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יִפָּה, יִיפָּה 1) to beautify; to make pleasant, popular. Gen. R. s. 39, beg. (ref. to Ps. 45:12) ליַפּוֹתָיךְ בעולם to make thee popular in the world. Ned.IX, 10 יִיפּוּהָ they improved her appearance. Ber.43b (ref. to Koh. 3:11) שי׳הקב״ה אומנתו בפני כל וא׳ א׳ Ms. M. (differ. in ed.), v. אוּמָנוּת.Part. pass. מְיוּפֶּה adorned, elaborate. Cant. R. to I, 1 נמצא מי׳ ומרובהוכ׳ was Solomons palace more elaborate and extensive than the Temple? 2) to improve (land). Y.Sabb.VII, 10a top קצר ליַיפּוֹתוכ׳ he cut the grass for the sake of improving the land. Ib. חייב משום מְיַיפֶּהוכ׳ he is guilty of the offence of improving the land on the Sabbath. Pesik. Slih oth, p. 166a> יַפֵּה כחך improve thy strength (by practicing). 3) (with כח) to strengthen ones rights, to confer prerogatives. B. Bath.VII, 2 ליַיפּוֹת כחו של מוכר to give the seller the prerogative, Y. ib. VIII, 16a top יִיפִּיתָה כחה בנכסי האם thou hast (the Law has) given her a prerogative with reference to her mothers property; a. fr. Pu. יוּפָּה, with כח, to be made stronger. Peah VI, 6 (read:) יופה כחו שלוכ׳ (Ms. M. ייפיה, ed. יופי) the prerogative of the owner has been made firmer, opp. הורע.Part. מְיוּפֶּה (v. supra). Y.Gitt.II, beg.44a חתימה … כחו מי׳ by two persons testifying to the signature her case is improved. Hithpa. הִתְיַפֶּה, Nithpa. נִתְיַפֶּה 1) to become handsome. Taan.23b תִּתְיַיפִּי חנה Hannah, grow handsome, ונִתְיַיפְּתָה Ms. M. (ed. … פָּת) and she did 2) to be praised. Gen. R. s. 59 נִתְיַיפִּיתָוכ׳ thou (Abraham) hast been praised among the angels

כֶּשֶׁףm., pl. כְּשָׁפִים (b. h.; preced.) sorcery. Ḥull.7b (ref. to Deut. 4:35) אין עוד מלבדו ואפי׳ כ׳ ‘there is none (no power) besides Him, … not even sorcery (can do anything without the will of God); Snh.67b (ed. ואפי׳ לדבר כ׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 2); Yalk. Deut. 828.Ber.53a בנות ישראל מקטרות לכ׳ daughters of Israel (in large places) are suspected of letting incense rise for sorcerous practices. Erub.64b בדורות אחרונים … פרוצות בכ׳ in these latter days when daughters of Israel are unrestrained in practicing sorcery. Snh.67a מצויות בכ׳ habitually inclined to sorcery, v. כַּשְׁפָּנִית. Y.Kidd.IV, end, 66c בעלת כ׳ sorceress; a. fr.

כֶּשֶׁףm., pl. כְּשָׁפִים (b. h.; preced.) sorcery. Ḥull.7b (ref. to Deut. 4:35) אין עוד מלבדו ואפי׳ כ׳ ‘there is none (no power) besides Him, … not even sorcery (can do anything without the will of God); Snh.67b (ed. ואפי׳ לדבר כ׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 2); Yalk. Deut. 828.Ber.53a בנות ישראל מקטרות לכ׳ daughters of Israel (in large places) are suspected of letting incense rise for sorcerous practices. Erub.64b בדורות אחרונים … פרוצות בכ׳ in these latter days when daughters of Israel are unrestrained in practicing sorcery. Snh.67a מצויות בכ׳ habitually inclined to sorcery, v. כַּשְׁפָּנִית. Y.Kidd.IV, end, 66c בעלת כ׳ sorceress; a. fr.

לָמֵדI, לָמַד (b. h.) 1) to be joined, affixed to, v. Pi. 2) to accustom, train. Part. pass. לָמוּד, f. לְמוּדָה; pl. לְמוּדִים, לְמוּדִין; לְמוּדוֹת. Y.Ter.IV, 42d כמות שהוא ל׳ according to what he is used to. Lev. R. s. 4 אינה ל׳ מביתוכ׳ she is not used (to handle Trumah) from her fathers house. Dem. IV, 4 ואם … ל׳וכ׳ but if a priest or the poor are habitual guests at his table. Sifra Kdosh. Par. 3, ch. VI, v. לִימּוּד; a. fr. 3) to learn, study. Ab. II, 5 לא הביישן לָמֵדוכ׳ he who is bashful will not learn, nor can the hot-tempered teach, v. בַּיְישָׁן. Ib. IV, 1 הלוֹמֵד מכל אדם he who learns from everybody. Ib. 20 הל׳ ילד he who studies at an early age; הל׳ זקן who begins to study at an advanced age. Ib. I. 9 שמא … יִלְמְדוּ לשקר lest through them (your intricate cross-examinations) they may be led to tell a lie. Taan.7a; Macc.10a הרבה לָמַדְתִּיוכ׳ I have learned much from my teachers, more from my colleagues, and most from my pupils; a. v. fr.B. Mets.71a, a. fr. הא לָמַדְתָּ here you learn, i. e. this proves. Targ. Esth. 1:1 מכאן אתה לָמֵד from this you will learn. Pi. לִמֵּד, לִימֵּד 1) to join: to arrange. Sabb.125b צאו ולַמְּדוּם go out and place thein (the building stones) in order (for sitting thereon the next day).V. לִימּוּדִים. 2) to train, accustom. Hor.13b יְלַמֵּד אדם עצמווכ׳ man should train his body (to relieve his bowels) early in the morning Nidd.66b לעולם ילמד אדם בתוךוכ׳ man should make it a rule in his house; a. fr.Part. pass. מְלוּמָּד, f. מְלוּמֶּדֶת; pl. מְלוּמָּדִים, מְלוּמָּדִין; מְלוּמָּדוֹת trained, experienced. Snh.109a top (in Chald. dict.) דמל׳ בניסין הוא for he has experience in miracles. Taan.25a. Succ.29a מפני שמל׳ במכות הן (not במכותיהן; Ms. M. שרגילין) because they (the Jews) have experience in afflictions; a. e. 3) to teach, instruct; to argue. Keth.50a הלומד … ומְלַמְּדָהּ he who studies the Law and teaches it. Pes.112a לַמְּדֵנִי תורה teach me the Law; איני מְלַמֶּדְךָ I will not teach thee. Ib כשאתה מְלַמֵּד … לַמְּדֵהוּוכ׳. when thou teachest thy son, teach him from a revised (correct) copy. Snh.19b אהרן ילד ומשה לי׳וכ׳ Aaron begot (his sons), but Moses taught them, therefore they are recorded under his name; a. v. fr.מְלַמֵּד תינוקות primary teacher, Ib. 17b. B. Bath.21a מְלַמְּדֵי ת׳ teachers.ל׳ זכות על to argue in favor of, to plead for; ל׳ חובה to plead against. Sabb.32a ואפי׳ … מְלַמְּדִים … ואחד מלמד עליו זכות ניצול and even if nine hundred … plead against him, and one (good deed) for him, he will be saved; a. v. fr.Esp. (in textual interpret.) to lead, hint, throw light on. Sifra Emor Par. 4, ch. 4 הייתי אומר תושב … בא שכיר ולי׳ על התושבוכ׳ I might have thought toshab (Lev. 22:10) meant one hired for a limited period; therefore sakhir (ibid.) comes in to throw light on toshab that it means one bought for life; Kidd.4a; Yeb.70a.Sifra introd. יצא מן הכלל לְלַמֵּד is specified for the sake of illustration, v. כְּלָל. Meil.11b, a. fr. שני כתובים … אין מְלַמְּדִין two verses which coincide (teach the same), prove nothing, cannot serve as an illustration for similar cases; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְלַמֵּד to practice. Gitt.24b; Zeb.2b בסופרים העשויים להִתְלַמֵּדוכ׳ it treats of scribes who are in the habit of writing documents merely for practice. Gitt.60a לכתוב … להתל׳ בה to write one portion of the Pentateuch for a child for practicing purposes; a. fr.

לָמֵדI, לָמַד (b. h.) 1) to be joined, affixed to, v. Pi. 2) to accustom, train. Part. pass. לָמוּד, f. לְמוּדָה; pl. לְמוּדִים, לְמוּדִין; לְמוּדוֹת. Y.Ter.IV, 42d כמות שהוא ל׳ according to what he is used to. Lev. R. s. 4 אינה ל׳ מביתוכ׳ she is not used (to handle Trumah) from her fathers house. Dem. IV, 4 ואם … ל׳וכ׳ but if a priest or the poor are habitual guests at his table. Sifra Kdosh. Par. 3, ch. VI, v. לִימּוּד; a. fr. 3) to learn, study. Ab. II, 5 לא הביישן לָמֵדוכ׳ he who is bashful will not learn, nor can the hot-tempered teach, v. בַּיְישָׁן. Ib. IV, 1 הלוֹמֵד מכל אדם he who learns from everybody. Ib. 20 הל׳ ילד he who studies at an early age; הל׳ זקן who begins to study at an advanced age. Ib. I. 9 שמא … יִלְמְדוּ לשקר lest through them (your intricate cross-examinations) they may be led to tell a lie. Taan.7a; Macc.10a הרבה לָמַדְתִּיוכ׳ I have learned much from my teachers, more from my colleagues, and most from my pupils; a. v. fr.B. Mets.71a, a. fr. הא לָמַדְתָּ here you learn, i. e. this proves. Targ. Esth. 1:1 מכאן אתה לָמֵד from this you will learn. Pi. לִמֵּד, לִימֵּד 1) to join: to arrange. Sabb.125b צאו ולַמְּדוּם go out and place thein (the building stones) in order (for sitting thereon the next day).V. לִימּוּדִים. 2) to train, accustom. Hor.13b יְלַמֵּד אדם עצמווכ׳ man should train his body (to relieve his bowels) early in the morning Nidd.66b לעולם ילמד אדם בתוךוכ׳ man should make it a rule in his house; a. fr.Part. pass. מְלוּמָּד, f. מְלוּמֶּדֶת; pl. מְלוּמָּדִים, מְלוּמָּדִין; מְלוּמָּדוֹת trained, experienced. Snh.109a top (in Chald. dict.) דמל׳ בניסין הוא for he has experience in miracles. Taan.25a. Succ.29a מפני שמל׳ במכות הן (not במכותיהן; Ms. M. שרגילין) because they (the Jews) have experience in afflictions; a. e. 3) to teach, instruct; to argue. Keth.50a הלומד … ומְלַמְּדָהּ he who studies the Law and teaches it. Pes.112a לַמְּדֵנִי תורה teach me the Law; איני מְלַמֶּדְךָ I will not teach thee. Ib כשאתה מְלַמֵּד … לַמְּדֵהוּוכ׳. when thou teachest thy son, teach him from a revised (correct) copy. Snh.19b אהרן ילד ומשה לי׳וכ׳ Aaron begot (his sons), but Moses taught them, therefore they are recorded under his name; a. v. fr.מְלַמֵּד תינוקות primary teacher, Ib. 17b. B. Bath.21a מְלַמְּדֵי ת׳ teachers.ל׳ זכות על to argue in favor of, to plead for; ל׳ חובה to plead against. Sabb.32a ואפי׳ … מְלַמְּדִים … ואחד מלמד עליו זכות ניצול and even if nine hundred … plead against him, and one (good deed) for him, he will be saved; a. v. fr.Esp. (in textual interpret.) to lead, hint, throw light on. Sifra Emor Par. 4, ch. 4 הייתי אומר תושב … בא שכיר ולי׳ על התושבוכ׳ I might have thought toshab (Lev. 22:10) meant one hired for a limited period; therefore sakhir (ibid.) comes in to throw light on toshab that it means one bought for life; Kidd.4a; Yeb.70a.Sifra introd. יצא מן הכלל לְלַמֵּד is specified for the sake of illustration, v. כְּלָל. Meil.11b, a. fr. שני כתובים … אין מְלַמְּדִין two verses which coincide (teach the same), prove nothing, cannot serve as an illustration for similar cases; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְלַמֵּד to practice. Gitt.24b; Zeb.2b בסופרים העשויים להִתְלַמֵּדוכ׳ it treats of scribes who are in the habit of writing documents merely for practice. Gitt.60a לכתוב … להתל׳ בה to write one portion of the Pentateuch for a child for practicing purposes; a. fr.

מִסְכֵּןI m. (b. h.; סָכַן I) poor man; (adj.) scanty, scarce; trnsf. mean. Midr. Prov. ch. 22 מ׳ שהוא מְסוּכָּן בחייו the poor man is called misken, because he is sparsely supplied with means of livelihood; Lev. R. s. 34 מפני שהוא בזוי לכל he is called misken, because he is despised of all men (ref. to Koh. 9:16). Ruth R. to I, 1 (ref. to Koh. l. c.) וכי חכמתו שלר״ע שהיה מ׳ בזויה היתה אלא מהו מ׳ מי שהוא בזוי בדבריווכ׳ was the wisdom of R. Akiba who was a poor man despised? But what does misken here mean? One who proves himself mean by his own words (not practicing what he preaches); Koh. R. to l. c. (read:) אלא זה שהוא מ׳ בדבריו; Yalk. Ruth 598 אלא ההוא דמ׳ בדבריו בזויה (insert חכמתו). Koh. R. l. c. אין מ׳ אלא מי שמְמַסְכֵּין דבריו (not שמסכין) behold, a misken is none but he who makes his words appear mean. Ib. to 9:15 ולמה קורא אותו מ׳ שאינו מצוי בכל הבריות ואיןוכ׳ and why does the text call him (the good genius in man) misken (scarce)? Because he is rare among men, and ( mean) because the majority of people do not listen to him; ib. to 4:13; a. fr.Yalk. ib. 979; Ylamd. to Num. 24:5 quot. in Ar. שמ׳ מדברי תורה, read: שמ׳ בדבריו, v. supra.Denom.

מִסְכֵּןI m. (b. h.; סָכַן I) poor man; (adj.) scanty, scarce; trnsf. mean. Midr. Prov. ch. 22 מ׳ שהוא מְסוּכָּן בחייו the poor man is called misken, because he is sparsely supplied with means of livelihood; Lev. R. s. 34 מפני שהוא בזוי לכל he is called misken, because he is despised of all men (ref. to Koh. 9:16). Ruth R. to I, 1 (ref. to Koh. l. c.) וכי חכמתו שלר״ע שהיה מ׳ בזויה היתה אלא מהו מ׳ מי שהוא בזוי בדבריווכ׳ was the wisdom of R. Akiba who was a poor man despised? But what does misken here mean? One who proves himself mean by his own words (not practicing what he preaches); Koh. R. to l. c. (read:) אלא זה שהוא מ׳ בדבריו; Yalk. Ruth 598 אלא ההוא דמ׳ בדבריו בזויה (insert חכמתו). Koh. R. l. c. אין מ׳ אלא מי שמְמַסְכֵּין דבריו (not שמסכין) behold, a misken is none but he who makes his words appear mean. Ib. to 9:15 ולמה קורא אותו מ׳ שאינו מצוי בכל הבריות ואיןוכ׳ and why does the text call him (the good genius in man) misken (scarce)? Because he is rare among men, and ( mean) because the majority of people do not listen to him; ib. to 4:13; a. fr.Yalk. ib. 979; Ylamd. to Num. 24:5 quot. in Ar. שמ׳ מדברי תורה, read: שמ׳ בדבריו, v. supra.Denom.

נַחְמָם m. (חָמַם; formed like נחתום) attendant at hot baths, bather (practicing medicine). Y.Ab. Zar. II, 40d top, opp. רופא אומן professional surgeon.

קרי, קָרָא(b. h.) 1) to call, name; to invite. Ber.7b מיום שברא … שקְרָאוֹ … וּקְרָאוֹ אדון from the day that the Lord created the world there was no man that called the Holy One, blessed be He, lord, until Abraham came and called him lord (Gen. 15:2 אדני). Gen. R. s. 56 אברהם קראו יראה Abraham called it (the Temple site) yeraëh (Gen. 22:14), שם ק׳ אותו שלם Shem called it Salem (ib. 14:18), הריני קוֹרֵא אותו ירושלם I will call it Jerusalem. Snh.70b אין … לִקְרוֹא אבאוכ׳ no sooner does a child know to call ‘father and ‘mother, than it tastes grain food. Num. R. s. 15, beg. ק׳ אותו אוהב he invited that friend. Ib. והיה קורא אומניות, v. אוּמָנוּת; a. v. fr.Part. pass. קָרוּא, קָרוּי; f. קְרוּאָה, קְרוּיָה; Pl. קְרוּאִים, קְרוּאִין, קְרוּיִים, קְרוּיִם, קְרוּיִין, קְרוּיִן; קְרוּאוֹת, קְרוּיוֹת. B. Mets. 114b, a. e. (ref. to Ez. 34:31) אתם ק׳ אדםוכ׳ you are called men, but idolaters Sifra Aḥăré, end כל העריות ק׳ טומאה all illicit connections are called uncleanness; a. fr.Esp. קְרוּאִים, קְרוּיִין those called up to read from the Torah (v. infra). Gen. R. s. 70 (ref. to Gen. 29:2) אלו שלשה ק׳ this is typical of the three persons called up to read from the Torah (priest, Levite, and Israelite). Y.Meg.III, 74b ולא שבעה ק׳ אינון are not seven persons called up (on the Sabbath)?; a. fr.V. קְרוּיוֹת. 2) to read, recite (esp. from the Scriptures). Yoma I, 6 אם רגיל לִקְרוֹת … קוֹרִין לפניו if he (the high priest) is accustomed to read (the Scriptures), he reads himself, if not, they read to him; ובמה קורין לפניו and from what books do they read to him? Ib. פעמים הרבה קָרִיתִיוכ׳ many a time I read to him from Daniel. Meg.II, 1 הקורא את המגילהוכ׳, v. מִפְרֵעַ. Ib. 2 קְרָאָהּ סירוגין, v. סֵירוּג. Ib. 3 קורא כמקומו he must read in accordance with the usage of the place he came from. Ib. 4 הכל כשרין לִקְרוֹתוכ׳ all persons are qualified to recite the Book of Esther (before the congregation). Y.Meg.IV, 74d bot. וקְרָיָיהּ and read from it; a. fr.Esp. to read from the Torah at public services. Ib. III, 4 קורין בפרשת שקלים they (those who are called up, v. supra) read the section of Sheḳalim (Ex. 30:11–16). Ib. 6 אחד קורא את כולן one person must read the entire chapter (of the curses). Ib. IV, 1 בשני … קורין שלשה on Mondays … three persons read. Ib. 4 הקורא בתורה לא יפחותוכ׳ he who is designated to read from the Torah must read no less than three verses; לא יִקְרָא למתורגמןוכ׳ he must read to the interpreter one verse at a time, but from the Prophets, three verses. Bicc. I, 1 יש מביאין … וקוריןוכ׳ there are those who are bound to bring the first-fruits and to read (Deut. 26:5–10), and those who must bring but not read Ib. 4; a. v. fr.Esp. ק׳ (את שמע) to recite the Shmʿa in the morning and in the evening prayer. Ber.I, 1 לא קָרִינוּוכ׳ we omitted to read the Shmʿa. Ib. II, 3 ק׳ וטעה if one read the Shmʿa and made a mistake. Ib. 4 האומנין קוֹרְאִיןוכ׳ (Bab. ed. 16a קורין) workingmen read the Shmʿa on top of a tree, or on the scaffolding; a. v. fr.אל תִּקְרֵי … אלא (or תִּיקְרִי Chald. form; abbrev. א״ת) read not … but, i. e. change the traditional (Massoretic) reading (for homiletical purposes), Ib. 64a (ref. to Is. 54:13 א״ת בָּנַיִךְ אלא בּוֹנַיִךְ read not banayikh (thy children) but bonayikh (thy builders, the scholars). M. Kat. 9b (ref. to Ps. 49:12) א״ת קִרְבָּם אלא קִבְרָם read not ḳirbam (their innermost) but ḳirbam (their grave); a. fr. Pi. קֵרֵא same, to call, invite. Part. pass. מְקוֹרָא, pl. מְקוֹרָאִים, מְקוֹרָאִין. Num. R. s. 13 יש חתן … למק׳וכ׳ does a bridegroom give a banquet for the invited guests and not sit with them?; a. e. Nif. נִקְרָא 1) to be called. Lev. R. s. 1, beg. נִקְרְאוּ הנביאיםוכ׳, v. בַּיִת. Ex. R. s. 1 (ref. to Ex. 2:13) מכאן … נ׳ רשע from here we learn that when a man lifts up his hand to strike his neighbor, even if he does not strike, he is called a wicked man; Snh.58b. Ab. Zar.19a (ref. to Ps. 1:2) בתחלה נִקְרֵאת … נקראתוכ׳ first it (the Law) is called the Lords, and then his (the students); a. fr. 2) to be read, recited. Meg.I, 1 מגלה נקראתוכ׳ the Book of Esther may be read at public service on the eleventh Ib. IV, 10 מעשה ראובן נ׳ ולאוכ׳ the story of Reuben (Gen. 35:22) is read at public service but not translated. Ib. לא נִקְרָאִיןוכ׳ (Y. ed. נִיקְרִין) must be neither read nor interpreted. Tosef. ib. IV (III), 31 יש נקראין ומתרגמיןוכ׳ certain verses are read but not interpreted ; Meg.25a נִקְרִין; a. v. fr. Hif. הִקְרִיא to cause to call, to lead in reading. Sot.10a sq. (ref. to Gen. 21:33) א״ת וַיִּקְרָא אלא וַיַּקְרִיא read not vayiḳra (and he called) but vayaḳri (and he made call), מלמד שה׳וכ׳ intimating that Abraham caused the name of the Lord to be called by the mouth of every passer-by. Y. ib. V, 20c top קטן שהוא מַקְרֵאוכ׳ a child that reads the Hallel at school, and they (the class) respond by repeating each sentence (v. עָנָה I); גדול שהוא מקראוכ׳ an adult that leads in reciting …, when the congregation responds with the first sentence (as refrain). Succ.III, 10 מי שהיה … מַקְרִין אותווכ׳ if a slave, a woman, or a child reads to him, he responds with Hallelujah. Gitt. III, 1 שמע קול סופרים מקריןוכ׳ heard the teaching scribes as they made the practicing children read, ‘such and such … divorces Esp. to teach the Scriptures (מִקְרָא). Lam. R. to I, 6 השניניוכ׳ הַקְרינִי דף אחד teach me a page of the Scriptures, teach me a chapter of the Mishnah; a. fr.Erub.104b שהקרו, v. קָרַר I.

קרי, קָרָא(b. h.) 1) to call, name; to invite. Ber.7b מיום שברא … שקְרָאוֹ … וּקְרָאוֹ אדון from the day that the Lord created the world there was no man that called the Holy One, blessed be He, lord, until Abraham came and called him lord (Gen. 15:2 אדני). Gen. R. s. 56 אברהם קראו יראה Abraham called it (the Temple site) yeraëh (Gen. 22:14), שם ק׳ אותו שלם Shem called it Salem (ib. 14:18), הריני קוֹרֵא אותו ירושלם I will call it Jerusalem. Snh.70b אין … לִקְרוֹא אבאוכ׳ no sooner does a child know to call ‘father and ‘mother, than it tastes grain food. Num. R. s. 15, beg. ק׳ אותו אוהב he invited that friend. Ib. והיה קורא אומניות, v. אוּמָנוּת; a. v. fr.Part. pass. קָרוּא, קָרוּי; f. קְרוּאָה, קְרוּיָה; Pl. קְרוּאִים, קְרוּאִין, קְרוּיִים, קְרוּיִם, קְרוּיִין, קְרוּיִן; קְרוּאוֹת, קְרוּיוֹת. B. Mets. 114b, a. e. (ref. to Ez. 34:31) אתם ק׳ אדםוכ׳ you are called men, but idolaters Sifra Aḥăré, end כל העריות ק׳ טומאה all illicit connections are called uncleanness; a. fr.Esp. קְרוּאִים, קְרוּיִין those called up to read from the Torah (v. infra). Gen. R. s. 70 (ref. to Gen. 29:2) אלו שלשה ק׳ this is typical of the three persons called up to read from the Torah (priest, Levite, and Israelite). Y.Meg.III, 74b ולא שבעה ק׳ אינון are not seven persons called up (on the Sabbath)?; a. fr.V. קְרוּיוֹת. 2) to read, recite (esp. from the Scriptures). Yoma I, 6 אם רגיל לִקְרוֹת … קוֹרִין לפניו if he (the high priest) is accustomed to read (the Scriptures), he reads himself, if not, they read to him; ובמה קורין לפניו and from what books do they read to him? Ib. פעמים הרבה קָרִיתִיוכ׳ many a time I read to him from Daniel. Meg.II, 1 הקורא את המגילהוכ׳, v. מִפְרֵעַ. Ib. 2 קְרָאָהּ סירוגין, v. סֵירוּג. Ib. 3 קורא כמקומו he must read in accordance with the usage of the place he came from. Ib. 4 הכל כשרין לִקְרוֹתוכ׳ all persons are qualified to recite the Book of Esther (before the congregation). Y.Meg.IV, 74d bot. וקְרָיָיהּ and read from it; a. fr.Esp. to read from the Torah at public services. Ib. III, 4 קורין בפרשת שקלים they (those who are called up, v. supra) read the section of Sheḳalim (Ex. 30:11–16). Ib. 6 אחד קורא את כולן one person must read the entire chapter (of the curses). Ib. IV, 1 בשני … קורין שלשה on Mondays … three persons read. Ib. 4 הקורא בתורה לא יפחותוכ׳ he who is designated to read from the Torah must read no less than three verses; לא יִקְרָא למתורגמןוכ׳ he must read to the interpreter one verse at a time, but from the Prophets, three verses. Bicc. I, 1 יש מביאין … וקוריןוכ׳ there are those who are bound to bring the first-fruits and to read (Deut. 26:5–10), and those who must bring but not read Ib. 4; a. v. fr.Esp. ק׳ (את שמע) to recite the Shmʿa in the morning and in the evening prayer. Ber.I, 1 לא קָרִינוּוכ׳ we omitted to read the Shmʿa. Ib. II, 3 ק׳ וטעה if one read the Shmʿa and made a mistake. Ib. 4 האומנין קוֹרְאִיןוכ׳ (Bab. ed. 16a קורין) workingmen read the Shmʿa on top of a tree, or on the scaffolding; a. v. fr.אל תִּקְרֵי … אלא (or תִּיקְרִי Chald. form; abbrev. א״ת) read not … but, i. e. change the traditional (Massoretic) reading (for homiletical purposes), Ib. 64a (ref. to Is. 54:13 א״ת בָּנַיִךְ אלא בּוֹנַיִךְ read not banayikh (thy children) but bonayikh (thy builders, the scholars). M. Kat. 9b (ref. to Ps. 49:12) א״ת קִרְבָּם אלא קִבְרָם read not ḳirbam (their innermost) but ḳirbam (their grave); a. fr. Pi. קֵרֵא same, to call, invite. Part. pass. מְקוֹרָא, pl. מְקוֹרָאִים, מְקוֹרָאִין. Num. R. s. 13 יש חתן … למק׳וכ׳ does a bridegroom give a banquet for the invited guests and not sit with them?; a. e. Nif. נִקְרָא 1) to be called. Lev. R. s. 1, beg. נִקְרְאוּ הנביאיםוכ׳, v. בַּיִת. Ex. R. s. 1 (ref. to Ex. 2:13) מכאן … נ׳ רשע from here we learn that when a man lifts up his hand to strike his neighbor, even if he does not strike, he is called a wicked man; Snh.58b. Ab. Zar.19a (ref. to Ps. 1:2) בתחלה נִקְרֵאת … נקראתוכ׳ first it (the Law) is called the Lords, and then his (the students); a. fr. 2) to be read, recited. Meg.I, 1 מגלה נקראתוכ׳ the Book of Esther may be read at public service on the eleventh Ib. IV, 10 מעשה ראובן נ׳ ולאוכ׳ the story of Reuben (Gen. 35:22) is read at public service but not translated. Ib. לא נִקְרָאִיןוכ׳ (Y. ed. נִיקְרִין) must be neither read nor interpreted. Tosef. ib. IV (III), 31 יש נקראין ומתרגמיןוכ׳ certain verses are read but not interpreted ; Meg.25a נִקְרִין; a. v. fr. Hif. הִקְרִיא to cause to call, to lead in reading. Sot.10a sq. (ref. to Gen. 21:33) א״ת וַיִּקְרָא אלא וַיַּקְרִיא read not vayiḳra (and he called) but vayaḳri (and he made call), מלמד שה׳וכ׳ intimating that Abraham caused the name of the Lord to be called by the mouth of every passer-by. Y. ib. V, 20c top קטן שהוא מַקְרֵאוכ׳ a child that reads the Hallel at school, and they (the class) respond by repeating each sentence (v. עָנָה I); גדול שהוא מקראוכ׳ an adult that leads in reciting …, when the congregation responds with the first sentence (as refrain). Succ.III, 10 מי שהיה … מַקְרִין אותווכ׳ if a slave, a woman, or a child reads to him, he responds with Hallelujah. Gitt. III, 1 שמע קול סופרים מקריןוכ׳ heard the teaching scribes as they made the practicing children read, ‘such and such … divorces Esp. to teach the Scriptures (מִקְרָא). Lam. R. to I, 6 השניניוכ׳ הַקְרינִי דף אחד teach me a page of the Scriptures, teach me a chapter of the Mishnah; a. fr.Erub.104b שהקרו, v. קָרַר I.

קרי, קָרָא(b. h.) 1) to call, name; to invite. Ber.7b מיום שברא … שקְרָאוֹ … וּקְרָאוֹ אדון from the day that the Lord created the world there was no man that called the Holy One, blessed be He, lord, until Abraham came and called him lord (Gen. 15:2 אדני). Gen. R. s. 56 אברהם קראו יראה Abraham called it (the Temple site) yeraëh (Gen. 22:14), שם ק׳ אותו שלם Shem called it Salem (ib. 14:18), הריני קוֹרֵא אותו ירושלם I will call it Jerusalem. Snh.70b אין … לִקְרוֹא אבאוכ׳ no sooner does a child know to call ‘father and ‘mother, than it tastes grain food. Num. R. s. 15, beg. ק׳ אותו אוהב he invited that friend. Ib. והיה קורא אומניות, v. אוּמָנוּת; a. v. fr.Part. pass. קָרוּא, קָרוּי; f. קְרוּאָה, קְרוּיָה; Pl. קְרוּאִים, קְרוּאִין, קְרוּיִים, קְרוּיִם, קְרוּיִין, קְרוּיִן; קְרוּאוֹת, קְרוּיוֹת. B. Mets. 114b, a. e. (ref. to Ez. 34:31) אתם ק׳ אדםוכ׳ you are called men, but idolaters Sifra Aḥăré, end כל העריות ק׳ טומאה all illicit connections are called uncleanness; a. fr.Esp. קְרוּאִים, קְרוּיִין those called up to read from the Torah (v. infra). Gen. R. s. 70 (ref. to Gen. 29:2) אלו שלשה ק׳ this is typical of the three persons called up to read from the Torah (priest, Levite, and Israelite). Y.Meg.III, 74b ולא שבעה ק׳ אינון are not seven persons called up (on the Sabbath)?; a. fr.V. קְרוּיוֹת. 2) to read, recite (esp. from the Scriptures). Yoma I, 6 אם רגיל לִקְרוֹת … קוֹרִין לפניו if he (the high priest) is accustomed to read (the Scriptures), he reads himself, if not, they read to him; ובמה קורין לפניו and from what books do they read to him? Ib. פעמים הרבה קָרִיתִיוכ׳ many a time I read to him from Daniel. Meg.II, 1 הקורא את המגילהוכ׳, v. מִפְרֵעַ. Ib. 2 קְרָאָהּ סירוגין, v. סֵירוּג. Ib. 3 קורא כמקומו he must read in accordance with the usage of the place he came from. Ib. 4 הכל כשרין לִקְרוֹתוכ׳ all persons are qualified to recite the Book of Esther (before the congregation). Y.Meg.IV, 74d bot. וקְרָיָיהּ and read from it; a. fr.Esp. to read from the Torah at public services. Ib. III, 4 קורין בפרשת שקלים they (those who are called up, v. supra) read the section of Sheḳalim (Ex. 30:11–16). Ib. 6 אחד קורא את כולן one person must read the entire chapter (of the curses). Ib. IV, 1 בשני … קורין שלשה on Mondays … three persons read. Ib. 4 הקורא בתורה לא יפחותוכ׳ he who is designated to read from the Torah must read no less than three verses; לא יִקְרָא למתורגמןוכ׳ he must read to the interpreter one verse at a time, but from the Prophets, three verses. Bicc. I, 1 יש מביאין … וקוריןוכ׳ there are those who are bound to bring the first-fruits and to read (Deut. 26:5–10), and those who must bring but not read Ib. 4; a. v. fr.Esp. ק׳ (את שמע) to recite the Shmʿa in the morning and in the evening prayer. Ber.I, 1 לא קָרִינוּוכ׳ we omitted to read the Shmʿa. Ib. II, 3 ק׳ וטעה if one read the Shmʿa and made a mistake. Ib. 4 האומנין קוֹרְאִיןוכ׳ (Bab. ed. 16a קורין) workingmen read the Shmʿa on top of a tree, or on the scaffolding; a. v. fr.אל תִּקְרֵי … אלא (or תִּיקְרִי Chald. form; abbrev. א״ת) read not … but, i. e. change the traditional (Massoretic) reading (for homiletical purposes), Ib. 64a (ref. to Is. 54:13 א״ת בָּנַיִךְ אלא בּוֹנַיִךְ read not banayikh (thy children) but bonayikh (thy builders, the scholars). M. Kat. 9b (ref. to Ps. 49:12) א״ת קִרְבָּם אלא קִבְרָם read not ḳirbam (their innermost) but ḳirbam (their grave); a. fr. Pi. קֵרֵא same, to call, invite. Part. pass. מְקוֹרָא, pl. מְקוֹרָאִים, מְקוֹרָאִין. Num. R. s. 13 יש חתן … למק׳וכ׳ does a bridegroom give a banquet for the invited guests and not sit with them?; a. e. Nif. נִקְרָא 1) to be called. Lev. R. s. 1, beg. נִקְרְאוּ הנביאיםוכ׳, v. בַּיִת. Ex. R. s. 1 (ref. to Ex. 2:13) מכאן … נ׳ רשע from here we learn that when a man lifts up his hand to strike his neighbor, even if he does not strike, he is called a wicked man; Snh.58b. Ab. Zar.19a (ref. to Ps. 1:2) בתחלה נִקְרֵאת … נקראתוכ׳ first it (the Law) is called the Lords, and then his (the students); a. fr. 2) to be read, recited. Meg.I, 1 מגלה נקראתוכ׳ the Book of Esther may be read at public service on the eleventh Ib. IV, 10 מעשה ראובן נ׳ ולאוכ׳ the story of Reuben (Gen. 35:22) is read at public service but not translated. Ib. לא נִקְרָאִיןוכ׳ (Y. ed. נִיקְרִין) must be neither read nor interpreted. Tosef. ib. IV (III), 31 יש נקראין ומתרגמיןוכ׳ certain verses are read but not interpreted ; Meg.25a נִקְרִין; a. v. fr. Hif. הִקְרִיא to cause to call, to lead in reading. Sot.10a sq. (ref. to Gen. 21:33) א״ת וַיִּקְרָא אלא וַיַּקְרִיא read not vayiḳra (and he called) but vayaḳri (and he made call), מלמד שה׳וכ׳ intimating that Abraham caused the name of the Lord to be called by the mouth of every passer-by. Y. ib. V, 20c top קטן שהוא מַקְרֵאוכ׳ a child that reads the Hallel at school, and they (the class) respond by repeating each sentence (v. עָנָה I); גדול שהוא מקראוכ׳ an adult that leads in reciting …, when the congregation responds with the first sentence (as refrain). Succ.III, 10 מי שהיה … מַקְרִין אותווכ׳ if a slave, a woman, or a child reads to him, he responds with Hallelujah. Gitt. III, 1 שמע קול סופרים מקריןוכ׳ heard the teaching scribes as they made the practicing children read, ‘such and such … divorces Esp. to teach the Scriptures (מִקְרָא). Lam. R. to I, 6 השניניוכ׳ הַקְרינִי דף אחד teach me a page of the Scriptures, teach me a chapter of the Mishnah; a. fr.Erub.104b שהקרו, v. קָרַר I.