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1 סיתות
stone cutting, stone dressing, chiselling -
2 סתות
stone cutting, stone dressing, chiselling -
3 אבן נייר ומספריים
stone paper and scissors (method of drawing lots in children's games) -
4 אבן-קלע
stone hurled by a sling -
5 בית-אבן
stone building -
6 חיפוי אבן
stone facing -
7 חיצוב
stone-cutting -
8 יידוי אבנים
stone throwing, casting stones -
9 סתתות
stone-cutting -
10 פיסול באבן
stone sculpturing -
11 קיר אבן
stone wall -
12 אבן
אֶבֶןf. (b. h., √אב, comp. אבר, v. Ges. H. Dict s. v.) stone. Sabb.10a; Pes.12b כזורק א׳וכ׳ like throwing a stone into a leather bottle (has no effect, or is indigestible). Num. R. s. 22 (prov.) into a well out of which yon drank אל תזרוק בו א׳ cast no stone.א׳ טובה jewel. B. Bath.16b; a. fr. Pl. אֲבָנִים, const אַבְנֵי. Gen. R. s. 68 שנים עשרה א׳. Ib. אם מתאחות הן שלשה א׳ (read שלש) if these three stones shall grow into one; a. fr. Compounds and combinations: בית א׳ Stone Chamber, name of a Temple compartment. Parah III, 1.א׳ גליון, v. אָוֶן.א׳ הטועים (א׳ טועין, א׳ טוען, v. טָעָה), Stone of Losers (Claims), a place in Jerusalem where lost and found things were deposited and claimed. Taan.III, 8; Y. ib. 66d bot.; B. Mets.28bא׳ המבר or א׳ המקח auction place (for slaves). Sifré Deut. 26. Sifra Bhar ch. VII, s. 6. Yalk. Lev. 667 א׳ הלקח.א׳ מסמא a stone used for closing a pit etc. Nid. 69b בא׳ מ׳ the corpse was put on a closing (immovable) stone; a. e. קבועה a stone rooted in the ground, opp. תלושה. Y.Sotah IX, 23c top. אבני השדה v. אדני.שוֹאֶבֶת magnetic stone, load-stone. Snh.107b; a. e.א׳ הַשָּׁעוֹת stone-dial, Kel. XII, 4; a. e.א׳ שְׁתִיָּה foundation stone, stone Shthiya which in the second Temple occupied the place of the Holy Arc. Yoma V, 2 (3); v. Gem. a. l.אבנים תּוֹשָׁבוֹת immigrant stones, i. e. stones brought over from another ground. Tosef.Shebi.III,. 4; cmp. Shebi.III, 7 a. Y. Gem. a. l.א׳ תלושה v. sup. א׳ קבועח.א׳ תקומה preserving stone, a stone believed to protect against abortion. Sabb.66a.(For other combinations see respective determinants. -
13 אֶבֶן
אֶבֶןf. (b. h., √אב, comp. אבר, v. Ges. H. Dict s. v.) stone. Sabb.10a; Pes.12b כזורק א׳וכ׳ like throwing a stone into a leather bottle (has no effect, or is indigestible). Num. R. s. 22 (prov.) into a well out of which yon drank אל תזרוק בו א׳ cast no stone.א׳ טובה jewel. B. Bath.16b; a. fr. Pl. אֲבָנִים, const אַבְנֵי. Gen. R. s. 68 שנים עשרה א׳. Ib. אם מתאחות הן שלשה א׳ (read שלש) if these three stones shall grow into one; a. fr. Compounds and combinations: בית א׳ Stone Chamber, name of a Temple compartment. Parah III, 1.א׳ גליון, v. אָוֶן.א׳ הטועים (א׳ טועין, א׳ טוען, v. טָעָה), Stone of Losers (Claims), a place in Jerusalem where lost and found things were deposited and claimed. Taan.III, 8; Y. ib. 66d bot.; B. Mets.28bא׳ המבר or א׳ המקח auction place (for slaves). Sifré Deut. 26. Sifra Bhar ch. VII, s. 6. Yalk. Lev. 667 א׳ הלקח.א׳ מסמא a stone used for closing a pit etc. Nid. 69b בא׳ מ׳ the corpse was put on a closing (immovable) stone; a. e. קבועה a stone rooted in the ground, opp. תלושה. Y.Sotah IX, 23c top. אבני השדה v. אדני.שוֹאֶבֶת magnetic stone, load-stone. Snh.107b; a. e.א׳ הַשָּׁעוֹת stone-dial, Kel. XII, 4; a. e.א׳ שְׁתִיָּה foundation stone, stone Shthiya which in the second Temple occupied the place of the Holy Arc. Yoma V, 2 (3); v. Gem. a. l.אבנים תּוֹשָׁבוֹת immigrant stones, i. e. stones brought over from another ground. Tosef.Shebi.III,. 4; cmp. Shebi.III, 7 a. Y. Gem. a. l.א׳ תלושה v. sup. א׳ קבועח.א׳ תקומה preserving stone, a stone believed to protect against abortion. Sabb.66a.(For other combinations see respective determinants. -
14 פסיפס
פְּסִיפָּס, פִּסְפָּס, פִּיסְ׳m. (פָּסַס, cmp. פְּסִיסִית) 1) cut and polished stone block, used for paving floors, stone pavement, mosaic. Ab. dR. N. ch. XXVIII אבן פסי׳ שישוכ׳ ed. Schechter (ed. פיספס) a paving block which has four polished sides (a metaphor for a many-sided scholar). Y.Sabb.VII, 10b top בשאין שם פ׳ where there is no stone pavement. Ib. XII, beg.13c (Chald. dict.) מקטע פ׳ he who trims a paving stone (or die, v. infra). Ex. R. s. 10 בתיהם של גדולים … בשיש בפ׳ the houses of the nobles which were paved with marble or blocks; Yalk. Sam. 102 בתי השיש והפִּסְפְּסִים (pl.); Yalk. Ps. 820 בתי השיש ובתי הפ׳ (Midr. Till. to Ps. 105 בתי הסיפים, v. סַף) B). Deut. R. s. 1 ואם בפ׳ הפ׳וכ׳ and if (she wipes her hands) on the pavement, the pavement will be blackened, but her hands will not be clean; a. e.Pl. פְּסִיפְסִים, פְּסִיפְסִין, פִּסְפְּ׳, פִּיסְ׳. Yalk. Sam. l. c.; Yalk. Ps. l. c., v. supra. Midd. I, 6 ראשי פסי׳וכ׳ Var. in Ar. s. v. פשפש (Mish. ed. פספ׳; Talm. ed. פישפשין) the ends of the flag-stones in the pavement indicated the mark between the sacred and the secular grounds; (comment.: blocks on the ceiling); ib. II, 6; a. e.Tosef.Zeb.VII, 1 פסיפסין, Var. פסיפיסין, v. פִּשְׁפָש I.) 2) cube, die.Pl. as ab. Y.R. Hash. I, 57c top (expl. המשחק בקוביא) המשחק בפסי׳ he who plays with dice; Snh.25b, a. e. בפיספ׳ (Rashi: blocks of wood); Y. l. c. משישבור את פְּסִיפְסָיו (he is not reinstated from his civil disabilities,) until he breaks his dice; Snh. l. c. משישברו את פִּיסְפְּסֵיהֶן; Y.Shebu.VII, 37d bot. פִּיסְפְּסָיו; Y.Snh.III, beg., 21a (also פְּשִׂיפְשִׂין). Midr. Till. to Ps. 26:10 אלי המשחקין בפספ׳וכ׳ that means those who play with dice, who calculate (throw) with the left hand and press with the right hand, and rob and wrong one another; a. e. 3) check (in garments), square, or stripe (cmp. פַּס). Neg. XI, 7 והרי הוא פסי׳ יחידי ed. Dehr. (ed. פספס) suppose there is only one (white) stripe in the whole garment?Pl. as ab. Ib. קייטא שיש בה פ׳ צבועים וכ׳ a pieced sheet in which there are checkers colored and white; Tosef. ib. V, 10. Yalk. Job 927 פספסין הדֵּיהוֹת שלו מכחות וכ׳ (or הדּוּחוֹת, not פספסי הרוחות) the faintest checkers (or stripes) of the Leviathans skin outshine the sun (v. Yalk. Lev. 65 3). 4) voting tablet, verdict. Lam. R. to II, 1, v. חִיתּוּךְ.(The contact between the Hebrew and Greek languages influenced the form פסיפס and the coincidence of some meanings of our word with ψῆφος pebble. -
15 פספס
פְּסִיפָּס, פִּסְפָּס, פִּיסְ׳m. (פָּסַס, cmp. פְּסִיסִית) 1) cut and polished stone block, used for paving floors, stone pavement, mosaic. Ab. dR. N. ch. XXVIII אבן פסי׳ שישוכ׳ ed. Schechter (ed. פיספס) a paving block which has four polished sides (a metaphor for a many-sided scholar). Y.Sabb.VII, 10b top בשאין שם פ׳ where there is no stone pavement. Ib. XII, beg.13c (Chald. dict.) מקטע פ׳ he who trims a paving stone (or die, v. infra). Ex. R. s. 10 בתיהם של גדולים … בשיש בפ׳ the houses of the nobles which were paved with marble or blocks; Yalk. Sam. 102 בתי השיש והפִּסְפְּסִים (pl.); Yalk. Ps. 820 בתי השיש ובתי הפ׳ (Midr. Till. to Ps. 105 בתי הסיפים, v. סַף) B). Deut. R. s. 1 ואם בפ׳ הפ׳וכ׳ and if (she wipes her hands) on the pavement, the pavement will be blackened, but her hands will not be clean; a. e.Pl. פְּסִיפְסִים, פְּסִיפְסִין, פִּסְפְּ׳, פִּיסְ׳. Yalk. Sam. l. c.; Yalk. Ps. l. c., v. supra. Midd. I, 6 ראשי פסי׳וכ׳ Var. in Ar. s. v. פשפש (Mish. ed. פספ׳; Talm. ed. פישפשין) the ends of the flag-stones in the pavement indicated the mark between the sacred and the secular grounds; (comment.: blocks on the ceiling); ib. II, 6; a. e.Tosef.Zeb.VII, 1 פסיפסין, Var. פסיפיסין, v. פִּשְׁפָש I.) 2) cube, die.Pl. as ab. Y.R. Hash. I, 57c top (expl. המשחק בקוביא) המשחק בפסי׳ he who plays with dice; Snh.25b, a. e. בפיספ׳ (Rashi: blocks of wood); Y. l. c. משישבור את פְּסִיפְסָיו (he is not reinstated from his civil disabilities,) until he breaks his dice; Snh. l. c. משישברו את פִּיסְפְּסֵיהֶן; Y.Shebu.VII, 37d bot. פִּיסְפְּסָיו; Y.Snh.III, beg., 21a (also פְּשִׂיפְשִׂין). Midr. Till. to Ps. 26:10 אלי המשחקין בפספ׳וכ׳ that means those who play with dice, who calculate (throw) with the left hand and press with the right hand, and rob and wrong one another; a. e. 3) check (in garments), square, or stripe (cmp. פַּס). Neg. XI, 7 והרי הוא פסי׳ יחידי ed. Dehr. (ed. פספס) suppose there is only one (white) stripe in the whole garment?Pl. as ab. Ib. קייטא שיש בה פ׳ צבועים וכ׳ a pieced sheet in which there are checkers colored and white; Tosef. ib. V, 10. Yalk. Job 927 פספסין הדֵּיהוֹת שלו מכחות וכ׳ (or הדּוּחוֹת, not פספסי הרוחות) the faintest checkers (or stripes) of the Leviathans skin outshine the sun (v. Yalk. Lev. 65 3). 4) voting tablet, verdict. Lam. R. to II, 1, v. חִיתּוּךְ.(The contact between the Hebrew and Greek languages influenced the form פסיפס and the coincidence of some meanings of our word with ψῆφος pebble. -
16 פְּסִיפָּס
פְּסִיפָּס, פִּסְפָּס, פִּיסְ׳m. (פָּסַס, cmp. פְּסִיסִית) 1) cut and polished stone block, used for paving floors, stone pavement, mosaic. Ab. dR. N. ch. XXVIII אבן פסי׳ שישוכ׳ ed. Schechter (ed. פיספס) a paving block which has four polished sides (a metaphor for a many-sided scholar). Y.Sabb.VII, 10b top בשאין שם פ׳ where there is no stone pavement. Ib. XII, beg.13c (Chald. dict.) מקטע פ׳ he who trims a paving stone (or die, v. infra). Ex. R. s. 10 בתיהם של גדולים … בשיש בפ׳ the houses of the nobles which were paved with marble or blocks; Yalk. Sam. 102 בתי השיש והפִּסְפְּסִים (pl.); Yalk. Ps. 820 בתי השיש ובתי הפ׳ (Midr. Till. to Ps. 105 בתי הסיפים, v. סַף) B). Deut. R. s. 1 ואם בפ׳ הפ׳וכ׳ and if (she wipes her hands) on the pavement, the pavement will be blackened, but her hands will not be clean; a. e.Pl. פְּסִיפְסִים, פְּסִיפְסִין, פִּסְפְּ׳, פִּיסְ׳. Yalk. Sam. l. c.; Yalk. Ps. l. c., v. supra. Midd. I, 6 ראשי פסי׳וכ׳ Var. in Ar. s. v. פשפש (Mish. ed. פספ׳; Talm. ed. פישפשין) the ends of the flag-stones in the pavement indicated the mark between the sacred and the secular grounds; (comment.: blocks on the ceiling); ib. II, 6; a. e.Tosef.Zeb.VII, 1 פסיפסין, Var. פסיפיסין, v. פִּשְׁפָש I.) 2) cube, die.Pl. as ab. Y.R. Hash. I, 57c top (expl. המשחק בקוביא) המשחק בפסי׳ he who plays with dice; Snh.25b, a. e. בפיספ׳ (Rashi: blocks of wood); Y. l. c. משישבור את פְּסִיפְסָיו (he is not reinstated from his civil disabilities,) until he breaks his dice; Snh. l. c. משישברו את פִּיסְפְּסֵיהֶן; Y.Shebu.VII, 37d bot. פִּיסְפְּסָיו; Y.Snh.III, beg., 21a (also פְּשִׂיפְשִׂין). Midr. Till. to Ps. 26:10 אלי המשחקין בפספ׳וכ׳ that means those who play with dice, who calculate (throw) with the left hand and press with the right hand, and rob and wrong one another; a. e. 3) check (in garments), square, or stripe (cmp. פַּס). Neg. XI, 7 והרי הוא פסי׳ יחידי ed. Dehr. (ed. פספס) suppose there is only one (white) stripe in the whole garment?Pl. as ab. Ib. קייטא שיש בה פ׳ צבועים וכ׳ a pieced sheet in which there are checkers colored and white; Tosef. ib. V, 10. Yalk. Job 927 פספסין הדֵּיהוֹת שלו מכחות וכ׳ (or הדּוּחוֹת, not פספסי הרוחות) the faintest checkers (or stripes) of the Leviathans skin outshine the sun (v. Yalk. Lev. 65 3). 4) voting tablet, verdict. Lam. R. to II, 1, v. חִיתּוּךְ.(The contact between the Hebrew and Greek languages influenced the form פסיפס and the coincidence of some meanings of our word with ψῆφος pebble. -
17 פִּסְפָּס
פְּסִיפָּס, פִּסְפָּס, פִּיסְ׳m. (פָּסַס, cmp. פְּסִיסִית) 1) cut and polished stone block, used for paving floors, stone pavement, mosaic. Ab. dR. N. ch. XXVIII אבן פסי׳ שישוכ׳ ed. Schechter (ed. פיספס) a paving block which has four polished sides (a metaphor for a many-sided scholar). Y.Sabb.VII, 10b top בשאין שם פ׳ where there is no stone pavement. Ib. XII, beg.13c (Chald. dict.) מקטע פ׳ he who trims a paving stone (or die, v. infra). Ex. R. s. 10 בתיהם של גדולים … בשיש בפ׳ the houses of the nobles which were paved with marble or blocks; Yalk. Sam. 102 בתי השיש והפִּסְפְּסִים (pl.); Yalk. Ps. 820 בתי השיש ובתי הפ׳ (Midr. Till. to Ps. 105 בתי הסיפים, v. סַף) B). Deut. R. s. 1 ואם בפ׳ הפ׳וכ׳ and if (she wipes her hands) on the pavement, the pavement will be blackened, but her hands will not be clean; a. e.Pl. פְּסִיפְסִים, פְּסִיפְסִין, פִּסְפְּ׳, פִּיסְ׳. Yalk. Sam. l. c.; Yalk. Ps. l. c., v. supra. Midd. I, 6 ראשי פסי׳וכ׳ Var. in Ar. s. v. פשפש (Mish. ed. פספ׳; Talm. ed. פישפשין) the ends of the flag-stones in the pavement indicated the mark between the sacred and the secular grounds; (comment.: blocks on the ceiling); ib. II, 6; a. e.Tosef.Zeb.VII, 1 פסיפסין, Var. פסיפיסין, v. פִּשְׁפָש I.) 2) cube, die.Pl. as ab. Y.R. Hash. I, 57c top (expl. המשחק בקוביא) המשחק בפסי׳ he who plays with dice; Snh.25b, a. e. בפיספ׳ (Rashi: blocks of wood); Y. l. c. משישבור את פְּסִיפְסָיו (he is not reinstated from his civil disabilities,) until he breaks his dice; Snh. l. c. משישברו את פִּיסְפְּסֵיהֶן; Y.Shebu.VII, 37d bot. פִּיסְפְּסָיו; Y.Snh.III, beg., 21a (also פְּשִׂיפְשִׂין). Midr. Till. to Ps. 26:10 אלי המשחקין בפספ׳וכ׳ that means those who play with dice, who calculate (throw) with the left hand and press with the right hand, and rob and wrong one another; a. e. 3) check (in garments), square, or stripe (cmp. פַּס). Neg. XI, 7 והרי הוא פסי׳ יחידי ed. Dehr. (ed. פספס) suppose there is only one (white) stripe in the whole garment?Pl. as ab. Ib. קייטא שיש בה פ׳ צבועים וכ׳ a pieced sheet in which there are checkers colored and white; Tosef. ib. V, 10. Yalk. Job 927 פספסין הדֵּיהוֹת שלו מכחות וכ׳ (or הדּוּחוֹת, not פספסי הרוחות) the faintest checkers (or stripes) of the Leviathans skin outshine the sun (v. Yalk. Lev. 65 3). 4) voting tablet, verdict. Lam. R. to II, 1, v. חִיתּוּךְ.(The contact between the Hebrew and Greek languages influenced the form פסיפס and the coincidence of some meanings of our word with ψῆφος pebble. -
18 פִּיסְ׳
פְּסִיפָּס, פִּסְפָּס, פִּיסְ׳m. (פָּסַס, cmp. פְּסִיסִית) 1) cut and polished stone block, used for paving floors, stone pavement, mosaic. Ab. dR. N. ch. XXVIII אבן פסי׳ שישוכ׳ ed. Schechter (ed. פיספס) a paving block which has four polished sides (a metaphor for a many-sided scholar). Y.Sabb.VII, 10b top בשאין שם פ׳ where there is no stone pavement. Ib. XII, beg.13c (Chald. dict.) מקטע פ׳ he who trims a paving stone (or die, v. infra). Ex. R. s. 10 בתיהם של גדולים … בשיש בפ׳ the houses of the nobles which were paved with marble or blocks; Yalk. Sam. 102 בתי השיש והפִּסְפְּסִים (pl.); Yalk. Ps. 820 בתי השיש ובתי הפ׳ (Midr. Till. to Ps. 105 בתי הסיפים, v. סַף) B). Deut. R. s. 1 ואם בפ׳ הפ׳וכ׳ and if (she wipes her hands) on the pavement, the pavement will be blackened, but her hands will not be clean; a. e.Pl. פְּסִיפְסִים, פְּסִיפְסִין, פִּסְפְּ׳, פִּיסְ׳. Yalk. Sam. l. c.; Yalk. Ps. l. c., v. supra. Midd. I, 6 ראשי פסי׳וכ׳ Var. in Ar. s. v. פשפש (Mish. ed. פספ׳; Talm. ed. פישפשין) the ends of the flag-stones in the pavement indicated the mark between the sacred and the secular grounds; (comment.: blocks on the ceiling); ib. II, 6; a. e.Tosef.Zeb.VII, 1 פסיפסין, Var. פסיפיסין, v. פִּשְׁפָש I.) 2) cube, die.Pl. as ab. Y.R. Hash. I, 57c top (expl. המשחק בקוביא) המשחק בפסי׳ he who plays with dice; Snh.25b, a. e. בפיספ׳ (Rashi: blocks of wood); Y. l. c. משישבור את פְּסִיפְסָיו (he is not reinstated from his civil disabilities,) until he breaks his dice; Snh. l. c. משישברו את פִּיסְפְּסֵיהֶן; Y.Shebu.VII, 37d bot. פִּיסְפְּסָיו; Y.Snh.III, beg., 21a (also פְּשִׂיפְשִׂין). Midr. Till. to Ps. 26:10 אלי המשחקין בפספ׳וכ׳ that means those who play with dice, who calculate (throw) with the left hand and press with the right hand, and rob and wrong one another; a. e. 3) check (in garments), square, or stripe (cmp. פַּס). Neg. XI, 7 והרי הוא פסי׳ יחידי ed. Dehr. (ed. פספס) suppose there is only one (white) stripe in the whole garment?Pl. as ab. Ib. קייטא שיש בה פ׳ צבועים וכ׳ a pieced sheet in which there are checkers colored and white; Tosef. ib. V, 10. Yalk. Job 927 פספסין הדֵּיהוֹת שלו מכחות וכ׳ (or הדּוּחוֹת, not פספסי הרוחות) the faintest checkers (or stripes) of the Leviathans skin outshine the sun (v. Yalk. Lev. 65 3). 4) voting tablet, verdict. Lam. R. to II, 1, v. חִיתּוּךְ.(The contact between the Hebrew and Greek languages influenced the form פסיפס and the coincidence of some meanings of our word with ψῆφος pebble. -
19 הטחה
הֲטָחָהf. (טוּחַ II) 1) throwing (a stone). Y.B. Kam.III, 3c top אם כדרךה׳ הטיח if one hit (him who was carrying a flask) in the way of throwing a stone (not merely by letting a stone lie in the road). 2) contusion. Y.Sabb.VI, 8c bot. דומה …ה׳ זו בלבד it seems that I am not to carry off from this place anything except this contusion (of my finger). -
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הֲטָחָהf. (טוּחַ II) 1) throwing (a stone). Y.B. Kam.III, 3c top אם כדרךה׳ הטיח if one hit (him who was carrying a flask) in the way of throwing a stone (not merely by letting a stone lie in the road). 2) contusion. Y.Sabb.VI, 8c bot. דומה …ה׳ זו בלבד it seems that I am not to carry off from this place anything except this contusion (of my finger).
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