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כּוּן(b. h.) to stand, exist, be firm. Pi. כִּיוֵּון 1) to straighten. Sifré Deut. 308 מְכַוְּונוֹ במעגילה he tries to straighten the wood in a press; Yalk. Deut. 942 (not מכינן); Pesik. Zutr. Haăz. (ed. Bub. V, p. 11 1) נתנו לאומן שיְכַוְּונוֹ he gave it to a mechanic to straighten it. 2) to place in a line, direct. Macc.II, 5 (9b) מְכַוְּונִין להן דרךוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. ומְכוּוָּנוֹת להן דרכים, v. infra) we make for them direct roads from one place of refuge to the other. 3) to determine exactly (place, time). Y.Erub.V, 22c לְכַוֵּין את הרוחות how to determine exactly the four cardinal points (v. רָבַע). Ib. bot. הארון היה מְכַוֵּיןוכ׳ the Ark indicated for them the points of the compass. Gen. R. s. 15, beg., v. כִּוּוּן. M. Kat. 10a אין יכול לכַוֵּין אימראוכ׳ is unable to sew the fringe accurately on the bosom of the shirt. Ber.7a לכַוֵּין אותה שעה to seize the opportunity of just that moment; a. fr. 4) (with לב or sub. לב) to direct or prepare ones mind, to pay attention, to do a thing with an intention. Ber.II, 1 אם כ׳ לבו if he (while reading in the Law) had his mind directed (to the Shma); ib. 13a אם כ׳ לבו לקרות it means, he read with attention (to the sense, not merely like one going over the text for correction). R. Hash. 28b כ׳ לבו לצאת he had the intention of complying with the law (v. יָצָא); opp. (כ׳) לשמוע he directed his attention to listening, i. e. heard the sound with consciousness (but without devotion); v. כַּוָּונָה. Ber.V, 1 היו שוהין … כדי שיְכַוְּונוּ לבםוכ׳ tarried a while before prayer, in order to direct their hearts to their Father in heaven. Y. ib. II, 5a חזקה כִּוֵּין the presumption is that he read with attention; a. fr.Part. pass. מְכוּוָּן, f. מְכוּוָּנָה, מְכוּוֶּנֶת; pl. מְכוּוָּנִים, … נִין; מְכוּוָּנוֹת a) in a line, corresponding. Y.Kil.V, beg.30b עריס המכ׳ a straight bed of vines, opp. מעוקם. Ib. מכ׳ הן they (the vines) are in a straight line. Y.Ber.IV, 8c top בית … מ׳ כנגד … של מעלן the situation of the earthly Holy of Holies corresponds with that of the heavenly Macc.II, 5 ומכוונות להן דרכים (not … נת), v. supra. Ib. 9b ומכוונות היו כמיןוכ׳ (Ms. M. ומכוונין הן) and they (the three towns on this side and those on the other side of the Jordan respectively) were in straight parallel lines like two rows in a vineyard; a. fr.b) exact, precise. Toh. III, 1 sq. כביצה מ׳ exactly the quantity of an egg. Mikv. VII, 6; Ḥag.19a; Gitt.16a. Hif. הֵכִין to put in proper position, to prepare; to hold ready, to designate. Bets.2b (ref. to Ex. 16:5) חול מֵכִין לשבתוכ׳ a week day prepares for the Sabbath (that which has become ready for use on a week day may be used on the Sabbath), but a Holy Day does not prepare for the succeeding Sabbath, ואין שבת מֵכִינָה ליו״ט nor can the Sabbath prepare for a succeeding Holy Day, v. הֲכָנָה.Meg.12b (play on ממוכן, Esth. 1:14) כלום הֵכִינוּוכ׳ have they (the Persians) arranged a table before thee?; Esth. R. to l. c. מי מֵכִיןוכ׳ who arranges an altar ?; a. fr.Tosef.Maasr.I, 4 משיכינו ed. Zuck., Var. משייבינו, read: משיניצו.Part. pass. מוּכָן prepared, designated, ready. Bets.I, 2 עפר מ׳ מבעוד יום dust (for covering the blood) made ready a day before. Ib. אפר כירה מ׳ הוא ashes of the stove are considered ready (destined to be used for the purpose). Ib. III, 4 אין זה מן המ׳ this is not among the things designated for use on the Holy Day. Ib. IV, 6.Meg. l. c. (play on ממוכן, v. supra) שמ׳ לפורענות he was ready for evil; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְכַּיֵּון, הִתְכַּוֵּון, Nithpa. נִתְכַּוֵּין 1) to be made straight, to be remedied (cmp. תכן). Pesik. Zutr. l. c. אין אתם מִתְכַּוְּונִים אלא באור you (your crookedness) can be remedied only through fire; Sifré Deut. L, 100. אין אתם הולכים אלא לאור; Yalk. Deut l. c. הולכין אלא לאחור (corr. acc.). 2) to prepare ones self. Y.Meg.I, 71c (ref. to הִכּוֹן, Am. 4:12) הִתְכַּוֵּון לקראתוכ׳ put thyself in proper condition to meet thy God. 3) to intend, propose. B. Kam.VIII. 1 עד שיהא מִתְכַּ יֵן unless he did it with malicious intent. Tosef.Naz.III, 10 לא נִתְכֵּוַּונְתִּי אלא כמותה my intention was to be exactly like her (as to her vow). Ib. 14 מישנ׳ לעלותוכ׳ if he who had the intention to eat the flesh of swine ; v. עָלָה. Sabb.22a ובלבד שלא יִתְכַּוֵּיןוכ׳ provided he has not the intention of making a groove.Bets.23a, a. fr. דבר שאינו מִתְכַּ׳ a forbidden act which was produced without intent, i. e. an unintended but unavoidable effect of a permitted act. R. Hash. 28b. Pes.53b, a. fr. שניהם … נִתְכַּוְּונוּ both meant the same thing; a. fr. Polel כּוֹנֵן to establish, base firmly. Ex. R. s. 15 מבקש לְכוֹנֵן עולמים wanted to establish worlds. Ib. על אלו אני מְכוֹנֵןוכ׳ upon those (the patriarchs) I will establish the world.Part. pass. מְכוֹנָן, f. מְבוֹנֶנֶת. Midr. Sam. ch. 16 (ref. to הכינני, 1 Kings 2:24) בזכות התורה המ׳ בארון (the world exists) for the sake of the Law that is put up straight in the holy Ark.

כּוּן(b. h.) to stand, exist, be firm. Pi. כִּיוֵּון 1) to straighten. Sifré Deut. 308 מְכַוְּונוֹ במעגילה he tries to straighten the wood in a press; Yalk. Deut. 942 (not מכינן); Pesik. Zutr. Haăz. (ed. Bub. V, p. 11 1) נתנו לאומן שיְכַוְּונוֹ he gave it to a mechanic to straighten it. 2) to place in a line, direct. Macc.II, 5 (9b) מְכַוְּונִין להן דרךוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. ומְכוּוָּנוֹת להן דרכים, v. infra) we make for them direct roads from one place of refuge to the other. 3) to determine exactly (place, time). Y.Erub.V, 22c לְכַוֵּין את הרוחות how to determine exactly the four cardinal points (v. רָבַע). Ib. bot. הארון היה מְכַוֵּיןוכ׳ the Ark indicated for them the points of the compass. Gen. R. s. 15, beg., v. כִּוּוּן. M. Kat. 10a אין יכול לכַוֵּין אימראוכ׳ is unable to sew the fringe accurately on the bosom of the shirt. Ber.7a לכַוֵּין אותה שעה to seize the opportunity of just that moment; a. fr. 4) (with לב or sub. לב) to direct or prepare ones mind, to pay attention, to do a thing with an intention. Ber.II, 1 אם כ׳ לבו if he (while reading in the Law) had his mind directed (to the Shma); ib. 13a אם כ׳ לבו לקרות it means, he read with attention (to the sense, not merely like one going over the text for correction). R. Hash. 28b כ׳ לבו לצאת he had the intention of complying with the law (v. יָצָא); opp. (כ׳) לשמוע he directed his attention to listening, i. e. heard the sound with consciousness (but without devotion); v. כַּוָּונָה. Ber.V, 1 היו שוהין … כדי שיְכַוְּונוּ לבםוכ׳ tarried a while before prayer, in order to direct their hearts to their Father in heaven. Y. ib. II, 5a חזקה כִּוֵּין the presumption is that he read with attention; a. fr.Part. pass. מְכוּוָּן, f. מְכוּוָּנָה, מְכוּוֶּנֶת; pl. מְכוּוָּנִים, … נִין; מְכוּוָּנוֹת a) in a line, corresponding. Y.Kil.V, beg.30b עריס המכ׳ a straight bed of vines, opp. מעוקם. Ib. מכ׳ הן they (the vines) are in a straight line. Y.Ber.IV, 8c top בית … מ׳ כנגד … של מעלן the situation of the earthly Holy of Holies corresponds with that of the heavenly Macc.II, 5 ומכוונות להן דרכים (not … נת), v. supra. Ib. 9b ומכוונות היו כמיןוכ׳ (Ms. M. ומכוונין הן) and they (the three towns on this side and those on the other side of the Jordan respectively) were in straight parallel lines like two rows in a vineyard; a. fr.b) exact, precise. Toh. III, 1 sq. כביצה מ׳ exactly the quantity of an egg. Mikv. VII, 6; Ḥag.19a; Gitt.16a. Hif. הֵכִין to put in proper position, to prepare; to hold ready, to designate. Bets.2b (ref. to Ex. 16:5) חול מֵכִין לשבתוכ׳ a week day prepares for the Sabbath (that which has become ready for use on a week day may be used on the Sabbath), but a Holy Day does not prepare for the succeeding Sabbath, ואין שבת מֵכִינָה ליו״ט nor can the Sabbath prepare for a succeeding Holy Day, v. הֲכָנָה.Meg.12b (play on ממוכן, Esth. 1:14) כלום הֵכִינוּוכ׳ have they (the Persians) arranged a table before thee?; Esth. R. to l. c. מי מֵכִיןוכ׳ who arranges an altar ?; a. fr.Tosef.Maasr.I, 4 משיכינו ed. Zuck., Var. משייבינו, read: משיניצו.Part. pass. מוּכָן prepared, designated, ready. Bets.I, 2 עפר מ׳ מבעוד יום dust (for covering the blood) made ready a day before. Ib. אפר כירה מ׳ הוא ashes of the stove are considered ready (destined to be used for the purpose). Ib. III, 4 אין זה מן המ׳ this is not among the things designated for use on the Holy Day. Ib. IV, 6.Meg. l. c. (play on ממוכן, v. supra) שמ׳ לפורענות he was ready for evil; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְכַּיֵּון, הִתְכַּוֵּון, Nithpa. נִתְכַּוֵּין 1) to be made straight, to be remedied (cmp. תכן). Pesik. Zutr. l. c. אין אתם מִתְכַּוְּונִים אלא באור you (your crookedness) can be remedied only through fire; Sifré Deut. L, 100. אין אתם הולכים אלא לאור; Yalk. Deut l. c. הולכין אלא לאחור (corr. acc.). 2) to prepare ones self. Y.Meg.I, 71c (ref. to הִכּוֹן, Am. 4:12) הִתְכַּוֵּון לקראתוכ׳ put thyself in proper condition to meet thy God. 3) to intend, propose. B. Kam.VIII. 1 עד שיהא מִתְכַּ יֵן unless he did it with malicious intent. Tosef.Naz.III, 10 לא נִתְכֵּוַּונְתִּי אלא כמותה my intention was to be exactly like her (as to her vow). Ib. 14 מישנ׳ לעלותוכ׳ if he who had the intention to eat the flesh of swine ; v. עָלָה. Sabb.22a ובלבד שלא יִתְכַּוֵּיןוכ׳ provided he has not the intention of making a groove.Bets.23a, a. fr. דבר שאינו מִתְכַּ׳ a forbidden act which was produced without intent, i. e. an unintended but unavoidable effect of a permitted act. R. Hash. 28b. Pes.53b, a. fr. שניהם … נִתְכַּוְּונוּ both meant the same thing; a. fr. Polel כּוֹנֵן to establish, base firmly. Ex. R. s. 15 מבקש לְכוֹנֵן עולמים wanted to establish worlds. Ib. על אלו אני מְכוֹנֵןוכ׳ upon those (the patriarchs) I will establish the world.Part. pass. מְכוֹנָן, f. מְבוֹנֶנֶת. Midr. Sam. ch. 16 (ref. to הכינני, 1 Kings 2:24) בזכות התורה המ׳ בארון (the world exists) for the sake of the Law that is put up straight in the holy Ark.

כּוּןch. sam(כוןto stand, exist, be firm); Pa. כַּוֵּון 1) to direct, aim, draw a direct line. Targ. Y. Num. 22:23. Targ. Num. 34:7, sq. (h. text תאה). Targ. Y. Deut. 10:5 וכוונית (h. text פנה). Ib. 19:3 (h. text תכין, v. preced.); a. e. 2) to draw a parallel, compare. Targ. Is. 46:5 (h. text תמשילני). 3) (with דעתא, or sub. דעתא) to direct the mind, to pay attention; to do a thing intentionally. Targ. Y. Num. 11:1 מכ׳ והגיאן ביש intentionally speaking evil.Ber.17b לא מצי לְכַוּוּנֵי דעתיה he cannot collect his mind (for prayer). Ib. 30b מעיקרא לא כ׳וכ׳ the first time he read without attention. Ḥull.31a דלא קָמְכַוֵּין (or קָמִכַּוֵּין Ithpa.) when he had no intention whatever (to cut); a. fr.Part. pass. מְכַוַּון a) directed towards, corresponding. Targ. Ez. 1:9. Targ. Ex. 26:5; a. fr.b) straight, firm, upright. Targ. Job 21:8 מְכַוְּונִין Bxt. (Ms. מְכַוְּונַן; ed. מכוין, מְכַוַּון, corr. acc.; h. text נכון). Targ. Ps. 51:12. Ib. 57:8 (ed. Wil. מכוֵן, corr. acc.); a. fr.Yoma 28b לא מְכַוְּונֵי Ms. M. (ed. לא מ׳ טובא) the Temple walls were not exactly straight (the lower portions being thicker than the upper); (Ms. M. 2 משום דמכווני because the walls were exactly built in correspondence with the points of the compass). Y.Snh.IV, beg.22a; III, 21c top (read:) כד הוא חמי סהדו מכַוְּונָא … הכן והכן מְכַוֵּון when he found evidences (of two) exactly corresponding, he cross-examined; but when he found them turning hither and thither (differing in details), he tried to harmonize (allowing for errors in time, v. חֲקִירָה). Ithpa. אִיתְכַּיֵּון, אִיכַּ׳, כַּוֵּין … 1) to place ones self, to stand. Targ. Ps. 101:7. 2) to be precise in doing. Ib. 90:12 מן יִתְכַּ׳ להודע ed. Lag. (oth. ed. כן, corr. acc.) who can exactly make known? (h. text כן הודע). Targ. Y. Lev. 13:12. 3) to be trained, to be in the habit of. Targ. Y. Num. 22:30 (h. text הסכן). 4) to intend, mean. Ib. 30:5 ויתכ׳ וישתוק and keeps silence intentionally. Targ. Y. Deut. 19:4; a. e.Ḥull.95a דאיכ׳ לצעורי׳וכ׳ who meant to vex his neighbor. Ib. 31a מִיכַּוֵּין לשום חתיכה had the intention merely to cut (not to slaughter according to the ritual, v. זְבִיחָה). Ib. מה כלים דלא מִיכַּוְּונֵיוכ׳ as vessels (lifeless things) which have no thought ; a. e. Ithpe. אִיתְכָּן to be prepared, ready (מוּכָן, v. preced.). Ib. 14a כיון דלא א׳וכ׳ because it was not prepared (designated for use) yesterday.V. תכן.

כּוּןch. sam(כוןto stand, exist, be firm); Pa. כַּוֵּון 1) to direct, aim, draw a direct line. Targ. Y. Num. 22:23. Targ. Num. 34:7, sq. (h. text תאה). Targ. Y. Deut. 10:5 וכוונית (h. text פנה). Ib. 19:3 (h. text תכין, v. preced.); a. e. 2) to draw a parallel, compare. Targ. Is. 46:5 (h. text תמשילני). 3) (with דעתא, or sub. דעתא) to direct the mind, to pay attention; to do a thing intentionally. Targ. Y. Num. 11:1 מכ׳ והגיאן ביש intentionally speaking evil.Ber.17b לא מצי לְכַוּוּנֵי דעתיה he cannot collect his mind (for prayer). Ib. 30b מעיקרא לא כ׳וכ׳ the first time he read without attention. Ḥull.31a דלא קָמְכַוֵּין (or קָמִכַּוֵּין Ithpa.) when he had no intention whatever (to cut); a. fr.Part. pass. מְכַוַּון a) directed towards, corresponding. Targ. Ez. 1:9. Targ. Ex. 26:5; a. fr.b) straight, firm, upright. Targ. Job 21:8 מְכַוְּונִין Bxt. (Ms. מְכַוְּונַן; ed. מכוין, מְכַוַּון, corr. acc.; h. text נכון). Targ. Ps. 51:12. Ib. 57:8 (ed. Wil. מכוֵן, corr. acc.); a. fr.Yoma 28b לא מְכַוְּונֵי Ms. M. (ed. לא מ׳ טובא) the Temple walls were not exactly straight (the lower portions being thicker than the upper); (Ms. M. 2 משום דמכווני because the walls were exactly built in correspondence with the points of the compass). Y.Snh.IV, beg.22a; III, 21c top (read:) כד הוא חמי סהדו מכַוְּונָא … הכן והכן מְכַוֵּון when he found evidences (of two) exactly corresponding, he cross-examined; but when he found them turning hither and thither (differing in details), he tried to harmonize (allowing for errors in time, v. חֲקִירָה). Ithpa. אִיתְכַּיֵּון, אִיכַּ׳, כַּוֵּין … 1) to place ones self, to stand. Targ. Ps. 101:7. 2) to be precise in doing. Ib. 90:12 מן יִתְכַּ׳ להודע ed. Lag. (oth. ed. כן, corr. acc.) who can exactly make known? (h. text כן הודע). Targ. Y. Lev. 13:12. 3) to be trained, to be in the habit of. Targ. Y. Num. 22:30 (h. text הסכן). 4) to intend, mean. Ib. 30:5 ויתכ׳ וישתוק and keeps silence intentionally. Targ. Y. Deut. 19:4; a. e.Ḥull.95a דאיכ׳ לצעורי׳וכ׳ who meant to vex his neighbor. Ib. 31a מִיכַּוֵּין לשום חתיכה had the intention merely to cut (not to slaughter according to the ritual, v. זְבִיחָה). Ib. מה כלים דלא מִיכַּוְּונֵיוכ׳ as vessels (lifeless things) which have no thought ; a. e. Ithpe. אִיתְכָּן to be prepared, ready (מוּכָן, v. preced.). Ib. 14a כיון דלא א׳וכ׳ because it was not prepared (designated for use) yesterday.V. תכן.

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

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