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שָׁבַעNif. נִשְׁבַּע (b. h.) to be sworn, to swear. Shebu.III, 6 נ׳ לבטלוכ׳ if a person swears that he will omit to perform a commandment. Ib. VI, 4 אין נִשְׁבָּעִין עלוכ׳ no oath is imposed in refutation of a claim of a deaf and mute, or of an insane person, or of a minor, nor do we administer an oath to a (claimant) minor, אבל נשבעין לקטןוכ׳ but you must make oath when suing a minor or the sacred treasury. Ib. 7 ומי נ׳ מי … שמא יִשָּׁבַע זהוכ׳ which of them is first admitted to an oath? He with whom the (lost) pledge was deposited, lest this one (the debtor) swear (to the value of the pledge), and the other produce the pledge (and prove him a perjurer). Ib. VII, 1 כל הנשבעין שבתורה נשבעיןוכ׳ all those bound to swear according to Biblical law swear and are free from payment, but the following swear and receive (are awarded their claim). Ib. 32b ואינו יכול לִישָּׁבֵעַ, v. שְׁבוּעָה; a. fr. Hif. הִשְׁבִּיעַ to adjure; to impose, administer an oath. Ib. IV, 3 אמרו אין אנו … מַשְׁבִּיעַ אני עליכםוכ׳ if they say, we know no testimony in thy case, (and he says,) I adjure you, and they say, Amen: they are guilty (if they could testify). Ib. ה׳ עליהן … חוץוכ׳ if he adjured them five times out of court, and coming before court they confess (that they know testimony), they are acquitted. Ib. VIII, 2 מַשְׁבִּיעֲךָ אניוכ׳ I adjure thee, and he says, Amen. Ib. 29a; 39a, a. e. וכשמַשְׁבִּיעִין אותו … אני משביעין אותךוכ׳ and when the court administers an oath to him, they say to him, know that we cause thee to swear not in thy sense, but in the sense of God and in the sense of the court; a. fr.Part. pass. מוּשְׁבָּע; pl. מוּשְׁבָּעִין. Ib. 31a מ׳ מפי עצמו one who is sworn on his own demand (in his own case); מ׳ מפי אחרים one who is sworn on other peoples demands (as a supposed witness that claims ignorance). Ib. III, 6 הרשות שאינו מ׳ עליה מהר סיני a religiously indifferent act, on which he is not sworn from Mount Sinai; מצוה שהוא מ׳וכ׳ a religious act on which he is sworn Ib. 21b; 22b, v. סִינַי; a. fr.

שָׁבַעNif. נִשְׁבַּע (b. h.) to be sworn, to swear. Shebu.III, 6 נ׳ לבטלוכ׳ if a person swears that he will omit to perform a commandment. Ib. VI, 4 אין נִשְׁבָּעִין עלוכ׳ no oath is imposed in refutation of a claim of a deaf and mute, or of an insane person, or of a minor, nor do we administer an oath to a (claimant) minor, אבל נשבעין לקטןוכ׳ but you must make oath when suing a minor or the sacred treasury. Ib. 7 ומי נ׳ מי … שמא יִשָּׁבַע זהוכ׳ which of them is first admitted to an oath? He with whom the (lost) pledge was deposited, lest this one (the debtor) swear (to the value of the pledge), and the other produce the pledge (and prove him a perjurer). Ib. VII, 1 כל הנשבעין שבתורה נשבעיןוכ׳ all those bound to swear according to Biblical law swear and are free from payment, but the following swear and receive (are awarded their claim). Ib. 32b ואינו יכול לִישָּׁבֵעַ, v. שְׁבוּעָה; a. fr. Hif. הִשְׁבִּיעַ to adjure; to impose, administer an oath. Ib. IV, 3 אמרו אין אנו … מַשְׁבִּיעַ אני עליכםוכ׳ if they say, we know no testimony in thy case, (and he says,) I adjure you, and they say, Amen: they are guilty (if they could testify). Ib. ה׳ עליהן … חוץוכ׳ if he adjured them five times out of court, and coming before court they confess (that they know testimony), they are acquitted. Ib. VIII, 2 מַשְׁבִּיעֲךָ אניוכ׳ I adjure thee, and he says, Amen. Ib. 29a; 39a, a. e. וכשמַשְׁבִּיעִין אותו … אני משביעין אותךוכ׳ and when the court administers an oath to him, they say to him, know that we cause thee to swear not in thy sense, but in the sense of God and in the sense of the court; a. fr.Part. pass. מוּשְׁבָּע; pl. מוּשְׁבָּעִין. Ib. 31a מ׳ מפי עצמו one who is sworn on his own demand (in his own case); מ׳ מפי אחרים one who is sworn on other peoples demands (as a supposed witness that claims ignorance). Ib. III, 6 הרשות שאינו מ׳ עליה מהר סיני a religiously indifferent act, on which he is not sworn from Mount Sinai; מצוה שהוא מ׳וכ׳ a religious act on which he is sworn Ib. 21b; 22b, v. סִינַי; a. fr.

יְמֵי, יְמָא 1) to speak; impf. יֵימֵא, יֵימֵי, v. אֲמָא. 2) (cmp. אָמַר I, 2, a. Ps. 119:20 with Targ. a. l.) to swear. Targ. O. Ex. 20:7 (h. text נשא). Targ. Jer. 5:2 יֵימָן ed. Lag. (oth. ed. יֵמוּן, יָמָן, h. text אמר); a. fr.Pes.113b וכי יַמְיָיןוכ׳ Ar. s. v. מם (Ms. M. 2 a. Ar. Ms. Koh. מַיְימָןוכ׳; Ms. M. 1 ומוֹמִי קרו להון; ed. ומומתייהו הכי, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) and when they swear, they swear, ‘by the life Af. אוֹמֵי, אַיְימֵי 1) same. Targ. Jud. 17:2 (ed. Lag. יֵימַת); a. fr.Gen. R. s. 26 מוֹמֵי, v. אֱלָהּ.Pes. l. c., v. supra; a. fr. 2) to cause to swear. Targ. 1 Kings 8:31. Targ. O. Ex. 13:19 אוֹמָאָה אוֹמֵי; a. fr.V. אוֹמָתָא, מוֹמִי, מוֹמָתָא.

יְמֵי, יְמָא 1) to speak; impf. יֵימֵא, יֵימֵי, v. אֲמָא. 2) (cmp. אָמַר I, 2, a. Ps. 119:20 with Targ. a. l.) to swear. Targ. O. Ex. 20:7 (h. text נשא). Targ. Jer. 5:2 יֵימָן ed. Lag. (oth. ed. יֵמוּן, יָמָן, h. text אמר); a. fr.Pes.113b וכי יַמְיָיןוכ׳ Ar. s. v. מם (Ms. M. 2 a. Ar. Ms. Koh. מַיְימָןוכ׳; Ms. M. 1 ומוֹמִי קרו להון; ed. ומומתייהו הכי, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) and when they swear, they swear, ‘by the life Af. אוֹמֵי, אַיְימֵי 1) same. Targ. Jud. 17:2 (ed. Lag. יֵימַת); a. fr.Gen. R. s. 26 מוֹמֵי, v. אֱלָהּ.Pes. l. c., v. supra; a. fr. 2) to cause to swear. Targ. 1 Kings 8:31. Targ. O. Ex. 13:19 אוֹמָאָה אוֹמֵי; a. fr.V. אוֹמָתָא, מוֹמִי, מוֹמָתָא.

יְמֵי, יְמָא 1) to speak; impf. יֵימֵא, יֵימֵי, v. אֲמָא. 2) (cmp. אָמַר I, 2, a. Ps. 119:20 with Targ. a. l.) to swear. Targ. O. Ex. 20:7 (h. text נשא). Targ. Jer. 5:2 יֵימָן ed. Lag. (oth. ed. יֵמוּן, יָמָן, h. text אמר); a. fr.Pes.113b וכי יַמְיָיןוכ׳ Ar. s. v. מם (Ms. M. 2 a. Ar. Ms. Koh. מַיְימָןוכ׳; Ms. M. 1 ומוֹמִי קרו להון; ed. ומומתייהו הכי, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) and when they swear, they swear, ‘by the life Af. אוֹמֵי, אַיְימֵי 1) same. Targ. Jud. 17:2 (ed. Lag. יֵימַת); a. fr.Gen. R. s. 26 מוֹמֵי, v. אֱלָהּ.Pes. l. c., v. supra; a. fr. 2) to cause to swear. Targ. 1 Kings 8:31. Targ. O. Ex. 13:19 אוֹמָאָה אוֹמֵי; a. fr.V. אוֹמָתָא, מוֹמִי, מוֹמָתָא.

יְמֵי, יְמָא 1) to speak; impf. יֵימֵא, יֵימֵי, v. אֲמָא. 2) (cmp. אָמַר I, 2, a. Ps. 119:20 with Targ. a. l.) to swear. Targ. O. Ex. 20:7 (h. text נשא). Targ. Jer. 5:2 יֵימָן ed. Lag. (oth. ed. יֵמוּן, יָמָן, h. text אמר); a. fr.Pes.113b וכי יַמְיָיןוכ׳ Ar. s. v. מם (Ms. M. 2 a. Ar. Ms. Koh. מַיְימָןוכ׳; Ms. M. 1 ומוֹמִי קרו להון; ed. ומומתייהו הכי, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) and when they swear, they swear, ‘by the life Af. אוֹמֵי, אַיְימֵי 1) same. Targ. Jud. 17:2 (ed. Lag. יֵימַת); a. fr.Gen. R. s. 26 מוֹמֵי, v. אֱלָהּ.Pes. l. c., v. supra; a. fr. 2) to cause to swear. Targ. 1 Kings 8:31. Targ. O. Ex. 13:19 אוֹמָאָה אוֹמֵי; a. fr.V. אוֹמָתָא, מוֹמִי, מוֹמָתָא.

שָׁוְאm. (b. h.; v. שָׁהָה) ( vacancy, vanity, inanity, falsehood. שבועת ש׳ a false oath, vowing to do something impossible, opp. בִּיטּוּי. Shebu.III, 9 שבועה שאוכל … והשנייה שבועת ש׳ (if one says) ‘I swear that I will eat this loaf, (and) I swear that I will not eat it, the former is a useless oath (or vow), the second a false oath; אכלה עבר על שבועת ש׳וכ׳ if he eats it, he is guilty of a false oath (having sworn that he would not eat it); if he does not eat it, he is (also) guilty of a useless oath. Ib. 8 איזוהי שבועת ש׳ נשבעוכ׳ what is a vain oath of affirmation? If one swears to that which is known to be otherwise, saying of a stone column that it is gold ; נשבע … שאי אפשרוכ׳ if one affirms an impossibility, saying I swear that I have seen a camel fly in the air. Ib. נשבע לבטל … זו היא שבועת ש׳וכ׳ if he swears that he will neglect a command, that he will not erect a Succah, …: that is a vain oath, on the wilful pronouncing of which he is punished with stripes Ib. 21a איזוהי שבועת ש׳ … שקר נשבעוכ׳ what is a vain oath? If one swears to what is known to be otherwise; a false oath, if one swears to the opposite of the truth (e. g. ‘I have eaten, when he has not, ‘I have not eaten, when he has), v. שֶׁקֶר. Ib. 20b ש׳ ושקר אחד הן a vain oath ( shav) and a false oath ( sheḳer) are the same; a. fr.תפלת ש׳ a vain prayer, a prayer concerning a thing which cannot be changed. Ber.IX, 3; a. fr.Ex. R. s. 3 (ref. to מתי שוא, Job 11:11) God knows העם המתים על הש׳ לעשותו the people that risk their lives for falsehood (idolatry) to commit it; העתידים לעשות ש׳וכ׳ those that will commit falsehood and be put to death.לַשָּׁ׳ in vain, to no purpose. Keth.62b, v. שָׁמַר. Y.Meg.III, 74a bot., v. תַּמְרוּרִים.

שָׁוְאm. (b. h.; v. שָׁהָה) ( vacancy, vanity, inanity, falsehood. שבועת ש׳ a false oath, vowing to do something impossible, opp. בִּיטּוּי. Shebu.III, 9 שבועה שאוכל … והשנייה שבועת ש׳ (if one says) ‘I swear that I will eat this loaf, (and) I swear that I will not eat it, the former is a useless oath (or vow), the second a false oath; אכלה עבר על שבועת ש׳וכ׳ if he eats it, he is guilty of a false oath (having sworn that he would not eat it); if he does not eat it, he is (also) guilty of a useless oath. Ib. 8 איזוהי שבועת ש׳ נשבעוכ׳ what is a vain oath of affirmation? If one swears to that which is known to be otherwise, saying of a stone column that it is gold ; נשבע … שאי אפשרוכ׳ if one affirms an impossibility, saying I swear that I have seen a camel fly in the air. Ib. נשבע לבטל … זו היא שבועת ש׳וכ׳ if he swears that he will neglect a command, that he will not erect a Succah, …: that is a vain oath, on the wilful pronouncing of which he is punished with stripes Ib. 21a איזוהי שבועת ש׳ … שקר נשבעוכ׳ what is a vain oath? If one swears to what is known to be otherwise; a false oath, if one swears to the opposite of the truth (e. g. ‘I have eaten, when he has not, ‘I have not eaten, when he has), v. שֶׁקֶר. Ib. 20b ש׳ ושקר אחד הן a vain oath ( shav) and a false oath ( sheḳer) are the same; a. fr.תפלת ש׳ a vain prayer, a prayer concerning a thing which cannot be changed. Ber.IX, 3; a. fr.Ex. R. s. 3 (ref. to מתי שוא, Job 11:11) God knows העם המתים על הש׳ לעשותו the people that risk their lives for falsehood (idolatry) to commit it; העתידים לעשות ש׳וכ׳ those that will commit falsehood and be put to death.לַשָּׁ׳ in vain, to no purpose. Keth.62b, v. שָׁמַר. Y.Meg.III, 74a bot., v. תַּמְרוּרִים.

שֶׁקֶרm. (b. h.; preced.) lie, falsehood, vanity. Y.Snh.XI, 30c top מי שהאכיל … לחם ש׳ he that offered to his friend bread of falsehood (treacherous hospitality, v. שָׁקַר), opp. לחם אמת true hospitality. Shebu.21a שבועת ש׳ נשבע להחליף a false oath is, if one swears to what is the opposite of true (that something happened which has not happened), (modified) נשבע ומחליף he swears (vows that he will or will not do a certain thing), and does the opposite. Macc.3a עדות ש׳ העדתי I have given false testimony. Lev. R. s. 6 המשביע … לש׳וכ׳ he who lets his neighbor swear in vain (when he knows that he has no claim), shall finally leave his house empty-handed; R. A. says על ש׳וכ׳ if he lets him swear to what he knows to be a lie; R. J. says, even if he lets him swear to a truth. Sabb.104a, v. קְרֵב; a. v. fr.Y.Macc.I, beg.31a עדים שנזדממו … ש׳ ש׳ when witnesses have been convicted of an alibi, R. J. says, we draw an analogy between sheḳer (Ex. 20:16) and sheḳer (Deut. 19:18), i. e. they must suffer corporal punishment in addition to pecuniary penalty.Pl. שְׁקָרִים. Gen. R. s. 8 אל יברא שכולו ש׳ let man not be created, for he will be full of falsehoods; a. e.

שֶׁקֶרm. (b. h.; preced.) lie, falsehood, vanity. Y.Snh.XI, 30c top מי שהאכיל … לחם ש׳ he that offered to his friend bread of falsehood (treacherous hospitality, v. שָׁקַר), opp. לחם אמת true hospitality. Shebu.21a שבועת ש׳ נשבע להחליף a false oath is, if one swears to what is the opposite of true (that something happened which has not happened), (modified) נשבע ומחליף he swears (vows that he will or will not do a certain thing), and does the opposite. Macc.3a עדות ש׳ העדתי I have given false testimony. Lev. R. s. 6 המשביע … לש׳וכ׳ he who lets his neighbor swear in vain (when he knows that he has no claim), shall finally leave his house empty-handed; R. A. says על ש׳וכ׳ if he lets him swear to what he knows to be a lie; R. J. says, even if he lets him swear to a truth. Sabb.104a, v. קְרֵב; a. v. fr.Y.Macc.I, beg.31a עדים שנזדממו … ש׳ ש׳ when witnesses have been convicted of an alibi, R. J. says, we draw an analogy between sheḳer (Ex. 20:16) and sheḳer (Deut. 19:18), i. e. they must suffer corporal punishment in addition to pecuniary penalty.Pl. שְׁקָרִים. Gen. R. s. 8 אל יברא שכולו ש׳ let man not be created, for he will be full of falsehoods; a. e.

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(עָגָה) אָגָא (Samar. אגה rendition of b. h. נקב; cmp. הָגָה) to spell (letters), blaspheme, swear. Snh.101b תנא (ו)בגבולין ובלשון אגא Ar. (ed. עגה), the Boraitha remarks (to ההוגה as in Mishn. a. l.) this (condemnation of one uttering the name of the Lord) refers to the country (not the Temple), and in the sense of Samaritan aga (swearing). Cmp. Y.Snh.X, 28b top כגון אילין כותאיוכ׳ in a way as those Samaritans swear.

קני, קָנָה(b. h.) ( to estabIish, 1) (cmp. קום, Gen. 23:17) to create; to acquire, own; to take possession. R. Hash. 31a (ref. to Ps. 24 recited in the Temple on the first day of the week) על שם שק׳ והקנהוכ׳ because he (the Lord in establishing the world) took possession and gave (his creatures) possession (invested them with a fief), and became the sovereign of the world. Kidd.I, 1 האשה קוֹנָה את עצמהוכ׳ a wife acquires herself (becomes independent) when she receives her divorce Ib. 20a כל הקוֹנֶה … כקונהוכ׳ whoever buys a Hebrew bondman creates, as it were, a master over himself. B. Mets.75b הקונה אדון לעצמו he who creates a master over himself, expl. תולה נכסיו בנכרי who (in order to evade obligations) hangs his property on a gentile (pretends to be merely the agent of a gentile); (another explan.) הכותב נכסיווכ׳ who transfers his property to his children during his lifetime. Gitt.37b sq. (ref. to Lev. 25:45) אתם קוֹנִיםוכ׳ you may buy (as a slave) one of them, but they cannot buy one of you, nor can they buy of one another. Ib. יכול לא יִקְנוּ זה את זה למעשה ידיו you may think, they cannot buy one another for the work (as long as the serf choses to be in the masters power); ולא הם קוֹנִים … לגופו they cannot buy of one another a bodily slave (who requires formal manumission to be a freeman). B. Mets.46b bot. מכור לי באלו ק׳ if one says, sell me (a certain object) for these (coins which I hold in my hand), he has bought (the sale is valid). Ib. IV, 1 הזהב קונהוכ׳, v. זָהָב. Ib. מעות הרעות קוֹנוֹתוכ׳ the delivery of cancelled coins effects the purchase of the valid coins. Ib. 47b מעות קונות the delivery of the purchasing money gives possession (no formal possession of the purchased object (מְשִׁיכָה) being required). Kidd.22b הגבהה קונה lifting up the purchased object makes the sale binding; a. v. fr. 2) to make sure; to obligate a person by a special symbolical act (קִנְיָן); to enter into an obligation by a special symbolical form. Gitt.51a בשקָנוּ מידו when they (the court, witnesses) made him obligate himself (that his widow should receive support from his estate); בשקנו לזו ולא קנו לזו when such an obligation was entered with reference to this (his wifes case), but not with reference to that (his daughters case). B. Mets.47a במה קונין … בכליו של קונה wherewith is the bargain made sure?… By handing over one of the garments (or any object) belonging to the purchaser; דניחא ליה לקונה דליהוי מקנה קונהוכ׳ for the purchaser likes the seller to obligate himself, in order that he may be sure to give him possession; a. fr.Ib. 48b when he said to him, ערבוני יָקוּן (fr. קון = קנה) my earnest money shall serve to make the purchase sure.Part. pass. קָנוּי; f. קְנוּיָה; pl. קְנוּיִים, קְנוּיִין; קְנוּיוֹת. Kidd.16a עבד עברי גופו ק׳ והרבוכ׳ a Hebrew bondman is owned bodily (to the end of his term), and if the master allowed him a reduction of his time, his allowance is not legally binding (the slave not being able to acquire himself); ib. 28a; B. Kam. 113b. Gen. R. s. 86 (ref. to Gen. 39:1) הקנויין קונין וכלוכ׳ as a rule those who are owned make themselves owners (slaves enrich themselves by robbing their master), and all slaves cause decrease to their masters house, but in this case ‘the Lord blessed (ib. 5); Yalk. ib. 145 הקונין קונין (corr. acc.); a. fr.Tosef.Ned.IV, 6 קונם … שאני קנוי the axe of which I am possessed be forbidden (v. קוֹנָם), i. e. I swear that I have no axe; Ned.35a (Rashi שאינו ק׳ I swear that another axe is not owned by me).Y.Peah IV, 18b השעה קנויה, read: פְּנוּיָה, v. פָּנוּי. Nif. נִקְנֶה to be acquired, owned, bought. Kidd.20a (ref. to Lev. 25:14) דבר הנ׳ מיד ליד this refers to what is bought from hand to hand (movable goods). Ib. I, 1 האשה נִקְנֵיתוכ׳ a wife can be acquired in three ways. Ib. 6b אין אשה נ׳ בחליפין a wife cannot be taken possession of by symbolical delivery (חֲלִיפִין). Ib. I, 3 עבד כנעני נ׳ בכסףוכ׳ a Canaanite slave is taken possession of (is considered owned) either by delivery of the purchasing money, or by a deed, or by undisturbed possession (חֲזָקָה). Ib. 5 נכסים שיש … נִקְנִיןוכ׳ landed property is acquired by means of handing over the money, but movables cannot be acquired otherwise than by taking hold (מְשִׁיכָה). Ib. 22b תִּקָּנֶה בביאח let her be acquired (become his slave) by coition; a. fr. Hif. הִקְנָה to give possession, sell, transfer. R. Hash. l. c., v. supra. Snh.81b ולמַקְנוֹ, v. קוֹנֶה. Keth.82b אשה הִקְנוּ לווכ׳ it is heaven that gave him a wife (through his brothers death without issue); Yeb.39a. B. Mets.47a בכליו של מַקְנֶה, v. supra. Ib. 33b, a. fr. אין אדם מקנה דברוכ׳ none can give possession of (sell) what does not yet exist (future crops); a. fr.Esth. R. introd. (ref. to Deut. 28:68 sq.) למה ואין קונה …ע״י שלא הִקְנִיתֶם אלהוכ׳ why ‘no purchaser?… Because you have not transmitted ‘these words of the covenant, for there is none among you making the five books of the Law his own (v. קוֹנֶה).

קני, קָנָה(b. h.) ( to estabIish, 1) (cmp. קום, Gen. 23:17) to create; to acquire, own; to take possession. R. Hash. 31a (ref. to Ps. 24 recited in the Temple on the first day of the week) על שם שק׳ והקנהוכ׳ because he (the Lord in establishing the world) took possession and gave (his creatures) possession (invested them with a fief), and became the sovereign of the world. Kidd.I, 1 האשה קוֹנָה את עצמהוכ׳ a wife acquires herself (becomes independent) when she receives her divorce Ib. 20a כל הקוֹנֶה … כקונהוכ׳ whoever buys a Hebrew bondman creates, as it were, a master over himself. B. Mets.75b הקונה אדון לעצמו he who creates a master over himself, expl. תולה נכסיו בנכרי who (in order to evade obligations) hangs his property on a gentile (pretends to be merely the agent of a gentile); (another explan.) הכותב נכסיווכ׳ who transfers his property to his children during his lifetime. Gitt.37b sq. (ref. to Lev. 25:45) אתם קוֹנִיםוכ׳ you may buy (as a slave) one of them, but they cannot buy one of you, nor can they buy of one another. Ib. יכול לא יִקְנוּ זה את זה למעשה ידיו you may think, they cannot buy one another for the work (as long as the serf choses to be in the masters power); ולא הם קוֹנִים … לגופו they cannot buy of one another a bodily slave (who requires formal manumission to be a freeman). B. Mets.46b bot. מכור לי באלו ק׳ if one says, sell me (a certain object) for these (coins which I hold in my hand), he has bought (the sale is valid). Ib. IV, 1 הזהב קונהוכ׳, v. זָהָב. Ib. מעות הרעות קוֹנוֹתוכ׳ the delivery of cancelled coins effects the purchase of the valid coins. Ib. 47b מעות קונות the delivery of the purchasing money gives possession (no formal possession of the purchased object (מְשִׁיכָה) being required). Kidd.22b הגבהה קונה lifting up the purchased object makes the sale binding; a. v. fr. 2) to make sure; to obligate a person by a special symbolical act (קִנְיָן); to enter into an obligation by a special symbolical form. Gitt.51a בשקָנוּ מידו when they (the court, witnesses) made him obligate himself (that his widow should receive support from his estate); בשקנו לזו ולא קנו לזו when such an obligation was entered with reference to this (his wifes case), but not with reference to that (his daughters case). B. Mets.47a במה קונין … בכליו של קונה wherewith is the bargain made sure?… By handing over one of the garments (or any object) belonging to the purchaser; דניחא ליה לקונה דליהוי מקנה קונהוכ׳ for the purchaser likes the seller to obligate himself, in order that he may be sure to give him possession; a. fr.Ib. 48b when he said to him, ערבוני יָקוּן (fr. קון = קנה) my earnest money shall serve to make the purchase sure.Part. pass. קָנוּי; f. קְנוּיָה; pl. קְנוּיִים, קְנוּיִין; קְנוּיוֹת. Kidd.16a עבד עברי גופו ק׳ והרבוכ׳ a Hebrew bondman is owned bodily (to the end of his term), and if the master allowed him a reduction of his time, his allowance is not legally binding (the slave not being able to acquire himself); ib. 28a; B. Kam. 113b. Gen. R. s. 86 (ref. to Gen. 39:1) הקנויין קונין וכלוכ׳ as a rule those who are owned make themselves owners (slaves enrich themselves by robbing their master), and all slaves cause decrease to their masters house, but in this case ‘the Lord blessed (ib. 5); Yalk. ib. 145 הקונין קונין (corr. acc.); a. fr.Tosef.Ned.IV, 6 קונם … שאני קנוי the axe of which I am possessed be forbidden (v. קוֹנָם), i. e. I swear that I have no axe; Ned.35a (Rashi שאינו ק׳ I swear that another axe is not owned by me).Y.Peah IV, 18b השעה קנויה, read: פְּנוּיָה, v. פָּנוּי. Nif. נִקְנֶה to be acquired, owned, bought. Kidd.20a (ref. to Lev. 25:14) דבר הנ׳ מיד ליד this refers to what is bought from hand to hand (movable goods). Ib. I, 1 האשה נִקְנֵיתוכ׳ a wife can be acquired in three ways. Ib. 6b אין אשה נ׳ בחליפין a wife cannot be taken possession of by symbolical delivery (חֲלִיפִין). Ib. I, 3 עבד כנעני נ׳ בכסףוכ׳ a Canaanite slave is taken possession of (is considered owned) either by delivery of the purchasing money, or by a deed, or by undisturbed possession (חֲזָקָה). Ib. 5 נכסים שיש … נִקְנִיןוכ׳ landed property is acquired by means of handing over the money, but movables cannot be acquired otherwise than by taking hold (מְשִׁיכָה). Ib. 22b תִּקָּנֶה בביאח let her be acquired (become his slave) by coition; a. fr. Hif. הִקְנָה to give possession, sell, transfer. R. Hash. l. c., v. supra. Snh.81b ולמַקְנוֹ, v. קוֹנֶה. Keth.82b אשה הִקְנוּ לווכ׳ it is heaven that gave him a wife (through his brothers death without issue); Yeb.39a. B. Mets.47a בכליו של מַקְנֶה, v. supra. Ib. 33b, a. fr. אין אדם מקנה דברוכ׳ none can give possession of (sell) what does not yet exist (future crops); a. fr.Esth. R. introd. (ref. to Deut. 28:68 sq.) למה ואין קונה …ע״י שלא הִקְנִיתֶם אלהוכ׳ why ‘no purchaser?… Because you have not transmitted ‘these words of the covenant, for there is none among you making the five books of the Law his own (v. קוֹנֶה).

קני, קָנָה(b. h.) ( to estabIish, 1) (cmp. קום, Gen. 23:17) to create; to acquire, own; to take possession. R. Hash. 31a (ref. to Ps. 24 recited in the Temple on the first day of the week) על שם שק׳ והקנהוכ׳ because he (the Lord in establishing the world) took possession and gave (his creatures) possession (invested them with a fief), and became the sovereign of the world. Kidd.I, 1 האשה קוֹנָה את עצמהוכ׳ a wife acquires herself (becomes independent) when she receives her divorce Ib. 20a כל הקוֹנֶה … כקונהוכ׳ whoever buys a Hebrew bondman creates, as it were, a master over himself. B. Mets.75b הקונה אדון לעצמו he who creates a master over himself, expl. תולה נכסיו בנכרי who (in order to evade obligations) hangs his property on a gentile (pretends to be merely the agent of a gentile); (another explan.) הכותב נכסיווכ׳ who transfers his property to his children during his lifetime. Gitt.37b sq. (ref. to Lev. 25:45) אתם קוֹנִיםוכ׳ you may buy (as a slave) one of them, but they cannot buy one of you, nor can they buy of one another. Ib. יכול לא יִקְנוּ זה את זה למעשה ידיו you may think, they cannot buy one another for the work (as long as the serf choses to be in the masters power); ולא הם קוֹנִים … לגופו they cannot buy of one another a bodily slave (who requires formal manumission to be a freeman). B. Mets.46b bot. מכור לי באלו ק׳ if one says, sell me (a certain object) for these (coins which I hold in my hand), he has bought (the sale is valid). Ib. IV, 1 הזהב קונהוכ׳, v. זָהָב. Ib. מעות הרעות קוֹנוֹתוכ׳ the delivery of cancelled coins effects the purchase of the valid coins. Ib. 47b מעות קונות the delivery of the purchasing money gives possession (no formal possession of the purchased object (מְשִׁיכָה) being required). Kidd.22b הגבהה קונה lifting up the purchased object makes the sale binding; a. v. fr. 2) to make sure; to obligate a person by a special symbolical act (קִנְיָן); to enter into an obligation by a special symbolical form. Gitt.51a בשקָנוּ מידו when they (the court, witnesses) made him obligate himself (that his widow should receive support from his estate); בשקנו לזו ולא קנו לזו when such an obligation was entered with reference to this (his wifes case), but not with reference to that (his daughters case). B. Mets.47a במה קונין … בכליו של קונה wherewith is the bargain made sure?… By handing over one of the garments (or any object) belonging to the purchaser; דניחא ליה לקונה דליהוי מקנה קונהוכ׳ for the purchaser likes the seller to obligate himself, in order that he may be sure to give him possession; a. fr.Ib. 48b when he said to him, ערבוני יָקוּן (fr. קון = קנה) my earnest money shall serve to make the purchase sure.Part. pass. קָנוּי; f. קְנוּיָה; pl. קְנוּיִים, קְנוּיִין; קְנוּיוֹת. Kidd.16a עבד עברי גופו ק׳ והרבוכ׳ a Hebrew bondman is owned bodily (to the end of his term), and if the master allowed him a reduction of his time, his allowance is not legally binding (the slave not being able to acquire himself); ib. 28a; B. Kam. 113b. Gen. R. s. 86 (ref. to Gen. 39:1) הקנויין קונין וכלוכ׳ as a rule those who are owned make themselves owners (slaves enrich themselves by robbing their master), and all slaves cause decrease to their masters house, but in this case ‘the Lord blessed (ib. 5); Yalk. ib. 145 הקונין קונין (corr. acc.); a. fr.Tosef.Ned.IV, 6 קונם … שאני קנוי the axe of which I am possessed be forbidden (v. קוֹנָם), i. e. I swear that I have no axe; Ned.35a (Rashi שאינו ק׳ I swear that another axe is not owned by me).Y.Peah IV, 18b השעה קנויה, read: פְּנוּיָה, v. פָּנוּי. Nif. נִקְנֶה to be acquired, owned, bought. Kidd.20a (ref. to Lev. 25:14) דבר הנ׳ מיד ליד this refers to what is bought from hand to hand (movable goods). Ib. I, 1 האשה נִקְנֵיתוכ׳ a wife can be acquired in three ways. Ib. 6b אין אשה נ׳ בחליפין a wife cannot be taken possession of by symbolical delivery (חֲלִיפִין). Ib. I, 3 עבד כנעני נ׳ בכסףוכ׳ a Canaanite slave is taken possession of (is considered owned) either by delivery of the purchasing money, or by a deed, or by undisturbed possession (חֲזָקָה). Ib. 5 נכסים שיש … נִקְנִיןוכ׳ landed property is acquired by means of handing over the money, but movables cannot be acquired otherwise than by taking hold (מְשִׁיכָה). Ib. 22b תִּקָּנֶה בביאח let her be acquired (become his slave) by coition; a. fr. Hif. הִקְנָה to give possession, sell, transfer. R. Hash. l. c., v. supra. Snh.81b ולמַקְנוֹ, v. קוֹנֶה. Keth.82b אשה הִקְנוּ לווכ׳ it is heaven that gave him a wife (through his brothers death without issue); Yeb.39a. B. Mets.47a בכליו של מַקְנֶה, v. supra. Ib. 33b, a. fr. אין אדם מקנה דברוכ׳ none can give possession of (sell) what does not yet exist (future crops); a. fr.Esth. R. introd. (ref. to Deut. 28:68 sq.) למה ואין קונה …ע״י שלא הִקְנִיתֶם אלהוכ׳ why ‘no purchaser?… Because you have not transmitted ‘these words of the covenant, for there is none among you making the five books of the Law his own (v. קוֹנֶה).

שוּתָּפוּתf. (preced.) partnership, association. Yeb.101a נאמר … שאין בה ש׳וכ׳ cursing is mentioned with reference to those below (parents, Ex. 21:17), and with reference to Him above (Lev. 24:15): as there is no association above, so must there be no association below (i. e. the curse to be punishable must refer to each singly). Snh.63b אסור לאדם שיעשה ש׳וכ׳ one must not form a partnership with an idolater, lest he may have to swear, and he would swear by his idol ; Bekh.2b. Pes.112a (in Chald. dict.) למיעבד ש׳ בהדיה to go into partnership with him (on whom ‘the hour smiles). Erub.71b שלקחו … בש׳ when they bought a cask of wine in partnership. Tosef.Keth.IX, 3 כל זמן ששותף יוצא משוּתָּפוּתוֹ (not משותפתו) as soon as the partner goes out of his partnership. Y.Sot.III, 19b top; a. e.

שוּתָּפוּתf. (preced.) partnership, association. Yeb.101a נאמר … שאין בה ש׳וכ׳ cursing is mentioned with reference to those below (parents, Ex. 21:17), and with reference to Him above (Lev. 24:15): as there is no association above, so must there be no association below (i. e. the curse to be punishable must refer to each singly). Snh.63b אסור לאדם שיעשה ש׳וכ׳ one must not form a partnership with an idolater, lest he may have to swear, and he would swear by his idol ; Bekh.2b. Pes.112a (in Chald. dict.) למיעבד ש׳ בהדיה to go into partnership with him (on whom ‘the hour smiles). Erub.71b שלקחו … בש׳ when they bought a cask of wine in partnership. Tosef.Keth.IX, 3 כל זמן ששותף יוצא משוּתָּפוּתוֹ (not משותפתו) as soon as the partner goes out of his partnership. Y.Sot.III, 19b top; a. e.