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וַדַּאי, וַודַּיm., וַדָּאִית, (יַדָּאָה) וַדָּיָיה‏ f. ( ידע) 1) well-known, certain; distinct, real. Ber.33b הַוַּ׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) Thou, the known one!Arakh.I, 1 זכר ו׳ a person distinctly male, נקבה ודאית distinctly female (no hermaphrodite). Yoma VIII, 8, a. fr. אשם ו׳, v. אָשָׁם.Sabb.II, 7 הו׳ that which undoubtedly requires the separation of the tithes, opp. דְּמַאי.Y.Bets. I, 60b וַודָּייוֹ, וַודָּיָיהּ where there is no doubt about it, opp. ספיקו, ספיקה. Kidd.IV, 3 (74a) וַדָּאָן the sure cases among them.Num. R. s. 2, end אכילה וודייה Ar. ed. Koh. (ed. ידאית) the eating (in Ex. 14:11) was a real one (physical refreshment, no metaphor); a. v. fr. 2) (gramm.) emphatic form by means of He paragogic. Ex. R. s. 3 לכה וודאיתוכ׳ (strike out the gloss הה״א בסוףוכ׳) the word lkhah (Ex. 3:3) is emphatic (as if = לְךָ unto thee it belongs), if not thou ; Y.Succ.IV, 54c top לך יודייה (read: לכה וו׳) the lkhah (Ps. 80:3) has the emphatic form ( unto thee as well as unto us). 3) (noun) certainty, undisputed fact.אין ספק מוציא מידי ו׳ doubt cannot take a case out of the status of certainty. Ab. Zar.41b הוי ספק וּוַ׳ ואיןוכ׳ here is a doubt (the idolatrous character of an object may have been given up) against a certainty (that it was an idol) and the doubt cannot set aside the certainty. Pes.9a; a. fr.בְּוַ׳, וַ׳ (adv.) surely, indeed; in reality. Y.Keth.V, 29d. Gen. R. s. 98 עלית בו׳ ‘thou didst ascend thy fathers couch (Gen. 49:4) means in reality (no metaphor). Ib. חללת ו׳ ‘thou didst defile (ib.) is to be taken literally. Pes. l. c. דו׳ מעשרי for it is sure that they separate the tithes. Gen. R. s. 55 נסה אותו בו׳ He tried him in the true sense of the word (gave him time); a. e.

וַדַּאי, וַודַּיm., וַדָּאִית, (יַדָּאָה) וַדָּיָיה‏ f. ( ידע) 1) well-known, certain; distinct, real. Ber.33b הַוַּ׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) Thou, the known one!Arakh.I, 1 זכר ו׳ a person distinctly male, נקבה ודאית distinctly female (no hermaphrodite). Yoma VIII, 8, a. fr. אשם ו׳, v. אָשָׁם.Sabb.II, 7 הו׳ that which undoubtedly requires the separation of the tithes, opp. דְּמַאי.Y.Bets. I, 60b וַודָּייוֹ, וַודָּיָיהּ where there is no doubt about it, opp. ספיקו, ספיקה. Kidd.IV, 3 (74a) וַדָּאָן the sure cases among them.Num. R. s. 2, end אכילה וודייה Ar. ed. Koh. (ed. ידאית) the eating (in Ex. 14:11) was a real one (physical refreshment, no metaphor); a. v. fr. 2) (gramm.) emphatic form by means of He paragogic. Ex. R. s. 3 לכה וודאיתוכ׳ (strike out the gloss הה״א בסוףוכ׳) the word lkhah (Ex. 3:3) is emphatic (as if = לְךָ unto thee it belongs), if not thou ; Y.Succ.IV, 54c top לך יודייה (read: לכה וו׳) the lkhah (Ps. 80:3) has the emphatic form ( unto thee as well as unto us). 3) (noun) certainty, undisputed fact.אין ספק מוציא מידי ו׳ doubt cannot take a case out of the status of certainty. Ab. Zar.41b הוי ספק וּוַ׳ ואיןוכ׳ here is a doubt (the idolatrous character of an object may have been given up) against a certainty (that it was an idol) and the doubt cannot set aside the certainty. Pes.9a; a. fr.בְּוַ׳, וַ׳ (adv.) surely, indeed; in reality. Y.Keth.V, 29d. Gen. R. s. 98 עלית בו׳ ‘thou didst ascend thy fathers couch (Gen. 49:4) means in reality (no metaphor). Ib. חללת ו׳ ‘thou didst defile (ib.) is to be taken literally. Pes. l. c. דו׳ מעשרי for it is sure that they separate the tithes. Gen. R. s. 55 נסה אותו בו׳ He tried him in the true sense of the word (gave him time); a. e.

וַדַּאי, וַודַּיm., וַדָּאִית, (יַדָּאָה) וַדָּיָיה‏ f. ( ידע) 1) well-known, certain; distinct, real. Ber.33b הַוַּ׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) Thou, the known one!Arakh.I, 1 זכר ו׳ a person distinctly male, נקבה ודאית distinctly female (no hermaphrodite). Yoma VIII, 8, a. fr. אשם ו׳, v. אָשָׁם.Sabb.II, 7 הו׳ that which undoubtedly requires the separation of the tithes, opp. דְּמַאי.Y.Bets. I, 60b וַודָּייוֹ, וַודָּיָיהּ where there is no doubt about it, opp. ספיקו, ספיקה. Kidd.IV, 3 (74a) וַדָּאָן the sure cases among them.Num. R. s. 2, end אכילה וודייה Ar. ed. Koh. (ed. ידאית) the eating (in Ex. 14:11) was a real one (physical refreshment, no metaphor); a. v. fr. 2) (gramm.) emphatic form by means of He paragogic. Ex. R. s. 3 לכה וודאיתוכ׳ (strike out the gloss הה״א בסוףוכ׳) the word lkhah (Ex. 3:3) is emphatic (as if = לְךָ unto thee it belongs), if not thou ; Y.Succ.IV, 54c top לך יודייה (read: לכה וו׳) the lkhah (Ps. 80:3) has the emphatic form ( unto thee as well as unto us). 3) (noun) certainty, undisputed fact.אין ספק מוציא מידי ו׳ doubt cannot take a case out of the status of certainty. Ab. Zar.41b הוי ספק וּוַ׳ ואיןוכ׳ here is a doubt (the idolatrous character of an object may have been given up) against a certainty (that it was an idol) and the doubt cannot set aside the certainty. Pes.9a; a. fr.בְּוַ׳, וַ׳ (adv.) surely, indeed; in reality. Y.Keth.V, 29d. Gen. R. s. 98 עלית בו׳ ‘thou didst ascend thy fathers couch (Gen. 49:4) means in reality (no metaphor). Ib. חללת ו׳ ‘thou didst defile (ib.) is to be taken literally. Pes. l. c. דו׳ מעשרי for it is sure that they separate the tithes. Gen. R. s. 55 נסה אותו בו׳ He tried him in the true sense of the word (gave him time); a. e.

וַדַּאי, וַודַּיm., וַדָּאִית, (יַדָּאָה) וַדָּיָיה‏ f. ( ידע) 1) well-known, certain; distinct, real. Ber.33b הַוַּ׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) Thou, the known one!Arakh.I, 1 זכר ו׳ a person distinctly male, נקבה ודאית distinctly female (no hermaphrodite). Yoma VIII, 8, a. fr. אשם ו׳, v. אָשָׁם.Sabb.II, 7 הו׳ that which undoubtedly requires the separation of the tithes, opp. דְּמַאי.Y.Bets. I, 60b וַודָּייוֹ, וַודָּיָיהּ where there is no doubt about it, opp. ספיקו, ספיקה. Kidd.IV, 3 (74a) וַדָּאָן the sure cases among them.Num. R. s. 2, end אכילה וודייה Ar. ed. Koh. (ed. ידאית) the eating (in Ex. 14:11) was a real one (physical refreshment, no metaphor); a. v. fr. 2) (gramm.) emphatic form by means of He paragogic. Ex. R. s. 3 לכה וודאיתוכ׳ (strike out the gloss הה״א בסוףוכ׳) the word lkhah (Ex. 3:3) is emphatic (as if = לְךָ unto thee it belongs), if not thou ; Y.Succ.IV, 54c top לך יודייה (read: לכה וו׳) the lkhah (Ps. 80:3) has the emphatic form ( unto thee as well as unto us). 3) (noun) certainty, undisputed fact.אין ספק מוציא מידי ו׳ doubt cannot take a case out of the status of certainty. Ab. Zar.41b הוי ספק וּוַ׳ ואיןוכ׳ here is a doubt (the idolatrous character of an object may have been given up) against a certainty (that it was an idol) and the doubt cannot set aside the certainty. Pes.9a; a. fr.בְּוַ׳, וַ׳ (adv.) surely, indeed; in reality. Y.Keth.V, 29d. Gen. R. s. 98 עלית בו׳ ‘thou didst ascend thy fathers couch (Gen. 49:4) means in reality (no metaphor). Ib. חללת ו׳ ‘thou didst defile (ib.) is to be taken literally. Pes. l. c. דו׳ מעשרי for it is sure that they separate the tithes. Gen. R. s. 55 נסה אותו בו׳ He tried him in the true sense of the word (gave him time); a. e.

מִדָּה, מִידָּהf. (b. h.; preced.) 1) dimension, measure, proportion. Sabb.150a (play on מ̇ד̇ה̇ב̇ה, v. preced.) מ̇אד̇ מ̇אד̇ ה̇ב̇א בלא מ̇׳ bring much, very much, without measure. Peah VIII, 6 מ׳ זו this proportion. Gen. R. s. 64; Esth. R. introd. (ref. to מנדה, Ezra 4:13) זו מִדַּת הארץ that is the from the land as measured, i. e. the (Roman) land-tax. B. Bath.VII, 3 מ׳ בחבלוכ׳ I sell thee exact land-measure by the rope. Ib. 128a מִדַּת ארכו the length-measure of the cloak. Ib. מדת משקלותיו the measure of its (the gold-bars) weights, i. e. an estimate as to how many coins of a certain weight can be obtained from it. Ḥag.12a מדת יום ומ׳ לילה the combined length of day and night. Yeb.76b (ref. to 1 Sam. 17:38) מַדָּיו כמִדָּתוֹ his (Sauls) garments such as fitted his stature. Mikv. X, 5; Ḥull.73a עד מקום (ח)מ׳ as far as the designed length of the handle (excluding the portion which it is intended to cut off).Kidd.42b; B. Mets.56b, a. e. דבר שבמ׳ ושבמשקלוכ׳ objects which are sold by measure, by weight or by the piece. B. Bath.89b לעולם … מ׳ חסירהוכ׳ one must never keep in ones house too small or too large a measure (smaller or larger than the legal size); a. fr.Pl. מִדּוֹת, מִידּוֹת. Ib. 88b עונשן של מ׳ the divine punishment for fraudulent measures. Tosef.B. Mets. VI, 14 לא היו ממונין … אלא על המ׳ they (the agoranomoi in Jerusalem) were appointed not for the regulation of market prices but for the superintendence of the measures; B. Bath.89a, v. אֲנַרְדְּמִיס; a. fr.Men.18a למצות מִידּוֹתַי, v. מָצָח.Whence: Middoth (measurements of the Temple), name of a treatise of the Mishnah, of the order of Kodashim. 2) dealing; reward or punishment; dispensation.מ׳ כננד מ׳ retaliation, adequate punishment or reward. Sot.I, 7, v. preced. Ib. 9a לבמ׳ the verse is to intimate the God dispenses adequate punishments. Ib. 8b (ref. to ib. I, 7) אע״ג דמ׳ בטילח במ׳ לא בתיל although retribution (by the Jewish court) has ceased, the adequate divine punishment has not ceased. Lam. R. introd. (R. Alex. 2) (expl. יען וביען, Lev. 26:43) מ׳ בננד מ׳ punishment corresponding to deed. Ned.32a. Snh.90a כל מִידּוֹתָיו של חקב״ה מ׳ כנגד מ׳ all retributions of the Lord are in correspondence with mans doings. Ber.48b ‘whatever the Lord thy God has given thee דיינך בכל … בין מ׳ טובח ובין מִדַּת פורענות (not מדה) he is thy judge in whatever sentence he decrees upon thee, whether it be a good or an evil dispensation. Ib. IX, 5, v. מְאֹד. Sabb.97a. Ib. 151b לעולם … על מ׳ זו at all times let one pray to be spared this fate (poverty); a. fr.Pl. as ab. Snh.90a, v. supra. Yoma 87b המעביר על מִדּוֹתָיווכ׳ he who passes over his retaliations (who forbears to retaliate), his failings will be passed over (be forgiven); Meg.28a. Ib. לא עמדתי על מִידּוֹתַי I never insisted on retaliation; Kidd.71a ואינו מעמד על מדותיו (Rashi: מיעמיד); a. fr. 3) manner, ways, character, nature, condition. Ber.40a לא כמדת חקב״חוכ׳ the nature of divine (intellectual) affairs is not like the nature of human (material) affairs. Ib. 11b להזכיר מדת יוםוכ׳ to mention the nature of the day (light) at night. Tanḥ. Balak 3 מה מִדָּתוֹ what is the nature of his power. B. Mets.33a מ׳ ואינה מ׳ it is a (meritorious) way (of studying) and is not, i. e. you might to better; Y.Hor.III, 48c top מ׳ שאינה מ׳; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ab. V, 10 ארבע מ׳ באדם there are four different dispositions of men (as to treating ones fellowman); ib. 11 ארבע מ׳ בדעות four characters (temperaments); ib. 12 ארבע מ׳ בתלמידים four natures of students (with regard to receptive and retentive faculties). Y.Snh.XI, 30a bot. כל שבע מ׳וכ׳ all the seven characteristic features of righteous men which the scholars have defined have been realized in Rabbi. Ned.20b בני תשע מ׳ children conceived under nine (abnormal mental) conditions. R. Hash. 17b, a. fr. שלש עשרה מ׳ the thirteen divine attributes (Ex. 34:6, sq.). Ned.32a, v. פָּרַז; a. fr. מדת הדין a) justice. Tosef.Yeb.IX, 3. a. e., v. לָקָה.Esp. the divine attribute of justice, opp. מ׳ הרחמים, v. דּין II.b) common sense, logical argument. Yoma 43b כך (היא) מ׳ הדין נותנת common sense dictates this; Shebu.14a. Y.Maas. Sh. II, 53c top תחומין עשו (כמ׳) למ׳ הדין they regulated the laws of Sabbath limits according to common sense (not by textual interpretation).c) decision in money matters, civil law (contrad. to ritual law). Y.Gitt.V, 46c bot. אף למ׳ הדין הכן the same principle holds good for civil law (collection of claims, v. כַּפְּרָנוּת); Y.Shebi.X, 39c bot. Ib. (last line) ולמידין מ׳ הדיןוכ׳ do we apply the rules of Prosbol (v. פְּרוֹזְבּוּל) to ordinary claims? Y.B. Kam.V, beg.4d לא הילכו במ׳ הדין אחר הרוב (strike out בממון) in civil law we are not guided by probabilities (v. דוֹב; cmp. Bab. ib. 27b). Y.Ber.II, 5a bot. ולמ׳ הד׳ but civil law (questions of possession). 4) principle, standard, consistency. Men.III, 4 במדתר׳וכ׳ following the principle of R. ; Pes.77b; Y. ib. VII, 34c top. Shek. IV, 6 אינח היא תמ׳ (comment. אינה מן המ׳) this is not consistent (with a previous rule). Ib. 7 השוה את מִדָּתוֹ (Y. ed. מִדּוֹתָיו) he makes his standards even (is consistent). Pes.I, 7 אינת חיא המ׳ this is not the right argument. Ib. 15b אמאי אינה היא המ׳ מ׳ ומ׳ היא why do you say, it is no argument? it is surely a correct argument. Y. Ḥag.III, 77d ‘Menahem went out means ממ׳ למ׳ יצא he went over from one principle to another (joined the opposition; Bab. ib. 16b יצא לתרבות רעה).Esp. מִדּוֹת rules of interpretation. Sifra introd., ch. 1, end הלל … שבע מ׳וכ׳ Hillel the Elder explained seven rules ; Ab. dR. N. ch. 37; Tosef.Snh.VII, 11. Sifra introd., beg. (R. Yishm. said) בשלש עשרה מ׳וכ׳ the Torah is interpreted by means of thirteen rules. (Appendix to treat. Brakhoth. ל״ב מ׳ שלר׳ יוסיוכ׳ the thirty two rules of R. José the Galilean.Lev. R. s. 3, beg. הלכות ומ׳ decisions and interpretations (by which the decisions were reached), v. מְכִילְתָּא.Gitt.67a מִידּוֹתַי תרומה מתרומות מִידּוֹתָיווכ׳ my rules of interpretation are the selection from selections of rules by R. Akiba.Ber.33b שעושח מדותיו של הקב״ח רחמיםוכ׳ he makes compassion the standard (or reason) of the divine laws, while they are decrees (the reasons for which it behooves not man to discuss); Y. ib. V, 9c כקורא תיגר על מ׳וכ׳ because it sounds as if he were finding fault with the ways of the Lord (as if the Lord were partial); כנותן קיצבח למ׳וכ׳ as though he were setting limits to the attributes of the Lord.

מִדָּה, מִידָּהf. (b. h.; preced.) 1) dimension, measure, proportion. Sabb.150a (play on מ̇ד̇ה̇ב̇ה, v. preced.) מ̇אד̇ מ̇אד̇ ה̇ב̇א בלא מ̇׳ bring much, very much, without measure. Peah VIII, 6 מ׳ זו this proportion. Gen. R. s. 64; Esth. R. introd. (ref. to מנדה, Ezra 4:13) זו מִדַּת הארץ that is the from the land as measured, i. e. the (Roman) land-tax. B. Bath.VII, 3 מ׳ בחבלוכ׳ I sell thee exact land-measure by the rope. Ib. 128a מִדַּת ארכו the length-measure of the cloak. Ib. מדת משקלותיו the measure of its (the gold-bars) weights, i. e. an estimate as to how many coins of a certain weight can be obtained from it. Ḥag.12a מדת יום ומ׳ לילה the combined length of day and night. Yeb.76b (ref. to 1 Sam. 17:38) מַדָּיו כמִדָּתוֹ his (Sauls) garments such as fitted his stature. Mikv. X, 5; Ḥull.73a עד מקום (ח)מ׳ as far as the designed length of the handle (excluding the portion which it is intended to cut off).Kidd.42b; B. Mets.56b, a. e. דבר שבמ׳ ושבמשקלוכ׳ objects which are sold by measure, by weight or by the piece. B. Bath.89b לעולם … מ׳ חסירהוכ׳ one must never keep in ones house too small or too large a measure (smaller or larger than the legal size); a. fr.Pl. מִדּוֹת, מִידּוֹת. Ib. 88b עונשן של מ׳ the divine punishment for fraudulent measures. Tosef.B. Mets. VI, 14 לא היו ממונין … אלא על המ׳ they (the agoranomoi in Jerusalem) were appointed not for the regulation of market prices but for the superintendence of the measures; B. Bath.89a, v. אֲנַרְדְּמִיס; a. fr.Men.18a למצות מִידּוֹתַי, v. מָצָח.Whence: Middoth (measurements of the Temple), name of a treatise of the Mishnah, of the order of Kodashim. 2) dealing; reward or punishment; dispensation.מ׳ כננד מ׳ retaliation, adequate punishment or reward. Sot.I, 7, v. preced. Ib. 9a לבמ׳ the verse is to intimate the God dispenses adequate punishments. Ib. 8b (ref. to ib. I, 7) אע״ג דמ׳ בטילח במ׳ לא בתיל although retribution (by the Jewish court) has ceased, the adequate divine punishment has not ceased. Lam. R. introd. (R. Alex. 2) (expl. יען וביען, Lev. 26:43) מ׳ בננד מ׳ punishment corresponding to deed. Ned.32a. Snh.90a כל מִידּוֹתָיו של חקב״ה מ׳ כנגד מ׳ all retributions of the Lord are in correspondence with mans doings. Ber.48b ‘whatever the Lord thy God has given thee דיינך בכל … בין מ׳ טובח ובין מִדַּת פורענות (not מדה) he is thy judge in whatever sentence he decrees upon thee, whether it be a good or an evil dispensation. Ib. IX, 5, v. מְאֹד. Sabb.97a. Ib. 151b לעולם … על מ׳ זו at all times let one pray to be spared this fate (poverty); a. fr.Pl. as ab. Snh.90a, v. supra. Yoma 87b המעביר על מִדּוֹתָיווכ׳ he who passes over his retaliations (who forbears to retaliate), his failings will be passed over (be forgiven); Meg.28a. Ib. לא עמדתי על מִידּוֹתַי I never insisted on retaliation; Kidd.71a ואינו מעמד על מדותיו (Rashi: מיעמיד); a. fr. 3) manner, ways, character, nature, condition. Ber.40a לא כמדת חקב״חוכ׳ the nature of divine (intellectual) affairs is not like the nature of human (material) affairs. Ib. 11b להזכיר מדת יוםוכ׳ to mention the nature of the day (light) at night. Tanḥ. Balak 3 מה מִדָּתוֹ what is the nature of his power. B. Mets.33a מ׳ ואינה מ׳ it is a (meritorious) way (of studying) and is not, i. e. you might to better; Y.Hor.III, 48c top מ׳ שאינה מ׳; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ab. V, 10 ארבע מ׳ באדם there are four different dispositions of men (as to treating ones fellowman); ib. 11 ארבע מ׳ בדעות four characters (temperaments); ib. 12 ארבע מ׳ בתלמידים four natures of students (with regard to receptive and retentive faculties). Y.Snh.XI, 30a bot. כל שבע מ׳וכ׳ all the seven characteristic features of righteous men which the scholars have defined have been realized in Rabbi. Ned.20b בני תשע מ׳ children conceived under nine (abnormal mental) conditions. R. Hash. 17b, a. fr. שלש עשרה מ׳ the thirteen divine attributes (Ex. 34:6, sq.). Ned.32a, v. פָּרַז; a. fr. מדת הדין a) justice. Tosef.Yeb.IX, 3. a. e., v. לָקָה.Esp. the divine attribute of justice, opp. מ׳ הרחמים, v. דּין II.b) common sense, logical argument. Yoma 43b כך (היא) מ׳ הדין נותנת common sense dictates this; Shebu.14a. Y.Maas. Sh. II, 53c top תחומין עשו (כמ׳) למ׳ הדין they regulated the laws of Sabbath limits according to common sense (not by textual interpretation).c) decision in money matters, civil law (contrad. to ritual law). Y.Gitt.V, 46c bot. אף למ׳ הדין הכן the same principle holds good for civil law (collection of claims, v. כַּפְּרָנוּת); Y.Shebi.X, 39c bot. Ib. (last line) ולמידין מ׳ הדיןוכ׳ do we apply the rules of Prosbol (v. פְּרוֹזְבּוּל) to ordinary claims? Y.B. Kam.V, beg.4d לא הילכו במ׳ הדין אחר הרוב (strike out בממון) in civil law we are not guided by probabilities (v. דוֹב; cmp. Bab. ib. 27b). Y.Ber.II, 5a bot. ולמ׳ הד׳ but civil law (questions of possession). 4) principle, standard, consistency. Men.III, 4 במדתר׳וכ׳ following the principle of R. ; Pes.77b; Y. ib. VII, 34c top. Shek. IV, 6 אינח היא תמ׳ (comment. אינה מן המ׳) this is not consistent (with a previous rule). Ib. 7 השוה את מִדָּתוֹ (Y. ed. מִדּוֹתָיו) he makes his standards even (is consistent). Pes.I, 7 אינת חיא המ׳ this is not the right argument. Ib. 15b אמאי אינה היא המ׳ מ׳ ומ׳ היא why do you say, it is no argument? it is surely a correct argument. Y. Ḥag.III, 77d ‘Menahem went out means ממ׳ למ׳ יצא he went over from one principle to another (joined the opposition; Bab. ib. 16b יצא לתרבות רעה).Esp. מִדּוֹת rules of interpretation. Sifra introd., ch. 1, end הלל … שבע מ׳וכ׳ Hillel the Elder explained seven rules ; Ab. dR. N. ch. 37; Tosef.Snh.VII, 11. Sifra introd., beg. (R. Yishm. said) בשלש עשרה מ׳וכ׳ the Torah is interpreted by means of thirteen rules. (Appendix to treat. Brakhoth. ל״ב מ׳ שלר׳ יוסיוכ׳ the thirty two rules of R. José the Galilean.Lev. R. s. 3, beg. הלכות ומ׳ decisions and interpretations (by which the decisions were reached), v. מְכִילְתָּא.Gitt.67a מִידּוֹתַי תרומה מתרומות מִידּוֹתָיווכ׳ my rules of interpretation are the selection from selections of rules by R. Akiba.Ber.33b שעושח מדותיו של הקב״ח רחמיםוכ׳ he makes compassion the standard (or reason) of the divine laws, while they are decrees (the reasons for which it behooves not man to discuss); Y. ib. V, 9c כקורא תיגר על מ׳וכ׳ because it sounds as if he were finding fault with the ways of the Lord (as if the Lord were partial); כנותן קיצבח למ׳וכ׳ as though he were setting limits to the attributes of the Lord.

מִדָּה, מִידָּהf. (b. h.; preced.) 1) dimension, measure, proportion. Sabb.150a (play on מ̇ד̇ה̇ב̇ה, v. preced.) מ̇אד̇ מ̇אד̇ ה̇ב̇א בלא מ̇׳ bring much, very much, without measure. Peah VIII, 6 מ׳ זו this proportion. Gen. R. s. 64; Esth. R. introd. (ref. to מנדה, Ezra 4:13) זו מִדַּת הארץ that is the from the land as measured, i. e. the (Roman) land-tax. B. Bath.VII, 3 מ׳ בחבלוכ׳ I sell thee exact land-measure by the rope. Ib. 128a מִדַּת ארכו the length-measure of the cloak. Ib. מדת משקלותיו the measure of its (the gold-bars) weights, i. e. an estimate as to how many coins of a certain weight can be obtained from it. Ḥag.12a מדת יום ומ׳ לילה the combined length of day and night. Yeb.76b (ref. to 1 Sam. 17:38) מַדָּיו כמִדָּתוֹ his (Sauls) garments such as fitted his stature. Mikv. X, 5; Ḥull.73a עד מקום (ח)מ׳ as far as the designed length of the handle (excluding the portion which it is intended to cut off).Kidd.42b; B. Mets.56b, a. e. דבר שבמ׳ ושבמשקלוכ׳ objects which are sold by measure, by weight or by the piece. B. Bath.89b לעולם … מ׳ חסירהוכ׳ one must never keep in ones house too small or too large a measure (smaller or larger than the legal size); a. fr.Pl. מִדּוֹת, מִידּוֹת. Ib. 88b עונשן של מ׳ the divine punishment for fraudulent measures. Tosef.B. Mets. VI, 14 לא היו ממונין … אלא על המ׳ they (the agoranomoi in Jerusalem) were appointed not for the regulation of market prices but for the superintendence of the measures; B. Bath.89a, v. אֲנַרְדְּמִיס; a. fr.Men.18a למצות מִידּוֹתַי, v. מָצָח.Whence: Middoth (measurements of the Temple), name of a treatise of the Mishnah, of the order of Kodashim. 2) dealing; reward or punishment; dispensation.מ׳ כננד מ׳ retaliation, adequate punishment or reward. Sot.I, 7, v. preced. Ib. 9a לבמ׳ the verse is to intimate the God dispenses adequate punishments. Ib. 8b (ref. to ib. I, 7) אע״ג דמ׳ בטילח במ׳ לא בתיל although retribution (by the Jewish court) has ceased, the adequate divine punishment has not ceased. Lam. R. introd. (R. Alex. 2) (expl. יען וביען, Lev. 26:43) מ׳ בננד מ׳ punishment corresponding to deed. Ned.32a. Snh.90a כל מִידּוֹתָיו של חקב״ה מ׳ כנגד מ׳ all retributions of the Lord are in correspondence with mans doings. Ber.48b ‘whatever the Lord thy God has given thee דיינך בכל … בין מ׳ טובח ובין מִדַּת פורענות (not מדה) he is thy judge in whatever sentence he decrees upon thee, whether it be a good or an evil dispensation. Ib. IX, 5, v. מְאֹד. Sabb.97a. Ib. 151b לעולם … על מ׳ זו at all times let one pray to be spared this fate (poverty); a. fr.Pl. as ab. Snh.90a, v. supra. Yoma 87b המעביר על מִדּוֹתָיווכ׳ he who passes over his retaliations (who forbears to retaliate), his failings will be passed over (be forgiven); Meg.28a. Ib. לא עמדתי על מִידּוֹתַי I never insisted on retaliation; Kidd.71a ואינו מעמד על מדותיו (Rashi: מיעמיד); a. fr. 3) manner, ways, character, nature, condition. Ber.40a לא כמדת חקב״חוכ׳ the nature of divine (intellectual) affairs is not like the nature of human (material) affairs. Ib. 11b להזכיר מדת יוםוכ׳ to mention the nature of the day (light) at night. Tanḥ. Balak 3 מה מִדָּתוֹ what is the nature of his power. B. Mets.33a מ׳ ואינה מ׳ it is a (meritorious) way (of studying) and is not, i. e. you might to better; Y.Hor.III, 48c top מ׳ שאינה מ׳; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ab. V, 10 ארבע מ׳ באדם there are four different dispositions of men (as to treating ones fellowman); ib. 11 ארבע מ׳ בדעות four characters (temperaments); ib. 12 ארבע מ׳ בתלמידים four natures of students (with regard to receptive and retentive faculties). Y.Snh.XI, 30a bot. כל שבע מ׳וכ׳ all the seven characteristic features of righteous men which the scholars have defined have been realized in Rabbi. Ned.20b בני תשע מ׳ children conceived under nine (abnormal mental) conditions. R. Hash. 17b, a. fr. שלש עשרה מ׳ the thirteen divine attributes (Ex. 34:6, sq.). Ned.32a, v. פָּרַז; a. fr. מדת הדין a) justice. Tosef.Yeb.IX, 3. a. e., v. לָקָה.Esp. the divine attribute of justice, opp. מ׳ הרחמים, v. דּין II.b) common sense, logical argument. Yoma 43b כך (היא) מ׳ הדין נותנת common sense dictates this; Shebu.14a. Y.Maas. Sh. II, 53c top תחומין עשו (כמ׳) למ׳ הדין they regulated the laws of Sabbath limits according to common sense (not by textual interpretation).c) decision in money matters, civil law (contrad. to ritual law). Y.Gitt.V, 46c bot. אף למ׳ הדין הכן the same principle holds good for civil law (collection of claims, v. כַּפְּרָנוּת); Y.Shebi.X, 39c bot. Ib. (last line) ולמידין מ׳ הדיןוכ׳ do we apply the rules of Prosbol (v. פְּרוֹזְבּוּל) to ordinary claims? Y.B. Kam.V, beg.4d לא הילכו במ׳ הדין אחר הרוב (strike out בממון) in civil law we are not guided by probabilities (v. דוֹב; cmp. Bab. ib. 27b). Y.Ber.II, 5a bot. ולמ׳ הד׳ but civil law (questions of possession). 4) principle, standard, consistency. Men.III, 4 במדתר׳וכ׳ following the principle of R. ; Pes.77b; Y. ib. VII, 34c top. Shek. IV, 6 אינח היא תמ׳ (comment. אינה מן המ׳) this is not consistent (with a previous rule). Ib. 7 השוה את מִדָּתוֹ (Y. ed. מִדּוֹתָיו) he makes his standards even (is consistent). Pes.I, 7 אינת חיא המ׳ this is not the right argument. Ib. 15b אמאי אינה היא המ׳ מ׳ ומ׳ היא why do you say, it is no argument? it is surely a correct argument. Y. Ḥag.III, 77d ‘Menahem went out means ממ׳ למ׳ יצא he went over from one principle to another (joined the opposition; Bab. ib. 16b יצא לתרבות רעה).Esp. מִדּוֹת rules of interpretation. Sifra introd., ch. 1, end הלל … שבע מ׳וכ׳ Hillel the Elder explained seven rules ; Ab. dR. N. ch. 37; Tosef.Snh.VII, 11. Sifra introd., beg. (R. Yishm. said) בשלש עשרה מ׳וכ׳ the Torah is interpreted by means of thirteen rules. (Appendix to treat. Brakhoth. ל״ב מ׳ שלר׳ יוסיוכ׳ the thirty two rules of R. José the Galilean.Lev. R. s. 3, beg. הלכות ומ׳ decisions and interpretations (by which the decisions were reached), v. מְכִילְתָּא.Gitt.67a מִידּוֹתַי תרומה מתרומות מִידּוֹתָיווכ׳ my rules of interpretation are the selection from selections of rules by R. Akiba.Ber.33b שעושח מדותיו של הקב״ח רחמיםוכ׳ he makes compassion the standard (or reason) of the divine laws, while they are decrees (the reasons for which it behooves not man to discuss); Y. ib. V, 9c כקורא תיגר על מ׳וכ׳ because it sounds as if he were finding fault with the ways of the Lord (as if the Lord were partial); כנותן קיצבח למ׳וכ׳ as though he were setting limits to the attributes of the Lord.

מִדָּה, מִידָּהf. (b. h.; preced.) 1) dimension, measure, proportion. Sabb.150a (play on מ̇ד̇ה̇ב̇ה, v. preced.) מ̇אד̇ מ̇אד̇ ה̇ב̇א בלא מ̇׳ bring much, very much, without measure. Peah VIII, 6 מ׳ זו this proportion. Gen. R. s. 64; Esth. R. introd. (ref. to מנדה, Ezra 4:13) זו מִדַּת הארץ that is the from the land as measured, i. e. the (Roman) land-tax. B. Bath.VII, 3 מ׳ בחבלוכ׳ I sell thee exact land-measure by the rope. Ib. 128a מִדַּת ארכו the length-measure of the cloak. Ib. מדת משקלותיו the measure of its (the gold-bars) weights, i. e. an estimate as to how many coins of a certain weight can be obtained from it. Ḥag.12a מדת יום ומ׳ לילה the combined length of day and night. Yeb.76b (ref. to 1 Sam. 17:38) מַדָּיו כמִדָּתוֹ his (Sauls) garments such as fitted his stature. Mikv. X, 5; Ḥull.73a עד מקום (ח)מ׳ as far as the designed length of the handle (excluding the portion which it is intended to cut off).Kidd.42b; B. Mets.56b, a. e. דבר שבמ׳ ושבמשקלוכ׳ objects which are sold by measure, by weight or by the piece. B. Bath.89b לעולם … מ׳ חסירהוכ׳ one must never keep in ones house too small or too large a measure (smaller or larger than the legal size); a. fr.Pl. מִדּוֹת, מִידּוֹת. Ib. 88b עונשן של מ׳ the divine punishment for fraudulent measures. Tosef.B. Mets. VI, 14 לא היו ממונין … אלא על המ׳ they (the agoranomoi in Jerusalem) were appointed not for the regulation of market prices but for the superintendence of the measures; B. Bath.89a, v. אֲנַרְדְּמִיס; a. fr.Men.18a למצות מִידּוֹתַי, v. מָצָח.Whence: Middoth (measurements of the Temple), name of a treatise of the Mishnah, of the order of Kodashim. 2) dealing; reward or punishment; dispensation.מ׳ כננד מ׳ retaliation, adequate punishment or reward. Sot.I, 7, v. preced. Ib. 9a לבמ׳ the verse is to intimate the God dispenses adequate punishments. Ib. 8b (ref. to ib. I, 7) אע״ג דמ׳ בטילח במ׳ לא בתיל although retribution (by the Jewish court) has ceased, the adequate divine punishment has not ceased. Lam. R. introd. (R. Alex. 2) (expl. יען וביען, Lev. 26:43) מ׳ בננד מ׳ punishment corresponding to deed. Ned.32a. Snh.90a כל מִידּוֹתָיו של חקב״ה מ׳ כנגד מ׳ all retributions of the Lord are in correspondence with mans doings. Ber.48b ‘whatever the Lord thy God has given thee דיינך בכל … בין מ׳ טובח ובין מִדַּת פורענות (not מדה) he is thy judge in whatever sentence he decrees upon thee, whether it be a good or an evil dispensation. Ib. IX, 5, v. מְאֹד. Sabb.97a. Ib. 151b לעולם … על מ׳ זו at all times let one pray to be spared this fate (poverty); a. fr.Pl. as ab. Snh.90a, v. supra. Yoma 87b המעביר על מִדּוֹתָיווכ׳ he who passes over his retaliations (who forbears to retaliate), his failings will be passed over (be forgiven); Meg.28a. Ib. לא עמדתי על מִידּוֹתַי I never insisted on retaliation; Kidd.71a ואינו מעמד על מדותיו (Rashi: מיעמיד); a. fr. 3) manner, ways, character, nature, condition. Ber.40a לא כמדת חקב״חוכ׳ the nature of divine (intellectual) affairs is not like the nature of human (material) affairs. Ib. 11b להזכיר מדת יוםוכ׳ to mention the nature of the day (light) at night. Tanḥ. Balak 3 מה מִדָּתוֹ what is the nature of his power. B. Mets.33a מ׳ ואינה מ׳ it is a (meritorious) way (of studying) and is not, i. e. you might to better; Y.Hor.III, 48c top מ׳ שאינה מ׳; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ab. V, 10 ארבע מ׳ באדם there are four different dispositions of men (as to treating ones fellowman); ib. 11 ארבע מ׳ בדעות four characters (temperaments); ib. 12 ארבע מ׳ בתלמידים four natures of students (with regard to receptive and retentive faculties). Y.Snh.XI, 30a bot. כל שבע מ׳וכ׳ all the seven characteristic features of righteous men which the scholars have defined have been realized in Rabbi. Ned.20b בני תשע מ׳ children conceived under nine (abnormal mental) conditions. R. Hash. 17b, a. fr. שלש עשרה מ׳ the thirteen divine attributes (Ex. 34:6, sq.). Ned.32a, v. פָּרַז; a. fr. מדת הדין a) justice. Tosef.Yeb.IX, 3. a. e., v. לָקָה.Esp. the divine attribute of justice, opp. מ׳ הרחמים, v. דּין II.b) common sense, logical argument. Yoma 43b כך (היא) מ׳ הדין נותנת common sense dictates this; Shebu.14a. Y.Maas. Sh. II, 53c top תחומין עשו (כמ׳) למ׳ הדין they regulated the laws of Sabbath limits according to common sense (not by textual interpretation).c) decision in money matters, civil law (contrad. to ritual law). Y.Gitt.V, 46c bot. אף למ׳ הדין הכן the same principle holds good for civil law (collection of claims, v. כַּפְּרָנוּת); Y.Shebi.X, 39c bot. Ib. (last line) ולמידין מ׳ הדיןוכ׳ do we apply the rules of Prosbol (v. פְּרוֹזְבּוּל) to ordinary claims? Y.B. Kam.V, beg.4d לא הילכו במ׳ הדין אחר הרוב (strike out בממון) in civil law we are not guided by probabilities (v. דוֹב; cmp. Bab. ib. 27b). Y.Ber.II, 5a bot. ולמ׳ הד׳ but civil law (questions of possession). 4) principle, standard, consistency. Men.III, 4 במדתר׳וכ׳ following the principle of R. ; Pes.77b; Y. ib. VII, 34c top. Shek. IV, 6 אינח היא תמ׳ (comment. אינה מן המ׳) this is not consistent (with a previous rule). Ib. 7 השוה את מִדָּתוֹ (Y. ed. מִדּוֹתָיו) he makes his standards even (is consistent). Pes.I, 7 אינת חיא המ׳ this is not the right argument. Ib. 15b אמאי אינה היא המ׳ מ׳ ומ׳ היא why do you say, it is no argument? it is surely a correct argument. Y. Ḥag.III, 77d ‘Menahem went out means ממ׳ למ׳ יצא he went over from one principle to another (joined the opposition; Bab. ib. 16b יצא לתרבות רעה).Esp. מִדּוֹת rules of interpretation. Sifra introd., ch. 1, end הלל … שבע מ׳וכ׳ Hillel the Elder explained seven rules ; Ab. dR. N. ch. 37; Tosef.Snh.VII, 11. Sifra introd., beg. (R. Yishm. said) בשלש עשרה מ׳וכ׳ the Torah is interpreted by means of thirteen rules. (Appendix to treat. Brakhoth. ל״ב מ׳ שלר׳ יוסיוכ׳ the thirty two rules of R. José the Galilean.Lev. R. s. 3, beg. הלכות ומ׳ decisions and interpretations (by which the decisions were reached), v. מְכִילְתָּא.Gitt.67a מִידּוֹתַי תרומה מתרומות מִידּוֹתָיווכ׳ my rules of interpretation are the selection from selections of rules by R. Akiba.Ber.33b שעושח מדותיו של הקב״ח רחמיםוכ׳ he makes compassion the standard (or reason) of the divine laws, while they are decrees (the reasons for which it behooves not man to discuss); Y. ib. V, 9c כקורא תיגר על מ׳וכ׳ because it sounds as if he were finding fault with the ways of the Lord (as if the Lord were partial); כנותן קיצבח למ׳וכ׳ as though he were setting limits to the attributes of the Lord.

בָּחַן(b. h.; √בח, v. Ges. H. Dict. s. v.; cmp. בה s. v. בהי) prop. to distinguish, examine (cmp. בון, חזי), hence to try, probe (of metals); to find out. Snh.107a בְּחָנֵנִי try me.Part. pass. בָּחוּן. Pes.87a בְּחוּנֶיךָ Ms. M. (ed. חנוניך, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) thy tried servants. Ib. b בְּחוּנַי my tried servants. Yalk. Hos. 515; a. e. Pi. בִּיחֵן to inquire. Yoma 73b; Shebu.35b לא ביחנו they did not ask distinctly. Y.B. Kam.IV, 4b bot. שב״ד מְבַחֲנִיןוכ׳ for the court (appointing him guardian) inquires after his character. Hif. הִבְחִין to distinguish. Snh.8b a. e. להַבְחִין ביןוכ׳ in order to be able to distinguish between the ignorant and the willful transgressor. Yeb.42a; a. fr.

בָּחַן(b. h.; √בח, v. Ges. H. Dict. s. v.; cmp. בה s. v. בהי) prop. to distinguish, examine (cmp. בון, חזי), hence to try, probe (of metals); to find out. Snh.107a בְּחָנֵנִי try me.Part. pass. בָּחוּן. Pes.87a בְּחוּנֶיךָ Ms. M. (ed. חנוניך, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) thy tried servants. Ib. b בְּחוּנַי my tried servants. Yalk. Hos. 515; a. e. Pi. בִּיחֵן to inquire. Yoma 73b; Shebu.35b לא ביחנו they did not ask distinctly. Y.B. Kam.IV, 4b bot. שב״ד מְבַחֲנִיןוכ׳ for the court (appointing him guardian) inquires after his character. Hif. הִבְחִין to distinguish. Snh.8b a. e. להַבְחִין ביןוכ׳ in order to be able to distinguish between the ignorant and the willful transgressor. Yeb.42a; a. fr.

בָּסֵם, בָּשֵׂם(√בס, בש cmp. בָּשַׁל, to boil, ripen, be warm, ferment) to be sweet, pleasant, pleasing. Lam. R. to I, 9 יערב לך ויִבְסַם לך may (the sacrifice) be sweet unto thee (Moloch), may it be pleasing unto thee. Gen. R. s. 85 יערב לבם יבושםוכ׳ (Yalk. Gen. 144, Josh. 35 יבסם) may (the wine you drank) be sweet to you, may it well agree with you.Denom. בּוֹסֶם. Pi. בִּסֵּם, בִּיסֵּם, בִּישֵּׂם to make a person look well, esp. (denom. of בּוֹסֶם) to perfume with oil Ex. R. s. 23 a bride מקשטין אותה ומְבַסְּמִין אותה is adorned and made handsome (her toilet is attended to).Part. pass. מְבוּסָּם, f. מְבוּסֶּמֶת, מְבוּשּׂ׳ perfumed, sweet Num. R. s. 20 מקישטת ומב׳ in full toilet. Tosef.Ber.VI (V), 5 it is not becoming for a scholar שיצא מבוסם to go out with perfumed oil on his head; Ber.43b מבוש׳. B. Bath.VI, 3 יין מב׳ sweet wine (guaranteed as not sour). (Pesik. R. s. 21 בישם העולם; Ruth. R. beg. ביסם, read בִּיסֵּס, v. בָּסַס. Hithpa. הִתְבַּסֵּם, הִתְבַּשֵּׂ׳; Nithpa. נִתְבַּסֵּם, נִתְבַּשֵּׂ׳ 1) to perfume ones self with oil Gen. R. s. 17. 2) to become exhilarated, to feel the wine. Koh. R. to XI, 9 אכל ושתה ונת׳ he ate and drank and felt well. 3) trnsf. to grow better, improve. Gen. R. s. 67, end נִתְבַּסְּמָה דעתו עליו his character grew better (play on בשמת Gen. 26:34).(Ib. s. 66 נתבשם העולם, v. בָּסַס.

בָּסֵם, בָּשֵׂם(√בס, בש cmp. בָּשַׁל, to boil, ripen, be warm, ferment) to be sweet, pleasant, pleasing. Lam. R. to I, 9 יערב לך ויִבְסַם לך may (the sacrifice) be sweet unto thee (Moloch), may it be pleasing unto thee. Gen. R. s. 85 יערב לבם יבושםוכ׳ (Yalk. Gen. 144, Josh. 35 יבסם) may (the wine you drank) be sweet to you, may it well agree with you.Denom. בּוֹסֶם. Pi. בִּסֵּם, בִּיסֵּם, בִּישֵּׂם to make a person look well, esp. (denom. of בּוֹסֶם) to perfume with oil Ex. R. s. 23 a bride מקשטין אותה ומְבַסְּמִין אותה is adorned and made handsome (her toilet is attended to).Part. pass. מְבוּסָּם, f. מְבוּסֶּמֶת, מְבוּשּׂ׳ perfumed, sweet Num. R. s. 20 מקישטת ומב׳ in full toilet. Tosef.Ber.VI (V), 5 it is not becoming for a scholar שיצא מבוסם to go out with perfumed oil on his head; Ber.43b מבוש׳. B. Bath.VI, 3 יין מב׳ sweet wine (guaranteed as not sour). (Pesik. R. s. 21 בישם העולם; Ruth. R. beg. ביסם, read בִּיסֵּס, v. בָּסַס. Hithpa. הִתְבַּסֵּם, הִתְבַּשֵּׂ׳; Nithpa. נִתְבַּסֵּם, נִתְבַּשֵּׂ׳ 1) to perfume ones self with oil Gen. R. s. 17. 2) to become exhilarated, to feel the wine. Koh. R. to XI, 9 אכל ושתה ונת׳ he ate and drank and felt well. 3) trnsf. to grow better, improve. Gen. R. s. 67, end נִתְבַּסְּמָה דעתו עליו his character grew better (play on בשמת Gen. 26:34).(Ib. s. 66 נתבשם העולם, v. בָּסַס.

בָּסֵם, בָּשֵׂם(√בס, בש cmp. בָּשַׁל, to boil, ripen, be warm, ferment) to be sweet, pleasant, pleasing. Lam. R. to I, 9 יערב לך ויִבְסַם לך may (the sacrifice) be sweet unto thee (Moloch), may it be pleasing unto thee. Gen. R. s. 85 יערב לבם יבושםוכ׳ (Yalk. Gen. 144, Josh. 35 יבסם) may (the wine you drank) be sweet to you, may it well agree with you.Denom. בּוֹסֶם. Pi. בִּסֵּם, בִּיסֵּם, בִּישֵּׂם to make a person look well, esp. (denom. of בּוֹסֶם) to perfume with oil Ex. R. s. 23 a bride מקשטין אותה ומְבַסְּמִין אותה is adorned and made handsome (her toilet is attended to).Part. pass. מְבוּסָּם, f. מְבוּסֶּמֶת, מְבוּשּׂ׳ perfumed, sweet Num. R. s. 20 מקישטת ומב׳ in full toilet. Tosef.Ber.VI (V), 5 it is not becoming for a scholar שיצא מבוסם to go out with perfumed oil on his head; Ber.43b מבוש׳. B. Bath.VI, 3 יין מב׳ sweet wine (guaranteed as not sour). (Pesik. R. s. 21 בישם העולם; Ruth. R. beg. ביסם, read בִּיסֵּס, v. בָּסַס. Hithpa. הִתְבַּסֵּם, הִתְבַּשֵּׂ׳; Nithpa. נִתְבַּסֵּם, נִתְבַּשֵּׂ׳ 1) to perfume ones self with oil Gen. R. s. 17. 2) to become exhilarated, to feel the wine. Koh. R. to XI, 9 אכל ושתה ונת׳ he ate and drank and felt well. 3) trnsf. to grow better, improve. Gen. R. s. 67, end נִתְבַּסְּמָה דעתו עליו his character grew better (play on בשמת Gen. 26:34).(Ib. s. 66 נתבשם העולם, v. בָּסַס.

בָּסֵם, בָּשֵׂם(√בס, בש cmp. בָּשַׁל, to boil, ripen, be warm, ferment) to be sweet, pleasant, pleasing. Lam. R. to I, 9 יערב לך ויִבְסַם לך may (the sacrifice) be sweet unto thee (Moloch), may it be pleasing unto thee. Gen. R. s. 85 יערב לבם יבושםוכ׳ (Yalk. Gen. 144, Josh. 35 יבסם) may (the wine you drank) be sweet to you, may it well agree with you.Denom. בּוֹסֶם. Pi. בִּסֵּם, בִּיסֵּם, בִּישֵּׂם to make a person look well, esp. (denom. of בּוֹסֶם) to perfume with oil Ex. R. s. 23 a bride מקשטין אותה ומְבַסְּמִין אותה is adorned and made handsome (her toilet is attended to).Part. pass. מְבוּסָּם, f. מְבוּסֶּמֶת, מְבוּשּׂ׳ perfumed, sweet Num. R. s. 20 מקישטת ומב׳ in full toilet. Tosef.Ber.VI (V), 5 it is not becoming for a scholar שיצא מבוסם to go out with perfumed oil on his head; Ber.43b מבוש׳. B. Bath.VI, 3 יין מב׳ sweet wine (guaranteed as not sour). (Pesik. R. s. 21 בישם העולם; Ruth. R. beg. ביסם, read בִּיסֵּס, v. בָּסַס. Hithpa. הִתְבַּסֵּם, הִתְבַּשֵּׂ׳; Nithpa. נִתְבַּסֵּם, נִתְבַּשֵּׂ׳ 1) to perfume ones self with oil Gen. R. s. 17. 2) to become exhilarated, to feel the wine. Koh. R. to XI, 9 אכל ושתה ונת׳ he ate and drank and felt well. 3) trnsf. to grow better, improve. Gen. R. s. 67, end נִתְבַּסְּמָה דעתו עליו his character grew better (play on בשמת Gen. 26:34).(Ib. s. 66 נתבשם העולם, v. בָּסַס.

דּוּק(cmp. דוּךְ) 1) to pound, beat; to powder. Bets14a, v. דּיּךְ.Part. Peil דָּיִיק powdered. Ib. b ד׳ טפי fine-powdered. Ḥull.51b, v. כִּיתְנָא, V. דְּקַק. 2) (cmp. בִּין, בָּקַר a. oth.) to examine carefully, to be particular, exact in expression; to pay special attention, to mind. Ib. 6a, a. fr. דָּק ואשכח he examined and found. Succ.8a לא דק he did not express himself exactly; a. fr.Part. דָּיֵיק careful. Keth.18b מֵידַק ד׳ he is very careful (as to what witnesses he uses). Yoma 83b הווה ד׳ בשמא minded a mans name (considering it an indication of his character). Ib. לא הוו דַיְיקֵי בשמא did not mind Ib. דַּיְיקִיתוּ ye mind.Part. Peil דָּיִיק (v. Pa.) proved, conclusive. B. Kam.3b those verses לא כמר דָּיְיקֵיוכ׳ are no evidence either for the one or the other.Denom. דֵּיקָא, דְּיוּקָא, דּוְקָא. Pa. דַּיֵּיק 1) to grind, to chew carefully. Sabb.155a bot. דדיְּיקָה ואכלה Ms. M. (ed. דדיקה באוכלא) she grinds her food carefully. 2) to argue by pressing a word, to analyze, prove. Keth.31b ד׳ מרישא takes his argument from the first clause; a. fr. 3) to calculate exactly. Targ. Y. Lev. 27:18. Ib. 25:50, v. דִּקְרֵק; a. e. Af. אוֹדִיק, אֲדִיק to be punctilious, get impatient. Koh. R. to III, 9 א׳ מלכא the king was irritated. Pesik. Bshall. p. 86b>; Yalk. Sam. 152 אוֹדִיקַת סרחוכ׳ Serah … grew angry; cmp. דִּקְדֵּק. 2) to examine, look with anxiety, wait attentively. Targ. Prov. 7:6. Targ. Ps. 14:2; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 17 אודיק … לקלהון R. … examined into the noise they made; Lev. R. s. 34; Yalk. Lev. 665; Yalk. Is. 352. Y.Keth.XVII, 35a top; Y.Kil.IX, 32b top א׳ לון תכ׳ Bar K. looked out for them (waiting for them to ask him).

דּוּק(cmp. דוּךְ) 1) to pound, beat; to powder. Bets14a, v. דּיּךְ.Part. Peil דָּיִיק powdered. Ib. b ד׳ טפי fine-powdered. Ḥull.51b, v. כִּיתְנָא, V. דְּקַק. 2) (cmp. בִּין, בָּקַר a. oth.) to examine carefully, to be particular, exact in expression; to pay special attention, to mind. Ib. 6a, a. fr. דָּק ואשכח he examined and found. Succ.8a לא דק he did not express himself exactly; a. fr.Part. דָּיֵיק careful. Keth.18b מֵידַק ד׳ he is very careful (as to what witnesses he uses). Yoma 83b הווה ד׳ בשמא minded a mans name (considering it an indication of his character). Ib. לא הוו דַיְיקֵי בשמא did not mind Ib. דַּיְיקִיתוּ ye mind.Part. Peil דָּיִיק (v. Pa.) proved, conclusive. B. Kam.3b those verses לא כמר דָּיְיקֵיוכ׳ are no evidence either for the one or the other.Denom. דֵּיקָא, דְּיוּקָא, דּוְקָא. Pa. דַּיֵּיק 1) to grind, to chew carefully. Sabb.155a bot. דדיְּיקָה ואכלה Ms. M. (ed. דדיקה באוכלא) she grinds her food carefully. 2) to argue by pressing a word, to analyze, prove. Keth.31b ד׳ מרישא takes his argument from the first clause; a. fr. 3) to calculate exactly. Targ. Y. Lev. 27:18. Ib. 25:50, v. דִּקְרֵק; a. e. Af. אוֹדִיק, אֲדִיק to be punctilious, get impatient. Koh. R. to III, 9 א׳ מלכא the king was irritated. Pesik. Bshall. p. 86b>; Yalk. Sam. 152 אוֹדִיקַת סרחוכ׳ Serah … grew angry; cmp. דִּקְדֵּק. 2) to examine, look with anxiety, wait attentively. Targ. Prov. 7:6. Targ. Ps. 14:2; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 17 אודיק … לקלהון R. … examined into the noise they made; Lev. R. s. 34; Yalk. Lev. 665; Yalk. Is. 352. Y.Keth.XVII, 35a top; Y.Kil.IX, 32b top א׳ לון תכ׳ Bar K. looked out for them (waiting for them to ask him).

הֲוָיָה, הֲוָויָה, הֲוָיָיהf. (preced.) 1) existence, status, condition, stability. Ab. Zar.54b (ref. to תהיה, Lev. 25:12) בהַוְיָיתָהִּ תהא it shall remain in its status. Y.Ber.II, 4d bot. (ref. to והיו, Deut. 6:6) כדרך הַוְיָיתָן יהו they shall remain (be read) in the order in which they stand. Y.Shek.IV. 48b top שתהאה׳ בקודש that it must retain its sacred character. Cant. R. to VI, 4 (ref. to והיו, Num. 7:5) נתן להםה׳ he gave them stability; Num. R. s. 12, end ניתן להםה׳ (read ניתנה). M. Kat. 15a הויה the use of the word היה in the Biblical text; Men.28a; a. e.Esp. (with ref. to והיתה לאיש, Deut. 24:2, v. הָיָה Pl.) legal status of marriage, Kidd.5a מקישה׳ ליציאהוכ׳ the text puts entrance into marriage on an equality with going out (divorce), as divorce takes place by means of a deed, so may marriage be contracted Yeb.13b (ref. to לא תהיה, Deut. 25:5) לא תהיה בהה׳ לזר she shall have no legal status with another man; Y. ib. I, 2c bot. לא תהא להה׳וכ׳ (not יהא); a. fr.Pl. הֲוָיוֹת, הֲוָו׳. Keth.46b, a. e. איתקושה׳ להדדי the various modes of entrance into marriage correspond to each other. 2) הֲ׳, or הַוָּיָה (v. preced. Pa.) discussion, argument. Y.Maasr.II, 49d bot. הוו׳ דר׳ מנא the result of a discussion stated by R. M.Pl. הֲוָיוֹת or הַוָּ׳. Succ.28a ה׳ דאבייוכ׳ (Ms. M. sing.) arguments raised by A. ; B. Bath. 134a (Ms. H. sing., Ms. R. הַוָּיֵי; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 40).

הֲוָיָה, הֲוָויָה, הֲוָיָיהf. (preced.) 1) existence, status, condition, stability. Ab. Zar.54b (ref. to תהיה, Lev. 25:12) בהַוְיָיתָהִּ תהא it shall remain in its status. Y.Ber.II, 4d bot. (ref. to והיו, Deut. 6:6) כדרך הַוְיָיתָן יהו they shall remain (be read) in the order in which they stand. Y.Shek.IV. 48b top שתהאה׳ בקודש that it must retain its sacred character. Cant. R. to VI, 4 (ref. to והיו, Num. 7:5) נתן להםה׳ he gave them stability; Num. R. s. 12, end ניתן להםה׳ (read ניתנה). M. Kat. 15a הויה the use of the word היה in the Biblical text; Men.28a; a. e.Esp. (with ref. to והיתה לאיש, Deut. 24:2, v. הָיָה Pl.) legal status of marriage, Kidd.5a מקישה׳ ליציאהוכ׳ the text puts entrance into marriage on an equality with going out (divorce), as divorce takes place by means of a deed, so may marriage be contracted Yeb.13b (ref. to לא תהיה, Deut. 25:5) לא תהיה בהה׳ לזר she shall have no legal status with another man; Y. ib. I, 2c bot. לא תהא להה׳וכ׳ (not יהא); a. fr.Pl. הֲוָיוֹת, הֲוָו׳. Keth.46b, a. e. איתקושה׳ להדדי the various modes of entrance into marriage correspond to each other. 2) הֲ׳, or הַוָּיָה (v. preced. Pa.) discussion, argument. Y.Maasr.II, 49d bot. הוו׳ דר׳ מנא the result of a discussion stated by R. M.Pl. הֲוָיוֹת or הַוָּ׳. Succ.28a ה׳ דאבייוכ׳ (Ms. M. sing.) arguments raised by A. ; B. Bath. 134a (Ms. H. sing., Ms. R. הַוָּיֵי; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 40).

הֲוָיָה, הֲוָויָה, הֲוָיָיהf. (preced.) 1) existence, status, condition, stability. Ab. Zar.54b (ref. to תהיה, Lev. 25:12) בהַוְיָיתָהִּ תהא it shall remain in its status. Y.Ber.II, 4d bot. (ref. to והיו, Deut. 6:6) כדרך הַוְיָיתָן יהו they shall remain (be read) in the order in which they stand. Y.Shek.IV. 48b top שתהאה׳ בקודש that it must retain its sacred character. Cant. R. to VI, 4 (ref. to והיו, Num. 7:5) נתן להםה׳ he gave them stability; Num. R. s. 12, end ניתן להםה׳ (read ניתנה). M. Kat. 15a הויה the use of the word היה in the Biblical text; Men.28a; a. e.Esp. (with ref. to והיתה לאיש, Deut. 24:2, v. הָיָה Pl.) legal status of marriage, Kidd.5a מקישה׳ ליציאהוכ׳ the text puts entrance into marriage on an equality with going out (divorce), as divorce takes place by means of a deed, so may marriage be contracted Yeb.13b (ref. to לא תהיה, Deut. 25:5) לא תהיה בהה׳ לזר she shall have no legal status with another man; Y. ib. I, 2c bot. לא תהא להה׳וכ׳ (not יהא); a. fr.Pl. הֲוָיוֹת, הֲוָו׳. Keth.46b, a. e. איתקושה׳ להדדי the various modes of entrance into marriage correspond to each other. 2) הֲ׳, or הַוָּיָה (v. preced. Pa.) discussion, argument. Y.Maasr.II, 49d bot. הוו׳ דר׳ מנא the result of a discussion stated by R. M.Pl. הֲוָיוֹת or הַוָּ׳. Succ.28a ה׳ דאבייוכ׳ (Ms. M. sing.) arguments raised by A. ; B. Bath. 134a (Ms. H. sing., Ms. R. הַוָּיֵי; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 40).