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יְשִׁיבָהf. (יָשַׁב) 1) sitting, rest. Ḥag.15a למעלה … לא עמידה ולא י׳וכ׳ Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) on high there is no standing up and no sitting down (effort and rest), no emulation Yoma 69b, a. fr. אין י׳ בעזרה none were allowed to sit down in the Temple court. Gen. R. s. 38, a. fr. כל מקום שאתח מוצא י׳וכ׳ wherever you find sitting (retirement, use of the word ישב) recorded in the Bible, there Satan leaps forth (trouble arises). Yeb.106a יְשִׁיבָתָהּ זו היא עמידתה this her sitting is to her a getting up (sitting up is to her a great effort; oth. expl.: her being left seated, is her erection, i. e. her failure to be married to the yabam is a benefit to her); a. fr. 2) settlement, dwelling. Kidd.37a, a. e., v. יְרוּשָּׁה. Keth.110b יְשִׁיבַת כרכים קשה living in large cities is a hardship. Sabb.10b עיר שיְשִׁיבָתָהּ קרובה a town of recent settlement; a. fr. 3) scholars session, council, academy; court. Yoma 28b זקן ויושב בי׳ an elder and member of council. Ib. לא פרשה י׳ מהם they (our early ancestors) were never without council (a representative body). Pes.119a top המכיר … בי׳ who knows his colleagues place in meetings; המקבל … בי׳ who greets his colleague in meetings with kindness. Ber.57a ראש י׳ presiding officer. Y.Ber.IV, 7d top ומינו אתר״א … בי׳ they elected R. El. … (president) in regular session. Ib. הושיבו … בי׳ they installed him as president. B. Bath. 120a בי׳ הלךוכ׳ in court or college give the preference to learning, in social entertainment to age; a. fr.י׳ של מעלה divine court. B. Mets.86a נתבקש בי׳ של מ׳ has been summoned before divine justice (is dead); a. fr.Pl. יְשִׁיבוֹת. Koh. R. to I, 8 אפשר שהי׳ הללו טועותוכ׳ is it possible that those colleges be lost in such futile errors; Tosef.Ḥull.II, 24 שהסיבו הללו טועים (corr. acc.; v., however, סֵיבוּ). Y.Sabb.X, 12c bot. שימשתי את אבא עומדות מה שלא שמשת י׳ I have served my father at more ‘standing meetings (standing up as an Amora) than you have served at college sessions; Y. Ḥag.III, beg.78d; a. fr.

יְשִׁיבָהf. (יָשַׁב) 1) sitting, rest. Ḥag.15a למעלה … לא עמידה ולא י׳וכ׳ Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) on high there is no standing up and no sitting down (effort and rest), no emulation Yoma 69b, a. fr. אין י׳ בעזרה none were allowed to sit down in the Temple court. Gen. R. s. 38, a. fr. כל מקום שאתח מוצא י׳וכ׳ wherever you find sitting (retirement, use of the word ישב) recorded in the Bible, there Satan leaps forth (trouble arises). Yeb.106a יְשִׁיבָתָהּ זו היא עמידתה this her sitting is to her a getting up (sitting up is to her a great effort; oth. expl.: her being left seated, is her erection, i. e. her failure to be married to the yabam is a benefit to her); a. fr. 2) settlement, dwelling. Kidd.37a, a. e., v. יְרוּשָּׁה. Keth.110b יְשִׁיבַת כרכים קשה living in large cities is a hardship. Sabb.10b עיר שיְשִׁיבָתָהּ קרובה a town of recent settlement; a. fr. 3) scholars session, council, academy; court. Yoma 28b זקן ויושב בי׳ an elder and member of council. Ib. לא פרשה י׳ מהם they (our early ancestors) were never without council (a representative body). Pes.119a top המכיר … בי׳ who knows his colleagues place in meetings; המקבל … בי׳ who greets his colleague in meetings with kindness. Ber.57a ראש י׳ presiding officer. Y.Ber.IV, 7d top ומינו אתר״א … בי׳ they elected R. El. … (president) in regular session. Ib. הושיבו … בי׳ they installed him as president. B. Bath. 120a בי׳ הלךוכ׳ in court or college give the preference to learning, in social entertainment to age; a. fr.י׳ של מעלה divine court. B. Mets.86a נתבקש בי׳ של מ׳ has been summoned before divine justice (is dead); a. fr.Pl. יְשִׁיבוֹת. Koh. R. to I, 8 אפשר שהי׳ הללו טועותוכ׳ is it possible that those colleges be lost in such futile errors; Tosef.Ḥull.II, 24 שהסיבו הללו טועים (corr. acc.; v., however, סֵיבוּ). Y.Sabb.X, 12c bot. שימשתי את אבא עומדות מה שלא שמשת י׳ I have served my father at more ‘standing meetings (standing up as an Amora) than you have served at college sessions; Y. Ḥag.III, beg.78d; a. fr.

מוֹשָׁבm. (b. h.; יָשַׁב) seat, sitting. Y.Ber.IX, 13a top מוֹשָׁבוֹ בקדושה His sitting (in judgment) is in holiness (with ref to Ps. 47:9). Meg.IV, 3 (23b) מעמד ומ׳ the ceremony of rising and sitting down at funerals; a. fr.מוֹשַׁב לצים, v. לֵץ.Esp. (טומאת) מ׳ the uncleanness caused by an unclean mans sitting, the unclean seat (Lev. 15:4). Kel. I, 5 מטמא משכב ומ׳ causes uncleanness of couch and seat; Zab. I, 1; a. fr.Ḥull.124a מוֹשַׁב זב the privy chair of one afflicted with gonorrhoea; Ar. reads: מושבזג, משבזג, ‘ a leather seat of a folding chair, v. זוּג.Pl. מוֹשָׁבוֹת. Lev. R. s. 1; Tanḥ. Vayikra 1 (ref. to Prov. 25:7) רחק מן מקומך מ׳וכ׳ keep removed from thy place two or three seats (behind that which is due to thy position), that they may say to thee, go up.

מוֹשָׁבm. (b. h.; יָשַׁב) seat, sitting. Y.Ber.IX, 13a top מוֹשָׁבוֹ בקדושה His sitting (in judgment) is in holiness (with ref to Ps. 47:9). Meg.IV, 3 (23b) מעמד ומ׳ the ceremony of rising and sitting down at funerals; a. fr.מוֹשַׁב לצים, v. לֵץ.Esp. (טומאת) מ׳ the uncleanness caused by an unclean mans sitting, the unclean seat (Lev. 15:4). Kel. I, 5 מטמא משכב ומ׳ causes uncleanness of couch and seat; Zab. I, 1; a. fr.Ḥull.124a מוֹשַׁב זב the privy chair of one afflicted with gonorrhoea; Ar. reads: מושבזג, משבזג, ‘ a leather seat of a folding chair, v. זוּג.Pl. מוֹשָׁבוֹת. Lev. R. s. 1; Tanḥ. Vayikra 1 (ref. to Prov. 25:7) רחק מן מקומך מ׳וכ׳ keep removed from thy place two or three seats (behind that which is due to thy position), that they may say to thee, go up.

יָשַׁב(b. h.) 1) to sit down, rest; to dwell, remain; to be inactive. Macc.III, 15 כל חיוֹשֵׁב ולא עברוכ׳ whoever is inactive and commits no sin, i. e. omits to do wrong; Kidd.39b.Erub.100a שֵׁב ואל תעשה עדיף ‘sit and do nothing, i. e. not to act in doubtful cases, is better, opp. קום ועשה. Ber.20a שב ואל תעשה שאני with an omission it is different. Tosef.Snh.VII, 8 ולא יֵשְׁבוּ … להם שֵׁבוּ and they must not sit down until he says to them, Be seated; Hor.13b; Y.Bicc.III, 65c bot.Y.Dem.II, 23a top שי׳ בישיבח who has a seat in the scholars meetings. Snh.10b; Tosef. ib. II, 1 אחד אומר לֵישֵׁב if one is in favor of sitting (holding deliberation in court). Zeb.II, 1 יוֹשֵׁב in a sitting position. Ber.28b מיוֹשְׁבֵיבה״מ one of the attendants at college, יושבי קרנות those placed at street corners (traders, idlers). Gen. R. s. 75 יושבי קרנות (corr. קרונות) sitting in chariots; a. v. fr. 2) to be settled (v. יִישּׁוּב), be inhabited. Num. R. s. 4 הגבעה … יוֹשְׁבִים Gibeah and Kiryath Jearim were settled at the same time.Erub.86a (ref. to Ps. 59:8) אימתי יושב עולם לפניוכ׳ (Rashi a. Ar. יֵשֵׁב) when is the world settled (evenly balanced) before God? When kindness and truth are appointed to guard it (differ. in Rashi v. infra). Pi. יִשֵּׁב, יִישֵּׁב 1) to settle, put in place, to arrange evenly. Y.Sabb.XII, beg.13c הבנאי י׳ את האבןוכ׳ the builder that placed a stone on top of the row (v. דִּימוֹס I.). Ib.d top; Y.Pes.VIII, 33b top מפני שהוא כמְיַישֵּׁב בידו because it is like settling the web with ones own hand. Lev. R. s. 37 (read:) יָשַׁב וְיִ׳ להם סבלותםוכ׳ he sat down (as a judge) and arranged their burdens in proper proportions between man and woman. Ib. אתה עתיד ליַישֵּׁבוכ׳ thou art designated to settle and explain to my children their vows Ex. R. s. 31 (ref. to Ps. 59:8, v. supra) יַשֵּׁב עולמך make thy world evenly balanced (as to property); Tanḥ. Mishp. 9 תיישר עולמך בשוה (read: תְּיַישֵּׁב). Ex. R. s. 52 לא היו יודעין ליַישְּׁבוֹ they knew not how to put its parts together; a. fr.Trnsf. to set the mind at ease, to quiet. Sabb.87a דברים שמְיַישְּׁבִין לבווכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שמושכין) words which quiet the mind of man ; Gen. R. s. 80 דברים שמְיַישְּׁבִים את הלב. Y.Pes.V, end, 32d (expl. וישב, 2 Sam. 7:18) וַיַישֶּׁב עצמו לתפלה he quieted his mind for prayer; a. e. 2) to settle, cultivate, populate. Ber.58a עתיד … להחזירו וליַישְּׁבוֹ Ms. M. (ed. ליִישּׁוּבוֹ) the Lord will again people it. Sot.22a מְיַישְּׁבֵי עולם cultivators of the world.Part. pass, מְיוּשָּׁב, f. מְיוּשֶּׁבֶת a) seated. Meg.21a. Y.Gitt.VII, 48d top; a. fr.b) sedate, at ease. Y.Ber.IV, 8b bot. לבו מי׳ his mind is at ease (about his animal); Bab. ib. 30a לפי שאין דעתו מי׳ עליו because his mind is not at ease without it. Sifré Num. 131 היה … בקי ומי׳ the polemarch was experienced and cool-headed; a. fr. Hif. הוֹשִׁיב to seat, place, appoint; to settle. Yoma 38a sq.; Tosef. ib. II, 7 במקומך יוֹשִׁיבוּךָ people will finally seat thee in the place which thou deservest. Tosef.Sabb.VI (VII), 17 (among superstitious practices) חמוֹשֶׁבֶת אפרוחים (ו)אמרה איני מוֹשַׁבְתָּןוכ׳ a woman who sets hens to brood and says I will not set them except in pairs (v. ed. Zuck. note). Snh.IV, 4 מוֹשִׁיבִין אותווכ׳ a seat is assigned to him in the third row. Macc.10a ואין מוֹשִׁיבִין אותםוכ׳ and we must not lay them out except on a river; (Tosef. ib. III (II), 8 בונין).Tosef. l. c. מביאין … ומושיביןוכ׳ other people are imported and settled in their place. B. Kam.16b bot. הוֹשִׁיבוּ ישיבהוכ׳ they held scholars meetings by his grave. Snh.17a אין מושיבין בסנהדריוכ׳ none can be appointed members of the Sanhedrin except ; a. v. fr. Nif. נוֹשָׁב to be inhabited. Pirké dR. El. ch. 43 ארץ נוֹשֶׁבֶת an inhabited land, settlement; (Koh. R. to I, 15 יִישּׁוּכ). Hithpa. חִתְיַישֵּׁב, Nithpa. נִתְיַישֵּׁב 1) to be settled, colonized. Ber.31a כל ארץ שגזר … ליישוב נִתְיַישְּׁבָה every land which Adam designated for settlement, has been settled. 2) to be at ease, to be refreshed, to come to. Yoma 82a אם נִתְיַשְּׁבָה דעתה if she feels that her craving has been gratified. Lam. R. to 1, 11 (ref. to להשיב נפש, ib.) עד כמה מִתְיַישֶּׁבֶת נפש how much is required for one fainting from hunger (v. בּוֹלִימוֹס) to come to himself again?Ḥag.3b לאחר שנתיישבה דעתו after his excitement had subsided. Erub.65a כל המתיישב ביינו he who remains clear-minded when drinking wine. Kinnim III, 6 כל זמן … דעתם מתישבת עליהם the older they grow, the more clear-minded do they become, opp. מיטרפת; a. fr.

יָשַׁב(b. h.) 1) to sit down, rest; to dwell, remain; to be inactive. Macc.III, 15 כל חיוֹשֵׁב ולא עברוכ׳ whoever is inactive and commits no sin, i. e. omits to do wrong; Kidd.39b.Erub.100a שֵׁב ואל תעשה עדיף ‘sit and do nothing, i. e. not to act in doubtful cases, is better, opp. קום ועשה. Ber.20a שב ואל תעשה שאני with an omission it is different. Tosef.Snh.VII, 8 ולא יֵשְׁבוּ … להם שֵׁבוּ and they must not sit down until he says to them, Be seated; Hor.13b; Y.Bicc.III, 65c bot.Y.Dem.II, 23a top שי׳ בישיבח who has a seat in the scholars meetings. Snh.10b; Tosef. ib. II, 1 אחד אומר לֵישֵׁב if one is in favor of sitting (holding deliberation in court). Zeb.II, 1 יוֹשֵׁב in a sitting position. Ber.28b מיוֹשְׁבֵיבה״מ one of the attendants at college, יושבי קרנות those placed at street corners (traders, idlers). Gen. R. s. 75 יושבי קרנות (corr. קרונות) sitting in chariots; a. v. fr. 2) to be settled (v. יִישּׁוּב), be inhabited. Num. R. s. 4 הגבעה … יוֹשְׁבִים Gibeah and Kiryath Jearim were settled at the same time.Erub.86a (ref. to Ps. 59:8) אימתי יושב עולם לפניוכ׳ (Rashi a. Ar. יֵשֵׁב) when is the world settled (evenly balanced) before God? When kindness and truth are appointed to guard it (differ. in Rashi v. infra). Pi. יִשֵּׁב, יִישֵּׁב 1) to settle, put in place, to arrange evenly. Y.Sabb.XII, beg.13c הבנאי י׳ את האבןוכ׳ the builder that placed a stone on top of the row (v. דִּימוֹס I.). Ib.d top; Y.Pes.VIII, 33b top מפני שהוא כמְיַישֵּׁב בידו because it is like settling the web with ones own hand. Lev. R. s. 37 (read:) יָשַׁב וְיִ׳ להם סבלותםוכ׳ he sat down (as a judge) and arranged their burdens in proper proportions between man and woman. Ib. אתה עתיד ליַישֵּׁבוכ׳ thou art designated to settle and explain to my children their vows Ex. R. s. 31 (ref. to Ps. 59:8, v. supra) יַשֵּׁב עולמך make thy world evenly balanced (as to property); Tanḥ. Mishp. 9 תיישר עולמך בשוה (read: תְּיַישֵּׁב). Ex. R. s. 52 לא היו יודעין ליַישְּׁבוֹ they knew not how to put its parts together; a. fr.Trnsf. to set the mind at ease, to quiet. Sabb.87a דברים שמְיַישְּׁבִין לבווכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. שמושכין) words which quiet the mind of man ; Gen. R. s. 80 דברים שמְיַישְּׁבִים את הלב. Y.Pes.V, end, 32d (expl. וישב, 2 Sam. 7:18) וַיַישֶּׁב עצמו לתפלה he quieted his mind for prayer; a. e. 2) to settle, cultivate, populate. Ber.58a עתיד … להחזירו וליַישְּׁבוֹ Ms. M. (ed. ליִישּׁוּבוֹ) the Lord will again people it. Sot.22a מְיַישְּׁבֵי עולם cultivators of the world.Part. pass, מְיוּשָּׁב, f. מְיוּשֶּׁבֶת a) seated. Meg.21a. Y.Gitt.VII, 48d top; a. fr.b) sedate, at ease. Y.Ber.IV, 8b bot. לבו מי׳ his mind is at ease (about his animal); Bab. ib. 30a לפי שאין דעתו מי׳ עליו because his mind is not at ease without it. Sifré Num. 131 היה … בקי ומי׳ the polemarch was experienced and cool-headed; a. fr. Hif. הוֹשִׁיב to seat, place, appoint; to settle. Yoma 38a sq.; Tosef. ib. II, 7 במקומך יוֹשִׁיבוּךָ people will finally seat thee in the place which thou deservest. Tosef.Sabb.VI (VII), 17 (among superstitious practices) חמוֹשֶׁבֶת אפרוחים (ו)אמרה איני מוֹשַׁבְתָּןוכ׳ a woman who sets hens to brood and says I will not set them except in pairs (v. ed. Zuck. note). Snh.IV, 4 מוֹשִׁיבִין אותווכ׳ a seat is assigned to him in the third row. Macc.10a ואין מוֹשִׁיבִין אותםוכ׳ and we must not lay them out except on a river; (Tosef. ib. III (II), 8 בונין).Tosef. l. c. מביאין … ומושיביןוכ׳ other people are imported and settled in their place. B. Kam.16b bot. הוֹשִׁיבוּ ישיבהוכ׳ they held scholars meetings by his grave. Snh.17a אין מושיבין בסנהדריוכ׳ none can be appointed members of the Sanhedrin except ; a. v. fr. Nif. נוֹשָׁב to be inhabited. Pirké dR. El. ch. 43 ארץ נוֹשֶׁבֶת an inhabited land, settlement; (Koh. R. to I, 15 יִישּׁוּכ). Hithpa. חִתְיַישֵּׁב, Nithpa. נִתְיַישֵּׁב 1) to be settled, colonized. Ber.31a כל ארץ שגזר … ליישוב נִתְיַישְּׁבָה every land which Adam designated for settlement, has been settled. 2) to be at ease, to be refreshed, to come to. Yoma 82a אם נִתְיַשְּׁבָה דעתה if she feels that her craving has been gratified. Lam. R. to 1, 11 (ref. to להשיב נפש, ib.) עד כמה מִתְיַישֶּׁבֶת נפש how much is required for one fainting from hunger (v. בּוֹלִימוֹס) to come to himself again?Ḥag.3b לאחר שנתיישבה דעתו after his excitement had subsided. Erub.65a כל המתיישב ביינו he who remains clear-minded when drinking wine. Kinnim III, 6 כל זמן … דעתם מתישבת עליהם the older they grow, the more clear-minded do they become, opp. מיטרפת; a. fr.

לַאוh. a. ch. (v. לַאי) no, not. Targ. Y. II Deut. 33:3.B. Kam.60a ואם ל׳ but if not, opp. אם יש.Ḥull.24a הא ל׳ הכי but without it (if the text did not say so).B. Kam.10a בל׳ איהו without him. Ib. b אי ל׳ את but for thee (sitting on it); אי ל׳ אתון בדידי had you not been (sitting on it) with me. Ib. כחו ל׳ כגופו דמי his force (pressure by leaning) is not to be considered as an action equal to (sitting on it with) his body; a. v. fr.אלא ל׳ but, must you not admit?, i. e. but to be sure, v. אֶלָּא. Ber.2b; a. v. fr.מאי ל׳ what (does this mean)? Does it not (mean) that Nidd.5a; a. fr.Esp. (לַוו) לַאו m. (= לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה) a plain prohibitory law, the violation of which, in the absence of any severer punishment indicated in the Scripture, is punished with thirty-nine lashes (v. אַרְבָּעִים, s. v. אַרְבָּעָה). Men.58b, a. e. ל׳ שבכללות an implied prohibition, e. g. Lev. 2:11 (where כל implies any mixture of leaven or honey); Ex. 12:9 (where אַל תאכלו refers to נָא, to מְבִשָּׁל, and implicitly to any preparation not through the action of fire). Ib. לא לַאוֵיה כל׳וכ׳ the prohibition in this case is not a special one for itself as is the prohibition, ‘Thou shalt not muzzle (Deut. 25:4, which is preceded by the law regulating corporal punishment); Pes.41b.ל׳ הבא מכלל עשה (v. כְּלָל) a prohibition derived by implication from a positive command, e. g. the law (Lev. 1:2) defining what animals are fit for the altar and indirectly excluding unclean animals. Zeb.34a … ל׳ … לוקין עליו the transgression of an implicit prohibition punishable with lashes; Ib. ל׳ … אין לוקין עליו is not punishable. Pes. l. c. ל׳ הבא מכלל עשה עשה a prohibition derived from a positive command is treated like a positive command (the neglect of which is not indictable); Ḥull.81a; a. fr.ל׳ הניתק לעשח, v. נָתַק.Pl. לַאוִין (לַווִין). B. Mets. 111a לעבור עליו בשני ל׳ to make the transgressor answerable for two acts.חייבי ל׳ those guilty of transgressing a plain prohibitory law, punishable with lashes, contrad. to חייבי כריתות, ח׳ מיתות (v. חוּב h.).Yeb.10b; a. fr.Ch. pl. לַאוֵי. Ḥull.80b. Tem.4b.Tosef.Erub.XI, (VIII), 23, v. לַאי.

לַאוh. a. ch. (v. לַאי) no, not. Targ. Y. II Deut. 33:3.B. Kam.60a ואם ל׳ but if not, opp. אם יש.Ḥull.24a הא ל׳ הכי but without it (if the text did not say so).B. Kam.10a בל׳ איהו without him. Ib. b אי ל׳ את but for thee (sitting on it); אי ל׳ אתון בדידי had you not been (sitting on it) with me. Ib. כחו ל׳ כגופו דמי his force (pressure by leaning) is not to be considered as an action equal to (sitting on it with) his body; a. v. fr.אלא ל׳ but, must you not admit?, i. e. but to be sure, v. אֶלָּא. Ber.2b; a. v. fr.מאי ל׳ what (does this mean)? Does it not (mean) that Nidd.5a; a. fr.Esp. (לַוו) לַאו m. (= לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה) a plain prohibitory law, the violation of which, in the absence of any severer punishment indicated in the Scripture, is punished with thirty-nine lashes (v. אַרְבָּעִים, s. v. אַרְבָּעָה). Men.58b, a. e. ל׳ שבכללות an implied prohibition, e. g. Lev. 2:11 (where כל implies any mixture of leaven or honey); Ex. 12:9 (where אַל תאכלו refers to נָא, to מְבִשָּׁל, and implicitly to any preparation not through the action of fire). Ib. לא לַאוֵיה כל׳וכ׳ the prohibition in this case is not a special one for itself as is the prohibition, ‘Thou shalt not muzzle (Deut. 25:4, which is preceded by the law regulating corporal punishment); Pes.41b.ל׳ הבא מכלל עשה (v. כְּלָל) a prohibition derived by implication from a positive command, e. g. the law (Lev. 1:2) defining what animals are fit for the altar and indirectly excluding unclean animals. Zeb.34a … ל׳ … לוקין עליו the transgression of an implicit prohibition punishable with lashes; Ib. ל׳ … אין לוקין עליו is not punishable. Pes. l. c. ל׳ הבא מכלל עשה עשה a prohibition derived from a positive command is treated like a positive command (the neglect of which is not indictable); Ḥull.81a; a. fr.ל׳ הניתק לעשח, v. נָתַק.Pl. לַאוִין (לַווִין). B. Mets. 111a לעבור עליו בשני ל׳ to make the transgressor answerable for two acts.חייבי ל׳ those guilty of transgressing a plain prohibitory law, punishable with lashes, contrad. to חייבי כריתות, ח׳ מיתות (v. חוּב h.).Yeb.10b; a. fr.Ch. pl. לַאוֵי. Ḥull.80b. Tem.4b.Tosef.Erub.XI, (VIII), 23, v. לַאי.

אוֹתָבוּתָאf. ( יתב) sitting down, sitting. Targ. Ps. 139:2.

אוֹתָבוּתָאf. ( יתב) sitting down, sitting. Targ. Ps. 139:2.

1) to be narrow, slender, young, v. צוֹעֵר, צׇעִיר. 2) to be restrained, suffer privation, pain. Taan.11a, v. infra. Hif. הִצְעִיר to lessen; to subordinate. Gen. R. s. 6 (ref. to הצעיר, Gen. 48:14) על ידי שהיה מַצְעִיר את עסקיווכ׳ because he subordinated his affairs (was contented with lesser services), he was privileged to be invested with the rights of the firstborn; הגדול שהוא מצעירוכ׳ if a great man applies himself to minor services, how much more (is he praiseworthy)!Part. pass. מוּצְעָר, q. v. Pi. צִיעֵר 1) to narrow, restrain; to inflict pain, annoy. Naz.19a; 22a, a. e. (ref. to Num. 6:11) ומה זה שלא צי׳ עצמו … המְצַעֵר עצמווכ׳ if this (Nazarite) who denied himself only the enjoyment of wine is called a sinner, how much more so he who denies himself all enjoyments of life! Taan.11a יִצְעַר … במשה רבינו שצי׳ עצמווכ׳ man must suffer (deny himself enjoyments), when the community suffers; for thus we find that Moses afflicted himself (by sitting on a stone, Ex. 17:12) ; ib. וכל המצער עצמו עםוכ׳ (Ms. M. וכל המצער עם, insert עצמו, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) and he who afflicts himself in sympathy with the community, will be allowed to see the comfort of the community; Yalk. Gen. 148, a. e. המִצְטַעֵר. Snh.11a אתה הוא שצִיעַרְתָּ לאכא wast thou the one who annoyed my father (with the smell of garlic)? Ab. Zar.40b ואתה מְצַעֲרֵינִי and thou didst let me be in pain (without telling me of the remedy)?; a. fr. 2) to suffer. Yalk. Is. 333, v. צָרַר. Hithpa. הִצְטַעֵר, Nithpa. נִצְטַעֵר to feel pain; to suffer privation; to grieve, trouble ones self. Yalk. Gen. l. c., a. e., v. supra. Hag.15b בזמנ שאדם מִצְטַעֵרוכ׳ when a man suffers (the penalty of the law), what does the Shekhinah say?; אם כךהקב״ה מצטערוכ׳ if the Lord thus grieves over the blood of the wicked (convict), how much more does he grieve over the blood of the righteous that is shed!; Ms. M. 1 אם כן מצטער אניוכ׳; Ms. M. 2 מִצְטַעֲרֵנִי if thus I (the Lord) grieve Snh. 46a; Yalk. Deut. 930. Succ.26a, a. e. מצטער פטורוכ׳ he that feels uncomfortable (cold) is exempt from sitting in the Succah (contrad. fr. חולה). Meg.16a sq. אפשר דבר שנצ׳ בו … יכשל בו is it possible that this righteous man (Joseph) should commit the same wrong from which he himself had suffered (to make distinctions between brothers)? Yoma 74b; Y. ib. VIII, 44d top (ref. to Lev. 16:29) יכול ישב … ויִצְטַעֵר you may think, one must sit in the sun or in the cold in order to afflict ones self. Bab. ib. 19b כל ימי הייתי מצט׳ עלוכ׳ all my life-time have I been troubling myself about this verse (Lev. 16:2) thinking, when shall I have an opportunity to carry it into practice (in accordance with the Sadducean interpretation of it) Sifré Deut. 354 הואיל ונִצְטַעַרְנוּוכ׳ since we have gone to the trouble of coming here ; a. fr.