possession

קני, קָנָה(b. h.) ( to estabIish, 1) (cmp. קום, Gen. 23:17) to create; to acquire, own; to take possession. R. Hash. 31a (ref. to Ps. 24 recited in the Temple on the first day of the week) על שם שק׳ והקנהוכ׳ because he (the Lord in establishing the world) took possession and gave (his creatures) possession (invested them with a fief), and became the sovereign of the world. Kidd.I, 1 האשה קוֹנָה את עצמהוכ׳ a wife acquires herself (becomes independent) when she receives her divorce Ib. 20a כל הקוֹנֶה … כקונהוכ׳ whoever buys a Hebrew bondman creates, as it were, a master over himself. B. Mets.75b הקונה אדון לעצמו he who creates a master over himself, expl. תולה נכסיו בנכרי who (in order to evade obligations) hangs his property on a gentile (pretends to be merely the agent of a gentile); (another explan.) הכותב נכסיווכ׳ who transfers his property to his children during his lifetime. Gitt.37b sq. (ref. to Lev. 25:45) אתם קוֹנִיםוכ׳ you may buy (as a slave) one of them, but they cannot buy one of you, nor can they buy of one another. Ib. יכול לא יִקְנוּ זה את זה למעשה ידיו you may think, they cannot buy one another for the work (as long as the serf choses to be in the masters power); ולא הם קוֹנִים … לגופו they cannot buy of one another a bodily slave (who requires formal manumission to be a freeman). B. Mets.46b bot. מכור לי באלו ק׳ if one says, sell me (a certain object) for these (coins which I hold in my hand), he has bought (the sale is valid). Ib. IV, 1 הזהב קונהוכ׳, v. זָהָב. Ib. מעות הרעות קוֹנוֹתוכ׳ the delivery of cancelled coins effects the purchase of the valid coins. Ib. 47b מעות קונות the delivery of the purchasing money gives possession (no formal possession of the purchased object (מְשִׁיכָה) being required). Kidd.22b הגבהה קונה lifting up the purchased object makes the sale binding; a. v. fr. 2) to make sure; to obligate a person by a special symbolical act (קִנְיָן); to enter into an obligation by a special symbolical form. Gitt.51a בשקָנוּ מידו when they (the court, witnesses) made him obligate himself (that his widow should receive support from his estate); בשקנו לזו ולא קנו לזו when such an obligation was entered with reference to this (his wifes case), but not with reference to that (his daughters case). B. Mets.47a במה קונין … בכליו של קונה wherewith is the bargain made sure?… By handing over one of the garments (or any object) belonging to the purchaser; דניחא ליה לקונה דליהוי מקנה קונהוכ׳ for the purchaser likes the seller to obligate himself, in order that he may be sure to give him possession; a. fr.Ib. 48b when he said to him, ערבוני יָקוּן (fr. קון = קנה) my earnest money shall serve to make the purchase sure.Part. pass. קָנוּי; f. קְנוּיָה; pl. קְנוּיִים, קְנוּיִין; קְנוּיוֹת. Kidd.16a עבד עברי גופו ק׳ והרבוכ׳ a Hebrew bondman is owned bodily (to the end of his term), and if the master allowed him a reduction of his time, his allowance is not legally binding (the slave not being able to acquire himself); ib. 28a; B. Kam. 113b. Gen. R. s. 86 (ref. to Gen. 39:1) הקנויין קונין וכלוכ׳ as a rule those who are owned make themselves owners (slaves enrich themselves by robbing their master), and all slaves cause decrease to their masters house, but in this case ‘the Lord blessed (ib. 5); Yalk. ib. 145 הקונין קונין (corr. acc.); a. fr.Tosef.Ned.IV, 6 קונם … שאני קנוי the axe of which I am possessed be forbidden (v. קוֹנָם), i. e. I swear that I have no axe; Ned.35a (Rashi שאינו ק׳ I swear that another axe is not owned by me).Y.Peah IV, 18b השעה קנויה, read: פְּנוּיָה, v. פָּנוּי. Nif. נִקְנֶה to be acquired, owned, bought. Kidd.20a (ref. to Lev. 25:14) דבר הנ׳ מיד ליד this refers to what is bought from hand to hand (movable goods). Ib. I, 1 האשה נִקְנֵיתוכ׳ a wife can be acquired in three ways. Ib. 6b אין אשה נ׳ בחליפין a wife cannot be taken possession of by symbolical delivery (חֲלִיפִין). Ib. I, 3 עבד כנעני נ׳ בכסףוכ׳ a Canaanite slave is taken possession of (is considered owned) either by delivery of the purchasing money, or by a deed, or by undisturbed possession (חֲזָקָה). Ib. 5 נכסים שיש … נִקְנִיןוכ׳ landed property is acquired by means of handing over the money, but movables cannot be acquired otherwise than by taking hold (מְשִׁיכָה). Ib. 22b תִּקָּנֶה בביאח let her be acquired (become his slave) by coition; a. fr. Hif. הִקְנָה to give possession, sell, transfer. R. Hash. l. c., v. supra. Snh.81b ולמַקְנוֹ, v. קוֹנֶה. Keth.82b אשה הִקְנוּ לווכ׳ it is heaven that gave him a wife (through his brothers death without issue); Yeb.39a. B. Mets.47a בכליו של מַקְנֶה, v. supra. Ib. 33b, a. fr. אין אדם מקנה דברוכ׳ none can give possession of (sell) what does not yet exist (future crops); a. fr.Esth. R. introd. (ref. to Deut. 28:68 sq.) למה ואין קונה …ע״י שלא הִקְנִיתֶם אלהוכ׳ why ‘no purchaser?… Because you have not transmitted ‘these words of the covenant, for there is none among you making the five books of the Law his own (v. קוֹנֶה).

קני, קָנָה(b. h.) ( to estabIish, 1) (cmp. קום, Gen. 23:17) to create; to acquire, own; to take possession. R. Hash. 31a (ref. to Ps. 24 recited in the Temple on the first day of the week) על שם שק׳ והקנהוכ׳ because he (the Lord in establishing the world) took possession and gave (his creatures) possession (invested them with a fief), and became the sovereign of the world. Kidd.I, 1 האשה קוֹנָה את עצמהוכ׳ a wife acquires herself (becomes independent) when she receives her divorce Ib. 20a כל הקוֹנֶה … כקונהוכ׳ whoever buys a Hebrew bondman creates, as it were, a master over himself. B. Mets.75b הקונה אדון לעצמו he who creates a master over himself, expl. תולה נכסיו בנכרי who (in order to evade obligations) hangs his property on a gentile (pretends to be merely the agent of a gentile); (another explan.) הכותב נכסיווכ׳ who transfers his property to his children during his lifetime. Gitt.37b sq. (ref. to Lev. 25:45) אתם קוֹנִיםוכ׳ you may buy (as a slave) one of them, but they cannot buy one of you, nor can they buy of one another. Ib. יכול לא יִקְנוּ זה את זה למעשה ידיו you may think, they cannot buy one another for the work (as long as the serf choses to be in the masters power); ולא הם קוֹנִים … לגופו they cannot buy of one another a bodily slave (who requires formal manumission to be a freeman). B. Mets.46b bot. מכור לי באלו ק׳ if one says, sell me (a certain object) for these (coins which I hold in my hand), he has bought (the sale is valid). Ib. IV, 1 הזהב קונהוכ׳, v. זָהָב. Ib. מעות הרעות קוֹנוֹתוכ׳ the delivery of cancelled coins effects the purchase of the valid coins. Ib. 47b מעות קונות the delivery of the purchasing money gives possession (no formal possession of the purchased object (מְשִׁיכָה) being required). Kidd.22b הגבהה קונה lifting up the purchased object makes the sale binding; a. v. fr. 2) to make sure; to obligate a person by a special symbolical act (קִנְיָן); to enter into an obligation by a special symbolical form. Gitt.51a בשקָנוּ מידו when they (the court, witnesses) made him obligate himself (that his widow should receive support from his estate); בשקנו לזו ולא קנו לזו when such an obligation was entered with reference to this (his wifes case), but not with reference to that (his daughters case). B. Mets.47a במה קונין … בכליו של קונה wherewith is the bargain made sure?… By handing over one of the garments (or any object) belonging to the purchaser; דניחא ליה לקונה דליהוי מקנה קונהוכ׳ for the purchaser likes the seller to obligate himself, in order that he may be sure to give him possession; a. fr.Ib. 48b when he said to him, ערבוני יָקוּן (fr. קון = קנה) my earnest money shall serve to make the purchase sure.Part. pass. קָנוּי; f. קְנוּיָה; pl. קְנוּיִים, קְנוּיִין; קְנוּיוֹת. Kidd.16a עבד עברי גופו ק׳ והרבוכ׳ a Hebrew bondman is owned bodily (to the end of his term), and if the master allowed him a reduction of his time, his allowance is not legally binding (the slave not being able to acquire himself); ib. 28a; B. Kam. 113b. Gen. R. s. 86 (ref. to Gen. 39:1) הקנויין קונין וכלוכ׳ as a rule those who are owned make themselves owners (slaves enrich themselves by robbing their master), and all slaves cause decrease to their masters house, but in this case ‘the Lord blessed (ib. 5); Yalk. ib. 145 הקונין קונין (corr. acc.); a. fr.Tosef.Ned.IV, 6 קונם … שאני קנוי the axe of which I am possessed be forbidden (v. קוֹנָם), i. e. I swear that I have no axe; Ned.35a (Rashi שאינו ק׳ I swear that another axe is not owned by me).Y.Peah IV, 18b השעה קנויה, read: פְּנוּיָה, v. פָּנוּי. Nif. נִקְנֶה to be acquired, owned, bought. Kidd.20a (ref. to Lev. 25:14) דבר הנ׳ מיד ליד this refers to what is bought from hand to hand (movable goods). Ib. I, 1 האשה נִקְנֵיתוכ׳ a wife can be acquired in three ways. Ib. 6b אין אשה נ׳ בחליפין a wife cannot be taken possession of by symbolical delivery (חֲלִיפִין). Ib. I, 3 עבד כנעני נ׳ בכסףוכ׳ a Canaanite slave is taken possession of (is considered owned) either by delivery of the purchasing money, or by a deed, or by undisturbed possession (חֲזָקָה). Ib. 5 נכסים שיש … נִקְנִיןוכ׳ landed property is acquired by means of handing over the money, but movables cannot be acquired otherwise than by taking hold (מְשִׁיכָה). Ib. 22b תִּקָּנֶה בביאח let her be acquired (become his slave) by coition; a. fr. Hif. הִקְנָה to give possession, sell, transfer. R. Hash. l. c., v. supra. Snh.81b ולמַקְנוֹ, v. קוֹנֶה. Keth.82b אשה הִקְנוּ לווכ׳ it is heaven that gave him a wife (through his brothers death without issue); Yeb.39a. B. Mets.47a בכליו של מַקְנֶה, v. supra. Ib. 33b, a. fr. אין אדם מקנה דברוכ׳ none can give possession of (sell) what does not yet exist (future crops); a. fr.Esth. R. introd. (ref. to Deut. 28:68 sq.) למה ואין קונה …ע״י שלא הִקְנִיתֶם אלהוכ׳ why ‘no purchaser?… Because you have not transmitted ‘these words of the covenant, for there is none among you making the five books of the Law his own (v. קוֹנֶה).

קני, קָנָה(b. h.) ( to estabIish, 1) (cmp. קום, Gen. 23:17) to create; to acquire, own; to take possession. R. Hash. 31a (ref. to Ps. 24 recited in the Temple on the first day of the week) על שם שק׳ והקנהוכ׳ because he (the Lord in establishing the world) took possession and gave (his creatures) possession (invested them with a fief), and became the sovereign of the world. Kidd.I, 1 האשה קוֹנָה את עצמהוכ׳ a wife acquires herself (becomes independent) when she receives her divorce Ib. 20a כל הקוֹנֶה … כקונהוכ׳ whoever buys a Hebrew bondman creates, as it were, a master over himself. B. Mets.75b הקונה אדון לעצמו he who creates a master over himself, expl. תולה נכסיו בנכרי who (in order to evade obligations) hangs his property on a gentile (pretends to be merely the agent of a gentile); (another explan.) הכותב נכסיווכ׳ who transfers his property to his children during his lifetime. Gitt.37b sq. (ref. to Lev. 25:45) אתם קוֹנִיםוכ׳ you may buy (as a slave) one of them, but they cannot buy one of you, nor can they buy of one another. Ib. יכול לא יִקְנוּ זה את זה למעשה ידיו you may think, they cannot buy one another for the work (as long as the serf choses to be in the masters power); ולא הם קוֹנִים … לגופו they cannot buy of one another a bodily slave (who requires formal manumission to be a freeman). B. Mets.46b bot. מכור לי באלו ק׳ if one says, sell me (a certain object) for these (coins which I hold in my hand), he has bought (the sale is valid). Ib. IV, 1 הזהב קונהוכ׳, v. זָהָב. Ib. מעות הרעות קוֹנוֹתוכ׳ the delivery of cancelled coins effects the purchase of the valid coins. Ib. 47b מעות קונות the delivery of the purchasing money gives possession (no formal possession of the purchased object (מְשִׁיכָה) being required). Kidd.22b הגבהה קונה lifting up the purchased object makes the sale binding; a. v. fr. 2) to make sure; to obligate a person by a special symbolical act (קִנְיָן); to enter into an obligation by a special symbolical form. Gitt.51a בשקָנוּ מידו when they (the court, witnesses) made him obligate himself (that his widow should receive support from his estate); בשקנו לזו ולא קנו לזו when such an obligation was entered with reference to this (his wifes case), but not with reference to that (his daughters case). B. Mets.47a במה קונין … בכליו של קונה wherewith is the bargain made sure?… By handing over one of the garments (or any object) belonging to the purchaser; דניחא ליה לקונה דליהוי מקנה קונהוכ׳ for the purchaser likes the seller to obligate himself, in order that he may be sure to give him possession; a. fr.Ib. 48b when he said to him, ערבוני יָקוּן (fr. קון = קנה) my earnest money shall serve to make the purchase sure.Part. pass. קָנוּי; f. קְנוּיָה; pl. קְנוּיִים, קְנוּיִין; קְנוּיוֹת. Kidd.16a עבד עברי גופו ק׳ והרבוכ׳ a Hebrew bondman is owned bodily (to the end of his term), and if the master allowed him a reduction of his time, his allowance is not legally binding (the slave not being able to acquire himself); ib. 28a; B. Kam. 113b. Gen. R. s. 86 (ref. to Gen. 39:1) הקנויין קונין וכלוכ׳ as a rule those who are owned make themselves owners (slaves enrich themselves by robbing their master), and all slaves cause decrease to their masters house, but in this case ‘the Lord blessed (ib. 5); Yalk. ib. 145 הקונין קונין (corr. acc.); a. fr.Tosef.Ned.IV, 6 קונם … שאני קנוי the axe of which I am possessed be forbidden (v. קוֹנָם), i. e. I swear that I have no axe; Ned.35a (Rashi שאינו ק׳ I swear that another axe is not owned by me).Y.Peah IV, 18b השעה קנויה, read: פְּנוּיָה, v. פָּנוּי. Nif. נִקְנֶה to be acquired, owned, bought. Kidd.20a (ref. to Lev. 25:14) דבר הנ׳ מיד ליד this refers to what is bought from hand to hand (movable goods). Ib. I, 1 האשה נִקְנֵיתוכ׳ a wife can be acquired in three ways. Ib. 6b אין אשה נ׳ בחליפין a wife cannot be taken possession of by symbolical delivery (חֲלִיפִין). Ib. I, 3 עבד כנעני נ׳ בכסףוכ׳ a Canaanite slave is taken possession of (is considered owned) either by delivery of the purchasing money, or by a deed, or by undisturbed possession (חֲזָקָה). Ib. 5 נכסים שיש … נִקְנִיןוכ׳ landed property is acquired by means of handing over the money, but movables cannot be acquired otherwise than by taking hold (מְשִׁיכָה). Ib. 22b תִּקָּנֶה בביאח let her be acquired (become his slave) by coition; a. fr. Hif. הִקְנָה to give possession, sell, transfer. R. Hash. l. c., v. supra. Snh.81b ולמַקְנוֹ, v. קוֹנֶה. Keth.82b אשה הִקְנוּ לווכ׳ it is heaven that gave him a wife (through his brothers death without issue); Yeb.39a. B. Mets.47a בכליו של מַקְנֶה, v. supra. Ib. 33b, a. fr. אין אדם מקנה דברוכ׳ none can give possession of (sell) what does not yet exist (future crops); a. fr.Esth. R. introd. (ref. to Deut. 28:68 sq.) למה ואין קונה …ע״י שלא הִקְנִיתֶם אלהוכ׳ why ‘no purchaser?… Because you have not transmitted ‘these words of the covenant, for there is none among you making the five books of the Law his own (v. קוֹנֶה).

חֲזָקָהf. (חָזַק) 1) taking hold. Y.M. Kat. III, 83c top (ref. to 2 Sam. 1:11) אין ח׳וכ׳ taking hold (of a garment to rend it in mourning) means no less than a hand-breadth of it. 2) (law) taking posssession, posession, usucaption; claim based on undisturbed possession during a legally fixed period. B. Bath.III, 1 חֶזְקַת הבתיכוכ׳ the legal period of undisturbed possession (in order to give a title) is for houses … three years. Ib. 29b (in Chald. diction) אכלית שני ח׳ I had the undisturbed usufruct for the period prescribed by law. Ib. 36a עבדים יש להם ח׳ does the law of possession apply to slaves?Ib. אין להם ח׳ לאלתרוכ׳ present possession gives no title (as is the case with inanimate movable chattel), but a possession of three years does. Ib. III, 2 שלש ארצות לח׳ there are in Palestine three districts with different usages of possession. Ib. 3 כל ח׳ שאיןוכ׳ possession without a plea (of purchase or any other mode of legal acquisition) gives no title; a. v. fr. 3) presumption, presumptive continuance of an actual condition until evidence of a change is produced; legal status. Ḥull.9a בהמה בחייה בחֶזְקַת איסורוכ׳ the animal when alive, has the status of a forbidden object (v. אֵבֶר), until you ascertain by what means it has been ritually slaughtered; when it is slaughtered הרי היא בח׳ היתרוכ׳ it has the status of a permitted object, until you find out how it became forbidden. Gitt.III, 3 בחזקת שהוא קיים under the presumption that her husband (though sick or old when the messenger was deputed) is alive. Keth.75b ח׳ דגופא a presumption as regards physical condition, ח׳ דממונא the fact of possession against which the claimant has to produce satisfactory evidence. Ib. ח׳ אין אדם שותהוכ׳ the presumption is that no man drinks out of a cup without examining (that none will marry without having ascertained the womans physical condition). Yeb.31b top חזקת בר שטיא the legal status of an insane persons property; a. v. fr.Pl. חֲזָקוֹת. Kidd.80a סוקלין … מלקין על הח׳ we execute punishment on the basis of actual facts (though not provable by legal evidence, e. g. man and wife and children living together and treating each other as such, are legally considered as being one family), v. חָזַק Hof.Y.Ḥall.IV, 60a bot. לח׳ with reference to the local usages of usucaption (Gitt.III, 2, v. supra); a. e.

חֲזָקָהf. (חָזַק) 1) taking hold. Y.M. Kat. III, 83c top (ref. to 2 Sam. 1:11) אין ח׳וכ׳ taking hold (of a garment to rend it in mourning) means no less than a hand-breadth of it. 2) (law) taking posssession, posession, usucaption; claim based on undisturbed possession during a legally fixed period. B. Bath.III, 1 חֶזְקַת הבתיכוכ׳ the legal period of undisturbed possession (in order to give a title) is for houses … three years. Ib. 29b (in Chald. diction) אכלית שני ח׳ I had the undisturbed usufruct for the period prescribed by law. Ib. 36a עבדים יש להם ח׳ does the law of possession apply to slaves?Ib. אין להם ח׳ לאלתרוכ׳ present possession gives no title (as is the case with inanimate movable chattel), but a possession of three years does. Ib. III, 2 שלש ארצות לח׳ there are in Palestine three districts with different usages of possession. Ib. 3 כל ח׳ שאיןוכ׳ possession without a plea (of purchase or any other mode of legal acquisition) gives no title; a. v. fr. 3) presumption, presumptive continuance of an actual condition until evidence of a change is produced; legal status. Ḥull.9a בהמה בחייה בחֶזְקַת איסורוכ׳ the animal when alive, has the status of a forbidden object (v. אֵבֶר), until you ascertain by what means it has been ritually slaughtered; when it is slaughtered הרי היא בח׳ היתרוכ׳ it has the status of a permitted object, until you find out how it became forbidden. Gitt.III, 3 בחזקת שהוא קיים under the presumption that her husband (though sick or old when the messenger was deputed) is alive. Keth.75b ח׳ דגופא a presumption as regards physical condition, ח׳ דממונא the fact of possession against which the claimant has to produce satisfactory evidence. Ib. ח׳ אין אדם שותהוכ׳ the presumption is that no man drinks out of a cup without examining (that none will marry without having ascertained the womans physical condition). Yeb.31b top חזקת בר שטיא the legal status of an insane persons property; a. v. fr.Pl. חֲזָקוֹת. Kidd.80a סוקלין … מלקין על הח׳ we execute punishment on the basis of actual facts (though not provable by legal evidence, e. g. man and wife and children living together and treating each other as such, are legally considered as being one family), v. חָזַק Hof.Y.Ḥall.IV, 60a bot. לח׳ with reference to the local usages of usucaption (Gitt.III, 2, v. supra); a. e.

חָזַק(b. h.; cmp. אדק, הדק, חדק) ( to squeeze together, (neut. verb) to be thick, solid; to be strong. Y.Ber.I, 2c bot. (ref. to Gen. 1:6) יֶחֱזַק הרקיעוכ׳ let the expanse become solidified, let it coagulate, congeal; Gen. R. s. 4; (Yalk. ib. 5 יתחזק, Hithpa.). Pi. חִיזֵּק to join, repair, tighten, strengthen. Snh.94a (expl. חזקיה) שחי׳ את ישראלוכ׳ (Ms. M. שהחזיק, Hif.) he joined Israel to their Father Ib. שחִזְּקוֹ יה the Lord strengthened him. Pes.45a שעשוי לחַזֵּק Ms. M. where the dough in the cracks is put in for repairing the trough. Sabb.146b (העשוי) לחַ׳ when the hole was filled up for making the vessel sound, opp. לשמר to prevent evaporation; a. fr.Part. pass. מְחוּזָּק, pl. מְחוּזָּקִים. Sifré Num. 1 אין מְחַזְּקִים אלא המח׳ (ed. תמוחז׳) only the strong-minded it is worth while to strengthen (encourage). Hif. הֶחֱזִיק 1) same, v. supra.ה׳ טובה ל־ to attach merit to, to account as merit, to be grateful. Ab. II, 8 אל תַּחֲזִיק ט׳ לעצמך do not claim credit for it (be not proud). Yoma 86b אלא שמַחֲזִיק לו ט׳ but He even gives him credit (for his sins when he repents). Men.53a הַחֲזֵק ליוכ׳ give me credit for making Thee known Keth.68a, a. e. בואו ונַחֲזִיקוכ׳ let us be thankful to the fraudulent poor ; a. fr. 2) (with יד) to strengthen, to encourage, abet. Gitt.V, 9 לפי שאין מַחֲזִיקִיןוכ׳ because we must not encourage (by favors) those who do wrong. Ib. ומחזיקין ידיעכו״םוכ׳ we may encourage (greet with תחזקנה ידיכם, Zech. 8:9) gentiles at agricultural work in the Sabbatical year; a. fr. 3) to hold, contain. Ib. 57a אין עורו מחזיקוכ׳ its skin (once flayed) can not again cover its entire body (it shrinks). Ib. (in Chald. dict.) אפי׳ שתין … לא מ׳ it would not have room even for sixty myriads of reeds. Par. VII, 8 בשביל שתַּחֲזִיקוכ׳ in order that it (the reservoir) might hold more water. Ukts. III, 12 לא מצא … מחזיקוכ׳ the Lord found no vessel so fit to contain all blessings as peace; Deut. R. s. 5 end; a. fr. 4) (with ב) to take a hold of, seize, take possession. Ḥull.4a, a. e. כל מצוה שהֶחֱזִיקוּוכ׳ whatever Jewish law the Samaritans have adopted, v. דִּקְדֵּק. B. Mets.I, 4 וה׳ בה and took a hold of it. B. Bath.III, 3 במַחֲזִיק when one is in possession (basing his claim on possession). Ib. המַ׳ בנכסי הגר he who takes possession of the estate of a convert (who has no heirs in law). Ib. 2 ויַחֲזִיק שנה that he may be in possession for one year, v. אִסְפַּמְיָא; a. fr.; v. חֲזָקָה.Y. Ḥag. I, 76c, a. e. שלא הֶחֱזִיקוּ בשכרוכ׳ they did not cling to the duty of maintaining teachers 5) (v. חֲזָקָה) to presume, to be under a certain impression, to be convinced. Y.Kidd.IV, 66b היו מַחֲזִיקִין בו שהוא בנווכ׳ if people were under the impression that a certain person was their neighbors son, but in his dying hour he declared Ib. היו מ׳ אותו שהואוכ׳ if people took him to be a relation of his; a. e.Ḥag.19a, v. infra. Hof. הוּחֲזָק (denom. of חֲזָקָה) to be presumed, be held for, be known for. Gitt.14a בשה׳ כפרן when the man is known to be a liar. Shebu.34b, a. fr. ה׳ כפרן (in such a case) he is considered a confirmed liar.Y. Kidd. l. c. bot. הוּחְזְקוּ if they were generally assumed (to be husband and wife); a. fr.Ḥag.19a הטובל לחולין וה׳ לחולין if one takes an immersion for the purpose of being enabled to partake of ordinary food and is considered (by himself) to have immersed for that purpose. Ib. טבל ולאה׳ if he did immerse but did not have a certain purpose in view. Ib. עודיהו …ה׳ לדבר קל מחזיק עצמווכ׳ as long as he has one foot yet in the water, when he had had in view a minor purpose for his bath, he may still change it for a higher purpose. Ib. אם לאה׳ מחזיק if he had had no particular object in view, he may on coming out define the object for which he has bathed.Part. מוּחֲזָק 1) held in possession, adhered to. Bekh.VIII, 9 ולא בראוי כבמ׳ nor does he take a double share of what is coming due to the estate as he does of what is held in possession; B. Bath.55a; a. fr.Sabb.130a עדיין היא מוּחֲזֶקֶת בידם it is still strongly adhered to, opp. מרופה, v. רָפָה. 2) being known, approved. Sifra Kdosh. Par. 3, ch. V במ׳ לך when he is known to thee (to be a proselyte); a. e. 3) being sure, convinced, knowing from experience. Keth.25b מוּחֲזַקְנִי בזהוכ׳ (= מ׳ אני) I know this man to be a priest; a. e.Sifré Num. 1:5. supra. Hithpa. הִתְחַזֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְחַזֵּק 1) to become solid, strong. Yalk. Gen. 5 יִתְחַזֵּק, v. preced. 2) to feel encouraged, take courage. Ber.32a נ׳ בתפלה became emboldened to pray.

חָזַק(b. h.; cmp. אדק, הדק, חדק) ( to squeeze together, (neut. verb) to be thick, solid; to be strong. Y.Ber.I, 2c bot. (ref. to Gen. 1:6) יֶחֱזַק הרקיעוכ׳ let the expanse become solidified, let it coagulate, congeal; Gen. R. s. 4; (Yalk. ib. 5 יתחזק, Hithpa.). Pi. חִיזֵּק to join, repair, tighten, strengthen. Snh.94a (expl. חזקיה) שחי׳ את ישראלוכ׳ (Ms. M. שהחזיק, Hif.) he joined Israel to their Father Ib. שחִזְּקוֹ יה the Lord strengthened him. Pes.45a שעשוי לחַזֵּק Ms. M. where the dough in the cracks is put in for repairing the trough. Sabb.146b (העשוי) לחַ׳ when the hole was filled up for making the vessel sound, opp. לשמר to prevent evaporation; a. fr.Part. pass. מְחוּזָּק, pl. מְחוּזָּקִים. Sifré Num. 1 אין מְחַזְּקִים אלא המח׳ (ed. תמוחז׳) only the strong-minded it is worth while to strengthen (encourage). Hif. הֶחֱזִיק 1) same, v. supra.ה׳ טובה ל־ to attach merit to, to account as merit, to be grateful. Ab. II, 8 אל תַּחֲזִיק ט׳ לעצמך do not claim credit for it (be not proud). Yoma 86b אלא שמַחֲזִיק לו ט׳ but He even gives him credit (for his sins when he repents). Men.53a הַחֲזֵק ליוכ׳ give me credit for making Thee known Keth.68a, a. e. בואו ונַחֲזִיקוכ׳ let us be thankful to the fraudulent poor ; a. fr. 2) (with יד) to strengthen, to encourage, abet. Gitt.V, 9 לפי שאין מַחֲזִיקִיןוכ׳ because we must not encourage (by favors) those who do wrong. Ib. ומחזיקין ידיעכו״םוכ׳ we may encourage (greet with תחזקנה ידיכם, Zech. 8:9) gentiles at agricultural work in the Sabbatical year; a. fr. 3) to hold, contain. Ib. 57a אין עורו מחזיקוכ׳ its skin (once flayed) can not again cover its entire body (it shrinks). Ib. (in Chald. dict.) אפי׳ שתין … לא מ׳ it would not have room even for sixty myriads of reeds. Par. VII, 8 בשביל שתַּחֲזִיקוכ׳ in order that it (the reservoir) might hold more water. Ukts. III, 12 לא מצא … מחזיקוכ׳ the Lord found no vessel so fit to contain all blessings as peace; Deut. R. s. 5 end; a. fr. 4) (with ב) to take a hold of, seize, take possession. Ḥull.4a, a. e. כל מצוה שהֶחֱזִיקוּוכ׳ whatever Jewish law the Samaritans have adopted, v. דִּקְדֵּק. B. Mets.I, 4 וה׳ בה and took a hold of it. B. Bath.III, 3 במַחֲזִיק when one is in possession (basing his claim on possession). Ib. המַ׳ בנכסי הגר he who takes possession of the estate of a convert (who has no heirs in law). Ib. 2 ויַחֲזִיק שנה that he may be in possession for one year, v. אִסְפַּמְיָא; a. fr.; v. חֲזָקָה.Y. Ḥag. I, 76c, a. e. שלא הֶחֱזִיקוּ בשכרוכ׳ they did not cling to the duty of maintaining teachers 5) (v. חֲזָקָה) to presume, to be under a certain impression, to be convinced. Y.Kidd.IV, 66b היו מַחֲזִיקִין בו שהוא בנווכ׳ if people were under the impression that a certain person was their neighbors son, but in his dying hour he declared Ib. היו מ׳ אותו שהואוכ׳ if people took him to be a relation of his; a. e.Ḥag.19a, v. infra. Hof. הוּחֲזָק (denom. of חֲזָקָה) to be presumed, be held for, be known for. Gitt.14a בשה׳ כפרן when the man is known to be a liar. Shebu.34b, a. fr. ה׳ כפרן (in such a case) he is considered a confirmed liar.Y. Kidd. l. c. bot. הוּחְזְקוּ if they were generally assumed (to be husband and wife); a. fr.Ḥag.19a הטובל לחולין וה׳ לחולין if one takes an immersion for the purpose of being enabled to partake of ordinary food and is considered (by himself) to have immersed for that purpose. Ib. טבל ולאה׳ if he did immerse but did not have a certain purpose in view. Ib. עודיהו …ה׳ לדבר קל מחזיק עצמווכ׳ as long as he has one foot yet in the water, when he had had in view a minor purpose for his bath, he may still change it for a higher purpose. Ib. אם לאה׳ מחזיק if he had had no particular object in view, he may on coming out define the object for which he has bathed.Part. מוּחֲזָק 1) held in possession, adhered to. Bekh.VIII, 9 ולא בראוי כבמ׳ nor does he take a double share of what is coming due to the estate as he does of what is held in possession; B. Bath.55a; a. fr.Sabb.130a עדיין היא מוּחֲזֶקֶת בידם it is still strongly adhered to, opp. מרופה, v. רָפָה. 2) being known, approved. Sifra Kdosh. Par. 3, ch. V במ׳ לך when he is known to thee (to be a proselyte); a. e. 3) being sure, convinced, knowing from experience. Keth.25b מוּחֲזַקְנִי בזהוכ׳ (= מ׳ אני) I know this man to be a priest; a. e.Sifré Num. 1:5. supra. Hithpa. הִתְחַזֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְחַזֵּק 1) to become solid, strong. Yalk. Gen. 5 יִתְחַזֵּק, v. preced. 2) to feel encouraged, take courage. Ber.32a נ׳ בתפלה became emboldened to pray.

חֲזַקch. 1) same.Part. pass. חֲזִיק tied up, bandaged. Y.Ber.II, 4c top דהוה ח׳ רישיה when his head was tied up (with a turban); Pesik. R. s. 22 (not רישין, v. notes in ed. Fr.). Y.Pes.X, 37c וח׳ רישיהוכ׳ and his head was tied up (or he felt like having a bandage around his head) ; Y.Shek.III, 47c top והוה חזוק (read חזיק); וחזק (corr. acc.). 2) to take possession. B. Bath.52b, sq. חֲזַק וקני take possession and acquire; a. fr. Pa. חַזֵּיק to fasten.Lev. R. s. 21 (read) חַזֵּק כפתוי tighten his muzzle, v. כֵּיפְתָא.Part. pass. מְחַזַּק. Targ. Y. Gen. 50:1. Af. אַחֲזֵיק as preced. Hif. 1) (with טיבו) to give credit to. Y.Ber.II, 5a bot. אנא מַחֲזִיק טיבו לראשיוכ׳ I give credit to my head, which bends of itself Bab. ib. 19a לאַחֲזוּקֵי ליהוכ׳ that due credit for the preservation of Israel be given to Moses. 2) to presume. Shebu.46b לאַחֲזוּקֵי אינש בגנבי לא מַחְזְקִינָן we must not put a person in the category of thieves (on the charge of one individual); a. e. 3) to adhere to, adopt. Ḥull.4a כיון דאַחֲזִיקוּ בהו א׳ בהו since they (the Samaritans) have adopted it, they observe it (also for Israelites). Ib. אַחֲזוּק ולא א׳וכ׳ as to their observance or non-observance of adopted unwritten customs for Israelites there are differences of opinion; a. fr. 4) to take possession, to claim possession. B. Bath.29b כי היכי דלא תַחְזְקוּ אהדדי ed. (differ. in Ms. M., v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) that you might not claim possession against one another. Ib. 36a האי מאן דא׳וכ׳ if one claims a field on the ground of possession, if it lies outside, v. גּוּדָּא I. Ib. לא מַחְזְקֵי בן ולא מַחְזְקִינָן בהו they have no claim of possession against us (for one might have been afraid to disturb them), and they have no claim against us (for, being wealthy, they might not have cared to drive one out); a. fr. 5) to be strong, encouraged. Gitt.62a אַחֲזוּקוּ ‘be strong (a greeting to field laborers, v. preced.). Ithpa. אִתְחַוֵּק, Ithpe. אִתְחֲזֵיק 1) to adhere to. Targ. Prov. 4:13; a. e. 2) to be known, be under the presumption. Targ. Y. Lev. 19:33 (v. preced.).Ḥull.10b היכא דלא א׳ where no presumption (of leprosy) has as yet been formed. Snh.89b דמִיתְחֲזַקוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. מוחזק) where one is approved (as a righteous prophet), it is different.

חֲזַקch. 1) same.Part. pass. חֲזִיק tied up, bandaged. Y.Ber.II, 4c top דהוה ח׳ רישיה when his head was tied up (with a turban); Pesik. R. s. 22 (not רישין, v. notes in ed. Fr.). Y.Pes.X, 37c וח׳ רישיהוכ׳ and his head was tied up (or he felt like having a bandage around his head) ; Y.Shek.III, 47c top והוה חזוק (read חזיק); וחזק (corr. acc.). 2) to take possession. B. Bath.52b, sq. חֲזַק וקני take possession and acquire; a. fr. Pa. חַזֵּיק to fasten.Lev. R. s. 21 (read) חַזֵּק כפתוי tighten his muzzle, v. כֵּיפְתָא.Part. pass. מְחַזַּק. Targ. Y. Gen. 50:1. Af. אַחֲזֵיק as preced. Hif. 1) (with טיבו) to give credit to. Y.Ber.II, 5a bot. אנא מַחֲזִיק טיבו לראשיוכ׳ I give credit to my head, which bends of itself Bab. ib. 19a לאַחֲזוּקֵי ליהוכ׳ that due credit for the preservation of Israel be given to Moses. 2) to presume. Shebu.46b לאַחֲזוּקֵי אינש בגנבי לא מַחְזְקִינָן we must not put a person in the category of thieves (on the charge of one individual); a. e. 3) to adhere to, adopt. Ḥull.4a כיון דאַחֲזִיקוּ בהו א׳ בהו since they (the Samaritans) have adopted it, they observe it (also for Israelites). Ib. אַחֲזוּק ולא א׳וכ׳ as to their observance or non-observance of adopted unwritten customs for Israelites there are differences of opinion; a. fr. 4) to take possession, to claim possession. B. Bath.29b כי היכי דלא תַחְזְקוּ אהדדי ed. (differ. in Ms. M., v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) that you might not claim possession against one another. Ib. 36a האי מאן דא׳וכ׳ if one claims a field on the ground of possession, if it lies outside, v. גּוּדָּא I. Ib. לא מַחְזְקֵי בן ולא מַחְזְקִינָן בהו they have no claim of possession against us (for one might have been afraid to disturb them), and they have no claim against us (for, being wealthy, they might not have cared to drive one out); a. fr. 5) to be strong, encouraged. Gitt.62a אַחֲזוּקוּ ‘be strong (a greeting to field laborers, v. preced.). Ithpa. אִתְחַוֵּק, Ithpe. אִתְחֲזֵיק 1) to adhere to. Targ. Prov. 4:13; a. e. 2) to be known, be under the presumption. Targ. Y. Lev. 19:33 (v. preced.).Ḥull.10b היכא דלא א׳ where no presumption (of leprosy) has as yet been formed. Snh.89b דמִיתְחֲזַקוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. מוחזק) where one is approved (as a righteous prophet), it is different.

קוּםch. 1) same. Targ. Gen. 22:3. Targ. Lev. 25:30; a. v. fr.Part. קָאֵים, apocop. קָאֵי (q. v.); קָיֵם, קָיֵים; f. קָיְימָא; pl. קָיְימִין; קָיְימָן, קָיְמ׳. Targ. Josh. 4:10. Targ. O. Ex. 26:15 (Y. קַיָּמִין); a. v. fr.B. Mets.19a (expl. דייתיקי) דא תהי למֵיקַםוכ׳ this is to stand and be, that when I die B. Bath.43b bot. ארעא היכא דקָיְימָא תֵיקוּם let the land remain where it is (in the possession of the present incumbent). Gen. R. s. 65 ברייך יְקוּם לך may thy Creator stand by thee. Koh. R. to XI, 1 היידי הוא גברא דקָם ליה עיגוליה here is (I am) the man whom his loaf of bread assisted (who was rewarded for throwing his bread into the sea). Y.Ab. Zar. II, 40c bot. וקָמוּן and they remained (in the trade), v. עֲקַר I. Macc.22b דקָיְימֵי מקמיוכ׳ who stand up before a scroll of the Law and do not stand up before a great man. Kidd.33b קום מקמיה אביך stand up before thy father. Ib. קָאִימְנָא מקמיה, I should stand up before him. Ib. a מֵיקַם לא קָאֵי הידורוכ׳ he stood not up before them (gentile old men), but he showed them honor. B. Mets.7a ברשותיה קָיְימָא it is in his possession. Lev. R. s. 16 (ref. to Is. 5:19) נדע דמן הוא דקיימאוכ׳ that we know whose counsel will stand (prevail), ours or his; ib. לא ק׳ דידי וק׳ דלהון my counsel does not stand, shall theirs stand?; Yalk. Is. 266 הא קָמַת דידהון דידי לא now, theirs is carried out, and mine should not be?; Yalk. Lam. 1033, sq. (read עצא for על); Pesik. Vattom., p. 133a> (corr. acc.). Y.Ter.I, 40b top בחרש אנן קָיְימִין we are standing at (are treating of) the case of a deaf mute. Y.Maasr.I, 51b, a. fr. (ב) מה (א) נן קיימין what are we treating of?; a. v. fr.Yeb.32a וקם ליה באשר לא יבנהוכ׳ (by giving ḥălitsah to one of his brothers widows) he has been declared one ‘who does not build up his brothers house (Deut. 25:9), and the Law says, when one has once refused ‘to build, one must not ‘build again (marry another of his brothers widows); ib. 44a.Shebu.26a כי הוו קיימי מקמיה דרב (Ms. F. מפטרי) when they were out of Rabs sight, opp. כי אתו לקמיה.ק׳ על, also ק׳ ב־ (cmp. עמד) a) to ascertain. Ab. Zar.35b ליכא למֵיקַם עלה דמילתא it cannot be ascertained; a. e.B. Mets.19a קָמוּ … במילתא the Rabbis ascertained the case, v. קִים. Yeb.31a; a. fr.b) to bargain for. Gen. R. s. 11 אנא … קיימין עילויה myself and a certain Jew were bargaining for it (the fish); a. e. קם ליה בדרבה מיניה, v. קִים.תֵּיקוּ, נֵיקוּ = תֵּיקוּם, נֵיקוּם. B. Kam.96a תקנתא לעכ״ום נ׳ ונעביד shall we get up and make rules for the benefit of gentile (robbers)? Zeb.17a כל חדא וחדא ת׳ בדוכתה (not בדוכתיה; Ms. M. תיקום) let each verse stand in its own place, i. e. you can draw no analogies between them.Esp. תיקו let it stand, i. e. the question remains undecided. B. Kam. l. c. Ḥull.46a; a. fr. 2) (v. עָמַד) to curdle. Ab. Zar.35b נישקול מיניה קלי ונֵיקוּם (prob. to be read ונוֹקִים) let one take a little of it and curdle it. Ib. קיימי, v. נַסְיוּבֵי. 3) to cause to stand (v. קִים).Inf. מִיקְמָא, מִיקְמָה, v. Af. Af. אָקֵים, אוֹקִים, אוֹקֵי 1) to put up, erect; to appoint, place; to maintain. Targ. O. Ex. 40:2 תָּקִים (ed. Berl. a. Y. תְּקִים). Ib. 18 ואָקֵים (ed. Berl. ואָקֵים a. ואֵקִים). Targ. O. Deut. 25:7 לאָקָמָא ed. Berl. (oth. ed. לַאֲקָ׳; Y. למִיקְמָא). Targ. Ps. 78:13. Targ. Prov. 29:4; a. fr.B. Mets.39b מוֹקְמִינָן … לינוקא we (the court) appoint a guardian over it in behalf of the minor. Ib. מיגו דמוֹקִים … מוקמינןוכ׳ since one appoints a guardian for the one-sixth portion, we may just as well appoint one for the other sixth. B. Bath.33a אוֹקְמָהּ … בידיה R. H. placed it in his possession, i. e. decided that it belonged to him. Ib. 34a מוֹקְמִינָן לה בידיה we would place (or leave) it in his possession; a. v. fr.Taan.8a, a. fr. אוקים … אמורא, v. אֲמֹורָא.Esp. a) to put a case, to treat with reference to. B. Bath.44a ולוֹקְמָהּ בגזלן why does he not put the case as treating of a robber?; ולוקמה ביורש let him say, it refers to the case of an heir!; a. fr.b) to let stand, place, leave ( under the presumption). Keth.12b, a. e. אוקי ממונא בחזקת מריה leave the money where it is, on the presumption that it belongs to its present owner, i. e. possession has the benefit of the doubt. Ib. אוֹקְמָהּ אחזקה leave the woman in her ascertained condition (v. חֲזָקָה), i. e. consider her as having married as a virgin. Yeb.31a אוקי תרי להדי תרי ואשה אוקמה אחזקה leave the two witnesses (on the one side) against the two witnesses (on the other side), and leave the woman ; a. fr.c) to establish, prove. Num. R. s. 6, end ורבנן מוֹקְמִין מהאי קראוכ׳ and the Rabbis prove from this verse, that as atonement takes place in day-time, so ; a. e.d) א׳ טבאות ( to place right) to guarantee, secure. Y.Gitt.I, end, 43d אנן בעי תְּקִימִינָן ט׳ (not טבאת) we want thee to secure us (against an eventual loss of the money which thou art collecting from us for our creditors); בההוא דלא יכיל למִיקְמָה גרמיה ט׳ in the case of one who has no opportunity to secure himself (who cannot get a collector to take the risk), ברם ההוא דיכיל למיקמהוכ׳ but if he finds a collector to take the risk, he may take it away from the one and give it to the other; Y.Kidd.III, 64a. 2) (v. עָמַד) to make consistent, curdle. Ab. Zar.35a (read:) כיין דאוֹקְמֵיה איסורא הוא דקא מוֹקִים ליהוכ׳ (v. Ms. M. in Rabb. D. S. a. l., a. note) since it had the effect of curdling the milk, it is the forbidden matter that gave it substance, and therefore it (that forbidden substance) is to be considered as if it were there in its natural state. Ib. b, v. supra. Ittaf. אִיתָּקַם, אִתּוֹקַם to put up; to be placed. Targ. Ex. 40:17. Targ. Lev. 16:10; a. e. Polel קוֹמֵם to put up, erect. Targ. Is. 44:26; a. e. Pa. קַיֵּם, קיֵּים 1) as preced. Pi., to establish, confirm, fulfill Targ. O. Deut. 32:8 (Y. Af.). Targ. Num. 30:14. Targ. Is. l. c. Targ. Ps. 119:106; a. fr.Ned.70a דהא קַיְּימֵיה לנדריה היום (not קיימי, v. Rashi) for he has confirmed the vow to-day. Ib. (h. form) כיון דקִיְּימוֹ קִיְּימוֹ since he once confirmed it, it remains confirmed. Keth.19a זילו קַיְּימוּ שטרייכו go and get evidence for the identification of your documents, and then come to court. Y.Gitt.I, end, 43d קיַּימְתֵּיה מדאמרוכ׳ thou canst substantiate thy opinion by referring to what R. … said. Pesik. Haʿomer, p. 72b> למְקַיְּימָא לכוןוכ׳ in order to fulfill on you the prophecy (Deut. 33:29) ; Yalk. Lev. 643; Pesik. R. s. 18. Y.Ab. Zar. V, 44d ואנא יכיל קַיֵּים and I can ascertain it (by experiment); a. v. fr.Part. pass. מְקַיַּים. Ber.55a לא חלמא טבא מק׳וכ׳ (Ms. F. מתקיים) neither a good dream comes true entirely, nor a bad dream 2) (v. קְיָים) to swear, vow. Targ. Num. 30:3. Targ. Gen. 28:20. Targ. O. Lev. 5:4; a. e. Ithpa. אִתְקַיַּים as preced. Hithpa. Targ. Num. 14:38. Targ. Ez. 33:12; a. fr.Y.Sabb.VI, end, 8d (read:) תִּתְקַיֵּימ לכון נפשיכין בהדין יומכין היך דקַיַּימְתּוּןוכ׳ may your life be restored on that day of yours (when your time comes), as you have restored my life on this day. Erub.54a כי היכי דתתקיים בידך ותוריך חיי (not ביך, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) in order that it (thy learning) may be preserved in thy possession, and thou mayest live long; a. e.

קוּםch. 1) same. Targ. Gen. 22:3. Targ. Lev. 25:30; a. v. fr.Part. קָאֵים, apocop. קָאֵי (q. v.); קָיֵם, קָיֵים; f. קָיְימָא; pl. קָיְימִין; קָיְימָן, קָיְמ׳. Targ. Josh. 4:10. Targ. O. Ex. 26:15 (Y. קַיָּמִין); a. v. fr.B. Mets.19a (expl. דייתיקי) דא תהי למֵיקַםוכ׳ this is to stand and be, that when I die B. Bath.43b bot. ארעא היכא דקָיְימָא תֵיקוּם let the land remain where it is (in the possession of the present incumbent). Gen. R. s. 65 ברייך יְקוּם לך may thy Creator stand by thee. Koh. R. to XI, 1 היידי הוא גברא דקָם ליה עיגוליה here is (I am) the man whom his loaf of bread assisted (who was rewarded for throwing his bread into the sea). Y.Ab. Zar. II, 40c bot. וקָמוּן and they remained (in the trade), v. עֲקַר I. Macc.22b דקָיְימֵי מקמיוכ׳ who stand up before a scroll of the Law and do not stand up before a great man. Kidd.33b קום מקמיה אביך stand up before thy father. Ib. קָאִימְנָא מקמיה, I should stand up before him. Ib. a מֵיקַם לא קָאֵי הידורוכ׳ he stood not up before them (gentile old men), but he showed them honor. B. Mets.7a ברשותיה קָיְימָא it is in his possession. Lev. R. s. 16 (ref. to Is. 5:19) נדע דמן הוא דקיימאוכ׳ that we know whose counsel will stand (prevail), ours or his; ib. לא ק׳ דידי וק׳ דלהון my counsel does not stand, shall theirs stand?; Yalk. Is. 266 הא קָמַת דידהון דידי לא now, theirs is carried out, and mine should not be?; Yalk. Lam. 1033, sq. (read עצא for על); Pesik. Vattom., p. 133a> (corr. acc.). Y.Ter.I, 40b top בחרש אנן קָיְימִין we are standing at (are treating of) the case of a deaf mute. Y.Maasr.I, 51b, a. fr. (ב) מה (א) נן קיימין what are we treating of?; a. v. fr.Yeb.32a וקם ליה באשר לא יבנהוכ׳ (by giving ḥălitsah to one of his brothers widows) he has been declared one ‘who does not build up his brothers house (Deut. 25:9), and the Law says, when one has once refused ‘to build, one must not ‘build again (marry another of his brothers widows); ib. 44a.Shebu.26a כי הוו קיימי מקמיה דרב (Ms. F. מפטרי) when they were out of Rabs sight, opp. כי אתו לקמיה.ק׳ על, also ק׳ ב־ (cmp. עמד) a) to ascertain. Ab. Zar.35b ליכא למֵיקַם עלה דמילתא it cannot be ascertained; a. e.B. Mets.19a קָמוּ … במילתא the Rabbis ascertained the case, v. קִים. Yeb.31a; a. fr.b) to bargain for. Gen. R. s. 11 אנא … קיימין עילויה myself and a certain Jew were bargaining for it (the fish); a. e. קם ליה בדרבה מיניה, v. קִים.תֵּיקוּ, נֵיקוּ = תֵּיקוּם, נֵיקוּם. B. Kam.96a תקנתא לעכ״ום נ׳ ונעביד shall we get up and make rules for the benefit of gentile (robbers)? Zeb.17a כל חדא וחדא ת׳ בדוכתה (not בדוכתיה; Ms. M. תיקום) let each verse stand in its own place, i. e. you can draw no analogies between them.Esp. תיקו let it stand, i. e. the question remains undecided. B. Kam. l. c. Ḥull.46a; a. fr. 2) (v. עָמַד) to curdle. Ab. Zar.35b נישקול מיניה קלי ונֵיקוּם (prob. to be read ונוֹקִים) let one take a little of it and curdle it. Ib. קיימי, v. נַסְיוּבֵי. 3) to cause to stand (v. קִים).Inf. מִיקְמָא, מִיקְמָה, v. Af. Af. אָקֵים, אוֹקִים, אוֹקֵי 1) to put up, erect; to appoint, place; to maintain. Targ. O. Ex. 40:2 תָּקִים (ed. Berl. a. Y. תְּקִים). Ib. 18 ואָקֵים (ed. Berl. ואָקֵים a. ואֵקִים). Targ. O. Deut. 25:7 לאָקָמָא ed. Berl. (oth. ed. לַאֲקָ׳; Y. למִיקְמָא). Targ. Ps. 78:13. Targ. Prov. 29:4; a. fr.B. Mets.39b מוֹקְמִינָן … לינוקא we (the court) appoint a guardian over it in behalf of the minor. Ib. מיגו דמוֹקִים … מוקמינןוכ׳ since one appoints a guardian for the one-sixth portion, we may just as well appoint one for the other sixth. B. Bath.33a אוֹקְמָהּ … בידיה R. H. placed it in his possession, i. e. decided that it belonged to him. Ib. 34a מוֹקְמִינָן לה בידיה we would place (or leave) it in his possession; a. v. fr.Taan.8a, a. fr. אוקים … אמורא, v. אֲמֹורָא.Esp. a) to put a case, to treat with reference to. B. Bath.44a ולוֹקְמָהּ בגזלן why does he not put the case as treating of a robber?; ולוקמה ביורש let him say, it refers to the case of an heir!; a. fr.b) to let stand, place, leave ( under the presumption). Keth.12b, a. e. אוקי ממונא בחזקת מריה leave the money where it is, on the presumption that it belongs to its present owner, i. e. possession has the benefit of the doubt. Ib. אוֹקְמָהּ אחזקה leave the woman in her ascertained condition (v. חֲזָקָה), i. e. consider her as having married as a virgin. Yeb.31a אוקי תרי להדי תרי ואשה אוקמה אחזקה leave the two witnesses (on the one side) against the two witnesses (on the other side), and leave the woman ; a. fr.c) to establish, prove. Num. R. s. 6, end ורבנן מוֹקְמִין מהאי קראוכ׳ and the Rabbis prove from this verse, that as atonement takes place in day-time, so ; a. e.d) א׳ טבאות ( to place right) to guarantee, secure. Y.Gitt.I, end, 43d אנן בעי תְּקִימִינָן ט׳ (not טבאת) we want thee to secure us (against an eventual loss of the money which thou art collecting from us for our creditors); בההוא דלא יכיל למִיקְמָה גרמיה ט׳ in the case of one who has no opportunity to secure himself (who cannot get a collector to take the risk), ברם ההוא דיכיל למיקמהוכ׳ but if he finds a collector to take the risk, he may take it away from the one and give it to the other; Y.Kidd.III, 64a. 2) (v. עָמַד) to make consistent, curdle. Ab. Zar.35a (read:) כיין דאוֹקְמֵיה איסורא הוא דקא מוֹקִים ליהוכ׳ (v. Ms. M. in Rabb. D. S. a. l., a. note) since it had the effect of curdling the milk, it is the forbidden matter that gave it substance, and therefore it (that forbidden substance) is to be considered as if it were there in its natural state. Ib. b, v. supra. Ittaf. אִיתָּקַם, אִתּוֹקַם to put up; to be placed. Targ. Ex. 40:17. Targ. Lev. 16:10; a. e. Polel קוֹמֵם to put up, erect. Targ. Is. 44:26; a. e. Pa. קַיֵּם, קיֵּים 1) as preced. Pi., to establish, confirm, fulfill Targ. O. Deut. 32:8 (Y. Af.). Targ. Num. 30:14. Targ. Is. l. c. Targ. Ps. 119:106; a. fr.Ned.70a דהא קַיְּימֵיה לנדריה היום (not קיימי, v. Rashi) for he has confirmed the vow to-day. Ib. (h. form) כיון דקִיְּימוֹ קִיְּימוֹ since he once confirmed it, it remains confirmed. Keth.19a זילו קַיְּימוּ שטרייכו go and get evidence for the identification of your documents, and then come to court. Y.Gitt.I, end, 43d קיַּימְתֵּיה מדאמרוכ׳ thou canst substantiate thy opinion by referring to what R. … said. Pesik. Haʿomer, p. 72b> למְקַיְּימָא לכוןוכ׳ in order to fulfill on you the prophecy (Deut. 33:29) ; Yalk. Lev. 643; Pesik. R. s. 18. Y.Ab. Zar. V, 44d ואנא יכיל קַיֵּים and I can ascertain it (by experiment); a. v. fr.Part. pass. מְקַיַּים. Ber.55a לא חלמא טבא מק׳וכ׳ (Ms. F. מתקיים) neither a good dream comes true entirely, nor a bad dream 2) (v. קְיָים) to swear, vow. Targ. Num. 30:3. Targ. Gen. 28:20. Targ. O. Lev. 5:4; a. e. Ithpa. אִתְקַיַּים as preced. Hithpa. Targ. Num. 14:38. Targ. Ez. 33:12; a. fr.Y.Sabb.VI, end, 8d (read:) תִּתְקַיֵּימ לכון נפשיכין בהדין יומכין היך דקַיַּימְתּוּןוכ׳ may your life be restored on that day of yours (when your time comes), as you have restored my life on this day. Erub.54a כי היכי דתתקיים בידך ותוריך חיי (not ביך, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) in order that it (thy learning) may be preserved in thy possession, and thou mayest live long; a. e.

זְכִיָּיהf. (זָכָה) possession, taking possession, claim. Y.Peah II, beg.19b, v. הֶפְקֵר. Y.Pes.II, 29a top מאן דאמר ז׳ according to the opinion that renounced property does not go out of the owners possession until somebody took possession of it. B. Kam.12b אות להו לכהניכ ו׳ בגייה Ms. M. (ed. בגיייהו) the priests have a claim on it. Ib. ולית להו זכיה Ms. M. (omitted in ed.). B. Mets.12a אות ליה ז׳ לנפשיה has a right to take possession in his own behalf; a. e.

זְכִיָּיהf. (זָכָה) possession, taking possession, claim. Y.Peah II, beg.19b, v. הֶפְקֵר. Y.Pes.II, 29a top מאן דאמר ז׳ according to the opinion that renounced property does not go out of the owners possession until somebody took possession of it. B. Kam.12b אות להו לכהניכ ו׳ בגייה Ms. M. (ed. בגיייהו) the priests have a claim on it. Ib. ולית להו זכיה Ms. M. (omitted in ed.). B. Mets.12a אות ליה ז׳ לנפשיה has a right to take possession in his own behalf; a. e.

חֲסַןI 1) to be strong. Targ. Is. 63:15, v. Ithpa.)V. חוּסְנָא 2) (cmp. חזק) to take possession (mostly in Af.). Pa. חַסֵּין to strengthen. Targ. Is. 35:3 (h. text אמץ). Af. אַחְסֵין 1) same. Targ. O. Gen. 49:24. Targ. Am. 2:14 (h. text אמץ); a. e. 2) to take possession (for ones self and heirs). Targ. Ps. 37:29. Targ. O. Lev. 25:46 (Y. תִחְסְ׳, Pe.); a. fr.B. Bath. 148b bot. אף יַחְסִין וירתוכ׳ also if he uses the expression yaḥsin, he shall take possession, or yereth, he shall inherit, referring to an heir. 3) to give possession, to bequeathe. Targ. O. Deut. 32:8 באחסנא (Y. באַחְסָנוּת verbal noun, constr.). Targ. Y. I Num. 11:26. 4) to hoard up (v. הִסְנָא). Targ. Am. 2:6; 8:6 (h. text נעלים, v. נַעַל). 5) (cmp. חָזַק Hif.) to hold, have room for. Y.Snh.X, 29a top (ref. to 2 Kings 6:1) לא א׳ אוכלוסייאוכ׳ (not אסחין) it did no longer hold the masses Ithpa. אִתְחַסֵּין, אִתְחַסַּן 1) to strengthen ones self, to betake ones self; to control ones own emotions. Targ. Jer. 3:8. Targ. Is. 63:15 ed. Lag. (oth. ed. יֶחְסְ׳).Targ. O. Gen. 43:31 (v. זְרַז). Targ. 1 Sam. 13:12; a. fr. (h. text התאפק). 2) to be put in possession. Targ. Job 7:3 (h. text הָנְחַלְתִּי).

חֲסַןI 1) to be strong. Targ. Is. 63:15, v. Ithpa.)V. חוּסְנָא 2) (cmp. חזק) to take possession (mostly in Af.). Pa. חַסֵּין to strengthen. Targ. Is. 35:3 (h. text אמץ). Af. אַחְסֵין 1) same. Targ. O. Gen. 49:24. Targ. Am. 2:14 (h. text אמץ); a. e. 2) to take possession (for ones self and heirs). Targ. Ps. 37:29. Targ. O. Lev. 25:46 (Y. תִחְסְ׳, Pe.); a. fr.B. Bath. 148b bot. אף יַחְסִין וירתוכ׳ also if he uses the expression yaḥsin, he shall take possession, or yereth, he shall inherit, referring to an heir. 3) to give possession, to bequeathe. Targ. O. Deut. 32:8 באחסנא (Y. באַחְסָנוּת verbal noun, constr.). Targ. Y. I Num. 11:26. 4) to hoard up (v. הִסְנָא). Targ. Am. 2:6; 8:6 (h. text נעלים, v. נַעַל). 5) (cmp. חָזַק Hif.) to hold, have room for. Y.Snh.X, 29a top (ref. to 2 Kings 6:1) לא א׳ אוכלוסייאוכ׳ (not אסחין) it did no longer hold the masses Ithpa. אִתְחַסֵּין, אִתְחַסַּן 1) to strengthen ones self, to betake ones self; to control ones own emotions. Targ. Jer. 3:8. Targ. Is. 63:15 ed. Lag. (oth. ed. יֶחְסְ׳).Targ. O. Gen. 43:31 (v. זְרַז). Targ. 1 Sam. 13:12; a. fr. (h. text התאפק). 2) to be put in possession. Targ. Job 7:3 (h. text הָנְחַלְתִּי).

(אַפְסִירָא) אַפְסָרָא ch. sam(אפסר, איפסר bit). Targ. Y. Num. 19:2.Trnsf. the means of taking possession, as possession is taken of the horse by seizing it by the bit. Kidd.27a שטר דא׳ דארעאוכ׳ the deed is valueless in itself as it is merely the bit of landed property. B. Bath.53b מצר א׳ דארעא the balk is (taking possession of which is equal to taking possession of the fields to which it belongs).

בָּטֵלI (b. h.; v. בטי) ( to be hollow); 1) to be void, abolished, suspended; to cease to exist. Keth.103b בָּטְלָה קדושה sanctity of life ceased; (oth. opin.: the levitical law concerning the contact with a corpse was suspended in favor of Rabbi; v. Tosaf. a. l.. Ab. V, 16 ב׳ דבר בְּטֵלָהוכ׳ as soon as the (sensual) attraction disappears, love will disappear. Ib. 21 as if dead ועבר וב׳ מן העולם and passed away and disappeared from this world. Y.Meg.I, 70d top, a. e. בטלה מגלת תענית the Scroll of Fasts has been abolished (the festive commemorations enumerated therein are no more observed). Sot.IX, 9 (47a); a. fr. 2) to rest from labor, be at ease, be idle. Ab. IV, 10 אם בָּטַלְתָּ מןוכ׳ if thou choosest not to study the law, there will be many disturbances (excuses) to assist thee. Ib. I, 5 בּוֹטֵל מד׳׳ת he neglects the study of the Law; a. fr. Nif. נִבְטַל 1) to be abolished, suspended. Y.Meg.I, 70d bot. עתידין לִיבָּטֵל (= לְהִיבָּטֵל) shall in future be abolished (neglected). Gitt.32a, v. infra. 2) to be excused, be exempt, Ib. II, 16 thou art not a free man להִבָּטֵל ממנה so as to be exempt from lifes duties. 3) to remain single. Gitt.IV, 5 (41b) יִבָּטֵל shall he never marry? Pi. בִּיטֵּל, בִּטֵּל 1) to abolish, suspend, cancel, undo, neglect. Ab. II, 4 בַּטֵּל רצונךוכ׳ set aside thy will for the sake of the Lords will, in order that He may set aside the will of others (euphem. for His will) for the sake of thy will (withdraw evil decrees at thy prayer). Ib. IV, 9 המְבַטֵּלוכ׳ he who neglects the study of the Law on account of his wealth. Sot.IX, 10 (47a) אף הוא בִּטֵּל את המעוררין he also abolished (the custom of) the wakers, v. עָרַר. Sabb.63a מְבַטְּלָהּ he (the observer of the Law) will cancel it (avert Gods evil decree). Mekh. Bshall., Amalek, 2, v. אִיפָּטִיקוֹס. Macc.24a. Ab. Zar. IV, 7 למה מְבַטְּלָהּ why does He not destroy it (the objects of idol worship)?Gitt.IV, 1 שוב אינו יכול לבַטְּלוֹ he can no longer annul it (his letter of divorce). Ib. 2 in former times a man could summon a court in a strange place ובִּטְּלוֹ and declare it (the letter of divorce which he had sent off) void. Ib. 32b אתי דיבור ומבטל דיבור a word (declaration) comes and cancels a word.Ab. Zar.IV, 4 (42b) an idolator (gentile) מבטל אליל שלווכ׳ may (by mutilation) cancel his own or his neigbors idol (so that it is no longer subject to the law forbidding Jews to derive any benefits from idolatrous paraphernalia), but an Israelite cannot Ib. המב׳ אליל ב׳וכ׳ in cancelling an idol, one has at the same time cancelled its attachments; a. fr.ב׳ רשות to resign possession, a legal fiction by which the carrying of objects on the Sabbath from ones own place to one common to several persons, may be permitted. Erub.VI, 7 מְבַטֵּל את רשותו he (the brother who forgot to lay the Erub, v. עֵירוּב) must resign his share in the common property. Ib. 68b מבטלין ותוזרין ומב׳ you may resign your share to your neighbor, and then he may resign to you; a. fr.ב׳ חמץ to renounce (by declaration) the possession of anything leavened that may have remained undiscovered in ones possession. Pes.6b הבודק צריך שיְבַטֵּל after one has searched the house for leavened things, he most renounce (whatever he may have failed to find); a. fr.Part. pass. מְבוּטָּל, f. מְבוּטֶּלֶת. Erub.69b רשותי מב׳ לך my possession be resigned to thee (for Sabbath purposes). Gitt.32a if a recipient says, מתנה זו מב׳ ‘this donation be void, תִּיבָּטֵל ‘shall be void, opp. to בְּטֵלָה היא ‘is a void one, i. e. has been annulled.Eduy. I, 5; Gitt36b, a. fr. אין ב׳׳ד יכול לבַ׳וכ׳ no court can repeal (overrule) the decisions of another court, unless 2) to neutralize an admixture of forbidden food in a certain quantity. Ḥull.108a ושאינו מינו … ומבטלו and the portion of the mixture which is not its kind is prevailing and neutralizes the forbidden portion (as if did not exist at all); a. fr. 3) to disturb, cause suspense, interfere with. Erub.63b; Meg.3a בִּיטַּלְתֶּםוכ׳ ye interfered with the daily offering; a. fr.Ber.II, 5 לבטל ממניוכ׳ to suspend (shake off) the yoke of heavenly government even one minute. Hif. הִבְטִיל to cause interruption, to order suspension. Succ.V, 5 להַבְטִיל את העםוכ׳ to cause the people to cease working. Hithpa. a. Nithpa. הִתְבַּטֵּל, נִתְבַּטֵּל to be interrupted, v. Nif.Tan. dbe El. I, 5; II, 3.

בָּטֵלI (b. h.; v. בטי) ( to be hollow); 1) to be void, abolished, suspended; to cease to exist. Keth.103b בָּטְלָה קדושה sanctity of life ceased; (oth. opin.: the levitical law concerning the contact with a corpse was suspended in favor of Rabbi; v. Tosaf. a. l.. Ab. V, 16 ב׳ דבר בְּטֵלָהוכ׳ as soon as the (sensual) attraction disappears, love will disappear. Ib. 21 as if dead ועבר וב׳ מן העולם and passed away and disappeared from this world. Y.Meg.I, 70d top, a. e. בטלה מגלת תענית the Scroll of Fasts has been abolished (the festive commemorations enumerated therein are no more observed). Sot.IX, 9 (47a); a. fr. 2) to rest from labor, be at ease, be idle. Ab. IV, 10 אם בָּטַלְתָּ מןוכ׳ if thou choosest not to study the law, there will be many disturbances (excuses) to assist thee. Ib. I, 5 בּוֹטֵל מד׳׳ת he neglects the study of the Law; a. fr. Nif. נִבְטַל 1) to be abolished, suspended. Y.Meg.I, 70d bot. עתידין לִיבָּטֵל (= לְהִיבָּטֵל) shall in future be abolished (neglected). Gitt.32a, v. infra. 2) to be excused, be exempt, Ib. II, 16 thou art not a free man להִבָּטֵל ממנה so as to be exempt from lifes duties. 3) to remain single. Gitt.IV, 5 (41b) יִבָּטֵל shall he never marry? Pi. בִּיטֵּל, בִּטֵּל 1) to abolish, suspend, cancel, undo, neglect. Ab. II, 4 בַּטֵּל רצונךוכ׳ set aside thy will for the sake of the Lords will, in order that He may set aside the will of others (euphem. for His will) for the sake of thy will (withdraw evil decrees at thy prayer). Ib. IV, 9 המְבַטֵּלוכ׳ he who neglects the study of the Law on account of his wealth. Sot.IX, 10 (47a) אף הוא בִּטֵּל את המעוררין he also abolished (the custom of) the wakers, v. עָרַר. Sabb.63a מְבַטְּלָהּ he (the observer of the Law) will cancel it (avert Gods evil decree). Mekh. Bshall., Amalek, 2, v. אִיפָּטִיקוֹס. Macc.24a. Ab. Zar. IV, 7 למה מְבַטְּלָהּ why does He not destroy it (the objects of idol worship)?Gitt.IV, 1 שוב אינו יכול לבַטְּלוֹ he can no longer annul it (his letter of divorce). Ib. 2 in former times a man could summon a court in a strange place ובִּטְּלוֹ and declare it (the letter of divorce which he had sent off) void. Ib. 32b אתי דיבור ומבטל דיבור a word (declaration) comes and cancels a word.Ab. Zar.IV, 4 (42b) an idolator (gentile) מבטל אליל שלווכ׳ may (by mutilation) cancel his own or his neigbors idol (so that it is no longer subject to the law forbidding Jews to derive any benefits from idolatrous paraphernalia), but an Israelite cannot Ib. המב׳ אליל ב׳וכ׳ in cancelling an idol, one has at the same time cancelled its attachments; a. fr.ב׳ רשות to resign possession, a legal fiction by which the carrying of objects on the Sabbath from ones own place to one common to several persons, may be permitted. Erub.VI, 7 מְבַטֵּל את רשותו he (the brother who forgot to lay the Erub, v. עֵירוּב) must resign his share in the common property. Ib. 68b מבטלין ותוזרין ומב׳ you may resign your share to your neighbor, and then he may resign to you; a. fr.ב׳ חמץ to renounce (by declaration) the possession of anything leavened that may have remained undiscovered in ones possession. Pes.6b הבודק צריך שיְבַטֵּל after one has searched the house for leavened things, he most renounce (whatever he may have failed to find); a. fr.Part. pass. מְבוּטָּל, f. מְבוּטֶּלֶת. Erub.69b רשותי מב׳ לך my possession be resigned to thee (for Sabbath purposes). Gitt.32a if a recipient says, מתנה זו מב׳ ‘this donation be void, תִּיבָּטֵל ‘shall be void, opp. to בְּטֵלָה היא ‘is a void one, i. e. has been annulled.Eduy. I, 5; Gitt36b, a. fr. אין ב׳׳ד יכול לבַ׳וכ׳ no court can repeal (overrule) the decisions of another court, unless 2) to neutralize an admixture of forbidden food in a certain quantity. Ḥull.108a ושאינו מינו … ומבטלו and the portion of the mixture which is not its kind is prevailing and neutralizes the forbidden portion (as if did not exist at all); a. fr. 3) to disturb, cause suspense, interfere with. Erub.63b; Meg.3a בִּיטַּלְתֶּםוכ׳ ye interfered with the daily offering; a. fr.Ber.II, 5 לבטל ממניוכ׳ to suspend (shake off) the yoke of heavenly government even one minute. Hif. הִבְטִיל to cause interruption, to order suspension. Succ.V, 5 להַבְטִיל את העםוכ׳ to cause the people to cease working. Hithpa. a. Nithpa. הִתְבַּטֵּל, נִתְבַּטֵּל to be interrupted, v. Nif.Tan. dbe El. I, 5; II, 3.

זכי, זָכָה(b. h.; cmp. זָךְ) (to be pure, clear, 1) to be acquitted, be right. B. Mets. 107b זוֹכֵה בדין he will be successful in his plea before court. Ber.7b זוכה בדין (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) he will be found righteous in Divine judgment; a. fr. 2) to be found worthy of, to be privileged, to succeed. Ib. I, 5 ולא זָכִיתִיוכ׳ I did not succeed (in proving) that Ib. 5b לא … זוכה לשתיוכ׳ not every one is privileged to enjoy two tables (this world and the hereafter). Ḥag.5b תִּזְכּוּ להקבילוכ׳ you will be privileged to receive Pes.19a זָכִינוּ שאיןוכ׳ it was a good thing for us that Erub.54a ז׳ תאווהוכ׳, if one is favored, ‘thou givest him the desire of his heart (without prayer), if less favored Yeb.63a, v. נֶגֶד; a. fr. 3) to take possession, have authority; to own (cmp. קָנָה); to gain, obtain a privilege. B. Mets.I, 3 אני זָכִיתִי בה I took possession of it for myself; ז׳ בה it is his. Ib. 4 זה שהחזיק בה ז׳ בה the one that took a hold of it, is the legitimate owner. Ib. זָכְתָה לי שדי my field (in which the object lies) has taken possession for me. Y.Kidd.I, 60a top הראוי לִזְכּוֹתע״י עצמווכ׳ he who is legally qualified to acquire ownership through his own act, can obtain ownership through another person.Erub.VII, 11 (81b), a. fr. זָכִין לאדם שלא בפניו you may obtain a privilege in behalf of a person in his absence, but you cannot act in his behalf to his disadvantage; a. fr. 4) (v. Pi.) to benefit another person by ones own merit, to transfer blessing Eduy. II, 9 האב זוֹכֶה לבןוכ׳ a (good) father transmits to his son the benefits of beauty Tosef. ib. I, 14 עד הפרק זוכה לו up to the age of majority the fathers merit stands by him, מכאן ואילך זוכה לעצמו after that he lives on his own merits. 5) to deserve well of, be of service to. Lev. R. s. 34 (ref. to Ps. 41:2) הוי … היאד לִזְכּוֹת עמו reflect well how to be of real service to him. Ib. לזכות בו to deserve divine reward through him. Ib. שיהו זָכִין אלו לאלו that they may deserve well of each other (the poor being the instrumentality of bliss to the giver); a. fr. Pi. זִכָּה, זִיכָּ׳ 1) to acquit, to argue or vote for acquittal. Erub.19a יפה זִבִּיתָוכ׳ thou wast right in acquitting, in condemning. Snh.III, 5 שנים מְזַכִּין if two vote for acquittal; a. fr. 2) to obtain a privilege for, take possession in behalf of; to transfer, make an assignment to. Y. Kidd. l. c. זה זי׳ לבן דעת the one obtained a privilege for a rational being. B. Bath.VIII, 6 זי׳ בה לאחר if in his will (found on his body) he made an assignment to somebody else (as executor); a. fr. 3) to transfer divine favor, to exercise a protecting influence on. Snh.111a מְזַכֶּה את כלוכ׳ protects the entire town. Yoma 87a לא דיין שזיכין לעצטן אלא שמְזַכִּיןוכ׳ Ms. M. not only do they obtain divine grace for themselves, but they also transfer the same on their children ; a. fr. 4) to lead to righteousness, to convert, make better, purer. Ib.; Ab. V, 18, a. e. כל המזכה אתוכ׳ whoever causes a community to do good. Macc.III, 16 רצההקב״ה לזַכּותוכ׳, the Lord desired to make Israel pure; a. fr. Hithpa. הִזִדַּכֶּה, Nithpa. נִזְדַּכֶּה 1) to he acquitted, to be found not guilty. Snh.30a מדבדיהם נז׳ פליני the defendant has been acquitted by their (the courts) verdict. Y. ib. V, 22d top ובאיזו מִזְדַּכֶּה פוטרין אותו and on which-soever (of the two counts) he is found not guilty, he is acquitted; a. fr. 2) to have favorable evidence or argument offered. Ib. 23a נ׳ מפי עצמו if the defendant himself offers Ib. הרישנ׳ מפי עצמו (read מפי עדו).