to be widened

פָּחַת 1) to hollow out, dig. Bets.IV, 4 (32a) אין פּוֹחֲתִין את הנר (Mish. פיתתין, corr. acc.) you must not hollow out a lump of clay to make it a candlestick (on the Holy Day). Ib. 3 פּיֹחֵת לכתחלה he may start to dig out (take out closely packed fruit), v. infra. Mikv. IV, 5 פְּחָתוּהָ they hollowed it out (widened the aperture in the rock through which the water came forth); Y.Yeb.I, end, 3b (Bab. ib. 15a הרחיבוה). Mikv. l. c. עד שיִפְחוֹת רובה (ed. Dehr. a. Mish. ed. ער שיִפְחֲתוּ) until the larger portion of the aperture is chiselled out; Y. Yeb. l. c. שיפחות את רובה; Bab. ib. l. c. שתִּיפָּחֵת ברובה; a. e. 2) to diminish, lessen, decrease, opp. הוסיף. Mekh. Yithro, Baḥod., s. 2 שלא תִפְחוֹת ולא תוסיף from which you must not diminish, and to which you must not add. Sabb.21b פּוֹחֵת והולך one kindles one light less every night. Meg.IV, 1, sq. אין פּוֹחֲתִיןוכ׳ we call up no less (than the number named) nor more. Y.Yeb.IV, 6a bot. חמרתה (ה) פּוֹחֶתֶת אינה פוחתתוכ׳ a sheass, if short (whose period of pregnance is the shortest possible) gives birth not earlier than a lunar year from conception, if long, not later than a solar year; Y.Nidd.I, 49b top. Pes.X, 1 ולא יִפְחֲתוּ לו מארבעוכ׳ and they must give him (the poor man) no less than four cupfuls of wine. B. Kam.85b שבת הפּוֹחֲתַתּוֹ בדמים (not הפח׳) if the idleness enforced by being wounded has also the effect of lessening his value (if he were to be sold as a slave). Shek. V, 4 אם פָּחֲתוּ פחתו לו Y. ed. (differ. in Mishn. ed.) if money is missing, the loss is his. Tanḥ. Reh 10 פ׳ הוא עשרה ופָחֲתָה היאוכ׳ he gave ten measures less as tithe, and it (the field) yielded one hundred less; Yalk. Deut. 892; a. v. fr.Tanḥ. l. c. מי פחת, v. next w.V. פָּחוּת. Pi. פִּיחֵת same, 1) to diminish, lessen. Ter. IV, 4 פי׳ עשרהוכ׳ (Y. ed. פחת) if he set aside as Trumah ten fractions less (than 1/50, i. e. 1/60), or ten fractions more (i. e. 1/40), Maim.; (R. S. if he reduced the divisor by ten (i. e. set aside 1/40), or increased the divisor by ten (i. e. set aside 1/60); Y. ib. 42d bot. הפּוֹחֵת אחד מעשרה. 2) to be diminished, lose. Lev. R. s. 2 כלום פי׳ כבודיוכ׳ has my glory or my majesty lost anything ? Nif. נִפְחַת 1) to be hollowed out, broken through. Yeb.15a שתִּיפָּחֵת, v. supra. Ḥull.45a נִפְחֲתָה כדלת if a piece of the windpipe is broken through in the shape of a door (split on three sides and attached by the fourth side). Bets.IV, 3 בית … ונ׳ a room which was packed with fruits and closed up (with bricks), and which was burst open (the bricks giving way to the pressure), v. supra. 2) to be reduced in size, numbers ; to be lowered. Succ.18a ביתשנ׳ a building which has been reduced (the walls of which have given way partly). Sot.5a bot. כל אדם … לבסוף נ׳ every man in whom there is haughtiness, will finally be lowered; a. e. Hif. הִפְחִית 1) to lessen, wear out, damage. Y.B. Mets.II, 8d top כלי נחשת … מפני שמַפְחִיתָן if one found copper vessels (keeping them until the owner be found), he may use them for hot water, but not over fire, because he wears them out; (Bab. ib. 30a שמשחיקן); a. e. 2) (denom. of פָּחוּת) to become less, be damaged. Succ.18b ה׳ דופן אמצעי if the middle wall (of a Succah) became reduced (fell in, v. supra); a. e.

פָּחַת 1) to hollow out, dig. Bets.IV, 4 (32a) אין פּוֹחֲתִין את הנר (Mish. פיתתין, corr. acc.) you must not hollow out a lump of clay to make it a candlestick (on the Holy Day). Ib. 3 פּיֹחֵת לכתחלה he may start to dig out (take out closely packed fruit), v. infra. Mikv. IV, 5 פְּחָתוּהָ they hollowed it out (widened the aperture in the rock through which the water came forth); Y.Yeb.I, end, 3b (Bab. ib. 15a הרחיבוה). Mikv. l. c. עד שיִפְחוֹת רובה (ed. Dehr. a. Mish. ed. ער שיִפְחֲתוּ) until the larger portion of the aperture is chiselled out; Y. Yeb. l. c. שיפחות את רובה; Bab. ib. l. c. שתִּיפָּחֵת ברובה; a. e. 2) to diminish, lessen, decrease, opp. הוסיף. Mekh. Yithro, Baḥod., s. 2 שלא תִפְחוֹת ולא תוסיף from which you must not diminish, and to which you must not add. Sabb.21b פּוֹחֵת והולך one kindles one light less every night. Meg.IV, 1, sq. אין פּוֹחֲתִיןוכ׳ we call up no less (than the number named) nor more. Y.Yeb.IV, 6a bot. חמרתה (ה) פּוֹחֶתֶת אינה פוחתתוכ׳ a sheass, if short (whose period of pregnance is the shortest possible) gives birth not earlier than a lunar year from conception, if long, not later than a solar year; Y.Nidd.I, 49b top. Pes.X, 1 ולא יִפְחֲתוּ לו מארבעוכ׳ and they must give him (the poor man) no less than four cupfuls of wine. B. Kam.85b שבת הפּוֹחֲתַתּוֹ בדמים (not הפח׳) if the idleness enforced by being wounded has also the effect of lessening his value (if he were to be sold as a slave). Shek. V, 4 אם פָּחֲתוּ פחתו לו Y. ed. (differ. in Mishn. ed.) if money is missing, the loss is his. Tanḥ. Reh 10 פ׳ הוא עשרה ופָחֲתָה היאוכ׳ he gave ten measures less as tithe, and it (the field) yielded one hundred less; Yalk. Deut. 892; a. v. fr.Tanḥ. l. c. מי פחת, v. next w.V. פָּחוּת. Pi. פִּיחֵת same, 1) to diminish, lessen. Ter. IV, 4 פי׳ עשרהוכ׳ (Y. ed. פחת) if he set aside as Trumah ten fractions less (than 1/50, i. e. 1/60), or ten fractions more (i. e. 1/40), Maim.; (R. S. if he reduced the divisor by ten (i. e. set aside 1/40), or increased the divisor by ten (i. e. set aside 1/60); Y. ib. 42d bot. הפּוֹחֵת אחד מעשרה. 2) to be diminished, lose. Lev. R. s. 2 כלום פי׳ כבודיוכ׳ has my glory or my majesty lost anything ? Nif. נִפְחַת 1) to be hollowed out, broken through. Yeb.15a שתִּיפָּחֵת, v. supra. Ḥull.45a נִפְחֲתָה כדלת if a piece of the windpipe is broken through in the shape of a door (split on three sides and attached by the fourth side). Bets.IV, 3 בית … ונ׳ a room which was packed with fruits and closed up (with bricks), and which was burst open (the bricks giving way to the pressure), v. supra. 2) to be reduced in size, numbers ; to be lowered. Succ.18a ביתשנ׳ a building which has been reduced (the walls of which have given way partly). Sot.5a bot. כל אדם … לבסוף נ׳ every man in whom there is haughtiness, will finally be lowered; a. e. Hif. הִפְחִית 1) to lessen, wear out, damage. Y.B. Mets.II, 8d top כלי נחשת … מפני שמַפְחִיתָן if one found copper vessels (keeping them until the owner be found), he may use them for hot water, but not over fire, because he wears them out; (Bab. ib. 30a שמשחיקן); a. e. 2) (denom. of פָּחוּת) to become less, be damaged. Succ.18b ה׳ דופן אמצעי if the middle wall (of a Succah) became reduced (fell in, v. supra); a. e.

פִּרְצָה, פִּירְ׳f. (פָּרַץ) 1) breach, opening. B. Bath.53a פרץ פ׳וכ׳ if he widened the opening in the fence to go in and out by it. Succ.26a פ׳ קוראה לגנב a breach (occasion) invites the thief. Tanḥ. Vayishl. 5 אין ניתנין פ׳ לפני הכשרוכ׳ we must not leave an opening (offer a temptation) to an honest man, how much less to a thief. Y.Gitt.III, 45a היתה שם פ׳ אחתוכ׳ if there was a single gap (for the besieged to escape), it saves all (justifies the presumption that they are alive). Peah VII, 1 בצד פ׳ (Y. ed. הפרוצה) by the gap (entrance) in the fence; a. fr.Trnsf. inroad, calamity. Tanḥ. Bal. 13 יש פ׳ גדולה מזו is there a greater calamity than this (the death of Moses)? Yalk. Ps. 888 (ref. to פרץ, Ps. 144:14) פ׳ של פורענות the calamity of divine visitation (pestilence, with ref. to Ps. 106:29 ותפיץ); פ׳ של גלות the calamity of exile; Ruth R. introd. פ׳ של מגפה; פֶּרֶץ של גלות. Lev. R. s. 34, end (ref. to Is. 58:12) הפ׳ חזאת עלי היה לגודרהוכ׳ the Lord says, it was for me to repair that breach (to remedy the evil of poverty), and thou rosest to repair it (by charity); a. fr. 2) lawlessness, licentiousness, demoralization. Gen. R. s. 26 כל פ׳ שאינה … אינה פ׳ demoralization which does not proceed from the leaders, is no real demoralization; a. e.Pl. פְּרָצוֹת. Pes.56a, v. פָּרַץ. Midd. II, 3 שלש עשרה פ׳ היו בו שפרצוםוכ׳ there were thirteen breaches in the Temple palisades (סוֹרֶג) made by the Greek kings; Y.Shek.VI, 50a top. Ber.19a פִּרְצוֹתֵינוּ ופִרְצוֹתוכ׳, v. גָּדַר. B. Bath.91b (ref. to גדרה, 1 Chr. 4:23) זו סנהדרין שגדרו פִרְצוֹתֵיהֶןוכ׳ this refers to the Sanhedrin that healed the breaches of Israel. Yalk. Ez. 352; Ruth R. introd. שאלו עליתם בפ׳וכ׳ if you had stood in the breaches as Moses did ; a. fr.(Num. R. s. 20 שיש פרצים, v. פָּרַץ) 3) sect.Pl. as ab. Ab. dR. N. ch. V ונפרצו מהם שתי פ׳ and two sects proceeded from them. 4) spreading, increase. Gen. R. S. 73, a. e., v. פָּרַץ.

פִּרְצָה, פִּירְ׳f. (פָּרַץ) 1) breach, opening. B. Bath.53a פרץ פ׳וכ׳ if he widened the opening in the fence to go in and out by it. Succ.26a פ׳ קוראה לגנב a breach (occasion) invites the thief. Tanḥ. Vayishl. 5 אין ניתנין פ׳ לפני הכשרוכ׳ we must not leave an opening (offer a temptation) to an honest man, how much less to a thief. Y.Gitt.III, 45a היתה שם פ׳ אחתוכ׳ if there was a single gap (for the besieged to escape), it saves all (justifies the presumption that they are alive). Peah VII, 1 בצד פ׳ (Y. ed. הפרוצה) by the gap (entrance) in the fence; a. fr.Trnsf. inroad, calamity. Tanḥ. Bal. 13 יש פ׳ גדולה מזו is there a greater calamity than this (the death of Moses)? Yalk. Ps. 888 (ref. to פרץ, Ps. 144:14) פ׳ של פורענות the calamity of divine visitation (pestilence, with ref. to Ps. 106:29 ותפיץ); פ׳ של גלות the calamity of exile; Ruth R. introd. פ׳ של מגפה; פֶּרֶץ של גלות. Lev. R. s. 34, end (ref. to Is. 58:12) הפ׳ חזאת עלי היה לגודרהוכ׳ the Lord says, it was for me to repair that breach (to remedy the evil of poverty), and thou rosest to repair it (by charity); a. fr. 2) lawlessness, licentiousness, demoralization. Gen. R. s. 26 כל פ׳ שאינה … אינה פ׳ demoralization which does not proceed from the leaders, is no real demoralization; a. e.Pl. פְּרָצוֹת. Pes.56a, v. פָּרַץ. Midd. II, 3 שלש עשרה פ׳ היו בו שפרצוםוכ׳ there were thirteen breaches in the Temple palisades (סוֹרֶג) made by the Greek kings; Y.Shek.VI, 50a top. Ber.19a פִּרְצוֹתֵינוּ ופִרְצוֹתוכ׳, v. גָּדַר. B. Bath.91b (ref. to גדרה, 1 Chr. 4:23) זו סנהדרין שגדרו פִרְצוֹתֵיהֶןוכ׳ this refers to the Sanhedrin that healed the breaches of Israel. Yalk. Ez. 352; Ruth R. introd. שאלו עליתם בפ׳וכ׳ if you had stood in the breaches as Moses did ; a. fr.(Num. R. s. 20 שיש פרצים, v. פָּרַץ) 3) sect.Pl. as ab. Ab. dR. N. ch. V ונפרצו מהם שתי פ׳ and two sects proceeded from them. 4) spreading, increase. Gen. R. S. 73, a. e., v. פָּרַץ.

פִּרְצָה, פִּירְ׳f. (פָּרַץ) 1) breach, opening. B. Bath.53a פרץ פ׳וכ׳ if he widened the opening in the fence to go in and out by it. Succ.26a פ׳ קוראה לגנב a breach (occasion) invites the thief. Tanḥ. Vayishl. 5 אין ניתנין פ׳ לפני הכשרוכ׳ we must not leave an opening (offer a temptation) to an honest man, how much less to a thief. Y.Gitt.III, 45a היתה שם פ׳ אחתוכ׳ if there was a single gap (for the besieged to escape), it saves all (justifies the presumption that they are alive). Peah VII, 1 בצד פ׳ (Y. ed. הפרוצה) by the gap (entrance) in the fence; a. fr.Trnsf. inroad, calamity. Tanḥ. Bal. 13 יש פ׳ גדולה מזו is there a greater calamity than this (the death of Moses)? Yalk. Ps. 888 (ref. to פרץ, Ps. 144:14) פ׳ של פורענות the calamity of divine visitation (pestilence, with ref. to Ps. 106:29 ותפיץ); פ׳ של גלות the calamity of exile; Ruth R. introd. פ׳ של מגפה; פֶּרֶץ של גלות. Lev. R. s. 34, end (ref. to Is. 58:12) הפ׳ חזאת עלי היה לגודרהוכ׳ the Lord says, it was for me to repair that breach (to remedy the evil of poverty), and thou rosest to repair it (by charity); a. fr. 2) lawlessness, licentiousness, demoralization. Gen. R. s. 26 כל פ׳ שאינה … אינה פ׳ demoralization which does not proceed from the leaders, is no real demoralization; a. e.Pl. פְּרָצוֹת. Pes.56a, v. פָּרַץ. Midd. II, 3 שלש עשרה פ׳ היו בו שפרצוםוכ׳ there were thirteen breaches in the Temple palisades (סוֹרֶג) made by the Greek kings; Y.Shek.VI, 50a top. Ber.19a פִּרְצוֹתֵינוּ ופִרְצוֹתוכ׳, v. גָּדַר. B. Bath.91b (ref. to גדרה, 1 Chr. 4:23) זו סנהדרין שגדרו פִרְצוֹתֵיהֶןוכ׳ this refers to the Sanhedrin that healed the breaches of Israel. Yalk. Ez. 352; Ruth R. introd. שאלו עליתם בפ׳וכ׳ if you had stood in the breaches as Moses did ; a. fr.(Num. R. s. 20 שיש פרצים, v. פָּרַץ) 3) sect.Pl. as ab. Ab. dR. N. ch. V ונפרצו מהם שתי פ׳ and two sects proceeded from them. 4) spreading, increase. Gen. R. S. 73, a. e., v. פָּרַץ.

פִּרְצָה, פִּירְ׳f. (פָּרַץ) 1) breach, opening. B. Bath.53a פרץ פ׳וכ׳ if he widened the opening in the fence to go in and out by it. Succ.26a פ׳ קוראה לגנב a breach (occasion) invites the thief. Tanḥ. Vayishl. 5 אין ניתנין פ׳ לפני הכשרוכ׳ we must not leave an opening (offer a temptation) to an honest man, how much less to a thief. Y.Gitt.III, 45a היתה שם פ׳ אחתוכ׳ if there was a single gap (for the besieged to escape), it saves all (justifies the presumption that they are alive). Peah VII, 1 בצד פ׳ (Y. ed. הפרוצה) by the gap (entrance) in the fence; a. fr.Trnsf. inroad, calamity. Tanḥ. Bal. 13 יש פ׳ גדולה מזו is there a greater calamity than this (the death of Moses)? Yalk. Ps. 888 (ref. to פרץ, Ps. 144:14) פ׳ של פורענות the calamity of divine visitation (pestilence, with ref. to Ps. 106:29 ותפיץ); פ׳ של גלות the calamity of exile; Ruth R. introd. פ׳ של מגפה; פֶּרֶץ של גלות. Lev. R. s. 34, end (ref. to Is. 58:12) הפ׳ חזאת עלי היה לגודרהוכ׳ the Lord says, it was for me to repair that breach (to remedy the evil of poverty), and thou rosest to repair it (by charity); a. fr. 2) lawlessness, licentiousness, demoralization. Gen. R. s. 26 כל פ׳ שאינה … אינה פ׳ demoralization which does not proceed from the leaders, is no real demoralization; a. e.Pl. פְּרָצוֹת. Pes.56a, v. פָּרַץ. Midd. II, 3 שלש עשרה פ׳ היו בו שפרצוםוכ׳ there were thirteen breaches in the Temple palisades (סוֹרֶג) made by the Greek kings; Y.Shek.VI, 50a top. Ber.19a פִּרְצוֹתֵינוּ ופִרְצוֹתוכ׳, v. גָּדַר. B. Bath.91b (ref. to גדרה, 1 Chr. 4:23) זו סנהדרין שגדרו פִרְצוֹתֵיהֶןוכ׳ this refers to the Sanhedrin that healed the breaches of Israel. Yalk. Ez. 352; Ruth R. introd. שאלו עליתם בפ׳וכ׳ if you had stood in the breaches as Moses did ; a. fr.(Num. R. s. 20 שיש פרצים, v. פָּרַץ) 3) sect.Pl. as ab. Ab. dR. N. ch. V ונפרצו מהם שתי פ׳ and two sects proceeded from them. 4) spreading, increase. Gen. R. S. 73, a. e., v. פָּרַץ.

פתי, פָּתָה(b. h.; cmp. פתח) 1) (to be open, wide,) to be accessible to influences, be compliant. Ex. R. s. 21 (ref. to Hos. 7:11) אצלי הם כיונה פוֹתָהוכ׳ towards me they are like a tame dove, whatever I decree over them, they do and obey, but towards the nations of the world they are intractable like wild beasts. 2) to open; trnsf. to influence, persuade, entice. Snh.38a (play on מי פתי Prov. 9:16) מי פְּתָאוֹ לזהוכ׳ who persuaded this man (Adam)? A woman spoke to him; (differ. in Yalk. Prov. 94 3).(Num. R. s. 7 ופותין read: ופוֹתְתִין, v. פָּתַת. Pi. פִּיתָּה (to open the heart of,) to persuade; 1) (in a good sense) to win, conquer. Lev. R. s. 29 (ref. to Ps. 89:16) שהם מכירין לפַתּוֹתוכ׳ they know how to win the favor of their Creator ; (Midr. Till. to Ps. 81 לרצות); Yalk. Ps. 840; Pesik. Baḥod., p. 152a>. Y.Kidd.III, 64c top מְפַתִּים אותו … וכופיןוכ׳ they (the court) persuade him to give her a letter of divorce, but they force him to ; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 71 פיתיתי, v. infra. 2) to gratify; to mislead by gratifying; to deceive. Lev. R. s. 6, beg. (ref. to יהפתית, Prov. 24:28) מאחר שפִּתִּיתֶם אותו בסיניוכ׳ after you gratified him at Sinai, saying (Ex. 24:7) Ib. מאחר שפִּתִּיתָ בשפתיךוכ׳ after thou hast gratified with thy lips (promised to appear as witness) and caused him to go to law; a. e.Deut. R. s. 7 (play on ובמ̇ופ̇ת̇ים, Deut. 4:34) היו המכות מְֹפַֹתֹּות אותםוכ׳ the plagues (by coming at intervals) deceived them (made the Egyptians believe every time that they were relieved forever); Midr. Till, to Ps. 78:43 מפיתית בהן ed. Bub. (oth. ed. שפותות בהן; corr. acc.). 3) to entice. Y.Snh.X, 28d the strong Moabite wine שהוא מְפַתֶּה הגנף לזנות which opens the body to lust; Num. R. s. 10, a. e., v. פְּתוּגְתָּא; a. fr.Esp. to seduce. Keth.III, 9 (41a) האומר פִּיתֵּיתִי אתוכ׳ if one declares, I have seduced that mans daughter. Ib. 4 המְפַתֶּה נותן the seducer pays three fines, opp. to אונס; a. fr.Y.Keth.III, 27b שהפיתתו, read: שהיא פִיתְּתוֹ when she seduced him. Pu. פּוּתָּה to be persuaded: to be seduced. Gen. R. s. 71; Yalk. ib. 127 פּוּתֵּיתִי (not פית׳), v. יָסַת.Part. f. מְפוּתָּה a seduced woman. Keth.39b; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְפַּתֶּה, Nithpa. נִתְפַּתֶּה 1) to be widened. Yalk. Is. 302 אף היא מִתְפַּתָּה … ומרחבתוכ׳ it (Gehenna), too, grows every day wider and broader and deeper (with ref. to תפתה, Is. 30:33). 2) to be persuaded; to be enticed. Gen. R. s. 17 מפני מה האיש נוח להִתְפַּתּוֹתוכ׳ why is man easily appeased and woman is not?; v. פִּיּוּס.Num. R. l. c. ע״י היין נִתְפַּתּוּ וזנו through wine they were enticed and i they committed whoredom. Erub.19a (play on תפתה, v. supra) כל המִתְפַּתֶּה ביצרו יפול שם whosoever is carried away by his evil desire falls into it (Gehenna). Yalk. Is. l. c.Keth.IV, 1 נערה שנִתְפַּתְּתָהוכ׳ if a young girl has been seduced (v. נַעֲרָה); a. fr. 3) to insinuate ones self, to make ones self popular. Esth. R. introd. (play on אפ̇ת̇ם, Ezra 4:13) אפי׳ דברים שהמלכות מִתְפַּתָּה בהםוכ׳ even with those things by which the (Roman) government makes itself popular, as theatres and circuses, it does harm.

פתי, פָּתָה(b. h.; cmp. פתח) 1) (to be open, wide,) to be accessible to influences, be compliant. Ex. R. s. 21 (ref. to Hos. 7:11) אצלי הם כיונה פוֹתָהוכ׳ towards me they are like a tame dove, whatever I decree over them, they do and obey, but towards the nations of the world they are intractable like wild beasts. 2) to open; trnsf. to influence, persuade, entice. Snh.38a (play on מי פתי Prov. 9:16) מי פְּתָאוֹ לזהוכ׳ who persuaded this man (Adam)? A woman spoke to him; (differ. in Yalk. Prov. 94 3).(Num. R. s. 7 ופותין read: ופוֹתְתִין, v. פָּתַת. Pi. פִּיתָּה (to open the heart of,) to persuade; 1) (in a good sense) to win, conquer. Lev. R. s. 29 (ref. to Ps. 89:16) שהם מכירין לפַתּוֹתוכ׳ they know how to win the favor of their Creator ; (Midr. Till. to Ps. 81 לרצות); Yalk. Ps. 840; Pesik. Baḥod., p. 152a>. Y.Kidd.III, 64c top מְפַתִּים אותו … וכופיןוכ׳ they (the court) persuade him to give her a letter of divorce, but they force him to ; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 71 פיתיתי, v. infra. 2) to gratify; to mislead by gratifying; to deceive. Lev. R. s. 6, beg. (ref. to יהפתית, Prov. 24:28) מאחר שפִּתִּיתֶם אותו בסיניוכ׳ after you gratified him at Sinai, saying (Ex. 24:7) Ib. מאחר שפִּתִּיתָ בשפתיךוכ׳ after thou hast gratified with thy lips (promised to appear as witness) and caused him to go to law; a. e.Deut. R. s. 7 (play on ובמ̇ופ̇ת̇ים, Deut. 4:34) היו המכות מְֹפַֹתֹּות אותםוכ׳ the plagues (by coming at intervals) deceived them (made the Egyptians believe every time that they were relieved forever); Midr. Till, to Ps. 78:43 מפיתית בהן ed. Bub. (oth. ed. שפותות בהן; corr. acc.). 3) to entice. Y.Snh.X, 28d the strong Moabite wine שהוא מְפַתֶּה הגנף לזנות which opens the body to lust; Num. R. s. 10, a. e., v. פְּתוּגְתָּא; a. fr.Esp. to seduce. Keth.III, 9 (41a) האומר פִּיתֵּיתִי אתוכ׳ if one declares, I have seduced that mans daughter. Ib. 4 המְפַתֶּה נותן the seducer pays three fines, opp. to אונס; a. fr.Y.Keth.III, 27b שהפיתתו, read: שהיא פִיתְּתוֹ when she seduced him. Pu. פּוּתָּה to be persuaded: to be seduced. Gen. R. s. 71; Yalk. ib. 127 פּוּתֵּיתִי (not פית׳), v. יָסַת.Part. f. מְפוּתָּה a seduced woman. Keth.39b; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְפַּתֶּה, Nithpa. נִתְפַּתֶּה 1) to be widened. Yalk. Is. 302 אף היא מִתְפַּתָּה … ומרחבתוכ׳ it (Gehenna), too, grows every day wider and broader and deeper (with ref. to תפתה, Is. 30:33). 2) to be persuaded; to be enticed. Gen. R. s. 17 מפני מה האיש נוח להִתְפַּתּוֹתוכ׳ why is man easily appeased and woman is not?; v. פִּיּוּס.Num. R. l. c. ע״י היין נִתְפַּתּוּ וזנו through wine they were enticed and i they committed whoredom. Erub.19a (play on תפתה, v. supra) כל המִתְפַּתֶּה ביצרו יפול שם whosoever is carried away by his evil desire falls into it (Gehenna). Yalk. Is. l. c.Keth.IV, 1 נערה שנִתְפַּתְּתָהוכ׳ if a young girl has been seduced (v. נַעֲרָה); a. fr. 3) to insinuate ones self, to make ones self popular. Esth. R. introd. (play on אפ̇ת̇ם, Ezra 4:13) אפי׳ דברים שהמלכות מִתְפַּתָּה בהםוכ׳ even with those things by which the (Roman) government makes itself popular, as theatres and circuses, it does harm.

פתי, פָּתָה(b. h.; cmp. פתח) 1) (to be open, wide,) to be accessible to influences, be compliant. Ex. R. s. 21 (ref. to Hos. 7:11) אצלי הם כיונה פוֹתָהוכ׳ towards me they are like a tame dove, whatever I decree over them, they do and obey, but towards the nations of the world they are intractable like wild beasts. 2) to open; trnsf. to influence, persuade, entice. Snh.38a (play on מי פתי Prov. 9:16) מי פְּתָאוֹ לזהוכ׳ who persuaded this man (Adam)? A woman spoke to him; (differ. in Yalk. Prov. 94 3).(Num. R. s. 7 ופותין read: ופוֹתְתִין, v. פָּתַת. Pi. פִּיתָּה (to open the heart of,) to persuade; 1) (in a good sense) to win, conquer. Lev. R. s. 29 (ref. to Ps. 89:16) שהם מכירין לפַתּוֹתוכ׳ they know how to win the favor of their Creator ; (Midr. Till. to Ps. 81 לרצות); Yalk. Ps. 840; Pesik. Baḥod., p. 152a>. Y.Kidd.III, 64c top מְפַתִּים אותו … וכופיןוכ׳ they (the court) persuade him to give her a letter of divorce, but they force him to ; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 71 פיתיתי, v. infra. 2) to gratify; to mislead by gratifying; to deceive. Lev. R. s. 6, beg. (ref. to יהפתית, Prov. 24:28) מאחר שפִּתִּיתֶם אותו בסיניוכ׳ after you gratified him at Sinai, saying (Ex. 24:7) Ib. מאחר שפִּתִּיתָ בשפתיךוכ׳ after thou hast gratified with thy lips (promised to appear as witness) and caused him to go to law; a. e.Deut. R. s. 7 (play on ובמ̇ופ̇ת̇ים, Deut. 4:34) היו המכות מְֹפַֹתֹּות אותםוכ׳ the plagues (by coming at intervals) deceived them (made the Egyptians believe every time that they were relieved forever); Midr. Till, to Ps. 78:43 מפיתית בהן ed. Bub. (oth. ed. שפותות בהן; corr. acc.). 3) to entice. Y.Snh.X, 28d the strong Moabite wine שהוא מְפַתֶּה הגנף לזנות which opens the body to lust; Num. R. s. 10, a. e., v. פְּתוּגְתָּא; a. fr.Esp. to seduce. Keth.III, 9 (41a) האומר פִּיתֵּיתִי אתוכ׳ if one declares, I have seduced that mans daughter. Ib. 4 המְפַתֶּה נותן the seducer pays three fines, opp. to אונס; a. fr.Y.Keth.III, 27b שהפיתתו, read: שהיא פִיתְּתוֹ when she seduced him. Pu. פּוּתָּה to be persuaded: to be seduced. Gen. R. s. 71; Yalk. ib. 127 פּוּתֵּיתִי (not פית׳), v. יָסַת.Part. f. מְפוּתָּה a seduced woman. Keth.39b; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְפַּתֶּה, Nithpa. נִתְפַּתֶּה 1) to be widened. Yalk. Is. 302 אף היא מִתְפַּתָּה … ומרחבתוכ׳ it (Gehenna), too, grows every day wider and broader and deeper (with ref. to תפתה, Is. 30:33). 2) to be persuaded; to be enticed. Gen. R. s. 17 מפני מה האיש נוח להִתְפַּתּוֹתוכ׳ why is man easily appeased and woman is not?; v. פִּיּוּס.Num. R. l. c. ע״י היין נִתְפַּתּוּ וזנו through wine they were enticed and i they committed whoredom. Erub.19a (play on תפתה, v. supra) כל המִתְפַּתֶּה ביצרו יפול שם whosoever is carried away by his evil desire falls into it (Gehenna). Yalk. Is. l. c.Keth.IV, 1 נערה שנִתְפַּתְּתָהוכ׳ if a young girl has been seduced (v. נַעֲרָה); a. fr. 3) to insinuate ones self, to make ones self popular. Esth. R. introd. (play on אפ̇ת̇ם, Ezra 4:13) אפי׳ דברים שהמלכות מִתְפַּתָּה בהםוכ׳ even with those things by which the (Roman) government makes itself popular, as theatres and circuses, it does harm.

פְּתֵיI, פְּתָא ch. sam( Hithpa. הִתְפַּתֶּה, Nithpa. נִתְפַּתֶּה to be widened), to be wide, open. Targ. Is. 60:5 (h. text רחב).Part. (פָּאתֵי) פָּתֵי; f. פַּתְיָא; pl. פַּתְיָן, פַּתְיָין. Targ. Ps. 104:25 פְּתֵי constr. (some ed. פָּא׳; ed. Lag. פתאי, corr. acc.). Targ. Y. Gen. 34:21 פַּתְיית constr. Targ. Jer. 51:58. Targ. Ps. 119:96. Ib. 25:17; a. e. Af. אַפְתֵּי to widen. Targ. O. Gen. 9:27 יַפְתֵּי (some ed. יַפְתְּ). Targ. Ex. 34:24. Targ. Deut. 12:20; a. fr. Pa. פַּתֵּי to persuade, seduce. Targ. Prov. 7:21 תְּפַתֵּיה (some ed. תְּפאתְיֵה).

פְּתֵיI, פְּתָא ch. sam( Hithpa. הִתְפַּתֶּה, Nithpa. נִתְפַּתֶּה to be widened), to be wide, open. Targ. Is. 60:5 (h. text רחב).Part. (פָּאתֵי) פָּתֵי; f. פַּתְיָא; pl. פַּתְיָן, פַּתְיָין. Targ. Ps. 104:25 פְּתֵי constr. (some ed. פָּא׳; ed. Lag. פתאי, corr. acc.). Targ. Y. Gen. 34:21 פַּתְיית constr. Targ. Jer. 51:58. Targ. Ps. 119:96. Ib. 25:17; a. e. Af. אַפְתֵּי to widen. Targ. O. Gen. 9:27 יַפְתֵּי (some ed. יַפְתְּ). Targ. Ex. 34:24. Targ. Deut. 12:20; a. fr. Pa. פַּתֵּי to persuade, seduce. Targ. Prov. 7:21 תְּפַתֵּיה (some ed. תְּפאתְיֵה).