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1 מרדעַ
מַרְדֵּעַm. ( רדע = רדה to plough) the handle of the plough, having on one end a broad iron blade ( חרחור), on the other a spud ( דרבן). Kel. XXV, 2; Tosef. ib. B. Bath. III, 5. Num. R. s. 14; Pesik. R. s. 3 המשנה … מ׳וכ׳ the Mishnah calls it mardeʿa, whereas the Bible calls it darban and malmâd. Ib.; Koh. R. to XII, 11 (phonetic etymol.) מר̇ד̇ע̇ שהוא מ̇ור̇ה ד̇עה̇ לפרה mardeʿa, because it teaches the (ploughing) cow sense. B. Bath.II, 13 (27b) מלא המ׳ על גבי המחרישה as far as the handle protrudes over the plough (differ. in comment. which take our w. to mean ox-goad). Y.R. Hash. I, 58a bot. מלא מ׳ אחד a distance equal to the length of Pl. מַרְדֵּעִים. Ib.מַרְדֵּעוֹת (fr. מַרְדֵּעָה f.). Sabb.12b; 149a שתי מ׳ the height of two m.R. Hash. 24a (Ms. O. מדרגות, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 80); Tosef. ib. II , 2 מַרְדָּאִיּוֹת ed. Zuck. (Var. מרדעות, מדרעות). -
2 מַרְדֵּעַ
מַרְדֵּעַm. ( רדע = רדה to plough) the handle of the plough, having on one end a broad iron blade ( חרחור), on the other a spud ( דרבן). Kel. XXV, 2; Tosef. ib. B. Bath. III, 5. Num. R. s. 14; Pesik. R. s. 3 המשנה … מ׳וכ׳ the Mishnah calls it mardeʿa, whereas the Bible calls it darban and malmâd. Ib.; Koh. R. to XII, 11 (phonetic etymol.) מר̇ד̇ע̇ שהוא מ̇ור̇ה ד̇עה̇ לפרה mardeʿa, because it teaches the (ploughing) cow sense. B. Bath.II, 13 (27b) מלא המ׳ על גבי המחרישה as far as the handle protrudes over the plough (differ. in comment. which take our w. to mean ox-goad). Y.R. Hash. I, 58a bot. מלא מ׳ אחד a distance equal to the length of Pl. מַרְדֵּעִים. Ib.מַרְדֵּעוֹת (fr. מַרְדֵּעָה f.). Sabb.12b; 149a שתי מ׳ the height of two m.R. Hash. 24a (Ms. O. מדרגות, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 80); Tosef. ib. II , 2 מַרְדָּאִיּוֹת ed. Zuck. (Var. מרדעות, מדרעות). -
3 יתד
יָתֵדf. (b. h.; cmp. עתד) (something fastened, driven in, peg, nail; handle of a tool Y.Taan.IV, 67d אשרי אדם … י׳ להיתלות בה (cmp. Is. 22:23, sq.) happy the man who has a peg to hang on, i. e. who has a renowned ancestry; ומה היתה יְתֵידָתוֹוכ׳ and what was R. E.s. peg?; Y.Ber.IV, 7d top. Gitt.17a י׳ היא שלא תמוט (my last opinion) is an immovable peg. Meg.6a והיא היתה י׳ תקועהוכ׳ and she (Cæsarea) was a peg driven into Israel, i. e. an obnoxious foreign element.י׳ של מחרישה the pin of the plough. Sabb.XVII, 4; a. e. v. מַחֲרֵישָׁה.י׳ האהל tent-pin, v. infra.י׳ הדרכים a way-mark of hardened clay pegs, v. גֵּץ; v. infra.Pl. יְתֵדוֹת, יְתֵידוֹת. Gen. R. s. 43 שלשה י׳ גדולות three great pegs (Abraham, Isaac and Jacob). Ib. s. 62 נתגרו בהן י׳ הארץ the pegs of the land (the remnants of the seven nations, cmp. Num. 33:55) arose against them. Kel. XIV, 3 י׳ אהלים י׳ המשוחות Mish. ed. (Bab. ed. ידות) the (metal) pegs of tents and those of the land measurers. Tosef. ib. B. Bath.I, 7 החרב שפרשה עם י׳ המחרישה the knife (coulter) which has been taken out with the handle of the plough. Mikv. IX, 2 י׳ הדרכים, expl. גץ יוני. Tosef. ib. VI (VII), 14. B. Kam.81a מסתלקין … מפני י׳ הד׳ you may (in walking) turn out from the highway towards the private sidewalk in order to avoid the road-pegs; Y.Ber.II, end, 5d top. -
4 יָתֵד
יָתֵדf. (b. h.; cmp. עתד) (something fastened, driven in, peg, nail; handle of a tool Y.Taan.IV, 67d אשרי אדם … י׳ להיתלות בה (cmp. Is. 22:23, sq.) happy the man who has a peg to hang on, i. e. who has a renowned ancestry; ומה היתה יְתֵידָתוֹוכ׳ and what was R. E.s. peg?; Y.Ber.IV, 7d top. Gitt.17a י׳ היא שלא תמוט (my last opinion) is an immovable peg. Meg.6a והיא היתה י׳ תקועהוכ׳ and she (Cæsarea) was a peg driven into Israel, i. e. an obnoxious foreign element.י׳ של מחרישה the pin of the plough. Sabb.XVII, 4; a. e. v. מַחֲרֵישָׁה.י׳ האהל tent-pin, v. infra.י׳ הדרכים a way-mark of hardened clay pegs, v. גֵּץ; v. infra.Pl. יְתֵדוֹת, יְתֵידוֹת. Gen. R. s. 43 שלשה י׳ גדולות three great pegs (Abraham, Isaac and Jacob). Ib. s. 62 נתגרו בהן י׳ הארץ the pegs of the land (the remnants of the seven nations, cmp. Num. 33:55) arose against them. Kel. XIV, 3 י׳ אהלים י׳ המשוחות Mish. ed. (Bab. ed. ידות) the (metal) pegs of tents and those of the land measurers. Tosef. ib. B. Bath.I, 7 החרב שפרשה עם י׳ המחרישה the knife (coulter) which has been taken out with the handle of the plough. Mikv. IX, 2 י׳ הדרכים, expl. גץ יוני. Tosef. ib. VI (VII), 14. B. Kam.81a מסתלקין … מפני י׳ הד׳ you may (in walking) turn out from the highway towards the private sidewalk in order to avoid the road-pegs; Y.Ber.II, end, 5d top. -
5 מענה
מַעֲנָהf. (b. h.; preced.) 1) turn of the plough, furrow, furrows length. Tosef.Ḥull.IV (V), 6. Ohol. XVII, 2; a. e. 2) (perh. מַעֲנֶה m.) handle of the plough; coulter. Tosef.Shebi.III, 20 ובלבד שלא יסמוך לה מ׳; Y. ib. IV, 35b bot. ובכבד שלא יסמוך את המ׳ provided that (in training the cow for ploughing) he will not press the coulter (so as to make the appearance of real ploughing). -
6 מַעֲנָה
מַעֲנָהf. (b. h.; preced.) 1) turn of the plough, furrow, furrows length. Tosef.Ḥull.IV (V), 6. Ohol. XVII, 2; a. e. 2) (perh. מַעֲנֶה m.) handle of the plough; coulter. Tosef.Shebi.III, 20 ובלבד שלא יסמוך לה מ׳; Y. ib. IV, 35b bot. ובכבד שלא יסמוך את המ׳ provided that (in training the cow for ploughing) he will not press the coulter (so as to make the appearance of real ploughing). -
7 עובי
עוֹבִי, עֳבִיm. (b. h.; עָבָה) thickness, diameter. Y.Ber.I, 2c bot. עוֹבְיוֹ של רקיעוכ׳ the thickness (diameter) of the heavens is equal to a journey of 500 years; עוֹבְיָהּ של ארץ the diameter of the earth; Gen. R. s. 4; Pes.94a. Gen. R. s. 42 בעל קורה טעין בעוביה the owner of the beam must put his shoulder to the thickest part of it; Ber.64a בעָבְיָהּוכ׳, v. כַּאַן, Tanḥ. Shmoth 3 נותן עביה של תקרה זו בצד ראשהוכ׳ he places the thick side (trunk) of one beam by the side of the top (the thinner part) of the other beam; Ex. R. s. 1. Ohol. XVI, 1 בע׳ המרדע measured by the diameter of the handle of a plough; Sabb.17a מרדע שאמרו אין בעָבְיוֹוכ׳ the handle of which they speak is less than a handbreadth in diameter, but is a handbreadth in circumference; a. e. -
8 עבי
עוֹבִי, עֳבִיm. (b. h.; עָבָה) thickness, diameter. Y.Ber.I, 2c bot. עוֹבְיוֹ של רקיעוכ׳ the thickness (diameter) of the heavens is equal to a journey of 500 years; עוֹבְיָהּ של ארץ the diameter of the earth; Gen. R. s. 4; Pes.94a. Gen. R. s. 42 בעל קורה טעין בעוביה the owner of the beam must put his shoulder to the thickest part of it; Ber.64a בעָבְיָהּוכ׳, v. כַּאַן, Tanḥ. Shmoth 3 נותן עביה של תקרה זו בצד ראשהוכ׳ he places the thick side (trunk) of one beam by the side of the top (the thinner part) of the other beam; Ex. R. s. 1. Ohol. XVI, 1 בע׳ המרדע measured by the diameter of the handle of a plough; Sabb.17a מרדע שאמרו אין בעָבְיוֹוכ׳ the handle of which they speak is less than a handbreadth in diameter, but is a handbreadth in circumference; a. e. -
9 עוֹבִי
עוֹבִי, עֳבִיm. (b. h.; עָבָה) thickness, diameter. Y.Ber.I, 2c bot. עוֹבְיוֹ של רקיעוכ׳ the thickness (diameter) of the heavens is equal to a journey of 500 years; עוֹבְיָהּ של ארץ the diameter of the earth; Gen. R. s. 4; Pes.94a. Gen. R. s. 42 בעל קורה טעין בעוביה the owner of the beam must put his shoulder to the thickest part of it; Ber.64a בעָבְיָהּוכ׳, v. כַּאַן, Tanḥ. Shmoth 3 נותן עביה של תקרה זו בצד ראשהוכ׳ he places the thick side (trunk) of one beam by the side of the top (the thinner part) of the other beam; Ex. R. s. 1. Ohol. XVI, 1 בע׳ המרדע measured by the diameter of the handle of a plough; Sabb.17a מרדע שאמרו אין בעָבְיוֹוכ׳ the handle of which they speak is less than a handbreadth in diameter, but is a handbreadth in circumference; a. e. -
10 עֳבִי
עוֹבִי, עֳבִיm. (b. h.; עָבָה) thickness, diameter. Y.Ber.I, 2c bot. עוֹבְיוֹ של רקיעוכ׳ the thickness (diameter) of the heavens is equal to a journey of 500 years; עוֹבְיָהּ של ארץ the diameter of the earth; Gen. R. s. 4; Pes.94a. Gen. R. s. 42 בעל קורה טעין בעוביה the owner of the beam must put his shoulder to the thickest part of it; Ber.64a בעָבְיָהּוכ׳, v. כַּאַן, Tanḥ. Shmoth 3 נותן עביה של תקרה זו בצד ראשהוכ׳ he places the thick side (trunk) of one beam by the side of the top (the thinner part) of the other beam; Ex. R. s. 1. Ohol. XVI, 1 בע׳ המרדע measured by the diameter of the handle of a plough; Sabb.17a מרדע שאמרו אין בעָבְיוֹוכ׳ the handle of which they speak is less than a handbreadth in diameter, but is a handbreadth in circumference; a. e. -
11 חרב
חֶרֶבf. (b. h.; cmp. חרף) 1) sword. Ḥull.3a, v. חָלָל I. B. Bath8b ח׳ קשהוכ׳ death in war is a greater affliction than natural death. Snh.116a מהם הרגו בח׳ some of them they put to death by the sword. Tanḥ Balak 8; Num. R. s. 20 אא״כ שלף חַרְבּוֹ without drawing his sword. Ib. בח׳ חייהם live on their sword. Taan.III, 5 על הח׳ on the sword, i. e. when armies are passing the country. Ib. 22a ח׳ של שלום a friendly army passing; a. fr. 2) the sword-shaped handle of a plough. Kel. XXI, 2. Tosef. ib. B. Bath.I, 7.Pl. חֲרָבוֹת. Pesik. R. s. 21 ח׳ מכאןוכ׳ (soldiers with) swords here ; a. e. -
12 חֶרֶב
חֶרֶבf. (b. h.; cmp. חרף) 1) sword. Ḥull.3a, v. חָלָל I. B. Bath8b ח׳ קשהוכ׳ death in war is a greater affliction than natural death. Snh.116a מהם הרגו בח׳ some of them they put to death by the sword. Tanḥ Balak 8; Num. R. s. 20 אא״כ שלף חַרְבּוֹ without drawing his sword. Ib. בח׳ חייהם live on their sword. Taan.III, 5 על הח׳ on the sword, i. e. when armies are passing the country. Ib. 22a ח׳ של שלום a friendly army passing; a. fr. 2) the sword-shaped handle of a plough. Kel. XXI, 2. Tosef. ib. B. Bath.I, 7.Pl. חֲרָבוֹת. Pesik. R. s. 21 ח׳ מכאןוכ׳ (soldiers with) swords here ; a. e. -
13 מאן
מָאן, מַאן, מָאנָא, מָן, מָנָאm. (v. preced.) ( thing, 1) vessel, utensil. Targ. Ps. 2:9. Targ. Lev. 11:33; a. fr. (interch. with מָן, מַן).B. Kam.17b מ׳ תבירא תבר it was a broken vessel he broke. Ib. בתר תבר מ׳ אזלינן we judge by the final cause by which the vessel was broken; a. v. fr.Pl. מָאנִין, מָאנַיָּא, מָאנֵי, מָנ׳. Targ. Ex. 11:2; a. fr.Sabb.105b תבר מ׳ תבירי broke broken vessels (pretending to be angry); a. fr. 2) (cmp. כֶּלִי) garment, dress. Ib. 113b; Snh.94a קרי למָאנֵיה וב׳ called his dress (garments), v. כָּבֵד I; B. Kam.91b למאני (corr. acc. v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.).B. Mets.47a במ׳ דכשר למקני ביה (symbolical possession has been given) by means of a garment fit for the purpose; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ber.6a. Y.Kil.IX, 32b top; Y.Keth.XII, 35a top מָאנוֹי, v. בְּזַע; a. fr. 3) (= h. קַנְקַן) ( handle, coulter of the plough. B. Mets.80a. -
14 מָאן
מָאן, מַאן, מָאנָא, מָן, מָנָאm. (v. preced.) ( thing, 1) vessel, utensil. Targ. Ps. 2:9. Targ. Lev. 11:33; a. fr. (interch. with מָן, מַן).B. Kam.17b מ׳ תבירא תבר it was a broken vessel he broke. Ib. בתר תבר מ׳ אזלינן we judge by the final cause by which the vessel was broken; a. v. fr.Pl. מָאנִין, מָאנַיָּא, מָאנֵי, מָנ׳. Targ. Ex. 11:2; a. fr.Sabb.105b תבר מ׳ תבירי broke broken vessels (pretending to be angry); a. fr. 2) (cmp. כֶּלִי) garment, dress. Ib. 113b; Snh.94a קרי למָאנֵיה וב׳ called his dress (garments), v. כָּבֵד I; B. Kam.91b למאני (corr. acc. v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.).B. Mets.47a במ׳ דכשר למקני ביה (symbolical possession has been given) by means of a garment fit for the purpose; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ber.6a. Y.Kil.IX, 32b top; Y.Keth.XII, 35a top מָאנוֹי, v. בְּזַע; a. fr. 3) (= h. קַנְקַן) ( handle, coulter of the plough. B. Mets.80a. -
15 מַאן
מָאן, מַאן, מָאנָא, מָן, מָנָאm. (v. preced.) ( thing, 1) vessel, utensil. Targ. Ps. 2:9. Targ. Lev. 11:33; a. fr. (interch. with מָן, מַן).B. Kam.17b מ׳ תבירא תבר it was a broken vessel he broke. Ib. בתר תבר מ׳ אזלינן we judge by the final cause by which the vessel was broken; a. v. fr.Pl. מָאנִין, מָאנַיָּא, מָאנֵי, מָנ׳. Targ. Ex. 11:2; a. fr.Sabb.105b תבר מ׳ תבירי broke broken vessels (pretending to be angry); a. fr. 2) (cmp. כֶּלִי) garment, dress. Ib. 113b; Snh.94a קרי למָאנֵיה וב׳ called his dress (garments), v. כָּבֵד I; B. Kam.91b למאני (corr. acc. v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.).B. Mets.47a במ׳ דכשר למקני ביה (symbolical possession has been given) by means of a garment fit for the purpose; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ber.6a. Y.Kil.IX, 32b top; Y.Keth.XII, 35a top מָאנוֹי, v. בְּזַע; a. fr. 3) (= h. קַנְקַן) ( handle, coulter of the plough. B. Mets.80a. -
16 מָאנָא
מָאן, מַאן, מָאנָא, מָן, מָנָאm. (v. preced.) ( thing, 1) vessel, utensil. Targ. Ps. 2:9. Targ. Lev. 11:33; a. fr. (interch. with מָן, מַן).B. Kam.17b מ׳ תבירא תבר it was a broken vessel he broke. Ib. בתר תבר מ׳ אזלינן we judge by the final cause by which the vessel was broken; a. v. fr.Pl. מָאנִין, מָאנַיָּא, מָאנֵי, מָנ׳. Targ. Ex. 11:2; a. fr.Sabb.105b תבר מ׳ תבירי broke broken vessels (pretending to be angry); a. fr. 2) (cmp. כֶּלִי) garment, dress. Ib. 113b; Snh.94a קרי למָאנֵיה וב׳ called his dress (garments), v. כָּבֵד I; B. Kam.91b למאני (corr. acc. v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.).B. Mets.47a במ׳ דכשר למקני ביה (symbolical possession has been given) by means of a garment fit for the purpose; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ber.6a. Y.Kil.IX, 32b top; Y.Keth.XII, 35a top מָאנוֹי, v. בְּזַע; a. fr. 3) (= h. קַנְקַן) ( handle, coulter of the plough. B. Mets.80a. -
17 מָן
מָאן, מַאן, מָאנָא, מָן, מָנָאm. (v. preced.) ( thing, 1) vessel, utensil. Targ. Ps. 2:9. Targ. Lev. 11:33; a. fr. (interch. with מָן, מַן).B. Kam.17b מ׳ תבירא תבר it was a broken vessel he broke. Ib. בתר תבר מ׳ אזלינן we judge by the final cause by which the vessel was broken; a. v. fr.Pl. מָאנִין, מָאנַיָּא, מָאנֵי, מָנ׳. Targ. Ex. 11:2; a. fr.Sabb.105b תבר מ׳ תבירי broke broken vessels (pretending to be angry); a. fr. 2) (cmp. כֶּלִי) garment, dress. Ib. 113b; Snh.94a קרי למָאנֵיה וב׳ called his dress (garments), v. כָּבֵד I; B. Kam.91b למאני (corr. acc. v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.).B. Mets.47a במ׳ דכשר למקני ביה (symbolical possession has been given) by means of a garment fit for the purpose; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ber.6a. Y.Kil.IX, 32b top; Y.Keth.XII, 35a top מָאנוֹי, v. בְּזַע; a. fr. 3) (= h. קַנְקַן) ( handle, coulter of the plough. B. Mets.80a. -
18 מָנָא
מָאן, מַאן, מָאנָא, מָן, מָנָאm. (v. preced.) ( thing, 1) vessel, utensil. Targ. Ps. 2:9. Targ. Lev. 11:33; a. fr. (interch. with מָן, מַן).B. Kam.17b מ׳ תבירא תבר it was a broken vessel he broke. Ib. בתר תבר מ׳ אזלינן we judge by the final cause by which the vessel was broken; a. v. fr.Pl. מָאנִין, מָאנַיָּא, מָאנֵי, מָנ׳. Targ. Ex. 11:2; a. fr.Sabb.105b תבר מ׳ תבירי broke broken vessels (pretending to be angry); a. fr. 2) (cmp. כֶּלִי) garment, dress. Ib. 113b; Snh.94a קרי למָאנֵיה וב׳ called his dress (garments), v. כָּבֵד I; B. Kam.91b למאני (corr. acc. v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.).B. Mets.47a במ׳ דכשר למקני ביה (symbolical possession has been given) by means of a garment fit for the purpose; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ber.6a. Y.Kil.IX, 32b top; Y.Keth.XII, 35a top מָאנוֹי, v. בְּזַע; a. fr. 3) (= h. קַנְקַן) ( handle, coulter of the plough. B. Mets.80a. -
19 יצול
יָצוּל m. ( יצל; cmp. אֵצֶל; v. Wetzst. in Levy Talm. Dict. s. v. כורך) the cross-piece or handle of a plough. Kel. XXI, 2. -
20 נדבךְ
נִדְבָּךְm. ( דוך = דבך; v. Del. Prol., p. 150) 1) rammed wall (pisé), a mould fitted with earth or rubble; a block of a certain size (four handbreadths cubic measure), or a course of bricks, used as ‘binder (coagmentum); in gen. a course of stones, layer. Y.Shebi.III, 34c bot. זה שהוא מקבל נ׳ צריךוכ׳ he who contracts to build nidbakh, must build with blocks of four handbreadths as far as the space contracted for (v. infra). Sabb.115a אמר לבנאי שקעהו תחת הנ׳ he said to the builder, sink it (the translation of the Book of Job) under the rubble; Y. ib. XVI, 15c top. Ber.II, 4 mechanics at work may read the Shma בראש הנ׳ while standing on top of a course of the wall. Sabb.125b נ׳ של אבנים a mouldful of stones (v. מִרְבָּךְ); a. fr. 2) a frame carried to the building ground with tools and vessels above and under it. Tosef.Ohol.VII, 1 ארבעה שהיו נושאין את הנ׳ ואיןוכ׳ if four persons carry a frame the poles of which have not the size of a plough-handle; Ohol. VI, 1 (ed. Dehr. נדוד; Ar. נרווד, read: נִדְוָךְ, נִדְוָוךְ; Maim. a bier). Zab. V, 2 אצבעו של זב תחת הנ׳ if the gonorrhœist has his finger under the frame (while it is carried).Pl. נִדְבָּכִין, נִדְבָּכוֹת. Ohol. XIV, 1 שלשה נ׳וכ׳ a distance of three courses of stones which is twelve handbreadths; Tosef. ib. XIV, 8; Y.Shebi.III, 34d top. Ib. שלשה נ׳ עשרהוכ׳ three courses of trimmed stones making ten handbreadths, v. סִיתּוּת.
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