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קָרֵב(b. h.) 1) to join, come near, be near; to be offered as קָרְבָּן. Zeb.VIII, 2 יִקְרַב לשם מי שהוא let it be offered in behalf of him to whom it may belong. Ib. 5 … אם ק׳ … יִקְרְבוּוכ׳ if one of the heads has been offered, let all of them be offered. Ib. 67b; Ḳinnim III, 3 חטאת קְרֵיבָה למעלהוכ׳ the sin-offering may have been offered on top and the burnt-offering beneath it. Men.VI, 1 הקומץ ק׳ … קְרֵבִים לעצמן the handful (of the priests meal-offering) is offered separately and the remainder separately; Y.Sot.III, 19b top קְרֵיבִין. Sifré Num. 29 קבע זמן לקריבים … למקריבים a time! is fixed for the things to be offered (Lev. 22:27), and a time for those who offer (Num. 6:10); a. fr. 2) to come before court; to sue, complain. Gen. R. s. 96 (ref. to ויקרבו, Gen. 47:29) כאדם … ק׳ עלוכ׳ as one says, that man has brought suit against his neighbor, v. קָבַל II; Yalk. ib. 156 קבל (corr. acc.). Pi. קֵירֵב 1) same, to come near. Ex. R. s. 20, beg. לא קי׳ אצלוכ׳ he had not come near Sarah.Esp. to approach; to pray, intercede, mediate, conciliate. Y.Ber.IV, 8b top זה שעובר … בא וקָרֵב עשה קרבנינווכ׳ we do not say to him who is to pass before the ark (v. תֵּיבָה), ‘come and pray, but, ‘come, draw near, (which means) ‘do our offerings, ‘satisfy our needs 2) to bring near; to befriend, attract, invite. B. Kam.24a ק׳ נגיחותיו if the ox did his gorings in near intervals (of less than three days). Eduy. VIII, 7 אין אליהו … לרחק ולְקָרֵב … המְקוֹרָבִין בזרועוכ׳ Elijah shall come not to decide between clean and unclean, nor to expel (declare genealogically degraded) and to receive (reinstate), but to expel those who have been received by force, and to reinstate those who have been expelled by force. Ib. משפחת … וקֵרְבָהּ בןוכ׳ there was a family … which Ben-Zion expelled by force, and another which they received by force (Bab. ed. וקֵרְבוּהָ בני יב׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 40); Tosef. ib. III, 4; Kidd.71a. Eduy. l. c. לא לרחק ולא לקרבוכ׳ neither to expel nor to reinstate, but to make peace Sabb.31a קֵירְבָנוּ תחתוכ׳, v. עִנְוְתָנוּת. Ib. שקֵרַבְתַּנִיוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שהקרבתני) thou hast brought us near Tanḥ. Tsav 8 (ref. to Ps. 65:5) אשרי מי שבחרו … קֵרְבוֹ blessed he whom the Lord has chosen, although he did not bring him near; Num. R. s. 3 הקריבו. Ib. ק׳ את עצמו he brought himself near (to God, through his own deeds); ib. יתרו קרבוהקב״ה the Lord brought Jethro near (caused him to be converted); Yalk. Ex. 379; a. fr.Sifré Num. 94 (expl. לזרא, Num. 11:20, cmp. זָר) שתהיו מרחיקים … מְקָרְבִים אותו you will keep it at a distance (loathe it) more than you have been inviting (wishing for) it; Lev. R. s. 48.Part. pass. מְקוֹרָב; pl. מְקוֹרָבִין, v. supra. Hif. הִקְרִיב 1) to bring near, receive. Y.Dem.II, 23a top מַקְרִיבִין לכנפים, v. כָּנָף Num. R. l. c.; Sabb. l. c., v. supra; a. fr. 2) to offer, sacrifice. Men. XIII, 10 יַקְרִיבֶנָּה במקדש he must offer it in the Temple (of Jerusalem), ואם הִקְרִיבָהּוכ׳ but if he offered it in the Temple of Ḥonyo (in Egypt). Zeb.67b ותַקְרִיבֶנָּה למעלה and let her offer it on top, (v. supra Kal); Kinn. III, 6 ויַקְרִיבֶנָּהוכ׳ Mish. (Bab. ed. ויקרבנה, corr. acc.) and he (the priest) must offer it Ber.6b כאילוה׳ תודה as if he had offered a thank-offering. Ib. 17a as long as the Temple stood אדם חוטא ומַקְרִיבוכ׳ a man sinned and brought a sacrifice; ואין מקריביןוכ׳ yet only its fat and its blood were offered; כאילו הִקְרַבְתִּיו לפניךוכ׳ as if I had offered it (my fat and blood) on the altar before thee; a. v. fr. Nif. נִקְרַב to be offered. Y.Meg.I, 70c top ונִקְרְבוּ מהןוכ׳ and from their contributions was taken the wood for sacrifices; (Y.Taan.IV, 68b; Y.Shek.IV, beg.47d וקרבי). Hithpa. הִתְקָרֵב, Nithpa. נִתְקָרֵב 1) to be brought near, be received. Num. R. s. 3 יש נבחר ונדחה ונ׳וכ׳ some are chosen and repelled (disgraced) and received again Sifra Tsav, Milluïm ידע משהשנ׳ אהרן Moses learned that Aaron was received again (in grace); Yalk. Lev. 515; a. fr. 2) to be offered, sacrificed. Y. Taan. l. c. שלא יהא קרבן מִתְקָרֵבוכ׳ that none but their contributions should be offered first. Pirké dR. El. ch. XXXI אותו האיל … ובא להִתְקָרֵבוכ׳ that ram … ran and came to offer himself as a sacrifice in place of Isaac ; Yalk. Gen. 101; a. e. 3) to claim relationship. Deut. R. s. 2 … אם קרובו עני … פלוני מתקרב לי if a mans relative is poor, he makes himself the main person and him subordinate, saying, this man claims relationship to me; Y.Ber.IX, 13b (in mutilated text) ההן פלן מתקרב לן.

שָׁבַח(b. h.) (to grow, spread, to improve, grow in value. B. Bath. 135b שֶׁבַח ששָׁבְחוּוכ׳ an improvement which the estate obtained of itself, i. e. a natural increase in value by growth, Ib. 143b שבחו נכסים מחמת נכסים the estate improved through outlays made from the estate; שבחו … מחמת עצמן the estate improved owing to their (the heirs) own expense of labor or money; a. e. Hif. הִשְׁבִּיחַ 1) to improve, ameliorate. B. Mets.14b גזל … והִשְׁבִּיחָהּ if one took unlawful possession of a field and sold it to another person who made improvements in it. B. Bath. 124b שבח שהִשְׁבִּיתוּ יורשיןוכ׳ an improvement which the heirs made after their fathers death, Ib. IX, 3 השביחו לאמצע, v. אֶמְצַע. Ib. הִשְׁבִּיחָה לעצמה the increase of value which she produced goes to her own profit; a. fr. 2) (neut. verb) to improve, grow in value. Maas. Sh. II, 1; a. e. 3) to get bright, v. infra. Pi. שִׁבֵּחַ 1) ( to amplify, to praise. Erub.19a ולא עוד אלא שמְשַׁבֵּחַ and not only (does he submit to Gods judgment in silence), but he even praises. Succ.27b, v. עַצְלָן. Sot.VII, 8 ושִׁבְּחוּהוּ חכמים and the scholars praised him for it. Mekh. Bo, s. 12 הודו ושִׁבְּחוּוכ׳ they offered thanks and praise that the emeny did not see (their dead) Ib. צריך לשַׁבֵּחַ must offer praise; a. fr.Part. pass. מְשוּבָּח; f. מְשוּבַּחַת; pl. מְשוּבָּחִין; מְשוּבָּחוֹת a) improved, valuable; b) praise-worthy. Y.Yoma VI, 43c top מש׳ בגופו a sacrifice superior as to its body (stouter), מש׳ במראיו better looking. Cant. R. to I, 1 המש׳ שבשירים the most precious of songs. Num. R. s. 163> (ref. to Num. 13:22) שהפסולת שלה משובחת מן המש׳ (not משובח), v. פְּסוֹלֶת; a. fr. 2) to quiet, tame.Part. pass. as ab. Yalk. Num. 729 כחו … ומה מש׳ how great is the strength of this lion, and how tame he is! Hithpa. הִשְׁתַּבֵּחַ 1) to spread, (of light) get bright. Midr. Till. to Ps. 22 ואחר כך היא מִשְׁתַּבַּחַת והולכת ed. Bub. (oth. ed. מַשְׁבַּחַת Hif.) and at last it grows bright and brighter; Cant. R. to VI, 10 מרטבת (corr. acc.). 2) to be improved. Gen. R. s. 34 כל זמן שהוא כותשה היא משתבחת the more he beats it (the flax), the better it grows; ib. s. 32; ib. s. 55 משת׳ והולכת; Midr. Till. to Ps. 11 מַשְׁבַּחַת והולכת (Hif.; ed. Bub. משבח והולך, read: מַשְׁבִּיחַ, or משובח); Yalk. Gen. 95 משובחת; Yalk. Ps. 654 משב׳; a. e. 3) to praise ones self. Bekh.45b הקב״ה מִשְׁתַּבֵּחַ בבעלי קומה the Lord prides himself on conquering men of high stature. Ex. R. s. 9 אותו רשע משתבח ואומרוכ׳ that wicked man (Pharaoh) prides himself and says, that he is a god; a. e. 4) to be praised. Ib. s. 41 הקב״ה יִשְׁתַּבַּח שמו ויתעלה זכרו the Holy One, blessed be he, praised be his name, and exalted his memory; a. fr.

שָׁבַח(b. h.) (to grow, spread, to improve, grow in value. B. Bath. 135b שֶׁבַח ששָׁבְחוּוכ׳ an improvement which the estate obtained of itself, i. e. a natural increase in value by growth, Ib. 143b שבחו נכסים מחמת נכסים the estate improved through outlays made from the estate; שבחו … מחמת עצמן the estate improved owing to their (the heirs) own expense of labor or money; a. e. Hif. הִשְׁבִּיחַ 1) to improve, ameliorate. B. Mets.14b גזל … והִשְׁבִּיחָהּ if one took unlawful possession of a field and sold it to another person who made improvements in it. B. Bath. 124b שבח שהִשְׁבִּיתוּ יורשיןוכ׳ an improvement which the heirs made after their fathers death, Ib. IX, 3 השביחו לאמצע, v. אֶמְצַע. Ib. הִשְׁבִּיחָה לעצמה the increase of value which she produced goes to her own profit; a. fr. 2) (neut. verb) to improve, grow in value. Maas. Sh. II, 1; a. e. 3) to get bright, v. infra. Pi. שִׁבֵּחַ 1) ( to amplify, to praise. Erub.19a ולא עוד אלא שמְשַׁבֵּחַ and not only (does he submit to Gods judgment in silence), but he even praises. Succ.27b, v. עַצְלָן. Sot.VII, 8 ושִׁבְּחוּהוּ חכמים and the scholars praised him for it. Mekh. Bo, s. 12 הודו ושִׁבְּחוּוכ׳ they offered thanks and praise that the emeny did not see (their dead) Ib. צריך לשַׁבֵּחַ must offer praise; a. fr.Part. pass. מְשוּבָּח; f. מְשוּבַּחַת; pl. מְשוּבָּחִין; מְשוּבָּחוֹת a) improved, valuable; b) praise-worthy. Y.Yoma VI, 43c top מש׳ בגופו a sacrifice superior as to its body (stouter), מש׳ במראיו better looking. Cant. R. to I, 1 המש׳ שבשירים the most precious of songs. Num. R. s. 163> (ref. to Num. 13:22) שהפסולת שלה משובחת מן המש׳ (not משובח), v. פְּסוֹלֶת; a. fr. 2) to quiet, tame.Part. pass. as ab. Yalk. Num. 729 כחו … ומה מש׳ how great is the strength of this lion, and how tame he is! Hithpa. הִשְׁתַּבֵּחַ 1) to spread, (of light) get bright. Midr. Till. to Ps. 22 ואחר כך היא מִשְׁתַּבַּחַת והולכת ed. Bub. (oth. ed. מַשְׁבַּחַת Hif.) and at last it grows bright and brighter; Cant. R. to VI, 10 מרטבת (corr. acc.). 2) to be improved. Gen. R. s. 34 כל זמן שהוא כותשה היא משתבחת the more he beats it (the flax), the better it grows; ib. s. 32; ib. s. 55 משת׳ והולכת; Midr. Till. to Ps. 11 מַשְׁבַּחַת והולכת (Hif.; ed. Bub. משבח והולך, read: מַשְׁבִּיחַ, or משובח); Yalk. Gen. 95 משובחת; Yalk. Ps. 654 משב׳; a. e. 3) to praise ones self. Bekh.45b הקב״ה מִשְׁתַּבֵּחַ בבעלי קומה the Lord prides himself on conquering men of high stature. Ex. R. s. 9 אותו רשע משתבח ואומרוכ׳ that wicked man (Pharaoh) prides himself and says, that he is a god; a. e. 4) to be praised. Ib. s. 41 הקב״ה יִשְׁתַּבַּח שמו ויתעלה זכרו the Holy One, blessed be he, praised be his name, and exalted his memory; a. fr.

שָׁמַע(b. h.) (to be still,) to hear, listen, obey; to understand. R. Hash. IV, 2 כל עיר … ושוֹמַעַתוכ׳ every township near Jerusalem from where you can see (the city) and hear (the Shofar) Ib. 21b עד שיִשְׁמְעוּ … מקודש until they heard from the mouth of the court mḳuddash (v. קָרַש). Snh.90a שְׁמַע לו listen to him (obey the prophets command); אל תִּשְׁמַע לו listen not to him. Keth.5b אם יִשְׁמַעוכ׳ if a man hears an improper word, v. שָׁפָה II. Ber.13a the text (Deut. 6:4) says ‘hear (or ‘understand), בכל לשון שאתה שוֹמֵעַ recite the Shmʿa in whatever language you understand. R. Hash. III, 7 אם קול שופר ש׳ if he heard the sound of a Shofar; ואם קול הברה ש׳, v. הֲבָרָה. Y.Hor.I, 46a top נותנין לו שהות עד שיִשְׁמַע we allow him time enough that he may have heard (the decision of the other court), opp. to עד שישמע (not שישפע) (he is not guilty) until he has really heard it; a. v. fr. Hif. הִשְׁמִיעַ 1) to cause to hear; to announce. Ber. l. c. הַשְׁמַע לאזניךוכ׳ let thy ears hear what thou utterest Ib. לאה׳ לאזנו if he read the Shin‘a inaudibly to himself. R. Hash. 28b עד שיתכוין שומע ימַשְׁמִיעַ until he that hears (the Shofar) and he that causes to hear (that blows) have the intention to perform a religious act. Shek. I, 1 מַשְׁמִיעִין על השקליםוכ׳ (Y. ed. מְשַׁמְּעִין, Pi.) public announcement is made concerning the contribution of the half-Shekels ; a. fr. 2) (sub. עצמו) to show ones self obedient, be persuaded, surrender, v. Nif. Pi. שִׁימֵּעַ 1) to announce, v. supra. Y.Shek.I, beg.45c; Y.Meg.I, 71a. 2) to assemble for mourning services, invite. Snh.47a הלינו לכבודו לשַׁמֵּעַ עליווכ׳ if burial is postponed for the honor of the dead, to assemble the surrounding townships for his funeral, to bring on lamenting women Nif. נִשְׁמַע 1) to be heard; to be listened to, be obeyed. Ber.6a אין תפלה … נִשְׁמַעַתוכ׳ mans prayer is heard only in the house of prayer. Y. ib. V, end, 9b שנִשְׁמְעָה תפלתו that his prayer will be heard (his petition be granted). Erub.18b כל בית שנִשְׁמָעִיןוכ׳ a house in which the words of the Law are heard by night will never be destroyed. Yeb.65b כשם … דבר הנִשְׁמָעוכ׳ as well as it is proper to say a thing that has been heard (to mention ones authority), so it is proper not to say a thing that has not been heard (for which you cannot cite your authority); a. fr. 2) to show ones self willing; to submit to authority; (of woman) to surrender. R. Hash. 25b אשרי הדור שהגדולים נִשְׁמָעִיםוכ׳ blessed the generation in which the superiors (in wisdom) submit to the authority of their inferiors, and how much more when inferiors acknowledge the authority of their superiors!Snh.82a הִשָׁמְעִי לי (ed. הַשְׁמִיעִי לי) surrender thyself to me; לא תִשָּׁמְעִי אלאוכ׳ surrender thyself only to a prominent man among them; Sifré Num. 131; ib. רצונך שאֶשָּׁמַע לך הנזרוכ׳ if thou desirest me to surrender myself to thee, renounce the law of Moses; Yalk. ib. 771. Y.Succ.V, 55b top נִשְׁמָעוֹת … לליגיונותיוכ׳ if you will surrender to my legions, I will not put you to death. Snh.93a הַשְׁמִיעִי אלוכ׳ surrender thyself to Zedekiah; a. fr.

שָׁמַע(b. h.) (to be still,) to hear, listen, obey; to understand. R. Hash. IV, 2 כל עיר … ושוֹמַעַתוכ׳ every township near Jerusalem from where you can see (the city) and hear (the Shofar) Ib. 21b עד שיִשְׁמְעוּ … מקודש until they heard from the mouth of the court mḳuddash (v. קָרַש). Snh.90a שְׁמַע לו listen to him (obey the prophets command); אל תִּשְׁמַע לו listen not to him. Keth.5b אם יִשְׁמַעוכ׳ if a man hears an improper word, v. שָׁפָה II. Ber.13a the text (Deut. 6:4) says ‘hear (or ‘understand), בכל לשון שאתה שוֹמֵעַ recite the Shmʿa in whatever language you understand. R. Hash. III, 7 אם קול שופר ש׳ if he heard the sound of a Shofar; ואם קול הברה ש׳, v. הֲבָרָה. Y.Hor.I, 46a top נותנין לו שהות עד שיִשְׁמַע we allow him time enough that he may have heard (the decision of the other court), opp. to עד שישמע (not שישפע) (he is not guilty) until he has really heard it; a. v. fr. Hif. הִשְׁמִיעַ 1) to cause to hear; to announce. Ber. l. c. הַשְׁמַע לאזניךוכ׳ let thy ears hear what thou utterest Ib. לאה׳ לאזנו if he read the Shin‘a inaudibly to himself. R. Hash. 28b עד שיתכוין שומע ימַשְׁמִיעַ until he that hears (the Shofar) and he that causes to hear (that blows) have the intention to perform a religious act. Shek. I, 1 מַשְׁמִיעִין על השקליםוכ׳ (Y. ed. מְשַׁמְּעִין, Pi.) public announcement is made concerning the contribution of the half-Shekels ; a. fr. 2) (sub. עצמו) to show ones self obedient, be persuaded, surrender, v. Nif. Pi. שִׁימֵּעַ 1) to announce, v. supra. Y.Shek.I, beg.45c; Y.Meg.I, 71a. 2) to assemble for mourning services, invite. Snh.47a הלינו לכבודו לשַׁמֵּעַ עליווכ׳ if burial is postponed for the honor of the dead, to assemble the surrounding townships for his funeral, to bring on lamenting women Nif. נִשְׁמַע 1) to be heard; to be listened to, be obeyed. Ber.6a אין תפלה … נִשְׁמַעַתוכ׳ mans prayer is heard only in the house of prayer. Y. ib. V, end, 9b שנִשְׁמְעָה תפלתו that his prayer will be heard (his petition be granted). Erub.18b כל בית שנִשְׁמָעִיןוכ׳ a house in which the words of the Law are heard by night will never be destroyed. Yeb.65b כשם … דבר הנִשְׁמָעוכ׳ as well as it is proper to say a thing that has been heard (to mention ones authority), so it is proper not to say a thing that has not been heard (for which you cannot cite your authority); a. fr. 2) to show ones self willing; to submit to authority; (of woman) to surrender. R. Hash. 25b אשרי הדור שהגדולים נִשְׁמָעִיםוכ׳ blessed the generation in which the superiors (in wisdom) submit to the authority of their inferiors, and how much more when inferiors acknowledge the authority of their superiors!Snh.82a הִשָׁמְעִי לי (ed. הַשְׁמִיעִי לי) surrender thyself to me; לא תִשָּׁמְעִי אלאוכ׳ surrender thyself only to a prominent man among them; Sifré Num. 131; ib. רצונך שאֶשָּׁמַע לך הנזרוכ׳ if thou desirest me to surrender myself to thee, renounce the law of Moses; Yalk. ib. 771. Y.Succ.V, 55b top נִשְׁמָעוֹת … לליגיונותיוכ׳ if you will surrender to my legions, I will not put you to death. Snh.93a הַשְׁמִיעִי אלוכ׳ surrender thyself to Zedekiah; a. fr.