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41 הַעֲלָאָה
הַעֲלָאָה, הַעֲלָיָיהf. (עָלָה Hif.) 1) (fr. Lev. 19:19) throwing over ones shoulders, wrapping, opp. to לבישה putting on of a dress. Yeb.4b. Yoma 69a. 2) bringing up, offering on the altar, placing on the table. Pesik. R. s. 16, end כדיה׳ אחת sufficient for one offering; Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 10. Ḥull.104a ואנן נגזרה׳ and shall we forbid the serving on the table for fear that ? 3) (v. Lev. 16:9) taking the lot out of the ballot box. Y.Yoma IV, 41c top. -
42 הַעֲלָיָיה
הַעֲלָאָה, הַעֲלָיָיהf. (עָלָה Hif.) 1) (fr. Lev. 19:19) throwing over ones shoulders, wrapping, opp. to לבישה putting on of a dress. Yeb.4b. Yoma 69a. 2) bringing up, offering on the altar, placing on the table. Pesik. R. s. 16, end כדיה׳ אחת sufficient for one offering; Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 10. Ḥull.104a ואנן נגזרה׳ and shall we forbid the serving on the table for fear that ? 3) (v. Lev. 16:9) taking the lot out of the ballot box. Y.Yoma IV, 41c top. -
43 לבס
לֶבֶס m. (λέβης; cmp., however, לֶפֶס) caldron. Kel. XIV, 1 (Var. לפס); Tosef. ib. B. Mets. IV, 1 הל׳ כדיוכ׳ the caldron (if defective) must be capable of serving as a receptacle for cups (in order to be fit for uncleanness).Pl. לְבִיסִין. Sifré Num. 158 לכוסין (corr. acc.; Pesik. Zutr. Matt., p. 279 ed. Bub. לפוסין); v. לְבִיסַיָּא. -
44 לחי II, לחי
לֶחִיII, לְחִי m. (b. h.; לחה; cmp. לוֹעָא) ( joint, 1) jaw. Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 18 לוחות שיגיעתן בל׳ the tablets are called luḥoth, because they must be studied with weariness of the leḥi (jaw).Du. לְחָיַיִם. Erub.54a (play on לחת, Ex. 31:18) אם משים אדם לְחָיָיו כאבןוכ׳ Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) if one will make his jaws as (untiring in repeating lessons as) a stone Cant. R. to IV, 15; ib. to V, 12 (ref. to ib. 1 3) זה מלחים … עד שתהא הלכה יוצאה כמין ל׳ one scholar inserts one thing, another another thing, until the halakhah (decision) comes forth like jaws (well adjusted). Sabb.57b (expl. סרביטין, ib. VI, 1) המגיעין לה עד לְחָיֶיהָ ed. (Ms. M. המגיעין עד הלחיים) ornaments of the head which hang down so as to reach her cheeks. Y.Taan.IV, 68d bot.; Lam. R. to II, 2 יעלי עשבים בלְחָיֶיךָוכ׳ grass will grow through thy jaws (thou shalt be dead and buried), and the son of David shall not yet have appeared. Tosef.Ohol.I, 6 והלְחָיַיִן עמהן (ed. Zuck. והלחי) and the jaw-bones count among them. Ḥull.X, 1; a. fr. 2) various objects resembling a jaw, or attached to another object; a) that part of the bridle which encompasses the jaw. Kel. XI, 5.b) the cheek-pieces of a casque. Ib. 8 (v. Maim. comment. ed. Dehr.).c) inserted sticks, with which the plough is guided. Ib. XXI, 2.Esp. 3) leḥi, a stake fastened in the ground by the side of a wall, serving as a mark or as a fictitious partition (enclosure) for the purpose of enabling the inmates of an alley to move objects, on the Sabbath, within the space thus enclosed (v. עֵירוּב). Erub.12b ל׳ משום מחיצה a leḥi is to serve the place of a partition (palisade), contrad. to משום היכר a mark to distinguish the alley from the public road. Ib. I, 2 הכשר מבוי … ל׳ וקורה the means of fitting an alley for movements on the Sabbath … are a stake and a beam on top; ר׳ אל׳ אומר לְחָיַיִן R. E. says two stakes. Ib. 6 לחיין שאמרווכ׳ the stakes about which they speak must be ten hand-breadths high Ib. 15a ל׳ העומד מאליו … הוי ל׳ a pole put up accidentally (not with the intention of making it a Sabbath mark) … serves the ritual purposes of a leḥi. Ib. 12b הִכְשִׁירוֹ בל׳ if the alley has been made available for Sabbath movements by means of a leḥi; a. v. fr. -
45 לֶחִי
לֶחִיII, לְחִי m. (b. h.; לחה; cmp. לוֹעָא) ( joint, 1) jaw. Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 18 לוחות שיגיעתן בל׳ the tablets are called luḥoth, because they must be studied with weariness of the leḥi (jaw).Du. לְחָיַיִם. Erub.54a (play on לחת, Ex. 31:18) אם משים אדם לְחָיָיו כאבןוכ׳ Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) if one will make his jaws as (untiring in repeating lessons as) a stone Cant. R. to IV, 15; ib. to V, 12 (ref. to ib. 1 3) זה מלחים … עד שתהא הלכה יוצאה כמין ל׳ one scholar inserts one thing, another another thing, until the halakhah (decision) comes forth like jaws (well adjusted). Sabb.57b (expl. סרביטין, ib. VI, 1) המגיעין לה עד לְחָיֶיהָ ed. (Ms. M. המגיעין עד הלחיים) ornaments of the head which hang down so as to reach her cheeks. Y.Taan.IV, 68d bot.; Lam. R. to II, 2 יעלי עשבים בלְחָיֶיךָוכ׳ grass will grow through thy jaws (thou shalt be dead and buried), and the son of David shall not yet have appeared. Tosef.Ohol.I, 6 והלְחָיַיִן עמהן (ed. Zuck. והלחי) and the jaw-bones count among them. Ḥull.X, 1; a. fr. 2) various objects resembling a jaw, or attached to another object; a) that part of the bridle which encompasses the jaw. Kel. XI, 5.b) the cheek-pieces of a casque. Ib. 8 (v. Maim. comment. ed. Dehr.).c) inserted sticks, with which the plough is guided. Ib. XXI, 2.Esp. 3) leḥi, a stake fastened in the ground by the side of a wall, serving as a mark or as a fictitious partition (enclosure) for the purpose of enabling the inmates of an alley to move objects, on the Sabbath, within the space thus enclosed (v. עֵירוּב). Erub.12b ל׳ משום מחיצה a leḥi is to serve the place of a partition (palisade), contrad. to משום היכר a mark to distinguish the alley from the public road. Ib. I, 2 הכשר מבוי … ל׳ וקורה the means of fitting an alley for movements on the Sabbath … are a stake and a beam on top; ר׳ אל׳ אומר לְחָיַיִן R. E. says two stakes. Ib. 6 לחיין שאמרווכ׳ the stakes about which they speak must be ten hand-breadths high Ib. 15a ל׳ העומד מאליו … הוי ל׳ a pole put up accidentally (not with the intention of making it a Sabbath mark) … serves the ritual purposes of a leḥi. Ib. 12b הִכְשִׁירוֹ בל׳ if the alley has been made available for Sabbath movements by means of a leḥi; a. v. fr. -
46 לייש
לַיִישm. (לוּש) dough. Sifré Num. 89 (ref. to ל̇שד̇, Num. 11:8) (read:) זהו לשון נוטריקין דבר אחד משמש שלש לשונות הל̇ייש והש̇מן והד̇בש כל׳ הזהוכ׳ this is short-hand writing, one word-sign serving for three words: dough, oil and honey, like a dough moulded into cake with oil ; Yalk. ib. 735.לַיִיש lion, v. לַיִש. -
47 לַיִיש
לַיִישm. (לוּש) dough. Sifré Num. 89 (ref. to ל̇שד̇, Num. 11:8) (read:) זהו לשון נוטריקין דבר אחד משמש שלש לשונות הל̇ייש והש̇מן והד̇בש כל׳ הזהוכ׳ this is short-hand writing, one word-sign serving for three words: dough, oil and honey, like a dough moulded into cake with oil ; Yalk. ib. 735.לַיִיש lion, v. לַיִש. -
48 מעזיבה
מַעֲזִיבָהf. ( עזב, v. infra) a concrete of stone chippings. clay, used for paving floors, pavement covering the ceiling (תִּקְרָה) of the lower story and serving as flooring to the upper story. B. Mets. X, 2 התחתון … העליון את המ׳ the dweller below must provide the ceiling, and the one above the pavement. Ib. 117a מ׳ אחזוקיוכ׳ the plaster preserves the ceiling (thus benefitting the owner of the lower story); (oth. opin.) מ׳ אשווייוכ׳ it serves only to level the floor. Succ.I, 7 תקרה שאין עליה מ׳ a ceiling not covered with pavement; a. fr. עזב, Neh. 3, 8 is supposed to mean: to form a concrete for fortification purposes.Our w. seems to be a hebraization of מלט caementum (v. P. Sm. 2137), by confounding it with h. r. מָלַט; cmp. הִימְלְטָא a. מַלְטֵט. -
49 מַעֲזִיבָה
מַעֲזִיבָהf. ( עזב, v. infra) a concrete of stone chippings. clay, used for paving floors, pavement covering the ceiling (תִּקְרָה) of the lower story and serving as flooring to the upper story. B. Mets. X, 2 התחתון … העליון את המ׳ the dweller below must provide the ceiling, and the one above the pavement. Ib. 117a מ׳ אחזוקיוכ׳ the plaster preserves the ceiling (thus benefitting the owner of the lower story); (oth. opin.) מ׳ אשווייוכ׳ it serves only to level the floor. Succ.I, 7 תקרה שאין עליה מ׳ a ceiling not covered with pavement; a. fr. עזב, Neh. 3, 8 is supposed to mean: to form a concrete for fortification purposes.Our w. seems to be a hebraization of מלט caementum (v. P. Sm. 2137), by confounding it with h. r. מָלַט; cmp. הִימְלְטָא a. מַלְטֵט. -
50 סוכה
סוּכָּה, סֻכָּה,f. (b. h.; סָכַךְ) cover of twigs; booth; esp. Succak, the booth covered with twigs for the seven days of Succoth. Maasr. III, 7 סוּכַּת גינוסר the lodge of Genezareth gardens (inhabited during vintage); ס׳ היוצרים the potters hut (the outer compartment serving as a workshop, the inner as a dwelling); סכַּת חחג the festive booth. Num. R. s. 4 (ref. to יְסַּךְ, Ex. 25:29) שהיו מעמידין … כמין ס׳ they put the bread up in the shape of a hut; שכל חלה … ס׳וכ׳ each cake forming a roof over that below (tubes being placed between them to allow the air to strike). Succ.I, 1 ס׳ שהיא גבוההוכ׳ a Succah which is higher than twenty cubits is unfit for ritual use. Ib. 2 העושה סוּכָּתוֹוכ׳ he who put up his Succah under a tree; a. v. fr.Pl. סוּכּוֹת, סֻכּוֹת. Ib. 8b שתי ס׳ של יוצרים the two combined huts of the potters, v. supra; a. fr. Succah, name of a treatise, of the Order of Moʿed, of the Mishnah, Talmud Babli a. Yrushalmi, a. Tosefta. -
51 סכה
סוּכָּה, סֻכָּה,f. (b. h.; סָכַךְ) cover of twigs; booth; esp. Succak, the booth covered with twigs for the seven days of Succoth. Maasr. III, 7 סוּכַּת גינוסר the lodge of Genezareth gardens (inhabited during vintage); ס׳ היוצרים the potters hut (the outer compartment serving as a workshop, the inner as a dwelling); סכַּת חחג the festive booth. Num. R. s. 4 (ref. to יְסַּךְ, Ex. 25:29) שהיו מעמידין … כמין ס׳ they put the bread up in the shape of a hut; שכל חלה … ס׳וכ׳ each cake forming a roof over that below (tubes being placed between them to allow the air to strike). Succ.I, 1 ס׳ שהיא גבוההוכ׳ a Succah which is higher than twenty cubits is unfit for ritual use. Ib. 2 העושה סוּכָּתוֹוכ׳ he who put up his Succah under a tree; a. v. fr.Pl. סוּכּוֹת, סֻכּוֹת. Ib. 8b שתי ס׳ של יוצרים the two combined huts of the potters, v. supra; a. fr. Succah, name of a treatise, of the Order of Moʿed, of the Mishnah, Talmud Babli a. Yrushalmi, a. Tosefta. -
52 סוּכָּה
סוּכָּה, סֻכָּה,f. (b. h.; סָכַךְ) cover of twigs; booth; esp. Succak, the booth covered with twigs for the seven days of Succoth. Maasr. III, 7 סוּכַּת גינוסר the lodge of Genezareth gardens (inhabited during vintage); ס׳ היוצרים the potters hut (the outer compartment serving as a workshop, the inner as a dwelling); סכַּת חחג the festive booth. Num. R. s. 4 (ref. to יְסַּךְ, Ex. 25:29) שהיו מעמידין … כמין ס׳ they put the bread up in the shape of a hut; שכל חלה … ס׳וכ׳ each cake forming a roof over that below (tubes being placed between them to allow the air to strike). Succ.I, 1 ס׳ שהיא גבוההוכ׳ a Succah which is higher than twenty cubits is unfit for ritual use. Ib. 2 העושה סוּכָּתוֹוכ׳ he who put up his Succah under a tree; a. v. fr.Pl. סוּכּוֹת, סֻכּוֹת. Ib. 8b שתי ס׳ של יוצרים the two combined huts of the potters, v. supra; a. fr. Succah, name of a treatise, of the Order of Moʿed, of the Mishnah, Talmud Babli a. Yrushalmi, a. Tosefta. -
53 סֻכָּה
סוּכָּה, סֻכָּה,f. (b. h.; סָכַךְ) cover of twigs; booth; esp. Succak, the booth covered with twigs for the seven days of Succoth. Maasr. III, 7 סוּכַּת גינוסר the lodge of Genezareth gardens (inhabited during vintage); ס׳ היוצרים the potters hut (the outer compartment serving as a workshop, the inner as a dwelling); סכַּת חחג the festive booth. Num. R. s. 4 (ref. to יְסַּךְ, Ex. 25:29) שהיו מעמידין … כמין ס׳ they put the bread up in the shape of a hut; שכל חלה … ס׳וכ׳ each cake forming a roof over that below (tubes being placed between them to allow the air to strike). Succ.I, 1 ס׳ שהיא גבוההוכ׳ a Succah which is higher than twenty cubits is unfit for ritual use. Ib. 2 העושה סוּכָּתוֹוכ׳ he who put up his Succah under a tree; a. v. fr.Pl. סוּכּוֹת, סֻכּוֹת. Ib. 8b שתי ס׳ של יוצרים the two combined huts of the potters, v. supra; a. fr. Succah, name of a treatise, of the Order of Moʿed, of the Mishnah, Talmud Babli a. Yrushalmi, a. Tosefta. -
54 ספסל
סַפְסָלm. (v. סֵפֶל 2) frame, bench, stool. Kidd.70a ס׳ דאמור רבנןוכ׳ call it safsal (Hebrew) as the scholars do, or (v. אִיסְטְבָא 2). Kel. XXII, 3 ס׳ שניטלוכ׳ a bench (long board) which has lost one of its ends (supports). Tosef. ib. B. Bath.I, 12 ס׳ שנתפרק a frame which has fallen apart Mikv. V, 2; a. fr.Pl. סַפְסַלִּים, סַפְסַלִּין. Y.Ber.IV, 7d top שמנים ס׳ היו שם שלוכ׳ eighty benches (forms) of students were there. Tosef. l. c. 11 הס׳ שבפונדקאות the (movable) benches in inns; הס׳ של מלמדיוכ׳ the school teachers benches (open frames serving as foot-rests for those behind). Kel. XII, 10 ס׳ שבמרחץ (used as singular) the (marble) board-frame (with wooden supports). B. Bath.IV, 6 לא מכר … הס׳ (Babli ed. 67b הסְפָלִין) has not sold (with the bath-house) the boards of the seats. Ib. 67b בית הס׳ Ms. H. a. R. (ed. הספלים) the room where the seats are kept. Pes.51a סַפְסַלֵּי נכרים the frames on which gentiles spread their goods. Snh.104b לחכה אש בסַפְסִילֵיהֶן (some ed. בסַפְסַלֵּיהָם) fire lapped their benches; a. fr. -
55 סַפְסָל
סַפְסָלm. (v. סֵפֶל 2) frame, bench, stool. Kidd.70a ס׳ דאמור רבנןוכ׳ call it safsal (Hebrew) as the scholars do, or (v. אִיסְטְבָא 2). Kel. XXII, 3 ס׳ שניטלוכ׳ a bench (long board) which has lost one of its ends (supports). Tosef. ib. B. Bath.I, 12 ס׳ שנתפרק a frame which has fallen apart Mikv. V, 2; a. fr.Pl. סַפְסַלִּים, סַפְסַלִּין. Y.Ber.IV, 7d top שמנים ס׳ היו שם שלוכ׳ eighty benches (forms) of students were there. Tosef. l. c. 11 הס׳ שבפונדקאות the (movable) benches in inns; הס׳ של מלמדיוכ׳ the school teachers benches (open frames serving as foot-rests for those behind). Kel. XII, 10 ס׳ שבמרחץ (used as singular) the (marble) board-frame (with wooden supports). B. Bath.IV, 6 לא מכר … הס׳ (Babli ed. 67b הסְפָלִין) has not sold (with the bath-house) the boards of the seats. Ib. 67b בית הס׳ Ms. H. a. R. (ed. הספלים) the room where the seats are kept. Pes.51a סַפְסַלֵּי נכרים the frames on which gentiles spread their goods. Snh.104b לחכה אש בסַפְסִילֵיהֶן (some ed. בסַפְסַלֵּיהָם) fire lapped their benches; a. fr. -
56 פצים
פַּצִּיםm. ( פצם) board. Sabb.VIII, 7 כדי ליתן בין פ׳ לחבירו as much as is required between one board and another (when they are piled up).Maasr. I, 7 הפצים, v. פַּץ.Esp. the board nailed against the wall to form a door-frame, door-post. Men.34a בית שאין לו אלא פ׳ אחד a room which has only one door-post (the corner wall serving for the other post). Ib. 33b הניחה בפצים Rashi, v. פַּץ.Pl. פַּצִּימִין. Ib. לפי שאין לה פ׳ because it (the exedra) has no door-frame. Ib. עדי פצימו ed. (Ms. M. פצימין, read: פַּצִּימָיו), v. עָדֵי I. Erub.93a פַּצִּימֶיהָ, v. שָׁוָה. B. Bath.12a פרץ את פַּצִימָיו if he broke open its doorframe (opened again a walled up entrance). Y.Ab. Zar. III, 43b מפרק את פצימיו he takes out its door-posts; a. e. -
57 פַּצִּים
פַּצִּיםm. ( פצם) board. Sabb.VIII, 7 כדי ליתן בין פ׳ לחבירו as much as is required between one board and another (when they are piled up).Maasr. I, 7 הפצים, v. פַּץ.Esp. the board nailed against the wall to form a door-frame, door-post. Men.34a בית שאין לו אלא פ׳ אחד a room which has only one door-post (the corner wall serving for the other post). Ib. 33b הניחה בפצים Rashi, v. פַּץ.Pl. פַּצִּימִין. Ib. לפי שאין לה פ׳ because it (the exedra) has no door-frame. Ib. עדי פצימו ed. (Ms. M. פצימין, read: פַּצִּימָיו), v. עָדֵי I. Erub.93a פַּצִּימֶיהָ, v. שָׁוָה. B. Bath.12a פרץ את פַּצִימָיו if he broke open its doorframe (opened again a walled up entrance). Y.Ab. Zar. III, 43b מפרק את פצימיו he takes out its door-posts; a. e. -
58 צמיתות
צְמִיתוּתf. (b. h. צְמִיתֻת; צָמַת) irredeemable sale; לצ׳ absolutely, finally. Arakh.31b (ref. to Lev. 25:30) לצ׳ לחלוטין latstsmithuth means absolutely; ד״א לצ׳ … המתנהמ״ט צמית צ׳ another interpretation: latstsmithuth is an amplification serving to include a gift (to be final if not redeemed within a year); why? Because צמית would have sufficed to Indicate a final sale, and tsmithuth amplifies the scope of the law. -
59 צְמִיתוּת
צְמִיתוּתf. (b. h. צְמִיתֻת; צָמַת) irredeemable sale; לצ׳ absolutely, finally. Arakh.31b (ref. to Lev. 25:30) לצ׳ לחלוטין latstsmithuth means absolutely; ד״א לצ׳ … המתנהמ״ט צמית צ׳ another interpretation: latstsmithuth is an amplification serving to include a gift (to be final if not redeemed within a year); why? Because צמית would have sufficed to Indicate a final sale, and tsmithuth amplifies the scope of the law. -
60 קוץ I
קוֹץI m. (b. h.; קָוַץ or קוּץ I) 1) thorn. R. Hash. 17a bot. (ref. to Mic. 7:18) אליה וק׳ בהוכ׳ a fat tail with a thorn in it (a consolation implying an evil prediction), ‘to the remnant of his inheritance (pardon will be granted), but not to his entire inheritance. Gen. R. s. 20 (read:) ק׳ זה קינרס by ‘thorn (Gen. 3:18) artichoke is meant. Midr. Till. to Ps. 136 ישב לו ק׳וכ׳ a thorn got into the foot of one of them (which prevented him from travelling); a. fr.Y.Sabb.IX, 11d עין כוס עין קוץ if an idolatrous place is called ʽEn Kos (well of the cup) call it (cacophemistically) ‘En Ḳots (well of the thorn); Y.Ab. Zar. III, 43a bot.Pl. קוֹצִים, קוֹצִין. Gen. R. s. 45, v. נָכַש Y.Maasr.III, 50d bot., v. כּוֹס II. Ex. R. s. 1 (ref. to ויקצו, Ex. 1:12) שהיו דומין … כק׳ the Israelites were like thorns in their eyes; Yalk. ib. 162 שהם בעיניהם כק׳ they (the Egyptians) were in their own eyes like thorns (dwarfed and dry plants). Num. R. s. 20 (ref. to ויקץ Num. 22:3) שהיו … כק׳ בפניהם they looked upon themselves as if they were thorns compared with them (the Israelites). Kidd.75b (play on מקצותם, 2 Kings 17:32) מן הק׳ שבעם from the thorns (the basest) of the people, opp. הבחירים; Y.Ab. Zar. I, beg. 39a. B. Mets.83a ק׳ … מן הכרם (in serving the Roman government as an executioner) I only destroy the thorns out of the vineyard; יבא … את קיֹצָיו let the owner of the vineyard (God) come and destroy his thorns; Y.Maasr.III, 50d bot.; (Pesik. Bshall., p. 92a> כוסיםוכ׳), v. כָּסַח; a. fr.Cant. R. to V, 11, v. infra.Midr. Till. to Ps. 14 בתי ק׳ (cacophem.) idolatrous temples (v. supra); Yalk. Ps. 662. 2) (also קיֹצָה f.) prick, stroke on letters, apex. Tanḥ. Bresh. 1; Men.29b לדרוש על כל ק׳ וק׳וכ׳ to teach mounds of rules on every tip (of letters in the Torah). Ib. a קוֹציֹ של יו״ד Ms. M. a. Rashi (ed. קוצה) the prick on the top of the letter Yod (Rashi: the foot of Yod); ib. 34a. Ex. R. s. 6, beg. שלמה … וקוצה ממךוכ׳ Solomon and a thousand like him shall pass away, but not a tittle of thee (the Torah) will I allow to be expunged; a. e.Pl. as ab. Lev. R. s. 19 (ref. to קוצותיו, Cant. 5:11) אלו קוֹצֵי האותיות this means the strokes of the letters. Ib. אפי׳ דברים … שהן ק׳וכ׳ even things which you consider to be merely strokes (ornamentations of letters), in theTorah they are mounds upon mounds (v. supra); Cant. R. to V, 11 בתירה הן קיצי ק׳ in the Torah these strokes are thorns of thorns (intimating thorny problems).
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