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

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

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

מִקְרָאm. (b. h.; קָרָא) 1) call, convocation. Sifra Emor, Par. 11, ch. XIV אלא אם עשאו מ׳ קדש unless one made it (the Day of Atonement) a holy call (observed it). Ib. ch. XIII, Par. 11 בני ישראל מ׳ קדשוכ׳ the sons of Israel are a holy convocation (called to celebrate the festivals) Mekh. Bo. s. 9; a. fr. 2) reading, esp. the reading from the Scriptures. Ber.II, 1 זמן במ׳ the time for reading the shmʿa. Meg.3a, a. fr. מ׳ מגילה the recitation of the Book of Esther. Tosef.Ber.II, 20 יש שם מ׳ ותפלה reading the Scriptures and prayer are permitted there; Sabb.10a; a. e.Meg. l. c. (ref. to Neh. 8:8 ויקראו מ׳) זו this means the reading of the text; Ned.37b; a. fr. 3) pronunciation, vocalization; מ׳ סופרים the traditional vocalization of the Scripture texts. Ib. 4) teaching the Bible, primary instruction. Ib. IV, 3 לא ילמדנו מ׳ he must not teach him Bible, contrad. to מדרש Ib. 36b bot. במקום … על המ׳ where is it customary to take remuneration for teaching the Bible. Y.Meg.III, beg.73d; Y.Keth.XIII, beg.35c בית ספר למ׳וכ׳ Beth Sepher was the school for Bible, Beth Talmud for Mishnah. Lev. R. s. 2, beg. נכנסין למ׳ enter the primary school; a. fr. 5) the Scriptures. Y.Taan.IV, 68a bot. היזרנו על כל המ׳, v. חָזַר; a. fr. 6) Biblical verse, text. Sot.V, 2 שאין לו מ׳ מן התורהוכ׳ there is for it no passage in the Torah intimating that it is unclean. Ib. מביא לו מ׳ מןוכ׳ produces for it a Biblical text in evidence Yeb.11b, a. e. אין מ׳ יוצא מידי פשוטו a Bible verse can never lose its literal sense (although its meaning may be extended by the methods of interpretation). Snh.34a, a. e. מ׳ אחד יוצאוכ׳, v. טַעַם. Ib. 101a מ׳ זה מעצמו נדרש this verse must be interpreted from its own wording. Ib. bot. מנין לך … מ׳ אני דורש how do you know this?… I interpret Bible verses; a. fr.Pl. מִקְרָאוֹת, מִקְרָיוֹת. Men.19b; Zeb.63b; Sot.14b כ״מ שאתה מוצא שני מ׳ אחדוכ׳ wherever there are two possible interpretations of two parallel expressions one of which contradicts the other, and one of which confirms the other Yoma 52a bot., v. הֶכְרַע. Y.Snh.VIII, 26c top זה אחד משלשה מ׳ this is one of the three passages where the Law speaks metaphorically; Y.Keth.IV, 28c top; a. fr.

מִקְרָאm. (b. h.; קָרָא) 1) call, convocation. Sifra Emor, Par. 11, ch. XIV אלא אם עשאו מ׳ קדש unless one made it (the Day of Atonement) a holy call (observed it). Ib. ch. XIII, Par. 11 בני ישראל מ׳ קדשוכ׳ the sons of Israel are a holy convocation (called to celebrate the festivals) Mekh. Bo. s. 9; a. fr. 2) reading, esp. the reading from the Scriptures. Ber.II, 1 זמן במ׳ the time for reading the shmʿa. Meg.3a, a. fr. מ׳ מגילה the recitation of the Book of Esther. Tosef.Ber.II, 20 יש שם מ׳ ותפלה reading the Scriptures and prayer are permitted there; Sabb.10a; a. e.Meg. l. c. (ref. to Neh. 8:8 ויקראו מ׳) זו this means the reading of the text; Ned.37b; a. fr. 3) pronunciation, vocalization; מ׳ סופרים the traditional vocalization of the Scripture texts. Ib. 4) teaching the Bible, primary instruction. Ib. IV, 3 לא ילמדנו מ׳ he must not teach him Bible, contrad. to מדרש Ib. 36b bot. במקום … על המ׳ where is it customary to take remuneration for teaching the Bible. Y.Meg.III, beg.73d; Y.Keth.XIII, beg.35c בית ספר למ׳וכ׳ Beth Sepher was the school for Bible, Beth Talmud for Mishnah. Lev. R. s. 2, beg. נכנסין למ׳ enter the primary school; a. fr. 5) the Scriptures. Y.Taan.IV, 68a bot. היזרנו על כל המ׳, v. חָזַר; a. fr. 6) Biblical verse, text. Sot.V, 2 שאין לו מ׳ מן התורהוכ׳ there is for it no passage in the Torah intimating that it is unclean. Ib. מביא לו מ׳ מןוכ׳ produces for it a Biblical text in evidence Yeb.11b, a. e. אין מ׳ יוצא מידי פשוטו a Bible verse can never lose its literal sense (although its meaning may be extended by the methods of interpretation). Snh.34a, a. e. מ׳ אחד יוצאוכ׳, v. טַעַם. Ib. 101a מ׳ זה מעצמו נדרש this verse must be interpreted from its own wording. Ib. bot. מנין לך … מ׳ אני דורש how do you know this?… I interpret Bible verses; a. fr.Pl. מִקְרָאוֹת, מִקְרָיוֹת. Men.19b; Zeb.63b; Sot.14b כ״מ שאתה מוצא שני מ׳ אחדוכ׳ wherever there are two possible interpretations of two parallel expressions one of which contradicts the other, and one of which confirms the other Yoma 52a bot., v. הֶכְרַע. Y.Snh.VIII, 26c top זה אחד משלשה מ׳ this is one of the three passages where the Law speaks metaphorically; Y.Keth.IV, 28c top; a. fr.

אָמַרI (b. h.; √אם, v. אֵם; cmp. חמר, עמר) (a) to join, knot; to be knotted, thick; b) to heap up; c) transf. to join words, compose, cmp. דבר; d) to contract, bargain, exchange. (As to Assyr. to see, cmp. חמא.) 1) to speak, think, say, relate א׳ …ר׳ … א׳ר׳ Rabbi … related in the name of R. … Ber.3b; a. v. fr.Part. pass. אָמוּר expression. Yoma 70b, a. fr. הוא הא׳וכ׳ it is the same expression (‘ one ram) used here and in the Book of Numbers. Sifré Deut. s. 334, a. fr. אֱמֹור מעתה say from now, i. e. from this draw the conclusion. Gen. R. s. 39 תאמר שהבירהוכ׳ (usu. שמא תאמר) will you say (is it possible), this castle has no commander?אֲמוּרִים במה דברים (abbr. בד׳׳א) in what case are these words said? i. e. this applies only. Ḥull.3a; a. fr.זאת אֹומֶרֶת this tells, i. e. this proves. Ber.11b; a. fr.אָמְרוּ it is said, told ; v. next w.Inf. לֹומַר = לֵאמֹר. Ḥag.14b; a. fr. 2) to vow, devote. אָמוּר ( לגבוה) devoted to the Lord. Succ.55b; v. אֲמִירָה I, 3, a. אֵימוּרִים. Nif. נֶאֱמַר (b. h.) to be said, to read … נא׳ כאן … ונ׳ להלן we read here … and we read there … (the same expression is used here and there in the Scriptural text). Ber.9a; a. v. fr.שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (abbr. שנ׳, שנא׳) for it is said in the Scriptures (as evidence in favor of an opinion). Snh.X, 1; a. v. fr.; also כמהשנ׳ ( כמו) as it is said.מִשּׁוּםשנ׳ because it is said in the Scriptures, i. e. you may possibly be misled by a certain expression to think …, therefore another term is used in its stead in an analogous case, or added to the ambiguous word; v. שוּם.

אָמַרI (b. h.; √אם, v. אֵם; cmp. חמר, עמר) (a) to join, knot; to be knotted, thick; b) to heap up; c) transf. to join words, compose, cmp. דבר; d) to contract, bargain, exchange. (As to Assyr. to see, cmp. חמא.) 1) to speak, think, say, relate א׳ …ר׳ … א׳ר׳ Rabbi … related in the name of R. … Ber.3b; a. v. fr.Part. pass. אָמוּר expression. Yoma 70b, a. fr. הוא הא׳וכ׳ it is the same expression (‘ one ram) used here and in the Book of Numbers. Sifré Deut. s. 334, a. fr. אֱמֹור מעתה say from now, i. e. from this draw the conclusion. Gen. R. s. 39 תאמר שהבירהוכ׳ (usu. שמא תאמר) will you say (is it possible), this castle has no commander?אֲמוּרִים במה דברים (abbr. בד׳׳א) in what case are these words said? i. e. this applies only. Ḥull.3a; a. fr.זאת אֹומֶרֶת this tells, i. e. this proves. Ber.11b; a. fr.אָמְרוּ it is said, told ; v. next w.Inf. לֹומַר = לֵאמֹר. Ḥag.14b; a. fr. 2) to vow, devote. אָמוּר ( לגבוה) devoted to the Lord. Succ.55b; v. אֲמִירָה I, 3, a. אֵימוּרִים. Nif. נֶאֱמַר (b. h.) to be said, to read … נא׳ כאן … ונ׳ להלן we read here … and we read there … (the same expression is used here and there in the Scriptural text). Ber.9a; a. v. fr.שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (abbr. שנ׳, שנא׳) for it is said in the Scriptures (as evidence in favor of an opinion). Snh.X, 1; a. v. fr.; also כמהשנ׳ ( כמו) as it is said.מִשּׁוּםשנ׳ because it is said in the Scriptures, i. e. you may possibly be misled by a certain expression to think …, therefore another term is used in its stead in an analogous case, or added to the ambiguous word; v. שוּם.

קוֹדֶש, קֹדֶשm. (b. h.; קָדַש) sanctity, sacred affair, sacred ground, dedicated object. Yoma 12b, a. fr. מעלין בק׳, v. עָלָה. Sabb.XVI, 1 כל כתבי הק׳וכ׳ all sacred scriptures must be saved from fire (on the Sabbath). Tosef. ib. XIII (XIV), 1 אין קורין בכתבי הק׳ we must not read from the Hagiographa (on the Sabbath); Y. ib. XVI, 15c top אין קורין בכתבי הק׳ אלאוכ׳ we must not read from the Hagiographa except from the afternoon service onward. Bets.5a נוהגין אותו היום ק׳וכ׳ we observe the rest of the day as a holy day and the next day likewise. Pes.104a; Ḥull.26a, v. חוֹל III. Ib. I, 7 בין ק׳ לק׳, v. בָּדַל; ib. בין ק׳ המוד לק׳ הקל between the stricter and the lighter sanctities; a. v. fr.שם ק׳ or ק׳ (sub. שם) sacred name, name of the Lord. Shebu.35b, v. חוֹל III. Treat. Sofrim IV, 6, sq.; a. fr.רות הק׳, v. רוּחַ.Esp. a) sacred precincts, Temple ground. Zeb.IX, 2 כל שפסולו בק׳ הק׳ מקבלו whatever has become unfit within the sanctuary, the sanctuary accepts (it cannot be removed from the altar, if it was put on); לא היה פסולו בק׳וכ׳ if its unfitness did not arise within the sacred precincts, the sanctuary does not accept it; a. fr.b) הק׳ the Holy, contrad. to עֲזָרָה, a. to ק׳ הקדשים, v. infra. Yoma III, 3; 6 בק׳ within the precincts of the Holy. Midd. IV, 5; a. fr.Pl. קֳדָשִׁים.קודש הק׳, also קָדְשֵׁי ק׳ most holy, esp. the Holy of Holies, the westernmost compartment of the Temple. Midd. l. c. Yoma V, 1; a. fr.Cant. R. to I, 1 כל הכתובים קדש וזה ק׳ הק׳ all Biblical scriptures are holy, but this (Song of Songs) is most holy. Y.Meg.III, 74a, a. e. נחום איש קדש הק׳ Nahum, the man of extreme holiness; a. e.Esp. קֳדָשִׁים consecrated objects, sacrifices. Zeb.V, 4 העולה קדשי ק׳ the burnt-offering belongs to the highest class of sacrifices. Ib. 6, sq. ק׳ קלים sacrifices of a minor grade. Ib. X, 2 מפני שהוא קדשי ק׳ because it belongs to the highest grade; a. fr. קדשי מזבח things dedicated for the altar, sacrifices; קדשי בדק הבית objects dedicated (for their value) to be used for the needs of the Temple building. Tem.VII, 1, sq.; a. fr.ק׳ ( סדר) Kodashim, the fifth of the six orders of the Mishnah, Tosefta, a. Talmud Babli. Sabb.31a. Esth. R. to I, 2.

קוֹדֶש, קֹדֶשm. (b. h.; קָדַש) sanctity, sacred affair, sacred ground, dedicated object. Yoma 12b, a. fr. מעלין בק׳, v. עָלָה. Sabb.XVI, 1 כל כתבי הק׳וכ׳ all sacred scriptures must be saved from fire (on the Sabbath). Tosef. ib. XIII (XIV), 1 אין קורין בכתבי הק׳ we must not read from the Hagiographa (on the Sabbath); Y. ib. XVI, 15c top אין קורין בכתבי הק׳ אלאוכ׳ we must not read from the Hagiographa except from the afternoon service onward. Bets.5a נוהגין אותו היום ק׳וכ׳ we observe the rest of the day as a holy day and the next day likewise. Pes.104a; Ḥull.26a, v. חוֹל III. Ib. I, 7 בין ק׳ לק׳, v. בָּדַל; ib. בין ק׳ המוד לק׳ הקל between the stricter and the lighter sanctities; a. v. fr.שם ק׳ or ק׳ (sub. שם) sacred name, name of the Lord. Shebu.35b, v. חוֹל III. Treat. Sofrim IV, 6, sq.; a. fr.רות הק׳, v. רוּחַ.Esp. a) sacred precincts, Temple ground. Zeb.IX, 2 כל שפסולו בק׳ הק׳ מקבלו whatever has become unfit within the sanctuary, the sanctuary accepts (it cannot be removed from the altar, if it was put on); לא היה פסולו בק׳וכ׳ if its unfitness did not arise within the sacred precincts, the sanctuary does not accept it; a. fr.b) הק׳ the Holy, contrad. to עֲזָרָה, a. to ק׳ הקדשים, v. infra. Yoma III, 3; 6 בק׳ within the precincts of the Holy. Midd. IV, 5; a. fr.Pl. קֳדָשִׁים.קודש הק׳, also קָדְשֵׁי ק׳ most holy, esp. the Holy of Holies, the westernmost compartment of the Temple. Midd. l. c. Yoma V, 1; a. fr.Cant. R. to I, 1 כל הכתובים קדש וזה ק׳ הק׳ all Biblical scriptures are holy, but this (Song of Songs) is most holy. Y.Meg.III, 74a, a. e. נחום איש קדש הק׳ Nahum, the man of extreme holiness; a. e.Esp. קֳדָשִׁים consecrated objects, sacrifices. Zeb.V, 4 העולה קדשי ק׳ the burnt-offering belongs to the highest class of sacrifices. Ib. 6, sq. ק׳ קלים sacrifices of a minor grade. Ib. X, 2 מפני שהוא קדשי ק׳ because it belongs to the highest grade; a. fr. קדשי מזבח things dedicated for the altar, sacrifices; קדשי בדק הבית objects dedicated (for their value) to be used for the needs of the Temple building. Tem.VII, 1, sq.; a. fr.ק׳ ( סדר) Kodashim, the fifth of the six orders of the Mishnah, Tosefta, a. Talmud Babli. Sabb.31a. Esth. R. to I, 2.

קוֹדֶש, קֹדֶשm. (b. h.; קָדַש) sanctity, sacred affair, sacred ground, dedicated object. Yoma 12b, a. fr. מעלין בק׳, v. עָלָה. Sabb.XVI, 1 כל כתבי הק׳וכ׳ all sacred scriptures must be saved from fire (on the Sabbath). Tosef. ib. XIII (XIV), 1 אין קורין בכתבי הק׳ we must not read from the Hagiographa (on the Sabbath); Y. ib. XVI, 15c top אין קורין בכתבי הק׳ אלאוכ׳ we must not read from the Hagiographa except from the afternoon service onward. Bets.5a נוהגין אותו היום ק׳וכ׳ we observe the rest of the day as a holy day and the next day likewise. Pes.104a; Ḥull.26a, v. חוֹל III. Ib. I, 7 בין ק׳ לק׳, v. בָּדַל; ib. בין ק׳ המוד לק׳ הקל between the stricter and the lighter sanctities; a. v. fr.שם ק׳ or ק׳ (sub. שם) sacred name, name of the Lord. Shebu.35b, v. חוֹל III. Treat. Sofrim IV, 6, sq.; a. fr.רות הק׳, v. רוּחַ.Esp. a) sacred precincts, Temple ground. Zeb.IX, 2 כל שפסולו בק׳ הק׳ מקבלו whatever has become unfit within the sanctuary, the sanctuary accepts (it cannot be removed from the altar, if it was put on); לא היה פסולו בק׳וכ׳ if its unfitness did not arise within the sacred precincts, the sanctuary does not accept it; a. fr.b) הק׳ the Holy, contrad. to עֲזָרָה, a. to ק׳ הקדשים, v. infra. Yoma III, 3; 6 בק׳ within the precincts of the Holy. Midd. IV, 5; a. fr.Pl. קֳדָשִׁים.קודש הק׳, also קָדְשֵׁי ק׳ most holy, esp. the Holy of Holies, the westernmost compartment of the Temple. Midd. l. c. Yoma V, 1; a. fr.Cant. R. to I, 1 כל הכתובים קדש וזה ק׳ הק׳ all Biblical scriptures are holy, but this (Song of Songs) is most holy. Y.Meg.III, 74a, a. e. נחום איש קדש הק׳ Nahum, the man of extreme holiness; a. e.Esp. קֳדָשִׁים consecrated objects, sacrifices. Zeb.V, 4 העולה קדשי ק׳ the burnt-offering belongs to the highest class of sacrifices. Ib. 6, sq. ק׳ קלים sacrifices of a minor grade. Ib. X, 2 מפני שהוא קדשי ק׳ because it belongs to the highest grade; a. fr. קדשי מזבח things dedicated for the altar, sacrifices; קדשי בדק הבית objects dedicated (for their value) to be used for the needs of the Temple building. Tem.VII, 1, sq.; a. fr.ק׳ ( סדר) Kodashim, the fifth of the six orders of the Mishnah, Tosefta, a. Talmud Babli. Sabb.31a. Esth. R. to I, 2.

קוֹדֶש, קֹדֶשm. (b. h.; קָדַש) sanctity, sacred affair, sacred ground, dedicated object. Yoma 12b, a. fr. מעלין בק׳, v. עָלָה. Sabb.XVI, 1 כל כתבי הק׳וכ׳ all sacred scriptures must be saved from fire (on the Sabbath). Tosef. ib. XIII (XIV), 1 אין קורין בכתבי הק׳ we must not read from the Hagiographa (on the Sabbath); Y. ib. XVI, 15c top אין קורין בכתבי הק׳ אלאוכ׳ we must not read from the Hagiographa except from the afternoon service onward. Bets.5a נוהגין אותו היום ק׳וכ׳ we observe the rest of the day as a holy day and the next day likewise. Pes.104a; Ḥull.26a, v. חוֹל III. Ib. I, 7 בין ק׳ לק׳, v. בָּדַל; ib. בין ק׳ המוד לק׳ הקל between the stricter and the lighter sanctities; a. v. fr.שם ק׳ or ק׳ (sub. שם) sacred name, name of the Lord. Shebu.35b, v. חוֹל III. Treat. Sofrim IV, 6, sq.; a. fr.רות הק׳, v. רוּחַ.Esp. a) sacred precincts, Temple ground. Zeb.IX, 2 כל שפסולו בק׳ הק׳ מקבלו whatever has become unfit within the sanctuary, the sanctuary accepts (it cannot be removed from the altar, if it was put on); לא היה פסולו בק׳וכ׳ if its unfitness did not arise within the sacred precincts, the sanctuary does not accept it; a. fr.b) הק׳ the Holy, contrad. to עֲזָרָה, a. to ק׳ הקדשים, v. infra. Yoma III, 3; 6 בק׳ within the precincts of the Holy. Midd. IV, 5; a. fr.Pl. קֳדָשִׁים.קודש הק׳, also קָדְשֵׁי ק׳ most holy, esp. the Holy of Holies, the westernmost compartment of the Temple. Midd. l. c. Yoma V, 1; a. fr.Cant. R. to I, 1 כל הכתובים קדש וזה ק׳ הק׳ all Biblical scriptures are holy, but this (Song of Songs) is most holy. Y.Meg.III, 74a, a. e. נחום איש קדש הק׳ Nahum, the man of extreme holiness; a. e.Esp. קֳדָשִׁים consecrated objects, sacrifices. Zeb.V, 4 העולה קדשי ק׳ the burnt-offering belongs to the highest class of sacrifices. Ib. 6, sq. ק׳ קלים sacrifices of a minor grade. Ib. X, 2 מפני שהוא קדשי ק׳ because it belongs to the highest grade; a. fr. קדשי מזבח things dedicated for the altar, sacrifices; קדשי בדק הבית objects dedicated (for their value) to be used for the needs of the Temple building. Tem.VII, 1, sq.; a. fr.ק׳ ( סדר) Kodashim, the fifth of the six orders of the Mishnah, Tosefta, a. Talmud Babli. Sabb.31a. Esth. R. to I, 2.

קַרְיָיא, קַרְיָא, קַרְיָיהc. = קְרָא, Scriptures; Bible verse. Y.Meg.IV, 74d bot. יכיל … ק׳ מן פומי I can write the entire Scriptures from memory; יכיל … ק׳ בתרין מניי I can write the whole Bible at a cost of two Manehs; וכתב כל ק׳ עלוכ׳ and wrote the whole Bible on their hides. Y.Ber.II, 4d bot. כמא דאישתעי ק׳ כךוכ׳ the phraseology of the Bible must be adopted in Talmudic diction; Y.Snh.VIII, 25c. Y.Peah 1, 15d bot. שמע … מן הדין ק׳ understood (derived) all this from the following verse. Lev. R. s. 22 אי מן הדא ק׳ ליתוכ׳ if you mean to prove from this verse, you cannot derive from it anything; a. v. fr.Pl. קָרַיָּיא (v. קְרָא II), קַרְיָין. Y.Ber.I, 3b הא רב״ה מקיימין תרין ק׳ (not מקימון) with this interpretation of Beth Hillel the two texts are harmonized. Koh. R. to III, 14 היאך מרי … אילין ק׳וכ׳ how do you explain these verses?, and he delivered them to him; ואילין ק׳ מקרי ליה (not מקרתן) and these are the verses he interpreted to him. Lev. R. l. c. אית ליה ק׳ סגיין he has many Biblical verses to prove his opinion; a. fr.

קַרְיָיא, קַרְיָא, קַרְיָיהc. = קְרָא, Scriptures; Bible verse. Y.Meg.IV, 74d bot. יכיל … ק׳ מן פומי I can write the entire Scriptures from memory; יכיל … ק׳ בתרין מניי I can write the whole Bible at a cost of two Manehs; וכתב כל ק׳ עלוכ׳ and wrote the whole Bible on their hides. Y.Ber.II, 4d bot. כמא דאישתעי ק׳ כךוכ׳ the phraseology of the Bible must be adopted in Talmudic diction; Y.Snh.VIII, 25c. Y.Peah 1, 15d bot. שמע … מן הדין ק׳ understood (derived) all this from the following verse. Lev. R. s. 22 אי מן הדא ק׳ ליתוכ׳ if you mean to prove from this verse, you cannot derive from it anything; a. v. fr.Pl. קָרַיָּיא (v. קְרָא II), קַרְיָין. Y.Ber.I, 3b הא רב״ה מקיימין תרין ק׳ (not מקימון) with this interpretation of Beth Hillel the two texts are harmonized. Koh. R. to III, 14 היאך מרי … אילין ק׳וכ׳ how do you explain these verses?, and he delivered them to him; ואילין ק׳ מקרי ליה (not מקרתן) and these are the verses he interpreted to him. Lev. R. l. c. אית ליה ק׳ סגיין he has many Biblical verses to prove his opinion; a. fr.

קַרְיָיא, קַרְיָא, קַרְיָיהc. = קְרָא, Scriptures; Bible verse. Y.Meg.IV, 74d bot. יכיל … ק׳ מן פומי I can write the entire Scriptures from memory; יכיל … ק׳ בתרין מניי I can write the whole Bible at a cost of two Manehs; וכתב כל ק׳ עלוכ׳ and wrote the whole Bible on their hides. Y.Ber.II, 4d bot. כמא דאישתעי ק׳ כךוכ׳ the phraseology of the Bible must be adopted in Talmudic diction; Y.Snh.VIII, 25c. Y.Peah 1, 15d bot. שמע … מן הדין ק׳ understood (derived) all this from the following verse. Lev. R. s. 22 אי מן הדא ק׳ ליתוכ׳ if you mean to prove from this verse, you cannot derive from it anything; a. v. fr.Pl. קָרַיָּיא (v. קְרָא II), קַרְיָין. Y.Ber.I, 3b הא רב״ה מקיימין תרין ק׳ (not מקימון) with this interpretation of Beth Hillel the two texts are harmonized. Koh. R. to III, 14 היאך מרי … אילין ק׳וכ׳ how do you explain these verses?, and he delivered them to him; ואילין ק׳ מקרי ליה (not מקרתן) and these are the verses he interpreted to him. Lev. R. l. c. אית ליה ק׳ סגיין he has many Biblical verses to prove his opinion; a. fr.

קַרְיָיא, קַרְיָא, קַרְיָיהc. = קְרָא, Scriptures; Bible verse. Y.Meg.IV, 74d bot. יכיל … ק׳ מן פומי I can write the entire Scriptures from memory; יכיל … ק׳ בתרין מניי I can write the whole Bible at a cost of two Manehs; וכתב כל ק׳ עלוכ׳ and wrote the whole Bible on their hides. Y.Ber.II, 4d bot. כמא דאישתעי ק׳ כךוכ׳ the phraseology of the Bible must be adopted in Talmudic diction; Y.Snh.VIII, 25c. Y.Peah 1, 15d bot. שמע … מן הדין ק׳ understood (derived) all this from the following verse. Lev. R. s. 22 אי מן הדא ק׳ ליתוכ׳ if you mean to prove from this verse, you cannot derive from it anything; a. v. fr.Pl. קָרַיָּיא (v. קְרָא II), קַרְיָין. Y.Ber.I, 3b הא רב״ה מקיימין תרין ק׳ (not מקימון) with this interpretation of Beth Hillel the two texts are harmonized. Koh. R. to III, 14 היאך מרי … אילין ק׳וכ׳ how do you explain these verses?, and he delivered them to him; ואילין ק׳ מקרי ליה (not מקרתן) and these are the verses he interpreted to him. Lev. R. l. c. אית ליה ק׳ סגיין he has many Biblical verses to prove his opinion; a. fr.

קַרְיָיא, קַרְיָא, קַרְיָיהc. = קְרָא, Scriptures; Bible verse. Y.Meg.IV, 74d bot. יכיל … ק׳ מן פומי I can write the entire Scriptures from memory; יכיל … ק׳ בתרין מניי I can write the whole Bible at a cost of two Manehs; וכתב כל ק׳ עלוכ׳ and wrote the whole Bible on their hides. Y.Ber.II, 4d bot. כמא דאישתעי ק׳ כךוכ׳ the phraseology of the Bible must be adopted in Talmudic diction; Y.Snh.VIII, 25c. Y.Peah 1, 15d bot. שמע … מן הדין ק׳ understood (derived) all this from the following verse. Lev. R. s. 22 אי מן הדא ק׳ ליתוכ׳ if you mean to prove from this verse, you cannot derive from it anything; a. v. fr.Pl. קָרַיָּיא (v. קְרָא II), קַרְיָין. Y.Ber.I, 3b הא רב״ה מקיימין תרין ק׳ (not מקימון) with this interpretation of Beth Hillel the two texts are harmonized. Koh. R. to III, 14 היאך מרי … אילין ק׳וכ׳ how do you explain these verses?, and he delivered them to him; ואילין ק׳ מקרי ליה (not מקרתן) and these are the verses he interpreted to him. Lev. R. l. c. אית ליה ק׳ סגיין he has many Biblical verses to prove his opinion; a. fr.