roman+gold

בְּלוּרִיתf. ( בלר, √בל, v. בלל) something twisted, whence 1) chain, rope or wreath (v. P. Sm. I, 532 בלורא = h. מעשה מקשה, a. בלוריא vincula jugi).Pl. בְּלוּרִיּוֹת. Gen. R. s. 28; Yalk. Zeph. 566 ב׳ של זהב (Gen. R. l. c. some ed. בְּלֵרִיֹּות) thick gold chains (as translation of יתר, Job 22:20). 2) plait or locks, esp. the long hair worn by the Roman and Greek youths of the upper classes and offered to the gods on arriving at puberty (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. κόμη). Ab. Zar. I, 3 יום תגלחת זקנו ובלוריתֹו the day of shaving his (the gentiles) beard and cutting his locks (v. Maim. a. l.). Ib. 29a. Tosef.Sabb.VI (VII), 1. Deut. R. s. 2 העושה ב׳וכ׳ he who grows a wig does so for none but an idolatrous purpose. Lev. R. s. 23; a. fr.Snh.82a תפשה בבלוריתָהּ he seized her by her plait.

בְּלוּרִיתf. ( בלר, √בל, v. בלל) something twisted, whence 1) chain, rope or wreath (v. P. Sm. I, 532 בלורא = h. מעשה מקשה, a. בלוריא vincula jugi).Pl. בְּלוּרִיּוֹת. Gen. R. s. 28; Yalk. Zeph. 566 ב׳ של זהב (Gen. R. l. c. some ed. בְּלֵרִיֹּות) thick gold chains (as translation of יתר, Job 22:20). 2) plait or locks, esp. the long hair worn by the Roman and Greek youths of the upper classes and offered to the gods on arriving at puberty (v. Sm. Ant. s. v. κόμη). Ab. Zar. I, 3 יום תגלחת זקנו ובלוריתֹו the day of shaving his (the gentiles) beard and cutting his locks (v. Maim. a. l.). Ib. 29a. Tosef.Sabb.VI (VII), 1. Deut. R. s. 2 העושה ב׳וכ׳ he who grows a wig does so for none but an idolatrous purpose. Lev. R. s. 23; a. fr.Snh.82a תפשה בבלוריתָהּ he seized her by her plait.

גני, גָּנָה(cmp. גָּנַן) to cover, be covered. Pi. גִּינָּה, גִּנָּה to overshadow, to obscure, to put to shame; to censure. Snh.92b היו מְגַנִּין את החמהוכ׳ obscured the sun with their beauty. Gitt.58a היו מג׳ את הפזוכ׳ they outshone the finest gold with their beauty. Snh. l. c. ביקש לְגַנּוֹתוכ׳ he would have attempted to excel all the praises Sabb.33b שגי׳ who criticised (the Roman government); a. fr.Part. pass. מְגוּנֶּה deserving to be covered up, reprehensible, indecent; ugly. Pes.3a דבר מג׳ an ugly expression e. g. טמא in place of לא טהור. Ber.33b הרי זה מג׳ he is to be reprehended; ib. 45b, opp. משובח; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְגַּנֶּה to make ones self reprehensible, to become repulsive. Ḥag.15b ומה למִתְגַּנִּין בהוכ׳ if such regard is paid to those who abuse the knowledge of the Law, opp. משתבחין. Kidd.41a he may see in her דבר מגינה ותִתְגַּנֶּה עליו something objectionable, and she may become repulsive to him. Yoma 78b, v. אֵיבָה. Keth.65b; a. fr.

גני, גָּנָה(cmp. גָּנַן) to cover, be covered. Pi. גִּינָּה, גִּנָּה to overshadow, to obscure, to put to shame; to censure. Snh.92b היו מְגַנִּין את החמהוכ׳ obscured the sun with their beauty. Gitt.58a היו מג׳ את הפזוכ׳ they outshone the finest gold with their beauty. Snh. l. c. ביקש לְגַנּוֹתוכ׳ he would have attempted to excel all the praises Sabb.33b שגי׳ who criticised (the Roman government); a. fr.Part. pass. מְגוּנֶּה deserving to be covered up, reprehensible, indecent; ugly. Pes.3a דבר מג׳ an ugly expression e. g. טמא in place of לא טהור. Ber.33b הרי זה מג׳ he is to be reprehended; ib. 45b, opp. משובח; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְגַּנֶּה to make ones self reprehensible, to become repulsive. Ḥag.15b ומה למִתְגַּנִּין בהוכ׳ if such regard is paid to those who abuse the knowledge of the Law, opp. משתבחין. Kidd.41a he may see in her דבר מגינה ותִתְגַּנֶּה עליו something objectionable, and she may become repulsive to him. Yoma 78b, v. אֵיבָה. Keth.65b; a. fr.

גני, גָּנָה(cmp. גָּנַן) to cover, be covered. Pi. גִּינָּה, גִּנָּה to overshadow, to obscure, to put to shame; to censure. Snh.92b היו מְגַנִּין את החמהוכ׳ obscured the sun with their beauty. Gitt.58a היו מג׳ את הפזוכ׳ they outshone the finest gold with their beauty. Snh. l. c. ביקש לְגַנּוֹתוכ׳ he would have attempted to excel all the praises Sabb.33b שגי׳ who criticised (the Roman government); a. fr.Part. pass. מְגוּנֶּה deserving to be covered up, reprehensible, indecent; ugly. Pes.3a דבר מג׳ an ugly expression e. g. טמא in place of לא טהור. Ber.33b הרי זה מג׳ he is to be reprehended; ib. 45b, opp. משובח; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְגַּנֶּה to make ones self reprehensible, to become repulsive. Ḥag.15b ומה למִתְגַּנִּין בהוכ׳ if such regard is paid to those who abuse the knowledge of the Law, opp. משתבחין. Kidd.41a he may see in her דבר מגינה ותִתְגַּנֶּה עליו something objectionable, and she may become repulsive to him. Yoma 78b, v. אֵיבָה. Keth.65b; a. fr.

מִדָּה, מִידָּהf. (b. h.; preced.) 1) dimension, measure, proportion. Sabb.150a (play on מ̇ד̇ה̇ב̇ה, v. preced.) מ̇אד̇ מ̇אד̇ ה̇ב̇א בלא מ̇׳ bring much, very much, without measure. Peah VIII, 6 מ׳ זו this proportion. Gen. R. s. 64; Esth. R. introd. (ref. to מנדה, Ezra 4:13) זו מִדַּת הארץ that is the from the land as measured, i. e. the (Roman) land-tax. B. Bath.VII, 3 מ׳ בחבלוכ׳ I sell thee exact land-measure by the rope. Ib. 128a מִדַּת ארכו the length-measure of the cloak. Ib. מדת משקלותיו the measure of its (the gold-bars) weights, i. e. an estimate as to how many coins of a certain weight can be obtained from it. Ḥag.12a מדת יום ומ׳ לילה the combined length of day and night. Yeb.76b (ref. to 1 Sam. 17:38) מַדָּיו כמִדָּתוֹ his (Sauls) garments such as fitted his stature. Mikv. X, 5; Ḥull.73a עד מקום (ח)מ׳ as far as the designed length of the handle (excluding the portion which it is intended to cut off).Kidd.42b; B. Mets.56b, a. e. דבר שבמ׳ ושבמשקלוכ׳ objects which are sold by measure, by weight or by the piece. B. Bath.89b לעולם … מ׳ חסירהוכ׳ one must never keep in ones house too small or too large a measure (smaller or larger than the legal size); a. fr.Pl. מִדּוֹת, מִידּוֹת. Ib. 88b עונשן של מ׳ the divine punishment for fraudulent measures. Tosef.B. Mets. VI, 14 לא היו ממונין … אלא על המ׳ they (the agoranomoi in Jerusalem) were appointed not for the regulation of market prices but for the superintendence of the measures; B. Bath.89a, v. אֲנַרְדְּמִיס; a. fr.Men.18a למצות מִידּוֹתַי, v. מָצָח.Whence: Middoth (measurements of the Temple), name of a treatise of the Mishnah, of the order of Kodashim. 2) dealing; reward or punishment; dispensation.מ׳ כננד מ׳ retaliation, adequate punishment or reward. Sot.I, 7, v. preced. Ib. 9a לבמ׳ the verse is to intimate the God dispenses adequate punishments. Ib. 8b (ref. to ib. I, 7) אע״ג דמ׳ בטילח במ׳ לא בתיל although retribution (by the Jewish court) has ceased, the adequate divine punishment has not ceased. Lam. R. introd. (R. Alex. 2) (expl. יען וביען, Lev. 26:43) מ׳ בננד מ׳ punishment corresponding to deed. Ned.32a. Snh.90a כל מִידּוֹתָיו של חקב״ה מ׳ כנגד מ׳ all retributions of the Lord are in correspondence with mans doings. Ber.48b ‘whatever the Lord thy God has given thee דיינך בכל … בין מ׳ טובח ובין מִדַּת פורענות (not מדה) he is thy judge in whatever sentence he decrees upon thee, whether it be a good or an evil dispensation. Ib. IX, 5, v. מְאֹד. Sabb.97a. Ib. 151b לעולם … על מ׳ זו at all times let one pray to be spared this fate (poverty); a. fr.Pl. as ab. Snh.90a, v. supra. Yoma 87b המעביר על מִדּוֹתָיווכ׳ he who passes over his retaliations (who forbears to retaliate), his failings will be passed over (be forgiven); Meg.28a. Ib. לא עמדתי על מִידּוֹתַי I never insisted on retaliation; Kidd.71a ואינו מעמד על מדותיו (Rashi: מיעמיד); a. fr. 3) manner, ways, character, nature, condition. Ber.40a לא כמדת חקב״חוכ׳ the nature of divine (intellectual) affairs is not like the nature of human (material) affairs. Ib. 11b להזכיר מדת יוםוכ׳ to mention the nature of the day (light) at night. Tanḥ. Balak 3 מה מִדָּתוֹ what is the nature of his power. B. Mets.33a מ׳ ואינה מ׳ it is a (meritorious) way (of studying) and is not, i. e. you might to better; Y.Hor.III, 48c top מ׳ שאינה מ׳; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ab. V, 10 ארבע מ׳ באדם there are four different dispositions of men (as to treating ones fellowman); ib. 11 ארבע מ׳ בדעות four characters (temperaments); ib. 12 ארבע מ׳ בתלמידים four natures of students (with regard to receptive and retentive faculties). Y.Snh.XI, 30a bot. כל שבע מ׳וכ׳ all the seven characteristic features of righteous men which the scholars have defined have been realized in Rabbi. Ned.20b בני תשע מ׳ children conceived under nine (abnormal mental) conditions. R. Hash. 17b, a. fr. שלש עשרה מ׳ the thirteen divine attributes (Ex. 34:6, sq.). Ned.32a, v. פָּרַז; a. fr. מדת הדין a) justice. Tosef.Yeb.IX, 3. a. e., v. לָקָה.Esp. the divine attribute of justice, opp. מ׳ הרחמים, v. דּין II.b) common sense, logical argument. Yoma 43b כך (היא) מ׳ הדין נותנת common sense dictates this; Shebu.14a. Y.Maas. Sh. II, 53c top תחומין עשו (כמ׳) למ׳ הדין they regulated the laws of Sabbath limits according to common sense (not by textual interpretation).c) decision in money matters, civil law (contrad. to ritual law). Y.Gitt.V, 46c bot. אף למ׳ הדין הכן the same principle holds good for civil law (collection of claims, v. כַּפְּרָנוּת); Y.Shebi.X, 39c bot. Ib. (last line) ולמידין מ׳ הדיןוכ׳ do we apply the rules of Prosbol (v. פְּרוֹזְבּוּל) to ordinary claims? Y.B. Kam.V, beg.4d לא הילכו במ׳ הדין אחר הרוב (strike out בממון) in civil law we are not guided by probabilities (v. דוֹב; cmp. Bab. ib. 27b). Y.Ber.II, 5a bot. ולמ׳ הד׳ but civil law (questions of possession). 4) principle, standard, consistency. Men.III, 4 במדתר׳וכ׳ following the principle of R. ; Pes.77b; Y. ib. VII, 34c top. Shek. IV, 6 אינח היא תמ׳ (comment. אינה מן המ׳) this is not consistent (with a previous rule). Ib. 7 השוה את מִדָּתוֹ (Y. ed. מִדּוֹתָיו) he makes his standards even (is consistent). Pes.I, 7 אינת חיא המ׳ this is not the right argument. Ib. 15b אמאי אינה היא המ׳ מ׳ ומ׳ היא why do you say, it is no argument? it is surely a correct argument. Y. Ḥag.III, 77d ‘Menahem went out means ממ׳ למ׳ יצא he went over from one principle to another (joined the opposition; Bab. ib. 16b יצא לתרבות רעה).Esp. מִדּוֹת rules of interpretation. Sifra introd., ch. 1, end הלל … שבע מ׳וכ׳ Hillel the Elder explained seven rules ; Ab. dR. N. ch. 37; Tosef.Snh.VII, 11. Sifra introd., beg. (R. Yishm. said) בשלש עשרה מ׳וכ׳ the Torah is interpreted by means of thirteen rules. (Appendix to treat. Brakhoth. ל״ב מ׳ שלר׳ יוסיוכ׳ the thirty two rules of R. José the Galilean.Lev. R. s. 3, beg. הלכות ומ׳ decisions and interpretations (by which the decisions were reached), v. מְכִילְתָּא.Gitt.67a מִידּוֹתַי תרומה מתרומות מִידּוֹתָיווכ׳ my rules of interpretation are the selection from selections of rules by R. Akiba.Ber.33b שעושח מדותיו של הקב״ח רחמיםוכ׳ he makes compassion the standard (or reason) of the divine laws, while they are decrees (the reasons for which it behooves not man to discuss); Y. ib. V, 9c כקורא תיגר על מ׳וכ׳ because it sounds as if he were finding fault with the ways of the Lord (as if the Lord were partial); כנותן קיצבח למ׳וכ׳ as though he were setting limits to the attributes of the Lord.

מִדָּה, מִידָּהf. (b. h.; preced.) 1) dimension, measure, proportion. Sabb.150a (play on מ̇ד̇ה̇ב̇ה, v. preced.) מ̇אד̇ מ̇אד̇ ה̇ב̇א בלא מ̇׳ bring much, very much, without measure. Peah VIII, 6 מ׳ זו this proportion. Gen. R. s. 64; Esth. R. introd. (ref. to מנדה, Ezra 4:13) זו מִדַּת הארץ that is the from the land as measured, i. e. the (Roman) land-tax. B. Bath.VII, 3 מ׳ בחבלוכ׳ I sell thee exact land-measure by the rope. Ib. 128a מִדַּת ארכו the length-measure of the cloak. Ib. מדת משקלותיו the measure of its (the gold-bars) weights, i. e. an estimate as to how many coins of a certain weight can be obtained from it. Ḥag.12a מדת יום ומ׳ לילה the combined length of day and night. Yeb.76b (ref. to 1 Sam. 17:38) מַדָּיו כמִדָּתוֹ his (Sauls) garments such as fitted his stature. Mikv. X, 5; Ḥull.73a עד מקום (ח)מ׳ as far as the designed length of the handle (excluding the portion which it is intended to cut off).Kidd.42b; B. Mets.56b, a. e. דבר שבמ׳ ושבמשקלוכ׳ objects which are sold by measure, by weight or by the piece. B. Bath.89b לעולם … מ׳ חסירהוכ׳ one must never keep in ones house too small or too large a measure (smaller or larger than the legal size); a. fr.Pl. מִדּוֹת, מִידּוֹת. Ib. 88b עונשן של מ׳ the divine punishment for fraudulent measures. Tosef.B. Mets. VI, 14 לא היו ממונין … אלא על המ׳ they (the agoranomoi in Jerusalem) were appointed not for the regulation of market prices but for the superintendence of the measures; B. Bath.89a, v. אֲנַרְדְּמִיס; a. fr.Men.18a למצות מִידּוֹתַי, v. מָצָח.Whence: Middoth (measurements of the Temple), name of a treatise of the Mishnah, of the order of Kodashim. 2) dealing; reward or punishment; dispensation.מ׳ כננד מ׳ retaliation, adequate punishment or reward. Sot.I, 7, v. preced. Ib. 9a לבמ׳ the verse is to intimate the God dispenses adequate punishments. Ib. 8b (ref. to ib. I, 7) אע״ג דמ׳ בטילח במ׳ לא בתיל although retribution (by the Jewish court) has ceased, the adequate divine punishment has not ceased. Lam. R. introd. (R. Alex. 2) (expl. יען וביען, Lev. 26:43) מ׳ בננד מ׳ punishment corresponding to deed. Ned.32a. Snh.90a כל מִידּוֹתָיו של חקב״ה מ׳ כנגד מ׳ all retributions of the Lord are in correspondence with mans doings. Ber.48b ‘whatever the Lord thy God has given thee דיינך בכל … בין מ׳ טובח ובין מִדַּת פורענות (not מדה) he is thy judge in whatever sentence he decrees upon thee, whether it be a good or an evil dispensation. Ib. IX, 5, v. מְאֹד. Sabb.97a. Ib. 151b לעולם … על מ׳ זו at all times let one pray to be spared this fate (poverty); a. fr.Pl. as ab. Snh.90a, v. supra. Yoma 87b המעביר על מִדּוֹתָיווכ׳ he who passes over his retaliations (who forbears to retaliate), his failings will be passed over (be forgiven); Meg.28a. Ib. לא עמדתי על מִידּוֹתַי I never insisted on retaliation; Kidd.71a ואינו מעמד על מדותיו (Rashi: מיעמיד); a. fr. 3) manner, ways, character, nature, condition. Ber.40a לא כמדת חקב״חוכ׳ the nature of divine (intellectual) affairs is not like the nature of human (material) affairs. Ib. 11b להזכיר מדת יוםוכ׳ to mention the nature of the day (light) at night. Tanḥ. Balak 3 מה מִדָּתוֹ what is the nature of his power. B. Mets.33a מ׳ ואינה מ׳ it is a (meritorious) way (of studying) and is not, i. e. you might to better; Y.Hor.III, 48c top מ׳ שאינה מ׳; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ab. V, 10 ארבע מ׳ באדם there are four different dispositions of men (as to treating ones fellowman); ib. 11 ארבע מ׳ בדעות four characters (temperaments); ib. 12 ארבע מ׳ בתלמידים four natures of students (with regard to receptive and retentive faculties). Y.Snh.XI, 30a bot. כל שבע מ׳וכ׳ all the seven characteristic features of righteous men which the scholars have defined have been realized in Rabbi. Ned.20b בני תשע מ׳ children conceived under nine (abnormal mental) conditions. R. Hash. 17b, a. fr. שלש עשרה מ׳ the thirteen divine attributes (Ex. 34:6, sq.). Ned.32a, v. פָּרַז; a. fr. מדת הדין a) justice. Tosef.Yeb.IX, 3. a. e., v. לָקָה.Esp. the divine attribute of justice, opp. מ׳ הרחמים, v. דּין II.b) common sense, logical argument. Yoma 43b כך (היא) מ׳ הדין נותנת common sense dictates this; Shebu.14a. Y.Maas. Sh. II, 53c top תחומין עשו (כמ׳) למ׳ הדין they regulated the laws of Sabbath limits according to common sense (not by textual interpretation).c) decision in money matters, civil law (contrad. to ritual law). Y.Gitt.V, 46c bot. אף למ׳ הדין הכן the same principle holds good for civil law (collection of claims, v. כַּפְּרָנוּת); Y.Shebi.X, 39c bot. Ib. (last line) ולמידין מ׳ הדיןוכ׳ do we apply the rules of Prosbol (v. פְּרוֹזְבּוּל) to ordinary claims? Y.B. Kam.V, beg.4d לא הילכו במ׳ הדין אחר הרוב (strike out בממון) in civil law we are not guided by probabilities (v. דוֹב; cmp. Bab. ib. 27b). Y.Ber.II, 5a bot. ולמ׳ הד׳ but civil law (questions of possession). 4) principle, standard, consistency. Men.III, 4 במדתר׳וכ׳ following the principle of R. ; Pes.77b; Y. ib. VII, 34c top. Shek. IV, 6 אינח היא תמ׳ (comment. אינה מן המ׳) this is not consistent (with a previous rule). Ib. 7 השוה את מִדָּתוֹ (Y. ed. מִדּוֹתָיו) he makes his standards even (is consistent). Pes.I, 7 אינת חיא המ׳ this is not the right argument. Ib. 15b אמאי אינה היא המ׳ מ׳ ומ׳ היא why do you say, it is no argument? it is surely a correct argument. Y. Ḥag.III, 77d ‘Menahem went out means ממ׳ למ׳ יצא he went over from one principle to another (joined the opposition; Bab. ib. 16b יצא לתרבות רעה).Esp. מִדּוֹת rules of interpretation. Sifra introd., ch. 1, end הלל … שבע מ׳וכ׳ Hillel the Elder explained seven rules ; Ab. dR. N. ch. 37; Tosef.Snh.VII, 11. Sifra introd., beg. (R. Yishm. said) בשלש עשרה מ׳וכ׳ the Torah is interpreted by means of thirteen rules. (Appendix to treat. Brakhoth. ל״ב מ׳ שלר׳ יוסיוכ׳ the thirty two rules of R. José the Galilean.Lev. R. s. 3, beg. הלכות ומ׳ decisions and interpretations (by which the decisions were reached), v. מְכִילְתָּא.Gitt.67a מִידּוֹתַי תרומה מתרומות מִידּוֹתָיווכ׳ my rules of interpretation are the selection from selections of rules by R. Akiba.Ber.33b שעושח מדותיו של הקב״ח רחמיםוכ׳ he makes compassion the standard (or reason) of the divine laws, while they are decrees (the reasons for which it behooves not man to discuss); Y. ib. V, 9c כקורא תיגר על מ׳וכ׳ because it sounds as if he were finding fault with the ways of the Lord (as if the Lord were partial); כנותן קיצבח למ׳וכ׳ as though he were setting limits to the attributes of the Lord.

מִדָּה, מִידָּהf. (b. h.; preced.) 1) dimension, measure, proportion. Sabb.150a (play on מ̇ד̇ה̇ב̇ה, v. preced.) מ̇אד̇ מ̇אד̇ ה̇ב̇א בלא מ̇׳ bring much, very much, without measure. Peah VIII, 6 מ׳ זו this proportion. Gen. R. s. 64; Esth. R. introd. (ref. to מנדה, Ezra 4:13) זו מִדַּת הארץ that is the from the land as measured, i. e. the (Roman) land-tax. B. Bath.VII, 3 מ׳ בחבלוכ׳ I sell thee exact land-measure by the rope. Ib. 128a מִדַּת ארכו the length-measure of the cloak. Ib. מדת משקלותיו the measure of its (the gold-bars) weights, i. e. an estimate as to how many coins of a certain weight can be obtained from it. Ḥag.12a מדת יום ומ׳ לילה the combined length of day and night. Yeb.76b (ref. to 1 Sam. 17:38) מַדָּיו כמִדָּתוֹ his (Sauls) garments such as fitted his stature. Mikv. X, 5; Ḥull.73a עד מקום (ח)מ׳ as far as the designed length of the handle (excluding the portion which it is intended to cut off).Kidd.42b; B. Mets.56b, a. e. דבר שבמ׳ ושבמשקלוכ׳ objects which are sold by measure, by weight or by the piece. B. Bath.89b לעולם … מ׳ חסירהוכ׳ one must never keep in ones house too small or too large a measure (smaller or larger than the legal size); a. fr.Pl. מִדּוֹת, מִידּוֹת. Ib. 88b עונשן של מ׳ the divine punishment for fraudulent measures. Tosef.B. Mets. VI, 14 לא היו ממונין … אלא על המ׳ they (the agoranomoi in Jerusalem) were appointed not for the regulation of market prices but for the superintendence of the measures; B. Bath.89a, v. אֲנַרְדְּמִיס; a. fr.Men.18a למצות מִידּוֹתַי, v. מָצָח.Whence: Middoth (measurements of the Temple), name of a treatise of the Mishnah, of the order of Kodashim. 2) dealing; reward or punishment; dispensation.מ׳ כננד מ׳ retaliation, adequate punishment or reward. Sot.I, 7, v. preced. Ib. 9a לבמ׳ the verse is to intimate the God dispenses adequate punishments. Ib. 8b (ref. to ib. I, 7) אע״ג דמ׳ בטילח במ׳ לא בתיל although retribution (by the Jewish court) has ceased, the adequate divine punishment has not ceased. Lam. R. introd. (R. Alex. 2) (expl. יען וביען, Lev. 26:43) מ׳ בננד מ׳ punishment corresponding to deed. Ned.32a. Snh.90a כל מִידּוֹתָיו של חקב״ה מ׳ כנגד מ׳ all retributions of the Lord are in correspondence with mans doings. Ber.48b ‘whatever the Lord thy God has given thee דיינך בכל … בין מ׳ טובח ובין מִדַּת פורענות (not מדה) he is thy judge in whatever sentence he decrees upon thee, whether it be a good or an evil dispensation. Ib. IX, 5, v. מְאֹד. Sabb.97a. Ib. 151b לעולם … על מ׳ זו at all times let one pray to be spared this fate (poverty); a. fr.Pl. as ab. Snh.90a, v. supra. Yoma 87b המעביר על מִדּוֹתָיווכ׳ he who passes over his retaliations (who forbears to retaliate), his failings will be passed over (be forgiven); Meg.28a. Ib. לא עמדתי על מִידּוֹתַי I never insisted on retaliation; Kidd.71a ואינו מעמד על מדותיו (Rashi: מיעמיד); a. fr. 3) manner, ways, character, nature, condition. Ber.40a לא כמדת חקב״חוכ׳ the nature of divine (intellectual) affairs is not like the nature of human (material) affairs. Ib. 11b להזכיר מדת יוםוכ׳ to mention the nature of the day (light) at night. Tanḥ. Balak 3 מה מִדָּתוֹ what is the nature of his power. B. Mets.33a מ׳ ואינה מ׳ it is a (meritorious) way (of studying) and is not, i. e. you might to better; Y.Hor.III, 48c top מ׳ שאינה מ׳; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ab. V, 10 ארבע מ׳ באדם there are four different dispositions of men (as to treating ones fellowman); ib. 11 ארבע מ׳ בדעות four characters (temperaments); ib. 12 ארבע מ׳ בתלמידים four natures of students (with regard to receptive and retentive faculties). Y.Snh.XI, 30a bot. כל שבע מ׳וכ׳ all the seven characteristic features of righteous men which the scholars have defined have been realized in Rabbi. Ned.20b בני תשע מ׳ children conceived under nine (abnormal mental) conditions. R. Hash. 17b, a. fr. שלש עשרה מ׳ the thirteen divine attributes (Ex. 34:6, sq.). Ned.32a, v. פָּרַז; a. fr. מדת הדין a) justice. Tosef.Yeb.IX, 3. a. e., v. לָקָה.Esp. the divine attribute of justice, opp. מ׳ הרחמים, v. דּין II.b) common sense, logical argument. Yoma 43b כך (היא) מ׳ הדין נותנת common sense dictates this; Shebu.14a. Y.Maas. Sh. II, 53c top תחומין עשו (כמ׳) למ׳ הדין they regulated the laws of Sabbath limits according to common sense (not by textual interpretation).c) decision in money matters, civil law (contrad. to ritual law). Y.Gitt.V, 46c bot. אף למ׳ הדין הכן the same principle holds good for civil law (collection of claims, v. כַּפְּרָנוּת); Y.Shebi.X, 39c bot. Ib. (last line) ולמידין מ׳ הדיןוכ׳ do we apply the rules of Prosbol (v. פְּרוֹזְבּוּל) to ordinary claims? Y.B. Kam.V, beg.4d לא הילכו במ׳ הדין אחר הרוב (strike out בממון) in civil law we are not guided by probabilities (v. דוֹב; cmp. Bab. ib. 27b). Y.Ber.II, 5a bot. ולמ׳ הד׳ but civil law (questions of possession). 4) principle, standard, consistency. Men.III, 4 במדתר׳וכ׳ following the principle of R. ; Pes.77b; Y. ib. VII, 34c top. Shek. IV, 6 אינח היא תמ׳ (comment. אינה מן המ׳) this is not consistent (with a previous rule). Ib. 7 השוה את מִדָּתוֹ (Y. ed. מִדּוֹתָיו) he makes his standards even (is consistent). Pes.I, 7 אינת חיא המ׳ this is not the right argument. Ib. 15b אמאי אינה היא המ׳ מ׳ ומ׳ היא why do you say, it is no argument? it is surely a correct argument. Y. Ḥag.III, 77d ‘Menahem went out means ממ׳ למ׳ יצא he went over from one principle to another (joined the opposition; Bab. ib. 16b יצא לתרבות רעה).Esp. מִדּוֹת rules of interpretation. Sifra introd., ch. 1, end הלל … שבע מ׳וכ׳ Hillel the Elder explained seven rules ; Ab. dR. N. ch. 37; Tosef.Snh.VII, 11. Sifra introd., beg. (R. Yishm. said) בשלש עשרה מ׳וכ׳ the Torah is interpreted by means of thirteen rules. (Appendix to treat. Brakhoth. ל״ב מ׳ שלר׳ יוסיוכ׳ the thirty two rules of R. José the Galilean.Lev. R. s. 3, beg. הלכות ומ׳ decisions and interpretations (by which the decisions were reached), v. מְכִילְתָּא.Gitt.67a מִידּוֹתַי תרומה מתרומות מִידּוֹתָיווכ׳ my rules of interpretation are the selection from selections of rules by R. Akiba.Ber.33b שעושח מדותיו של הקב״ח רחמיםוכ׳ he makes compassion the standard (or reason) of the divine laws, while they are decrees (the reasons for which it behooves not man to discuss); Y. ib. V, 9c כקורא תיגר על מ׳וכ׳ because it sounds as if he were finding fault with the ways of the Lord (as if the Lord were partial); כנותן קיצבח למ׳וכ׳ as though he were setting limits to the attributes of the Lord.

מִדָּה, מִידָּהf. (b. h.; preced.) 1) dimension, measure, proportion. Sabb.150a (play on מ̇ד̇ה̇ב̇ה, v. preced.) מ̇אד̇ מ̇אד̇ ה̇ב̇א בלא מ̇׳ bring much, very much, without measure. Peah VIII, 6 מ׳ זו this proportion. Gen. R. s. 64; Esth. R. introd. (ref. to מנדה, Ezra 4:13) זו מִדַּת הארץ that is the from the land as measured, i. e. the (Roman) land-tax. B. Bath.VII, 3 מ׳ בחבלוכ׳ I sell thee exact land-measure by the rope. Ib. 128a מִדַּת ארכו the length-measure of the cloak. Ib. מדת משקלותיו the measure of its (the gold-bars) weights, i. e. an estimate as to how many coins of a certain weight can be obtained from it. Ḥag.12a מדת יום ומ׳ לילה the combined length of day and night. Yeb.76b (ref. to 1 Sam. 17:38) מַדָּיו כמִדָּתוֹ his (Sauls) garments such as fitted his stature. Mikv. X, 5; Ḥull.73a עד מקום (ח)מ׳ as far as the designed length of the handle (excluding the portion which it is intended to cut off).Kidd.42b; B. Mets.56b, a. e. דבר שבמ׳ ושבמשקלוכ׳ objects which are sold by measure, by weight or by the piece. B. Bath.89b לעולם … מ׳ חסירהוכ׳ one must never keep in ones house too small or too large a measure (smaller or larger than the legal size); a. fr.Pl. מִדּוֹת, מִידּוֹת. Ib. 88b עונשן של מ׳ the divine punishment for fraudulent measures. Tosef.B. Mets. VI, 14 לא היו ממונין … אלא על המ׳ they (the agoranomoi in Jerusalem) were appointed not for the regulation of market prices but for the superintendence of the measures; B. Bath.89a, v. אֲנַרְדְּמִיס; a. fr.Men.18a למצות מִידּוֹתַי, v. מָצָח.Whence: Middoth (measurements of the Temple), name of a treatise of the Mishnah, of the order of Kodashim. 2) dealing; reward or punishment; dispensation.מ׳ כננד מ׳ retaliation, adequate punishment or reward. Sot.I, 7, v. preced. Ib. 9a לבמ׳ the verse is to intimate the God dispenses adequate punishments. Ib. 8b (ref. to ib. I, 7) אע״ג דמ׳ בטילח במ׳ לא בתיל although retribution (by the Jewish court) has ceased, the adequate divine punishment has not ceased. Lam. R. introd. (R. Alex. 2) (expl. יען וביען, Lev. 26:43) מ׳ בננד מ׳ punishment corresponding to deed. Ned.32a. Snh.90a כל מִידּוֹתָיו של חקב״ה מ׳ כנגד מ׳ all retributions of the Lord are in correspondence with mans doings. Ber.48b ‘whatever the Lord thy God has given thee דיינך בכל … בין מ׳ טובח ובין מִדַּת פורענות (not מדה) he is thy judge in whatever sentence he decrees upon thee, whether it be a good or an evil dispensation. Ib. IX, 5, v. מְאֹד. Sabb.97a. Ib. 151b לעולם … על מ׳ זו at all times let one pray to be spared this fate (poverty); a. fr.Pl. as ab. Snh.90a, v. supra. Yoma 87b המעביר על מִדּוֹתָיווכ׳ he who passes over his retaliations (who forbears to retaliate), his failings will be passed over (be forgiven); Meg.28a. Ib. לא עמדתי על מִידּוֹתַי I never insisted on retaliation; Kidd.71a ואינו מעמד על מדותיו (Rashi: מיעמיד); a. fr. 3) manner, ways, character, nature, condition. Ber.40a לא כמדת חקב״חוכ׳ the nature of divine (intellectual) affairs is not like the nature of human (material) affairs. Ib. 11b להזכיר מדת יוםוכ׳ to mention the nature of the day (light) at night. Tanḥ. Balak 3 מה מִדָּתוֹ what is the nature of his power. B. Mets.33a מ׳ ואינה מ׳ it is a (meritorious) way (of studying) and is not, i. e. you might to better; Y.Hor.III, 48c top מ׳ שאינה מ׳; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ab. V, 10 ארבע מ׳ באדם there are four different dispositions of men (as to treating ones fellowman); ib. 11 ארבע מ׳ בדעות four characters (temperaments); ib. 12 ארבע מ׳ בתלמידים four natures of students (with regard to receptive and retentive faculties). Y.Snh.XI, 30a bot. כל שבע מ׳וכ׳ all the seven characteristic features of righteous men which the scholars have defined have been realized in Rabbi. Ned.20b בני תשע מ׳ children conceived under nine (abnormal mental) conditions. R. Hash. 17b, a. fr. שלש עשרה מ׳ the thirteen divine attributes (Ex. 34:6, sq.). Ned.32a, v. פָּרַז; a. fr. מדת הדין a) justice. Tosef.Yeb.IX, 3. a. e., v. לָקָה.Esp. the divine attribute of justice, opp. מ׳ הרחמים, v. דּין II.b) common sense, logical argument. Yoma 43b כך (היא) מ׳ הדין נותנת common sense dictates this; Shebu.14a. Y.Maas. Sh. II, 53c top תחומין עשו (כמ׳) למ׳ הדין they regulated the laws of Sabbath limits according to common sense (not by textual interpretation).c) decision in money matters, civil law (contrad. to ritual law). Y.Gitt.V, 46c bot. אף למ׳ הדין הכן the same principle holds good for civil law (collection of claims, v. כַּפְּרָנוּת); Y.Shebi.X, 39c bot. Ib. (last line) ולמידין מ׳ הדיןוכ׳ do we apply the rules of Prosbol (v. פְּרוֹזְבּוּל) to ordinary claims? Y.B. Kam.V, beg.4d לא הילכו במ׳ הדין אחר הרוב (strike out בממון) in civil law we are not guided by probabilities (v. דוֹב; cmp. Bab. ib. 27b). Y.Ber.II, 5a bot. ולמ׳ הד׳ but civil law (questions of possession). 4) principle, standard, consistency. Men.III, 4 במדתר׳וכ׳ following the principle of R. ; Pes.77b; Y. ib. VII, 34c top. Shek. IV, 6 אינח היא תמ׳ (comment. אינה מן המ׳) this is not consistent (with a previous rule). Ib. 7 השוה את מִדָּתוֹ (Y. ed. מִדּוֹתָיו) he makes his standards even (is consistent). Pes.I, 7 אינת חיא המ׳ this is not the right argument. Ib. 15b אמאי אינה היא המ׳ מ׳ ומ׳ היא why do you say, it is no argument? it is surely a correct argument. Y. Ḥag.III, 77d ‘Menahem went out means ממ׳ למ׳ יצא he went over from one principle to another (joined the opposition; Bab. ib. 16b יצא לתרבות רעה).Esp. מִדּוֹת rules of interpretation. Sifra introd., ch. 1, end הלל … שבע מ׳וכ׳ Hillel the Elder explained seven rules ; Ab. dR. N. ch. 37; Tosef.Snh.VII, 11. Sifra introd., beg. (R. Yishm. said) בשלש עשרה מ׳וכ׳ the Torah is interpreted by means of thirteen rules. (Appendix to treat. Brakhoth. ל״ב מ׳ שלר׳ יוסיוכ׳ the thirty two rules of R. José the Galilean.Lev. R. s. 3, beg. הלכות ומ׳ decisions and interpretations (by which the decisions were reached), v. מְכִילְתָּא.Gitt.67a מִידּוֹתַי תרומה מתרומות מִידּוֹתָיווכ׳ my rules of interpretation are the selection from selections of rules by R. Akiba.Ber.33b שעושח מדותיו של הקב״ח רחמיםוכ׳ he makes compassion the standard (or reason) of the divine laws, while they are decrees (the reasons for which it behooves not man to discuss); Y. ib. V, 9c כקורא תיגר על מ׳וכ׳ because it sounds as if he were finding fault with the ways of the Lord (as if the Lord were partial); כנותן קיצבח למ׳וכ׳ as though he were setting limits to the attributes of the Lord.

פַּנְיָיס, פַּנְיָאס, פַּמְיָיסpr. n. pl. Paneas (Cæsaræa Philippi, modern Bânias), a city in the north of Palestine. Targ. Y. I Num. 34:11 מערת פניאס (not סניאס); (Y. II אפמים, אפמיס; ib. 10 אפמיאה, אפמיאם, v. אַפַּמְיָא). Targ. Cant. 5:4 פָּמִיאַס (some ed. פָּמְיַס). Targ. 1 Chr. 21:2 (h. text דן).Y.Shebi.IX, 38d bot. דיקליטינוס אעיק לבני פנ׳ Diocletian oppressed the inhabitants of P. Y.Dem.II, 22d top. Gen. R. s. 63 נחת … בהדא פנ׳ (Var. פמ׳) he (Diocletian) came down and made his stay at P. Meg.6a; Bekh.55a לשם זו פמ׳ Leshem is P.; Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 14 ליש זו פ׳ Layish is P.; Pirké dR. EI. ch. XXVII דן הוא פ׳ Dan is P.; Midr. Sam. ch. XXXII (ref. to דנה, 2 Sam. 24:6) דנה פ׳. Gen. R. s. 33 מעיין … מערת פ׳ the spring … of the cavern of P.; Bekh. l. c. ירדן יוצא ממערת פ׳ the Jordan issues from the cavern of P.; B. Bath.74b.Yalk. Deut. 820 (Moses prays) אכנס לה במחילה … מתחת לפַמְיָס let me enter Palestine by the cave of Cæsation, which is below P.; Mekh. Bshall., ʿĂmal., s. 2 לפניי ולפנים (corr. acc.); a. fr.Tanḥ. Naso 10; Num. R. s. 11 (ref. to Num. 6:24) יברכד … וישמרך שלא תהא עשוי במדינת פ׳וכ׳ the Lord bless thee with wealth, and guard thee, that thou be not forced (to take office) in the city (or district) of P., and no zimia (v. זִימְיָא) be decreed over the city, and they say to thee, give gold (a reference to Roman extortions, v. supra).

פַּנְיָיס, פַּנְיָאס, פַּמְיָיסpr. n. pl. Paneas (Cæsaræa Philippi, modern Bânias), a city in the north of Palestine. Targ. Y. I Num. 34:11 מערת פניאס (not סניאס); (Y. II אפמים, אפמיס; ib. 10 אפמיאה, אפמיאם, v. אַפַּמְיָא). Targ. Cant. 5:4 פָּמִיאַס (some ed. פָּמְיַס). Targ. 1 Chr. 21:2 (h. text דן).Y.Shebi.IX, 38d bot. דיקליטינוס אעיק לבני פנ׳ Diocletian oppressed the inhabitants of P. Y.Dem.II, 22d top. Gen. R. s. 63 נחת … בהדא פנ׳ (Var. פמ׳) he (Diocletian) came down and made his stay at P. Meg.6a; Bekh.55a לשם זו פמ׳ Leshem is P.; Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 14 ליש זו פ׳ Layish is P.; Pirké dR. EI. ch. XXVII דן הוא פ׳ Dan is P.; Midr. Sam. ch. XXXII (ref. to דנה, 2 Sam. 24:6) דנה פ׳. Gen. R. s. 33 מעיין … מערת פ׳ the spring … of the cavern of P.; Bekh. l. c. ירדן יוצא ממערת פ׳ the Jordan issues from the cavern of P.; B. Bath.74b.Yalk. Deut. 820 (Moses prays) אכנס לה במחילה … מתחת לפַמְיָס let me enter Palestine by the cave of Cæsation, which is below P.; Mekh. Bshall., ʿĂmal., s. 2 לפניי ולפנים (corr. acc.); a. fr.Tanḥ. Naso 10; Num. R. s. 11 (ref. to Num. 6:24) יברכד … וישמרך שלא תהא עשוי במדינת פ׳וכ׳ the Lord bless thee with wealth, and guard thee, that thou be not forced (to take office) in the city (or district) of P., and no zimia (v. זִימְיָא) be decreed over the city, and they say to thee, give gold (a reference to Roman extortions, v. supra).

פַּנְיָיס, פַּנְיָאס, פַּמְיָיסpr. n. pl. Paneas (Cæsaræa Philippi, modern Bânias), a city in the north of Palestine. Targ. Y. I Num. 34:11 מערת פניאס (not סניאס); (Y. II אפמים, אפמיס; ib. 10 אפמיאה, אפמיאם, v. אַפַּמְיָא). Targ. Cant. 5:4 פָּמִיאַס (some ed. פָּמְיַס). Targ. 1 Chr. 21:2 (h. text דן).Y.Shebi.IX, 38d bot. דיקליטינוס אעיק לבני פנ׳ Diocletian oppressed the inhabitants of P. Y.Dem.II, 22d top. Gen. R. s. 63 נחת … בהדא פנ׳ (Var. פמ׳) he (Diocletian) came down and made his stay at P. Meg.6a; Bekh.55a לשם זו פמ׳ Leshem is P.; Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 14 ליש זו פ׳ Layish is P.; Pirké dR. EI. ch. XXVII דן הוא פ׳ Dan is P.; Midr. Sam. ch. XXXII (ref. to דנה, 2 Sam. 24:6) דנה פ׳. Gen. R. s. 33 מעיין … מערת פ׳ the spring … of the cavern of P.; Bekh. l. c. ירדן יוצא ממערת פ׳ the Jordan issues from the cavern of P.; B. Bath.74b.Yalk. Deut. 820 (Moses prays) אכנס לה במחילה … מתחת לפַמְיָס let me enter Palestine by the cave of Cæsation, which is below P.; Mekh. Bshall., ʿĂmal., s. 2 לפניי ולפנים (corr. acc.); a. fr.Tanḥ. Naso 10; Num. R. s. 11 (ref. to Num. 6:24) יברכד … וישמרך שלא תהא עשוי במדינת פ׳וכ׳ the Lord bless thee with wealth, and guard thee, that thou be not forced (to take office) in the city (or district) of P., and no zimia (v. זִימְיָא) be decreed over the city, and they say to thee, give gold (a reference to Roman extortions, v. supra).

פַּנְיָיס, פַּנְיָאס, פַּמְיָיסpr. n. pl. Paneas (Cæsaræa Philippi, modern Bânias), a city in the north of Palestine. Targ. Y. I Num. 34:11 מערת פניאס (not סניאס); (Y. II אפמים, אפמיס; ib. 10 אפמיאה, אפמיאם, v. אַפַּמְיָא). Targ. Cant. 5:4 פָּמִיאַס (some ed. פָּמְיַס). Targ. 1 Chr. 21:2 (h. text דן).Y.Shebi.IX, 38d bot. דיקליטינוס אעיק לבני פנ׳ Diocletian oppressed the inhabitants of P. Y.Dem.II, 22d top. Gen. R. s. 63 נחת … בהדא פנ׳ (Var. פמ׳) he (Diocletian) came down and made his stay at P. Meg.6a; Bekh.55a לשם זו פמ׳ Leshem is P.; Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 14 ליש זו פ׳ Layish is P.; Pirké dR. EI. ch. XXVII דן הוא פ׳ Dan is P.; Midr. Sam. ch. XXXII (ref. to דנה, 2 Sam. 24:6) דנה פ׳. Gen. R. s. 33 מעיין … מערת פ׳ the spring … of the cavern of P.; Bekh. l. c. ירדן יוצא ממערת פ׳ the Jordan issues from the cavern of P.; B. Bath.74b.Yalk. Deut. 820 (Moses prays) אכנס לה במחילה … מתחת לפַמְיָס let me enter Palestine by the cave of Cæsation, which is below P.; Mekh. Bshall., ʿĂmal., s. 2 לפניי ולפנים (corr. acc.); a. fr.Tanḥ. Naso 10; Num. R. s. 11 (ref. to Num. 6:24) יברכד … וישמרך שלא תהא עשוי במדינת פ׳וכ׳ the Lord bless thee with wealth, and guard thee, that thou be not forced (to take office) in the city (or district) of P., and no zimia (v. זִימְיָא) be decreed over the city, and they say to thee, give gold (a reference to Roman extortions, v. supra).

פַּנְיָיס, פַּנְיָאס, פַּמְיָיסpr. n. pl. Paneas (Cæsaræa Philippi, modern Bânias), a city in the north of Palestine. Targ. Y. I Num. 34:11 מערת פניאס (not סניאס); (Y. II אפמים, אפמיס; ib. 10 אפמיאה, אפמיאם, v. אַפַּמְיָא). Targ. Cant. 5:4 פָּמִיאַס (some ed. פָּמְיַס). Targ. 1 Chr. 21:2 (h. text דן).Y.Shebi.IX, 38d bot. דיקליטינוס אעיק לבני פנ׳ Diocletian oppressed the inhabitants of P. Y.Dem.II, 22d top. Gen. R. s. 63 נחת … בהדא פנ׳ (Var. פמ׳) he (Diocletian) came down and made his stay at P. Meg.6a; Bekh.55a לשם זו פמ׳ Leshem is P.; Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 14 ליש זו פ׳ Layish is P.; Pirké dR. EI. ch. XXVII דן הוא פ׳ Dan is P.; Midr. Sam. ch. XXXII (ref. to דנה, 2 Sam. 24:6) דנה פ׳. Gen. R. s. 33 מעיין … מערת פ׳ the spring … of the cavern of P.; Bekh. l. c. ירדן יוצא ממערת פ׳ the Jordan issues from the cavern of P.; B. Bath.74b.Yalk. Deut. 820 (Moses prays) אכנס לה במחילה … מתחת לפַמְיָס let me enter Palestine by the cave of Cæsation, which is below P.; Mekh. Bshall., ʿĂmal., s. 2 לפניי ולפנים (corr. acc.); a. fr.Tanḥ. Naso 10; Num. R. s. 11 (ref. to Num. 6:24) יברכד … וישמרך שלא תהא עשוי במדינת פ׳וכ׳ the Lord bless thee with wealth, and guard thee, that thou be not forced (to take office) in the city (or district) of P., and no zimia (v. זִימְיָא) be decreed over the city, and they say to thee, give gold (a reference to Roman extortions, v. supra).

רַבִּיm. (v. רַב II) (my teacher, my master, Rabbi, title of scholars, esp. of the Tannaim, and of the Palestinian Amoraim. B. Mets.85a חכים … ור׳ קרו לךוכ׳ I shall make thee a ḥackim, and a gold-embroidered cloak they shall spread over thee, and Rabbi they shall call thee Ib. 84a מאי …ר׳ קרו לי והכאר׳וכ׳ what good hast thou done me, there (among the Roman gladiators) they called me Rabbi (master), and here (as a scholar) they call me Rabbi. Ab. Zar.17b ומ״ט קרו לךר׳ רַבָּןוכ׳ and why do they call thee Rabbi? I am the chief master of weavers. Ib. ר׳ אלעזר; a. v. fr.Esp. Rabbi, surname of R. Judah han-Nasi. Gitt.59a מימות משה ועדר׳וכ׳ from the days of Moses to those of Rabbi we do not meet with learning and high office in one place (combined in one person). Ber.13a; Sot.32b. B. Mets.85a; a. v. fr.

רַבִּיm. (v. רַב II) (my teacher, my master, Rabbi, title of scholars, esp. of the Tannaim, and of the Palestinian Amoraim. B. Mets.85a חכים … ור׳ קרו לךוכ׳ I shall make thee a ḥackim, and a gold-embroidered cloak they shall spread over thee, and Rabbi they shall call thee Ib. 84a מאי …ר׳ קרו לי והכאר׳וכ׳ what good hast thou done me, there (among the Roman gladiators) they called me Rabbi (master), and here (as a scholar) they call me Rabbi. Ab. Zar.17b ומ״ט קרו לךר׳ רַבָּןוכ׳ and why do they call thee Rabbi? I am the chief master of weavers. Ib. ר׳ אלעזר; a. v. fr.Esp. Rabbi, surname of R. Judah han-Nasi. Gitt.59a מימות משה ועדר׳וכ׳ from the days of Moses to those of Rabbi we do not meet with learning and high office in one place (combined in one person). Ber.13a; Sot.32b. B. Mets.85a; a. v. fr.