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רוּבָּאch. sam(רוב kasher). Ḥull.11a מנא הא מילתא … בתרר׳ whence do we derive the rule laid down by the Rabbis, that we are guided by the majority? Ib. ר׳ דאיתיה קמן a majority which is before us, a majority of a definite number; ר׳ דליתיה קמן כגוןוכ׳ a majority of an indefinite number, as for instance, the case of a minor yabam (Yeb. XIII, 12, when we are guided by the principle that the majority of persons are not impotent). B. Kam.46b ר׳ דאנשי לרדיאוכ׳ most people buy animals for ploughing. Ib.; B. Bath.92b, v. אִיסּוּרָא; a. v. fr.Pl. רוּבֵּי. Ḥull.28b תריר׳ … ליכא Rashi (ed. רובא) two larger portions of one object cannot be assumed, i. e. if an object is divided into two equal parts, you cannot apply the principle that either half may be ritually considered as if it were the larger portion.

שָׁחַטII (b. h.; cmp. חטט) to cut the throat, esp. to slay an animal by cutting the throat according to ritual laws. Ḥull.I, 1 הכל שוֹחֲטִיןוכ׳ all persons are fit to do the ritual slaughtering, and their act is legal, except ; וכולן ששָׁחֲטוּוכ׳ and all those (mentioned as unfit), if they cut under the supervision of others Ib. II, 3 היה שוֹחֵט והתיזוכ׳ if he was cutting (drawing the knife across the throat, v. preced.) and cut the head off with one movement. Ib. 1 השוחט … ושניםוכ׳ if one cuts one organ (windpipe or gullet, v. סִימָן) of a bird, and two ; ib. עד שיִשְׁחוֹטוכ׳, v. וָרִיד; a. fr.Part. pass. שָׁחוּט; f. שְׁחוּטָה Nidd.15a שור ש׳ לפניך the ox lies slaughtered before thee, i. e. the evidence is before you. Ḥull.95a בְּשַׂר ש׳ meat of an animal ritually cut, opp. בשר נבלה; a. fr. Nif. נִשְׁחַט to be cut, killed according to ritual. Ib. 9a עד … במה נִשְׁחֲטָה, v. חֲזָקָה. Ib. נשחטה הרי היאוכ׳ if it has been properly slaughtered, it is presumed to be permitted until ; a. fr. Hif. הִשְׁחִיט to cause to slaughter. Ib. V, 4 בארבע … מַשְׁחִיטִין את הטבחוכ׳ at these four periods we force the butcher to slaughter (provide meat); Erub.81b.

שָׁחַטII (b. h.; cmp. חטט) to cut the throat, esp. to slay an animal by cutting the throat according to ritual laws. Ḥull.I, 1 הכל שוֹחֲטִיןוכ׳ all persons are fit to do the ritual slaughtering, and their act is legal, except ; וכולן ששָׁחֲטוּוכ׳ and all those (mentioned as unfit), if they cut under the supervision of others Ib. II, 3 היה שוֹחֵט והתיזוכ׳ if he was cutting (drawing the knife across the throat, v. preced.) and cut the head off with one movement. Ib. 1 השוחט … ושניםוכ׳ if one cuts one organ (windpipe or gullet, v. סִימָן) of a bird, and two ; ib. עד שיִשְׁחוֹטוכ׳, v. וָרִיד; a. fr.Part. pass. שָׁחוּט; f. שְׁחוּטָה Nidd.15a שור ש׳ לפניך the ox lies slaughtered before thee, i. e. the evidence is before you. Ḥull.95a בְּשַׂר ש׳ meat of an animal ritually cut, opp. בשר נבלה; a. fr. Nif. נִשְׁחַט to be cut, killed according to ritual. Ib. 9a עד … במה נִשְׁחֲטָה, v. חֲזָקָה. Ib. נשחטה הרי היאוכ׳ if it has been properly slaughtered, it is presumed to be permitted until ; a. fr. Hif. הִשְׁחִיט to cause to slaughter. Ib. V, 4 בארבע … מַשְׁחִיטִין את הטבחוכ׳ at these four periods we force the butcher to slaughter (provide meat); Erub.81b.

שָׁחַק(b. h.) to rub, grind, pound. Midr. Till. to Ps. 18 ולמה … שחקים שהן שוֹחֲקִין אלו באלו why are the clouds named shḥaḳim? Because they rub against one another. Gen. R. s. 13, a. e., v. שַׁחַק II. Bets.II, 8 שוחקין את הפלפליןוכ׳ you may grind pepper on the pepper-mill (on the Holy Day). Y.Ber.VI, 10a top שְׁחָקָןוכ׳ if he mashed them (the turnips), he must say the benediction, opp. אם בעיינן הן if they are in their natural shape; a. fr.(Yalk. Cant. 988 שחק, v. שָׁחַין.Part. pass. שָׁחוּק; f. שְׁחוּקָה; pl. שְׁחוּקִים, שְׁחוּקִין; שְׁחוּקות a) ground, pounded, mashed. Y. Ber. l. c. ויין לאו ש׳ הוא is wine not a product gained by pounding?; ib. ופת לאו ש׳ היא is not bread a product ?; ib. שאר …אע״פ שש׳ הןוכ׳ all other things, although produced by pounding (like olive-oil) are ritually treated as if in their natural state; a. e.b) (cmp. שָׁחַף) lean, meagre. Y.Dem.II, beg.22b שחוקה היא (R. S. to Dem. II, 1 שְׁחִיקָא ch.) the fig of Bozrah is stunted. Pi. שִׁיחֵק 1) same; part. pass, מְשוּחָק; pl. מְשוּחָקִים, מְשוּחָקִין rubbed, worn-out, threadbare. Tosef.Men.I, 8; Zeb.18a, v. רָשֵׁל; ib. b; a. e. 2) to curse the memory of a person, v. next w. Nif. נִשְׁחַק to be ground. Ab. dR. N. ch. I נִשְׁחֲקוּ עצמותיו his bones were ground, i. e. his memory is cursed, v. next w.

שָׁחַק(b. h.) to rub, grind, pound. Midr. Till. to Ps. 18 ולמה … שחקים שהן שוֹחֲקִין אלו באלו why are the clouds named shḥaḳim? Because they rub against one another. Gen. R. s. 13, a. e., v. שַׁחַק II. Bets.II, 8 שוחקין את הפלפליןוכ׳ you may grind pepper on the pepper-mill (on the Holy Day). Y.Ber.VI, 10a top שְׁחָקָןוכ׳ if he mashed them (the turnips), he must say the benediction, opp. אם בעיינן הן if they are in their natural shape; a. fr.(Yalk. Cant. 988 שחק, v. שָׁחַין.Part. pass. שָׁחוּק; f. שְׁחוּקָה; pl. שְׁחוּקִים, שְׁחוּקִין; שְׁחוּקות a) ground, pounded, mashed. Y. Ber. l. c. ויין לאו ש׳ הוא is wine not a product gained by pounding?; ib. ופת לאו ש׳ היא is not bread a product ?; ib. שאר …אע״פ שש׳ הןוכ׳ all other things, although produced by pounding (like olive-oil) are ritually treated as if in their natural state; a. e.b) (cmp. שָׁחַף) lean, meagre. Y.Dem.II, beg.22b שחוקה היא (R. S. to Dem. II, 1 שְׁחִיקָא ch.) the fig of Bozrah is stunted. Pi. שִׁיחֵק 1) same; part. pass, מְשוּחָק; pl. מְשוּחָקִים, מְשוּחָקִין rubbed, worn-out, threadbare. Tosef.Men.I, 8; Zeb.18a, v. רָשֵׁל; ib. b; a. e. 2) to curse the memory of a person, v. next w. Nif. נִשְׁחַק to be ground. Ab. dR. N. ch. I נִשְׁחֲקוּ עצמותיו his bones were ground, i. e. his memory is cursed, v. next w.

שֵׁןc. (b. h.; שָׁנַן) 1) tooth, tooth-like projection. Sabb.VI, 5 (64b) שן תותבת ושן של זהב an inserted (natural) tooth or an (artificial) gold tooth; (Bab. ed. שן תותכת שןוכ׳, Ms. O. ושן, v. Rashi a. l.). Ib. 10, v. שוּעָל; a. fr.Esp. (sub. נזק) the damage done by an animals eating. B. Kam.2b שלשה … הקרן והשן והרגל three chief damages are mentioned (in the Scriptural text) with reference to the ox: damage by the horn, by the tooth, and by the foot. Ib. תולדה דשן, v. נְשִׁיכָה. Ib. שן יש הנאהוכ׳, v. הֶיזֵּק. Ib. אשן ורגל it refers to damages by the tooth and by the foot; שן ורגל היכא כתיבי where is the damage by the tooth or the foot written (in the Biblical text)? Ib. ובער זו השן ubhiʿer (Ex. 22:4) this refers to damage by the tooth; a. fr.Du. שִׁנַּיִים, שִׁנַּיִם, שִׁי׳. Ḥull.I, 2 בכל … והש׳ you may cut ritually with anything, except … with teeth in the jaw. Ib. ואם החליקו שִׁינֶּיהָ and if the teeth of the saw have been made smooth. Keth.71b בין שיניה, v. אֶצְבַּע. Ib. 16a, v. כֶּרֶס. Kel. XIII, 8 שניטלו שִׁינָּיי (a hackle) whose teeth are broken off. Gen. R. s. 33 חשש רבי את שיניווכ׳ Rabbi suffered from tooth-ache for thirteen years. Keth.111b טוב המלבין ש׳וכ׳ he who causes his neighbor to show the white of his teeth (who makes him cheerful) does better than he who gives him milk to drink. Ib. א״ת לבן ש׳ אלא לבון ש׳ read not lben shinnayim (Gen. 49:12) but libbun shinnayim (whitening of teeth, cheerfulness); a. fr. 2) any organ of the body resembling teeth, gland.Du. as ab. Y.Yeb.VI, beg.7b בית הש׳ that part of the vagina which has glands; מבין הש׳ ולפנים from the glands and farther inside; Nidd.41b. Ḥull.16b שיניו נושרות the glands of his rectum will fall off; Sabb.82a; a. e. 3) cliff, peak. Gen. R. s. 74 כשן הזה שלוכ׳ (the stone which Jacob put up was) as large as the peak of Tiberias; Yalk. ib. 130; a. e. 4) (sub. של פיל) ivory. Num. R. s. 312> (play on ג̇ר̇ש̇ון̇) מי יג̇ור̇ … חזק כש̇ן̇ who can abide snow and hail, and cold and heat? He who is as strong as ivory (or marble?); אין שן אלא לשון חזקוכ׳ shen has the meaning of strong (ref. to Cant. 5:14); a. e. 5) marble. Cant. R. to V, 11; Yalk. ib. 991, v. עֶשֶׁת.

שֵׁןc. (b. h.; שָׁנַן) 1) tooth, tooth-like projection. Sabb.VI, 5 (64b) שן תותבת ושן של זהב an inserted (natural) tooth or an (artificial) gold tooth; (Bab. ed. שן תותכת שןוכ׳, Ms. O. ושן, v. Rashi a. l.). Ib. 10, v. שוּעָל; a. fr.Esp. (sub. נזק) the damage done by an animals eating. B. Kam.2b שלשה … הקרן והשן והרגל three chief damages are mentioned (in the Scriptural text) with reference to the ox: damage by the horn, by the tooth, and by the foot. Ib. תולדה דשן, v. נְשִׁיכָה. Ib. שן יש הנאהוכ׳, v. הֶיזֵּק. Ib. אשן ורגל it refers to damages by the tooth and by the foot; שן ורגל היכא כתיבי where is the damage by the tooth or the foot written (in the Biblical text)? Ib. ובער זו השן ubhiʿer (Ex. 22:4) this refers to damage by the tooth; a. fr.Du. שִׁנַּיִים, שִׁנַּיִם, שִׁי׳. Ḥull.I, 2 בכל … והש׳ you may cut ritually with anything, except … with teeth in the jaw. Ib. ואם החליקו שִׁינֶּיהָ and if the teeth of the saw have been made smooth. Keth.71b בין שיניה, v. אֶצְבַּע. Ib. 16a, v. כֶּרֶס. Kel. XIII, 8 שניטלו שִׁינָּיי (a hackle) whose teeth are broken off. Gen. R. s. 33 חשש רבי את שיניווכ׳ Rabbi suffered from tooth-ache for thirteen years. Keth.111b טוב המלבין ש׳וכ׳ he who causes his neighbor to show the white of his teeth (who makes him cheerful) does better than he who gives him milk to drink. Ib. א״ת לבן ש׳ אלא לבון ש׳ read not lben shinnayim (Gen. 49:12) but libbun shinnayim (whitening of teeth, cheerfulness); a. fr. 2) any organ of the body resembling teeth, gland.Du. as ab. Y.Yeb.VI, beg.7b בית הש׳ that part of the vagina which has glands; מבין הש׳ ולפנים from the glands and farther inside; Nidd.41b. Ḥull.16b שיניו נושרות the glands of his rectum will fall off; Sabb.82a; a. e. 3) cliff, peak. Gen. R. s. 74 כשן הזה שלוכ׳ (the stone which Jacob put up was) as large as the peak of Tiberias; Yalk. ib. 130; a. e. 4) (sub. של פיל) ivory. Num. R. s. 312> (play on ג̇ר̇ש̇ון̇) מי יג̇ור̇ … חזק כש̇ן̇ who can abide snow and hail, and cold and heat? He who is as strong as ivory (or marble?); אין שן אלא לשון חזקוכ׳ shen has the meaning of strong (ref. to Cant. 5:14); a. e. 5) marble. Cant. R. to V, 11; Yalk. ib. 991, v. עֶשֶׁת.

תְּמוּתָהf. (b. h.; מוּת) ( death; sub. בת, an animal on the point of death.Pl. תְּמוּתוֹת. Kidd.21b sq. (applied to the law concerning the captive woman, as a concession to human appetites, Deut. 21:10 sq.) מוטב … בשר ת׳ שחוטותוכ׳ allow Israelites to eat the flesh of animals on the point of death but ritually slaughtered, rather than eat of carcasses unslaughtered; Treat. Smaḥ. ch. VII.

תְּמוּתָהf. (b. h.; מוּת) ( death; sub. בת, an animal on the point of death.Pl. תְּמוּתוֹת. Kidd.21b sq. (applied to the law concerning the captive woman, as a concession to human appetites, Deut. 21:10 sq.) מוטב … בשר ת׳ שחוטותוכ׳ allow Israelites to eat the flesh of animals on the point of death but ritually slaughtered, rather than eat of carcasses unslaughtered; Treat. Smaḥ. ch. VII.

תְּפַסI, תְּפַשׂ, ch. sam(תפס, תפשׂb) seized, captured), to seize, catch. Targ. Ps. 10:9. Targ. II Esth. 3:8; a. e.Keth.84b קריביה … תָּפוּס פרהוכ׳ relatives of R. J. seized a cow that belonged to heirs, out of an alley; שפיר תְּפַסְתּוּהָ you have seized her legally; ib. תַּפְסִיתוּהָ. Ib. ההוא … דתַפְסֵי תורא מיניה there was a cowherd for heirs (minors) from whom they (creditors) seized an ox; מחיים תְּפִיסְנָא ליה I took it when the father was yet living; a. fr.Part. pass. תָּפִיס holding. B. Mets. 102b משום דת׳ because he is in possession; הכא נמי קא ת׳ here, too, he is in possession; a. e. Af. אַתְפֵּיס to cause to seize, to deposit with (as security). B. Bath. 174a אַתְפְּסֵיה (not אתפסוה); ib. b דאתפסיה (not דאתפסה); Keth.107a דאַתְפְּסָהּ צררי, v. צְרָרָא I. Ithpa. אִיתַּפֵּס, אִיתַּפֵּשׂ; Ithpe. אִתְּפִיס, אִתְּפִיש 1) to be seized, arrested. Targ. Koh. 11:4 (ed. Vien. מִתְפַּס).Tem.26b למימרא דתחת לישנא דאִיתַּפּוּסֵי הוא shall we say that taḥath has the meaning of being arrested, i. e. if you say, this animal shall be taḥath (in the place of) that animal, it becomes consecrated according to the law of exchange (תְּמוּרָה)? ib. תחת … לישנא דאתפוסי ולישנא דאחולי taḥath appears in the sense of being arrested and in the sense of redeeming; לישנא דאיתפוסי דכתיבוכ׳ in the sense of being arrested, as we read (Lev. 13:23) Ib. 27a; a. e. 2) to be deposited. Keth.107b לא מִתְּפִיס v. צְרָרָא I. 3) to hold ones self, cling to. Ned.11b בהיתירא קא מתפיס he clings to the idea of permission, i. e. by saying, ‘this thing be unto me like flesh of a peace-offering after the blood has been sprinkled, he proves that he means to emphasize the permission to enjoy the thing; אלא כגון … בעיקרו קא מתפיס ות׳ but in a case like this, when he puts down flesh of a peace-offering, and places some permitted food beside it, and says, ‘this be like this: does he mean to refer to the original condition of the peace-offering ? (v. צִנְנָא). Ib. 12a בקרבן קא תפיס he refers to the sacred character of a sacrifice; כמתפיס בדבר האסור as if referring to something ritually forbidden (not to something made forbidden by consecration or vow). Ib. בעיקר קא מתפיס he refers to the original day (of his fathers death). Naz.22b, v. צִנְנָא. Ib. 21a חד בחבריה מתפיס in (in saying, ‘and I) each refers to him that spoke immediately before him; בקמא מִיתַּפְּסֵי they all refer to the first person; a. e.

תְּפַסI, תְּפַשׂ, ch. sam(תפס, תפשׂb) seized, captured), to seize, catch. Targ. Ps. 10:9. Targ. II Esth. 3:8; a. e.Keth.84b קריביה … תָּפוּס פרהוכ׳ relatives of R. J. seized a cow that belonged to heirs, out of an alley; שפיר תְּפַסְתּוּהָ you have seized her legally; ib. תַּפְסִיתוּהָ. Ib. ההוא … דתַפְסֵי תורא מיניה there was a cowherd for heirs (minors) from whom they (creditors) seized an ox; מחיים תְּפִיסְנָא ליה I took it when the father was yet living; a. fr.Part. pass. תָּפִיס holding. B. Mets. 102b משום דת׳ because he is in possession; הכא נמי קא ת׳ here, too, he is in possession; a. e. Af. אַתְפֵּיס to cause to seize, to deposit with (as security). B. Bath. 174a אַתְפְּסֵיה (not אתפסוה); ib. b דאתפסיה (not דאתפסה); Keth.107a דאַתְפְּסָהּ צררי, v. צְרָרָא I. Ithpa. אִיתַּפֵּס, אִיתַּפֵּשׂ; Ithpe. אִתְּפִיס, אִתְּפִיש 1) to be seized, arrested. Targ. Koh. 11:4 (ed. Vien. מִתְפַּס).Tem.26b למימרא דתחת לישנא דאִיתַּפּוּסֵי הוא shall we say that taḥath has the meaning of being arrested, i. e. if you say, this animal shall be taḥath (in the place of) that animal, it becomes consecrated according to the law of exchange (תְּמוּרָה)? ib. תחת … לישנא דאתפוסי ולישנא דאחולי taḥath appears in the sense of being arrested and in the sense of redeeming; לישנא דאיתפוסי דכתיבוכ׳ in the sense of being arrested, as we read (Lev. 13:23) Ib. 27a; a. e. 2) to be deposited. Keth.107b לא מִתְּפִיס v. צְרָרָא I. 3) to hold ones self, cling to. Ned.11b בהיתירא קא מתפיס he clings to the idea of permission, i. e. by saying, ‘this thing be unto me like flesh of a peace-offering after the blood has been sprinkled, he proves that he means to emphasize the permission to enjoy the thing; אלא כגון … בעיקרו קא מתפיס ות׳ but in a case like this, when he puts down flesh of a peace-offering, and places some permitted food beside it, and says, ‘this be like this: does he mean to refer to the original condition of the peace-offering ? (v. צִנְנָא). Ib. 12a בקרבן קא תפיס he refers to the sacred character of a sacrifice; כמתפיס בדבר האסור as if referring to something ritually forbidden (not to something made forbidden by consecration or vow). Ib. בעיקר קא מתפיס he refers to the original day (of his fathers death). Naz.22b, v. צִנְנָא. Ib. 21a חד בחבריה מתפיס in (in saying, ‘and I) each refers to him that spoke immediately before him; בקמא מִיתַּפְּסֵי they all refer to the first person; a. e.

תָּקַן(b. h.; v. קָנַן a. קוּן) to make straight, firm, right. Pi. תִּקֵּן, same, 1) to straighten, mend, repair, set in order, prepare. Sifré Deut. 308 אחד … לתַקְּנוֹ one that had a crooked staff, and gave it to a mechanic to straighten it; מְתַקְּנוֹ באור he tries to straighten it by heat; Yalk. ib. 942. Shek. I, 1 מְתַקְּנִין את הדרכיםוכ׳ they put in repair the roads and the open places (stations) Pesik. R. s. 28 מְתַקְּנִים את המועדות they arrange (fix the dates of) the festivals; R. Hash. I, 4. Bets.34a אין מתקנין את השפודוכ׳ you must not prepare (chip) a spit or sharpen it (on the Holy Day). Ib. מתקנין את הקונדסוכ׳ you may dress artichokes Gitt. IV, 5 תִּקַּנְתֶּם את רבווכ׳ you have made it right for his master but not for himself; a. fr.Trnsf. to make things legally fit for use by giving the priestly dues. Bets.34b עבר ותִקְּנוֹ מְתוּקָּן if he transgressed (the law forbidding the separation of priestly gifts on the Holy Day) and prepared it for use, it is prepared (the act is valid). Y.Dem.II, 23c bot. כל אחד ואחד מְתַקֵּן דמאי every one of them gives the priestly dues of his purchase as dmai (v. דְּמַאי). Tosef. ib. IV, 5 ודאי שתִּיקְּנָהּ דמאי if one gives the dues of what is sure to be untithed, as if it were dmai; a. fr. 2) to establish, institute, introduce a legal measure, ordain. Sabb.33b תִּקְּנוּ שווקיםוכ׳, v. שוּק III. Ib. bot. (ref. to Gen. 33:18) מטבע תי׳ להם he introduced coinage for them. Meg.4a, a. e. משה ת׳ להם … שיהווכ׳ Moses introduced the custom … of discussing and studying the subject of the day Sabb.14b שמעון … ת׳ כתובהוכ׳ Simon ben Sheṭaḥ introduced the marriage contract (jointure) for the wife. Succ.V, 2, v. תִּיקּוּן; a. v. fr.Part. pass. מְתוּקָּן; f. מְתוּקֶּנֶת; pl. מְתוּקָּנִים, מְתוּקָּנִין; מְתוּקָּנוֹת a) properly prepared, proper, good, right. Bets.34b, v. supra. Erub.32a, a. e. חזקה … דבר שאינו מת׳ the presumption is in favor of the Ḥaber (חָבֵר) that he will not let go out of his hands a thing not ritually prepared (tithed). Tosef.Dem.IV, 8 הטבל והמת׳ שנתערבו if untithed and tithed things have been mixed up. Ib. VII, 13 מעשרותיו מת׳ ופירותיו מקולקלין the tithes he separated are right, but his fruits are wrong (considered untithed). Ib. VI, 14 מת׳ scrupulous guardsmen. Snh.39b כמת׳ שבהםוכ׳, v. קִלְקֵל; a. fr.b) prepared, predestined, designated. Pesik. R. s. 27–28 לצרה הזו הייתי מת׳ am I predestined for such trouble? Ib. עד … היית מת׳ לדבר (not הייתי) before yet the world was created, thou wast designated for this thing (the prophetic mission). Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 13 שהוא מת׳ מבראשיתוכ׳ that he (Bezalel) was from the time of creation designated to make the Tabernacle; a. fr. Hif. הִתְקִין 1) to prepare, fit. Ab. II, 12 הַתְקֵן עצמך ללמודוכ׳ fit thyself to study the Law, for it does not come to thee by inheritance. Ib. IV, 16, v. פְּרוֹזְדוֹר; a. e. 2) to ordain, establish a custom, innovate. Succ.51b הִתְקִינוּ שיהווכ׳ they ordained that the women should sit uptairs, and the men below. Shebi. X, 3, v. פְּרוֹזְבּוֹל. Y.R. Hash. IV, 59b bot. מַתְקִין על דבר תורה introduced a measure extending a Biblical law; מתקין על דבריהן extending a Rabbinical ordinance. Ber.IX, 5 התקינו שיהווכ׳ they ordained that they should say, ‘from everlasting and unto everlasting; a. fr. Nif. נִתְקַן to be straightened, mended, improved. Koh. R. to 1, 15 יכול להִתָּקֵן (or להִתַּקֵּן Hithpa.), v. עָיַת. Ber.40a בדבר … בו נִתְקְנוּ (or נִתַּקְּנוּ Nithpa.) they were mended (restored) by the same thing by which they were impaired (sinned); Snh.70b; a. e.

תָּקַן(b. h.; v. קָנַן a. קוּן) to make straight, firm, right. Pi. תִּקֵּן, same, 1) to straighten, mend, repair, set in order, prepare. Sifré Deut. 308 אחד … לתַקְּנוֹ one that had a crooked staff, and gave it to a mechanic to straighten it; מְתַקְּנוֹ באור he tries to straighten it by heat; Yalk. ib. 942. Shek. I, 1 מְתַקְּנִין את הדרכיםוכ׳ they put in repair the roads and the open places (stations) Pesik. R. s. 28 מְתַקְּנִים את המועדות they arrange (fix the dates of) the festivals; R. Hash. I, 4. Bets.34a אין מתקנין את השפודוכ׳ you must not prepare (chip) a spit or sharpen it (on the Holy Day). Ib. מתקנין את הקונדסוכ׳ you may dress artichokes Gitt. IV, 5 תִּקַּנְתֶּם את רבווכ׳ you have made it right for his master but not for himself; a. fr.Trnsf. to make things legally fit for use by giving the priestly dues. Bets.34b עבר ותִקְּנוֹ מְתוּקָּן if he transgressed (the law forbidding the separation of priestly gifts on the Holy Day) and prepared it for use, it is prepared (the act is valid). Y.Dem.II, 23c bot. כל אחד ואחד מְתַקֵּן דמאי every one of them gives the priestly dues of his purchase as dmai (v. דְּמַאי). Tosef. ib. IV, 5 ודאי שתִּיקְּנָהּ דמאי if one gives the dues of what is sure to be untithed, as if it were dmai; a. fr. 2) to establish, institute, introduce a legal measure, ordain. Sabb.33b תִּקְּנוּ שווקיםוכ׳, v. שוּק III. Ib. bot. (ref. to Gen. 33:18) מטבע תי׳ להם he introduced coinage for them. Meg.4a, a. e. משה ת׳ להם … שיהווכ׳ Moses introduced the custom … of discussing and studying the subject of the day Sabb.14b שמעון … ת׳ כתובהוכ׳ Simon ben Sheṭaḥ introduced the marriage contract (jointure) for the wife. Succ.V, 2, v. תִּיקּוּן; a. v. fr.Part. pass. מְתוּקָּן; f. מְתוּקֶּנֶת; pl. מְתוּקָּנִים, מְתוּקָּנִין; מְתוּקָּנוֹת a) properly prepared, proper, good, right. Bets.34b, v. supra. Erub.32a, a. e. חזקה … דבר שאינו מת׳ the presumption is in favor of the Ḥaber (חָבֵר) that he will not let go out of his hands a thing not ritually prepared (tithed). Tosef.Dem.IV, 8 הטבל והמת׳ שנתערבו if untithed and tithed things have been mixed up. Ib. VII, 13 מעשרותיו מת׳ ופירותיו מקולקלין the tithes he separated are right, but his fruits are wrong (considered untithed). Ib. VI, 14 מת׳ scrupulous guardsmen. Snh.39b כמת׳ שבהםוכ׳, v. קִלְקֵל; a. fr.b) prepared, predestined, designated. Pesik. R. s. 27–28 לצרה הזו הייתי מת׳ am I predestined for such trouble? Ib. עד … היית מת׳ לדבר (not הייתי) before yet the world was created, thou wast designated for this thing (the prophetic mission). Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 13 שהוא מת׳ מבראשיתוכ׳ that he (Bezalel) was from the time of creation designated to make the Tabernacle; a. fr. Hif. הִתְקִין 1) to prepare, fit. Ab. II, 12 הַתְקֵן עצמך ללמודוכ׳ fit thyself to study the Law, for it does not come to thee by inheritance. Ib. IV, 16, v. פְּרוֹזְדוֹר; a. e. 2) to ordain, establish a custom, innovate. Succ.51b הִתְקִינוּ שיהווכ׳ they ordained that the women should sit uptairs, and the men below. Shebi. X, 3, v. פְּרוֹזְבּוֹל. Y.R. Hash. IV, 59b bot. מַתְקִין על דבר תורה introduced a measure extending a Biblical law; מתקין על דבריהן extending a Rabbinical ordinance. Ber.IX, 5 התקינו שיהווכ׳ they ordained that they should say, ‘from everlasting and unto everlasting; a. fr. Nif. נִתְקַן to be straightened, mended, improved. Koh. R. to 1, 15 יכול להִתָּקֵן (or להִתַּקֵּן Hithpa.), v. עָיַת. Ber.40a בדבר … בו נִתְקְנוּ (or נִתַּקְּנוּ Nithpa.) they were mended (restored) by the same thing by which they were impaired (sinned); Snh.70b; a. e.