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דְּחִי, דְּחָאch. sam( Hif. הִדְחָה to remove hurriedly), 1) to thrust, push, knock down. Targ. O. Num. 35:20 דְּחָהִי he knocked him down (h. text הדף; Y. דַּחְיֵיה). Targ. Ps. 118:13; a. e. 2) to suspend, supersede, v. preced. 3). Zeb.12b הוא ד׳ נפשיה בידים he debarred himself from offering (on account of his apostasy). Pes.69b אימא לִידְחֵי I might think they take precedence of the Sabbath. Ber.23a גברא דְחוּיָא הוא the person was for the time in an unfit condition to pray (and his prayer does not count at all). Af. אַדְחֵי, Pa. דַּחֵי to push aside, drive off. Pes.57a דַּחוּיֵי קא מַדְחֵי לן he sends us off (with a vain promise). Ithpa. אּידָּחֵי, Ithpe. אּידְּחֵי 1) to be thrust down. Targ. Ps. 36:13 אּירָּחֲיַין Ms. (ed. יִדְחֲיַן); a. e. 2) to be superseded, postponed (v. preced. Nif.). Targ. Y. Num. 9:10.Zeb.12b ממילא אי׳ he was debarred from offering through no fault of his. Ib. גברא אי׳ the person was unfit; a. fr.

דְּחִי, דְּחָאch. sam( Hif. הִדְחָה to remove hurriedly), 1) to thrust, push, knock down. Targ. O. Num. 35:20 דְּחָהִי he knocked him down (h. text הדף; Y. דַּחְיֵיה). Targ. Ps. 118:13; a. e. 2) to suspend, supersede, v. preced. 3). Zeb.12b הוא ד׳ נפשיה בידים he debarred himself from offering (on account of his apostasy). Pes.69b אימא לִידְחֵי I might think they take precedence of the Sabbath. Ber.23a גברא דְחוּיָא הוא the person was for the time in an unfit condition to pray (and his prayer does not count at all). Af. אַדְחֵי, Pa. דַּחֵי to push aside, drive off. Pes.57a דַּחוּיֵי קא מַדְחֵי לן he sends us off (with a vain promise). Ithpa. אּידָּחֵי, Ithpe. אּידְּחֵי 1) to be thrust down. Targ. Ps. 36:13 אּירָּחֲיַין Ms. (ed. יִדְחֲיַן); a. e. 2) to be superseded, postponed (v. preced. Nif.). Targ. Y. Num. 9:10.Zeb.12b ממילא אי׳ he was debarred from offering through no fault of his. Ib. גברא אי׳ the person was unfit; a. fr.

דְּחִי, דְּחָאch. sam( Hif. הִדְחָה to remove hurriedly), 1) to thrust, push, knock down. Targ. O. Num. 35:20 דְּחָהִי he knocked him down (h. text הדף; Y. דַּחְיֵיה). Targ. Ps. 118:13; a. e. 2) to suspend, supersede, v. preced. 3). Zeb.12b הוא ד׳ נפשיה בידים he debarred himself from offering (on account of his apostasy). Pes.69b אימא לִידְחֵי I might think they take precedence of the Sabbath. Ber.23a גברא דְחוּיָא הוא the person was for the time in an unfit condition to pray (and his prayer does not count at all). Af. אַדְחֵי, Pa. דַּחֵי to push aside, drive off. Pes.57a דַּחוּיֵי קא מַדְחֵי לן he sends us off (with a vain promise). Ithpa. אּידָּחֵי, Ithpe. אּידְּחֵי 1) to be thrust down. Targ. Ps. 36:13 אּירָּחֲיַין Ms. (ed. יִדְחֲיַן); a. e. 2) to be superseded, postponed (v. preced. Nif.). Targ. Y. Num. 9:10.Zeb.12b ממילא אי׳ he was debarred from offering through no fault of his. Ib. גברא אי׳ the person was unfit; a. fr.

דְּחִי, דְּחָאch. sam( Hif. הִדְחָה to remove hurriedly), 1) to thrust, push, knock down. Targ. O. Num. 35:20 דְּחָהִי he knocked him down (h. text הדף; Y. דַּחְיֵיה). Targ. Ps. 118:13; a. e. 2) to suspend, supersede, v. preced. 3). Zeb.12b הוא ד׳ נפשיה בידים he debarred himself from offering (on account of his apostasy). Pes.69b אימא לִידְחֵי I might think they take precedence of the Sabbath. Ber.23a גברא דְחוּיָא הוא the person was for the time in an unfit condition to pray (and his prayer does not count at all). Af. אַדְחֵי, Pa. דַּחֵי to push aside, drive off. Pes.57a דַּחוּיֵי קא מַדְחֵי לן he sends us off (with a vain promise). Ithpa. אּידָּחֵי, Ithpe. אּידְּחֵי 1) to be thrust down. Targ. Ps. 36:13 אּירָּחֲיַין Ms. (ed. יִדְחֲיַן); a. e. 2) to be superseded, postponed (v. preced. Nif.). Targ. Y. Num. 9:10.Zeb.12b ממילא אי׳ he was debarred from offering through no fault of his. Ib. גברא אי׳ the person was unfit; a. fr.

גְּרַרch. sam(גרר Ito produce a grating, scraping sound); 1) to drag, pull, push.Part. pass. גְּרִיר dragged, following, guided by. Targ. Y. II Ex. 14:25 גְּרֵירַן רכ׳ (some ed. גריד׳) pushed from behind.B. Kam.18b בתר גופיה גְּרִירִין they are clinging to his body. Taan.24a אנן בתרייהו גרירין Rashi (ed. גררינן, read גְּרִירִינָן, Ms. M. קאזלינן) we must be guided by their order. Ab. Zar.72b all the wine in the barrel אגישתא … ג׳ moves towards the siphon. B. Mets.85a דג׳ עלמאוכ׳ that all the world followed David. 2) to scratch, scrape. Targ. Jud. 8:16, v. גְּרַד.Ḥull.83b ולִיגְרְרֵיה ונכסי (Ar. גרד) let him scrape off the blood and cover it. Ib. ונִגְרֹור.Part. גָּרֵיר Ib. 3) to rub, to whet the appetite. Ber.35b כי היכי דנִגְרְרֵיה לליביה (Ar. everywhere גרד) in order to stimulate his appetite. Ib. טובא גָרֵיר a large quantity has an appetizing effect. Pes.107b מִגְרַר גָּרֵיר. Sabb.140b משום דג׳ because it stimulates the appetite. Pa. גָּרֵיר to make appetizing. Esth. R. to, 9 (read:) אנא מְגָרֵירוכ׳ I will make their drinks appetizing (induce them to get intoxicated, interpreting Jer. 51:39; differ. in comment.). 2) to saw off. Targ. Y. Deut. 33:20 דמְגָרֵרוכ׳ (or דמַגְרַר Af., ed. דמִגְרַר, corr. acc.) for he cuts off the arm (II מַפְרַק). Ithpa. אִתְגָּרַר 1) to be dragged. Y.Kidd.I, 60d large bags דארחיהון מִתְגָּרְרָה which are commonly dragged (not lifted). 2) to stimulate, instigate one another. Targ. Ps. 22:8 מִתְגָּרְרִין (some ed. מִתְגָּרְדִין, ed. Lag. מִתְגָּרִין, fr. גרי; h. text יפטירו).

גְּרַרch. sam(גרר Ito produce a grating, scraping sound); 1) to drag, pull, push.Part. pass. גְּרִיר dragged, following, guided by. Targ. Y. II Ex. 14:25 גְּרֵירַן רכ׳ (some ed. גריד׳) pushed from behind.B. Kam.18b בתר גופיה גְּרִירִין they are clinging to his body. Taan.24a אנן בתרייהו גרירין Rashi (ed. גררינן, read גְּרִירִינָן, Ms. M. קאזלינן) we must be guided by their order. Ab. Zar.72b all the wine in the barrel אגישתא … ג׳ moves towards the siphon. B. Mets.85a דג׳ עלמאוכ׳ that all the world followed David. 2) to scratch, scrape. Targ. Jud. 8:16, v. גְּרַד.Ḥull.83b ולִיגְרְרֵיה ונכסי (Ar. גרד) let him scrape off the blood and cover it. Ib. ונִגְרֹור.Part. גָּרֵיר Ib. 3) to rub, to whet the appetite. Ber.35b כי היכי דנִגְרְרֵיה לליביה (Ar. everywhere גרד) in order to stimulate his appetite. Ib. טובא גָרֵיר a large quantity has an appetizing effect. Pes.107b מִגְרַר גָּרֵיר. Sabb.140b משום דג׳ because it stimulates the appetite. Pa. גָּרֵיר to make appetizing. Esth. R. to, 9 (read:) אנא מְגָרֵירוכ׳ I will make their drinks appetizing (induce them to get intoxicated, interpreting Jer. 51:39; differ. in comment.). 2) to saw off. Targ. Y. Deut. 33:20 דמְגָרֵרוכ׳ (or דמַגְרַר Af., ed. דמִגְרַר, corr. acc.) for he cuts off the arm (II מַפְרַק). Ithpa. אִתְגָּרַר 1) to be dragged. Y.Kidd.I, 60d large bags דארחיהון מִתְגָּרְרָה which are commonly dragged (not lifted). 2) to stimulate, instigate one another. Targ. Ps. 22:8 מִתְגָּרְרִין (some ed. מִתְגָּרְדִין, ed. Lag. מִתְגָּרִין, fr. גרי; h. text יפטירו).

גָּרַרI (b. h.; v. גָּרָה) (to produce a grating, scraping sound, 1) to scratch, scrape, shave (v. גָּרַד, גָּרַע I). Sabb.VIII, 6 (81a). כדי לִגְרֹורוכ׳ (Ar. a. Y. ed. לגרוד) large enough to scrape with it the top R. Hash. 27b גְּרָרֹו Ms. M. (ed. גרדו), v. גֶּלֶד. Keth.60a; Kerith. 21b גֹּורְרֹווכ׳ he must scrape the blood off before eating the bread; a. fr.Part. pass. גָּרוּר, v. גָּרוּד. 2) to drag, to move without lifting; (also neut. verb) to follow. Sabb.29b, a. fr. גורר אדםוכ׳ one may, on the Sabbath, pull or push a couch (on the floor). Y.Kil.I, 27b bot. לא יָגֹור אדםוכ׳ one must not pull Tanḥ. Thazr. 8 גְּרָרוּהוּ מקברו they dragged him out of his grave. Tosef.Erub.XI (VIII), 13; Tosef.Bets.II, 19 דלת הגֹּורֶרֶת … הגֹּורְרִים (Y.Erub.X, 26b bot. גודרת, corr. acc., v. גָּדַר) a door which drags along the ground (on opening), a matting which is moved by dragging, or large kegs which ; Erub.101a דלת הנִגְרֶרֶת … הנִגְרָר. Cant R. to II, 15 אני גֹורְרוֹ למבולו I will drag him to the flood in which to perish; a. fr.Tanḥ. Thazr. 9 (ref. to Ps. 5:5 יגרך) אין אתה נגרר … ואין הרעה גֹורֶרֶת אותךוכ׳ neither art thou dragged behind (attracted by) evil, nor does evil drag (have power over) thee, nor does it dwell with thee; Yalk. Kings 231 אין אתה גורר אחר … גוררת אחריך.Part. pass. גָּרוּר dragged along, hanging on.Pl. גְּרוּרִים, גְּרוּרִין. Num. R. s. 18 ח׳ ג׳ eight threads dragged along (as fringes; Tanḥ. Korah 12 ח׳ חוטין). Ab. Zar.3b, a. e. גרים ג׳ proselytes who have attached themselves but have not been admitted, v. גֵּר. 3) to carry with it, to cause; to affect (v. גָּרַם). Y.Hor.I, 46a bot.; Y.Pes.VII, 34c שבט אחד גֹּורֵרוכ׳ (a majority of) one tribe affects the legal status of the entire nation, i. e. the majority of tribes (seven) decides, though it may be a minority of the people as a whole. Lev. R. s. 13, end (play on gerah, Lev. 11:4 sq.) גָּרְרָה מלכותוכ׳ carried another government after it, i. e. was followed by another oppressive government. Ab. IV, 2 מצוה גֹורֶרֶתוכ׳ a good deed begets a good deed Tosef.Sabb.XV (XVI), 6 (read:) אין גֹּורֵרוכ׳ it is not considered a corpse so as to cause uncleanness to man or vessels. 4) to saw, split. Sabb.XVII, 2 (122b) a saw (may be used on the Sabbath) לָגֹור בהוכ׳ (Ms. M. לִגְרֹור, Mish. ed. Pes. לגָרֵר, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) to saw cheese with it. Ohol. XV, 8 עתיד לָגֹור Ar. intended to be sawed apart (ed. לגוד, fr. גדד, v. Tosef. ib. XV, 8). Tosef.Kel.B. Mets.II, 18 לָגֹורוכ׳ to saw off a part Nif. נִגְרַר 1) to be dragged, pulled. Erub.X, 11 נגר הנג׳ a bolt which is dragged along (with the door, i. e. attached and hanging down). Ib. 101a, v. supra. Tanḥ. Thazr. 9, v. supra. Bets.II, 10 (23b) אינה נִגְרֶרֶת; ib. אין נִגְרָרִין must not be dragged or pulled, a. fr. 2) to be scraped, planed. B. Kam. 119b הנ׳ במגירה shavings, opp. נפסק במגירה chips.Nidd.55b נִגְרָרִין דרך הפה (secretions of the nose) scraped (discharged) through the mouth (v. גָּרַף). Pi. גֵּירַר, גֵּרַר 1) to drag. Pes.IV, 9 (56a) ג׳ עצמותוכ׳ he had the bones of his father carried out on a bed of ropes. Ib. I, 2 (9a); a. fr.Tosef.Sabb.VI (VII), 1 (a superstitious custom) המְגָרֶרֶת בנהוכ׳ Var. (ed. Zuck. המגוררת) one who drags her son among the dead (to the cemetery). 2) to scrape, plane. Ib. XVI (XVII), 19 מְגָרְרָן he may scrape them (clean his feet of mud). Tosef.Kel.B. Mets.II, 17; Ḥull.25a עתיד … לגָרֵר requiring planing for finish; a. fr.Part. pass. מְגֹורָר a) scratched, full of scabs. Gen. R. s. 64 (play on מגרר, Gen. 26:26) ד״א מג׳וכ׳ another explanation is mgorar, for eruptions grew on him (with ref. to Job 2:8); Yalk. ib. 111; v. גָּרַר II. b) planed. Tosef.Sot.XV, 1 מְגֹורָרוֹת במגר׳ היו Var. (ed. Zuck. היה מְגָרֵר) the stones were planed with a plane. Hithpa. הִתְגָּרֵר to be scraped. Tosef.Sabb. XVI (XVII), 19 אין מִתְגָּרְרִין במגוררת ed. Zuck. (Var. מגרדין במגרדת, Sabb.147b גוררין במגררת, Ms. M. גודרין במגדירה, corr. acc.) one must not be scraped with a strigil. Ib. XXII, 6 (147a) מתגררין, Talm. ed. (Mish. מִתְגָּרְדִין, v. Rabb. D. S. to 147b>, note 70).

גָּרַרI (b. h.; v. גָּרָה) (to produce a grating, scraping sound, 1) to scratch, scrape, shave (v. גָּרַד, גָּרַע I). Sabb.VIII, 6 (81a). כדי לִגְרֹורוכ׳ (Ar. a. Y. ed. לגרוד) large enough to scrape with it the top R. Hash. 27b גְּרָרֹו Ms. M. (ed. גרדו), v. גֶּלֶד. Keth.60a; Kerith. 21b גֹּורְרֹווכ׳ he must scrape the blood off before eating the bread; a. fr.Part. pass. גָּרוּר, v. גָּרוּד. 2) to drag, to move without lifting; (also neut. verb) to follow. Sabb.29b, a. fr. גורר אדםוכ׳ one may, on the Sabbath, pull or push a couch (on the floor). Y.Kil.I, 27b bot. לא יָגֹור אדםוכ׳ one must not pull Tanḥ. Thazr. 8 גְּרָרוּהוּ מקברו they dragged him out of his grave. Tosef.Erub.XI (VIII), 13; Tosef.Bets.II, 19 דלת הגֹּורֶרֶת … הגֹּורְרִים (Y.Erub.X, 26b bot. גודרת, corr. acc., v. גָּדַר) a door which drags along the ground (on opening), a matting which is moved by dragging, or large kegs which ; Erub.101a דלת הנִגְרֶרֶת … הנִגְרָר. Cant R. to II, 15 אני גֹורְרוֹ למבולו I will drag him to the flood in which to perish; a. fr.Tanḥ. Thazr. 9 (ref. to Ps. 5:5 יגרך) אין אתה נגרר … ואין הרעה גֹורֶרֶת אותךוכ׳ neither art thou dragged behind (attracted by) evil, nor does evil drag (have power over) thee, nor does it dwell with thee; Yalk. Kings 231 אין אתה גורר אחר … גוררת אחריך.Part. pass. גָּרוּר dragged along, hanging on.Pl. גְּרוּרִים, גְּרוּרִין. Num. R. s. 18 ח׳ ג׳ eight threads dragged along (as fringes; Tanḥ. Korah 12 ח׳ חוטין). Ab. Zar.3b, a. e. גרים ג׳ proselytes who have attached themselves but have not been admitted, v. גֵּר. 3) to carry with it, to cause; to affect (v. גָּרַם). Y.Hor.I, 46a bot.; Y.Pes.VII, 34c שבט אחד גֹּורֵרוכ׳ (a majority of) one tribe affects the legal status of the entire nation, i. e. the majority of tribes (seven) decides, though it may be a minority of the people as a whole. Lev. R. s. 13, end (play on gerah, Lev. 11:4 sq.) גָּרְרָה מלכותוכ׳ carried another government after it, i. e. was followed by another oppressive government. Ab. IV, 2 מצוה גֹורֶרֶתוכ׳ a good deed begets a good deed Tosef.Sabb.XV (XVI), 6 (read:) אין גֹּורֵרוכ׳ it is not considered a corpse so as to cause uncleanness to man or vessels. 4) to saw, split. Sabb.XVII, 2 (122b) a saw (may be used on the Sabbath) לָגֹור בהוכ׳ (Ms. M. לִגְרֹור, Mish. ed. Pes. לגָרֵר, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) to saw cheese with it. Ohol. XV, 8 עתיד לָגֹור Ar. intended to be sawed apart (ed. לגוד, fr. גדד, v. Tosef. ib. XV, 8). Tosef.Kel.B. Mets.II, 18 לָגֹורוכ׳ to saw off a part Nif. נִגְרַר 1) to be dragged, pulled. Erub.X, 11 נגר הנג׳ a bolt which is dragged along (with the door, i. e. attached and hanging down). Ib. 101a, v. supra. Tanḥ. Thazr. 9, v. supra. Bets.II, 10 (23b) אינה נִגְרֶרֶת; ib. אין נִגְרָרִין must not be dragged or pulled, a. fr. 2) to be scraped, planed. B. Kam. 119b הנ׳ במגירה shavings, opp. נפסק במגירה chips.Nidd.55b נִגְרָרִין דרך הפה (secretions of the nose) scraped (discharged) through the mouth (v. גָּרַף). Pi. גֵּירַר, גֵּרַר 1) to drag. Pes.IV, 9 (56a) ג׳ עצמותוכ׳ he had the bones of his father carried out on a bed of ropes. Ib. I, 2 (9a); a. fr.Tosef.Sabb.VI (VII), 1 (a superstitious custom) המְגָרֶרֶת בנהוכ׳ Var. (ed. Zuck. המגוררת) one who drags her son among the dead (to the cemetery). 2) to scrape, plane. Ib. XVI (XVII), 19 מְגָרְרָן he may scrape them (clean his feet of mud). Tosef.Kel.B. Mets.II, 17; Ḥull.25a עתיד … לגָרֵר requiring planing for finish; a. fr.Part. pass. מְגֹורָר a) scratched, full of scabs. Gen. R. s. 64 (play on מגרר, Gen. 26:26) ד״א מג׳וכ׳ another explanation is mgorar, for eruptions grew on him (with ref. to Job 2:8); Yalk. ib. 111; v. גָּרַר II. b) planed. Tosef.Sot.XV, 1 מְגֹורָרוֹת במגר׳ היו Var. (ed. Zuck. היה מְגָרֵר) the stones were planed with a plane. Hithpa. הִתְגָּרֵר to be scraped. Tosef.Sabb. XVI (XVII), 19 אין מִתְגָּרְרִין במגוררת ed. Zuck. (Var. מגרדין במגרדת, Sabb.147b גוררין במגררת, Ms. M. גודרין במגדירה, corr. acc.) one must not be scraped with a strigil. Ib. XXII, 6 (147a) מתגררין, Talm. ed. (Mish. מִתְגָּרְדִין, v. Rabb. D. S. to 147b>, note 70).

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רָצַץ(b. h.) to press, squeeze, crush. Tanḥ. Ḥuck. 20 נכנסו … ורָצְצוּוכ׳ the rocks were moved into the caves and crushed all those warriors; Num. R. s. 19. Cant. R. to I, 6 (play on רִצְפָּה, Is. 6:6) רוֹץ פֶּה רְצוֹץ פהוכ׳ ritspah means rots peh, crush the mouth of him (Isaiah) who spoke ill of my children; Tanḥ. Vayishl. 2; Pesik. R. s. 33 רֹץ פה Yalk. Num. 764; Yalk. Is. 273 רַצֵּץ (Pi.); Yalk. Kings 218 רצץ Cant. R. l. c. (play on רְצָפִים 1 Kings 19:6) (read:) רץ פים רצוץ פיותוכ׳ crush the mouths of all who (like Elijah) speak ill of my children. Y.Ab. Zar. II, 40c bot. שלא יָרוֹץ אתוכ׳ lest he (the gentile) break his (the Jews) skull. Y.Macc.2, beg.31c והושיט … ורְצָצָהּ and a child put forth his hand (under the roller), and he crushed it. Bets.34a רְצָצַתָּהּ בהמה a beast squeezed it (an animal, against a wall); Ḥull.III, 3 (56a) Ms. M. (ed. רִיצְּצַתָּהּ, Pi.). Ex. R. s. 3017> רָצְצוּ גפנים they crushed the vines; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 63 (ref. to Gen. 25:22) שזה רַץ להרוגוכ׳ this one pressed to kill that one Ib. עשו רץ ומפרכסוכ׳ Esau pressed and struggled to get out. Pi. רִיצֵּץ 1) same. Ḥull. l. c., v. supra. Y.Kidd.IV, end, 66c הטוב … רַצֵּץ את מוחו the best of the serpentscrush its brain. Yalk. Kings l. c.; Yalk. Is. l. c., v. supra. Midr. Till. to Ps. 137 Yalk. ib. 884 they put their thumbs into their mouths ומְרַצְּצִים אותם and crushed them (with their teeth); Pesik. R. s. 31 ומרצצים ומקצצים אותם crushed and bit them off; a. e. 2) to push, struggle. Midr. Till. to Ps. 58 (ref. to ויתרצצו, Gen. 25:22) שהיה מְרַצֵּץ עםוכ׳ he (Esau) struggled with his brother in his mothers womb. Hif. הֵרֵץ same, 1) to crush. Y.Yeb.I, 3a bot. הרי אתם … בשביל שיָרֵיצּוּ את מוחי you place my head between two high mountains …, that they may crush my brain (you want me to decide between two great authorities); Tosef.Ohol.XVIII, 18. 2) to press, rush in a crowd. Tanḥ. Balak 4; Num. R. s. 20 like the moneychanger שהכל מְרִיצִּים לו to whom all rush (to have their coins examined). Hithpol. הִתְרוֹצֵץ, Nithpol. נִתְרוֹצֵץ to press one another, struggle. Tanḥ. Vayḥi 15 כיון שנתְרוֹצְצוּוכ׳ when the children struggled together within her.

רָצַץ(b. h.) to press, squeeze, crush. Tanḥ. Ḥuck. 20 נכנסו … ורָצְצוּוכ׳ the rocks were moved into the caves and crushed all those warriors; Num. R. s. 19. Cant. R. to I, 6 (play on רִצְפָּה, Is. 6:6) רוֹץ פֶּה רְצוֹץ פהוכ׳ ritspah means rots peh, crush the mouth of him (Isaiah) who spoke ill of my children; Tanḥ. Vayishl. 2; Pesik. R. s. 33 רֹץ פה Yalk. Num. 764; Yalk. Is. 273 רַצֵּץ (Pi.); Yalk. Kings 218 רצץ Cant. R. l. c. (play on רְצָפִים 1 Kings 19:6) (read:) רץ פים רצוץ פיותוכ׳ crush the mouths of all who (like Elijah) speak ill of my children. Y.Ab. Zar. II, 40c bot. שלא יָרוֹץ אתוכ׳ lest he (the gentile) break his (the Jews) skull. Y.Macc.2, beg.31c והושיט … ורְצָצָהּ and a child put forth his hand (under the roller), and he crushed it. Bets.34a רְצָצַתָּהּ בהמה a beast squeezed it (an animal, against a wall); Ḥull.III, 3 (56a) Ms. M. (ed. רִיצְּצַתָּהּ, Pi.). Ex. R. s. 3017> רָצְצוּ גפנים they crushed the vines; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 63 (ref. to Gen. 25:22) שזה רַץ להרוגוכ׳ this one pressed to kill that one Ib. עשו רץ ומפרכסוכ׳ Esau pressed and struggled to get out. Pi. רִיצֵּץ 1) same. Ḥull. l. c., v. supra. Y.Kidd.IV, end, 66c הטוב … רַצֵּץ את מוחו the best of the serpentscrush its brain. Yalk. Kings l. c.; Yalk. Is. l. c., v. supra. Midr. Till. to Ps. 137 Yalk. ib. 884 they put their thumbs into their mouths ומְרַצְּצִים אותם and crushed them (with their teeth); Pesik. R. s. 31 ומרצצים ומקצצים אותם crushed and bit them off; a. e. 2) to push, struggle. Midr. Till. to Ps. 58 (ref. to ויתרצצו, Gen. 25:22) שהיה מְרַצֵּץ עםוכ׳ he (Esau) struggled with his brother in his mothers womb. Hif. הֵרֵץ same, 1) to crush. Y.Yeb.I, 3a bot. הרי אתם … בשביל שיָרֵיצּוּ את מוחי you place my head between two high mountains …, that they may crush my brain (you want me to decide between two great authorities); Tosef.Ohol.XVIII, 18. 2) to press, rush in a crowd. Tanḥ. Balak 4; Num. R. s. 20 like the moneychanger שהכל מְרִיצִּים לו to whom all rush (to have their coins examined). Hithpol. הִתְרוֹצֵץ, Nithpol. נִתְרוֹצֵץ to press one another, struggle. Tanḥ. Vayḥi 15 כיון שנתְרוֹצְצוּוכ׳ when the children struggled together within her.