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גָּמַל(b. h.) (to tie, couple, load, 1) to load ( good or evil) on, to deal with, esp. to do good to. Gen. R. s. 38 שהוא ג׳ עליך תחלה for he was the first to do thee good; Yalk. Prov. 956.Sabb.104a גְּמוֹל דלים, v. גימ״ל.ג׳ חסד to be kind, charitable. Ib. שכן דרכו של גּוֹמֵל חסדיםוכ׳ (Ms. M. דרכן של גּוֹמְלֵי) for such is the habit of the charitable to run after the poor. Yeb.79a; a. v. fr. 2) to make even, repay. Dem. IV, 6 אע״פ שהן כגוֹמְלִין זה את זה although it has the appearance as if they were repaying each other (by mutual recommendations). Ab. Zar.61b חיישינן לגומלין we reject witnesses suspected of favoring each other; Keth.24a. 3) (cmp. גָּמַר a. חֲסַל) ( to finish, to wean. B. Mets.87a on that day שג׳ אברהםוכ׳ when Abraham celebrated the weaning of Isaac ; Yalk. Gen. 93; Deut. R. s. 1 שמל (corr. acc.). Pesik. R. s. 25 תינוק הגָּמוּלוכ׳ a Jewish infant just weaned; a. fr. 4) to ripen, be fully developed. Par. XI, 7 yonkoth are גבעולין שלא גָמְלוּ capsules of hyssop which are not yet developed; (Tosef. ib. XI (X), 7 גָּמְרוּ). Nif. נִגְמַל to be weaned. Gen. R. s. 53 נ׳ מחלבו weaned from his mothers milk; ג׳ מיה״ר weaned from the evil inclination (able to resist temptation); a. fr. Pi. גִּמֵּל to take turns.Y.M. Kat. III, 82b bot. פרה מְגַמֶּלֶת a cow engaged for working in a team in turns; v. גַּמְלָא I, 2.

גָּמַל(b. h.) (to tie, couple, load, 1) to load ( good or evil) on, to deal with, esp. to do good to. Gen. R. s. 38 שהוא ג׳ עליך תחלה for he was the first to do thee good; Yalk. Prov. 956.Sabb.104a גְּמוֹל דלים, v. גימ״ל.ג׳ חסד to be kind, charitable. Ib. שכן דרכו של גּוֹמֵל חסדיםוכ׳ (Ms. M. דרכן של גּוֹמְלֵי) for such is the habit of the charitable to run after the poor. Yeb.79a; a. v. fr. 2) to make even, repay. Dem. IV, 6 אע״פ שהן כגוֹמְלִין זה את זה although it has the appearance as if they were repaying each other (by mutual recommendations). Ab. Zar.61b חיישינן לגומלין we reject witnesses suspected of favoring each other; Keth.24a. 3) (cmp. גָּמַר a. חֲסַל) ( to finish, to wean. B. Mets.87a on that day שג׳ אברהםוכ׳ when Abraham celebrated the weaning of Isaac ; Yalk. Gen. 93; Deut. R. s. 1 שמל (corr. acc.). Pesik. R. s. 25 תינוק הגָּמוּלוכ׳ a Jewish infant just weaned; a. fr. 4) to ripen, be fully developed. Par. XI, 7 yonkoth are גבעולין שלא גָמְלוּ capsules of hyssop which are not yet developed; (Tosef. ib. XI (X), 7 גָּמְרוּ). Nif. נִגְמַל to be weaned. Gen. R. s. 53 נ׳ מחלבו weaned from his mothers milk; ג׳ מיה״ר weaned from the evil inclination (able to resist temptation); a. fr. Pi. גִּמֵּל to take turns.Y.M. Kat. III, 82b bot. פרה מְגַמֶּלֶת a cow engaged for working in a team in turns; v. גַּמְלָא I, 2.

עָקַם(cmp. עקב) 1) to curve, wind. Y.Erub.II, 20a bot. כל מה שהפרה פושטת … הגמל עוֹקֵםוכ׳ whereas the cow stretches her neck out straight, the camel turns his neck. Lev. R. s. 10, v. infra. Lam. R. to II, 8 עוקם את חוטמו turns up his nose (at the bad odor).Meil.17b ע׳ פיור׳ אליעזרוכ׳ R. El … curved his mouth (pouted speaking in an undertone, v. עֲקִימָה). 2) to circumvent, supersede, v. עָקַב. Pi. עִיקֵּם to curve, wind; to make a circuit. Y.Yoma VI, 44b bot. שלשים … והיה מְעַקְּמוֹוכ׳ the priests belt was thirty-two cubits long, and he wound it this way and that; Lev. R. s. 10 ועוקמו לפניו ולאחוריו (read: ועִיקְּמוֹ); Cant. R. to IV, 4 (not מעמקו). Gen. R. s. 50 (ref. to סורו, Gen. 19:2) אפי׳ איני כדאי עַקְּמוּ עלי את הדרך though I be not worthy (of your visit), go out of your way on my account; ib. עקמו עלי את הדרך כדי שלא תהיו נראיםוכ׳ take a circuitous route in coming to me, that you may not be seen going to me. Ib. s. 32 ע׳הקב״ה שתיםוכ׳ the Lord (Bible text) uses a circumlocution of two or three words (writes two or three words where one would have been sufficient) in order to avoid the word ‘unclean; Pes.3a; Lev. R. s. 26, beg.; a. e.Part. pass. מְעוּקָּם; f. מְעוּקֶּמֶת tortuous; tricky. Y.Erub.V, 22d top היה הנחל מע׳ if the wady meandered. Tanḥ. Vaëra 4 מה הנחש הולך מע׳ אף המלכות מְעַקֶּמֶת דרכיה as the serpent moves in tortuous lines, so the government winds its ways; כשם שהנחש מע׳ אף פרעה מע׳ as the serpent is cunning, so is Pharaoh cunning; Ex. R. s. 9; a. e. Hithpa. הִתְעַקֵּם to wind ones self, be artful. Ib. כשיבוא להִתְעַקֵּםוכ׳ if he (Pharaoh) tries his tricks, go and say to Aaron ; Tanḥ. l. c.

עָקַם(cmp. עקב) 1) to curve, wind. Y.Erub.II, 20a bot. כל מה שהפרה פושטת … הגמל עוֹקֵםוכ׳ whereas the cow stretches her neck out straight, the camel turns his neck. Lev. R. s. 10, v. infra. Lam. R. to II, 8 עוקם את חוטמו turns up his nose (at the bad odor).Meil.17b ע׳ פיור׳ אליעזרוכ׳ R. El … curved his mouth (pouted speaking in an undertone, v. עֲקִימָה). 2) to circumvent, supersede, v. עָקַב. Pi. עִיקֵּם to curve, wind; to make a circuit. Y.Yoma VI, 44b bot. שלשים … והיה מְעַקְּמוֹוכ׳ the priests belt was thirty-two cubits long, and he wound it this way and that; Lev. R. s. 10 ועוקמו לפניו ולאחוריו (read: ועִיקְּמוֹ); Cant. R. to IV, 4 (not מעמקו). Gen. R. s. 50 (ref. to סורו, Gen. 19:2) אפי׳ איני כדאי עַקְּמוּ עלי את הדרך though I be not worthy (of your visit), go out of your way on my account; ib. עקמו עלי את הדרך כדי שלא תהיו נראיםוכ׳ take a circuitous route in coming to me, that you may not be seen going to me. Ib. s. 32 ע׳הקב״ה שתיםוכ׳ the Lord (Bible text) uses a circumlocution of two or three words (writes two or three words where one would have been sufficient) in order to avoid the word ‘unclean; Pes.3a; Lev. R. s. 26, beg.; a. e.Part. pass. מְעוּקָּם; f. מְעוּקֶּמֶת tortuous; tricky. Y.Erub.V, 22d top היה הנחל מע׳ if the wady meandered. Tanḥ. Vaëra 4 מה הנחש הולך מע׳ אף המלכות מְעַקֶּמֶת דרכיה as the serpent moves in tortuous lines, so the government winds its ways; כשם שהנחש מע׳ אף פרעה מע׳ as the serpent is cunning, so is Pharaoh cunning; Ex. R. s. 9; a. e. Hithpa. הִתְעַקֵּם to wind ones self, be artful. Ib. כשיבוא להִתְעַקֵּםוכ׳ if he (Pharaoh) tries his tricks, go and say to Aaron ; Tanḥ. l. c.

חָלִילָהadv. (v. preced.) 1) round about, in turn. Succ.V, 6 חוזרין ח׳ they take turns all around. Keth.X, 6. Tosef.Zeb.I, 1 חזרנו ח׳ we are moving in a circle, i. e. this way of arguing will lead to no conclusion; Zeb.10b חוזרני ח׳ ed. I am moving ; a. e. 2) (b. h.;. cmp. חוּלִּין s. v. חוֹל III) outside, foreign to. Gen. R. s. 49; Yalk. ib. 83 (expl. חללה, Gen. 18:25), v. בָּרָאָה, a. חוֹל III; Tanḥ. Vayera 8 חֲלָלָה כתיב it may be read ḥălalah (desecration), לא חול הוא לך is it not too profane for thee?

חָלִילָהadv. (v. preced.) 1) round about, in turn. Succ.V, 6 חוזרין ח׳ they take turns all around. Keth.X, 6. Tosef.Zeb.I, 1 חזרנו ח׳ we are moving in a circle, i. e. this way of arguing will lead to no conclusion; Zeb.10b חוזרני ח׳ ed. I am moving ; a. e. 2) (b. h.;. cmp. חוּלִּין s. v. חוֹל III) outside, foreign to. Gen. R. s. 49; Yalk. ib. 83 (expl. חללה, Gen. 18:25), v. בָּרָאָה, a. חוֹל III; Tanḥ. Vayera 8 חֲלָלָה כתיב it may be read ḥălalah (desecration), לא חול הוא לך is it not too profane for thee?

סָבַב(b. h.) to go around, turn. Num. R. s. 18 כשהייתי … והולך וסוֹבֵב כלוכ׳ when I travelled … and went around all the towns; הייתי סובב והולך מעירוכ׳ I went around from town to town. Erub.56a וסובב אל צפון בלילה ‘and turns northward (Koh. 1:6) by night; a. e. Nif. נָסַב to take a turn. Num. R. s. 4 ונָסַבָּה ורחבה למעלה it turned upward and became wider. Pi. סִיבֵּב 1) to surround. Erub. l. c.; B. Bath.25b (ref. to Koh. l. c.) פעמים מְסַבַּבְתָּן ופעמים מהלכתן (Rashi סוֹבַבְתָּן, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 4) at seasons the sun goes around them (making a circuitous route), and at seasons it passes straight through (from north-east to south-west). Erub.23b; Num. R. s. 13 סַבֵּב tie around; a. e.Trnsf. to be around a person, to wait upon. Deut. R. s. 1 (play on סב את ההר, Deut. 2:3) הרבה סי׳ עשו את הורווכ׳ a long while has Esau been around his parent סי׳ על הפתחים to go around from door to door, to beg. Tosef.Peah IV, 8 המְסַבֵּב על … איןוכ׳ for the poor man that goes begging, the public charities are not bound to do anything. Y. ib. I, 15d top כבד …אפי׳ את מסבב וכ׳ ‘honor thy father and thy mother, even if thou have to go begging (thou must support them); Pesik. R. s. 23–24; a. e.Ruth R. to I, 1 עכשיו … מְסַבְּבִין פתחיוכ׳ now all Israel will surround my gate …, waiting for distribution of food; Yalk. ib. 598 יהיו … מְסוּבִּין2.) to carry around from place to place. Kel. I, 7 ומְסַבְּבִין לתוכןוכ׳ and you may carry a corpse from one (of the fortified places) to another; Tosef. ib. B. Kam.I, 14 ומס׳ בתוכן. 3) to place around. Num. R. s. 2 סי׳ לכסאווכ׳ he placed four angels around his throne.Part. pass. מְסוּבָּב, f. מְסוּבֶּבֶת surrounded, closed. B. Bath.25b, v. אַכְסַדְרָא.Pl. מְסוּבִּים, מְסוּבִּין assembled, arranged around. Ab. Zar.18a מס׳ לווכ׳ (Ms. M. מְסוֹבְבִין אותו) (his sins) are arranged around him on the day of judgment (as witnesses). Yalk. Ruth l. c., v. supra.Esp. reclining on the dining couch around the tables (v. מְסוּבֶּה). Ex. R. s. 25 מס׳ ואוכליןוכ׳ lying on couches and eating and praising Pes.101b בני … מס׳ לשתות the members of a party that were assembled for a feast; ib. 102a. Tosef. ib. X, 12; a. fr.Tanḥ. Ḥayé 3 מסביב, read: מכתיב, v. כָּתַב. Hif. הֵסֵב, הֵסִיב, הֵיסֵ׳ 1) ( to surround the table, to recline for dining in company. Ber.VI, 6 (42a) הֵסֵיבּוּ אחדוכ׳ (Bab. ed. הֵסֵבּוּ; Y. ed. הֵיסֵבּוּ) if they lie down for a meal, one says grace in behalf of all, opp. היו יושבין. Tosef. ib. IV, 20 בעל הבית שהיה מֵיסֵב ואוכלוכ׳ if a host has been reclining in company and eating, and a neighbor called him away to speak to him. Ib. V, 5; Y.Taan.IV, 68a bot. בזמן שהן שתי … ומיסבוכ׳ when there are two couches, the highest in rank goes up and reclines at the head of the uppermost couch, v. חֶסַּב. Pes.X, 1 אפי׳ עני … עד שיֵסֵב even the poorest man in Israel must not eat (on the Passover night) without reclining (to indicate that he is a free man); a. fr. 2) to cause to recline, to invite. Ex. R. s. 25 (ref. to ויסב, Ex. 13:18, a. שלחן, Ps. 78:19 הסַיבָּן תחת ענניוכ׳ he invited them to recline under the clouds of glory (v. סִיגְמָטִין); a. e. 3) to turn around. Pesik. R. s. 14 עתיד אני להָסֵיב על עולמיוכ׳ I shall turn again to my world in mercy. Hof. הוּסַב to be transferred from tribe to tribe (Num. 36:7). B. Bath. 112a כבר הוּסַבָּה the field had been transferred (before the division of the land); שכבר הוסבה לא אמרינן we do not adopt the argument that a transfer before the division made any difference (v. comment., a. Rabb. D. S. a. l. notes 4 a. 5 for Var. Lect.). Polel סוֹבֵב to surround. Ab. Zar.18a, v. supra.

סָבַב(b. h.) to go around, turn. Num. R. s. 18 כשהייתי … והולך וסוֹבֵב כלוכ׳ when I travelled … and went around all the towns; הייתי סובב והולך מעירוכ׳ I went around from town to town. Erub.56a וסובב אל צפון בלילה ‘and turns northward (Koh. 1:6) by night; a. e. Nif. נָסַב to take a turn. Num. R. s. 4 ונָסַבָּה ורחבה למעלה it turned upward and became wider. Pi. סִיבֵּב 1) to surround. Erub. l. c.; B. Bath.25b (ref. to Koh. l. c.) פעמים מְסַבַּבְתָּן ופעמים מהלכתן (Rashi סוֹבַבְתָּן, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 4) at seasons the sun goes around them (making a circuitous route), and at seasons it passes straight through (from north-east to south-west). Erub.23b; Num. R. s. 13 סַבֵּב tie around; a. e.Trnsf. to be around a person, to wait upon. Deut. R. s. 1 (play on סב את ההר, Deut. 2:3) הרבה סי׳ עשו את הורווכ׳ a long while has Esau been around his parent סי׳ על הפתחים to go around from door to door, to beg. Tosef.Peah IV, 8 המְסַבֵּב על … איןוכ׳ for the poor man that goes begging, the public charities are not bound to do anything. Y. ib. I, 15d top כבד …אפי׳ את מסבב וכ׳ ‘honor thy father and thy mother, even if thou have to go begging (thou must support them); Pesik. R. s. 23–24; a. e.Ruth R. to I, 1 עכשיו … מְסַבְּבִין פתחיוכ׳ now all Israel will surround my gate …, waiting for distribution of food; Yalk. ib. 598 יהיו … מְסוּבִּין2.) to carry around from place to place. Kel. I, 7 ומְסַבְּבִין לתוכןוכ׳ and you may carry a corpse from one (of the fortified places) to another; Tosef. ib. B. Kam.I, 14 ומס׳ בתוכן. 3) to place around. Num. R. s. 2 סי׳ לכסאווכ׳ he placed four angels around his throne.Part. pass. מְסוּבָּב, f. מְסוּבֶּבֶת surrounded, closed. B. Bath.25b, v. אַכְסַדְרָא.Pl. מְסוּבִּים, מְסוּבִּין assembled, arranged around. Ab. Zar.18a מס׳ לווכ׳ (Ms. M. מְסוֹבְבִין אותו) (his sins) are arranged around him on the day of judgment (as witnesses). Yalk. Ruth l. c., v. supra.Esp. reclining on the dining couch around the tables (v. מְסוּבֶּה). Ex. R. s. 25 מס׳ ואוכליןוכ׳ lying on couches and eating and praising Pes.101b בני … מס׳ לשתות the members of a party that were assembled for a feast; ib. 102a. Tosef. ib. X, 12; a. fr.Tanḥ. Ḥayé 3 מסביב, read: מכתיב, v. כָּתַב. Hif. הֵסֵב, הֵסִיב, הֵיסֵ׳ 1) ( to surround the table, to recline for dining in company. Ber.VI, 6 (42a) הֵסֵיבּוּ אחדוכ׳ (Bab. ed. הֵסֵבּוּ; Y. ed. הֵיסֵבּוּ) if they lie down for a meal, one says grace in behalf of all, opp. היו יושבין. Tosef. ib. IV, 20 בעל הבית שהיה מֵיסֵב ואוכלוכ׳ if a host has been reclining in company and eating, and a neighbor called him away to speak to him. Ib. V, 5; Y.Taan.IV, 68a bot. בזמן שהן שתי … ומיסבוכ׳ when there are two couches, the highest in rank goes up and reclines at the head of the uppermost couch, v. חֶסַּב. Pes.X, 1 אפי׳ עני … עד שיֵסֵב even the poorest man in Israel must not eat (on the Passover night) without reclining (to indicate that he is a free man); a. fr. 2) to cause to recline, to invite. Ex. R. s. 25 (ref. to ויסב, Ex. 13:18, a. שלחן, Ps. 78:19 הסַיבָּן תחת ענניוכ׳ he invited them to recline under the clouds of glory (v. סִיגְמָטִין); a. e. 3) to turn around. Pesik. R. s. 14 עתיד אני להָסֵיב על עולמיוכ׳ I shall turn again to my world in mercy. Hof. הוּסַב to be transferred from tribe to tribe (Num. 36:7). B. Bath. 112a כבר הוּסַבָּה the field had been transferred (before the division of the land); שכבר הוסבה לא אמרינן we do not adopt the argument that a transfer before the division made any difference (v. comment., a. Rabb. D. S. a. l. notes 4 a. 5 for Var. Lect.). Polel סוֹבֵב to surround. Ab. Zar.18a, v. supra.

עָלַףII (b. h.; cmp. חלף) to turn, change. Hithpa. הִתְעַלֵּף, Nithpa. נִתְעַלֵּף (interch. with הִתְעַלְפֶּה, formed fr. a noun עלפה, v. Ez. 31:15) 1) to change off, take turns. Tosef.Taan.I, 8 ולא היו מִתְעַלְּפִין עליהוכ׳ they did not change off (in watching) over it, but one sat 2) to be overcome, faint, swoon. Ḥull.3b שחט לפנינו … ולא נ׳ when he cut in our (the judges) presence, without being overcome (his hand not trembling); ib. שמא יִתְעַלֵּף (Ar. יִתְעַלְפֶּה) lest his hand tremble; ib. ברי לי שלא נִתְעַלַּפְתִּי I am sure that my hand did not tremble. Sabb.9b שמא יתעלפה he may swoon (in the vapor bath). Nidd.69b שמא יתעלפה he may be in a swoon (and not really dead). Midr. Sam. ch. 23 ומִתְעַלְּפִים, v. עוּף I; a. e. Pa. עוּלָּף same. Part. מְעוּלָּף; f. מְעוּלֶּפֶת; pl. מְעוּלָּפִים, עוּלָּפִין; מְאוּלָּפוֹת. Mekh. Bshall. Shir., s. 6 לא מוציאין ולא מכניסין מע׳ מריח הים neither inhaling nor exhaling, being overcome by the smell of the sea; Yalk. Ex. 248; Yalk. Job 927.Cant. R. to V, 14 (ref. to מעלפת, ib.) מעולפ׳ כחןוכ׳ (through the study of the Law) the strength of man is broken, though it had been as hard as sapphires; (prob. to be read: מְעַלֶּפֶת (Pi.) it makes faint.

עָלַףII (b. h.; cmp. חלף) to turn, change. Hithpa. הִתְעַלֵּף, Nithpa. נִתְעַלֵּף (interch. with הִתְעַלְפֶּה, formed fr. a noun עלפה, v. Ez. 31:15) 1) to change off, take turns. Tosef.Taan.I, 8 ולא היו מִתְעַלְּפִין עליהוכ׳ they did not change off (in watching) over it, but one sat 2) to be overcome, faint, swoon. Ḥull.3b שחט לפנינו … ולא נ׳ when he cut in our (the judges) presence, without being overcome (his hand not trembling); ib. שמא יִתְעַלֵּף (Ar. יִתְעַלְפֶּה) lest his hand tremble; ib. ברי לי שלא נִתְעַלַּפְתִּי I am sure that my hand did not tremble. Sabb.9b שמא יתעלפה he may swoon (in the vapor bath). Nidd.69b שמא יתעלפה he may be in a swoon (and not really dead). Midr. Sam. ch. 23 ומִתְעַלְּפִים, v. עוּף I; a. e. Pa. עוּלָּף same. Part. מְעוּלָּף; f. מְעוּלֶּפֶת; pl. מְעוּלָּפִים, עוּלָּפִין; מְאוּלָּפוֹת. Mekh. Bshall. Shir., s. 6 לא מוציאין ולא מכניסין מע׳ מריח הים neither inhaling nor exhaling, being overcome by the smell of the sea; Yalk. Ex. 248; Yalk. Job 927.Cant. R. to V, 14 (ref. to מעלפת, ib.) מעולפ׳ כחןוכ׳ (through the study of the Law) the strength of man is broken, though it had been as hard as sapphires; (prob. to be read: מְעַלֶּפֶת (Pi.) it makes faint.

פָּלַג(b. h.) to separate, split. Hif. הִפְלִיג 1) to part, go away. Y.Ber.I, 2d bot. ומצאו שה׳ אף הואה׳ (not עוד) and finding that he (the friend that had knocked at the door) had withdrawn, he withdrew likewise.Esp. to go to sea (cmp. פִּילָגוֹס). Erub.IV, 1 הִפְלִיגָה ספינתם בים their ship went out on the open sea. Sabb.19a אין מַפְלִיגִין בספינהוכ׳ you must not start on a sea-voyage less than three days before the Sabbath; Num. R. s. 16, beg. אין מפליגין בספינה בים הגדול (contrad. to פָּרַש along the sea coast). 2) ה׳ ממלאכה (or sub. ממלאכה) to rest from work; to pause. Lev. R. s. 30 לכשיַפְלִיג, v. לָקַש. Tosef.Ber.IV, 21 הִפְלִיגוּ צריכיןוכ׳ (not צריך) when the laborers take a recess, they must say the benediction for what they have been eating while at work. Y.Yoma III, 40b bot. להפליג, v. הֶפְלֵג. 3) to divert, put off; to discard. Bab. ib. 66b לא מפני שהִפְלִיגָן בדבריםוכ׳ (he made an evasive reply) not because he desired to divert their minds with words (counterquestions), but because he never said anything that he had not heard from his teacher; Tosef.Yeb.III, 4; Succ.27b. Y.Ab. Zar. II, 40c bot. אם שאלו … יַפְלִיגֶינּוּ כשם שה׳וכ׳ if he asks him whither he is going, let him put him off (state a distant destination), as did Jacob to Esau; Tosef. ib. III, 4 מַפְלִיגוֹ. Tosef.Gitt.VII (V), 8 כל תנאי אפשר … לא נתכוון זה אלא להַפְלִיגָהּ whenever an impossibility is made the condition of a letter of divorce, he (the husband) has had only the intention to divert her mind; Y.B. Mets.VII, end, 11c (corr. acc.). Y.Ber.IX, end, 14d כיון שה׳ דעתו ממנה when he turns his attentions from her (makes her feel that he does not intend to marry her). Gen. R. s. 17 ראה … והִפְלִיגָהּ ממנו when he saw her full mucus and blood, he kept her away from him; a. fr. 4) to reject, disregard, discard. Pesik. R. s. 31 היתה פושעת … ומַפְלֶגֶת את גזירותיו she was careless about his honor and disregarded his decrees, Ib. s. 3 (read:) כל זמן … הוא מַפְלִיגוכ׳ as long as his teacher is alive, he (the pupil) is careless, (saying) whenever it be needed, here is my teacher Ab. IV, 3 אל תהי מפליג לכל דבר discard nothing (saying, this will never happen). Gen. R. s. 8 ה׳ דרכן של רשעיםוכ׳ he removed the way of the wicked out of his sight (disregarded the evil doings of the future man); Midr. Till. to Ps. 1 ed. Bub. (oth. ed. פִּילֵּג Pi.); a. e. 5) to decline from the road. Gen. R. s. 48 אם אני רואה אותן שהִפְלִיגוּ את דרכםוכ׳ when I see that they wend their way hither ; וכיון שדאה אותם שהפליגו and when he saw that they were declining; Yalk. ib. 82.Trnsf. to be mistaken. Bekh.43b bot. הִיפְלַגְתָּ thou art mistaken (Rashi: thou hast gone too far, v. infra); Sifra Emor, ch. II, Par. 3 הִפְלַגְתָּה.Kob. B. to XI, 9 אל תַּפְלִיג עצמך בדברי תורה do not go thy own way in the interpretation of the Law (cling to tradition). 6) ה׳ עצמו ( to withdraw ones self, to be reserved, speak in indefinite and general terms, opp. פרסם עצמו to reveal ones self, speak in definite terms. Midr. Sam. ch. XIV (ref. to 1 Sam. 9:15, sq.) לשעבר לא אלא עד שלא הגיע הקץהקב״ה מפליג עצמו … מפרסם עצמו did the Lord never before reveal anything to Samuel? But before the proper time has come, the Lord speaks reservedly, when the time has come, he reveals himself clearly (‘to-morrow)7) to differ. Yalk. Jer. 320 מי שמפליג על דבריו של אל who opposes the words of God. Y.Pes.V, 32c bot. ומה מַפְלִיגִין and wherein do they differ?; a. e.8) to go too far. Y.Nidd.I, beg.48d, v. פָּרַז. Bekh.43b bot.; Sifra Emor l. c., v. supra.Part. pass. מוּפְלָג a) removed; far. Sifra Mtsorʿa, Zab., Par. 5, ch. VIII מ׳ מנידתה some time after her menstruation, opp. סמוך; Nidd.73a מ׳ לנדתה. Gen. R. s. 44, v. אחַר; a. e.b) distinguished, special expert. Tosef.Ḥag.II, 9, v. מוּפְלָא.Erub.63a דמופלג, v. next w. Pi. פִּלֵּג to remove, disregard. Midr. Till. to Ps. 1, v. supra. Hithpa. הִתְפַּלֵּג to be divided, go apart. Gen. R. s. 15 וכל מימי בראשית מִתְפַּלְּגִין מתחתיו and all the waters of creation started from under it; Midr. Till. to Ps. 1; Y.Ber.I, 2c bot., v. פִּילּוּג.

פָּלַג(b. h.) to separate, split. Hif. הִפְלִיג 1) to part, go away. Y.Ber.I, 2d bot. ומצאו שה׳ אף הואה׳ (not עוד) and finding that he (the friend that had knocked at the door) had withdrawn, he withdrew likewise.Esp. to go to sea (cmp. פִּילָגוֹס). Erub.IV, 1 הִפְלִיגָה ספינתם בים their ship went out on the open sea. Sabb.19a אין מַפְלִיגִין בספינהוכ׳ you must not start on a sea-voyage less than three days before the Sabbath; Num. R. s. 16, beg. אין מפליגין בספינה בים הגדול (contrad. to פָּרַש along the sea coast). 2) ה׳ ממלאכה (or sub. ממלאכה) to rest from work; to pause. Lev. R. s. 30 לכשיַפְלִיג, v. לָקַש. Tosef.Ber.IV, 21 הִפְלִיגוּ צריכיןוכ׳ (not צריך) when the laborers take a recess, they must say the benediction for what they have been eating while at work. Y.Yoma III, 40b bot. להפליג, v. הֶפְלֵג. 3) to divert, put off; to discard. Bab. ib. 66b לא מפני שהִפְלִיגָן בדבריםוכ׳ (he made an evasive reply) not because he desired to divert their minds with words (counterquestions), but because he never said anything that he had not heard from his teacher; Tosef.Yeb.III, 4; Succ.27b. Y.Ab. Zar. II, 40c bot. אם שאלו … יַפְלִיגֶינּוּ כשם שה׳וכ׳ if he asks him whither he is going, let him put him off (state a distant destination), as did Jacob to Esau; Tosef. ib. III, 4 מַפְלִיגוֹ. Tosef.Gitt.VII (V), 8 כל תנאי אפשר … לא נתכוון זה אלא להַפְלִיגָהּ whenever an impossibility is made the condition of a letter of divorce, he (the husband) has had only the intention to divert her mind; Y.B. Mets.VII, end, 11c (corr. acc.). Y.Ber.IX, end, 14d כיון שה׳ דעתו ממנה when he turns his attentions from her (makes her feel that he does not intend to marry her). Gen. R. s. 17 ראה … והִפְלִיגָהּ ממנו when he saw her full mucus and blood, he kept her away from him; a. fr. 4) to reject, disregard, discard. Pesik. R. s. 31 היתה פושעת … ומַפְלֶגֶת את גזירותיו she was careless about his honor and disregarded his decrees, Ib. s. 3 (read:) כל זמן … הוא מַפְלִיגוכ׳ as long as his teacher is alive, he (the pupil) is careless, (saying) whenever it be needed, here is my teacher Ab. IV, 3 אל תהי מפליג לכל דבר discard nothing (saying, this will never happen). Gen. R. s. 8 ה׳ דרכן של רשעיםוכ׳ he removed the way of the wicked out of his sight (disregarded the evil doings of the future man); Midr. Till. to Ps. 1 ed. Bub. (oth. ed. פִּילֵּג Pi.); a. e. 5) to decline from the road. Gen. R. s. 48 אם אני רואה אותן שהִפְלִיגוּ את דרכםוכ׳ when I see that they wend their way hither ; וכיון שדאה אותם שהפליגו and when he saw that they were declining; Yalk. ib. 82.Trnsf. to be mistaken. Bekh.43b bot. הִיפְלַגְתָּ thou art mistaken (Rashi: thou hast gone too far, v. infra); Sifra Emor, ch. II, Par. 3 הִפְלַגְתָּה.Kob. B. to XI, 9 אל תַּפְלִיג עצמך בדברי תורה do not go thy own way in the interpretation of the Law (cling to tradition). 6) ה׳ עצמו ( to withdraw ones self, to be reserved, speak in indefinite and general terms, opp. פרסם עצמו to reveal ones self, speak in definite terms. Midr. Sam. ch. XIV (ref. to 1 Sam. 9:15, sq.) לשעבר לא אלא עד שלא הגיע הקץהקב״ה מפליג עצמו … מפרסם עצמו did the Lord never before reveal anything to Samuel? But before the proper time has come, the Lord speaks reservedly, when the time has come, he reveals himself clearly (‘to-morrow)7) to differ. Yalk. Jer. 320 מי שמפליג על דבריו של אל who opposes the words of God. Y.Pes.V, 32c bot. ומה מַפְלִיגִין and wherein do they differ?; a. e.8) to go too far. Y.Nidd.I, beg.48d, v. פָּרַז. Bekh.43b bot.; Sifra Emor l. c., v. supra.Part. pass. מוּפְלָג a) removed; far. Sifra Mtsorʿa, Zab., Par. 5, ch. VIII מ׳ מנידתה some time after her menstruation, opp. סמוך; Nidd.73a מ׳ לנדתה. Gen. R. s. 44, v. אחַר; a. e.b) distinguished, special expert. Tosef.Ḥag.II, 9, v. מוּפְלָא.Erub.63a דמופלג, v. next w. Pi. פִּלֵּג to remove, disregard. Midr. Till. to Ps. 1, v. supra. Hithpa. הִתְפַּלֵּג to be divided, go apart. Gen. R. s. 15 וכל מימי בראשית מִתְפַּלְּגִין מתחתיו and all the waters of creation started from under it; Midr. Till. to Ps. 1; Y.Ber.I, 2c bot., v. פִּילּוּג.