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1 עון
עוּןto be round, curved; denom. עַיִן. Pi. עִיֵּין (denom. of עַיִן) 1) to look in, read. Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 34 אסור … לעַיֵּין בתורהוכ׳ the interpreter must not look into the Torah (Hebrew text) and translate; (Pesik. R. s. 5 ליתן עיניו). 2) to look carefully; to search, investigate (cmp. דּוּק a. דִּקְדֵּק). B. Bath. 115a (ref. ובן אין לו Num. 27:8) עַיֵּין עליו (Ar. אַיֵּין) investigate his case (whether he has really no male issue); Yeb.22b. Kidd.4a (ref. to Lev. 22:13 וזרע אין לה) עיין לה; Yeb.70a עיין עלה (Chald.). 3) to speculate, contemplate. Ber.55a המאריך בתפלתו ומְעַיֵּין בה he who stays long in prayer and speculates on it (expecting its fulfillment as a reward for his lengthy prayer); Yalk. Prov. 950; Ber.32b; a. e. 4) ( to measure with the eye) to balance exactly, opp. הכדיע (v. כָּרַע). B. Bath.89a אין מְעַיְּינִין … במקום שמעיינין where it is customary to give overweight, you dare not sell by exact weight, and vice versa; a. e.Part. pass. מְעיּיָּין a) (adv.) weighed exactly, even-balanced. Num. R. s. 16, end (ref. to עין בעין, Num. 14:14) הרי מאזנים מע׳ אתהוכ׳ behold the scales are evenly balanced, thou gayest …, and I say ; Deut. R. s. 5 הרי מדת הדין בכף מאזנים מע׳ judgment lies on evenly balanced scales. Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 34; Pesik. R. s. 5, beg. המאזניים מע׳ the claims on both sides are equal. Y.Snh.X, beg.27c היה מע׳ if it (his sins and his merits) be even; Y.Peah I, 16b bot.; Y.Kidd.I, end, 61d מחציין (corr. acc.); Yalk. Ps. 784 (היה) כף מאזניים מע׳; a. e.b) having eyes ( rings) or colors. Y.Kil.I, 27a v. לְעוּנִים. Polel עֹונֵן (b. h.) (to contemplate; to augur;) to produce apparitions, to conjure. Snh.65b, a. e. (interpret. מעונן, Deut. 18:10) המעביר … על העין, v. זְכוּרוּ. Ib. (oth. interpret.) האוהז את העינים, v. אָחַז. Ib. (oth. interpret.; cmp. Pi.) המחשב עתים ושעותוכ׳ who calculates what times and hours are auspicious ; (Comment. on המחשב עתים explain עונן as denomin. of עֹונָה I); Tosef.Sabb.VII (VIII), 14 נותני עתיםוכ׳. -
2 עוּן
עוּןto be round, curved; denom. עַיִן. Pi. עִיֵּין (denom. of עַיִן) 1) to look in, read. Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 34 אסור … לעַיֵּין בתורהוכ׳ the interpreter must not look into the Torah (Hebrew text) and translate; (Pesik. R. s. 5 ליתן עיניו). 2) to look carefully; to search, investigate (cmp. דּוּק a. דִּקְדֵּק). B. Bath. 115a (ref. ובן אין לו Num. 27:8) עַיֵּין עליו (Ar. אַיֵּין) investigate his case (whether he has really no male issue); Yeb.22b. Kidd.4a (ref. to Lev. 22:13 וזרע אין לה) עיין לה; Yeb.70a עיין עלה (Chald.). 3) to speculate, contemplate. Ber.55a המאריך בתפלתו ומְעַיֵּין בה he who stays long in prayer and speculates on it (expecting its fulfillment as a reward for his lengthy prayer); Yalk. Prov. 950; Ber.32b; a. e. 4) ( to measure with the eye) to balance exactly, opp. הכדיע (v. כָּרַע). B. Bath.89a אין מְעַיְּינִין … במקום שמעיינין where it is customary to give overweight, you dare not sell by exact weight, and vice versa; a. e.Part. pass. מְעיּיָּין a) (adv.) weighed exactly, even-balanced. Num. R. s. 16, end (ref. to עין בעין, Num. 14:14) הרי מאזנים מע׳ אתהוכ׳ behold the scales are evenly balanced, thou gayest …, and I say ; Deut. R. s. 5 הרי מדת הדין בכף מאזנים מע׳ judgment lies on evenly balanced scales. Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 34; Pesik. R. s. 5, beg. המאזניים מע׳ the claims on both sides are equal. Y.Snh.X, beg.27c היה מע׳ if it (his sins and his merits) be even; Y.Peah I, 16b bot.; Y.Kidd.I, end, 61d מחציין (corr. acc.); Yalk. Ps. 784 (היה) כף מאזניים מע׳; a. e.b) having eyes ( rings) or colors. Y.Kil.I, 27a v. לְעוּנִים. Polel עֹונֵן (b. h.) (to contemplate; to augur;) to produce apparitions, to conjure. Snh.65b, a. e. (interpret. מעונן, Deut. 18:10) המעביר … על העין, v. זְכוּרוּ. Ib. (oth. interpret.) האוהז את העינים, v. אָחַז. Ib. (oth. interpret.; cmp. Pi.) המחשב עתים ושעותוכ׳ who calculates what times and hours are auspicious ; (Comment. on המחשב עתים explain עונן as denomin. of עֹונָה I); Tosef.Sabb.VII (VIII), 14 נותני עתיםוכ׳. -
3 כרע
כָּרַע(b. h.; denom. of כֶּרַע) to bow, bend the knee. Ber.12a כשהוא כוֹרֵעַוכ׳ when bowing in prayer, one must bow at the word barukh, opp. זָקַף. Ib. 34b; Y. ib. I, 3c bot. (interch. with שחה); a. v. fr. Hif. הִכְרִיעַ 1) to cause to kneel; to subdue; to humiliate, sadden. Gen. R. s. 65; Yalk. Gen. 114 אני מַכְרִיעַ את אוהבי I shall sadden my friend. Gen. R. s. 75, beg., v. כָּרַח. Ib. s. 67 מה אני מכריעוכ׳ (Yalk. ib. 116 מַעֲכִיר) why shall I sadden my father? 2) to put the knee of the balance down; to overbalance; to outweigh. Y.Peah I, 16b bot. הזכיות מַכְרִיעוֹת the good deeds overbalance (the sins). Ab. II, 8 מַכְרִיעַ את כלם outweighs them all. B. Bath. V, 11 חייב להַכְרִיעַ לו טפח (weighing a litra of meat or more) he must allow the scale (which contains the meat) to sink one handbreadth lower than the scale of weights, i. e. he must give overweight, opp. עיין to weigh exactly. Ib. 89a שקול לי … והַכְרִיעָהּ weigh for me each litra for itself and give me the legal overweight on it; a. fr.Y.Sabb.I, 3c bot. הַכְרַע עליו כסף put money to it in the balance (bribe him). Gen. R. s. 80 כמה ממון ה׳ how much money he put in the balance (paid for it).Trnsf. to cast the deciding vote, to decide. Tosef.Ḥull.VII, 1; Ḥull.90b; Pes.83b הדעת מַכְרַעַת reason decides, v. דַּעַת. Y.Keth.II, 26b; Y.Yeb.X, 10d bot. הדעת מכרעת בעידי מיתה (not לידי) reason decides in favor of trusting the witnesses testifying to the death of a person. 3) to keep the balance; trnsf. to harmonize two contrary opinions, to compromise. Sifra introd. שני כתובים המכחישים … ויַכְרִיעַ ביניהם when two Biblical verses contradict each other, you must not draw any conclusions until a third verse is found which harmonizes them. Ib. end (ref. to Ex. 19:20 a. Deut. 4:36) הכ׳ השלישי a third passage (Ex. 20:22) harmonizes (that the Lord lowered the heavens so as to make them rest on Mount Sinai); Mekh. Yithro, Baḥod. s.9. Sifré Num. 58.Kidd.24b המַכְרִיעִים לפני חכמים the harmonizers arguing before the scholars. Sabb.39b כל מקום … ואחד מכריע הלכה כדברי המכ׳ whenever you find two scholars differing and one compromising, the practice follows the opinion of the compromiser; a. fr.v. הֶכְרַע, הַכְרָעָה. -
4 כָּרַע
כָּרַע(b. h.; denom. of כֶּרַע) to bow, bend the knee. Ber.12a כשהוא כוֹרֵעַוכ׳ when bowing in prayer, one must bow at the word barukh, opp. זָקַף. Ib. 34b; Y. ib. I, 3c bot. (interch. with שחה); a. v. fr. Hif. הִכְרִיעַ 1) to cause to kneel; to subdue; to humiliate, sadden. Gen. R. s. 65; Yalk. Gen. 114 אני מַכְרִיעַ את אוהבי I shall sadden my friend. Gen. R. s. 75, beg., v. כָּרַח. Ib. s. 67 מה אני מכריעוכ׳ (Yalk. ib. 116 מַעֲכִיר) why shall I sadden my father? 2) to put the knee of the balance down; to overbalance; to outweigh. Y.Peah I, 16b bot. הזכיות מַכְרִיעוֹת the good deeds overbalance (the sins). Ab. II, 8 מַכְרִיעַ את כלם outweighs them all. B. Bath. V, 11 חייב להַכְרִיעַ לו טפח (weighing a litra of meat or more) he must allow the scale (which contains the meat) to sink one handbreadth lower than the scale of weights, i. e. he must give overweight, opp. עיין to weigh exactly. Ib. 89a שקול לי … והַכְרִיעָהּ weigh for me each litra for itself and give me the legal overweight on it; a. fr.Y.Sabb.I, 3c bot. הַכְרַע עליו כסף put money to it in the balance (bribe him). Gen. R. s. 80 כמה ממון ה׳ how much money he put in the balance (paid for it).Trnsf. to cast the deciding vote, to decide. Tosef.Ḥull.VII, 1; Ḥull.90b; Pes.83b הדעת מַכְרַעַת reason decides, v. דַּעַת. Y.Keth.II, 26b; Y.Yeb.X, 10d bot. הדעת מכרעת בעידי מיתה (not לידי) reason decides in favor of trusting the witnesses testifying to the death of a person. 3) to keep the balance; trnsf. to harmonize two contrary opinions, to compromise. Sifra introd. שני כתובים המכחישים … ויַכְרִיעַ ביניהם when two Biblical verses contradict each other, you must not draw any conclusions until a third verse is found which harmonizes them. Ib. end (ref. to Ex. 19:20 a. Deut. 4:36) הכ׳ השלישי a third passage (Ex. 20:22) harmonizes (that the Lord lowered the heavens so as to make them rest on Mount Sinai); Mekh. Yithro, Baḥod. s.9. Sifré Num. 58.Kidd.24b המַכְרִיעִים לפני חכמים the harmonizers arguing before the scholars. Sabb.39b כל מקום … ואחד מכריע הלכה כדברי המכ׳ whenever you find two scholars differing and one compromising, the practice follows the opinion of the compromiser; a. fr.v. הֶכְרַע, הַכְרָעָה. -
5 הוגן
הוֹגָןm. (preced.) balance; only in כְּהֹ׳ (adv.) appropriately, reasonably, correspondingly. Gen. R. s. 93 כה׳ וכשורה עשה he acted (according to balance and line) exactly right. Taan.4a שאלו שלא כה׳ made an unreasonable demand (making their actions dependent on chance); לשנים השיבו בה׳ two of them were answered properly (Providence favoring their ways); Gen. R. s. 60; Lev. R. s. 37. Yeb.110a הוא עשה שלא כה׳וכ׳ he acted improperly, therefore the court deals with him improperly (more strictly than the law would justify) and declares his marriage invalid; B. Bath.48b; a. fr. -
6 הוֹגָן
הוֹגָןm. (preced.) balance; only in כְּהֹ׳ (adv.) appropriately, reasonably, correspondingly. Gen. R. s. 93 כה׳ וכשורה עשה he acted (according to balance and line) exactly right. Taan.4a שאלו שלא כה׳ made an unreasonable demand (making their actions dependent on chance); לשנים השיבו בה׳ two of them were answered properly (Providence favoring their ways); Gen. R. s. 60; Lev. R. s. 37. Yeb.110a הוא עשה שלא כה׳וכ׳ he acted improperly, therefore the court deals with him improperly (more strictly than the law would justify) and declares his marriage invalid; B. Bath.48b; a. fr. -
7 עין
עַיִןf. (b. h.; עוּן) 1) eye, sight, look. Kidd.24a בשן וע׳, v. יָצָא. Ib. b הכהו על עֵינֹווכ׳ if the master struck him on his eye and made it blind. B. Kam.83b (ref. to Ex. 21:24) אימא ע׳ ממש may not the text mean that he who injures a persons eye must really suffer the same injury? Sabb.108b bot. יד לע׳וכ׳ an unwashed hand (in the morning) touching the eye deserves to be cut off. Taan.8b סמוי מן הע׳, v. סָמָא. Ib. דבר שאין הע׳ שולטת בו something which the eye cannot look at (being stored away), v. infra; a. v. fr.Y.Ned.IX, end, 41c עשה לה ע׳ של זהב, a corrupt dittography of עשה לה שן של זהב.ע׳ טובה (also יפה) a benevolent eye, good will, liberality, opp. ע׳ רעה or עֵין הרע (abbr. עה״ר), also ע׳ צרה ill-will, selfishness, envy. Ab. II, 9. Sabb.74a משום ע׳ יפהוכ׳ he intended to show his good will. Tosef.Ḥall.I, 7 שעינו יפה בעיסתו he is liberal with his dough (is glad to give the priests portion), opp. עינו צרה. Esth. R. to 1. 4 היתה עינו צרה בממונו he was jealous of his wealth (unwilling to leave it to his heirs to be enjoyed by them). Ab. V, 13 עינו רצה בשל אחרים he is illiberal with regard to other peoples money (begrudges them the privilege of giving charity), ע׳ רעה בשלו he is illiberal with his own money (is too greedy to afford himself the pleasure of giving charity). Ib. II, 11, v. יֵצֶר; a. fr.צַר ע׳ (= רַע ע׳) selfish, opp. טוב ע׳ liberal, selfless. Sabb.108b שדורי … צר ע׳ אנא I send you (the salve), lest you say that I am selfish. Sot.38b אפי׳ העופות מכירין בצָרֵי ע׳ even birds recognize selfish men. Ib. כל הנהנה מצרי ע׳וכ׳ he who accepts benefits from self-seeking men, transgresses a law (ref. to Prov. 23:6). Ib. אין … לטוב ע׳ the cup of benediction must be handed to none but an unselfish person (with ref. to Prov. 22:9); a. e.Esp. ע׳ רעה, עֵין הרע (abbrev. עה״ר), or only עַיִן, the evil eye, an envious glance that brings harm to the person looked at, bewitchment. B. Mets. 107b (ref. to Deut. 7:15) זו ע׳ that means the effect of an evil eye. Ib. תשעים … בע׳ רעהוכ׳ ninety-nine persons die of an evil eye against one in the natural course. Gen. R. s. 91 שלא תשלוט בכםעה״ר that the evil eye may have no power over you. Ib. לא הייתם … מפני הע׳ were you not afraid of the evil eye? Ber.20a ע׳ שלא … איןעה״ר שולטת בי no evil eye can affect him whose eye refused to feed on what was not his (to look at the charms of a married woman); a. fr.שקל ע׳ בע׳ to balance the scales exactly, to allow no overweight (v. עוּן, a. כָּרַע). B. Bath. V, 11; a. fr.בע׳ visible to the eye, discernible; in natural form. Y.Ber.VI, 10a אע״פ ששחוקין בעֵינָן הן although they are ground, they are still discernible. Ib. אם בעַיְינָן הן if they are in their natural form (not mashed); a. fr.כְּעֵין like the appearance of, similar to, a sort of (cmp. גַּוָּון). Ib. b כל שהוא כע׳ סולתוכ׳ whatever resembles a pudding or dumpling. Ber.58a (in Chald. diet.) מלכותא דארעא כע׳וכ׳ the government on earth is like the government in heaven (inspires reverence); a. fr.מֵעֵין a reflection of, of the nature of; an abstract of. Snh.105b (ref. to the preposition מ in 1 Kings 1:47) מע׳ קאמר ליה he means, ‘as a reflection (of thy name, thy throne). Ib. (ref. to Jud. 5:24) מע׳ קאמר it means ‘similar to (the blessings of Sarah). Ber.IV, 3 מע׳י״ח an abstract of the eighteen benedictions. Y. ib. 8a bot. שבע מע׳י״ח seven benedictions embodying the eighteen. Ib. VI, 10b ברכה אחת מע׳ שלש one benediction embodying the three. Gen. R. s. 11, a. e., v. דּוּגְמַטְרִין.Du. עֵינַיִים, עֵינַיִם. Bekh.VII, 4 עֵינָיו גדולותוכ׳ if his (the priests) eyes are as large as those of a calf. Ib. 3. Ber.58a, a. e. נתן עיניו בווכ׳ he put his eyes on him, and he was turned into a heap of bones. Y.Hor.III, end, 48c נתנו עֵינֵיהֶן בשמואלוכ׳ they directed their attention to Samuel ; a. fr.אחז את הע׳, v. אָחַז. 2) anything resembling the eye, hole, ring Kel. VIII, 7 ע׳ של תנור the ‘eye of an oven (the fireplace under the oven, Maim.; the opening for the escape of the smoke, which may be closed to retain the heat, R. S.). Ib. IX, 8 תנור שניקב מעינו an oven in the eye of which is a defect. Ib. XXI, 2 ע׳ the ring-shaped pad around an animals neck (a halter of soft material). Ib. ע׳ של מתכת a metal hame (cmp. עוֹנָתָא). Tosef. ib. B. Bath. I, 7 העיין שבמצעד the ring attached to an adze; a. fr. 3) spring, well. Keth.I, 10; a. fr.(Frequ. עֵין in pr. n. pl., as ע׳ סוכר, ע׳ טב; v. respective determinants). -
8 עַיִן
עַיִןf. (b. h.; עוּן) 1) eye, sight, look. Kidd.24a בשן וע׳, v. יָצָא. Ib. b הכהו על עֵינֹווכ׳ if the master struck him on his eye and made it blind. B. Kam.83b (ref. to Ex. 21:24) אימא ע׳ ממש may not the text mean that he who injures a persons eye must really suffer the same injury? Sabb.108b bot. יד לע׳וכ׳ an unwashed hand (in the morning) touching the eye deserves to be cut off. Taan.8b סמוי מן הע׳, v. סָמָא. Ib. דבר שאין הע׳ שולטת בו something which the eye cannot look at (being stored away), v. infra; a. v. fr.Y.Ned.IX, end, 41c עשה לה ע׳ של זהב, a corrupt dittography of עשה לה שן של זהב.ע׳ טובה (also יפה) a benevolent eye, good will, liberality, opp. ע׳ רעה or עֵין הרע (abbr. עה״ר), also ע׳ צרה ill-will, selfishness, envy. Ab. II, 9. Sabb.74a משום ע׳ יפהוכ׳ he intended to show his good will. Tosef.Ḥall.I, 7 שעינו יפה בעיסתו he is liberal with his dough (is glad to give the priests portion), opp. עינו צרה. Esth. R. to 1. 4 היתה עינו צרה בממונו he was jealous of his wealth (unwilling to leave it to his heirs to be enjoyed by them). Ab. V, 13 עינו רצה בשל אחרים he is illiberal with regard to other peoples money (begrudges them the privilege of giving charity), ע׳ רעה בשלו he is illiberal with his own money (is too greedy to afford himself the pleasure of giving charity). Ib. II, 11, v. יֵצֶר; a. fr.צַר ע׳ (= רַע ע׳) selfish, opp. טוב ע׳ liberal, selfless. Sabb.108b שדורי … צר ע׳ אנא I send you (the salve), lest you say that I am selfish. Sot.38b אפי׳ העופות מכירין בצָרֵי ע׳ even birds recognize selfish men. Ib. כל הנהנה מצרי ע׳וכ׳ he who accepts benefits from self-seeking men, transgresses a law (ref. to Prov. 23:6). Ib. אין … לטוב ע׳ the cup of benediction must be handed to none but an unselfish person (with ref. to Prov. 22:9); a. e.Esp. ע׳ רעה, עֵין הרע (abbrev. עה״ר), or only עַיִן, the evil eye, an envious glance that brings harm to the person looked at, bewitchment. B. Mets. 107b (ref. to Deut. 7:15) זו ע׳ that means the effect of an evil eye. Ib. תשעים … בע׳ רעהוכ׳ ninety-nine persons die of an evil eye against one in the natural course. Gen. R. s. 91 שלא תשלוט בכםעה״ר that the evil eye may have no power over you. Ib. לא הייתם … מפני הע׳ were you not afraid of the evil eye? Ber.20a ע׳ שלא … איןעה״ר שולטת בי no evil eye can affect him whose eye refused to feed on what was not his (to look at the charms of a married woman); a. fr.שקל ע׳ בע׳ to balance the scales exactly, to allow no overweight (v. עוּן, a. כָּרַע). B. Bath. V, 11; a. fr.בע׳ visible to the eye, discernible; in natural form. Y.Ber.VI, 10a אע״פ ששחוקין בעֵינָן הן although they are ground, they are still discernible. Ib. אם בעַיְינָן הן if they are in their natural form (not mashed); a. fr.כְּעֵין like the appearance of, similar to, a sort of (cmp. גַּוָּון). Ib. b כל שהוא כע׳ סולתוכ׳ whatever resembles a pudding or dumpling. Ber.58a (in Chald. diet.) מלכותא דארעא כע׳וכ׳ the government on earth is like the government in heaven (inspires reverence); a. fr.מֵעֵין a reflection of, of the nature of; an abstract of. Snh.105b (ref. to the preposition מ in 1 Kings 1:47) מע׳ קאמר ליה he means, ‘as a reflection (of thy name, thy throne). Ib. (ref. to Jud. 5:24) מע׳ קאמר it means ‘similar to (the blessings of Sarah). Ber.IV, 3 מע׳י״ח an abstract of the eighteen benedictions. Y. ib. 8a bot. שבע מע׳י״ח seven benedictions embodying the eighteen. Ib. VI, 10b ברכה אחת מע׳ שלש one benediction embodying the three. Gen. R. s. 11, a. e., v. דּוּגְמַטְרִין.Du. עֵינַיִים, עֵינַיִם. Bekh.VII, 4 עֵינָיו גדולותוכ׳ if his (the priests) eyes are as large as those of a calf. Ib. 3. Ber.58a, a. e. נתן עיניו בווכ׳ he put his eyes on him, and he was turned into a heap of bones. Y.Hor.III, end, 48c נתנו עֵינֵיהֶן בשמואלוכ׳ they directed their attention to Samuel ; a. fr.אחז את הע׳, v. אָחַז. 2) anything resembling the eye, hole, ring Kel. VIII, 7 ע׳ של תנור the ‘eye of an oven (the fireplace under the oven, Maim.; the opening for the escape of the smoke, which may be closed to retain the heat, R. S.). Ib. IX, 8 תנור שניקב מעינו an oven in the eye of which is a defect. Ib. XXI, 2 ע׳ the ring-shaped pad around an animals neck (a halter of soft material). Ib. ע׳ של מתכת a metal hame (cmp. עוֹנָתָא). Tosef. ib. B. Bath. I, 7 העיין שבמצעד the ring attached to an adze; a. fr. 3) spring, well. Keth.I, 10; a. fr.(Frequ. עֵין in pr. n. pl., as ע׳ סוכר, ע׳ טב; v. respective determinants).
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