִיןוכ׳ the ministering angels closed the windows (of heaven) that the prayer of Manasseh might not rise; Deut. R. s. 2; (Pesik. Shub., p. 162b> סוֹתְמִין).

פֵּאָה, פֵּי׳f. (b. h.; פאה to split, divide; v. Ges. H. Dict.12> s. v.) section, segment, corner.Pl. פֵּאוֹת, פֵּי׳. Erub.51a (ref. to Num. 35:5) פ׳ כתיבן the text speaks of corners (angular additions); ib. לזה אתה נותן פ׳ אין אתה נותן פ׳וכ׳ for this purpose (the definition of suburbs) you allow corners to be included (i. e. square measurements), but you must not allow corners to those appointing a Sabbath center (שְׁבִיתָה), i. e. you must allow them to walk only within a circle the radius of which is two thousand cubits. Ib. 11a בארבע פ׳ השדה Ar. (ed. פינות) in the four corners of the field; a. e.Esp. 1) פְּאַת ראש the hair on the temples; פאת זקן the hair on the chin. Macc.III, 5 המקיף פ׳ ראשו והמשחית פ׳ זקנו (v. Lev. 19:27) he who cuts off (shaves) the hair of his temples and destroys the hair of his chins; expl. ib. 20b פאת ראשו סוף ראשווכ׳ the peah of his head means cutting the tail-end of the hair of his head … making his temples as smooth as the spot behind the ear and as the forehead; פאת זקנו סוף זקנווכ׳ the peah of his chin means the pointed ends of his chin, v. שִׁיבּוֹלֶת; Sifra Kdosh., Par. 3, ch. VI; a. e.In gen. curls; פ׳ נכרית strange (false) curls, wig. Sabb.VI, 5. Naz.28b; a. e. 2) (פאת שדה) the corner of the field, the portion of the harvest left for the poor, peah (Lev. 19:9 sq.) Sifra Kdosh., Par. 1, ch. I פטור מן הלקט … והפ׳ is exempt from the duty of leaving for the poor the gleanings, the forgotten sheaf, and the corner. Ib. חייבים בפ׳ are subject to peah. Ib. אין פ׳ אלא מחמת הכילויוכ׳ the title of peah comes only through the finishing (of the cutting of the field, i. e. if one left a plot uncut in the middle of a field, the poor cannot take it, before the field is entirely cut), and only when it has a name (has been designated by the owner as the poor mans share), and the real peah is only that which is left at the end (i. e. he who has left a plot in the middle, must also leave a corner); ib. נתן בתחילה הרי זו פ׳ if he left a portion on beginning to cut or in the middle, it is peah (belongs to the poor, and is exempt from tithes); Peah I, 3; a. v. fr. 3) (transf.) braid, vines plaited together so as to form a cover or a partition. Tosef.Kil.IV, 5 אם היו קנים מדוקרנין עושה אותן פ׳ מלמעלה ומותר if forked reeds were standing there, he forms a plait above, and it is permitted (it forms a partition with regard to mixed seeds); Erub.11b. Y.Kil.IV, 29b מציל משום פ׳ it saves (makes the place marked off by reeds a partitioned field) the same as a garland of vines. Ib. הדא פ׳ מה אתוכ׳ what do you mean by that peah? do you mean overhead, or on the side? Ib. bot. הפ׳ אינהוכ׳ the ‘plait does not save (is not considered a partition), unless it is solidly joined on four sides. Ib. פ׳ מהו שתציל בסוכה do intertwined vines form a partition with regard to Succah (to be considered a wall)?; Y.Succ.I, 52a bot. Erub. l. c. top פ׳ מותרת לענין כלאיםוכ׳ (Ms. M. פ׳ קליעית קליעית, being a gloss to פ׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) ‘braids form a partition with regard to mixed seeds, but not with regard to Sabbath laws; a. fr. Peah, name of a treatise of Mishnah, Tosefta and Talmud Yrushalmi, of the Order of Zraʿim.

פֵּאָה, פֵּי׳f. (b. h.; פאה to split, divide; v. Ges. H. Dict.12> s. v.) section, segment, corner.Pl. פֵּאוֹת, פֵּי׳. Erub.51a (ref. to Num. 35:5) פ׳ כתיבן the text speaks of corners (angular additions); ib. לזה אתה נותן פ׳ אין אתה נותן פ׳וכ׳ for this purpose (the definition of suburbs) you allow corners to be included (i. e. square measurements), but you must not allow corners to those appointing a Sabbath center (שְׁבִיתָה), i. e. you must allow them to walk only within a circle the radius of which is two thousand cubits. Ib. 11a בארבע פ׳ השדה Ar. (ed. פינות) in the four corners of the field; a. e.Esp. 1) פְּאַת ראש the hair on the temples; פאת זקן the hair on the chin. Macc.III, 5 המקיף פ׳ ראשו והמשחית פ׳ זקנו (v. Lev. 19:27) he who cuts off (shaves) the hair of his temples and destroys the hair of his chins; expl. ib. 20b פאת ראשו סוף ראשווכ׳ the peah of his head means cutting the tail-end of the hair of his head … making his temples as smooth as the spot behind the ear and as the forehead; פאת זקנו סוף זקנווכ׳ the peah of his chin means the pointed ends of his chin, v. שִׁיבּוֹלֶת; Sifra Kdosh., Par. 3, ch. VI; a. e.In gen. curls; פ׳ נכרית strange (false) curls, wig. Sabb.VI, 5. Naz.28b; a. e. 2) (פאת שדה) the corner of the field, the portion of the harvest left for the poor, peah (Lev. 19:9 sq.) Sifra Kdosh., Par. 1, ch. I פטור מן הלקט … והפ׳ is exempt from the duty of leaving for the poor the gleanings, the forgotten sheaf, and the corner. Ib. חייבים בפ׳ are subject to peah. Ib. אין פ׳ אלא מחמת הכילויוכ׳ the title of peah comes only through the finishing (of the cutting of the field, i. e. if one left a plot uncut in the middle of a field, the poor cannot take it, before the field is entirely cut), and only when it has a name (has been designated by the owner as the poor mans share), and the real peah is only that which is left at the end (i. e. he who has left a plot in the middle, must also leave a corner); ib. נתן בתחילה הרי זו פ׳ if he left a portion on beginning to cut or in the middle, it is peah (belongs to the poor, and is exempt from tithes); Peah I, 3; a. v. fr. 3) (transf.) braid, vines plaited together so as to form a cover or a partition. Tosef.Kil.IV, 5 אם היו קנים מדוקרנין עושה אותן פ׳ מלמעלה ומותר if forked reeds were standing there, he forms a plait above, and it is permitted (it forms a partition with regard to mixed seeds); Erub.11b. Y.Kil.IV, 29b מציל משום פ׳ it saves (makes the place marked off by reeds a partitioned field) the same as a garland of vines. Ib. הדא פ׳ מה אתוכ׳ what do you mean by that peah? do you mean overhead, or on the side? Ib. bot. הפ׳ אינהוכ׳ the ‘plait does not save (is not considered a partition), unless it is solidly joined on four sides. Ib. פ׳ מהו שתציל בסוכה do intertwined vines form a partition with regard to Succah (to be considered a wall)?; Y.Succ.I, 52a bot. Erub. l. c. top פ׳ מותרת לענין כלאיםוכ׳ (Ms. M. פ׳ קליעית קליעית, being a gloss to פ׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) ‘braids form a partition with regard to mixed seeds, but not with regard to Sabbath laws; a. fr. Peah, name of a treatise of Mishnah, Tosefta and Talmud Yrushalmi, of the Order of Zraʿim.

פֵּאָה, פֵּי׳f. (b. h.; פאה to split, divide; v. Ges. H. Dict.12> s. v.) section, segment, corner.Pl. פֵּאוֹת, פֵּי׳. Erub.51a (ref. to Num. 35:5) פ׳ כתיבן the text speaks of corners (angular additions); ib. לזה אתה נותן פ׳ אין אתה נותן פ׳וכ׳ for this purpose (the definition of suburbs) you allow corners to be included (i. e. square measurements), but you must not allow corners to those appointing a Sabbath center (שְׁבִיתָה), i. e. you must allow them to walk only within a circle the radius of which is two thousand cubits. Ib. 11a בארבע פ׳ השדה Ar. (ed. פינות) in the four corners of the field; a. e.Esp. 1) פְּאַת ראש the hair on the temples; פאת זקן the hair on the chin. Macc.III, 5 המקיף פ׳ ראשו והמשחית פ׳ זקנו (v. Lev. 19:27) he who cuts off (shaves) the hair of his temples and destroys the hair of his chins; expl. ib. 20b פאת ראשו סוף ראשווכ׳ the peah of his head means cutting the tail-end of the hair of his head … making his temples as smooth as the spot behind the ear and as the forehead; פאת זקנו סוף זקנווכ׳ the peah of his chin means the pointed ends of his chin, v. שִׁיבּוֹלֶת; Sifra Kdosh., Par. 3, ch. VI; a. e.In gen. curls; פ׳ נכרית strange (false) curls, wig. Sabb.VI, 5. Naz.28b; a. e. 2) (פאת שדה) the corner of the field, the portion of the harvest left for the poor, peah (Lev. 19:9 sq.) Sifra Kdosh., Par. 1, ch. I פטור מן הלקט … והפ׳ is exempt from the duty of leaving for the poor the gleanings, the forgotten sheaf, and the corner. Ib. חייבים בפ׳ are subject to peah. Ib. אין פ׳ אלא מחמת הכילויוכ׳ the title of peah comes only through the finishing (of the cutting of the field, i. e. if one left a plot uncut in the middle of a field, the poor cannot take it, before the field is entirely cut), and only when it has a name (has been designated by the owner as the poor mans share), and the real peah is only that which is left at the end (i. e. he who has left a plot in the middle, must also leave a corner); ib. נתן בתחילה הרי זו פ׳ if he left a portion on beginning to cut or in the middle, it is peah (belongs to the poor, and is exempt from tithes); Peah I, 3; a. v. fr. 3) (transf.) braid, vines plaited together so as to form a cover or a partition. Tosef.Kil.IV, 5 אם היו קנים מדוקרנין עושה אותן פ׳ מלמעלה ומותר if forked reeds were standing there, he forms a plait above, and it is permitted (it forms a partition with regard to mixed seeds); Erub.11b. Y.Kil.IV, 29b מציל משום פ׳ it saves (makes the place marked off by reeds a partitioned field) the same as a garland of vines. Ib. הדא פ׳ מה אתוכ׳ what do you mean by that peah? do you mean overhead, or on the side? Ib. bot. הפ׳ אינהוכ׳ the ‘plait does not save (is not considered a partition), unless it is solidly joined on four sides. Ib. פ׳ מהו שתציל בסוכה do intertwined vines form a partition with regard to Succah (to be considered a wall)?; Y.Succ.I, 52a bot. Erub. l. c. top פ׳ מותרת לענין כלאיםוכ׳ (Ms. M. פ׳ קליעית קליעית, being a gloss to פ׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) ‘braids form a partition with regard to mixed seeds, but not with regard to Sabbath laws; a. fr. Peah, name of a treatise of Mishnah, Tosefta and Talmud Yrushalmi, of the Order of Zraʿim.

פֵּאָה, פֵּי׳f. (b. h.; פאה to split, divide; v. Ges. H. Dict.12> s. v.) section, segment, corner.Pl. פֵּאוֹת, פֵּי׳. Erub.51a (ref. to Num. 35:5) פ׳ כתיבן the text speaks of corners (angular additions); ib. לזה אתה נותן פ׳ אין אתה נותן פ׳וכ׳ for this purpose (the definition of suburbs) you allow corners to be included (i. e. square measurements), but you must not allow corners to those appointing a Sabbath center (שְׁבִיתָה), i. e. you must allow them to walk only within a circle the radius of which is two thousand cubits. Ib. 11a בארבע פ׳ השדה Ar. (ed. פינות) in the four corners of the field; a. e.Esp. 1) פְּאַת ראש the hair on the temples; פאת זקן the hair on the chin. Macc.III, 5 המקיף פ׳ ראשו והמשחית פ׳ זקנו (v. Lev. 19:27) he who cuts off (shaves) the hair of his temples and destroys the hair of his chins; expl. ib. 20b פאת ראשו סוף ראשווכ׳ the peah of his head means cutting the tail-end of the hair of his head … making his temples as smooth as the spot behind the ear and as the forehead; פאת זקנו סוף זקנווכ׳ the peah of his chin means the pointed ends of his chin, v. שִׁיבּוֹלֶת; Sifra Kdosh., Par. 3, ch. VI; a. e.In gen. curls; פ׳ נכרית strange (false) curls, wig. Sabb.VI, 5. Naz.28b; a. e. 2) (פאת שדה) the corner of the field, the portion of the harvest left for the poor, peah (Lev. 19:9 sq.) Sifra Kdosh., Par. 1, ch. I פטור מן הלקט … והפ׳ is exempt from the duty of leaving for the poor the gleanings, the forgotten sheaf, and the corner. Ib. חייבים בפ׳ are subject to peah. Ib. אין פ׳ אלא מחמת הכילויוכ׳ the title of peah comes only through the finishing (of the cutting of the field, i. e. if one left a plot uncut in the middle of a field, the poor cannot take it, before the field is entirely cut), and only when it has a name (has been designated by the owner as the poor mans share), and the real peah is only that which is left at the end (i. e. he who has left a plot in the middle, must also leave a corner); ib. נתן בתחילה הרי זו פ׳ if he left a portion on beginning to cut or in the middle, it is peah (belongs to the poor, and is exempt from tithes); Peah I, 3; a. v. fr. 3) (transf.) braid, vines plaited together so as to form a cover or a partition. Tosef.Kil.IV, 5 אם היו קנים מדוקרנין עושה אותן פ׳ מלמעלה ומותר if forked reeds were standing there, he forms a plait above, and it is permitted (it forms a partition with regard to mixed seeds); Erub.11b. Y.Kil.IV, 29b מציל משום פ׳ it saves (makes the place marked off by reeds a partitioned field) the same as a garland of vines. Ib. הדא פ׳ מה אתוכ׳ what do you mean by that peah? do you mean overhead, or on the side? Ib. bot. הפ׳ אינהוכ׳ the ‘plait does not save (is not considered a partition), unless it is solidly joined on four sides. Ib. פ׳ מהו שתציל בסוכה do intertwined vines form a partition with regard to Succah (to be considered a wall)?; Y.Succ.I, 52a bot. Erub. l. c. top פ׳ מותרת לענין כלאיםוכ׳ (Ms. M. פ׳ קליעית קליעית, being a gloss to פ׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) ‘braids form a partition with regard to mixed seeds, but not with regard to Sabbath laws; a. fr. Peah, name of a treatise of Mishnah, Tosefta and Talmud Yrushalmi, of the Order of Zraʿim.

צְרֵדָה(or צְרָדָה) f. ( צרד) rough sound, snap (or whistle, v. infra); אצבע צ׳ the snapping finger, middle finger. Yoma I, 7; Tosef. ib. I, 9, expl. אצבע גדולה של ימין the large finger of the right hand. Y. ib. I, end, 39b דב חונה אמר באצבע צ׳ בפה Rab Ḥ. says, the Mishnah means that the finger is put into the month (produce a shrill sound). Bab. ib. 19b (phonetic play) צ̇ר̇תה דד̇א̇ מאי היא גידל the match to this (the middle finger) (comment.: the nearest to this (the index finger)), what is it? The thumb, i. e. the sound is produced with these two fingers. Tanḥ. Bo 14 עד א׳ צ׳ … אצבע אמצעית up to ‘the snapping finger, that is the middle finger.

צְרֵדָה(or צְרָדָה) f. ( צרד) rough sound, snap (or whistle, v. infra); אצבע צ׳ the snapping finger, middle finger. Yoma I, 7; Tosef. ib. I, 9, expl. אצבע גדולה של ימין the large finger of the right hand. Y. ib. I, end, 39b דב חונה אמר באצבע צ׳ בפה Rab Ḥ. says, the Mishnah means that the finger is put into the month (produce a shrill sound). Bab. ib. 19b (phonetic play) צ̇ר̇תה דד̇א̇ מאי היא גידל the match to this (the middle finger) (comment.: the nearest to this (the index finger)), what is it? The thumb, i. e. the sound is produced with these two fingers. Tanḥ. Bo 14 עד א׳ צ׳ … אצבע אמצעית up to ‘the snapping finger, that is the middle finger.

תָּוֶוךְ, תָּוֶךְm. (b. h.) middle. Num. R. s. 149> כנגד שבי עמודי הת׳ אשר הפיל corresponding to the two middle pillars which he (Samson) pulled down. T. Erub.V, 22c שער הת׳ Middle Gate, name of a Temple gate.V. תּוֹךְ.

תָּוֶוךְ, תָּוֶךְm. (b. h.) middle. Num. R. s. 149> כנגד שבי עמודי הת׳ אשר הפיל corresponding to the two middle pillars which he (Samson) pulled down. T. Erub.V, 22c שער הת׳ Middle Gate, name of a Temple gate.V. תּוֹךְ.

תָּוֶוךְ, תָּוֶךְm. (b. h.) middle. Num. R. s. 149> כנגד שבי עמודי הת׳ אשר הפיל corresponding to the two middle pillars which he (Samson) pulled down. T. Erub.V, 22c שער הת׳ Middle Gate, name of a Temple gate.V. תּוֹךְ.

תָּוֶוךְ, תָּוֶךְm. (b. h.) middle. Num. R. s. 149> כנגד שבי עמודי הת׳ אשר הפיל corresponding to the two middle pillars which he (Samson) pulled down. T. Erub.V, 22c שער הת׳ Middle Gate, name of a Temple gate.V. תּוֹךְ.

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אַמָּהf. (b. h.; אמם, v. אֵם) 1) fore-arm, arm. Sot.12b; Ex. R. s. 1 אמתה חד אמר ידה the word אמתה (Ex. 2:5)one says it means אַמָּתָהּ, her arm, the other says it means אֲמָתָהּ, her maid-servant (v. אָמָה).Lam. R. introd. (R. Josh. 2) א׳ דבצלי׳ an arm (direction-post) ; v. בְּצַל; Koh. R. to XII, 7 אם.אַמַּת (בית) השחי the arm up to the axilla, arm-pit, name of an opening in a Temple door; v. however, infra. 4). 2) cubit, a measure equal to the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle-finger. Keth.5b; Men.11a זו א׳ this one (the middle-finger) is used for defining the cubit measure. Kel. XVII, 10 אַמַּת הבניןוכ׳ the standard cubit of the Temple proportions was six, that of the vessels five hand-breadths. Sabb.31a א׳ הבנין the builders cubit (instrument).א׳ על א׳ square-cubit. Yoma 31a; a. e.Zeb.62b (גרומה) א׳ גדומה; Y.Yoma IV, 41c bot. גמודה a reduced cubit; v. גָּדַם; also called א׳ בת ששה עצבות a cubit of six hand-breadths pressed together (sorrowing), opp. to א׳ (בת ששה) שוחקות a cubit of six wide-spread (laughing) hand-breadths. Erub.3b. Y.Shek.VI, end, 50b.Gen. R. s. 31 (א׳) תביקין Theban (Egypt.) cubit (?). B. Bath.99b אמה בית השלחין land for digging a dyke of one cubits width; הקילון א׳ בית (Var. קלון, סילון) land for a creek or pond for watering cattle and washing clothes, of one cubits width. 3) (= אצבע) membrum virile. Sabb.108b. Nid. 13a sq. B. Kam.19b. 4) prop. river-arm, hence canal, dyke, sewer. Peah II, 2 אַמַּת המים.Yoma V, 6 אלו ואלו מתערבין בא׳ the blood of both was mixed in the sewer; Tam.III, 6; B. Mets.33a; Y.Hor.III, 48b top אמת (בית) השחי a sewer in the Temple called the duct of the arm-pit (from its shape; v. Grætz Monatsschr. 1880, p. 289; (emendation שית unnecessary); v. supra.Pl. אַמֹּות cubits. Kel. XVII, 10; a. fr.

אַמָּהf. (b. h.; אמם, v. אֵם) 1) fore-arm, arm. Sot.12b; Ex. R. s. 1 אמתה חד אמר ידה the word אמתה (Ex. 2:5)one says it means אַמָּתָהּ, her arm, the other says it means אֲמָתָהּ, her maid-servant (v. אָמָה).Lam. R. introd. (R. Josh. 2) א׳ דבצלי׳ an arm (direction-post) ; v. בְּצַל; Koh. R. to XII, 7 אם.אַמַּת (בית) השחי the arm up to the axilla, arm-pit, name of an opening in a Temple door; v. however, infra. 4). 2) cubit, a measure equal to the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle-finger. Keth.5b; Men.11a זו א׳ this one (the middle-finger) is used for defining the cubit measure. Kel. XVII, 10 אַמַּת הבניןוכ׳ the standard cubit of the Temple proportions was six, that of the vessels five hand-breadths. Sabb.31a א׳ הבנין the builders cubit (instrument).א׳ על א׳ square-cubit. Yoma 31a; a. e.Zeb.62b (גרומה) א׳ גדומה; Y.Yoma IV, 41c bot. גמודה a reduced cubit; v. גָּדַם; also called א׳ בת ששה עצבות a cubit of six hand-breadths pressed together (sorrowing), opp. to א׳ (בת ששה) שוחקות a cubit of six wide-spread (laughing) hand-breadths. Erub.3b. Y.Shek.VI, end, 50b.Gen. R. s. 31 (א׳) תביקין Theban (Egypt.) cubit (?). B. Bath.99b אמה בית השלחין land for digging a dyke of one cubits width; הקילון א׳ בית (Var. קלון, סילון) land for a creek or pond for watering cattle and washing clothes, of one cubits width. 3) (= אצבע) membrum virile. Sabb.108b. Nid. 13a sq. B. Kam.19b. 4) prop. river-arm, hence canal, dyke, sewer. Peah II, 2 אַמַּת המים.Yoma V, 6 אלו ואלו מתערבין בא׳ the blood of both was mixed in the sewer; Tam.III, 6; B. Mets.33a; Y.Hor.III, 48b top אמת (בית) השחי a sewer in the Temple called the duct of the arm-pit (from its shape; v. Grætz Monatsschr. 1880, p. 289; (emendation שית unnecessary); v. supra.Pl. אַמֹּות cubits. Kel. XVII, 10; a. fr.

אֶמְצָעִיm., אֶמְצָעִית f. (preced.) central, middle.Erub.V, 2 הא׳ the intermediate village, opp. חיצונים; a. fr.Shebi. III, 4 הא … ית the central part of the field, lying in the middle. Kil. IV, 8; a. fr.Pl. אֶמְצְעִיִּים, אֶמְצְעִיִּין m.; אֶמְצְעִיֹּות f. Y.Peah II, 17a top; a. e.Y.Ber.II, 4d bot. הא׳ (sub. ברכות) the intermediate (central) sections of the benedictions (between the first three and the last three). Kil. V, 2 הא׳ the central garden beds; a. fr.

אֶמְצָעִיm., אֶמְצָעִית f. (preced.) central, middle.Erub.V, 2 הא׳ the intermediate village, opp. חיצונים; a. fr.Shebi. III, 4 הא … ית the central part of the field, lying in the middle. Kil. IV, 8; a. fr.Pl. אֶמְצְעִיִּים, אֶמְצְעִיִּין m.; אֶמְצְעִיֹּות f. Y.Peah II, 17a top; a. e.Y.Ber.II, 4d bot. הא׳ (sub. ברכות) the intermediate (central) sections of the benedictions (between the first three and the last three). Kil. V, 2 הא׳ the central garden beds; a. fr.

בֵּינוֹנִיm. ( בין) central, mean (between extremes), average. Y.Sabb.I, 2d bot. לא לחוכ׳ neither wet, nor dry, but between the two (moist). אדם ב׳ a man of average strength. Y.Ber.I, 2c bot.; a. fr.Sot.42b ב׳ שבאחיו the middle betw. his brothers (the third of five).Pl. בֵּינוֹנִים, בֵּינוֹנִיִּים. Lev. R. s. 30 בֵּינוֹנֵי המדינה people of the middle class, opp. גדולי; Koh. R. to IX, 7 הבינונים; Tanḥ. Emor 22 בריוני (corr. acc.). R. Hash. 16b ב׳ those between the very good and the very bad; a. fr.Fem. בֵּינוֹנִית. Gitt.V, 1, a. fr. (sub. שדה) a field of average fertility; betw. עידית a. זיבורית.Y.Taan.I, 64a bot. הב׳ the intermediate rainy season.Y.Ber.V, 9c bot. there are three things of which too much or too little is obnoxious ובֵינוֹנִיתָן יפה but a reasonable quantity good. Kel. XVII, 7; a. fr.Pl. בֵּינוֹנִיּוֹת. Ib. 10 היו ב׳ were mean cubits; Y.Shek.VI, 49d top הוא כבניינות; Y.Sot.VIII, 22c bot. בבינויות (corr. acc.).

בֵּינוֹנִיm. ( בין) central, mean (between extremes), average. Y.Sabb.I, 2d bot. לא לחוכ׳ neither wet, nor dry, but between the two (moist). אדם ב׳ a man of average strength. Y.Ber.I, 2c bot.; a. fr.Sot.42b ב׳ שבאחיו the middle betw. his brothers (the third of five).Pl. בֵּינוֹנִים, בֵּינוֹנִיִּים. Lev. R. s. 30 בֵּינוֹנֵי המדינה people of the middle class, opp. גדולי; Koh. R. to IX, 7 הבינונים; Tanḥ. Emor 22 בריוני (corr. acc.). R. Hash. 16b ב׳ those between the very good and the very bad; a. fr.Fem. בֵּינוֹנִית. Gitt.V, 1, a. fr. (sub. שדה) a field of average fertility; betw. עידית a. זיבורית.Y.Taan.I, 64a bot. הב׳ the intermediate rainy season.Y.Ber.V, 9c bot. there are three things of which too much or too little is obnoxious ובֵינוֹנִיתָן יפה but a reasonable quantity good. Kel. XVII, 7; a. fr.Pl. בֵּינוֹנִיּוֹת. Ib. 10 היו ב׳ were mean cubits; Y.Shek.VI, 49d top הוא כבניינות; Y.Sot.VIII, 22c bot. בבינויות (corr. acc.).

גִּבְלִיתf. (a geogr. term) Giblean, sub. גִּיזְרָה, a Giblean balcony. Ohol. XIV, 1 הגיזרה והג׳; Y.Shebi.III, 34c bot. גיזרה הגּוּבְלִית. Tosef.Oh. XIV, 9 איזה ג׳ what balcony is called Giblith? כל שמניקה מכאן ומכאן ומשוייר מן האמצע (ed. Zuck. a. oth.) a balcony which sucks from (is girded to the wall on) both sides and left alone (without support) in the middle. (Ar. reads כל שמעוקם מכאןוכ׳ curved on both sides and straight-lined in the middle, and explains our w. to mean אוצר store-room. (Var. lect. גבילית, גבלות, גבלת.