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נָקַש(v. קִשְׁקֵש I) to strike against; to touch closely. Bekh.VII, 6 (45a) (expl. עיקל) כל שמקיף … נוֹקְשוֹתוכ׳ (Mish. ed. נושקות) he whose legs do not touch each other when he puts his feet together. Meg.12b, v. infra. Hif. הִקִּיש 1) to cause striking against; to knock. Bekh. l. c. (44b) המַקִּיש בקרסוליווכ׳ he who knocks his anklebones against each other (in walking, because his legs are bent outward), or rubs his legs against each other (his feet being bent outward). Midr. Sam. ch. IX מַקֶּשֶׁת ברגליה ומקשת בקרניה she knocks (creates a loud sound) with her feet and with her horns. Zab. IV, 1, sq. ה׳ עלוכ׳ if he knocked against Meg.12b (play on בן קיש, Esth. 2:5) שה׳ עלוכ׳ (Ms. M. שנָקַש) he (Mordecai) knocked at the gates of mercy ; a. fr.Esp. (cmp. נָגַן, נָכָה) to strike an instrument, play. Tam.VII, 3. Gen. R. s. 18 (play on הפעם, Gen. 2:23) עתידה להַקִּיש עלי כזוג (‘Rashi: לקשקש) she is destined to be loud against me like a bell. Pesik. R. s. 31; Midr. Till. to Ps. 137 אני מבקש שתעמדו ותַקִּישוּ … כדרך שהייתם מַקִּישִׁיןוכ׳ I desire that you play on the cithern before me and the idol, as you played before your God. Ib. אנו עומדים להַקִּישוכ׳ shall we stand playing before this dwarf (Nebuchadnezzar) and this idol? Ib. to Ps. 92, end (play on יקשן, Gen. 25:2) שהיו מקישין בתוף לעכו״ם they struck the timbrel before idols; Yalk. Chr. 1073; Gen. R. s. 61 מקשין בית׳ (corr. acc.). 2) (cmp. נָּקַף) to bring under the same category by juxtaposition, to compare. Kidd.5a, a. fr. (ref. to ויצאה a. והיתה in the same verse, Deut. 24:2) מקיש הויה ליציאה, v. הֲוָיָה. Snh.60b (ref. to Ex. 22:19 a. 34:14) זביחה בכלל … להַקִּיש אליה slaughtering for the idol would have been included in worshipping, and why is it singled out? To compare all other idolatrous functions with it: as slaughtering ia a function performed inside Zeb.5b הִקִּישוֹ הכתובוכ׳ the text (Lev. 7:37) places it side by side with peace offerings; a. fr. Hof. הוּקַּש to be placed side by side, to be compared. Ker.3a (ref. to Num. 15:29, sq.) הוּקְּשָׂה כל התורהוכ׳ all the laws of the Torah are here placed on an equality with idolatry (as regards conditions of punishment). Ib. 2b הוּקְּשוּ כל העריות כולןוכ׳ all laws concerning incest are put on an equality with (Lev. 18:29); a. fr.Part. מוּקָּש. Gen. R. s. 35 (play on קשתי, Gen. 9:13) דבר שהוא מ׳ לי something comparable with me (with the Divine Glory); Yalk. ib. 61; v. קִישוּת II.

נָקַש(v. קִשְׁקֵש I) to strike against; to touch closely. Bekh.VII, 6 (45a) (expl. עיקל) כל שמקיף … נוֹקְשוֹתוכ׳ (Mish. ed. נושקות) he whose legs do not touch each other when he puts his feet together. Meg.12b, v. infra. Hif. הִקִּיש 1) to cause striking against; to knock. Bekh. l. c. (44b) המַקִּיש בקרסוליווכ׳ he who knocks his anklebones against each other (in walking, because his legs are bent outward), or rubs his legs against each other (his feet being bent outward). Midr. Sam. ch. IX מַקֶּשֶׁת ברגליה ומקשת בקרניה she knocks (creates a loud sound) with her feet and with her horns. Zab. IV, 1, sq. ה׳ עלוכ׳ if he knocked against Meg.12b (play on בן קיש, Esth. 2:5) שה׳ עלוכ׳ (Ms. M. שנָקַש) he (Mordecai) knocked at the gates of mercy ; a. fr.Esp. (cmp. נָגַן, נָכָה) to strike an instrument, play. Tam.VII, 3. Gen. R. s. 18 (play on הפעם, Gen. 2:23) עתידה להַקִּיש עלי כזוג (‘Rashi: לקשקש) she is destined to be loud against me like a bell. Pesik. R. s. 31; Midr. Till. to Ps. 137 אני מבקש שתעמדו ותַקִּישוּ … כדרך שהייתם מַקִּישִׁיןוכ׳ I desire that you play on the cithern before me and the idol, as you played before your God. Ib. אנו עומדים להַקִּישוכ׳ shall we stand playing before this dwarf (Nebuchadnezzar) and this idol? Ib. to Ps. 92, end (play on יקשן, Gen. 25:2) שהיו מקישין בתוף לעכו״ם they struck the timbrel before idols; Yalk. Chr. 1073; Gen. R. s. 61 מקשין בית׳ (corr. acc.). 2) (cmp. נָּקַף) to bring under the same category by juxtaposition, to compare. Kidd.5a, a. fr. (ref. to ויצאה a. והיתה in the same verse, Deut. 24:2) מקיש הויה ליציאה, v. הֲוָיָה. Snh.60b (ref. to Ex. 22:19 a. 34:14) זביחה בכלל … להַקִּיש אליה slaughtering for the idol would have been included in worshipping, and why is it singled out? To compare all other idolatrous functions with it: as slaughtering ia a function performed inside Zeb.5b הִקִּישוֹ הכתובוכ׳ the text (Lev. 7:37) places it side by side with peace offerings; a. fr. Hof. הוּקַּש to be placed side by side, to be compared. Ker.3a (ref. to Num. 15:29, sq.) הוּקְּשָׂה כל התורהוכ׳ all the laws of the Torah are here placed on an equality with idolatry (as regards conditions of punishment). Ib. 2b הוּקְּשוּ כל העריות כולןוכ׳ all laws concerning incest are put on an equality with (Lev. 18:29); a. fr.Part. מוּקָּש. Gen. R. s. 35 (play on קשתי, Gen. 9:13) דבר שהוא מ׳ לי something comparable with me (with the Divine Glory); Yalk. ib. 61; v. קִישוּת II.

קִנְטֵר, קִנְתֵּר(cmp. קָנַט) ( to sting, to chide. Pes.66a התחיל מְקַנְטְרָן בדברים he began to chide them with words; Y. ib. VI, 33a מקנתרן. Gen. R. s. 98. Cant. R. to IV, 7 מפני שקִינְטְרָן ולפיוכ׳ because he rebuked them, and as they took their fathers rebuke (in silence), they were allowed to be recorded side by side with Aaron ; Num. R. s. 13 שקִינְתְּרָן. Ib. בירך … ומְקַנְתֵּרוכ׳ he blessed the tribes (his sons) and chided Reuben Y.Sot.I, 16d bot. מבריחן … ומקנתרן בקלה would he let them escape (un-rebuked) from the heavier sin, and rebuke them for the lighter? Y.Snh.VII, 24d bot. מבריחו … ומְקַנְתְּרוֹוכ׳ you cannot forego his heavier offence, and rebuke (punish) him for the lighter; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְקַנְטֵר, הִתְקַנְתֵּר, Nithpa. נִתְקַנְטֵר, נִתְקנְתֵּר 1) to be rebuked. Sifré Deut. 1 נ׳ עליר״עוכ׳ R. Ak. was rebuked on my account before R. G. ; Yalk. ib. 789. 2) to make ones self disagreeable; to vex. Num. R. s. 11 מִתְקַנְטְרִים לפניהםוכ׳ they (the angels of destruction) vex them (the wicked) and say, ‘no peace ; Yalk. ib. 711.

קִנְטֵר, קִנְתֵּר(cmp. קָנַט) ( to sting, to chide. Pes.66a התחיל מְקַנְטְרָן בדברים he began to chide them with words; Y. ib. VI, 33a מקנתרן. Gen. R. s. 98. Cant. R. to IV, 7 מפני שקִינְטְרָן ולפיוכ׳ because he rebuked them, and as they took their fathers rebuke (in silence), they were allowed to be recorded side by side with Aaron ; Num. R. s. 13 שקִינְתְּרָן. Ib. בירך … ומְקַנְתֵּרוכ׳ he blessed the tribes (his sons) and chided Reuben Y.Sot.I, 16d bot. מבריחן … ומקנתרן בקלה would he let them escape (un-rebuked) from the heavier sin, and rebuke them for the lighter? Y.Snh.VII, 24d bot. מבריחו … ומְקַנְתְּרוֹוכ׳ you cannot forego his heavier offence, and rebuke (punish) him for the lighter; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְקַנְטֵר, הִתְקַנְתֵּר, Nithpa. נִתְקַנְטֵר, נִתְקנְתֵּר 1) to be rebuked. Sifré Deut. 1 נ׳ עליר״עוכ׳ R. Ak. was rebuked on my account before R. G. ; Yalk. ib. 789. 2) to make ones self disagreeable; to vex. Num. R. s. 11 מִתְקַנְטְרִים לפניהםוכ׳ they (the angels of destruction) vex them (the wicked) and say, ‘no peace ; Yalk. ib. 711.

קִנְטֵר, קִנְתֵּר(cmp. קָנַט) ( to sting, to chide. Pes.66a התחיל מְקַנְטְרָן בדברים he began to chide them with words; Y. ib. VI, 33a מקנתרן. Gen. R. s. 98. Cant. R. to IV, 7 מפני שקִינְטְרָן ולפיוכ׳ because he rebuked them, and as they took their fathers rebuke (in silence), they were allowed to be recorded side by side with Aaron ; Num. R. s. 13 שקִינְתְּרָן. Ib. בירך … ומְקַנְתֵּרוכ׳ he blessed the tribes (his sons) and chided Reuben Y.Sot.I, 16d bot. מבריחן … ומקנתרן בקלה would he let them escape (un-rebuked) from the heavier sin, and rebuke them for the lighter? Y.Snh.VII, 24d bot. מבריחו … ומְקַנְתְּרוֹוכ׳ you cannot forego his heavier offence, and rebuke (punish) him for the lighter; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְקַנְטֵר, הִתְקַנְתֵּר, Nithpa. נִתְקַנְטֵר, נִתְקנְתֵּר 1) to be rebuked. Sifré Deut. 1 נ׳ עליר״עוכ׳ R. Ak. was rebuked on my account before R. G. ; Yalk. ib. 789. 2) to make ones self disagreeable; to vex. Num. R. s. 11 מִתְקַנְטְרִים לפניהםוכ׳ they (the angels of destruction) vex them (the wicked) and say, ‘no peace ; Yalk. ib. 711.

קִנְטֵר, קִנְתֵּר(cmp. קָנַט) ( to sting, to chide. Pes.66a התחיל מְקַנְטְרָן בדברים he began to chide them with words; Y. ib. VI, 33a מקנתרן. Gen. R. s. 98. Cant. R. to IV, 7 מפני שקִינְטְרָן ולפיוכ׳ because he rebuked them, and as they took their fathers rebuke (in silence), they were allowed to be recorded side by side with Aaron ; Num. R. s. 13 שקִינְתְּרָן. Ib. בירך … ומְקַנְתֵּרוכ׳ he blessed the tribes (his sons) and chided Reuben Y.Sot.I, 16d bot. מבריחן … ומקנתרן בקלה would he let them escape (un-rebuked) from the heavier sin, and rebuke them for the lighter? Y.Snh.VII, 24d bot. מבריחו … ומְקַנְתְּרוֹוכ׳ you cannot forego his heavier offence, and rebuke (punish) him for the lighter; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְקַנְטֵר, הִתְקַנְתֵּר, Nithpa. נִתְקַנְטֵר, נִתְקנְתֵּר 1) to be rebuked. Sifré Deut. 1 נ׳ עליר״עוכ׳ R. Ak. was rebuked on my account before R. G. ; Yalk. ib. 789. 2) to make ones self disagreeable; to vex. Num. R. s. 11 מִתְקַנְטְרִים לפניהםוכ׳ they (the angels of destruction) vex them (the wicked) and say, ‘no peace ; Yalk. ib. 711.

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כְּרִיכָהf. (כָּרךְ) 1) winding around. Tanḥ. Vaëra 4 (ref. to Ber.V, 1) מה … כְּרִיכַת נחש למלכות what led the scholars to place the serpent winding itself around a person side by side with the (Roman) government?; Ex. R. s. 9. 2) bundle, bunch, small sheaf, contrad. to אְלוּמָּה.Pl. כְּרִיכוֹת. B. Mets.II, 1. Ib. 22b; a. e.(Ib. 37b כְּרֵיכוֹת), v. בֶּרֶךְ.

כְּרִיכָהf. (כָּרךְ) 1) winding around. Tanḥ. Vaëra 4 (ref. to Ber.V, 1) מה … כְּרִיכַת נחש למלכות what led the scholars to place the serpent winding itself around a person side by side with the (Roman) government?; Ex. R. s. 9. 2) bundle, bunch, small sheaf, contrad. to אְלוּמָּה.Pl. כְּרִיכוֹת. B. Mets.II, 1. Ib. 22b; a. e.(Ib. 37b כְּרֵיכוֹת), v. בֶּרֶךְ.

יָרֵךְconstr. יֶרֶךְ f. (b. h.; cmp. ארך) ( length-side, 1) haunch, thigh, i. e. “the thick and fleshy member which commences at the bottom of the spine and extends to the lower leg (שוֹק)” (Ges. H. Dict. s. v.). Ḥull.VII, 1 נוהג בי׳ של ימין applies to the right leg. Ib. 2 שולח אדם י׳וכ׳ one may send to a gentile a haunch with the nervus ischiadicus (v. גִּיד) in it. Sot.11b; Ex. R. s. 1 י׳ מכאן וי׳ מכאןוכ׳ a leg on one side, and a leg on the other, and the potters mould between; a. fr.Y.Pes.VII, beg.34a כיָרֵיךְ עבה עבדוכ׳ R. J … wants the Passover lamb roasted like a thick (stuffed) thigh.יוצאי י׳ descendants. B. Bath.VIII, 2 כל יוצאי יְרֵיכוֹ של בןוכ׳ all direct descendants of the (deceased) son (male heir) have the precedence to the daughter (the decedents sister); a. fr.Du. יְרֵכַיִם. Tosef.Ohol.III, 4, sq.Pl. יְרֵיכוֹת. Sot. l. c.; Ex. R. l. c. (expl. אָבְנַיִם, Ex. 1:16) בשעה … יְרֵכיֹתֶיהָ … כאבנים when a woman is about to give birth, her thighs grow cold like stones. 2) side. Gen. R. s. 69, v. חָדד. Meg.13a אין אשה … בי׳ של חבירתה a woman is made jealous only by the side of another woman (rival). 3) the perpendicular stroke of a letter, leg. Y.Meg.I, 71c top יְרֵיכוֹ של ה״א the leg (stroke on the left side) of the He; ib. י׳ קטנה a small indication of it. Ib. אם גורדו … י׳ קטנה if he erases the (blotted letter Gimmel) and there remains a slight leg (indication of the vertical stroke connecting the head of the Gimmel with its foot).Pl. as ab. Gitt.20a, v. חָקַק. Sabb.138b כירה … אחת מִיְּרֵכוֹתֶיהָ a portable stove one of whose legs is off.

יָרֵךְconstr. יֶרֶךְ f. (b. h.; cmp. ארך) ( length-side, 1) haunch, thigh, i. e. “the thick and fleshy member which commences at the bottom of the spine and extends to the lower leg (שוֹק)” (Ges. H. Dict. s. v.). Ḥull.VII, 1 נוהג בי׳ של ימין applies to the right leg. Ib. 2 שולח אדם י׳וכ׳ one may send to a gentile a haunch with the nervus ischiadicus (v. גִּיד) in it. Sot.11b; Ex. R. s. 1 י׳ מכאן וי׳ מכאןוכ׳ a leg on one side, and a leg on the other, and the potters mould between; a. fr.Y.Pes.VII, beg.34a כיָרֵיךְ עבה עבדוכ׳ R. J … wants the Passover lamb roasted like a thick (stuffed) thigh.יוצאי י׳ descendants. B. Bath.VIII, 2 כל יוצאי יְרֵיכוֹ של בןוכ׳ all direct descendants of the (deceased) son (male heir) have the precedence to the daughter (the decedents sister); a. fr.Du. יְרֵכַיִם. Tosef.Ohol.III, 4, sq.Pl. יְרֵיכוֹת. Sot. l. c.; Ex. R. l. c. (expl. אָבְנַיִם, Ex. 1:16) בשעה … יְרֵכיֹתֶיהָ … כאבנים when a woman is about to give birth, her thighs grow cold like stones. 2) side. Gen. R. s. 69, v. חָדד. Meg.13a אין אשה … בי׳ של חבירתה a woman is made jealous only by the side of another woman (rival). 3) the perpendicular stroke of a letter, leg. Y.Meg.I, 71c top יְרֵיכוֹ של ה״א the leg (stroke on the left side) of the He; ib. י׳ קטנה a small indication of it. Ib. אם גורדו … י׳ קטנה if he erases the (blotted letter Gimmel) and there remains a slight leg (indication of the vertical stroke connecting the head of the Gimmel with its foot).Pl. as ab. Gitt.20a, v. חָקַק. Sabb.138b כירה … אחת מִיְּרֵכוֹתֶיהָ a portable stove one of whose legs is off.

שוי, שָׁרָה(b. h.) (to join, combine, 1) (to be even, equal, alike. M. Kat. 9b (ref. to Prov. 3:15) כל חפצך … הא חפצי שמים יִשְׁווּ בה all thy affairs are not of equal value with her (the Torah), but heavens affairs (pious deeds) are of equal value with her (you may interrupt study for pious works); וכתיב … חפצי שמים לא ישוו בה but it is also written (ib. 8:11), ‘and all affairs (which implies that) even heavens affairs are not equal to her! Y.Peah 1, 15d bot. חפציך וחפצי לא ישוו בה I sent thee something with which thy affairs and my affairs cannot compare; a. e.Denom. שָׁוֶה, q. v. 2) (denom. of שָׁוֶה) a) to be of value. Meg.15b (ref. to Esth. 5:13) מלמד … כל זה איננו שֹׁוֶה לי this indicates that all that wicked mans treasures were engraven (registered) in the tablet on his heart, but when he saw Mordecai, he said, ‘all this is of no value to me.b) to value, weigh, consider. Ib. 16a (ref. to Esth. 7:4) צר זה אינו שוה בנזקוכ׳ this enemy has no consideration for the kings loss Hif. הִשְׁוָה 1) to place side by side. Y.Ber.I, 2c top זה … צריך להַשְׁווֹת את רגליו he that stands up to pray must set his feet together. 2) to make even, smooth, level. Tosef.B. Kam. XI, 14 אם עתיד להַשְׁוֹותוֹוכ׳ if the hatcheller has to make the web even (cut away the protruding threads), he may take even a handbreadth (they belong to him); מַשְׁוֵיהוּ לאורכווכ׳ he must shear it lengthwise, but not widthwise; B. Kam. 119b. Erub.93a ה׳ פצימיה if he made the posts even, i. e. made walls to connect them in one line. Succ.19a כשה׳ את קירויו when he made its ceiling even, i. e. extended it in a horizontal direction over the whole building; a. e. 3) to compare, make alike, place on a level standard. B. Bath.VIII, 5 וה׳ להן את חבכור and made the first-born alike with them, i. e. assigned to him an equal share with his brothers. Nidd.46b ה׳ הכתוב הקטן כגדולוכ׳ the Scriptural text places the minor on a level with the adult as regards the laws of Y.Kidd.I, 61b bot. ה׳ הכתוב מצוה … מצוהוכ׳ the Scripture puts the lightest command on a level with the most difficult (as regards reward). B. Kam.15a; a. fr. 4) to harmonize, find in harmony. Gen. R. s. 34 שה׳ דצתו לדעתוכ׳ for he found his (Antoninus) opinion in harmony with the Scriptural intimation; ib. שהִשְׁוָהּ לדעתוכ׳ for he found it in harmony Lev. R. s. 4; Yalk. Gen. 137 we are the majority מפני מה אינכם מַשְׁוִים (עצמיכם) עמנו לע״א why do you not accommodate yourselves to us with regard to idolatry? Ib. ומַשְׁוֶה אתה עמהן and dost thou create harmony among them (thy sons)? עד … להשוות עמך והַשְׁוֵה עם בניך instead of asking me to agree with thee, go and make harmony among thy sons; Lev. R. l. c. עד שאתה משוה אותנו לך והשוה את בניך; a. e. Nif. נִשְׁוָה to be compared, be equal. Yalk. Ex. 244 להִשָּׁוֹות, v. נָוָה. Pi. שִׁוָּה 1) to place. Midr. Till. to Ps. 119:9 (ref. to Ps. 16:8, sq.) ובשביל ששִׁוִּיתִיוכ׳ and because I placed the Lord before me continually, therefore my heart rejoices ; a. e. 2) (to level obstacles, overcome temptations, to achieve. Tanḥ. Naso 28 (ref. to מצליח, Gen. 39:2) שִׁוִּיתָ מה שלא ש׳וכ׳ thou hast achieved what Adam could not achieve (to resist temptation), v. שְׁוִיָּה. Nithpa. נִשְׁתַּוֶּה to be made alike; to join. Num. R. s. 1620> שאלו לא נִשְׁתַּוּוּוכ׳ for if they had not joined the spies ; Tanḥ. ed. Bub. Shlaḥ 20; (Tanḥ. ib. 11 שמעו).

שוי, שָׁרָה(b. h.) (to join, combine, 1) (to be even, equal, alike. M. Kat. 9b (ref. to Prov. 3:15) כל חפצך … הא חפצי שמים יִשְׁווּ בה all thy affairs are not of equal value with her (the Torah), but heavens affairs (pious deeds) are of equal value with her (you may interrupt study for pious works); וכתיב … חפצי שמים לא ישוו בה but it is also written (ib. 8:11), ‘and all affairs (which implies that) even heavens affairs are not equal to her! Y.Peah 1, 15d bot. חפציך וחפצי לא ישוו בה I sent thee something with which thy affairs and my affairs cannot compare; a. e.Denom. שָׁוֶה, q. v. 2) (denom. of שָׁוֶה) a) to be of value. Meg.15b (ref. to Esth. 5:13) מלמד … כל זה איננו שֹׁוֶה לי this indicates that all that wicked mans treasures were engraven (registered) in the tablet on his heart, but when he saw Mordecai, he said, ‘all this is of no value to me.b) to value, weigh, consider. Ib. 16a (ref. to Esth. 7:4) צר זה אינו שוה בנזקוכ׳ this enemy has no consideration for the kings loss Hif. הִשְׁוָה 1) to place side by side. Y.Ber.I, 2c top זה … צריך להַשְׁווֹת את רגליו he that stands up to pray must set his feet together. 2) to make even, smooth, level. Tosef.B. Kam. XI, 14 אם עתיד להַשְׁוֹותוֹוכ׳ if the hatcheller has to make the web even (cut away the protruding threads), he may take even a handbreadth (they belong to him); מַשְׁוֵיהוּ לאורכווכ׳ he must shear it lengthwise, but not widthwise; B. Kam. 119b. Erub.93a ה׳ פצימיה if he made the posts even, i. e. made walls to connect them in one line. Succ.19a כשה׳ את קירויו when he made its ceiling even, i. e. extended it in a horizontal direction over the whole building; a. e. 3) to compare, make alike, place on a level standard. B. Bath.VIII, 5 וה׳ להן את חבכור and made the first-born alike with them, i. e. assigned to him an equal share with his brothers. Nidd.46b ה׳ הכתוב הקטן כגדולוכ׳ the Scriptural text places the minor on a level with the adult as regards the laws of Y.Kidd.I, 61b bot. ה׳ הכתוב מצוה … מצוהוכ׳ the Scripture puts the lightest command on a level with the most difficult (as regards reward). B. Kam.15a; a. fr. 4) to harmonize, find in harmony. Gen. R. s. 34 שה׳ דצתו לדעתוכ׳ for he found his (Antoninus) opinion in harmony with the Scriptural intimation; ib. שהִשְׁוָהּ לדעתוכ׳ for he found it in harmony Lev. R. s. 4; Yalk. Gen. 137 we are the majority מפני מה אינכם מַשְׁוִים (עצמיכם) עמנו לע״א why do you not accommodate yourselves to us with regard to idolatry? Ib. ומַשְׁוֶה אתה עמהן and dost thou create harmony among them (thy sons)? עד … להשוות עמך והַשְׁוֵה עם בניך instead of asking me to agree with thee, go and make harmony among thy sons; Lev. R. l. c. עד שאתה משוה אותנו לך והשוה את בניך; a. e. Nif. נִשְׁוָה to be compared, be equal. Yalk. Ex. 244 להִשָּׁוֹות, v. נָוָה. Pi. שִׁוָּה 1) to place. Midr. Till. to Ps. 119:9 (ref. to Ps. 16:8, sq.) ובשביל ששִׁוִּיתִיוכ׳ and because I placed the Lord before me continually, therefore my heart rejoices ; a. e. 2) (to level obstacles, overcome temptations, to achieve. Tanḥ. Naso 28 (ref. to מצליח, Gen. 39:2) שִׁוִּיתָ מה שלא ש׳וכ׳ thou hast achieved what Adam could not achieve (to resist temptation), v. שְׁוִיָּה. Nithpa. נִשְׁתַּוֶּה to be made alike; to join. Num. R. s. 1620> שאלו לא נִשְׁתַּוּוּוכ׳ for if they had not joined the spies ; Tanḥ. ed. Bub. Shlaḥ 20; (Tanḥ. ib. 11 שמעו).

שוי, שָׁרָה(b. h.) (to join, combine, 1) (to be even, equal, alike. M. Kat. 9b (ref. to Prov. 3:15) כל חפצך … הא חפצי שמים יִשְׁווּ בה all thy affairs are not of equal value with her (the Torah), but heavens affairs (pious deeds) are of equal value with her (you may interrupt study for pious works); וכתיב … חפצי שמים לא ישוו בה but it is also written (ib. 8:11), ‘and all affairs (which implies that) even heavens affairs are not equal to her! Y.Peah 1, 15d bot. חפציך וחפצי לא ישוו בה I sent thee something with which thy affairs and my affairs cannot compare; a. e.Denom. שָׁוֶה, q. v. 2) (denom. of שָׁוֶה) a) to be of value. Meg.15b (ref. to Esth. 5:13) מלמד … כל זה איננו שֹׁוֶה לי this indicates that all that wicked mans treasures were engraven (registered) in the tablet on his heart, but when he saw Mordecai, he said, ‘all this is of no value to me.b) to value, weigh, consider. Ib. 16a (ref. to Esth. 7:4) צר זה אינו שוה בנזקוכ׳ this enemy has no consideration for the kings loss Hif. הִשְׁוָה 1) to place side by side. Y.Ber.I, 2c top זה … צריך להַשְׁווֹת את רגליו he that stands up to pray must set his feet together. 2) to make even, smooth, level. Tosef.B. Kam. XI, 14 אם עתיד להַשְׁוֹותוֹוכ׳ if the hatcheller has to make the web even (cut away the protruding threads), he may take even a handbreadth (they belong to him); מַשְׁוֵיהוּ לאורכווכ׳ he must shear it lengthwise, but not widthwise; B. Kam. 119b. Erub.93a ה׳ פצימיה if he made the posts even, i. e. made walls to connect them in one line. Succ.19a כשה׳ את קירויו when he made its ceiling even, i. e. extended it in a horizontal direction over the whole building; a. e. 3) to compare, make alike, place on a level standard. B. Bath.VIII, 5 וה׳ להן את חבכור and made the first-born alike with them, i. e. assigned to him an equal share with his brothers. Nidd.46b ה׳ הכתוב הקטן כגדולוכ׳ the Scriptural text places the minor on a level with the adult as regards the laws of Y.Kidd.I, 61b bot. ה׳ הכתוב מצוה … מצוהוכ׳ the Scripture puts the lightest command on a level with the most difficult (as regards reward). B. Kam.15a; a. fr. 4) to harmonize, find in harmony. Gen. R. s. 34 שה׳ דצתו לדעתוכ׳ for he found his (Antoninus) opinion in harmony with the Scriptural intimation; ib. שהִשְׁוָהּ לדעתוכ׳ for he found it in harmony Lev. R. s. 4; Yalk. Gen. 137 we are the majority מפני מה אינכם מַשְׁוִים (עצמיכם) עמנו לע״א why do you not accommodate yourselves to us with regard to idolatry? Ib. ומַשְׁוֶה אתה עמהן and dost thou create harmony among them (thy sons)? עד … להשוות עמך והַשְׁוֵה עם בניך instead of asking me to agree with thee, go and make harmony among thy sons; Lev. R. l. c. עד שאתה משוה אותנו לך והשוה את בניך; a. e. Nif. נִשְׁוָה to be compared, be equal. Yalk. Ex. 244 להִשָּׁוֹות, v. נָוָה. Pi. שִׁוָּה 1) to place. Midr. Till. to Ps. 119:9 (ref. to Ps. 16:8, sq.) ובשביל ששִׁוִּיתִיוכ׳ and because I placed the Lord before me continually, therefore my heart rejoices ; a. e. 2) (to level obstacles, overcome temptations, to achieve. Tanḥ. Naso 28 (ref. to מצליח, Gen. 39:2) שִׁוִּיתָ מה שלא ש׳וכ׳ thou hast achieved what Adam could not achieve (to resist temptation), v. שְׁוִיָּה. Nithpa. נִשְׁתַּוֶּה to be made alike; to join. Num. R. s. 1620> שאלו לא נִשְׁתַּוּוּוכ׳ for if they had not joined the spies ; Tanḥ. ed. Bub. Shlaḥ 20; (Tanḥ. ib. 11 שמעו).

דּוֹפָן, דֹּפָןc. ( דפן, v. דַּף) 1) board-partition, esp. a wall of the festive booth (סוּכָּה). Succ.4a ד׳ האמצעי the middle of the three walls. Ib. ד׳ עקומה the curved wall, a legal fiction by which a part of the ceiling may be considered as part of a curved wall.Ib. 6b; a. fr. 2) (trnsf.) side of a vessel, oppos. to bottom, rim Ohol. IX, 16 תחת דָּפְנָהּ under the belly of its side; Tosef. ib. X, 9 דּוֹפְנָחּ. Ib. VII, 10 side of a cave, opp. to שקוף ; a. fr. 3) the chest surrounding the lungs, ribs, also a single rib. Ḥull.48a, a. fr. ריאה הסמוכה לד׳ lungs adhering to the chest. Snh.49a ד׳ חמישית the fifth rib (counting from the lowest). 4) the paries of the abdomen. יוצא ד׳ a fetus extracted by means of the cesarean section. Nidd.V, 1; a. fr.Metaph. תלה בד׳ to suspend from the wall, i. e. to leave a decision in suspense. Y.Kidd.IV, 65b bot.; Y.Snh.VI, 23c bot. בריפן (corr. acc.).Pl. דּוֹפַנִּים, constr. דּוֹפַנֵּי; mostly דְּפַנּוֹת. Ḥull.45b דופני ריאה the grooves between the lungs, דפנית ribs. Ib. a שתי ד׳ two sides of the chest.Succ.I, 1; a. fr.Tosef.Ohol.VI, 2 בצד דּוֹפְנִיוכ׳ ed. Zuck. on the wall-like side of the tent. Ib. עם דופני של אוחל, ed. Zuck., read (with R. S. to Ohol. V, 7) רפנות or (with ed.) דּוֹפְנוֹ.

דּוֹפָן, דֹּפָןc. ( דפן, v. דַּף) 1) board-partition, esp. a wall of the festive booth (סוּכָּה). Succ.4a ד׳ האמצעי the middle of the three walls. Ib. ד׳ עקומה the curved wall, a legal fiction by which a part of the ceiling may be considered as part of a curved wall.Ib. 6b; a. fr. 2) (trnsf.) side of a vessel, oppos. to bottom, rim Ohol. IX, 16 תחת דָּפְנָהּ under the belly of its side; Tosef. ib. X, 9 דּוֹפְנָחּ. Ib. VII, 10 side of a cave, opp. to שקוף ; a. fr. 3) the chest surrounding the lungs, ribs, also a single rib. Ḥull.48a, a. fr. ריאה הסמוכה לד׳ lungs adhering to the chest. Snh.49a ד׳ חמישית the fifth rib (counting from the lowest). 4) the paries of the abdomen. יוצא ד׳ a fetus extracted by means of the cesarean section. Nidd.V, 1; a. fr.Metaph. תלה בד׳ to suspend from the wall, i. e. to leave a decision in suspense. Y.Kidd.IV, 65b bot.; Y.Snh.VI, 23c bot. בריפן (corr. acc.).Pl. דּוֹפַנִּים, constr. דּוֹפַנֵּי; mostly דְּפַנּוֹת. Ḥull.45b דופני ריאה the grooves between the lungs, דפנית ribs. Ib. a שתי ד׳ two sides of the chest.Succ.I, 1; a. fr.Tosef.Ohol.VI, 2 בצד דּוֹפְנִיוכ׳ ed. Zuck. on the wall-like side of the tent. Ib. עם דופני של אוחל, ed. Zuck., read (with R. S. to Ohol. V, 7) רפנות or (with ed.) דּוֹפְנוֹ.

דּוֹפָן, דֹּפָןc. ( דפן, v. דַּף) 1) board-partition, esp. a wall of the festive booth (סוּכָּה). Succ.4a ד׳ האמצעי the middle of the three walls. Ib. ד׳ עקומה the curved wall, a legal fiction by which a part of the ceiling may be considered as part of a curved wall.Ib. 6b; a. fr. 2) (trnsf.) side of a vessel, oppos. to bottom, rim Ohol. IX, 16 תחת דָּפְנָהּ under the belly of its side; Tosef. ib. X, 9 דּוֹפְנָחּ. Ib. VII, 10 side of a cave, opp. to שקוף ; a. fr. 3) the chest surrounding the lungs, ribs, also a single rib. Ḥull.48a, a. fr. ריאה הסמוכה לד׳ lungs adhering to the chest. Snh.49a ד׳ חמישית the fifth rib (counting from the lowest). 4) the paries of the abdomen. יוצא ד׳ a fetus extracted by means of the cesarean section. Nidd.V, 1; a. fr.Metaph. תלה בד׳ to suspend from the wall, i. e. to leave a decision in suspense. Y.Kidd.IV, 65b bot.; Y.Snh.VI, 23c bot. בריפן (corr. acc.).Pl. דּוֹפַנִּים, constr. דּוֹפַנֵּי; mostly דְּפַנּוֹת. Ḥull.45b דופני ריאה the grooves between the lungs, דפנית ribs. Ib. a שתי ד׳ two sides of the chest.Succ.I, 1; a. fr.Tosef.Ohol.VI, 2 בצד דּוֹפְנִיוכ׳ ed. Zuck. on the wall-like side of the tent. Ib. עם דופני של אוחל, ed. Zuck., read (with R. S. to Ohol. V, 7) רפנות or (with ed.) דּוֹפְנוֹ.

דּוֹפָן, דֹּפָןc. ( דפן, v. דַּף) 1) board-partition, esp. a wall of the festive booth (סוּכָּה). Succ.4a ד׳ האמצעי the middle of the three walls. Ib. ד׳ עקומה the curved wall, a legal fiction by which a part of the ceiling may be considered as part of a curved wall.Ib. 6b; a. fr. 2) (trnsf.) side of a vessel, oppos. to bottom, rim Ohol. IX, 16 תחת דָּפְנָהּ under the belly of its side; Tosef. ib. X, 9 דּוֹפְנָחּ. Ib. VII, 10 side of a cave, opp. to שקוף ; a. fr. 3) the chest surrounding the lungs, ribs, also a single rib. Ḥull.48a, a. fr. ריאה הסמוכה לד׳ lungs adhering to the chest. Snh.49a ד׳ חמישית the fifth rib (counting from the lowest). 4) the paries of the abdomen. יוצא ד׳ a fetus extracted by means of the cesarean section. Nidd.V, 1; a. fr.Metaph. תלה בד׳ to suspend from the wall, i. e. to leave a decision in suspense. Y.Kidd.IV, 65b bot.; Y.Snh.VI, 23c bot. בריפן (corr. acc.).Pl. דּוֹפַנִּים, constr. דּוֹפַנֵּי; mostly דְּפַנּוֹת. Ḥull.45b דופני ריאה the grooves between the lungs, דפנית ribs. Ib. a שתי ד׳ two sides of the chest.Succ.I, 1; a. fr.Tosef.Ohol.VI, 2 בצד דּוֹפְנִיוכ׳ ed. Zuck. on the wall-like side of the tent. Ib. עם דופני של אוחל, ed. Zuck., read (with R. S. to Ohol. V, 7) רפנות or (with ed.) דּוֹפְנוֹ.

כּוּן(b. h.) to stand, exist, be firm. Pi. כִּיוֵּון 1) to straighten. Sifré Deut. 308 מְכַוְּונוֹ במעגילה he tries to straighten the wood in a press; Yalk. Deut. 942 (not מכינן); Pesik. Zutr. Haăz. (ed. Bub. V, p. 11 1) נתנו לאומן שיְכַוְּונוֹ he gave it to a mechanic to straighten it. 2) to place in a line, direct. Macc.II, 5 (9b) מְכַוְּונִין להן דרךוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. ומְכוּוָּנוֹת להן דרכים, v. infra) we make for them direct roads from one place of refuge to the other. 3) to determine exactly (place, time). Y.Erub.V, 22c לְכַוֵּין את הרוחות how to determine exactly the four cardinal points (v. רָבַע). Ib. bot. הארון היה מְכַוֵּיןוכ׳ the Ark indicated for them the points of the compass. Gen. R. s. 15, beg., v. כִּוּוּן. M. Kat. 10a אין יכול לכַוֵּין אימראוכ׳ is unable to sew the fringe accurately on the bosom of the shirt. Ber.7a לכַוֵּין אותה שעה to seize the opportunity of just that moment; a. fr. 4) (with לב or sub. לב) to direct or prepare ones mind, to pay attention, to do a thing with an intention. Ber.II, 1 אם כ׳ לבו if he (while reading in the Law) had his mind directed (to the Shma); ib. 13a אם כ׳ לבו לקרות it means, he read with attention (to the sense, not merely like one going over the text for correction). R. Hash. 28b כ׳ לבו לצאת he had the intention of complying with the law (v. יָצָא); opp. (כ׳) לשמוע he directed his attention to listening, i. e. heard the sound with consciousness (but without devotion); v. כַּוָּונָה. Ber.V, 1 היו שוהין … כדי שיְכַוְּונוּ לבםוכ׳ tarried a while before prayer, in order to direct their hearts to their Father in heaven. Y. ib. II, 5a חזקה כִּוֵּין the presumption is that he read with attention; a. fr.Part. pass. מְכוּוָּן, f. מְכוּוָּנָה, מְכוּוֶּנֶת; pl. מְכוּוָּנִים, … נִין; מְכוּוָּנוֹת a) in a line, corresponding. Y.Kil.V, beg.30b עריס המכ׳ a straight bed of vines, opp. מעוקם. Ib. מכ׳ הן they (the vines) are in a straight line. Y.Ber.IV, 8c top בית … מ׳ כנגד … של מעלן the situation of the earthly Holy of Holies corresponds with that of the heavenly Macc.II, 5 ומכוונות להן דרכים (not … נת), v. supra. Ib. 9b ומכוונות היו כמיןוכ׳ (Ms. M. ומכוונין הן) and they (the three towns on this side and those on the other side of the Jordan respectively) were in straight parallel lines like two rows in a vineyard; a. fr.b) exact, precise. Toh. III, 1 sq. כביצה מ׳ exactly the quantity of an egg. Mikv. VII, 6; Ḥag.19a; Gitt.16a. Hif. הֵכִין to put in proper position, to prepare; to hold ready, to designate. Bets.2b (ref. to Ex. 16:5) חול מֵכִין לשבתוכ׳ a week day prepares for the Sabbath (that which has become ready for use on a week day may be used on the Sabbath), but a Holy Day does not prepare for the succeeding Sabbath, ואין שבת מֵכִינָה ליו״ט nor can the Sabbath prepare for a succeeding Holy Day, v. הֲכָנָה.Meg.12b (play on ממוכן, Esth. 1:14) כלום הֵכִינוּוכ׳ have they (the Persians) arranged a table before thee?; Esth. R. to l. c. מי מֵכִיןוכ׳ who arranges an altar ?; a. fr.Tosef.Maasr.I, 4 משיכינו ed. Zuck., Var. משייבינו, read: משיניצו.Part. pass. מוּכָן prepared, designated, ready. Bets.I, 2 עפר מ׳ מבעוד יום dust (for covering the blood) made ready a day before. Ib. אפר כירה מ׳ הוא ashes of the stove are considered ready (destined to be used for the purpose). Ib. III, 4 אין זה מן המ׳ this is not among the things designated for use on the Holy Day. Ib. IV, 6.Meg. l. c. (play on ממוכן, v. supra) שמ׳ לפורענות he was ready for evil; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְכַּיֵּון, הִתְכַּוֵּון, Nithpa. נִתְכַּוֵּין 1) to be made straight, to be remedied (cmp. תכן). Pesik. Zutr. l. c. אין אתם מִתְכַּוְּונִים אלא באור you (your crookedness) can be remedied only through fire; Sifré Deut. L, 100. אין אתם הולכים אלא לאור; Yalk. Deut l. c. הולכין אלא לאחור (corr. acc.). 2) to prepare ones self. Y.Meg.I, 71c (ref. to הִכּוֹן, Am. 4:12) הִתְכַּוֵּון לקראתוכ׳ put thyself in proper condition to meet thy God. 3) to intend, propose. B. Kam.VIII. 1 עד שיהא מִתְכַּ יֵן unless he did it with malicious intent. Tosef.Naz.III, 10 לא נִתְכֵּוַּונְתִּי אלא כמותה my intention was to be exactly like her (as to her vow). Ib. 14 מישנ׳ לעלותוכ׳ if he who had the intention to eat the flesh of swine ; v. עָלָה. Sabb.22a ובלבד שלא יִתְכַּוֵּיןוכ׳ provided he has not the intention of making a groove.Bets.23a, a. fr. דבר שאינו מִתְכַּ׳ a forbidden act which was produced without intent, i. e. an unintended but unavoidable effect of a permitted act. R. Hash. 28b. Pes.53b, a. fr. שניהם … נִתְכַּוְּונוּ both meant the same thing; a. fr. Polel כּוֹנֵן to establish, base firmly. Ex. R. s. 15 מבקש לְכוֹנֵן עולמים wanted to establish worlds. Ib. על אלו אני מְכוֹנֵןוכ׳ upon those (the patriarchs) I will establish the world.Part. pass. מְכוֹנָן, f. מְבוֹנֶנֶת. Midr. Sam. ch. 16 (ref. to הכינני, 1 Kings 2:24) בזכות התורה המ׳ בארון (the world exists) for the sake of the Law that is put up straight in the holy Ark.

כּוּן(b. h.) to stand, exist, be firm. Pi. כִּיוֵּון 1) to straighten. Sifré Deut. 308 מְכַוְּונוֹ במעגילה he tries to straighten the wood in a press; Yalk. Deut. 942 (not מכינן); Pesik. Zutr. Haăz. (ed. Bub. V, p. 11 1) נתנו לאומן שיְכַוְּונוֹ he gave it to a mechanic to straighten it. 2) to place in a line, direct. Macc.II, 5 (9b) מְכַוְּונִין להן דרךוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. ומְכוּוָּנוֹת להן דרכים, v. infra) we make for them direct roads from one place of refuge to the other. 3) to determine exactly (place, time). Y.Erub.V, 22c לְכַוֵּין את הרוחות how to determine exactly the four cardinal points (v. רָבַע). Ib. bot. הארון היה מְכַוֵּיןוכ׳ the Ark indicated for them the points of the compass. Gen. R. s. 15, beg., v. כִּוּוּן. M. Kat. 10a אין יכול לכַוֵּין אימראוכ׳ is unable to sew the fringe accurately on the bosom of the shirt. Ber.7a לכַוֵּין אותה שעה to seize the opportunity of just that moment; a. fr. 4) (with לב or sub. לב) to direct or prepare ones mind, to pay attention, to do a thing with an intention. Ber.II, 1 אם כ׳ לבו if he (while reading in the Law) had his mind directed (to the Shma); ib. 13a אם כ׳ לבו לקרות it means, he read with attention (to the sense, not merely like one going over the text for correction). R. Hash. 28b כ׳ לבו לצאת he had the intention of complying with the law (v. יָצָא); opp. (כ׳) לשמוע he directed his attention to listening, i. e. heard the sound with consciousness (but without devotion); v. כַּוָּונָה. Ber.V, 1 היו שוהין … כדי שיְכַוְּונוּ לבםוכ׳ tarried a while before prayer, in order to direct their hearts to their Father in heaven. Y. ib. II, 5a חזקה כִּוֵּין the presumption is that he read with attention; a. fr.Part. pass. מְכוּוָּן, f. מְכוּוָּנָה, מְכוּוֶּנֶת; pl. מְכוּוָּנִים, … נִין; מְכוּוָּנוֹת a) in a line, corresponding. Y.Kil.V, beg.30b עריס המכ׳ a straight bed of vines, opp. מעוקם. Ib. מכ׳ הן they (the vines) are in a straight line. Y.Ber.IV, 8c top בית … מ׳ כנגד … של מעלן the situation of the earthly Holy of Holies corresponds with that of the heavenly Macc.II, 5 ומכוונות להן דרכים (not … נת), v. supra. Ib. 9b ומכוונות היו כמיןוכ׳ (Ms. M. ומכוונין הן) and they (the three towns on this side and those on the other side of the Jordan respectively) were in straight parallel lines like two rows in a vineyard; a. fr.b) exact, precise. Toh. III, 1 sq. כביצה מ׳ exactly the quantity of an egg. Mikv. VII, 6; Ḥag.19a; Gitt.16a. Hif. הֵכִין to put in proper position, to prepare; to hold ready, to designate. Bets.2b (ref. to Ex. 16:5) חול מֵכִין לשבתוכ׳ a week day prepares for the Sabbath (that which has become ready for use on a week day may be used on the Sabbath), but a Holy Day does not prepare for the succeeding Sabbath, ואין שבת מֵכִינָה ליו״ט nor can the Sabbath prepare for a succeeding Holy Day, v. הֲכָנָה.Meg.12b (play on ממוכן, Esth. 1:14) כלום הֵכִינוּוכ׳ have they (the Persians) arranged a table before thee?; Esth. R. to l. c. מי מֵכִיןוכ׳ who arranges an altar ?; a. fr.Tosef.Maasr.I, 4 משיכינו ed. Zuck., Var. משייבינו, read: משיניצו.Part. pass. מוּכָן prepared, designated, ready. Bets.I, 2 עפר מ׳ מבעוד יום dust (for covering the blood) made ready a day before. Ib. אפר כירה מ׳ הוא ashes of the stove are considered ready (destined to be used for the purpose). Ib. III, 4 אין זה מן המ׳ this is not among the things designated for use on the Holy Day. Ib. IV, 6.Meg. l. c. (play on ממוכן, v. supra) שמ׳ לפורענות he was ready for evil; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְכַּיֵּון, הִתְכַּוֵּון, Nithpa. נִתְכַּוֵּין 1) to be made straight, to be remedied (cmp. תכן). Pesik. Zutr. l. c. אין אתם מִתְכַּוְּונִים אלא באור you (your crookedness) can be remedied only through fire; Sifré Deut. L, 100. אין אתם הולכים אלא לאור; Yalk. Deut l. c. הולכין אלא לאחור (corr. acc.). 2) to prepare ones self. Y.Meg.I, 71c (ref. to הִכּוֹן, Am. 4:12) הִתְכַּוֵּון לקראתוכ׳ put thyself in proper condition to meet thy God. 3) to intend, propose. B. Kam.VIII. 1 עד שיהא מִתְכַּ יֵן unless he did it with malicious intent. Tosef.Naz.III, 10 לא נִתְכֵּוַּונְתִּי אלא כמותה my intention was to be exactly like her (as to her vow). Ib. 14 מישנ׳ לעלותוכ׳ if he who had the intention to eat the flesh of swine ; v. עָלָה. Sabb.22a ובלבד שלא יִתְכַּוֵּיןוכ׳ provided he has not the intention of making a groove.Bets.23a, a. fr. דבר שאינו מִתְכַּ׳ a forbidden act which was produced without intent, i. e. an unintended but unavoidable effect of a permitted act. R. Hash. 28b. Pes.53b, a. fr. שניהם … נִתְכַּוְּונוּ both meant the same thing; a. fr. Polel כּוֹנֵן to establish, base firmly. Ex. R. s. 15 מבקש לְכוֹנֵן עולמים wanted to establish worlds. Ib. על אלו אני מְכוֹנֵןוכ׳ upon those (the patriarchs) I will establish the world.Part. pass. מְכוֹנָן, f. מְבוֹנֶנֶת. Midr. Sam. ch. 16 (ref. to הכינני, 1 Kings 2:24) בזכות התורה המ׳ בארון (the world exists) for the sake of the Law that is put up straight in the holy Ark.