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בָּדַל(√בד, v. בדד) to separate, divide, distinguish; (neut. v.) בָּדֵל to keep aloof. Pes.87b בְּדוֹל עצמךוכ׳ withdraw thyself from (touching) her. Y. Ḥag.II, 78b top כדי שיהא בָּדֵל מן התרומה in order that he may be careful in handling Trummah. B. Mets.59b it seems to me שחבריס בְּדֵילִיםוכ׳ that the colleagues hold themselves aloof from thee (i. e. thou art excommunicated). Ib. 89a ב׳ בתמרים to separate (with a tool) dates which stick together (cmp. Rashi a. l.); Y.Maasr.II, 50a top הבדיל בתמרים (read הבודל). Ber.5a יסורין בְּדֵילִיןוכ׳ pains will stay away from him; a. fr. Hif. (b. h.) הִבְדִּיל 1) to sever, set apart, distinguish. Ḥull.21b מולק ואינו מַבְדִּיל he nips the birds neck but must not sever a limb or cut with his nail deeper than required (Lev. 1:17). Ib. 1:7 המבדיל ביןוכ׳ He who established distinctions between (the) sanctity (of the Sabbath) and (the) sanctity (of the Festivals); a. fr. 2) (denom. of אַבְדָּלָה or הַבְדָּלָה) to recite the benediction Hammabdil on the exit of the Sabbath or Festival, to say Habdalah. Ibid. כיצד מבדילין what formula must you use (at the exit of the Sabbath and the simultaneous beginning of a Festival)? a. fr.Part. Hof. מוּבְדָּל separated, distinguished. Num. R. s. 10 beg. מוּבְדָּלִיםוכ׳ are different from the doings of other nations. Naz.7a מוּבְדָּלוֹת זו מזו are separated one from another. Tosef.Peah III, 5; a. fr.

בָּדַל(√בד, v. בדד) to separate, divide, distinguish; (neut. v.) בָּדֵל to keep aloof. Pes.87b בְּדוֹל עצמךוכ׳ withdraw thyself from (touching) her. Y. Ḥag.II, 78b top כדי שיהא בָּדֵל מן התרומה in order that he may be careful in handling Trummah. B. Mets.59b it seems to me שחבריס בְּדֵילִיםוכ׳ that the colleagues hold themselves aloof from thee (i. e. thou art excommunicated). Ib. 89a ב׳ בתמרים to separate (with a tool) dates which stick together (cmp. Rashi a. l.); Y.Maasr.II, 50a top הבדיל בתמרים (read הבודל). Ber.5a יסורין בְּדֵילִיןוכ׳ pains will stay away from him; a. fr. Hif. (b. h.) הִבְדִּיל 1) to sever, set apart, distinguish. Ḥull.21b מולק ואינו מַבְדִּיל he nips the birds neck but must not sever a limb or cut with his nail deeper than required (Lev. 1:17). Ib. 1:7 המבדיל ביןוכ׳ He who established distinctions between (the) sanctity (of the Sabbath) and (the) sanctity (of the Festivals); a. fr. 2) (denom. of אַבְדָּלָה or הַבְדָּלָה) to recite the benediction Hammabdil on the exit of the Sabbath or Festival, to say Habdalah. Ibid. כיצד מבדילין what formula must you use (at the exit of the Sabbath and the simultaneous beginning of a Festival)? a. fr.Part. Hof. מוּבְדָּל separated, distinguished. Num. R. s. 10 beg. מוּבְדָּלִיםוכ׳ are different from the doings of other nations. Naz.7a מוּבְדָּלוֹת זו מזו are separated one from another. Tosef.Peah III, 5; a. fr.

וָרִידm. ( ירד, cmp. יָרִיד a. יַרְדֵּן) the large blood vessel, jugular vein (leading from the head to the heart).Pl. וְורִידִין. Ḥull.II, 1 עד שישחוט את הו׳ he must sever the jugular veins; Tosef. ib. II, 1.Zeb.25a sq. צריך שיתן וו׳וכ׳ he must let the blood of the jugular veins run into the center of the receiving bowl. Ber.8b; Snh.96a הוהרו בוו׳ be careful in slaughtering that you sever the veins, v. supra; a. e.

וָרִידm. ( ירד, cmp. יָרִיד a. יַרְדֵּן) the large blood vessel, jugular vein (leading from the head to the heart).Pl. וְורִידִין. Ḥull.II, 1 עד שישחוט את הו׳ he must sever the jugular veins; Tosef. ib. II, 1.Zeb.25a sq. צריך שיתן וו׳וכ׳ he must let the blood of the jugular veins run into the center of the receiving bowl. Ber.8b; Snh.96a הוהרו בוו׳ be careful in slaughtering that you sever the veins, v. supra; a. e.

חָתַךְ(b. h.) 1) to cut, dissect; to sever. Ḥull.33a חוֹתֵךְ כזיתוכ׳ cuts out flesh of the size of an olive. Ib. 32a ח׳ דלעתוכ׳ if in slaughtering he cut a pumpkin at the same time. Ib. 48b a. e. חוֹתְכָהּ מכאןוכ׳ he amputates on one place and the animal survives Bets.32b חוֹתְכָהּ באור he may sever the wick over the light. Y.Meg.IV, 75a חותך the reader cuts one verse into two (reading Gen. 1:5, a. 1:8 as two verses severally); a. fr.(Lev. R. s. 10 לחתוך את אביווכ׳, v. חָתַר.Part. pass. חָתוּךְ cut into, having the incisions of limbs, outlined. Nidd.24b גוף שאינו ח׳ a shapeless body (not articulated); ראש שאינו ח׳ a shapeless head (without indications of the nose) Ib. 24a יד חֲתוּכָה a well-shaped hand (of an embryo); a. fr. 2) (cmp. פָּסַק, גָּזַר) to decide, sentence. Lev. R. s. 4, beg. (ref. to התוך, Jer. 39:3) ששם חוֹתְכִין את ההלכה for there they decide the practice. Ib. וחוֹתֶכֶת דיניהםוכ׳ and decides the cases Shebu.30b bot. אֶחְתְּכֶנּוּ I will decide the case (in accordance with the testimony).Part. pass. as ab. Y.Snh.IV, beg.22a אילו … התורה חתוכה if the Law had been given in the form of clear decisions (leaving no room for differences of opinion, discretion) Nif. נֶחְתַּךְ 1) to be cut off, severed; to be cut into. Ḥull.IV, 6 שנֶחְתְּכוּ רגליה whose feet have been amputated, Ib. 32a נֶחְתְּכָה דלעתוכ׳ if by accident a pumpkin has been cut simultaneously with the animal (opp. to חָתַךְ, v. supra); a. fr. 2) to be decided, decreed. Meg.15a (play on ה̇ת̇ך̇, Esth. 4:5) שכל … נֶחְ֗תָּ֗כִ֗ין על יפיו all the government affairs were decided upon his opinion. Pi. חִיתֵּךְ 1) to cut. Ḥull.IV, 2 מְחַתֵּךְ אבר אבר he may cut off limb after limb. Ib. 98b מחתך להוכ׳ he carves the foreleg and then boils it.Part. pass. מְחוּתָּךְ piecemeal, limbwise. Y.Nidd.III, 50c יצא מח׳ if the embryo came out by pieces. 2) to decide. Snh.7b צדק … חַתְּכֵהוּ make the case clear and then decide it. Ber.61a לשון מְחַתֵּךְוכ׳ the tongue forms the sentence, the mouth closes (the case, makes it irreversible). 3) to dig ore ( in lumps). Keth.77a (expl. מצרף) המְחַתֵּךְ … מעיקרו he who digs copper in the shaft. Tosef.Ohol.IV, 3 וחיתכו, וחתכו, read: והִתִּיכוֹ or והִיתְּכוֹ, v. נָתַךְ a. התך.

חָתַךְ(b. h.) 1) to cut, dissect; to sever. Ḥull.33a חוֹתֵךְ כזיתוכ׳ cuts out flesh of the size of an olive. Ib. 32a ח׳ דלעתוכ׳ if in slaughtering he cut a pumpkin at the same time. Ib. 48b a. e. חוֹתְכָהּ מכאןוכ׳ he amputates on one place and the animal survives Bets.32b חוֹתְכָהּ באור he may sever the wick over the light. Y.Meg.IV, 75a חותך the reader cuts one verse into two (reading Gen. 1:5, a. 1:8 as two verses severally); a. fr.(Lev. R. s. 10 לחתוך את אביווכ׳, v. חָתַר.Part. pass. חָתוּךְ cut into, having the incisions of limbs, outlined. Nidd.24b גוף שאינו ח׳ a shapeless body (not articulated); ראש שאינו ח׳ a shapeless head (without indications of the nose) Ib. 24a יד חֲתוּכָה a well-shaped hand (of an embryo); a. fr. 2) (cmp. פָּסַק, גָּזַר) to decide, sentence. Lev. R. s. 4, beg. (ref. to התוך, Jer. 39:3) ששם חוֹתְכִין את ההלכה for there they decide the practice. Ib. וחוֹתֶכֶת דיניהםוכ׳ and decides the cases Shebu.30b bot. אֶחְתְּכֶנּוּ I will decide the case (in accordance with the testimony).Part. pass. as ab. Y.Snh.IV, beg.22a אילו … התורה חתוכה if the Law had been given in the form of clear decisions (leaving no room for differences of opinion, discretion) Nif. נֶחְתַּךְ 1) to be cut off, severed; to be cut into. Ḥull.IV, 6 שנֶחְתְּכוּ רגליה whose feet have been amputated, Ib. 32a נֶחְתְּכָה דלעתוכ׳ if by accident a pumpkin has been cut simultaneously with the animal (opp. to חָתַךְ, v. supra); a. fr. 2) to be decided, decreed. Meg.15a (play on ה̇ת̇ך̇, Esth. 4:5) שכל … נֶחְ֗תָּ֗כִ֗ין על יפיו all the government affairs were decided upon his opinion. Pi. חִיתֵּךְ 1) to cut. Ḥull.IV, 2 מְחַתֵּךְ אבר אבר he may cut off limb after limb. Ib. 98b מחתך להוכ׳ he carves the foreleg and then boils it.Part. pass. מְחוּתָּךְ piecemeal, limbwise. Y.Nidd.III, 50c יצא מח׳ if the embryo came out by pieces. 2) to decide. Snh.7b צדק … חַתְּכֵהוּ make the case clear and then decide it. Ber.61a לשון מְחַתֵּךְוכ׳ the tongue forms the sentence, the mouth closes (the case, makes it irreversible). 3) to dig ore ( in lumps). Keth.77a (expl. מצרף) המְחַתֵּךְ … מעיקרו he who digs copper in the shaft. Tosef.Ohol.IV, 3 וחיתכו, וחתכו, read: והִתִּיכוֹ or והִיתְּכוֹ, v. נָתַךְ a. התך.

פְּסַק, פְּסֵיקch. sam( Hithpa. הִתְפַּסֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְפַּסֵּק to be severed), 1) to cut, split, sever. Targ. Jud. 16:9. Targ. 2 Sam. 10:4; 1 Chr. 19:4; a. fr.Part. pass. פָּסִיק, פְּסִיק. Targ. O. Deut. 23:2 (h. text פצוע דכה); Y. ib. פ׳ גידא (h. text. כרות שפכה). Targ. O. Lev. 22:22 (h. text חרוץ).Ḥull.8b, v. גַּוָּוזָא I. B. Bath.21b קא פַסְקַתוכ׳ thou cuttest off (interferest with), v. חַיּוּתָא. Lev. R. s. 32, end פסקת חייוי דהאי גברא thou cuttest off (shortenest) this mans (my) life (by divulging my spurious descent); a. fr. פסיק רישיה ולא ימות ‘let his head be cut off, but let him not die, a dialectic term for an unavoidable result of an act. Sabb.75a מודהר״ש בפ׳ר׳וכ׳ R. S. (who ordinarily permits, on the Sabbath, an act which may have as a result a violation of the Sabbath law, if the latter is not intended) admits that such an act is forbidden, if the result is inevitable. 2) to separate, divide. Targ. Hos. 2:8 (ed. Lag. Af.).Pes.111a פַּסְקִינְהוּ רשות הרבים (Rashb. פְּסַקְתִּינְהוּ) the public road divides them (the two palms); a. e.Meg.2b; B. Kam.65b, v. infra Af. 3) to be interrupted; to cease. Targ. Y. Gen. 44:12 (h. text כִּלָּה). Targ. II Esth. 3:7. Targ. Deut. 5:19; a. fr.Lev. R. s. 31; Midr. Till. to Ps. 19; Yalk. ib. 673 (expl. לא נעדר, Zeph. 3:5) לא פַסְקִין they never fail. M. Kat. 4a מיא דלא פּסְקֵי water which never fails. Ib. עבידא דפַסְקָא it often fails. Ib. 18b קלא דלא פָסֵיק a continuous rumor; וכמח קלא דלא פ׳ how long must a rumor last to be called a continuous rumor? Ib. דלא פ׳ ביני ביני if it has not ceased at intervals. Gitt.69a כי היכי דפסקי … לִיפְסוֹקוכ׳ as this water ceases to run, so may the blood ofstop flowing. Sabb.30b לא פ׳ פומיה, v. גִּירְסָא I; a. fr. 4) to apportion, assign, bargain, agree, subscribe. Y.Hor.III, 48a bot. הוה חמי … פ׳ והוא פסיק לקיבליח he waited to see how much the whole assembly subscribed, and he subscribed an amount equal to the entire subscription; Lev. R. s. 5 כד הוון פַּסְקִיןוכ׳ when all people had subscribed, he Ib. פ׳ חד ליטראוכ׳ subscribed one pound of gold. Keth.65a פְּסוֹק לי מזוני give me an order for my food; פ׳ לה he did so. Ib. 63a פסקו ליהוכ׳ they made arrangements for him for six years (to remain at college). Lev. R. s. 34 אנן פּסְקִינָן פרנה we shall make up the dowry by subscription (v. פְּסַס); Yalk. ib. 665; a. fr. 5) to decide, adjudge. Targ. 1 Kings 20:40. Targ. Job 38:10; a. e.Succ.29b, a. e. קא פסיק ותני לא שנאוכ׳ the editor of the Mishnah decides and teaches; i. e. speaks absolutely, drawing no distinction whether Gitt.86b לא פְסִיקָא ליה it was not decided with him, i. e. he could not state it absolutely; a. fr. 6) to close; פ׳ סידרא to close the reading from the Pentateuch, read the Hafṭarah. Yoma 87a; a. e., v. סִדְרָא.7) (denom. of פְּסוּקָא) to recite a verse, v. preced. a. פְּסוּקָא. Af. אַפְסֵיק 1) to sever, break, burst. Targ. Nah. 1:13; a. e. 2) to separate, interpose, divide off. Targ. Hos. 2:8; a. e.Meg.2b אתא את ואַפְסְקיהוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. ופסק, ופסיק) the eth (וְאֵת, Esth. 9:21) comes to divide the sentence (giving it the meaning) that some celebrate the fourteenth and others the fifteenth of Adar. B. Kam.65b את פַּסְקֵיה קרא with eth ( ואת, Lev. 5:25) the text separates the clause from the preceding, opp. ערביה combines it; Yalk. Lev. 479 את אַפְסְקֵיה eth separates it; ib. לאַפְסוּקֵי בין ממוןוכ׳ (not לאפסוקיה) to draw the line between sacred property and Sot.38b אריכי … לא מַפְסְקֵי tall persons in front of short ones do not form a partition (to intercept the priestly benediction pronounced upon the congregation); תיבה לא מַפְסְקָא nor does the Tebah (v. תֵּבָה) between the priests and the people form a partition. Pes.111a אַפְסְקִינְהוּ בעפרא he dammed it (the waste water poured out in the street) with dust (spread dust over it); a. fr.Keth.77b; 17a, v. infra. 3) to cut off, cause to cease. Targ. 1 Sam. 2:33; a. e. 4) to take the last meal before beginning the fast. Keth.63a לא מר א׳ ולא מר א׳ Ar. (ed. אִיפְּסִיק Ithpe.) neither father nor son partook of the last meal (before the Day of Atonement). Ithpe. אִתְפְּסַק, אִיפְּסִיק 1) to be cut, severed, broken off. Targ. Jud. 16:9. Targ. Is. 52:2; a. fr.Sabb.112a איפסיק ליה רצועה (read: אִיפְּסִיקָא) a strap of his shoe broke. Y. ib. VI, 8a bot. אי׳ סנדליהוכ׳ R. Aḥas sandal fell off (the strap was broken). Ḥull.51a; a. fr. 2) to be interposed, to divide off. Keth.17a א׳ עמודא דנוראוכ׳ a column of fire was interposed between the bier of ; וגמירי דלא אפסיקוכ׳ (read: מִפְּסִיק) and there is a tradition that such a phenomenon occurs only for one person in a generation ; ib. 77b אִפְּסִיק, מִפְּסִיק. 3) to take the last meal, v. supra.

פְּסַק, פְּסֵיקch. sam( Hithpa. הִתְפַּסֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְפַּסֵּק to be severed), 1) to cut, split, sever. Targ. Jud. 16:9. Targ. 2 Sam. 10:4; 1 Chr. 19:4; a. fr.Part. pass. פָּסִיק, פְּסִיק. Targ. O. Deut. 23:2 (h. text פצוע דכה); Y. ib. פ׳ גידא (h. text. כרות שפכה). Targ. O. Lev. 22:22 (h. text חרוץ).Ḥull.8b, v. גַּוָּוזָא I. B. Bath.21b קא פַסְקַתוכ׳ thou cuttest off (interferest with), v. חַיּוּתָא. Lev. R. s. 32, end פסקת חייוי דהאי גברא thou cuttest off (shortenest) this mans (my) life (by divulging my spurious descent); a. fr. פסיק רישיה ולא ימות ‘let his head be cut off, but let him not die, a dialectic term for an unavoidable result of an act. Sabb.75a מודהר״ש בפ׳ר׳וכ׳ R. S. (who ordinarily permits, on the Sabbath, an act which may have as a result a violation of the Sabbath law, if the latter is not intended) admits that such an act is forbidden, if the result is inevitable. 2) to separate, divide. Targ. Hos. 2:8 (ed. Lag. Af.).Pes.111a פַּסְקִינְהוּ רשות הרבים (Rashb. פְּסַקְתִּינְהוּ) the public road divides them (the two palms); a. e.Meg.2b; B. Kam.65b, v. infra Af. 3) to be interrupted; to cease. Targ. Y. Gen. 44:12 (h. text כִּלָּה). Targ. II Esth. 3:7. Targ. Deut. 5:19; a. fr.Lev. R. s. 31; Midr. Till. to Ps. 19; Yalk. ib. 673 (expl. לא נעדר, Zeph. 3:5) לא פַסְקִין they never fail. M. Kat. 4a מיא דלא פּסְקֵי water which never fails. Ib. עבידא דפַסְקָא it often fails. Ib. 18b קלא דלא פָסֵיק a continuous rumor; וכמח קלא דלא פ׳ how long must a rumor last to be called a continuous rumor? Ib. דלא פ׳ ביני ביני if it has not ceased at intervals. Gitt.69a כי היכי דפסקי … לִיפְסוֹקוכ׳ as this water ceases to run, so may the blood ofstop flowing. Sabb.30b לא פ׳ פומיה, v. גִּירְסָא I; a. fr. 4) to apportion, assign, bargain, agree, subscribe. Y.Hor.III, 48a bot. הוה חמי … פ׳ והוא פסיק לקיבליח he waited to see how much the whole assembly subscribed, and he subscribed an amount equal to the entire subscription; Lev. R. s. 5 כד הוון פַּסְקִיןוכ׳ when all people had subscribed, he Ib. פ׳ חד ליטראוכ׳ subscribed one pound of gold. Keth.65a פְּסוֹק לי מזוני give me an order for my food; פ׳ לה he did so. Ib. 63a פסקו ליהוכ׳ they made arrangements for him for six years (to remain at college). Lev. R. s. 34 אנן פּסְקִינָן פרנה we shall make up the dowry by subscription (v. פְּסַס); Yalk. ib. 665; a. fr. 5) to decide, adjudge. Targ. 1 Kings 20:40. Targ. Job 38:10; a. e.Succ.29b, a. e. קא פסיק ותני לא שנאוכ׳ the editor of the Mishnah decides and teaches; i. e. speaks absolutely, drawing no distinction whether Gitt.86b לא פְסִיקָא ליה it was not decided with him, i. e. he could not state it absolutely; a. fr. 6) to close; פ׳ סידרא to close the reading from the Pentateuch, read the Hafṭarah. Yoma 87a; a. e., v. סִדְרָא.7) (denom. of פְּסוּקָא) to recite a verse, v. preced. a. פְּסוּקָא. Af. אַפְסֵיק 1) to sever, break, burst. Targ. Nah. 1:13; a. e. 2) to separate, interpose, divide off. Targ. Hos. 2:8; a. e.Meg.2b אתא את ואַפְסְקיהוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. ופסק, ופסיק) the eth (וְאֵת, Esth. 9:21) comes to divide the sentence (giving it the meaning) that some celebrate the fourteenth and others the fifteenth of Adar. B. Kam.65b את פַּסְקֵיה קרא with eth ( ואת, Lev. 5:25) the text separates the clause from the preceding, opp. ערביה combines it; Yalk. Lev. 479 את אַפְסְקֵיה eth separates it; ib. לאַפְסוּקֵי בין ממוןוכ׳ (not לאפסוקיה) to draw the line between sacred property and Sot.38b אריכי … לא מַפְסְקֵי tall persons in front of short ones do not form a partition (to intercept the priestly benediction pronounced upon the congregation); תיבה לא מַפְסְקָא nor does the Tebah (v. תֵּבָה) between the priests and the people form a partition. Pes.111a אַפְסְקִינְהוּ בעפרא he dammed it (the waste water poured out in the street) with dust (spread dust over it); a. fr.Keth.77b; 17a, v. infra. 3) to cut off, cause to cease. Targ. 1 Sam. 2:33; a. e. 4) to take the last meal before beginning the fast. Keth.63a לא מר א׳ ולא מר א׳ Ar. (ed. אִיפְּסִיק Ithpe.) neither father nor son partook of the last meal (before the Day of Atonement). Ithpe. אִתְפְּסַק, אִיפְּסִיק 1) to be cut, severed, broken off. Targ. Jud. 16:9. Targ. Is. 52:2; a. fr.Sabb.112a איפסיק ליה רצועה (read: אִיפְּסִיקָא) a strap of his shoe broke. Y. ib. VI, 8a bot. אי׳ סנדליהוכ׳ R. Aḥas sandal fell off (the strap was broken). Ḥull.51a; a. fr. 2) to be interposed, to divide off. Keth.17a א׳ עמודא דנוראוכ׳ a column of fire was interposed between the bier of ; וגמירי דלא אפסיקוכ׳ (read: מִפְּסִיק) and there is a tradition that such a phenomenon occurs only for one person in a generation ; ib. 77b אִפְּסִיק, מִפְּסִיק. 3) to take the last meal, v. supra.

פְּסַק, פְּסֵיקch. sam( Hithpa. הִתְפַּסֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְפַּסֵּק to be severed), 1) to cut, split, sever. Targ. Jud. 16:9. Targ. 2 Sam. 10:4; 1 Chr. 19:4; a. fr.Part. pass. פָּסִיק, פְּסִיק. Targ. O. Deut. 23:2 (h. text פצוע דכה); Y. ib. פ׳ גידא (h. text. כרות שפכה). Targ. O. Lev. 22:22 (h. text חרוץ).Ḥull.8b, v. גַּוָּוזָא I. B. Bath.21b קא פַסְקַתוכ׳ thou cuttest off (interferest with), v. חַיּוּתָא. Lev. R. s. 32, end פסקת חייוי דהאי גברא thou cuttest off (shortenest) this mans (my) life (by divulging my spurious descent); a. fr. פסיק רישיה ולא ימות ‘let his head be cut off, but let him not die, a dialectic term for an unavoidable result of an act. Sabb.75a מודהר״ש בפ׳ר׳וכ׳ R. S. (who ordinarily permits, on the Sabbath, an act which may have as a result a violation of the Sabbath law, if the latter is not intended) admits that such an act is forbidden, if the result is inevitable. 2) to separate, divide. Targ. Hos. 2:8 (ed. Lag. Af.).Pes.111a פַּסְקִינְהוּ רשות הרבים (Rashb. פְּסַקְתִּינְהוּ) the public road divides them (the two palms); a. e.Meg.2b; B. Kam.65b, v. infra Af. 3) to be interrupted; to cease. Targ. Y. Gen. 44:12 (h. text כִּלָּה). Targ. II Esth. 3:7. Targ. Deut. 5:19; a. fr.Lev. R. s. 31; Midr. Till. to Ps. 19; Yalk. ib. 673 (expl. לא נעדר, Zeph. 3:5) לא פַסְקִין they never fail. M. Kat. 4a מיא דלא פּסְקֵי water which never fails. Ib. עבידא דפַסְקָא it often fails. Ib. 18b קלא דלא פָסֵיק a continuous rumor; וכמח קלא דלא פ׳ how long must a rumor last to be called a continuous rumor? Ib. דלא פ׳ ביני ביני if it has not ceased at intervals. Gitt.69a כי היכי דפסקי … לִיפְסוֹקוכ׳ as this water ceases to run, so may the blood ofstop flowing. Sabb.30b לא פ׳ פומיה, v. גִּירְסָא I; a. fr. 4) to apportion, assign, bargain, agree, subscribe. Y.Hor.III, 48a bot. הוה חמי … פ׳ והוא פסיק לקיבליח he waited to see how much the whole assembly subscribed, and he subscribed an amount equal to the entire subscription; Lev. R. s. 5 כד הוון פַּסְקִיןוכ׳ when all people had subscribed, he Ib. פ׳ חד ליטראוכ׳ subscribed one pound of gold. Keth.65a פְּסוֹק לי מזוני give me an order for my food; פ׳ לה he did so. Ib. 63a פסקו ליהוכ׳ they made arrangements for him for six years (to remain at college). Lev. R. s. 34 אנן פּסְקִינָן פרנה we shall make up the dowry by subscription (v. פְּסַס); Yalk. ib. 665; a. fr. 5) to decide, adjudge. Targ. 1 Kings 20:40. Targ. Job 38:10; a. e.Succ.29b, a. e. קא פסיק ותני לא שנאוכ׳ the editor of the Mishnah decides and teaches; i. e. speaks absolutely, drawing no distinction whether Gitt.86b לא פְסִיקָא ליה it was not decided with him, i. e. he could not state it absolutely; a. fr. 6) to close; פ׳ סידרא to close the reading from the Pentateuch, read the Hafṭarah. Yoma 87a; a. e., v. סִדְרָא.7) (denom. of פְּסוּקָא) to recite a verse, v. preced. a. פְּסוּקָא. Af. אַפְסֵיק 1) to sever, break, burst. Targ. Nah. 1:13; a. e. 2) to separate, interpose, divide off. Targ. Hos. 2:8; a. e.Meg.2b אתא את ואַפְסְקיהוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. ופסק, ופסיק) the eth (וְאֵת, Esth. 9:21) comes to divide the sentence (giving it the meaning) that some celebrate the fourteenth and others the fifteenth of Adar. B. Kam.65b את פַּסְקֵיה קרא with eth ( ואת, Lev. 5:25) the text separates the clause from the preceding, opp. ערביה combines it; Yalk. Lev. 479 את אַפְסְקֵיה eth separates it; ib. לאַפְסוּקֵי בין ממוןוכ׳ (not לאפסוקיה) to draw the line between sacred property and Sot.38b אריכי … לא מַפְסְקֵי tall persons in front of short ones do not form a partition (to intercept the priestly benediction pronounced upon the congregation); תיבה לא מַפְסְקָא nor does the Tebah (v. תֵּבָה) between the priests and the people form a partition. Pes.111a אַפְסְקִינְהוּ בעפרא he dammed it (the waste water poured out in the street) with dust (spread dust over it); a. fr.Keth.77b; 17a, v. infra. 3) to cut off, cause to cease. Targ. 1 Sam. 2:33; a. e. 4) to take the last meal before beginning the fast. Keth.63a לא מר א׳ ולא מר א׳ Ar. (ed. אִיפְּסִיק Ithpe.) neither father nor son partook of the last meal (before the Day of Atonement). Ithpe. אִתְפְּסַק, אִיפְּסִיק 1) to be cut, severed, broken off. Targ. Jud. 16:9. Targ. Is. 52:2; a. fr.Sabb.112a איפסיק ליה רצועה (read: אִיפְּסִיקָא) a strap of his shoe broke. Y. ib. VI, 8a bot. אי׳ סנדליהוכ׳ R. Aḥas sandal fell off (the strap was broken). Ḥull.51a; a. fr. 2) to be interposed, to divide off. Keth.17a א׳ עמודא דנוראוכ׳ a column of fire was interposed between the bier of ; וגמירי דלא אפסיקוכ׳ (read: מִפְּסִיק) and there is a tradition that such a phenomenon occurs only for one person in a generation ; ib. 77b אִפְּסִיק, מִפְּסִיק. 3) to take the last meal, v. supra.

פְּסַק, פְּסֵיקch. sam( Hithpa. הִתְפַּסֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְפַּסֵּק to be severed), 1) to cut, split, sever. Targ. Jud. 16:9. Targ. 2 Sam. 10:4; 1 Chr. 19:4; a. fr.Part. pass. פָּסִיק, פְּסִיק. Targ. O. Deut. 23:2 (h. text פצוע דכה); Y. ib. פ׳ גידא (h. text. כרות שפכה). Targ. O. Lev. 22:22 (h. text חרוץ).Ḥull.8b, v. גַּוָּוזָא I. B. Bath.21b קא פַסְקַתוכ׳ thou cuttest off (interferest with), v. חַיּוּתָא. Lev. R. s. 32, end פסקת חייוי דהאי גברא thou cuttest off (shortenest) this mans (my) life (by divulging my spurious descent); a. fr. פסיק רישיה ולא ימות ‘let his head be cut off, but let him not die, a dialectic term for an unavoidable result of an act. Sabb.75a מודהר״ש בפ׳ר׳וכ׳ R. S. (who ordinarily permits, on the Sabbath, an act which may have as a result a violation of the Sabbath law, if the latter is not intended) admits that such an act is forbidden, if the result is inevitable. 2) to separate, divide. Targ. Hos. 2:8 (ed. Lag. Af.).Pes.111a פַּסְקִינְהוּ רשות הרבים (Rashb. פְּסַקְתִּינְהוּ) the public road divides them (the two palms); a. e.Meg.2b; B. Kam.65b, v. infra Af. 3) to be interrupted; to cease. Targ. Y. Gen. 44:12 (h. text כִּלָּה). Targ. II Esth. 3:7. Targ. Deut. 5:19; a. fr.Lev. R. s. 31; Midr. Till. to Ps. 19; Yalk. ib. 673 (expl. לא נעדר, Zeph. 3:5) לא פַסְקִין they never fail. M. Kat. 4a מיא דלא פּסְקֵי water which never fails. Ib. עבידא דפַסְקָא it often fails. Ib. 18b קלא דלא פָסֵיק a continuous rumor; וכמח קלא דלא פ׳ how long must a rumor last to be called a continuous rumor? Ib. דלא פ׳ ביני ביני if it has not ceased at intervals. Gitt.69a כי היכי דפסקי … לִיפְסוֹקוכ׳ as this water ceases to run, so may the blood ofstop flowing. Sabb.30b לא פ׳ פומיה, v. גִּירְסָא I; a. fr. 4) to apportion, assign, bargain, agree, subscribe. Y.Hor.III, 48a bot. הוה חמי … פ׳ והוא פסיק לקיבליח he waited to see how much the whole assembly subscribed, and he subscribed an amount equal to the entire subscription; Lev. R. s. 5 כד הוון פַּסְקִיןוכ׳ when all people had subscribed, he Ib. פ׳ חד ליטראוכ׳ subscribed one pound of gold. Keth.65a פְּסוֹק לי מזוני give me an order for my food; פ׳ לה he did so. Ib. 63a פסקו ליהוכ׳ they made arrangements for him for six years (to remain at college). Lev. R. s. 34 אנן פּסְקִינָן פרנה we shall make up the dowry by subscription (v. פְּסַס); Yalk. ib. 665; a. fr. 5) to decide, adjudge. Targ. 1 Kings 20:40. Targ. Job 38:10; a. e.Succ.29b, a. e. קא פסיק ותני לא שנאוכ׳ the editor of the Mishnah decides and teaches; i. e. speaks absolutely, drawing no distinction whether Gitt.86b לא פְסִיקָא ליה it was not decided with him, i. e. he could not state it absolutely; a. fr. 6) to close; פ׳ סידרא to close the reading from the Pentateuch, read the Hafṭarah. Yoma 87a; a. e., v. סִדְרָא.7) (denom. of פְּסוּקָא) to recite a verse, v. preced. a. פְּסוּקָא. Af. אַפְסֵיק 1) to sever, break, burst. Targ. Nah. 1:13; a. e. 2) to separate, interpose, divide off. Targ. Hos. 2:8; a. e.Meg.2b אתא את ואַפְסְקיהוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. ופסק, ופסיק) the eth (וְאֵת, Esth. 9:21) comes to divide the sentence (giving it the meaning) that some celebrate the fourteenth and others the fifteenth of Adar. B. Kam.65b את פַּסְקֵיה קרא with eth ( ואת, Lev. 5:25) the text separates the clause from the preceding, opp. ערביה combines it; Yalk. Lev. 479 את אַפְסְקֵיה eth separates it; ib. לאַפְסוּקֵי בין ממוןוכ׳ (not לאפסוקיה) to draw the line between sacred property and Sot.38b אריכי … לא מַפְסְקֵי tall persons in front of short ones do not form a partition (to intercept the priestly benediction pronounced upon the congregation); תיבה לא מַפְסְקָא nor does the Tebah (v. תֵּבָה) between the priests and the people form a partition. Pes.111a אַפְסְקִינְהוּ בעפרא he dammed it (the waste water poured out in the street) with dust (spread dust over it); a. fr.Keth.77b; 17a, v. infra. 3) to cut off, cause to cease. Targ. 1 Sam. 2:33; a. e. 4) to take the last meal before beginning the fast. Keth.63a לא מר א׳ ולא מר א׳ Ar. (ed. אִיפְּסִיק Ithpe.) neither father nor son partook of the last meal (before the Day of Atonement). Ithpe. אִתְפְּסַק, אִיפְּסִיק 1) to be cut, severed, broken off. Targ. Jud. 16:9. Targ. Is. 52:2; a. fr.Sabb.112a איפסיק ליה רצועה (read: אִיפְּסִיקָא) a strap of his shoe broke. Y. ib. VI, 8a bot. אי׳ סנדליהוכ׳ R. Aḥas sandal fell off (the strap was broken). Ḥull.51a; a. fr. 2) to be interposed, to divide off. Keth.17a א׳ עמודא דנוראוכ׳ a column of fire was interposed between the bier of ; וגמירי דלא אפסיקוכ׳ (read: מִפְּסִיק) and there is a tradition that such a phenomenon occurs only for one person in a generation ; ib. 77b אִפְּסִיק, מִפְּסִיק. 3) to take the last meal, v. supra.

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נָתַח(b. h.), Pi. נִתֵּחַ 1) to sever, dissect. Zeb.85a יפשיט וִינַתֵּהַוכ׳ he must flay and dissect it in its place (where he slaughtered it). Ḥull.28b כיון שמְנַחְּחָהּ אכר אבר (not דמנ׳) since he cuts it into parts; a. fr. 2) to distrain, take by force, esp. to seize by waiting for the debtor to come out of the house with an object, opp. to מִשְׁכֵּן, to enter and seize. B. Mets. 113a אימא לא יְנַתְּחֶנּוּוכ׳ read in the Mishnah (IX, 13), he must not seize his goods outside of his house except through the court messenger.

נָתַח(b. h.), Pi. נִתֵּחַ 1) to sever, dissect. Zeb.85a יפשיט וִינַתֵּהַוכ׳ he must flay and dissect it in its place (where he slaughtered it). Ḥull.28b כיון שמְנַחְּחָהּ אכר אבר (not דמנ׳) since he cuts it into parts; a. fr. 2) to distrain, take by force, esp. to seize by waiting for the debtor to come out of the house with an object, opp. to מִשְׁכֵּן, to enter and seize. B. Mets. 113a אימא לא יְנַתְּחֶנּוּוכ׳ read in the Mishnah (IX, 13), he must not seize his goods outside of his house except through the court messenger.

נְתַקch. sam( Nif. נִיתַּק, נִיתּוֹק to be torn loose; to fall out); Af. אַתֵּיק to pull, drag. Targ. Jer. 12:3 אַתִּיקִינוֹן or אַתְּקִינוֹן (ed. אַתְקְנִ׳, ed. Lag. אַתְקִינִי׳, v. תְּקַן; h. text התיקם). Pa. נַתֵּיק 1) to tear, sever. B. Kam.9b שור דרכיה לנַתּוּקֵי an ox may be expected to tear (the rope). Bets.10b מְנַתְּקֵּי Ms. M., v. נְתַח. 2) to snatch, take away. Yoma 46b כיון דנַתְּקָהּ נתקה having snatched it (the coal from the altar), he has snatched it (and it has its sacred character no longer). 3) to shift, transform. Macc.15a ההוא לנַתּוּקֵי לאויוכ׳ Ms. M. (Rashi לאויה, ed. לאו) this (positive command) has the function of modifying the prohibitory law (intimating the reparation in the event of its transgression); v. preced. Nif. Ithpe. אִתְנְתַק, אִינְּתִיק 1) to be severed, snatched. Targ. Koh. 4:12.Yoma l. c. אינְּתִיקָה למצותה the taking it from the altar was done for an ordained use of it; a. e. 2) to be set aside, be designated. Erub.13a כיון דא׳ לשום רחל תו לא הדרא מִינַּתְּקָא וכ׳ having been originally designated (copied) for Rachel, it cannot again be converted and used for Leah; Sot.20b. Zeb.3a; a. e.

נְתַקch. sam( Nif. נִיתַּק, נִיתּוֹק to be torn loose; to fall out); Af. אַתֵּיק to pull, drag. Targ. Jer. 12:3 אַתִּיקִינוֹן or אַתְּקִינוֹן (ed. אַתְקְנִ׳, ed. Lag. אַתְקִינִי׳, v. תְּקַן; h. text התיקם). Pa. נַתֵּיק 1) to tear, sever. B. Kam.9b שור דרכיה לנַתּוּקֵי an ox may be expected to tear (the rope). Bets.10b מְנַתְּקֵּי Ms. M., v. נְתַח. 2) to snatch, take away. Yoma 46b כיון דנַתְּקָהּ נתקה having snatched it (the coal from the altar), he has snatched it (and it has its sacred character no longer). 3) to shift, transform. Macc.15a ההוא לנַתּוּקֵי לאויוכ׳ Ms. M. (Rashi לאויה, ed. לאו) this (positive command) has the function of modifying the prohibitory law (intimating the reparation in the event of its transgression); v. preced. Nif. Ithpe. אִתְנְתַק, אִינְּתִיק 1) to be severed, snatched. Targ. Koh. 4:12.Yoma l. c. אינְּתִיקָה למצותה the taking it from the altar was done for an ordained use of it; a. e. 2) to be set aside, be designated. Erub.13a כיון דא׳ לשום רחל תו לא הדרא מִינַּתְּקָא וכ׳ having been originally designated (copied) for Rachel, it cannot again be converted and used for Leah; Sot.20b. Zeb.3a; a. e.

נָתַרI (b. h.; cmp. נתק) to sever, loosen. Nif. נִיתַּר, נִיתּוֹר 1) to be torn loose, be released. Y.Taan.II, 65d top, v. נָטַש II a. נָתש.Trnsf. to be untied, released from an obligation; to become permitted. Y.Yeb.IV, 6b bot. (ref. to Deut. 25:10) בית שהוא נִיתָּרוכ׳ a house (of several wives) which is released (from the leviratical marriage) by means of one ḥălitsah (performed on one of the wives). Y.Bicc.I, 64b top כל הביכורים שנראו לִיתּוֹר … אינן נִיתּוֹרִיןוכ׳ all the first fruits whioh are to be released (become permitted by being brought to the Temple) in the land (of Palestine), can become so only by reciting the confession (Deut. 26:5–10). Erub.10a; 12a חצר נִיתֶּרֶתוכ׳ a court becomes permitted (for Sabbath purposes) by, v. פַּס. Ib. שהוא נִיתָּרוכ׳ that it is made available ; a. e. Hif. הִתִּיר 1) to loosen, untie, unscrew. Tosef.Sabb.XVI (XVII), 5 שהִתִּירוֹ which one unscrewed; Sabb.XX, 5 מַתִּירִין, v. מַכְבֵּש. Ib. 22a מתירין (ציצית) מבגד לבגד you may untie show-fringes from one garment (and put them) on another garment. Gen. R. s. 5 מַתִּירָן ומוציאוכ׳ he unties them (opens the bags) and lets the air in them escape; a. fr.Tosef.Shebi.I, 7, v. וָתַר. 2) to permit, declare permitted, opp. אָסַר. Sabb.4a הִתִּירוּ לווכ׳ would they (the scholars) permit him to take it out ? Ib. II, 4 ור׳ יהודה מַתִּיר but R. Judah declares it permitted. Ib. 2 וחכמים מַתִּירִין; a. v. fr.V. מַתִּיר. 3) to free, surrender; to outlaw, proscribe. Snh.40b ה׳ עצמו למיתה did he surrender himself to death?, i. e. did he declare that he would commit the act in spite of the warning which defined it to be a deadly crime? Ib. 41a (ref. to Deut. 17:6) עד שיַתִּירוכ׳ until he declares himself ready to undergo capital punishment for his act Ḥull.41a. Y.Peah I, 16a עילא … להַתִּיר דמןוכ׳ they wanted a pretext to outlaw the rebels; a. fr. Hof. הוּתָּר 1) to be loosened, untied. Lev. R. s. 28, beg., a. fr. הוּתְּרָה הרצועה v. רְצוּעָה. Sabb.XX, 5 אם היה מוּתָּרוכ׳ if it (the clothes press) was (partly) unscrewed on the eve of the Sabbath, he may unscrew it entirely. B. Kam.9b שור מותר an ox that is not tied, opp. קשור. Erub.II, 1 קשורות אבל לא מוּתָּרוֹת closely tied together, but not tied in a loose way; a. e. 2) to be permitted. Y.Sabb.II, 5b bot. ה׳ הנדר, v. נֶדֶר; Snh.68a. Ḥull.17a בתחילהה׳ להןוכ׳ originally they were permitted to eat the flesh of an animal killed by stabbing (v. נְחִירָה). Ib. 9a נשחטה הותרה when the animal has been slaughtered according to the ritual, it is (absolutely) permitted. Erub.93b שבת ביון שהותרה הותרה as regards Sabbath laws what has been permitted at the entrance of the Sabbath remains permitted the entire day; ib. 70b כל שה׳ למקצתוכ׳ whatever is permitted for one part of the Sabbath ; a. v. fr.Part. מוּתָּר; f. מוּתֶּרֶת; pl. מוּתָּרִים, מוּתָּרִין; מוּתָּרוֹת (it is, they are) permitted (of things and persons). Ter. X, 7. Yeb.I, 2 צרתה מ׳ her rival is permitted (to him as wife). Ib. III, 2 ומ׳ באחותה and he is permitted to marry her sister. Ib. II, 10 מותרות לינשא להן may be married to them; a. v. fr.Pes.48a, a. e. (ref. to ממשקה ישראל, Ez. 45:15) מן המותר לישראל of what an Israelite is permitted to drink. Sabb.108a (ref. to בפיך, Ex. 13:9) מדבר המותר בפיך the Torah must be written on the skin of an animal which is permitted in thy mouth (a clean animal).

נָתַרI (b. h.; cmp. נתק) to sever, loosen. Nif. נִיתַּר, נִיתּוֹר 1) to be torn loose, be released. Y.Taan.II, 65d top, v. נָטַש II a. נָתש.Trnsf. to be untied, released from an obligation; to become permitted. Y.Yeb.IV, 6b bot. (ref. to Deut. 25:10) בית שהוא נִיתָּרוכ׳ a house (of several wives) which is released (from the leviratical marriage) by means of one ḥălitsah (performed on one of the wives). Y.Bicc.I, 64b top כל הביכורים שנראו לִיתּוֹר … אינן נִיתּוֹרִיןוכ׳ all the first fruits whioh are to be released (become permitted by being brought to the Temple) in the land (of Palestine), can become so only by reciting the confession (Deut. 26:5–10). Erub.10a; 12a חצר נִיתֶּרֶתוכ׳ a court becomes permitted (for Sabbath purposes) by, v. פַּס. Ib. שהוא נִיתָּרוכ׳ that it is made available ; a. e. Hif. הִתִּיר 1) to loosen, untie, unscrew. Tosef.Sabb.XVI (XVII), 5 שהִתִּירוֹ which one unscrewed; Sabb.XX, 5 מַתִּירִין, v. מַכְבֵּש. Ib. 22a מתירין (ציצית) מבגד לבגד you may untie show-fringes from one garment (and put them) on another garment. Gen. R. s. 5 מַתִּירָן ומוציאוכ׳ he unties them (opens the bags) and lets the air in them escape; a. fr.Tosef.Shebi.I, 7, v. וָתַר. 2) to permit, declare permitted, opp. אָסַר. Sabb.4a הִתִּירוּ לווכ׳ would they (the scholars) permit him to take it out ? Ib. II, 4 ור׳ יהודה מַתִּיר but R. Judah declares it permitted. Ib. 2 וחכמים מַתִּירִין; a. v. fr.V. מַתִּיר. 3) to free, surrender; to outlaw, proscribe. Snh.40b ה׳ עצמו למיתה did he surrender himself to death?, i. e. did he declare that he would commit the act in spite of the warning which defined it to be a deadly crime? Ib. 41a (ref. to Deut. 17:6) עד שיַתִּירוכ׳ until he declares himself ready to undergo capital punishment for his act Ḥull.41a. Y.Peah I, 16a עילא … להַתִּיר דמןוכ׳ they wanted a pretext to outlaw the rebels; a. fr. Hof. הוּתָּר 1) to be loosened, untied. Lev. R. s. 28, beg., a. fr. הוּתְּרָה הרצועה v. רְצוּעָה. Sabb.XX, 5 אם היה מוּתָּרוכ׳ if it (the clothes press) was (partly) unscrewed on the eve of the Sabbath, he may unscrew it entirely. B. Kam.9b שור מותר an ox that is not tied, opp. קשור. Erub.II, 1 קשורות אבל לא מוּתָּרוֹת closely tied together, but not tied in a loose way; a. e. 2) to be permitted. Y.Sabb.II, 5b bot. ה׳ הנדר, v. נֶדֶר; Snh.68a. Ḥull.17a בתחילהה׳ להןוכ׳ originally they were permitted to eat the flesh of an animal killed by stabbing (v. נְחִירָה). Ib. 9a נשחטה הותרה when the animal has been slaughtered according to the ritual, it is (absolutely) permitted. Erub.93b שבת ביון שהותרה הותרה as regards Sabbath laws what has been permitted at the entrance of the Sabbath remains permitted the entire day; ib. 70b כל שה׳ למקצתוכ׳ whatever is permitted for one part of the Sabbath ; a. v. fr.Part. מוּתָּר; f. מוּתֶּרֶת; pl. מוּתָּרִים, מוּתָּרִין; מוּתָּרוֹת (it is, they are) permitted (of things and persons). Ter. X, 7. Yeb.I, 2 צרתה מ׳ her rival is permitted (to him as wife). Ib. III, 2 ומ׳ באחותה and he is permitted to marry her sister. Ib. II, 10 מותרות לינשא להן may be married to them; a. v. fr.Pes.48a, a. e. (ref. to ממשקה ישראל, Ez. 45:15) מן המותר לישראל of what an Israelite is permitted to drink. Sabb.108a (ref. to בפיך, Ex. 13:9) מדבר המותר בפיך the Torah must be written on the skin of an animal which is permitted in thy mouth (a clean animal).

פָּסַק(b. h. פָּשַׂק) (to separate, part, distribute, 1) to divide, split, interrupt. Taan.27b; Meg.22a פּוֹסֵק the reader divides (one verse), i. e. the first reads two verses and a half, leaving the other half to be read by his successor. Ib. לא התיר לי לִפְסוֹקוכ׳ he permitted me to cut a verse in two only in teaching the school children. Ib. 31b במשנה תורה פוסק the chapter in Deuteronomy containing the curses (Deut. 28:15–69) may be divided (to be read by two or more); a. fr.(Gen. R. s. 10 כיון שפסקה; Yalk. ib. 16 שפוסקה, v. פָּתַק.Part. pass. פָּסוּק; f. פְּסוּקָה. Ḥull.III, 3 פְּסוּקַת הגרגרת, v. גַּרְגֶּרֶת. 2) (denom. of פָּסוּק) to recite a verse. Ḥag.15a, sq. פְּסוֹק לי פְּסוּקְךָ (interch. with Chald. פסוק לי פסוקיך) recite to me thy Bible verse (recently learned). 3) (cmp. חָתַךְ, גָּזַר) to apportion, assign; to provide; to promise, agree. Keth.65a אין פּוֹסְקִין יינות לאשה in decreeing alimentation for a woman we do not provide for wine. Ib. כך תִּפְסְקוּ לבנותיכם so much (and no more) may ye grant to your daughters. Ib. 107a פוסקין מזונות לאשת איש the court assigns alimentation (from the estate) to a deserted wife. Ib. V, 8 לא פ׳ … אלאוכ׳ only R. Y. decreed barley as a part of alimentation, because he lived near Edom. Ib. פוסק לעומתןוכ׳ he must give her, v. עוּמָּה. Ib. VI, 2 הפוסק מעות לחתנו if a man agrees to pay a certain amount to his intended son-in-law (on the date of marriage). Ib. 3 פָּסְקָה להכניס … הוא פוסקוכ׳ if she promises to bring to him one thousand Denars, he must assign to her (as settlement in the Kthubah) fifteen Manehs. Tosef. ib. XIII (XII), 1 אם פָּסְקוּ לה … מה שפסקו פסקו if the court has granted her (alimentation), what they have granted, is granted. Ib. פסקה היא לעצמה (not על עצמה) if she herself has promised (to bring her husband a certain sum, and now her father refuses to give it). Ib. אבה פ׳ עליוכ׳ my father has promised for me; what can I do (if he retracts)?; Keth.XIII, 5. Y.Kidd.IV, 65c top פּוֹסְקֵי צדקה ברביםוכ׳ those who subscribe to a charity in public and refuse to pay; Taan.8b; a. v. fr. 4) to fix a price; to buy on time. Gitt.58a אפדנו בכל ממון שפוסקין עליו I will redeem him for any price that they may set on him. B. Mets.V, 7 אין פוסקין … עד שיצא השער you dare not fix a price on crops (buy on time), until the market price has been published. Ib. יצא השער פוסקין ואע״פ שאין לזה יש לזה (missing in Y. ed.) when the market price is out, you may buy, for although he (the seller) has no goods as yet, others have. Ib. פוסק עמו על הגדיש, v. גָּדִיש; a. v. fr. 5) פ׳ דברים ( to split words, to argue. Snh.44b פיסקון שפוסק דברים כלפי מעלה Gabriel is surnamed Pisḳon, because he argues with the Lord. 6) (neut. verb) to be cut off; to cease, be stopped. Sot.IX, 9 משרבו … פסקו המים המרים … הפסיקן when the faithless men became frequent, the application of the waters of jealousy ceased, and it was R. J. ben Z. that abolished them. Ib. 12 פסקו אנשי אמונה the men of faith ceased to exist. Tanḥ. Shmoth 16 אין אותה מצוה פוֹסֶקֶת מביתו that good deed shall never cease from (being practiced in) his house. Gen. R. s. 52 פסקו העוברים והשבים travellers ceased to pass by; a. v. fr. Nif. נִפְסַק to be split, cut in two, broken. Tosef.B. Kam. XI, 15; B. Kam. 119b הנ׳ במגירה chips at planing, v. גָּרַר I. Ḥull.III, 1 נשברה השדרה ונ׳ החוט שלה if the spinal column is broken and the spinal cord severed. Sabb.112a סנדל שנִפְסְקוּ שתי אזניו a sandal, both ears (loops) of which are torn off; Tosef.Kel.B. Bath. IV, 5 שנִתְפַּסְּקוּ; Kel. XXVI, 4; a. fr.Tosef.Mikv.III, 5, sq. ונפסקו, v. פָּתַק. Hif. הִפְסִיק 1) to separate, sever connection; to form a partition. Sot.38b אפי׳ מחיצה … אינה מַפְסֶקֶת ביןוכ׳ not even an iron wall forms a partition between Israel and his father in heaven (worshippers form a congregation even if separated by a partition); Pes.85b. Peah. I, 2 ואלו מַפְסִיקִין לפאה the following things form a division of fields with regard to Peah: a brook Ab. Zar.52a אתה׳ הענין the word eth (before ĕlohehem Deut. 12:2) divides the subject (so as not to allow an analogy between idolatrous utensils and the idols themselves), v. next w.; a. fr. 2) to interrupt; to cause to cease; to leave off; to pause. Ber.II, 2 בין ויאמר לאמת ויציב לא יַפְסִיק between the last portion of the Sh‘mʿa (Num. 15:37–41) and ‘Ĕmeth Vyatsib one must not pause (interrupt the prayer to greet a person). Ib. 14a במגילה מהו שיפסיק may one interrupt ones self during the reading of the Mgillah? (Ib. also פּוֹסֵק Kal. Ib. 5:1. Ex. R. s. 2 עם כל הנביאיםה׳ מלדבר … לאה׳ מימיו with all other prophets the Lord ceased from speaking at times, but with Moses he never ceased. Taan.30a סעודה המַפְסִיק בה the meal with which one ceases (the last meal before beginning to fast, called סעודה המַפְסֶקֶת). Y.Nidd.I, 49c והִפְסִיקָה שלש עונות and ceased (to have menstruation) for three periods. Meg.III, 6 אין מַפְסִיקִין בקללותוכ׳ in reading the curses (Lev. 26:14–44; Deut. 28:15–69) you must not break off, but one person must read the whole Ib. 31b מקום שמפסיקין בשבתוכ׳ where they leave off reading on Sabbath morning, there they continue in the afternoon Sot.IX, 9, v. supra. Gen. R. s. 52, beg. מה אני מפסיק צדקה מביתי shall I allow charity to cease in my house (to fall into desuetude from want of opportunity)?; a. fr. 3) to cut sprays off, trim, v. פָּסַג. 4) to dam. Tosef.Par.V (IV), 9 מפסיק ומנגב he makes a dam (cuts off the influx) and lays the cavity dry. Pi. פִּיסֵּק 1) to trim. Tosef.B. Kam. XI, 18, v. פָּסַג. 2) to interrupt.Part. pass. מְפוּסָּק; pl. מְפוּסָּקִין. Y.Pes.X, 37c; Y.Sabb.VIII, beg.11a מהו לשתותן מפ׳ how about drinking them (the four cups of the Passover evening) in pauses (sipping)?, v. פִּיסָּק. 3) to cut down, ruin; to cut to pieces. Pesik. Naḥ., p. 128a> קיצצוהו ופִיסְּקוּהוּ they cut it down and ruined it (the vineyard). Lam. R. to IV, 15 והיתה … עליהן ומְפַסַּקְתָּן the carriage passed over them and dismembered them; Pesik. Vattom., p. 133b> ומפסקתה (corr. acc.); Yalk. Is. 266 והיתה … עליה ומְפַסַּקְתָּהּ; a. e. Hithpa. הִתְפַּסֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְפַּסֵּק 1) to be severed. Tosef.Kel.B. Bath. IV, 5, v. supra. 2) (sub. בעינים, cmp. קרץ, Prov. 10:10; 6:13) to blink. Deut. R. s. 5 עשה עצמו מִתְפַּסֵּק he pretended to be blinking (Y.Sot.I, 16d bot., a. e. עבד גרמיה חשש בעייניה).