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קָצַץ(b. h.) 1) to cut, fell. Shebi. IV, 10 מותר לקוֹצְצוֹ it is permitted to cut the tree down (in the Sabbatical year). Ib. כמה … ולא יְקוֹצֶּנּוּ (Y. ed. יקצונו, corr. acc.; Bab. ed. יְקוֹצְצוֹ; Ms. M. יִקְצְצֶנּוּ) how much must an olive tree bear so that one dare not cut it down (because it is an act of wilful destruction, Deut. 20:19–20); B. Kam.91b יקצצנו Ms. F. a. R. (later ed. יִקְצְצוֹ; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 10). Ib. נטיעותי קָצַצְתָּ thou hast cut down my young trees; אתה אמרת לי לקוֹצְצָן (not לקוצצו, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 7) thou hast told me to cut them. Y.Shebi.IV, 35b bot. לָקוֹץ … יָקוֹץ, v. נָתַק. Ib. הקוצץ בקורות he that cuts trunks for beams. Lev. R. s. 23, v. infra:Sifré Deut. 212 (expl. ועשתה, Deut. 21:12) תָּקוֹץ let her cut (her nails). Macc.22a הקוצץ את בהרתו he that cuts off a white spot (suspicious of leprosy, v. קְצִיצָה); Neg. VII, 5 קְצָצָהּ מתכוין if he cut it intentionally. Tosef.Sabb.XI (XII), 3; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 85 (ref. to Dan. 5:1 a. 6:1) והיכן הוא … קוצץ לקוצץ where is Evil Merodach?… (He is left out) in order to join a wicked man to a wicked man, a destroyer to a destroyer. Y.Yeb.II, 4a top קוצץ בן קוצץ a destroyer son of a destroyer (wicked by heredity); Pesik. Sliḥ. p. 167b> אין בישראל קו׳ בן קו׳ there is no hereditary wickedness in Israel. Ex. R. s. 1 וקוץ … שק׳ עצתוכ׳ Koz (1 Chr. 4:8) is Caleb, for he destroyed the counsel of the spies; a. fr. 2) (cmp. קָצַב, גָּזַר) to stipulate, agree upon. Shebu.45b אפי׳ ק׳ נמי let it be the same even if a stipulation has been made (and the amount is in litigation). Ib. אומן … קָצַצְתָּ … לא קָצַצְתִּיוכ׳ if the mechanic says, thou hast stipulated to pay me two (Zuz), and he (the employer) says, I have stipulated one only; a. e.Part. pass. קָצוּץ; f. קְצוּצָח. B. Mets.61b רבית ק׳ stipulated, direct usury, opp. אבק רבית, v. אָבָק Ib. 62b; a. e. Nif. נִקְצָץ 1) to be cut. Neg. l. c. מי … ונִקְצָצָה if one bad a white spot, and it was cut off (accidentally). Nidd.II, 1 תִּקָּצֵץ let the hand be cut off. B. Kam.91b, v. קְצִיצָה; a. fr. 2) to be cut off, excluded. Y.Kidd.I, 60c, a. e., v. קְצָצָח. 3) to be stipulated, definitely assigned. Lev. R. s. 30, beg. מראש השנה נִקְצָצִיןוכ׳ from the beginning of the year the means of support are definitely assigned to men, except, v. קָצַב. Pi. קִיצֵּץ 1) to scrape, cut off; to fell. Pes.56a ק׳ דלתותוכ׳ (2 Kings 18:16) he took the gold off the Temple doors. Y.Ber.VIII, 12a bot. אפי׳ מְקַצֵּץוכ׳ even when cutting lupines. Ib. II, 5c top היה מקצץ כלוכ׳ he cut down all he had planted. Pesik. R. s. 31 ומְקַצְּצִים, v. רָצַץ. Cant. R. to II, 2 לקַצְּצוֹ; Lev. R. s. 23 לָקוֹצּוֹ, v. קַצָּץ.Esp. ק׳ בנטיעות ( to cut down the shoots in the garden of religion, to be hostile to religion, corrupt the youths; to be a heretic. Ḥag.14b; Y. ib. II, 77b top, v. נְטִיעָה. Cant. R. to I, 4 כיצד ק׳ בנ׳ in what way did he manifest his hostility to religion! Gen. R. s. 19 לא תעשה … וִיקַצֵּץוכ׳ make not the fence (around the religious laws) more important than the essentials, lest it fall down and ruin the shoots. 2) to stipulate. Shebi. IV, 1 ואין … שיְקַצֵּץ להם מזונות (R. S. שיִקְצוֹץ) it is unnecessary to say, that he must not stipulate to give them their food (for their work). Hif. הֵקֵיץ to cut off, deduct. Sifré Num. 8 ומֵקֵיץ מכתובתה he may deduct (his outlay for her) from her jointure.

קָצַץ(b. h.) 1) to cut, fell. Shebi. IV, 10 מותר לקוֹצְצוֹ it is permitted to cut the tree down (in the Sabbatical year). Ib. כמה … ולא יְקוֹצֶּנּוּ (Y. ed. יקצונו, corr. acc.; Bab. ed. יְקוֹצְצוֹ; Ms. M. יִקְצְצֶנּוּ) how much must an olive tree bear so that one dare not cut it down (because it is an act of wilful destruction, Deut. 20:19–20); B. Kam.91b יקצצנו Ms. F. a. R. (later ed. יִקְצְצוֹ; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 10). Ib. נטיעותי קָצַצְתָּ thou hast cut down my young trees; אתה אמרת לי לקוֹצְצָן (not לקוצצו, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 7) thou hast told me to cut them. Y.Shebi.IV, 35b bot. לָקוֹץ … יָקוֹץ, v. נָתַק. Ib. הקוצץ בקורות he that cuts trunks for beams. Lev. R. s. 23, v. infra:Sifré Deut. 212 (expl. ועשתה, Deut. 21:12) תָּקוֹץ let her cut (her nails). Macc.22a הקוצץ את בהרתו he that cuts off a white spot (suspicious of leprosy, v. קְצִיצָה); Neg. VII, 5 קְצָצָהּ מתכוין if he cut it intentionally. Tosef.Sabb.XI (XII), 3; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 85 (ref. to Dan. 5:1 a. 6:1) והיכן הוא … קוצץ לקוצץ where is Evil Merodach?… (He is left out) in order to join a wicked man to a wicked man, a destroyer to a destroyer. Y.Yeb.II, 4a top קוצץ בן קוצץ a destroyer son of a destroyer (wicked by heredity); Pesik. Sliḥ. p. 167b> אין בישראל קו׳ בן קו׳ there is no hereditary wickedness in Israel. Ex. R. s. 1 וקוץ … שק׳ עצתוכ׳ Koz (1 Chr. 4:8) is Caleb, for he destroyed the counsel of the spies; a. fr. 2) (cmp. קָצַב, גָּזַר) to stipulate, agree upon. Shebu.45b אפי׳ ק׳ נמי let it be the same even if a stipulation has been made (and the amount is in litigation). Ib. אומן … קָצַצְתָּ … לא קָצַצְתִּיוכ׳ if the mechanic says, thou hast stipulated to pay me two (Zuz), and he (the employer) says, I have stipulated one only; a. e.Part. pass. קָצוּץ; f. קְצוּצָח. B. Mets.61b רבית ק׳ stipulated, direct usury, opp. אבק רבית, v. אָבָק Ib. 62b; a. e. Nif. נִקְצָץ 1) to be cut. Neg. l. c. מי … ונִקְצָצָה if one bad a white spot, and it was cut off (accidentally). Nidd.II, 1 תִּקָּצֵץ let the hand be cut off. B. Kam.91b, v. קְצִיצָה; a. fr. 2) to be cut off, excluded. Y.Kidd.I, 60c, a. e., v. קְצָצָח. 3) to be stipulated, definitely assigned. Lev. R. s. 30, beg. מראש השנה נִקְצָצִיןוכ׳ from the beginning of the year the means of support are definitely assigned to men, except, v. קָצַב. Pi. קִיצֵּץ 1) to scrape, cut off; to fell. Pes.56a ק׳ דלתותוכ׳ (2 Kings 18:16) he took the gold off the Temple doors. Y.Ber.VIII, 12a bot. אפי׳ מְקַצֵּץוכ׳ even when cutting lupines. Ib. II, 5c top היה מקצץ כלוכ׳ he cut down all he had planted. Pesik. R. s. 31 ומְקַצְּצִים, v. רָצַץ. Cant. R. to II, 2 לקַצְּצוֹ; Lev. R. s. 23 לָקוֹצּוֹ, v. קַצָּץ.Esp. ק׳ בנטיעות ( to cut down the shoots in the garden of religion, to be hostile to religion, corrupt the youths; to be a heretic. Ḥag.14b; Y. ib. II, 77b top, v. נְטִיעָה. Cant. R. to I, 4 כיצד ק׳ בנ׳ in what way did he manifest his hostility to religion! Gen. R. s. 19 לא תעשה … וִיקַצֵּץוכ׳ make not the fence (around the religious laws) more important than the essentials, lest it fall down and ruin the shoots. 2) to stipulate. Shebi. IV, 1 ואין … שיְקַצֵּץ להם מזונות (R. S. שיִקְצוֹץ) it is unnecessary to say, that he must not stipulate to give them their food (for their work). Hif. הֵקֵיץ to cut off, deduct. Sifré Num. 8 ומֵקֵיץ מכתובתה he may deduct (his outlay for her) from her jointure.

קָטַע(cmp. גָּדַע) to cut off, lop, mutilate. B. Kam.VIII, 1. Ib. 7 האומר … קְטַע את ידיוכ׳ if one says to ones neighbor, cut my hand off, he (who did so) is bound to pay damages. Ab. Zar. I, 5 קוֹטֵעַ אתוכ׳ one may cut off its toe and sell the cock to the idolater. Ib. 10b יִקְטְעֶנָּה, v. נוֹמִי; a. fr.Part. pass. קָטוּעַ. Nidd.64b; Keth.10b דור ק׳, v. דּוֹרְקְטִי. Pi. קִיטֵּעַ same, also to cut through. B. Kam.83b יכול … מְקַטֵּעַ את ידו (Ms. M. נְקַטֵּעַ) (from Ex. 21:24) you might think, if a person cut a mans hand off, one (we, the court) should cut his hand off. Tanḥ. Ḥayé מְקַטְּעִין ויוצאיןוכ׳ they (the waters) cut through and come forth between the mountains. Part. pass. מְקוּטָּע; f. מְקוּטַּעַת; pl. מְקוּטָּעִים, מְקוּטָּעִין; מְקוּטָּעוֹת lopped, defective. Pesik. R. s. 31 שהיו אצבעותיהם מק׳ their fingers were mutilated (bitten off).חדשים מק׳ (or sub. חדשים) incomplete months, a fraction of the last month of pregnancy. Y.Bets. I, beg. 60a, v. סוּם I. Bekh.21a אינה יולדת למק׳ an animal does not give birth before the due number of months is completed; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְקַטֵּעַ, Nithpa. נִתְקַטֵּעַ to be cut off, crippled. Pesik. R. l. c. ונִתְקַטְּעוּ אצבעותינו our fingers were mutilated (by the handcuffs); Midr. Till. to Ps. 137; Yalk. Ps. 884. Taan.21a רגלי … יִתְקַטְּעוּ may my feet that paid no regard to thy feet be crippled.

קָטַע(cmp. גָּדַע) to cut off, lop, mutilate. B. Kam.VIII, 1. Ib. 7 האומר … קְטַע את ידיוכ׳ if one says to ones neighbor, cut my hand off, he (who did so) is bound to pay damages. Ab. Zar. I, 5 קוֹטֵעַ אתוכ׳ one may cut off its toe and sell the cock to the idolater. Ib. 10b יִקְטְעֶנָּה, v. נוֹמִי; a. fr.Part. pass. קָטוּעַ. Nidd.64b; Keth.10b דור ק׳, v. דּוֹרְקְטִי. Pi. קִיטֵּעַ same, also to cut through. B. Kam.83b יכול … מְקַטֵּעַ את ידו (Ms. M. נְקַטֵּעַ) (from Ex. 21:24) you might think, if a person cut a mans hand off, one (we, the court) should cut his hand off. Tanḥ. Ḥayé מְקַטְּעִין ויוצאיןוכ׳ they (the waters) cut through and come forth between the mountains. Part. pass. מְקוּטָּע; f. מְקוּטַּעַת; pl. מְקוּטָּעִים, מְקוּטָּעִין; מְקוּטָּעוֹת lopped, defective. Pesik. R. s. 31 שהיו אצבעותיהם מק׳ their fingers were mutilated (bitten off).חדשים מק׳ (or sub. חדשים) incomplete months, a fraction of the last month of pregnancy. Y.Bets. I, beg. 60a, v. סוּם I. Bekh.21a אינה יולדת למק׳ an animal does not give birth before the due number of months is completed; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְקַטֵּעַ, Nithpa. נִתְקַטֵּעַ to be cut off, crippled. Pesik. R. l. c. ונִתְקַטְּעוּ אצבעותינו our fingers were mutilated (by the handcuffs); Midr. Till. to Ps. 137; Yalk. Ps. 884. Taan.21a רגלי … יִתְקַטְּעוּ may my feet that paid no regard to thy feet be crippled.

פָּסַק(b. h. פָּשַׂק) (to separate, part, distribute, 1) to divide, split, interrupt. Taan.27b; Meg.22a פּוֹסֵק the reader divides (one verse), i. e. the first reads two verses and a half, leaving the other half to be read by his successor. Ib. לא התיר לי לִפְסוֹקוכ׳ he permitted me to cut a verse in two only in teaching the school children. Ib. 31b במשנה תורה פוסק the chapter in Deuteronomy containing the curses (Deut. 28:15–69) may be divided (to be read by two or more); a. fr.(Gen. R. s. 10 כיון שפסקה; Yalk. ib. 16 שפוסקה, v. פָּתַק.Part. pass. פָּסוּק; f. פְּסוּקָה. Ḥull.III, 3 פְּסוּקַת הגרגרת, v. גַּרְגֶּרֶת. 2) (denom. of פָּסוּק) to recite a verse. Ḥag.15a, sq. פְּסוֹק לי פְּסוּקְךָ (interch. with Chald. פסוק לי פסוקיך) recite to me thy Bible verse (recently learned). 3) (cmp. חָתַךְ, גָּזַר) to apportion, assign; to provide; to promise, agree. Keth.65a אין פּוֹסְקִין יינות לאשה in decreeing alimentation for a woman we do not provide for wine. Ib. כך תִּפְסְקוּ לבנותיכם so much (and no more) may ye grant to your daughters. Ib. 107a פוסקין מזונות לאשת איש the court assigns alimentation (from the estate) to a deserted wife. Ib. V, 8 לא פ׳ … אלאוכ׳ only R. Y. decreed barley as a part of alimentation, because he lived near Edom. Ib. פוסק לעומתןוכ׳ he must give her, v. עוּמָּה. Ib. VI, 2 הפוסק מעות לחתנו if a man agrees to pay a certain amount to his intended son-in-law (on the date of marriage). Ib. 3 פָּסְקָה להכניס … הוא פוסקוכ׳ if she promises to bring to him one thousand Denars, he must assign to her (as settlement in the Kthubah) fifteen Manehs. Tosef. ib. XIII (XII), 1 אם פָּסְקוּ לה … מה שפסקו פסקו if the court has granted her (alimentation), what they have granted, is granted. Ib. פסקה היא לעצמה (not על עצמה) if she herself has promised (to bring her husband a certain sum, and now her father refuses to give it). Ib. אבה פ׳ עליוכ׳ my father has promised for me; what can I do (if he retracts)?; Keth.XIII, 5. Y.Kidd.IV, 65c top פּוֹסְקֵי צדקה ברביםוכ׳ those who subscribe to a charity in public and refuse to pay; Taan.8b; a. v. fr. 4) to fix a price; to buy on time. Gitt.58a אפדנו בכל ממון שפוסקין עליו I will redeem him for any price that they may set on him. B. Mets.V, 7 אין פוסקין … עד שיצא השער you dare not fix a price on crops (buy on time), until the market price has been published. Ib. יצא השער פוסקין ואע״פ שאין לזה יש לזה (missing in Y. ed.) when the market price is out, you may buy, for although he (the seller) has no goods as yet, others have. Ib. פוסק עמו על הגדיש, v. גָּדִיש; a. v. fr. 5) פ׳ דברים ( to split words, to argue. Snh.44b פיסקון שפוסק דברים כלפי מעלה Gabriel is surnamed Pisḳon, because he argues with the Lord. 6) (neut. verb) to be cut off; to cease, be stopped. Sot.IX, 9 משרבו … פסקו המים המרים … הפסיקן when the faithless men became frequent, the application of the waters of jealousy ceased, and it was R. J. ben Z. that abolished them. Ib. 12 פסקו אנשי אמונה the men of faith ceased to exist. Tanḥ. Shmoth 16 אין אותה מצוה פוֹסֶקֶת מביתו that good deed shall never cease from (being practiced in) his house. Gen. R. s. 52 פסקו העוברים והשבים travellers ceased to pass by; a. v. fr. Nif. נִפְסַק to be split, cut in two, broken. Tosef.B. Kam. XI, 15; B. Kam. 119b הנ׳ במגירה chips at planing, v. גָּרַר I. Ḥull.III, 1 נשברה השדרה ונ׳ החוט שלה if the spinal column is broken and the spinal cord severed. Sabb.112a סנדל שנִפְסְקוּ שתי אזניו a sandal, both ears (loops) of which are torn off; Tosef.Kel.B. Bath. IV, 5 שנִתְפַּסְּקוּ; Kel. XXVI, 4; a. fr.Tosef.Mikv.III, 5, sq. ונפסקו, v. פָּתַק. Hif. הִפְסִיק 1) to separate, sever connection; to form a partition. Sot.38b אפי׳ מחיצה … אינה מַפְסֶקֶת ביןוכ׳ not even an iron wall forms a partition between Israel and his father in heaven (worshippers form a congregation even if separated by a partition); Pes.85b. Peah. I, 2 ואלו מַפְסִיקִין לפאה the following things form a division of fields with regard to Peah: a brook Ab. Zar.52a אתה׳ הענין the word eth (before ĕlohehem Deut. 12:2) divides the subject (so as not to allow an analogy between idolatrous utensils and the idols themselves), v. next w.; a. fr. 2) to interrupt; to cause to cease; to leave off; to pause. Ber.II, 2 בין ויאמר לאמת ויציב לא יַפְסִיק between the last portion of the Sh‘mʿa (Num. 15:37–41) and ‘Ĕmeth Vyatsib one must not pause (interrupt the prayer to greet a person). Ib. 14a במגילה מהו שיפסיק may one interrupt ones self during the reading of the Mgillah? (Ib. also פּוֹסֵק Kal. Ib. 5:1. Ex. R. s. 2 עם כל הנביאיםה׳ מלדבר … לאה׳ מימיו with all other prophets the Lord ceased from speaking at times, but with Moses he never ceased. Taan.30a סעודה המַפְסִיק בה the meal with which one ceases (the last meal before beginning to fast, called סעודה המַפְסֶקֶת). Y.Nidd.I, 49c והִפְסִיקָה שלש עונות and ceased (to have menstruation) for three periods. Meg.III, 6 אין מַפְסִיקִין בקללותוכ׳ in reading the curses (Lev. 26:14–44; Deut. 28:15–69) you must not break off, but one person must read the whole Ib. 31b מקום שמפסיקין בשבתוכ׳ where they leave off reading on Sabbath morning, there they continue in the afternoon Sot.IX, 9, v. supra. Gen. R. s. 52, beg. מה אני מפסיק צדקה מביתי shall I allow charity to cease in my house (to fall into desuetude from want of opportunity)?; a. fr. 3) to cut sprays off, trim, v. פָּסַג. 4) to dam. Tosef.Par.V (IV), 9 מפסיק ומנגב he makes a dam (cuts off the influx) and lays the cavity dry. Pi. פִּיסֵּק 1) to trim. Tosef.B. Kam. XI, 18, v. פָּסַג. 2) to interrupt.Part. pass. מְפוּסָּק; pl. מְפוּסָּקִין. Y.Pes.X, 37c; Y.Sabb.VIII, beg.11a מהו לשתותן מפ׳ how about drinking them (the four cups of the Passover evening) in pauses (sipping)?, v. פִּיסָּק. 3) to cut down, ruin; to cut to pieces. Pesik. Naḥ., p. 128a> קיצצוהו ופִיסְּקוּהוּ they cut it down and ruined it (the vineyard). Lam. R. to IV, 15 והיתה … עליהן ומְפַסַּקְתָּן the carriage passed over them and dismembered them; Pesik. Vattom., p. 133b> ומפסקתה (corr. acc.); Yalk. Is. 266 והיתה … עליה ומְפַסַּקְתָּהּ; a. e. Hithpa. הִתְפַּסֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְפַּסֵּק 1) to be severed. Tosef.Kel.B. Bath. IV, 5, v. supra. 2) (sub. בעינים, cmp. קרץ, Prov. 10:10; 6:13) to blink. Deut. R. s. 5 עשה עצמו מִתְפַּסֵּק he pretended to be blinking (Y.Sot.I, 16d bot., a. e. עבד גרמיה חשש בעייניה).

פָּסַק(b. h. פָּשַׂק) (to separate, part, distribute, 1) to divide, split, interrupt. Taan.27b; Meg.22a פּוֹסֵק the reader divides (one verse), i. e. the first reads two verses and a half, leaving the other half to be read by his successor. Ib. לא התיר לי לִפְסוֹקוכ׳ he permitted me to cut a verse in two only in teaching the school children. Ib. 31b במשנה תורה פוסק the chapter in Deuteronomy containing the curses (Deut. 28:15–69) may be divided (to be read by two or more); a. fr.(Gen. R. s. 10 כיון שפסקה; Yalk. ib. 16 שפוסקה, v. פָּתַק.Part. pass. פָּסוּק; f. פְּסוּקָה. Ḥull.III, 3 פְּסוּקַת הגרגרת, v. גַּרְגֶּרֶת. 2) (denom. of פָּסוּק) to recite a verse. Ḥag.15a, sq. פְּסוֹק לי פְּסוּקְךָ (interch. with Chald. פסוק לי פסוקיך) recite to me thy Bible verse (recently learned). 3) (cmp. חָתַךְ, גָּזַר) to apportion, assign; to provide; to promise, agree. Keth.65a אין פּוֹסְקִין יינות לאשה in decreeing alimentation for a woman we do not provide for wine. Ib. כך תִּפְסְקוּ לבנותיכם so much (and no more) may ye grant to your daughters. Ib. 107a פוסקין מזונות לאשת איש the court assigns alimentation (from the estate) to a deserted wife. Ib. V, 8 לא פ׳ … אלאוכ׳ only R. Y. decreed barley as a part of alimentation, because he lived near Edom. Ib. פוסק לעומתןוכ׳ he must give her, v. עוּמָּה. Ib. VI, 2 הפוסק מעות לחתנו if a man agrees to pay a certain amount to his intended son-in-law (on the date of marriage). Ib. 3 פָּסְקָה להכניס … הוא פוסקוכ׳ if she promises to bring to him one thousand Denars, he must assign to her (as settlement in the Kthubah) fifteen Manehs. Tosef. ib. XIII (XII), 1 אם פָּסְקוּ לה … מה שפסקו פסקו if the court has granted her (alimentation), what they have granted, is granted. Ib. פסקה היא לעצמה (not על עצמה) if she herself has promised (to bring her husband a certain sum, and now her father refuses to give it). Ib. אבה פ׳ עליוכ׳ my father has promised for me; what can I do (if he retracts)?; Keth.XIII, 5. Y.Kidd.IV, 65c top פּוֹסְקֵי צדקה ברביםוכ׳ those who subscribe to a charity in public and refuse to pay; Taan.8b; a. v. fr. 4) to fix a price; to buy on time. Gitt.58a אפדנו בכל ממון שפוסקין עליו I will redeem him for any price that they may set on him. B. Mets.V, 7 אין פוסקין … עד שיצא השער you dare not fix a price on crops (buy on time), until the market price has been published. Ib. יצא השער פוסקין ואע״פ שאין לזה יש לזה (missing in Y. ed.) when the market price is out, you may buy, for although he (the seller) has no goods as yet, others have. Ib. פוסק עמו על הגדיש, v. גָּדִיש; a. v. fr. 5) פ׳ דברים ( to split words, to argue. Snh.44b פיסקון שפוסק דברים כלפי מעלה Gabriel is surnamed Pisḳon, because he argues with the Lord. 6) (neut. verb) to be cut off; to cease, be stopped. Sot.IX, 9 משרבו … פסקו המים המרים … הפסיקן when the faithless men became frequent, the application of the waters of jealousy ceased, and it was R. J. ben Z. that abolished them. Ib. 12 פסקו אנשי אמונה the men of faith ceased to exist. Tanḥ. Shmoth 16 אין אותה מצוה פוֹסֶקֶת מביתו that good deed shall never cease from (being practiced in) his house. Gen. R. s. 52 פסקו העוברים והשבים travellers ceased to pass by; a. v. fr. Nif. נִפְסַק to be split, cut in two, broken. Tosef.B. Kam. XI, 15; B. Kam. 119b הנ׳ במגירה chips at planing, v. גָּרַר I. Ḥull.III, 1 נשברה השדרה ונ׳ החוט שלה if the spinal column is broken and the spinal cord severed. Sabb.112a סנדל שנִפְסְקוּ שתי אזניו a sandal, both ears (loops) of which are torn off; Tosef.Kel.B. Bath. IV, 5 שנִתְפַּסְּקוּ; Kel. XXVI, 4; a. fr.Tosef.Mikv.III, 5, sq. ונפסקו, v. פָּתַק. Hif. הִפְסִיק 1) to separate, sever connection; to form a partition. Sot.38b אפי׳ מחיצה … אינה מַפְסֶקֶת ביןוכ׳ not even an iron wall forms a partition between Israel and his father in heaven (worshippers form a congregation even if separated by a partition); Pes.85b. Peah. I, 2 ואלו מַפְסִיקִין לפאה the following things form a division of fields with regard to Peah: a brook Ab. Zar.52a אתה׳ הענין the word eth (before ĕlohehem Deut. 12:2) divides the subject (so as not to allow an analogy between idolatrous utensils and the idols themselves), v. next w.; a. fr. 2) to interrupt; to cause to cease; to leave off; to pause. Ber.II, 2 בין ויאמר לאמת ויציב לא יַפְסִיק between the last portion of the Sh‘mʿa (Num. 15:37–41) and ‘Ĕmeth Vyatsib one must not pause (interrupt the prayer to greet a person). Ib. 14a במגילה מהו שיפסיק may one interrupt ones self during the reading of the Mgillah? (Ib. also פּוֹסֵק Kal. Ib. 5:1. Ex. R. s. 2 עם כל הנביאיםה׳ מלדבר … לאה׳ מימיו with all other prophets the Lord ceased from speaking at times, but with Moses he never ceased. Taan.30a סעודה המַפְסִיק בה the meal with which one ceases (the last meal before beginning to fast, called סעודה המַפְסֶקֶת). Y.Nidd.I, 49c והִפְסִיקָה שלש עונות and ceased (to have menstruation) for three periods. Meg.III, 6 אין מַפְסִיקִין בקללותוכ׳ in reading the curses (Lev. 26:14–44; Deut. 28:15–69) you must not break off, but one person must read the whole Ib. 31b מקום שמפסיקין בשבתוכ׳ where they leave off reading on Sabbath morning, there they continue in the afternoon Sot.IX, 9, v. supra. Gen. R. s. 52, beg. מה אני מפסיק צדקה מביתי shall I allow charity to cease in my house (to fall into desuetude from want of opportunity)?; a. fr. 3) to cut sprays off, trim, v. פָּסַג. 4) to dam. Tosef.Par.V (IV), 9 מפסיק ומנגב he makes a dam (cuts off the influx) and lays the cavity dry. Pi. פִּיסֵּק 1) to trim. Tosef.B. Kam. XI, 18, v. פָּסַג. 2) to interrupt.Part. pass. מְפוּסָּק; pl. מְפוּסָּקִין. Y.Pes.X, 37c; Y.Sabb.VIII, beg.11a מהו לשתותן מפ׳ how about drinking them (the four cups of the Passover evening) in pauses (sipping)?, v. פִּיסָּק. 3) to cut down, ruin; to cut to pieces. Pesik. Naḥ., p. 128a> קיצצוהו ופִיסְּקוּהוּ they cut it down and ruined it (the vineyard). Lam. R. to IV, 15 והיתה … עליהן ומְפַסַּקְתָּן the carriage passed over them and dismembered them; Pesik. Vattom., p. 133b> ומפסקתה (corr. acc.); Yalk. Is. 266 והיתה … עליה ומְפַסַּקְתָּהּ; a. e. Hithpa. הִתְפַּסֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְפַּסֵּק 1) to be severed. Tosef.Kel.B. Bath. IV, 5, v. supra. 2) (sub. בעינים, cmp. קרץ, Prov. 10:10; 6:13) to blink. Deut. R. s. 5 עשה עצמו מִתְפַּסֵּק he pretended to be blinking (Y.Sot.I, 16d bot., a. e. עבד גרמיה חשש בעייניה).

קְטַעch. sam(קטעto cut off, lop, mutilate), 1) to cut off, break off. Targ. II Chr. 34:4 (h. text גדע). Targ. Y. Deut. 19:5. Targ. Y. II Num. 13:23. Targ. Y. Ex. 39:3; a. fr.Lam. R. to I, 1 קְטַע קִטְעָךְ (העיר) cut thy cut (garment, i. e. mind thy own business). Y.Sabb.VI, 8c bot. מִיקְטוֹעַ v. כֵּיסָא Y.Meg.IV, 75b bot., v. דִּיבּוּרָא. Ib. אין קַטְעוּן רישךוכ׳ and if they were to cut thy head off, do not listen to them; a. fr.Part. pass. קְטִיעַ; f. קְטִיעָא; pl. קְטִיעִין; קְטִיעָן. Targ. Y. Num. 11:32 דק׳ he that was crippled. Targ. Y. Ex. 21:21 תרין יומין ק׳ two days incomplete (v. preced.). Targ. Y. Gen. 46:29; a. e.Pesik. Naḥămu, p. 125b>, a. e.ק׳ לישנא tongue-cut, stammerer, v. פְּסִילּוֹסָא. 2) to cut short, end. Gen. R. s. 44; Yalk. ib. 77, v. מִלְכָי. 3) to form cakes (v. קְטַף). Targ. Y. Ex. 12:39. Pa. קַטַּע same. Targ. Job 16:13 Ms. (ed. Pe.; h. text יפלח). Targ. II Chr. 2:9; a. e.Y.Sabb.VII, 10a bot.; Y.Bets. IV, 62c bot., v. בגומא. Y. Meg. l. c. ולינן מְקַטְּעִין לוןוכ׳ do we not break a portion of the Pentateuch (סִדְרָא) for their sake (divide the recitation of a Sidra among the school children)? Y.Ned.IX, 41c (we say to him who vowed revenge, ref. to Lev. 19:18) הוה מְקַטָּע … תחזור ותמחי לידיה he chopped meat, and the knife struck his hand, wilt thou again strike his hand?, i. e. if he did wrong; he hurt himself. Y.Sabb.XII, beg.13c, v. פְּסִיפָּס. Bets.25b מקטע רגליהוןוכ׳, v. חֲצוּבָא II, a. נְטִיעָה. Ithpe. אִתְקְטַע to be cut, shortened. Targ. Y. Gen. 24:61. Targ. Koh. 8:13.Y.Peah VIII, end, 21b ידיה … יִתְקַטְעוּן, v. פְּשַׁט.

קְטַעch. sam(קטעto cut off, lop, mutilate), 1) to cut off, break off. Targ. II Chr. 34:4 (h. text גדע). Targ. Y. Deut. 19:5. Targ. Y. II Num. 13:23. Targ. Y. Ex. 39:3; a. fr.Lam. R. to I, 1 קְטַע קִטְעָךְ (העיר) cut thy cut (garment, i. e. mind thy own business). Y.Sabb.VI, 8c bot. מִיקְטוֹעַ v. כֵּיסָא Y.Meg.IV, 75b bot., v. דִּיבּוּרָא. Ib. אין קַטְעוּן רישךוכ׳ and if they were to cut thy head off, do not listen to them; a. fr.Part. pass. קְטִיעַ; f. קְטִיעָא; pl. קְטִיעִין; קְטִיעָן. Targ. Y. Num. 11:32 דק׳ he that was crippled. Targ. Y. Ex. 21:21 תרין יומין ק׳ two days incomplete (v. preced.). Targ. Y. Gen. 46:29; a. e.Pesik. Naḥămu, p. 125b>, a. e.ק׳ לישנא tongue-cut, stammerer, v. פְּסִילּוֹסָא. 2) to cut short, end. Gen. R. s. 44; Yalk. ib. 77, v. מִלְכָי. 3) to form cakes (v. קְטַף). Targ. Y. Ex. 12:39. Pa. קַטַּע same. Targ. Job 16:13 Ms. (ed. Pe.; h. text יפלח). Targ. II Chr. 2:9; a. e.Y.Sabb.VII, 10a bot.; Y.Bets. IV, 62c bot., v. בגומא. Y. Meg. l. c. ולינן מְקַטְּעִין לוןוכ׳ do we not break a portion of the Pentateuch (סִדְרָא) for their sake (divide the recitation of a Sidra among the school children)? Y.Ned.IX, 41c (we say to him who vowed revenge, ref. to Lev. 19:18) הוה מְקַטָּע … תחזור ותמחי לידיה he chopped meat, and the knife struck his hand, wilt thou again strike his hand?, i. e. if he did wrong; he hurt himself. Y.Sabb.XII, beg.13c, v. פְּסִיפָּס. Bets.25b מקטע רגליהוןוכ׳, v. חֲצוּבָא II, a. נְטִיעָה. Ithpe. אִתְקְטַע to be cut, shortened. Targ. Y. Gen. 24:61. Targ. Koh. 8:13.Y.Peah VIII, end, 21b ידיה … יִתְקַטְעוּן, v. פְּשַׁט.

פְּסַק, פְּסֵיקch. sam( Hithpa. הִתְפַּסֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְפַּסֵּק to be severed), 1) to cut, split, sever. Targ. Jud. 16:9. Targ. 2 Sam. 10:4; 1 Chr. 19:4; a. fr.Part. pass. פָּסִיק, פְּסִיק. Targ. O. Deut. 23:2 (h. text פצוע דכה); Y. ib. פ׳ גידא (h. text. כרות שפכה). Targ. O. Lev. 22:22 (h. text חרוץ).Ḥull.8b, v. גַּוָּוזָא I. B. Bath.21b קא פַסְקַתוכ׳ thou cuttest off (interferest with), v. חַיּוּתָא. Lev. R. s. 32, end פסקת חייוי דהאי גברא thou cuttest off (shortenest) this mans (my) life (by divulging my spurious descent); a. fr. פסיק רישיה ולא ימות ‘let his head be cut off, but let him not die, a dialectic term for an unavoidable result of an act. Sabb.75a מודהר״ש בפ׳ר׳וכ׳ R. S. (who ordinarily permits, on the Sabbath, an act which may have as a result a violation of the Sabbath law, if the latter is not intended) admits that such an act is forbidden, if the result is inevitable. 2) to separate, divide. Targ. Hos. 2:8 (ed. Lag. Af.).Pes.111a פַּסְקִינְהוּ רשות הרבים (Rashb. פְּסַקְתִּינְהוּ) the public road divides them (the two palms); a. e.Meg.2b; B. Kam.65b, v. infra Af. 3) to be interrupted; to cease. Targ. Y. Gen. 44:12 (h. text כִּלָּה). Targ. II Esth. 3:7. Targ. Deut. 5:19; a. fr.Lev. R. s. 31; Midr. Till. to Ps. 19; Yalk. ib. 673 (expl. לא נעדר, Zeph. 3:5) לא פַסְקִין they never fail. M. Kat. 4a מיא דלא פּסְקֵי water which never fails. Ib. עבידא דפַסְקָא it often fails. Ib. 18b קלא דלא פָסֵיק a continuous rumor; וכמח קלא דלא פ׳ how long must a rumor last to be called a continuous rumor? Ib. דלא פ׳ ביני ביני if it has not ceased at intervals. Gitt.69a כי היכי דפסקי … לִיפְסוֹקוכ׳ as this water ceases to run, so may the blood ofstop flowing. Sabb.30b לא פ׳ פומיה, v. גִּירְסָא I; a. fr. 4) to apportion, assign, bargain, agree, subscribe. Y.Hor.III, 48a bot. הוה חמי … פ׳ והוא פסיק לקיבליח he waited to see how much the whole assembly subscribed, and he subscribed an amount equal to the entire subscription; Lev. R. s. 5 כד הוון פַּסְקִיןוכ׳ when all people had subscribed, he Ib. פ׳ חד ליטראוכ׳ subscribed one pound of gold. Keth.65a פְּסוֹק לי מזוני give me an order for my food; פ׳ לה he did so. Ib. 63a פסקו ליהוכ׳ they made arrangements for him for six years (to remain at college). Lev. R. s. 34 אנן פּסְקִינָן פרנה we shall make up the dowry by subscription (v. פְּסַס); Yalk. ib. 665; a. fr. 5) to decide, adjudge. Targ. 1 Kings 20:40. Targ. Job 38:10; a. e.Succ.29b, a. e. קא פסיק ותני לא שנאוכ׳ the editor of the Mishnah decides and teaches; i. e. speaks absolutely, drawing no distinction whether Gitt.86b לא פְסִיקָא ליה it was not decided with him, i. e. he could not state it absolutely; a. fr. 6) to close; פ׳ סידרא to close the reading from the Pentateuch, read the Hafṭarah. Yoma 87a; a. e., v. סִדְרָא.7) (denom. of פְּסוּקָא) to recite a verse, v. preced. a. פְּסוּקָא. Af. אַפְסֵיק 1) to sever, break, burst. Targ. Nah. 1:13; a. e. 2) to separate, interpose, divide off. Targ. Hos. 2:8; a. e.Meg.2b אתא את ואַפְסְקיהוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. ופסק, ופסיק) the eth (וְאֵת, Esth. 9:21) comes to divide the sentence (giving it the meaning) that some celebrate the fourteenth and others the fifteenth of Adar. B. Kam.65b את פַּסְקֵיה קרא with eth ( ואת, Lev. 5:25) the text separates the clause from the preceding, opp. ערביה combines it; Yalk. Lev. 479 את אַפְסְקֵיה eth separates it; ib. לאַפְסוּקֵי בין ממוןוכ׳ (not לאפסוקיה) to draw the line between sacred property and Sot.38b אריכי … לא מַפְסְקֵי tall persons in front of short ones do not form a partition (to intercept the priestly benediction pronounced upon the congregation); תיבה לא מַפְסְקָא nor does the Tebah (v. תֵּבָה) between the priests and the people form a partition. Pes.111a אַפְסְקִינְהוּ בעפרא he dammed it (the waste water poured out in the street) with dust (spread dust over it); a. fr.Keth.77b; 17a, v. infra. 3) to cut off, cause to cease. Targ. 1 Sam. 2:33; a. e. 4) to take the last meal before beginning the fast. Keth.63a לא מר א׳ ולא מר א׳ Ar. (ed. אִיפְּסִיק Ithpe.) neither father nor son partook of the last meal (before the Day of Atonement). Ithpe. אִתְפְּסַק, אִיפְּסִיק 1) to be cut, severed, broken off. Targ. Jud. 16:9. Targ. Is. 52:2; a. fr.Sabb.112a איפסיק ליה רצועה (read: אִיפְּסִיקָא) a strap of his shoe broke. Y. ib. VI, 8a bot. אי׳ סנדליהוכ׳ R. Aḥas sandal fell off (the strap was broken). Ḥull.51a; a. fr. 2) to be interposed, to divide off. Keth.17a א׳ עמודא דנוראוכ׳ a column of fire was interposed between the bier of ; וגמירי דלא אפסיקוכ׳ (read: מִפְּסִיק) and there is a tradition that such a phenomenon occurs only for one person in a generation ; ib. 77b אִפְּסִיק, מִפְּסִיק. 3) to take the last meal, v. supra.

פְּסַק, פְּסֵיקch. sam( Hithpa. הִתְפַּסֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְפַּסֵּק to be severed), 1) to cut, split, sever. Targ. Jud. 16:9. Targ. 2 Sam. 10:4; 1 Chr. 19:4; a. fr.Part. pass. פָּסִיק, פְּסִיק. Targ. O. Deut. 23:2 (h. text פצוע דכה); Y. ib. פ׳ גידא (h. text. כרות שפכה). Targ. O. Lev. 22:22 (h. text חרוץ).Ḥull.8b, v. גַּוָּוזָא I. B. Bath.21b קא פַסְקַתוכ׳ thou cuttest off (interferest with), v. חַיּוּתָא. Lev. R. s. 32, end פסקת חייוי דהאי גברא thou cuttest off (shortenest) this mans (my) life (by divulging my spurious descent); a. fr. פסיק רישיה ולא ימות ‘let his head be cut off, but let him not die, a dialectic term for an unavoidable result of an act. Sabb.75a מודהר״ש בפ׳ר׳וכ׳ R. S. (who ordinarily permits, on the Sabbath, an act which may have as a result a violation of the Sabbath law, if the latter is not intended) admits that such an act is forbidden, if the result is inevitable. 2) to separate, divide. Targ. Hos. 2:8 (ed. Lag. Af.).Pes.111a פַּסְקִינְהוּ רשות הרבים (Rashb. פְּסַקְתִּינְהוּ) the public road divides them (the two palms); a. e.Meg.2b; B. Kam.65b, v. infra Af. 3) to be interrupted; to cease. Targ. Y. Gen. 44:12 (h. text כִּלָּה). Targ. II Esth. 3:7. Targ. Deut. 5:19; a. fr.Lev. R. s. 31; Midr. Till. to Ps. 19; Yalk. ib. 673 (expl. לא נעדר, Zeph. 3:5) לא פַסְקִין they never fail. M. Kat. 4a מיא דלא פּסְקֵי water which never fails. Ib. עבידא דפַסְקָא it often fails. Ib. 18b קלא דלא פָסֵיק a continuous rumor; וכמח קלא דלא פ׳ how long must a rumor last to be called a continuous rumor? Ib. דלא פ׳ ביני ביני if it has not ceased at intervals. Gitt.69a כי היכי דפסקי … לִיפְסוֹקוכ׳ as this water ceases to run, so may the blood ofstop flowing. Sabb.30b לא פ׳ פומיה, v. גִּירְסָא I; a. fr. 4) to apportion, assign, bargain, agree, subscribe. Y.Hor.III, 48a bot. הוה חמי … פ׳ והוא פסיק לקיבליח he waited to see how much the whole assembly subscribed, and he subscribed an amount equal to the entire subscription; Lev. R. s. 5 כד הוון פַּסְקִיןוכ׳ when all people had subscribed, he Ib. פ׳ חד ליטראוכ׳ subscribed one pound of gold. Keth.65a פְּסוֹק לי מזוני give me an order for my food; פ׳ לה he did so. Ib. 63a פסקו ליהוכ׳ they made arrangements for him for six years (to remain at college). Lev. R. s. 34 אנן פּסְקִינָן פרנה we shall make up the dowry by subscription (v. פְּסַס); Yalk. ib. 665; a. fr. 5) to decide, adjudge. Targ. 1 Kings 20:40. Targ. Job 38:10; a. e.Succ.29b, a. e. קא פסיק ותני לא שנאוכ׳ the editor of the Mishnah decides and teaches; i. e. speaks absolutely, drawing no distinction whether Gitt.86b לא פְסִיקָא ליה it was not decided with him, i. e. he could not state it absolutely; a. fr. 6) to close; פ׳ סידרא to close the reading from the Pentateuch, read the Hafṭarah. Yoma 87a; a. e., v. סִדְרָא.7) (denom. of פְּסוּקָא) to recite a verse, v. preced. a. פְּסוּקָא. Af. אַפְסֵיק 1) to sever, break, burst. Targ. Nah. 1:13; a. e. 2) to separate, interpose, divide off. Targ. Hos. 2:8; a. e.Meg.2b אתא את ואַפְסְקיהוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. ופסק, ופסיק) the eth (וְאֵת, Esth. 9:21) comes to divide the sentence (giving it the meaning) that some celebrate the fourteenth and others the fifteenth of Adar. B. Kam.65b את פַּסְקֵיה קרא with eth ( ואת, Lev. 5:25) the text separates the clause from the preceding, opp. ערביה combines it; Yalk. Lev. 479 את אַפְסְקֵיה eth separates it; ib. לאַפְסוּקֵי בין ממוןוכ׳ (not לאפסוקיה) to draw the line between sacred property and Sot.38b אריכי … לא מַפְסְקֵי tall persons in front of short ones do not form a partition (to intercept the priestly benediction pronounced upon the congregation); תיבה לא מַפְסְקָא nor does the Tebah (v. תֵּבָה) between the priests and the people form a partition. Pes.111a אַפְסְקִינְהוּ בעפרא he dammed it (the waste water poured out in the street) with dust (spread dust over it); a. fr.Keth.77b; 17a, v. infra. 3) to cut off, cause to cease. Targ. 1 Sam. 2:33; a. e. 4) to take the last meal before beginning the fast. Keth.63a לא מר א׳ ולא מר א׳ Ar. (ed. אִיפְּסִיק Ithpe.) neither father nor son partook of the last meal (before the Day of Atonement). Ithpe. אִתְפְּסַק, אִיפְּסִיק 1) to be cut, severed, broken off. Targ. Jud. 16:9. Targ. Is. 52:2; a. fr.Sabb.112a איפסיק ליה רצועה (read: אִיפְּסִיקָא) a strap of his shoe broke. Y. ib. VI, 8a bot. אי׳ סנדליהוכ׳ R. Aḥas sandal fell off (the strap was broken). Ḥull.51a; a. fr. 2) to be interposed, to divide off. Keth.17a א׳ עמודא דנוראוכ׳ a column of fire was interposed between the bier of ; וגמירי דלא אפסיקוכ׳ (read: מִפְּסִיק) and there is a tradition that such a phenomenon occurs only for one person in a generation ; ib. 77b אִפְּסִיק, מִפְּסִיק. 3) to take the last meal, v. supra.

פְּסַק, פְּסֵיקch. sam( Hithpa. הִתְפַּסֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְפַּסֵּק to be severed), 1) to cut, split, sever. Targ. Jud. 16:9. Targ. 2 Sam. 10:4; 1 Chr. 19:4; a. fr.Part. pass. פָּסִיק, פְּסִיק. Targ. O. Deut. 23:2 (h. text פצוע דכה); Y. ib. פ׳ גידא (h. text. כרות שפכה). Targ. O. Lev. 22:22 (h. text חרוץ).Ḥull.8b, v. גַּוָּוזָא I. B. Bath.21b קא פַסְקַתוכ׳ thou cuttest off (interferest with), v. חַיּוּתָא. Lev. R. s. 32, end פסקת חייוי דהאי גברא thou cuttest off (shortenest) this mans (my) life (by divulging my spurious descent); a. fr. פסיק רישיה ולא ימות ‘let his head be cut off, but let him not die, a dialectic term for an unavoidable result of an act. Sabb.75a מודהר״ש בפ׳ר׳וכ׳ R. S. (who ordinarily permits, on the Sabbath, an act which may have as a result a violation of the Sabbath law, if the latter is not intended) admits that such an act is forbidden, if the result is inevitable. 2) to separate, divide. Targ. Hos. 2:8 (ed. Lag. Af.).Pes.111a פַּסְקִינְהוּ רשות הרבים (Rashb. פְּסַקְתִּינְהוּ) the public road divides them (the two palms); a. e.Meg.2b; B. Kam.65b, v. infra Af. 3) to be interrupted; to cease. Targ. Y. Gen. 44:12 (h. text כִּלָּה). Targ. II Esth. 3:7. Targ. Deut. 5:19; a. fr.Lev. R. s. 31; Midr. Till. to Ps. 19; Yalk. ib. 673 (expl. לא נעדר, Zeph. 3:5) לא פַסְקִין they never fail. M. Kat. 4a מיא דלא פּסְקֵי water which never fails. Ib. עבידא דפַסְקָא it often fails. Ib. 18b קלא דלא פָסֵיק a continuous rumor; וכמח קלא דלא פ׳ how long must a rumor last to be called a continuous rumor? Ib. דלא פ׳ ביני ביני if it has not ceased at intervals. Gitt.69a כי היכי דפסקי … לִיפְסוֹקוכ׳ as this water ceases to run, so may the blood ofstop flowing. Sabb.30b לא פ׳ פומיה, v. גִּירְסָא I; a. fr. 4) to apportion, assign, bargain, agree, subscribe. Y.Hor.III, 48a bot. הוה חמי … פ׳ והוא פסיק לקיבליח he waited to see how much the whole assembly subscribed, and he subscribed an amount equal to the entire subscription; Lev. R. s. 5 כד הוון פַּסְקִיןוכ׳ when all people had subscribed, he Ib. פ׳ חד ליטראוכ׳ subscribed one pound of gold. Keth.65a פְּסוֹק לי מזוני give me an order for my food; פ׳ לה he did so. Ib. 63a פסקו ליהוכ׳ they made arrangements for him for six years (to remain at college). Lev. R. s. 34 אנן פּסְקִינָן פרנה we shall make up the dowry by subscription (v. פְּסַס); Yalk. ib. 665; a. fr. 5) to decide, adjudge. Targ. 1 Kings 20:40. Targ. Job 38:10; a. e.Succ.29b, a. e. קא פסיק ותני לא שנאוכ׳ the editor of the Mishnah decides and teaches; i. e. speaks absolutely, drawing no distinction whether Gitt.86b לא פְסִיקָא ליה it was not decided with him, i. e. he could not state it absolutely; a. fr. 6) to close; פ׳ סידרא to close the reading from the Pentateuch, read the Hafṭarah. Yoma 87a; a. e., v. סִדְרָא.7) (denom. of פְּסוּקָא) to recite a verse, v. preced. a. פְּסוּקָא. Af. אַפְסֵיק 1) to sever, break, burst. Targ. Nah. 1:13; a. e. 2) to separate, interpose, divide off. Targ. Hos. 2:8; a. e.Meg.2b אתא את ואַפְסְקיהוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. ופסק, ופסיק) the eth (וְאֵת, Esth. 9:21) comes to divide the sentence (giving it the meaning) that some celebrate the fourteenth and others the fifteenth of Adar. B. Kam.65b את פַּסְקֵיה קרא with eth ( ואת, Lev. 5:25) the text separates the clause from the preceding, opp. ערביה combines it; Yalk. Lev. 479 את אַפְסְקֵיה eth separates it; ib. לאַפְסוּקֵי בין ממוןוכ׳ (not לאפסוקיה) to draw the line between sacred property and Sot.38b אריכי … לא מַפְסְקֵי tall persons in front of short ones do not form a partition (to intercept the priestly benediction pronounced upon the congregation); תיבה לא מַפְסְקָא nor does the Tebah (v. תֵּבָה) between the priests and the people form a partition. Pes.111a אַפְסְקִינְהוּ בעפרא he dammed it (the waste water poured out in the street) with dust (spread dust over it); a. fr.Keth.77b; 17a, v. infra. 3) to cut off, cause to cease. Targ. 1 Sam. 2:33; a. e. 4) to take the last meal before beginning the fast. Keth.63a לא מר א׳ ולא מר א׳ Ar. (ed. אִיפְּסִיק Ithpe.) neither father nor son partook of the last meal (before the Day of Atonement). Ithpe. אִתְפְּסַק, אִיפְּסִיק 1) to be cut, severed, broken off. Targ. Jud. 16:9. Targ. Is. 52:2; a. fr.Sabb.112a איפסיק ליה רצועה (read: אִיפְּסִיקָא) a strap of his shoe broke. Y. ib. VI, 8a bot. אי׳ סנדליהוכ׳ R. Aḥas sandal fell off (the strap was broken). Ḥull.51a; a. fr. 2) to be interposed, to divide off. Keth.17a א׳ עמודא דנוראוכ׳ a column of fire was interposed between the bier of ; וגמירי דלא אפסיקוכ׳ (read: מִפְּסִיק) and there is a tradition that such a phenomenon occurs only for one person in a generation ; ib. 77b אִפְּסִיק, מִפְּסִיק. 3) to take the last meal, v. supra.

פְּסַק, פְּסֵיקch. sam( Hithpa. הִתְפַּסֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְפַּסֵּק to be severed), 1) to cut, split, sever. Targ. Jud. 16:9. Targ. 2 Sam. 10:4; 1 Chr. 19:4; a. fr.Part. pass. פָּסִיק, פְּסִיק. Targ. O. Deut. 23:2 (h. text פצוע דכה); Y. ib. פ׳ גידא (h. text. כרות שפכה). Targ. O. Lev. 22:22 (h. text חרוץ).Ḥull.8b, v. גַּוָּוזָא I. B. Bath.21b קא פַסְקַתוכ׳ thou cuttest off (interferest with), v. חַיּוּתָא. Lev. R. s. 32, end פסקת חייוי דהאי גברא thou cuttest off (shortenest) this mans (my) life (by divulging my spurious descent); a. fr. פסיק רישיה ולא ימות ‘let his head be cut off, but let him not die, a dialectic term for an unavoidable result of an act. Sabb.75a מודהר״ש בפ׳ר׳וכ׳ R. S. (who ordinarily permits, on the Sabbath, an act which may have as a result a violation of the Sabbath law, if the latter is not intended) admits that such an act is forbidden, if the result is inevitable. 2) to separate, divide. Targ. Hos. 2:8 (ed. Lag. Af.).Pes.111a פַּסְקִינְהוּ רשות הרבים (Rashb. פְּסַקְתִּינְהוּ) the public road divides them (the two palms); a. e.Meg.2b; B. Kam.65b, v. infra Af. 3) to be interrupted; to cease. Targ. Y. Gen. 44:12 (h. text כִּלָּה). Targ. II Esth. 3:7. Targ. Deut. 5:19; a. fr.Lev. R. s. 31; Midr. Till. to Ps. 19; Yalk. ib. 673 (expl. לא נעדר, Zeph. 3:5) לא פַסְקִין they never fail. M. Kat. 4a מיא דלא פּסְקֵי water which never fails. Ib. עבידא דפַסְקָא it often fails. Ib. 18b קלא דלא פָסֵיק a continuous rumor; וכמח קלא דלא פ׳ how long must a rumor last to be called a continuous rumor? Ib. דלא פ׳ ביני ביני if it has not ceased at intervals. Gitt.69a כי היכי דפסקי … לִיפְסוֹקוכ׳ as this water ceases to run, so may the blood ofstop flowing. Sabb.30b לא פ׳ פומיה, v. גִּירְסָא I; a. fr. 4) to apportion, assign, bargain, agree, subscribe. Y.Hor.III, 48a bot. הוה חמי … פ׳ והוא פסיק לקיבליח he waited to see how much the whole assembly subscribed, and he subscribed an amount equal to the entire subscription; Lev. R. s. 5 כד הוון פַּסְקִיןוכ׳ when all people had subscribed, he Ib. פ׳ חד ליטראוכ׳ subscribed one pound of gold. Keth.65a פְּסוֹק לי מזוני give me an order for my food; פ׳ לה he did so. Ib. 63a פסקו ליהוכ׳ they made arrangements for him for six years (to remain at college). Lev. R. s. 34 אנן פּסְקִינָן פרנה we shall make up the dowry by subscription (v. פְּסַס); Yalk. ib. 665; a. fr. 5) to decide, adjudge. Targ. 1 Kings 20:40. Targ. Job 38:10; a. e.Succ.29b, a. e. קא פסיק ותני לא שנאוכ׳ the editor of the Mishnah decides and teaches; i. e. speaks absolutely, drawing no distinction whether Gitt.86b לא פְסִיקָא ליה it was not decided with him, i. e. he could not state it absolutely; a. fr. 6) to close; פ׳ סידרא to close the reading from the Pentateuch, read the Hafṭarah. Yoma 87a; a. e., v. סִדְרָא.7) (denom. of פְּסוּקָא) to recite a verse, v. preced. a. פְּסוּקָא. Af. אַפְסֵיק 1) to sever, break, burst. Targ. Nah. 1:13; a. e. 2) to separate, interpose, divide off. Targ. Hos. 2:8; a. e.Meg.2b אתא את ואַפְסְקיהוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. ופסק, ופסיק) the eth (וְאֵת, Esth. 9:21) comes to divide the sentence (giving it the meaning) that some celebrate the fourteenth and others the fifteenth of Adar. B. Kam.65b את פַּסְקֵיה קרא with eth ( ואת, Lev. 5:25) the text separates the clause from the preceding, opp. ערביה combines it; Yalk. Lev. 479 את אַפְסְקֵיה eth separates it; ib. לאַפְסוּקֵי בין ממוןוכ׳ (not לאפסוקיה) to draw the line between sacred property and Sot.38b אריכי … לא מַפְסְקֵי tall persons in front of short ones do not form a partition (to intercept the priestly benediction pronounced upon the congregation); תיבה לא מַפְסְקָא nor does the Tebah (v. תֵּבָה) between the priests and the people form a partition. Pes.111a אַפְסְקִינְהוּ בעפרא he dammed it (the waste water poured out in the street) with dust (spread dust over it); a. fr.Keth.77b; 17a, v. infra. 3) to cut off, cause to cease. Targ. 1 Sam. 2:33; a. e. 4) to take the last meal before beginning the fast. Keth.63a לא מר א׳ ולא מר א׳ Ar. (ed. אִיפְּסִיק Ithpe.) neither father nor son partook of the last meal (before the Day of Atonement). Ithpe. אִתְפְּסַק, אִיפְּסִיק 1) to be cut, severed, broken off. Targ. Jud. 16:9. Targ. Is. 52:2; a. fr.Sabb.112a איפסיק ליה רצועה (read: אִיפְּסִיקָא) a strap of his shoe broke. Y. ib. VI, 8a bot. אי׳ סנדליהוכ׳ R. Aḥas sandal fell off (the strap was broken). Ḥull.51a; a. fr. 2) to be interposed, to divide off. Keth.17a א׳ עמודא דנוראוכ׳ a column of fire was interposed between the bier of ; וגמירי דלא אפסיקוכ׳ (read: מִפְּסִיק) and there is a tradition that such a phenomenon occurs only for one person in a generation ; ib. 77b אִפְּסִיק, מִפְּסִיק. 3) to take the last meal, v. supra.

גָּמַם 1) to join, connect. Denom. גַּם I, II. 2) to make even, level, smoothen, peel, raze. Shebi. IV, 5 גּוֹמֵם מן הארץ Ms. M. (ed. מֵעַל, Y. מֵעִם) he razes (the tree) even with the ground; B. Bath.80b ג׳ מעם. Tosef.Maas. Sh. V, 18 גּוֹמְמִין אותו you may raze it (the vineyard with the fourth years fruits). Ter. IX, 7 עד שיָגוֹם את האוכל (Y. ib. end, 46d האוכלין) until he has entirely cut off what is estable. Y. l. c. כיני מתניתן עד שיָ׳ בעלים the Mishnah means, until he has razed the plant while it was yet bearing leaves. Y.Kil.V, 30b bot.; Y.Shebi.I, end, 33c הגּוֹמֵם את כרמווכ׳ he who razes his vineyard lower than a hand-breadth (above the surface); עד שיגום מעם הארץ until he razes it even with the ground.Ḥull.92b גּוֹמְמוֹ עםוכ׳ he peels the fat off even with, opp. to חָטַט. Tosef.Kel.B. Mets. VII, 3 עד שֶׁיִפַּח ויָגֹם (R. S. to Kel. XVII, 12 שיִנָּפַח ויִגֹּם Nif.) until one has blown it up and scraped it (polished the leather surface).Part. pass. גָּמוּם levelled, smoothened. Ḥull.59a פיה ג׳ her mouth is smooth i. e. toothless (Rashi: cut off); v. infra. Tosef.Bekh.IV, 16 איזהו גמוםוכ׳ (ed. Zuck. נמום, corr. acc.) what animal is called gamum? That which lacks horns, i. e. whose horns are not projecting, v. next w. Ib. 15 הגומים (ed. Zuck. הנימום) read: הַגָּמוּם. Nif. נִגְמַם to be levelled, smoothened, razed. Shebi. I, 8 אילןשנ׳ (Ms. M. שנפגם) a tree which has been cut off (near the ground). Bekh.VI, 4 (39a) the incisors שנפגמו ושנִגְמְמוּ which are broken off or levelled (with the gum; cmp. Ḥull.59a quoted above). Ḥull.70a נגממו כותליוכ׳ if the sides of the womb are peeled (diminished in size). Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. l. c. נגממו after the leather bottles have grown too thin for holding liquids. Kel. XVII, 4 נגממו if they are worn off (the sides of a vessel having become too thin), opp. נפרצו broken into (Maim.: the sides have been cut off, so that nothing but the bottom remained); Tosef. ib. B. Mets.VI, 9 נפגמו ed. Zuck. (R. S. to Kel. l. c. נגממו).Trnsf. to be degraded, disgraced. Esth. R. to I, 9 (play on gam ib.) Vashtis time has come לִיגָּמֵם to be disgraced (explained ליבצר). Pi. גִּמֵּם as Kel. Gen. R. s. 38 when a vineyard yields no fruits, מְגַמְּמִין אותו the owner cuts it down.

גָּמַם 1) to join, connect. Denom. גַּם I, II. 2) to make even, level, smoothen, peel, raze. Shebi. IV, 5 גּוֹמֵם מן הארץ Ms. M. (ed. מֵעַל, Y. מֵעִם) he razes (the tree) even with the ground; B. Bath.80b ג׳ מעם. Tosef.Maas. Sh. V, 18 גּוֹמְמִין אותו you may raze it (the vineyard with the fourth years fruits). Ter. IX, 7 עד שיָגוֹם את האוכל (Y. ib. end, 46d האוכלין) until he has entirely cut off what is estable. Y. l. c. כיני מתניתן עד שיָ׳ בעלים the Mishnah means, until he has razed the plant while it was yet bearing leaves. Y.Kil.V, 30b bot.; Y.Shebi.I, end, 33c הגּוֹמֵם את כרמווכ׳ he who razes his vineyard lower than a hand-breadth (above the surface); עד שיגום מעם הארץ until he razes it even with the ground.Ḥull.92b גּוֹמְמוֹ עםוכ׳ he peels the fat off even with, opp. to חָטַט. Tosef.Kel.B. Mets. VII, 3 עד שֶׁיִפַּח ויָגֹם (R. S. to Kel. XVII, 12 שיִנָּפַח ויִגֹּם Nif.) until one has blown it up and scraped it (polished the leather surface).Part. pass. גָּמוּם levelled, smoothened. Ḥull.59a פיה ג׳ her mouth is smooth i. e. toothless (Rashi: cut off); v. infra. Tosef.Bekh.IV, 16 איזהו גמוםוכ׳ (ed. Zuck. נמום, corr. acc.) what animal is called gamum? That which lacks horns, i. e. whose horns are not projecting, v. next w. Ib. 15 הגומים (ed. Zuck. הנימום) read: הַגָּמוּם. Nif. נִגְמַם to be levelled, smoothened, razed. Shebi. I, 8 אילןשנ׳ (Ms. M. שנפגם) a tree which has been cut off (near the ground). Bekh.VI, 4 (39a) the incisors שנפגמו ושנִגְמְמוּ which are broken off or levelled (with the gum; cmp. Ḥull.59a quoted above). Ḥull.70a נגממו כותליוכ׳ if the sides of the womb are peeled (diminished in size). Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. l. c. נגממו after the leather bottles have grown too thin for holding liquids. Kel. XVII, 4 נגממו if they are worn off (the sides of a vessel having become too thin), opp. נפרצו broken into (Maim.: the sides have been cut off, so that nothing but the bottom remained); Tosef. ib. B. Mets.VI, 9 נפגמו ed. Zuck. (R. S. to Kel. l. c. נגממו).Trnsf. to be degraded, disgraced. Esth. R. to I, 9 (play on gam ib.) Vashtis time has come לִיגָּמֵם to be disgraced (explained ליבצר). Pi. גִּמֵּם as Kel. Gen. R. s. 38 when a vineyard yields no fruits, מְגַמְּמִין אותו the owner cuts it down.

כָּרַת(b. h.; cmp. כָּרָה) 1) to cut. Num. R. s. 16 ונקרא אשכול … לִכְרוֹתוכ׳ and he (Abrahams ally) was named Eshkol (Cluster), on account of the cluster of grapes which the Israelites were destined to cut in his home.Esp. to cut genitals, mutilate. Bekh.33b נותק אחר כּוֹרֵת, v. נָתַק.Part. pass. כָּרוּת. Ib.; a. fr.כְּ׳ שפכה one that is mutilated at his membrum, v. שָׁפַךְ. Tosef.Yeb.XI, 2. Yeb.VIII, 2; a. fr. 2) (to draw a circle, place outside, cmp. meanings of חרם, ברי, to cut off, excommunicate, v. כָּרֵת. Y.Bicc.II, beg.64c; Y.Snh.XI, 30b צא … עונשין וכוֹרְתִים deduct twenty years up to which age the divine court neither punishes nor decrees excision. 3) to separate, divorce; to make final. Gitt.21b; Succ.24b (ref. to Deut. 24:3) ספר כּוֹרְתָהּוכ׳ the delivery of the deed divorces her and nothing else does. Ib. דבר הכּוֹרֵת בינו לבינה something (a condition) which (if fulfilled) severs definitely the connection between him and her (e. g. a condition that she will drink no wine for the next thirty days, after the lapse of which time the letter of divorce takes its effect retroactively, opp. to a condition that she will abstain from wine all the rest of her life in which case the letter of divorce cannot take effect).Part. pass. כָּרוּת definite. Y.Gitt.VII, 48d כגט כ׳ הוא it is like a final divorce (taking effect immediately); Y.B. Bath.VIII, 16c top כ׳ הוא. Y.Gitt.III, 44d top; IX, 50b bot. זה כ׳ לשמה ווה כ׳ לשמה (not זו) this letter was definitely made out for this woman, and so was the other for the other woman. Ib. III, beg.44c אלא שלא הי׳ לה כ׳ … ראשונה (strike out לה); a. fr. 3) to decide, make final. Ber.4a; Snh.16b (ref. to כְּרֵתִי as a symbolical name for the Urim and Tummim, or for the Sanhedrin) שכּוֹרְתִים את דבריהם they give definite and precise decisions; Midr. Till. to Ps. 3 כּוֹרְתֵי כריתות, v. כְּרִיתָה; a. e.כ׳ בְּרִית (v. בְּרִית) to covenant, make a firm promise. Gen. R. s. 44 כָּרַתָּ ב׳ עםוכ׳ thou hast promised to Noah that thou wilt not destroy his descendants; Yalk. Gen. 76 כָּרַתָּה.Part. pass. כָּרוּת, f. כְּרוּתָה. M. Kat. 18a, a. fr. ברית כ׳ לשפתים, v. בְּרִית. R. Hash 17b ב׳ כ׳ לי״ג מדזתוכ׳ there is a solemn insurance given that the invocation of the thirteen divine attributes (Ex. 34:6, sq.) will never be without effect (ref. to Ex. ib. 10).Trnsf. ב׳ כ׳ it is a necessity, unavoidable. Nidd.58b ב׳ כ׳ לו שכלוכ׳ whoever crushes it cannot help smelling it. Nif. נִכְרַת 1) to be cut, mutilated. Yeb.VIII, 2 (expl. כרות שפכה, Deut. 23:2) כלשנ׳ הגיד when the membrum is mutilated. Ib. 75b נִכְרְתוּ ביצים when the testicles are cut out; a. fr. 2) to be covenanted. Sot.37b שלא נִכְרְתוּ עליהוכ׳ upon which were not closed forty eight covenants; Tosef. ib. VIII, 11; a. fr. 3) to be cut off, destroyed. Y.Peah I, 15d bot. (ref. to Num. 15:31) מלמד שהנפש נִכְרָתָה ועונה בה which intimates that (the idolaters) soul is cut off (through premature death, כָּרֵת), while her guilt remains with her (unexpiated by death); Snh.64b (ref. to the emphasized expression הכרת תכ׳, Num. l. c.) הִכָּרֵת בעו״הזוכ׳ hiccareth refers to this world ; a. fr.Verbal noun הִיכָּרֵת, v. כָּרֵת. Hif. הִכְרִית to destroy, exterminate. Tanḥ. Reh 7 והַכְרִיתֵם and exterminate them. Ib. כשיַכְרִיתוכ׳ when the Lord … shall have destroyed …, you will enter. Tosef.Snh.IV, 5 להַכְרִית זרעווכ׳ to exterminate the seed of Amalek; a. fr. Pi. כֵּרֵת to doom to destruction. Arakh.15b שכבר כֵּרְתוֹוכ׳ for David has doomed him (ref. to Ps. 12:4); Yalk. Lev. 559.