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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.

מָרַח(b. h.; sec. r. of רוח) to soften; to poultice. Pi. מֵירֵתַ 1) to strike a plaster, rub a salve; in gen. to mash, crush. Tosef.Sabb.V (VI), 6 תמְמָרֵחַ בשבת he who mashes ingredients for a plaster on the Sabbath; Erub.102b; Y. ib. X, 26c.Sabb.75b הממ׳ דטיהוכ׳ he who spreads and presses the poultice over a sore; Y. ib. VII, 10d top. Ib. XXII, 3 (146a) he must not put on wax מפני שהוא ממרח (Mish. Pes. מַמְרִיחַ, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 90) because it is an act resembling the spreading of plaster. Sifra Shmini, Par. 8, ch. X; Kel. V, 11 מֵרְחָהּ בטיט if he smeared clay over it; Tosef. ib. B. Kam.IV, 10; 12. Ib. VII, 10 ומי׳ שפתותיה עם הכותל and connected its rims with the wall by plaster or pitch; a. fr.Part. pass. מְמוֹרָח crushed. Bekh.44b האי ממ׳ אשךוכ׳ (not ממרוח) if mroaḥ meant crushed, it ought to read mmoraḥ ; Yalk. Lev. 632, v. מְרוֹחַ. 2) to pass (the hand) over a viscid mass, to wipe off, rub off. Y.Sabb.VII, 10a bot. מְמָרְחֹו בידו אחת he may wipe (or brush) it off with one hand; (Bab. ib. 141a מגרר בצפרן). 3) to give a pile of grain an even shape, to finish the process of storing up. Maasr. I, 6 משיְמָרֵחַ ואם אינו מְמָרֵחַוכ׳ (Y. ed. מְמָרֵיחַ or מַמְרִיחַ) (is subject to tithes) as soon as he evens the pile, and if he does not even ; expl. Y. ib. I, 49a bot. מן דו ישפרוכ׳ when he gives a finish to the surface of the pile. Ib. בשאין בדעתו למָרֵחַ (not לימרח) when he has not the intention to even the pile; a. fr.Part. pass. מְמוֹרָח, f. מְמוֹרַחַת; pl. מְמוֹרָחִין; מְמוֹרָחוֹת. Bekh.11a, sq. טבלים ממ׳ (Ar. מְרוּחִים) untithed grain stored up in proper shape. Y.Peah IV, 16c bot. כרי ממ׳ finished pile; a. e.Tosef.Ter.IV, 15 מוּרַחַת = ממורחת. 4) (denom. of רַחַת) to winnow. Part. pass. as ab. Tosef.Maasr.II, 17 מצא תבואה ממ׳ עשויה כריוכ׳ if one finds winnowed grain (which has been abandoned), if it is made up into a pile, you dare not take it, opp. מפוזרת scattered; Y. ib. III, 50c bot. פירות ממורחין. Nif. נִמְרַח 1) to be crushed into a viscid mass. Bekh.VII, 5 (expl. מרוח אשך, Lev. 21:20) כל שנִמְרְחוּ אשכיו (Bab. ed., 44b, נימחו) whose testicles are crushed; (refuted ib. in Gem.) האי ממורחוכ׳, v. supra. 2) to be smeared over. Tosef.Kel.B. Kam.VII, 10 עד שתִּמָּרֵח עם השפה until it is smeared over so as to be even with the rim. Hithpa. הִתְמָרֵחַ, Nithpa. נִתְמָרֵחַ to be shaped into an even pile, to be finished. Y.Peah I, beg.15a עד שלא נתמ׳ הכר as long as the pile is not struck off; a. e. Y.Maasr.I, 49a bot. תבואה משיתמרח, read: משימרח, v. supra.

מָרַח(b. h.; sec. r. of רוח) to soften; to poultice. Pi. מֵירֵתַ 1) to strike a plaster, rub a salve; in gen. to mash, crush. Tosef.Sabb.V (VI), 6 תמְמָרֵחַ בשבת he who mashes ingredients for a plaster on the Sabbath; Erub.102b; Y. ib. X, 26c.Sabb.75b הממ׳ דטיהוכ׳ he who spreads and presses the poultice over a sore; Y. ib. VII, 10d top. Ib. XXII, 3 (146a) he must not put on wax מפני שהוא ממרח (Mish. Pes. מַמְרִיחַ, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 90) because it is an act resembling the spreading of plaster. Sifra Shmini, Par. 8, ch. X; Kel. V, 11 מֵרְחָהּ בטיט if he smeared clay over it; Tosef. ib. B. Kam.IV, 10; 12. Ib. VII, 10 ומי׳ שפתותיה עם הכותל and connected its rims with the wall by plaster or pitch; a. fr.Part. pass. מְמוֹרָח crushed. Bekh.44b האי ממ׳ אשךוכ׳ (not ממרוח) if mroaḥ meant crushed, it ought to read mmoraḥ ; Yalk. Lev. 632, v. מְרוֹחַ. 2) to pass (the hand) over a viscid mass, to wipe off, rub off. Y.Sabb.VII, 10a bot. מְמָרְחֹו בידו אחת he may wipe (or brush) it off with one hand; (Bab. ib. 141a מגרר בצפרן). 3) to give a pile of grain an even shape, to finish the process of storing up. Maasr. I, 6 משיְמָרֵחַ ואם אינו מְמָרֵחַוכ׳ (Y. ed. מְמָרֵיחַ or מַמְרִיחַ) (is subject to tithes) as soon as he evens the pile, and if he does not even ; expl. Y. ib. I, 49a bot. מן דו ישפרוכ׳ when he gives a finish to the surface of the pile. Ib. בשאין בדעתו למָרֵחַ (not לימרח) when he has not the intention to even the pile; a. fr.Part. pass. מְמוֹרָח, f. מְמוֹרַחַת; pl. מְמוֹרָחִין; מְמוֹרָחוֹת. Bekh.11a, sq. טבלים ממ׳ (Ar. מְרוּחִים) untithed grain stored up in proper shape. Y.Peah IV, 16c bot. כרי ממ׳ finished pile; a. e.Tosef.Ter.IV, 15 מוּרַחַת = ממורחת. 4) (denom. of רַחַת) to winnow. Part. pass. as ab. Tosef.Maasr.II, 17 מצא תבואה ממ׳ עשויה כריוכ׳ if one finds winnowed grain (which has been abandoned), if it is made up into a pile, you dare not take it, opp. מפוזרת scattered; Y. ib. III, 50c bot. פירות ממורחין. Nif. נִמְרַח 1) to be crushed into a viscid mass. Bekh.VII, 5 (expl. מרוח אשך, Lev. 21:20) כל שנִמְרְחוּ אשכיו (Bab. ed., 44b, נימחו) whose testicles are crushed; (refuted ib. in Gem.) האי ממורחוכ׳, v. supra. 2) to be smeared over. Tosef.Kel.B. Kam.VII, 10 עד שתִּמָּרֵח עם השפה until it is smeared over so as to be even with the rim. Hithpa. הִתְמָרֵחַ, Nithpa. נִתְמָרֵחַ to be shaped into an even pile, to be finished. Y.Peah I, beg.15a עד שלא נתמ׳ הכר as long as the pile is not struck off; a. e. Y.Maasr.I, 49a bot. תבואה משיתמרח, read: משימרח, v. supra.

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.

עָלַףII (b. h.; cmp. חלף) to turn, change. Hithpa. הִתְעַלֵּף, Nithpa. נִתְעַלֵּף (interch. with הִתְעַלְפֶּה, formed fr. a noun עלפה, v. Ez. 31:15) 1) to change off, take turns. Tosef.Taan.I, 8 ולא היו מִתְעַלְּפִין עליהוכ׳ they did not change off (in watching) over it, but one sat 2) to be overcome, faint, swoon. Ḥull.3b שחט לפנינו … ולא נ׳ when he cut in our (the judges) presence, without being overcome (his hand not trembling); ib. שמא יִתְעַלֵּף (Ar. יִתְעַלְפֶּה) lest his hand tremble; ib. ברי לי שלא נִתְעַלַּפְתִּי I am sure that my hand did not tremble. Sabb.9b שמא יתעלפה he may swoon (in the vapor bath). Nidd.69b שמא יתעלפה he may be in a swoon (and not really dead). Midr. Sam. ch. 23 ומִתְעַלְּפִים, v. עוּף I; a. e. Pa. עוּלָּף same. Part. מְעוּלָּף; f. מְעוּלֶּפֶת; pl. מְעוּלָּפִים, עוּלָּפִין; מְאוּלָּפוֹת. Mekh. Bshall. Shir., s. 6 לא מוציאין ולא מכניסין מע׳ מריח הים neither inhaling nor exhaling, being overcome by the smell of the sea; Yalk. Ex. 248; Yalk. Job 927.Cant. R. to V, 14 (ref. to מעלפת, ib.) מעולפ׳ כחןוכ׳ (through the study of the Law) the strength of man is broken, though it had been as hard as sapphires; (prob. to be read: מְעַלֶּפֶת (Pi.) it makes faint.

עָלַףII (b. h.; cmp. חלף) to turn, change. Hithpa. הִתְעַלֵּף, Nithpa. נִתְעַלֵּף (interch. with הִתְעַלְפֶּה, formed fr. a noun עלפה, v. Ez. 31:15) 1) to change off, take turns. Tosef.Taan.I, 8 ולא היו מִתְעַלְּפִין עליהוכ׳ they did not change off (in watching) over it, but one sat 2) to be overcome, faint, swoon. Ḥull.3b שחט לפנינו … ולא נ׳ when he cut in our (the judges) presence, without being overcome (his hand not trembling); ib. שמא יִתְעַלֵּף (Ar. יִתְעַלְפֶּה) lest his hand tremble; ib. ברי לי שלא נִתְעַלַּפְתִּי I am sure that my hand did not tremble. Sabb.9b שמא יתעלפה he may swoon (in the vapor bath). Nidd.69b שמא יתעלפה he may be in a swoon (and not really dead). Midr. Sam. ch. 23 ומִתְעַלְּפִים, v. עוּף I; a. e. Pa. עוּלָּף same. Part. מְעוּלָּף; f. מְעוּלֶּפֶת; pl. מְעוּלָּפִים, עוּלָּפִין; מְאוּלָּפוֹת. Mekh. Bshall. Shir., s. 6 לא מוציאין ולא מכניסין מע׳ מריח הים neither inhaling nor exhaling, being overcome by the smell of the sea; Yalk. Ex. 248; Yalk. Job 927.Cant. R. to V, 14 (ref. to מעלפת, ib.) מעולפ׳ כחןוכ׳ (through the study of the Law) the strength of man is broken, though it had been as hard as sapphires; (prob. to be read: מְעַלֶּפֶת (Pi.) it makes faint.

פָּרַךְ 1) to split, divide off. Denom. (cmp. מְחִיצָה) פָּרוֹכֶת. 2) to split (grist); to crush, rub, grind. Ber.37b פּוֹרְכָן, v. infra. Ex. R. s. 31 באחרונה אדם פּוֹרְכוֹ בידווכ׳ at last (when silver has been worked over several times) one may crumble it in ones hand, and it is no longer fit for any work. B. Mets.89b יִפְרוֹךְ Ms. R., v. infra; a. e.Part. pass. פָּרוּךְ; pl. פְּרוּכִים, פְּרוּכִין. Midr. Till. to Ps. 118:10–13 (ref. to אמילם ib., v. מָלַל) והמה פ׳ and they were (shall be) crushed. Pi. פֵּרֵךְ, פֵּי׳ 1) to split, demolish. Yalk. Gen. 39, v. פָּכַר. 2) to crush, grind; to crack; to husk. Men.75b מְפָרְכָן עדוכ׳ (Ber.37b פּוֹרְכָן) he crushes them until he has reduced them to the fineness of the flour of which they had been made. Bets.12b מְפָרְכִין קטניותוכ׳ you may husk peas on the Holy Day. Sabb.53b סכין ומפרכין לאדםוכ׳ Ar. a. early eds. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 70; ed. a. Mss. מפרכסין, v. פִּרְכֵּס I) you may oint a sore and scrape the scab off for a human being (on the Sabbath), but not for a beast; a. e.(Ib. 155b מפרכין תבן, v. פְּרַךְ II. Hif. הִפְרִיךְ same, to smash, crack B. Mets.89b לא יַפְרִיךְ … מַפְרִיךְוכ׳ (Ms. R. יִפְרוֹךְ) the laborer must not smash fruits against a rock and eat them, but he may smash them one by one (with his hand) and eat; a. e.(Yalk. Gen. 130 מפריכין, read: מפרינין, v. פָּרַן. Nif. נִפְרָךְ to be crumbled; to be cracked; to be scraped, peeled. Bekh.37b יבישה כדי שתהא נִפְרֶכֶת a sore is called dry, when it can be scraped. Ḥull.46b כדי שתִּיפָּרֵךְוכ׳ that it can be scraped off with the nail. Ber.25a כל זמן שזורקה ואינה נפרכת when he throws it down, and it is not crumbled. Pesik. R. s. 11 שנִיפְרָךְ, v. פֶּרֶךְ; a. e. Hithpa. הִתְפָּרֵךְ to be crumbled, threshed. Y.B. Mets.X, end, 12c כדי שיִתְפָּרֵךְ ברגלווכ׳ in order that it (the dung) be trodden down by the feet of men and beasts; (Bab. ib. 118b שיהא נישוף; Tosef. ib. XI, 8 שיישוף).

פָּרַךְ 1) to split, divide off. Denom. (cmp. מְחִיצָה) פָּרוֹכֶת. 2) to split (grist); to crush, rub, grind. Ber.37b פּוֹרְכָן, v. infra. Ex. R. s. 31 באחרונה אדם פּוֹרְכוֹ בידווכ׳ at last (when silver has been worked over several times) one may crumble it in ones hand, and it is no longer fit for any work. B. Mets.89b יִפְרוֹךְ Ms. R., v. infra; a. e.Part. pass. פָּרוּךְ; pl. פְּרוּכִים, פְּרוּכִין. Midr. Till. to Ps. 118:10–13 (ref. to אמילם ib., v. מָלַל) והמה פ׳ and they were (shall be) crushed. Pi. פֵּרֵךְ, פֵּי׳ 1) to split, demolish. Yalk. Gen. 39, v. פָּכַר. 2) to crush, grind; to crack; to husk. Men.75b מְפָרְכָן עדוכ׳ (Ber.37b פּוֹרְכָן) he crushes them until he has reduced them to the fineness of the flour of which they had been made. Bets.12b מְפָרְכִין קטניותוכ׳ you may husk peas on the Holy Day. Sabb.53b סכין ומפרכין לאדםוכ׳ Ar. a. early eds. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 70; ed. a. Mss. מפרכסין, v. פִּרְכֵּס I) you may oint a sore and scrape the scab off for a human being (on the Sabbath), but not for a beast; a. e.(Ib. 155b מפרכין תבן, v. פְּרַךְ II. Hif. הִפְרִיךְ same, to smash, crack B. Mets.89b לא יַפְרִיךְ … מַפְרִיךְוכ׳ (Ms. R. יִפְרוֹךְ) the laborer must not smash fruits against a rock and eat them, but he may smash them one by one (with his hand) and eat; a. e.(Yalk. Gen. 130 מפריכין, read: מפרינין, v. פָּרַן. Nif. נִפְרָךְ to be crumbled; to be cracked; to be scraped, peeled. Bekh.37b יבישה כדי שתהא נִפְרֶכֶת a sore is called dry, when it can be scraped. Ḥull.46b כדי שתִּיפָּרֵךְוכ׳ that it can be scraped off with the nail. Ber.25a כל זמן שזורקה ואינה נפרכת when he throws it down, and it is not crumbled. Pesik. R. s. 11 שנִיפְרָךְ, v. פֶּרֶךְ; a. e. Hithpa. הִתְפָּרֵךְ to be crumbled, threshed. Y.B. Mets.X, end, 12c כדי שיִתְפָּרֵךְ ברגלווכ׳ in order that it (the dung) be trodden down by the feet of men and beasts; (Bab. ib. 118b שיהא נישוף; Tosef. ib. XI, 8 שיישוף).

צָנַן(cmp. סָנַן) ( to sting; (of taste) to be pungent; (of color) to be bright, polished); (of temperature) to be cold. Mekh. Yithro s. 4 רחק ממנה צ׳ if he is removed from it, he is cold. Y.Pes.IV, 31b top שלא תִיצַן that she (the ass in heat) may not cool off (before copulation). Gen. R., s. 87 איקונין … וצָ׳ דמו he saw his fathers image before him, and his blood grew cold; ib. s. 98 וצינן (corr. acc., or וצוּנָּן); a. e.V. צוֹנָן. Hif. הֵיצֵן, Nif. נָצַן to become cold. Y.Hor.III, 46d יָצֵן he must become cold (suppress his passion); לאה׳ if he does not cool off (what shall he do)? Ib. ויהא מֵיצַן and he will cool off. Ib. ראה … מידה׳ he saw his fathers image and at once was cooled off (v. supra).Gen. R. s. 20 שמא תִיצּוֹן (Nif.), v. next w. Hif. הוּצַן to be cooled off. Ab. Zar. III, 9 ישן יוּצַן if it is an old oven, it must be allowed to cool off (before being used again); Pes.26b; 27a. Pi. צִנֵּן to cool off. Sabb.53a לצַנְּנָהּ to cause the perspiring animal to cool off, opp. לחממה to keep her warm. B. Bath.74b סירס … וצי׳ הנקבה he emasculated the male (Leviathan), and cooled the female. Ex. R. s. 10 ומְצַנְּנִין אותו (not ומצנן) they caused the stove to cool off. Pes.118a the angel Gabriel said, ארד וַאֲצַנֵּןוכ׳ let me go down and cool the furnace ; a. e.(Gen. R. s. 98, v. supra. Pu. צוּנָּן to be cooled off. Gen. R. s. 98, v. supra.Part. מְצוּנָּן; f. מְצוּנֶּנֶת. Ḥull.III, 5 המצ׳ an animal suffering from frost; Tosef. ib. III (IV), 19. Hithpa. הִצְטַנֵּן, Nithpa. נִצְטַנֵּן to become cold; to get chills. Sabb.129a הקיז דם ונ׳ if one has chills after bloodletting. Yoma 77a אלמלא לא נִצְטַנְּנוּוכ׳ if the coals had not been cooled off on their transmission from the hand of the Cherub Sot.11b; Ex. R. s. 1 מִצְטַנְּנוֹת, v. יָרֵךְ; a e.

צָנַן(cmp. סָנַן) ( to sting; (of taste) to be pungent; (of color) to be bright, polished); (of temperature) to be cold. Mekh. Yithro s. 4 רחק ממנה צ׳ if he is removed from it, he is cold. Y.Pes.IV, 31b top שלא תִיצַן that she (the ass in heat) may not cool off (before copulation). Gen. R., s. 87 איקונין … וצָ׳ דמו he saw his fathers image before him, and his blood grew cold; ib. s. 98 וצינן (corr. acc., or וצוּנָּן); a. e.V. צוֹנָן. Hif. הֵיצֵן, Nif. נָצַן to become cold. Y.Hor.III, 46d יָצֵן he must become cold (suppress his passion); לאה׳ if he does not cool off (what shall he do)? Ib. ויהא מֵיצַן and he will cool off. Ib. ראה … מידה׳ he saw his fathers image and at once was cooled off (v. supra).Gen. R. s. 20 שמא תִיצּוֹן (Nif.), v. next w. Hif. הוּצַן to be cooled off. Ab. Zar. III, 9 ישן יוּצַן if it is an old oven, it must be allowed to cool off (before being used again); Pes.26b; 27a. Pi. צִנֵּן to cool off. Sabb.53a לצַנְּנָהּ to cause the perspiring animal to cool off, opp. לחממה to keep her warm. B. Bath.74b סירס … וצי׳ הנקבה he emasculated the male (Leviathan), and cooled the female. Ex. R. s. 10 ומְצַנְּנִין אותו (not ומצנן) they caused the stove to cool off. Pes.118a the angel Gabriel said, ארד וַאֲצַנֵּןוכ׳ let me go down and cool the furnace ; a. e.(Gen. R. s. 98, v. supra. Pu. צוּנָּן to be cooled off. Gen. R. s. 98, v. supra.Part. מְצוּנָּן; f. מְצוּנֶּנֶת. Ḥull.III, 5 המצ׳ an animal suffering from frost; Tosef. ib. III (IV), 19. Hithpa. הִצְטַנֵּן, Nithpa. נִצְטַנֵּן to become cold; to get chills. Sabb.129a הקיז דם ונ׳ if one has chills after bloodletting. Yoma 77a אלמלא לא נִצְטַנְּנוּוכ׳ if the coals had not been cooled off on their transmission from the hand of the Cherub Sot.11b; Ex. R. s. 1 מִצְטַנְּנוֹת, v. יָרֵךְ; a e.

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.

קָטַף(b. h.; cmp. קטע, קטל, a. גדף) to cut, break off, pluck. Lam. R. to I, 12, v. עוֹלֵלָה.Part. pass. קָטוּף; f. קְטוּפָה. Ber.47a; Tosef.Meg.IV (III), 27, a. e. אמן ק׳, v. infra.Pirké dR. El. ch. XXIX עוללות קְטוּפִין premature (undeveloped) grapes. Nif. נִקְטָף, Hithpa. הִתְקטֵּף to be plucked, broken off. Tosef. l. c. העונה אמן … קטופה יִקָּטְפוּ שנותיו he who pronounces a broken Amen (v. אָמֵן II), his years shall be broken off; Ber. l. c. יִתְקַטְּפוּ; Y. ib. VIII, end, 12c תִּקָּטֵף נשמתו his soul shall be plucked off (he shall die before his time). Pl. קִיטֵּף 1) same. Esth. R. to I, 9, v. עוֹלֵלָה.Esp. ק׳ בעוללות ( to do plucking among the small single bunches, to initiate persecution with attempts to destroy the young generation. Gen. R. s. 42 הראשון התחיל מְקַטֵּף בע׳וכ׳ the first enemy began with breaking off the young bunches, the second with thinning the clusters (v. זִּנֵּב) ; Lev. R. s. 11; Ruth R. introd. ( ושם האיש).Nidd.66b בנתר משום דמקטף she must not wash her head with natron, because it plucks (uproots) the weakly rooted hairs (which left on the head prevent the water from immediate contact with the body; v. חוּץ); a. fr.Trnsf. (of fire) to creep along the ground of a field, opp. קָדַח. Y.B. Kam.VI, 5c top במְקַטֶּפֶת (Bab. ib. 61a בנכפפת), v. קָדַח. 2) to tear in pieces a lump of dough to form cakes, for which purpose the kneader moistens his hands with water, oil ; hence: to form dough and smoothen its surface. Y.Pes.II, end, 29c אין לשין … אבל מְקַטְּפִיןוכ׳ you must not knead unleavened bread (for the Passover night) with liquors (juice of fruit, oil) but you may form it with liquors; Bab. ib. 36a. Ib. את שלשין בו מקטפין בו only such liquid as may be used for kneading, should be used for forming. Ib. 42a אחד שמְקַטֶּפֶתוכ׳ one vessel in which she dips her hand when forming the cakes, and another ; a. e.Part. pass. מְקוּטָּף; f. מְקוּטֶּפֶת broken off, nipped Midr. Till. to Ps. 73:4 האשה … אחת מק׳ ואחת מעוכה ed. Bub. (ed. מעוסה, corr. acc.) when a woman spins a yarn, once a thread is broken (and must be knotted), and once it is rubbed off (crumbled, too thin). Gen. R. s. 99 יצא … ואזניו מק׳ Reuben came forth with his ears clipped (his pride humbled); (comment.: his ears hanging down like a nipped plant, i. e. saddened).

קָטַף(b. h.; cmp. קטע, קטל, a. גדף) to cut, break off, pluck. Lam. R. to I, 12, v. עוֹלֵלָה.Part. pass. קָטוּף; f. קְטוּפָה. Ber.47a; Tosef.Meg.IV (III), 27, a. e. אמן ק׳, v. infra.Pirké dR. El. ch. XXIX עוללות קְטוּפִין premature (undeveloped) grapes. Nif. נִקְטָף, Hithpa. הִתְקטֵּף to be plucked, broken off. Tosef. l. c. העונה אמן … קטופה יִקָּטְפוּ שנותיו he who pronounces a broken Amen (v. אָמֵן II), his years shall be broken off; Ber. l. c. יִתְקַטְּפוּ; Y. ib. VIII, end, 12c תִּקָּטֵף נשמתו his soul shall be plucked off (he shall die before his time). Pl. קִיטֵּף 1) same. Esth. R. to I, 9, v. עוֹלֵלָה.Esp. ק׳ בעוללות ( to do plucking among the small single bunches, to initiate persecution with attempts to destroy the young generation. Gen. R. s. 42 הראשון התחיל מְקַטֵּף בע׳וכ׳ the first enemy began with breaking off the young bunches, the second with thinning the clusters (v. זִּנֵּב) ; Lev. R. s. 11; Ruth R. introd. ( ושם האיש).Nidd.66b בנתר משום דמקטף she must not wash her head with natron, because it plucks (uproots) the weakly rooted hairs (which left on the head prevent the water from immediate contact with the body; v. חוּץ); a. fr.Trnsf. (of fire) to creep along the ground of a field, opp. קָדַח. Y.B. Kam.VI, 5c top במְקַטֶּפֶת (Bab. ib. 61a בנכפפת), v. קָדַח. 2) to tear in pieces a lump of dough to form cakes, for which purpose the kneader moistens his hands with water, oil ; hence: to form dough and smoothen its surface. Y.Pes.II, end, 29c אין לשין … אבל מְקַטְּפִיןוכ׳ you must not knead unleavened bread (for the Passover night) with liquors (juice of fruit, oil) but you may form it with liquors; Bab. ib. 36a. Ib. את שלשין בו מקטפין בו only such liquid as may be used for kneading, should be used for forming. Ib. 42a אחד שמְקַטֶּפֶתוכ׳ one vessel in which she dips her hand when forming the cakes, and another ; a. e.Part. pass. מְקוּטָּף; f. מְקוּטֶּפֶת broken off, nipped Midr. Till. to Ps. 73:4 האשה … אחת מק׳ ואחת מעוכה ed. Bub. (ed. מעוסה, corr. acc.) when a woman spins a yarn, once a thread is broken (and must be knotted), and once it is rubbed off (crumbled, too thin). Gen. R. s. 99 יצא … ואזניו מק׳ Reuben came forth with his ears clipped (his pride humbled); (comment.: his ears hanging down like a nipped plant, i. e. saddened).

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.

שָׁלַט(b. h.) to handle; ש׳ ב־ (cmp. מָשַׁל) to rule, have power over. Y.Ter.VIII, 45d top כאן האור שוֹלֵטוכ׳ here (in the case of bread) the fire comes in direct contact with it (and kills the poison of the serpent), there (in the case of water that has been warmed) the fire does not Y.Maasr.I, 49b top כאן היד שוֹלֶטֶתוכ׳ here (in the case of a vessel into which a boiling dish has been put) the hand can handle it; there (in the case of a vessel taken directly from the fire) the hand cannot handle it; כאן וכאן אין היד שולטת בו in both cases the dish may be too hot for the hand to handle it; Y.Sabb.III, 6b top. Ib. במקום שהיד שולטת in a place (in the stove) which the hand can get at (to handle the dish placed there); ib. 5c מפני שהוא שַׁלִּיט במקום שהיד שולטת because he keeps control (to regulate the temperature of the dish) there where the handling is possible. Y.B. Mets.X, beg.12c ששולטת היד מצר אחד that the hand can reach it from one side. Ḥull.16b; Sabb.82a דבר שהאור שולטת בו a thing over which fire has power (which is combustible). Ib. רוח רעה שולטת בו an evil spirit (smell of the mouth) will seize him; רוח זוהמא ש׳ בו (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 30) the spirit of zohăma (internal decay) will seize him. Gen. R. s. 4 5) שָׁלְטוּ בעצמן they controlled themselves (interrupted their gratification). Y.Ber.IX, 13b top שולט באיפרכיאוכ׳ if he rules over one province, he does not rule over another province. Gen. R. s. 3 ביום אני שולט I want to rule (have the guard) in day time; (Y.Ber.VIII, 12c top משמש). Pesik. R. s. 31 אתם שְׁלַטְתֶּם בעצמיכםוכ׳ (not באצבעותיכם) you had power over yourselves and cut your fingers off; a. v. fr. Pi. שִׁלֵּט same. Y.Naz.IV, 53b במְשַׁלֶּטֶת על נכסיו when she manages her husbands property (has power of attorney). Hif. הִשְׁלִיט to give power to, make a ruler. Gen. R. s. 59 (ref. to Gen. 24:1) שהִשְׁלִיטוֹ ביצרו God made him master over his inclinations; Yalk. ib. 103. Num. R. s. 146> השליטו על ארץוכ׳ the Lord made him governor of the land of Egypt; a. e. Hithpa. הִשְׁתַּלֵּט, Nithpa. נִשְׁתַּלֵּט to be given power; to be empowered to manage. Y.Keth.IX, 33a bot. נכסים שנִשְׁתַּלְּטָה בהן בחייוכ׳ property which she had been authorized to manage during her husbands lifetime; ib. b top.