to bring to light

יָפַע(b. h.; cmp. יָפֶה), Hif. הוֹפִיעַ 1) to join, arrive (cmp. אָתָא), to come forth, appear. Gen. R. s. 12 כל א׳ וא׳ה׳ בזמנו each (part of creation) came forth in its due time (though all were created at once). 2) to bring, transfer. B. Kam.38a (ref. to Deut. 33:2) מפארןה׳ ממונםוכ׳ from (what occurred at) Paran (the gentiles refusing to receive the Law) he (the Lord) transferred their wealth to Israel. 3) to bring about, bring to light, reveal. Gen. R. s. 90; Yalk. ib. 148 (play on צ̇פ̇נ̇ת̇ פ̇ע̇נ̇ח̇) צפ̇ונ̇ות̇ הופ̇יע̇ ונ̇ח̇ותוכ׳ he reveals secrets, and it is easy to him to tell them; צ̇פ̇ונ̇ות̇ הופיע̇ בדעת מנ̇יח̇וכ׳ he brings secret things to light through his intelligence; with them he sets mankind at ease. Macc.23b; Gen. R. s. 85 בג׳ מקומותה׳רוה״ק on three occasions did the holy spirit reveal (the true state of affairs); (oth. opin. v. פּוּעַ). Koh. R. to VII, 1 (play on פועה, Ex. 1:15) שהוֹפִיעָה את מעשה אחיה she (Miriam) brought about what happened to her brother (she was the cause of Moses peculiar career). 4) to lift up, raise. Ex. R. s. 1 (play on פועה, v. supra) שהופיעה את ישראלוכ׳ she (Miriam) lifted Israel up to God.ה׳ פנים כנגד to lift ones face up against, to have the courage to rebuke. Ib. שהופיעה פ׳ … וזקפהוכ׳ she lifted her face up against Pharaoh and turned her nose up against him (in angry rebuke). Ib. שה׳ פ׳ כנגד אביה she dared to reprove her father. Y.B. Kam.IV, 4b top.

יָפַע(b. h.; cmp. יָפֶה), Hif. הוֹפִיעַ 1) to join, arrive (cmp. אָתָא), to come forth, appear. Gen. R. s. 12 כל א׳ וא׳ה׳ בזמנו each (part of creation) came forth in its due time (though all were created at once). 2) to bring, transfer. B. Kam.38a (ref. to Deut. 33:2) מפארןה׳ ממונםוכ׳ from (what occurred at) Paran (the gentiles refusing to receive the Law) he (the Lord) transferred their wealth to Israel. 3) to bring about, bring to light, reveal. Gen. R. s. 90; Yalk. ib. 148 (play on צ̇פ̇נ̇ת̇ פ̇ע̇נ̇ח̇) צפ̇ונ̇ות̇ הופ̇יע̇ ונ̇ח̇ותוכ׳ he reveals secrets, and it is easy to him to tell them; צ̇פ̇ונ̇ות̇ הופיע̇ בדעת מנ̇יח̇וכ׳ he brings secret things to light through his intelligence; with them he sets mankind at ease. Macc.23b; Gen. R. s. 85 בג׳ מקומותה׳רוה״ק on three occasions did the holy spirit reveal (the true state of affairs); (oth. opin. v. פּוּעַ). Koh. R. to VII, 1 (play on פועה, Ex. 1:15) שהוֹפִיעָה את מעשה אחיה she (Miriam) brought about what happened to her brother (she was the cause of Moses peculiar career). 4) to lift up, raise. Ex. R. s. 1 (play on פועה, v. supra) שהופיעה את ישראלוכ׳ she (Miriam) lifted Israel up to God.ה׳ פנים כנגד to lift ones face up against, to have the courage to rebuke. Ib. שהופיעה פ׳ … וזקפהוכ׳ she lifted her face up against Pharaoh and turned her nose up against him (in angry rebuke). Ib. שה׳ פ׳ כנגד אביה she dared to reprove her father. Y.B. Kam.IV, 4b top.

גָּלַש(b. h.; cmp. גלה) 1) to come in sight, to come forth. Cant. R. to IV, 1 (ref. to שגלשו מהרוכ׳ ib.) הר שגלשתן מתוכה עשיתיו גלעד לאו״ה (not … תי) the mountain (of trouble) out of which ye came in sight again (ye escaped), I (the Lord) made it a hill of witness (a warning) to the nations; אי זה זה ים כוף what is this? It is the Red Sea (which R. Joshua … translated into Chaldean: טורא דאתנהרתון מן גווה); ib. to IV, 4 הר שג׳ … הר סיני I made your escape memorable to the nations, it is Mount Sinai (by the giving of the Law); ib. repeatedly (referring to various escapes from dangers). Hif. הִגְלִיש to bring to light, to publish. Ib. to IV, 1 ומה הגלשה הִגְלַשְׁתִּיוכ׳ (Ar. ed. Koh. גלשה) and what publication (institution or law) have I (the Lord) brought to light out of that event? Hof. הוּגְלָש (denom. of גֶּלֶש baldness) to be made hot enough for scalding the hair or feathers of an animals skin. Part. מוּגְלָש, pl. מוּגְלָשִׁין seething water. Pes.37b (Rabad to Eduy. V, 2 quotes a version מַגְלוֹשִׁין scalding water, Ar. מֵי גְלָשִׁים, fr. גֶּלֶש; Y.Ḥull.I, 58a top חַמִּין).

גָּלַש(b. h.; cmp. גלה) 1) to come in sight, to come forth. Cant. R. to IV, 1 (ref. to שגלשו מהרוכ׳ ib.) הר שגלשתן מתוכה עשיתיו גלעד לאו״ה (not … תי) the mountain (of trouble) out of which ye came in sight again (ye escaped), I (the Lord) made it a hill of witness (a warning) to the nations; אי זה זה ים כוף what is this? It is the Red Sea (which R. Joshua … translated into Chaldean: טורא דאתנהרתון מן גווה); ib. to IV, 4 הר שג׳ … הר סיני I made your escape memorable to the nations, it is Mount Sinai (by the giving of the Law); ib. repeatedly (referring to various escapes from dangers). Hif. הִגְלִיש to bring to light, to publish. Ib. to IV, 1 ומה הגלשה הִגְלַשְׁתִּיוכ׳ (Ar. ed. Koh. גלשה) and what publication (institution or law) have I (the Lord) brought to light out of that event? Hof. הוּגְלָש (denom. of גֶּלֶש baldness) to be made hot enough for scalding the hair or feathers of an animals skin. Part. מוּגְלָש, pl. מוּגְלָשִׁין seething water. Pes.37b (Rabad to Eduy. V, 2 quotes a version מַגְלוֹשִׁין scalding water, Ar. מֵי גְלָשִׁים, fr. גֶּלֶש; Y.Ḥull.I, 58a top חַמִּין).

אֲתָא, אָתָאII ch. (b. h. אתה, אתא; sec. r. of אוֹת I q. v.) ( to join, to come, to arrive; to occur to. Targ. Gen. 19:9; a. fr.Y.Peah III, 17d bot. אתאי עובדאוכ׳ the case came before … Gen. R. s. 68 (ref. to Gen. 28:11) א׳ שמשא the Sun (Jacob) has arrived. Snh.98b יֵיתֵי ולא איחמיניה he (the Messiah) will come, but I do not desire to live to see him (to pass through the trials preceding his arrival).תֵּיתֵי לי ד־ it come home to me that I did, i. e. I believe to have merited divine reward. Meg.28a; a. fr. ייתי עלי דלא may it come home to me that I did not; a formula of assurance, surely, indeed. Y.Ber.II, 5c bot.; a. fr.; (v. יבוא עלי, s. v. בּוֹא).Y.Shebi.VI, 36c top ייתי ד־ (sub. עלי). Imperat. חָּא (Y. אִיתָא). Gitt.57a, a. fr. תא חזי; Y.Dem.VI, 25b top איתא חמי; in Bab. usu. תא שמע (abbr. ת״ש) come and see, come and hear, i. e. I will prove it.אַתְיָא כ־ it comes like, i. e. it is in accordance with the opinion of.Y.Naz.VI, 54d bot.; a. v. fr.וַתְּיָיא = ואתיא. Ibid.c> bot. ותייא כהדא דתני חזקיה (ed. Krot. incorr. ותניא) תִּי.Y.Keth.IV, 28d top ותאייןוכ׳ (read ואתיין) and those differences of opinion correspond to … אתיא פקידה פקידה the expression pakad occurs in two Biblical passages, אתיא זכירה זכירה and the expression zakhar occurs in two passages, i. e. draw an analogy between the respective Bible laws in which the same expressions are used, so as to cast a light upon each other. R. Hash. 11a; a. fr. אתא נסיא Y.Meg.II, 73b, a. e., read אֲתָאנַסְיָא q. v. Targ. Y. II Deut. 33:16 יַתְיַן, 3rd pers. fem. fut. Af. אַיְתִי, אֵיתִי, אַיְיתִי to bring, carry, cause to come. Targ. Gen. 4:3; a. fr. מנא תיתי ( מהיכא, מנן) whence wilt thou bring (evidence), how will you prove it? Y.B. Mets.III, beg.9a; a. v. fr.מַיְיתָה, מַיְיתִי, מֵיתֵי bringing, to bring. Y.Peah I, 15c top בעי מ׳וכ׳ he desired to bring it to them. Ib. לא יכילת מייתותי׳ I cannot bring it.לַיְיתֵי, לֵיְתֵי let him bring. Sabb.109b; a. fr.לאַיְתוּיֵי, לַאֲתוּיֵי (cmp. אֵת) to bring in, to include, opp. לאפוקי; v. אַפֵּק. לא׳ מאי what is to be implied (in addition to what is explicitly stated)? Tem.2a הכל לאי׳ מאי what does hakkol (all) come to imply? a. fr.Haf. הַיְיתִי same. Dan. 5:13; a. e. Ittaf. אִתֵּיתִי (אִתּוֹתִי, אִתַּתִי) to be brought, offered. Targ. Gen. 33:11. Targ. Lev. 13:2; a. e.

אֲתָא, אָתָאII ch. (b. h. אתה, אתא; sec. r. of אוֹת I q. v.) ( to join, to come, to arrive; to occur to. Targ. Gen. 19:9; a. fr.Y.Peah III, 17d bot. אתאי עובדאוכ׳ the case came before … Gen. R. s. 68 (ref. to Gen. 28:11) א׳ שמשא the Sun (Jacob) has arrived. Snh.98b יֵיתֵי ולא איחמיניה he (the Messiah) will come, but I do not desire to live to see him (to pass through the trials preceding his arrival).תֵּיתֵי לי ד־ it come home to me that I did, i. e. I believe to have merited divine reward. Meg.28a; a. fr. ייתי עלי דלא may it come home to me that I did not; a formula of assurance, surely, indeed. Y.Ber.II, 5c bot.; a. fr.; (v. יבוא עלי, s. v. בּוֹא).Y.Shebi.VI, 36c top ייתי ד־ (sub. עלי). Imperat. חָּא (Y. אִיתָא). Gitt.57a, a. fr. תא חזי; Y.Dem.VI, 25b top איתא חמי; in Bab. usu. תא שמע (abbr. ת״ש) come and see, come and hear, i. e. I will prove it.אַתְיָא כ־ it comes like, i. e. it is in accordance with the opinion of.Y.Naz.VI, 54d bot.; a. v. fr.וַתְּיָיא = ואתיא. Ibid.c> bot. ותייא כהדא דתני חזקיה (ed. Krot. incorr. ותניא) תִּי.Y.Keth.IV, 28d top ותאייןוכ׳ (read ואתיין) and those differences of opinion correspond to … אתיא פקידה פקידה the expression pakad occurs in two Biblical passages, אתיא זכירה זכירה and the expression zakhar occurs in two passages, i. e. draw an analogy between the respective Bible laws in which the same expressions are used, so as to cast a light upon each other. R. Hash. 11a; a. fr. אתא נסיא Y.Meg.II, 73b, a. e., read אֲתָאנַסְיָא q. v. Targ. Y. II Deut. 33:16 יַתְיַן, 3rd pers. fem. fut. Af. אַיְתִי, אֵיתִי, אַיְיתִי to bring, carry, cause to come. Targ. Gen. 4:3; a. fr. מנא תיתי ( מהיכא, מנן) whence wilt thou bring (evidence), how will you prove it? Y.B. Mets.III, beg.9a; a. v. fr.מַיְיתָה, מַיְיתִי, מֵיתֵי bringing, to bring. Y.Peah I, 15c top בעי מ׳וכ׳ he desired to bring it to them. Ib. לא יכילת מייתותי׳ I cannot bring it.לַיְיתֵי, לֵיְתֵי let him bring. Sabb.109b; a. fr.לאַיְתוּיֵי, לַאֲתוּיֵי (cmp. אֵת) to bring in, to include, opp. לאפוקי; v. אַפֵּק. לא׳ מאי what is to be implied (in addition to what is explicitly stated)? Tem.2a הכל לאי׳ מאי what does hakkol (all) come to imply? a. fr.Haf. הַיְיתִי same. Dan. 5:13; a. e. Ittaf. אִתֵּיתִי (אִתּוֹתִי, אִתַּתִי) to be brought, offered. Targ. Gen. 33:11. Targ. Lev. 13:2; a. e.

אֲתָא, אָתָאII ch. (b. h. אתה, אתא; sec. r. of אוֹת I q. v.) ( to join, to come, to arrive; to occur to. Targ. Gen. 19:9; a. fr.Y.Peah III, 17d bot. אתאי עובדאוכ׳ the case came before … Gen. R. s. 68 (ref. to Gen. 28:11) א׳ שמשא the Sun (Jacob) has arrived. Snh.98b יֵיתֵי ולא איחמיניה he (the Messiah) will come, but I do not desire to live to see him (to pass through the trials preceding his arrival).תֵּיתֵי לי ד־ it come home to me that I did, i. e. I believe to have merited divine reward. Meg.28a; a. fr. ייתי עלי דלא may it come home to me that I did not; a formula of assurance, surely, indeed. Y.Ber.II, 5c bot.; a. fr.; (v. יבוא עלי, s. v. בּוֹא).Y.Shebi.VI, 36c top ייתי ד־ (sub. עלי). Imperat. חָּא (Y. אִיתָא). Gitt.57a, a. fr. תא חזי; Y.Dem.VI, 25b top איתא חמי; in Bab. usu. תא שמע (abbr. ת״ש) come and see, come and hear, i. e. I will prove it.אַתְיָא כ־ it comes like, i. e. it is in accordance with the opinion of.Y.Naz.VI, 54d bot.; a. v. fr.וַתְּיָיא = ואתיא. Ibid.c> bot. ותייא כהדא דתני חזקיה (ed. Krot. incorr. ותניא) תִּי.Y.Keth.IV, 28d top ותאייןוכ׳ (read ואתיין) and those differences of opinion correspond to … אתיא פקידה פקידה the expression pakad occurs in two Biblical passages, אתיא זכירה זכירה and the expression zakhar occurs in two passages, i. e. draw an analogy between the respective Bible laws in which the same expressions are used, so as to cast a light upon each other. R. Hash. 11a; a. fr. אתא נסיא Y.Meg.II, 73b, a. e., read אֲתָאנַסְיָא q. v. Targ. Y. II Deut. 33:16 יַתְיַן, 3rd pers. fem. fut. Af. אַיְתִי, אֵיתִי, אַיְיתִי to bring, carry, cause to come. Targ. Gen. 4:3; a. fr. מנא תיתי ( מהיכא, מנן) whence wilt thou bring (evidence), how will you prove it? Y.B. Mets.III, beg.9a; a. v. fr.מַיְיתָה, מַיְיתִי, מֵיתֵי bringing, to bring. Y.Peah I, 15c top בעי מ׳וכ׳ he desired to bring it to them. Ib. לא יכילת מייתותי׳ I cannot bring it.לַיְיתֵי, לֵיְתֵי let him bring. Sabb.109b; a. fr.לאַיְתוּיֵי, לַאֲתוּיֵי (cmp. אֵת) to bring in, to include, opp. לאפוקי; v. אַפֵּק. לא׳ מאי what is to be implied (in addition to what is explicitly stated)? Tem.2a הכל לאי׳ מאי what does hakkol (all) come to imply? a. fr.Haf. הַיְיתִי same. Dan. 5:13; a. e. Ittaf. אִתֵּיתִי (אִתּוֹתִי, אִתַּתִי) to be brought, offered. Targ. Gen. 33:11. Targ. Lev. 13:2; a. e.

אֲתָא, אָתָאII ch. (b. h. אתה, אתא; sec. r. of אוֹת I q. v.) ( to join, to come, to arrive; to occur to. Targ. Gen. 19:9; a. fr.Y.Peah III, 17d bot. אתאי עובדאוכ׳ the case came before … Gen. R. s. 68 (ref. to Gen. 28:11) א׳ שמשא the Sun (Jacob) has arrived. Snh.98b יֵיתֵי ולא איחמיניה he (the Messiah) will come, but I do not desire to live to see him (to pass through the trials preceding his arrival).תֵּיתֵי לי ד־ it come home to me that I did, i. e. I believe to have merited divine reward. Meg.28a; a. fr. ייתי עלי דלא may it come home to me that I did not; a formula of assurance, surely, indeed. Y.Ber.II, 5c bot.; a. fr.; (v. יבוא עלי, s. v. בּוֹא).Y.Shebi.VI, 36c top ייתי ד־ (sub. עלי). Imperat. חָּא (Y. אִיתָא). Gitt.57a, a. fr. תא חזי; Y.Dem.VI, 25b top איתא חמי; in Bab. usu. תא שמע (abbr. ת״ש) come and see, come and hear, i. e. I will prove it.אַתְיָא כ־ it comes like, i. e. it is in accordance with the opinion of.Y.Naz.VI, 54d bot.; a. v. fr.וַתְּיָיא = ואתיא. Ibid.c> bot. ותייא כהדא דתני חזקיה (ed. Krot. incorr. ותניא) תִּי.Y.Keth.IV, 28d top ותאייןוכ׳ (read ואתיין) and those differences of opinion correspond to … אתיא פקידה פקידה the expression pakad occurs in two Biblical passages, אתיא זכירה זכירה and the expression zakhar occurs in two passages, i. e. draw an analogy between the respective Bible laws in which the same expressions are used, so as to cast a light upon each other. R. Hash. 11a; a. fr. אתא נסיא Y.Meg.II, 73b, a. e., read אֲתָאנַסְיָא q. v. Targ. Y. II Deut. 33:16 יַתְיַן, 3rd pers. fem. fut. Af. אַיְתִי, אֵיתִי, אַיְיתִי to bring, carry, cause to come. Targ. Gen. 4:3; a. fr. מנא תיתי ( מהיכא, מנן) whence wilt thou bring (evidence), how will you prove it? Y.B. Mets.III, beg.9a; a. v. fr.מַיְיתָה, מַיְיתִי, מֵיתֵי bringing, to bring. Y.Peah I, 15c top בעי מ׳וכ׳ he desired to bring it to them. Ib. לא יכילת מייתותי׳ I cannot bring it.לַיְיתֵי, לֵיְתֵי let him bring. Sabb.109b; a. fr.לאַיְתוּיֵי, לַאֲתוּיֵי (cmp. אֵת) to bring in, to include, opp. לאפוקי; v. אַפֵּק. לא׳ מאי what is to be implied (in addition to what is explicitly stated)? Tem.2a הכל לאי׳ מאי what does hakkol (all) come to imply? a. fr.Haf. הַיְיתִי same. Dan. 5:13; a. e. Ittaf. אִתֵּיתִי (אִתּוֹתִי, אִתַּתִי) to be brought, offered. Targ. Gen. 33:11. Targ. Lev. 13:2; a. e.

מִדָּה, מִידָּהf. (b. h.; preced.) 1) dimension, measure, proportion. Sabb.150a (play on מ̇ד̇ה̇ב̇ה, v. preced.) מ̇אד̇ מ̇אד̇ ה̇ב̇א בלא מ̇׳ bring much, very much, without measure. Peah VIII, 6 מ׳ זו this proportion. Gen. R. s. 64; Esth. R. introd. (ref. to מנדה, Ezra 4:13) זו מִדַּת הארץ that is the from the land as measured, i. e. the (Roman) land-tax. B. Bath.VII, 3 מ׳ בחבלוכ׳ I sell thee exact land-measure by the rope. Ib. 128a מִדַּת ארכו the length-measure of the cloak. Ib. מדת משקלותיו the measure of its (the gold-bars) weights, i. e. an estimate as to how many coins of a certain weight can be obtained from it. Ḥag.12a מדת יום ומ׳ לילה the combined length of day and night. Yeb.76b (ref. to 1 Sam. 17:38) מַדָּיו כמִדָּתוֹ his (Sauls) garments such as fitted his stature. Mikv. X, 5; Ḥull.73a עד מקום (ח)מ׳ as far as the designed length of the handle (excluding the portion which it is intended to cut off).Kidd.42b; B. Mets.56b, a. e. דבר שבמ׳ ושבמשקלוכ׳ objects which are sold by measure, by weight or by the piece. B. Bath.89b לעולם … מ׳ חסירהוכ׳ one must never keep in ones house too small or too large a measure (smaller or larger than the legal size); a. fr.Pl. מִדּוֹת, מִידּוֹת. Ib. 88b עונשן של מ׳ the divine punishment for fraudulent measures. Tosef.B. Mets. VI, 14 לא היו ממונין … אלא על המ׳ they (the agoranomoi in Jerusalem) were appointed not for the regulation of market prices but for the superintendence of the measures; B. Bath.89a, v. אֲנַרְדְּמִיס; a. fr.Men.18a למצות מִידּוֹתַי, v. מָצָח.Whence: Middoth (measurements of the Temple), name of a treatise of the Mishnah, of the order of Kodashim. 2) dealing; reward or punishment; dispensation.מ׳ כננד מ׳ retaliation, adequate punishment or reward. Sot.I, 7, v. preced. Ib. 9a לבמ׳ the verse is to intimate the God dispenses adequate punishments. Ib. 8b (ref. to ib. I, 7) אע״ג דמ׳ בטילח במ׳ לא בתיל although retribution (by the Jewish court) has ceased, the adequate divine punishment has not ceased. Lam. R. introd. (R. Alex. 2) (expl. יען וביען, Lev. 26:43) מ׳ בננד מ׳ punishment corresponding to deed. Ned.32a. Snh.90a כל מִידּוֹתָיו של חקב״ה מ׳ כנגד מ׳ all retributions of the Lord are in correspondence with mans doings. Ber.48b ‘whatever the Lord thy God has given thee דיינך בכל … בין מ׳ טובח ובין מִדַּת פורענות (not מדה) he is thy judge in whatever sentence he decrees upon thee, whether it be a good or an evil dispensation. Ib. IX, 5, v. מְאֹד. Sabb.97a. Ib. 151b לעולם … על מ׳ זו at all times let one pray to be spared this fate (poverty); a. fr.Pl. as ab. Snh.90a, v. supra. Yoma 87b המעביר על מִדּוֹתָיווכ׳ he who passes over his retaliations (who forbears to retaliate), his failings will be passed over (be forgiven); Meg.28a. Ib. לא עמדתי על מִידּוֹתַי I never insisted on retaliation; Kidd.71a ואינו מעמד על מדותיו (Rashi: מיעמיד); a. fr. 3) manner, ways, character, nature, condition. Ber.40a לא כמדת חקב״חוכ׳ the nature of divine (intellectual) affairs is not like the nature of human (material) affairs. Ib. 11b להזכיר מדת יוםוכ׳ to mention the nature of the day (light) at night. Tanḥ. Balak 3 מה מִדָּתוֹ what is the nature of his power. B. Mets.33a מ׳ ואינה מ׳ it is a (meritorious) way (of studying) and is not, i. e. you might to better; Y.Hor.III, 48c top מ׳ שאינה מ׳; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ab. V, 10 ארבע מ׳ באדם there are four different dispositions of men (as to treating ones fellowman); ib. 11 ארבע מ׳ בדעות four characters (temperaments); ib. 12 ארבע מ׳ בתלמידים four natures of students (with regard to receptive and retentive faculties). Y.Snh.XI, 30a bot. כל שבע מ׳וכ׳ all the seven characteristic features of righteous men which the scholars have defined have been realized in Rabbi. Ned.20b בני תשע מ׳ children conceived under nine (abnormal mental) conditions. R. Hash. 17b, a. fr. שלש עשרה מ׳ the thirteen divine attributes (Ex. 34:6, sq.). Ned.32a, v. פָּרַז; a. fr. מדת הדין a) justice. Tosef.Yeb.IX, 3. a. e., v. לָקָה.Esp. the divine attribute of justice, opp. מ׳ הרחמים, v. דּין II.b) common sense, logical argument. Yoma 43b כך (היא) מ׳ הדין נותנת common sense dictates this; Shebu.14a. Y.Maas. Sh. II, 53c top תחומין עשו (כמ׳) למ׳ הדין they regulated the laws of Sabbath limits according to common sense (not by textual interpretation).c) decision in money matters, civil law (contrad. to ritual law). Y.Gitt.V, 46c bot. אף למ׳ הדין הכן the same principle holds good for civil law (collection of claims, v. כַּפְּרָנוּת); Y.Shebi.X, 39c bot. Ib. (last line) ולמידין מ׳ הדיןוכ׳ do we apply the rules of Prosbol (v. פְּרוֹזְבּוּל) to ordinary claims? Y.B. Kam.V, beg.4d לא הילכו במ׳ הדין אחר הרוב (strike out בממון) in civil law we are not guided by probabilities (v. דוֹב; cmp. Bab. ib. 27b). Y.Ber.II, 5a bot. ולמ׳ הד׳ but civil law (questions of possession). 4) principle, standard, consistency. Men.III, 4 במדתר׳וכ׳ following the principle of R. ; Pes.77b; Y. ib. VII, 34c top. Shek. IV, 6 אינח היא תמ׳ (comment. אינה מן המ׳) this is not consistent (with a previous rule). Ib. 7 השוה את מִדָּתוֹ (Y. ed. מִדּוֹתָיו) he makes his standards even (is consistent). Pes.I, 7 אינת חיא המ׳ this is not the right argument. Ib. 15b אמאי אינה היא המ׳ מ׳ ומ׳ היא why do you say, it is no argument? it is surely a correct argument. Y. Ḥag.III, 77d ‘Menahem went out means ממ׳ למ׳ יצא he went over from one principle to another (joined the opposition; Bab. ib. 16b יצא לתרבות רעה).Esp. מִדּוֹת rules of interpretation. Sifra introd., ch. 1, end הלל … שבע מ׳וכ׳ Hillel the Elder explained seven rules ; Ab. dR. N. ch. 37; Tosef.Snh.VII, 11. Sifra introd., beg. (R. Yishm. said) בשלש עשרה מ׳וכ׳ the Torah is interpreted by means of thirteen rules. (Appendix to treat. Brakhoth. ל״ב מ׳ שלר׳ יוסיוכ׳ the thirty two rules of R. José the Galilean.Lev. R. s. 3, beg. הלכות ומ׳ decisions and interpretations (by which the decisions were reached), v. מְכִילְתָּא.Gitt.67a מִידּוֹתַי תרומה מתרומות מִידּוֹתָיווכ׳ my rules of interpretation are the selection from selections of rules by R. Akiba.Ber.33b שעושח מדותיו של הקב״ח רחמיםוכ׳ he makes compassion the standard (or reason) of the divine laws, while they are decrees (the reasons for which it behooves not man to discuss); Y. ib. V, 9c כקורא תיגר על מ׳וכ׳ because it sounds as if he were finding fault with the ways of the Lord (as if the Lord were partial); כנותן קיצבח למ׳וכ׳ as though he were setting limits to the attributes of the Lord.

מִדָּה, מִידָּהf. (b. h.; preced.) 1) dimension, measure, proportion. Sabb.150a (play on מ̇ד̇ה̇ב̇ה, v. preced.) מ̇אד̇ מ̇אד̇ ה̇ב̇א בלא מ̇׳ bring much, very much, without measure. Peah VIII, 6 מ׳ זו this proportion. Gen. R. s. 64; Esth. R. introd. (ref. to מנדה, Ezra 4:13) זו מִדַּת הארץ that is the from the land as measured, i. e. the (Roman) land-tax. B. Bath.VII, 3 מ׳ בחבלוכ׳ I sell thee exact land-measure by the rope. Ib. 128a מִדַּת ארכו the length-measure of the cloak. Ib. מדת משקלותיו the measure of its (the gold-bars) weights, i. e. an estimate as to how many coins of a certain weight can be obtained from it. Ḥag.12a מדת יום ומ׳ לילה the combined length of day and night. Yeb.76b (ref. to 1 Sam. 17:38) מַדָּיו כמִדָּתוֹ his (Sauls) garments such as fitted his stature. Mikv. X, 5; Ḥull.73a עד מקום (ח)מ׳ as far as the designed length of the handle (excluding the portion which it is intended to cut off).Kidd.42b; B. Mets.56b, a. e. דבר שבמ׳ ושבמשקלוכ׳ objects which are sold by measure, by weight or by the piece. B. Bath.89b לעולם … מ׳ חסירהוכ׳ one must never keep in ones house too small or too large a measure (smaller or larger than the legal size); a. fr.Pl. מִדּוֹת, מִידּוֹת. Ib. 88b עונשן של מ׳ the divine punishment for fraudulent measures. Tosef.B. Mets. VI, 14 לא היו ממונין … אלא על המ׳ they (the agoranomoi in Jerusalem) were appointed not for the regulation of market prices but for the superintendence of the measures; B. Bath.89a, v. אֲנַרְדְּמִיס; a. fr.Men.18a למצות מִידּוֹתַי, v. מָצָח.Whence: Middoth (measurements of the Temple), name of a treatise of the Mishnah, of the order of Kodashim. 2) dealing; reward or punishment; dispensation.מ׳ כננד מ׳ retaliation, adequate punishment or reward. Sot.I, 7, v. preced. Ib. 9a לבמ׳ the verse is to intimate the God dispenses adequate punishments. Ib. 8b (ref. to ib. I, 7) אע״ג דמ׳ בטילח במ׳ לא בתיל although retribution (by the Jewish court) has ceased, the adequate divine punishment has not ceased. Lam. R. introd. (R. Alex. 2) (expl. יען וביען, Lev. 26:43) מ׳ בננד מ׳ punishment corresponding to deed. Ned.32a. Snh.90a כל מִידּוֹתָיו של חקב״ה מ׳ כנגד מ׳ all retributions of the Lord are in correspondence with mans doings. Ber.48b ‘whatever the Lord thy God has given thee דיינך בכל … בין מ׳ טובח ובין מִדַּת פורענות (not מדה) he is thy judge in whatever sentence he decrees upon thee, whether it be a good or an evil dispensation. Ib. IX, 5, v. מְאֹד. Sabb.97a. Ib. 151b לעולם … על מ׳ זו at all times let one pray to be spared this fate (poverty); a. fr.Pl. as ab. Snh.90a, v. supra. Yoma 87b המעביר על מִדּוֹתָיווכ׳ he who passes over his retaliations (who forbears to retaliate), his failings will be passed over (be forgiven); Meg.28a. Ib. לא עמדתי על מִידּוֹתַי I never insisted on retaliation; Kidd.71a ואינו מעמד על מדותיו (Rashi: מיעמיד); a. fr. 3) manner, ways, character, nature, condition. Ber.40a לא כמדת חקב״חוכ׳ the nature of divine (intellectual) affairs is not like the nature of human (material) affairs. Ib. 11b להזכיר מדת יוםוכ׳ to mention the nature of the day (light) at night. Tanḥ. Balak 3 מה מִדָּתוֹ what is the nature of his power. B. Mets.33a מ׳ ואינה מ׳ it is a (meritorious) way (of studying) and is not, i. e. you might to better; Y.Hor.III, 48c top מ׳ שאינה מ׳; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ab. V, 10 ארבע מ׳ באדם there are four different dispositions of men (as to treating ones fellowman); ib. 11 ארבע מ׳ בדעות four characters (temperaments); ib. 12 ארבע מ׳ בתלמידים four natures of students (with regard to receptive and retentive faculties). Y.Snh.XI, 30a bot. כל שבע מ׳וכ׳ all the seven characteristic features of righteous men which the scholars have defined have been realized in Rabbi. Ned.20b בני תשע מ׳ children conceived under nine (abnormal mental) conditions. R. Hash. 17b, a. fr. שלש עשרה מ׳ the thirteen divine attributes (Ex. 34:6, sq.). Ned.32a, v. פָּרַז; a. fr. מדת הדין a) justice. Tosef.Yeb.IX, 3. a. e., v. לָקָה.Esp. the divine attribute of justice, opp. מ׳ הרחמים, v. דּין II.b) common sense, logical argument. Yoma 43b כך (היא) מ׳ הדין נותנת common sense dictates this; Shebu.14a. Y.Maas. Sh. II, 53c top תחומין עשו (כמ׳) למ׳ הדין they regulated the laws of Sabbath limits according to common sense (not by textual interpretation).c) decision in money matters, civil law (contrad. to ritual law). Y.Gitt.V, 46c bot. אף למ׳ הדין הכן the same principle holds good for civil law (collection of claims, v. כַּפְּרָנוּת); Y.Shebi.X, 39c bot. Ib. (last line) ולמידין מ׳ הדיןוכ׳ do we apply the rules of Prosbol (v. פְּרוֹזְבּוּל) to ordinary claims? Y.B. Kam.V, beg.4d לא הילכו במ׳ הדין אחר הרוב (strike out בממון) in civil law we are not guided by probabilities (v. דוֹב; cmp. Bab. ib. 27b). Y.Ber.II, 5a bot. ולמ׳ הד׳ but civil law (questions of possession). 4) principle, standard, consistency. Men.III, 4 במדתר׳וכ׳ following the principle of R. ; Pes.77b; Y. ib. VII, 34c top. Shek. IV, 6 אינח היא תמ׳ (comment. אינה מן המ׳) this is not consistent (with a previous rule). Ib. 7 השוה את מִדָּתוֹ (Y. ed. מִדּוֹתָיו) he makes his standards even (is consistent). Pes.I, 7 אינת חיא המ׳ this is not the right argument. Ib. 15b אמאי אינה היא המ׳ מ׳ ומ׳ היא why do you say, it is no argument? it is surely a correct argument. Y. Ḥag.III, 77d ‘Menahem went out means ממ׳ למ׳ יצא he went over from one principle to another (joined the opposition; Bab. ib. 16b יצא לתרבות רעה).Esp. מִדּוֹת rules of interpretation. Sifra introd., ch. 1, end הלל … שבע מ׳וכ׳ Hillel the Elder explained seven rules ; Ab. dR. N. ch. 37; Tosef.Snh.VII, 11. Sifra introd., beg. (R. Yishm. said) בשלש עשרה מ׳וכ׳ the Torah is interpreted by means of thirteen rules. (Appendix to treat. Brakhoth. ל״ב מ׳ שלר׳ יוסיוכ׳ the thirty two rules of R. José the Galilean.Lev. R. s. 3, beg. הלכות ומ׳ decisions and interpretations (by which the decisions were reached), v. מְכִילְתָּא.Gitt.67a מִידּוֹתַי תרומה מתרומות מִידּוֹתָיווכ׳ my rules of interpretation are the selection from selections of rules by R. Akiba.Ber.33b שעושח מדותיו של הקב״ח רחמיםוכ׳ he makes compassion the standard (or reason) of the divine laws, while they are decrees (the reasons for which it behooves not man to discuss); Y. ib. V, 9c כקורא תיגר על מ׳וכ׳ because it sounds as if he were finding fault with the ways of the Lord (as if the Lord were partial); כנותן קיצבח למ׳וכ׳ as though he were setting limits to the attributes of the Lord.

מִדָּה, מִידָּהf. (b. h.; preced.) 1) dimension, measure, proportion. Sabb.150a (play on מ̇ד̇ה̇ב̇ה, v. preced.) מ̇אד̇ מ̇אד̇ ה̇ב̇א בלא מ̇׳ bring much, very much, without measure. Peah VIII, 6 מ׳ זו this proportion. Gen. R. s. 64; Esth. R. introd. (ref. to מנדה, Ezra 4:13) זו מִדַּת הארץ that is the from the land as measured, i. e. the (Roman) land-tax. B. Bath.VII, 3 מ׳ בחבלוכ׳ I sell thee exact land-measure by the rope. Ib. 128a מִדַּת ארכו the length-measure of the cloak. Ib. מדת משקלותיו the measure of its (the gold-bars) weights, i. e. an estimate as to how many coins of a certain weight can be obtained from it. Ḥag.12a מדת יום ומ׳ לילה the combined length of day and night. Yeb.76b (ref. to 1 Sam. 17:38) מַדָּיו כמִדָּתוֹ his (Sauls) garments such as fitted his stature. Mikv. X, 5; Ḥull.73a עד מקום (ח)מ׳ as far as the designed length of the handle (excluding the portion which it is intended to cut off).Kidd.42b; B. Mets.56b, a. e. דבר שבמ׳ ושבמשקלוכ׳ objects which are sold by measure, by weight or by the piece. B. Bath.89b לעולם … מ׳ חסירהוכ׳ one must never keep in ones house too small or too large a measure (smaller or larger than the legal size); a. fr.Pl. מִדּוֹת, מִידּוֹת. Ib. 88b עונשן של מ׳ the divine punishment for fraudulent measures. Tosef.B. Mets. VI, 14 לא היו ממונין … אלא על המ׳ they (the agoranomoi in Jerusalem) were appointed not for the regulation of market prices but for the superintendence of the measures; B. Bath.89a, v. אֲנַרְדְּמִיס; a. fr.Men.18a למצות מִידּוֹתַי, v. מָצָח.Whence: Middoth (measurements of the Temple), name of a treatise of the Mishnah, of the order of Kodashim. 2) dealing; reward or punishment; dispensation.מ׳ כננד מ׳ retaliation, adequate punishment or reward. Sot.I, 7, v. preced. Ib. 9a לבמ׳ the verse is to intimate the God dispenses adequate punishments. Ib. 8b (ref. to ib. I, 7) אע״ג דמ׳ בטילח במ׳ לא בתיל although retribution (by the Jewish court) has ceased, the adequate divine punishment has not ceased. Lam. R. introd. (R. Alex. 2) (expl. יען וביען, Lev. 26:43) מ׳ בננד מ׳ punishment corresponding to deed. Ned.32a. Snh.90a כל מִידּוֹתָיו של חקב״ה מ׳ כנגד מ׳ all retributions of the Lord are in correspondence with mans doings. Ber.48b ‘whatever the Lord thy God has given thee דיינך בכל … בין מ׳ טובח ובין מִדַּת פורענות (not מדה) he is thy judge in whatever sentence he decrees upon thee, whether it be a good or an evil dispensation. Ib. IX, 5, v. מְאֹד. Sabb.97a. Ib. 151b לעולם … על מ׳ זו at all times let one pray to be spared this fate (poverty); a. fr.Pl. as ab. Snh.90a, v. supra. Yoma 87b המעביר על מִדּוֹתָיווכ׳ he who passes over his retaliations (who forbears to retaliate), his failings will be passed over (be forgiven); Meg.28a. Ib. לא עמדתי על מִידּוֹתַי I never insisted on retaliation; Kidd.71a ואינו מעמד על מדותיו (Rashi: מיעמיד); a. fr. 3) manner, ways, character, nature, condition. Ber.40a לא כמדת חקב״חוכ׳ the nature of divine (intellectual) affairs is not like the nature of human (material) affairs. Ib. 11b להזכיר מדת יוםוכ׳ to mention the nature of the day (light) at night. Tanḥ. Balak 3 מה מִדָּתוֹ what is the nature of his power. B. Mets.33a מ׳ ואינה מ׳ it is a (meritorious) way (of studying) and is not, i. e. you might to better; Y.Hor.III, 48c top מ׳ שאינה מ׳; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ab. V, 10 ארבע מ׳ באדם there are four different dispositions of men (as to treating ones fellowman); ib. 11 ארבע מ׳ בדעות four characters (temperaments); ib. 12 ארבע מ׳ בתלמידים four natures of students (with regard to receptive and retentive faculties). Y.Snh.XI, 30a bot. כל שבע מ׳וכ׳ all the seven characteristic features of righteous men which the scholars have defined have been realized in Rabbi. Ned.20b בני תשע מ׳ children conceived under nine (abnormal mental) conditions. R. Hash. 17b, a. fr. שלש עשרה מ׳ the thirteen divine attributes (Ex. 34:6, sq.). Ned.32a, v. פָּרַז; a. fr. מדת הדין a) justice. Tosef.Yeb.IX, 3. a. e., v. לָקָה.Esp. the divine attribute of justice, opp. מ׳ הרחמים, v. דּין II.b) common sense, logical argument. Yoma 43b כך (היא) מ׳ הדין נותנת common sense dictates this; Shebu.14a. Y.Maas. Sh. II, 53c top תחומין עשו (כמ׳) למ׳ הדין they regulated the laws of Sabbath limits according to common sense (not by textual interpretation).c) decision in money matters, civil law (contrad. to ritual law). Y.Gitt.V, 46c bot. אף למ׳ הדין הכן the same principle holds good for civil law (collection of claims, v. כַּפְּרָנוּת); Y.Shebi.X, 39c bot. Ib. (last line) ולמידין מ׳ הדיןוכ׳ do we apply the rules of Prosbol (v. פְּרוֹזְבּוּל) to ordinary claims? Y.B. Kam.V, beg.4d לא הילכו במ׳ הדין אחר הרוב (strike out בממון) in civil law we are not guided by probabilities (v. דוֹב; cmp. Bab. ib. 27b). Y.Ber.II, 5a bot. ולמ׳ הד׳ but civil law (questions of possession). 4) principle, standard, consistency. Men.III, 4 במדתר׳וכ׳ following the principle of R. ; Pes.77b; Y. ib. VII, 34c top. Shek. IV, 6 אינח היא תמ׳ (comment. אינה מן המ׳) this is not consistent (with a previous rule). Ib. 7 השוה את מִדָּתוֹ (Y. ed. מִדּוֹתָיו) he makes his standards even (is consistent). Pes.I, 7 אינת חיא המ׳ this is not the right argument. Ib. 15b אמאי אינה היא המ׳ מ׳ ומ׳ היא why do you say, it is no argument? it is surely a correct argument. Y. Ḥag.III, 77d ‘Menahem went out means ממ׳ למ׳ יצא he went over from one principle to another (joined the opposition; Bab. ib. 16b יצא לתרבות רעה).Esp. מִדּוֹת rules of interpretation. Sifra introd., ch. 1, end הלל … שבע מ׳וכ׳ Hillel the Elder explained seven rules ; Ab. dR. N. ch. 37; Tosef.Snh.VII, 11. Sifra introd., beg. (R. Yishm. said) בשלש עשרה מ׳וכ׳ the Torah is interpreted by means of thirteen rules. (Appendix to treat. Brakhoth. ל״ב מ׳ שלר׳ יוסיוכ׳ the thirty two rules of R. José the Galilean.Lev. R. s. 3, beg. הלכות ומ׳ decisions and interpretations (by which the decisions were reached), v. מְכִילְתָּא.Gitt.67a מִידּוֹתַי תרומה מתרומות מִידּוֹתָיווכ׳ my rules of interpretation are the selection from selections of rules by R. Akiba.Ber.33b שעושח מדותיו של הקב״ח רחמיםוכ׳ he makes compassion the standard (or reason) of the divine laws, while they are decrees (the reasons for which it behooves not man to discuss); Y. ib. V, 9c כקורא תיגר על מ׳וכ׳ because it sounds as if he were finding fault with the ways of the Lord (as if the Lord were partial); כנותן קיצבח למ׳וכ׳ as though he were setting limits to the attributes of the Lord.

מִדָּה, מִידָּהf. (b. h.; preced.) 1) dimension, measure, proportion. Sabb.150a (play on מ̇ד̇ה̇ב̇ה, v. preced.) מ̇אד̇ מ̇אד̇ ה̇ב̇א בלא מ̇׳ bring much, very much, without measure. Peah VIII, 6 מ׳ זו this proportion. Gen. R. s. 64; Esth. R. introd. (ref. to מנדה, Ezra 4:13) זו מִדַּת הארץ that is the from the land as measured, i. e. the (Roman) land-tax. B. Bath.VII, 3 מ׳ בחבלוכ׳ I sell thee exact land-measure by the rope. Ib. 128a מִדַּת ארכו the length-measure of the cloak. Ib. מדת משקלותיו the measure of its (the gold-bars) weights, i. e. an estimate as to how many coins of a certain weight can be obtained from it. Ḥag.12a מדת יום ומ׳ לילה the combined length of day and night. Yeb.76b (ref. to 1 Sam. 17:38) מַדָּיו כמִדָּתוֹ his (Sauls) garments such as fitted his stature. Mikv. X, 5; Ḥull.73a עד מקום (ח)מ׳ as far as the designed length of the handle (excluding the portion which it is intended to cut off).Kidd.42b; B. Mets.56b, a. e. דבר שבמ׳ ושבמשקלוכ׳ objects which are sold by measure, by weight or by the piece. B. Bath.89b לעולם … מ׳ חסירהוכ׳ one must never keep in ones house too small or too large a measure (smaller or larger than the legal size); a. fr.Pl. מִדּוֹת, מִידּוֹת. Ib. 88b עונשן של מ׳ the divine punishment for fraudulent measures. Tosef.B. Mets. VI, 14 לא היו ממונין … אלא על המ׳ they (the agoranomoi in Jerusalem) were appointed not for the regulation of market prices but for the superintendence of the measures; B. Bath.89a, v. אֲנַרְדְּמִיס; a. fr.Men.18a למצות מִידּוֹתַי, v. מָצָח.Whence: Middoth (measurements of the Temple), name of a treatise of the Mishnah, of the order of Kodashim. 2) dealing; reward or punishment; dispensation.מ׳ כננד מ׳ retaliation, adequate punishment or reward. Sot.I, 7, v. preced. Ib. 9a לבמ׳ the verse is to intimate the God dispenses adequate punishments. Ib. 8b (ref. to ib. I, 7) אע״ג דמ׳ בטילח במ׳ לא בתיל although retribution (by the Jewish court) has ceased, the adequate divine punishment has not ceased. Lam. R. introd. (R. Alex. 2) (expl. יען וביען, Lev. 26:43) מ׳ בננד מ׳ punishment corresponding to deed. Ned.32a. Snh.90a כל מִידּוֹתָיו של חקב״ה מ׳ כנגד מ׳ all retributions of the Lord are in correspondence with mans doings. Ber.48b ‘whatever the Lord thy God has given thee דיינך בכל … בין מ׳ טובח ובין מִדַּת פורענות (not מדה) he is thy judge in whatever sentence he decrees upon thee, whether it be a good or an evil dispensation. Ib. IX, 5, v. מְאֹד. Sabb.97a. Ib. 151b לעולם … על מ׳ זו at all times let one pray to be spared this fate (poverty); a. fr.Pl. as ab. Snh.90a, v. supra. Yoma 87b המעביר על מִדּוֹתָיווכ׳ he who passes over his retaliations (who forbears to retaliate), his failings will be passed over (be forgiven); Meg.28a. Ib. לא עמדתי על מִידּוֹתַי I never insisted on retaliation; Kidd.71a ואינו מעמד על מדותיו (Rashi: מיעמיד); a. fr. 3) manner, ways, character, nature, condition. Ber.40a לא כמדת חקב״חוכ׳ the nature of divine (intellectual) affairs is not like the nature of human (material) affairs. Ib. 11b להזכיר מדת יוםוכ׳ to mention the nature of the day (light) at night. Tanḥ. Balak 3 מה מִדָּתוֹ what is the nature of his power. B. Mets.33a מ׳ ואינה מ׳ it is a (meritorious) way (of studying) and is not, i. e. you might to better; Y.Hor.III, 48c top מ׳ שאינה מ׳; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ab. V, 10 ארבע מ׳ באדם there are four different dispositions of men (as to treating ones fellowman); ib. 11 ארבע מ׳ בדעות four characters (temperaments); ib. 12 ארבע מ׳ בתלמידים four natures of students (with regard to receptive and retentive faculties). Y.Snh.XI, 30a bot. כל שבע מ׳וכ׳ all the seven characteristic features of righteous men which the scholars have defined have been realized in Rabbi. Ned.20b בני תשע מ׳ children conceived under nine (abnormal mental) conditions. R. Hash. 17b, a. fr. שלש עשרה מ׳ the thirteen divine attributes (Ex. 34:6, sq.). Ned.32a, v. פָּרַז; a. fr. מדת הדין a) justice. Tosef.Yeb.IX, 3. a. e., v. לָקָה.Esp. the divine attribute of justice, opp. מ׳ הרחמים, v. דּין II.b) common sense, logical argument. Yoma 43b כך (היא) מ׳ הדין נותנת common sense dictates this; Shebu.14a. Y.Maas. Sh. II, 53c top תחומין עשו (כמ׳) למ׳ הדין they regulated the laws of Sabbath limits according to common sense (not by textual interpretation).c) decision in money matters, civil law (contrad. to ritual law). Y.Gitt.V, 46c bot. אף למ׳ הדין הכן the same principle holds good for civil law (collection of claims, v. כַּפְּרָנוּת); Y.Shebi.X, 39c bot. Ib. (last line) ולמידין מ׳ הדיןוכ׳ do we apply the rules of Prosbol (v. פְּרוֹזְבּוּל) to ordinary claims? Y.B. Kam.V, beg.4d לא הילכו במ׳ הדין אחר הרוב (strike out בממון) in civil law we are not guided by probabilities (v. דוֹב; cmp. Bab. ib. 27b). Y.Ber.II, 5a bot. ולמ׳ הד׳ but civil law (questions of possession). 4) principle, standard, consistency. Men.III, 4 במדתר׳וכ׳ following the principle of R. ; Pes.77b; Y. ib. VII, 34c top. Shek. IV, 6 אינח היא תמ׳ (comment. אינה מן המ׳) this is not consistent (with a previous rule). Ib. 7 השוה את מִדָּתוֹ (Y. ed. מִדּוֹתָיו) he makes his standards even (is consistent). Pes.I, 7 אינת חיא המ׳ this is not the right argument. Ib. 15b אמאי אינה היא המ׳ מ׳ ומ׳ היא why do you say, it is no argument? it is surely a correct argument. Y. Ḥag.III, 77d ‘Menahem went out means ממ׳ למ׳ יצא he went over from one principle to another (joined the opposition; Bab. ib. 16b יצא לתרבות רעה).Esp. מִדּוֹת rules of interpretation. Sifra introd., ch. 1, end הלל … שבע מ׳וכ׳ Hillel the Elder explained seven rules ; Ab. dR. N. ch. 37; Tosef.Snh.VII, 11. Sifra introd., beg. (R. Yishm. said) בשלש עשרה מ׳וכ׳ the Torah is interpreted by means of thirteen rules. (Appendix to treat. Brakhoth. ל״ב מ׳ שלר׳ יוסיוכ׳ the thirty two rules of R. José the Galilean.Lev. R. s. 3, beg. הלכות ומ׳ decisions and interpretations (by which the decisions were reached), v. מְכִילְתָּא.Gitt.67a מִידּוֹתַי תרומה מתרומות מִידּוֹתָיווכ׳ my rules of interpretation are the selection from selections of rules by R. Akiba.Ber.33b שעושח מדותיו של הקב״ח רחמיםוכ׳ he makes compassion the standard (or reason) of the divine laws, while they are decrees (the reasons for which it behooves not man to discuss); Y. ib. V, 9c כקורא תיגר על מ׳וכ׳ because it sounds as if he were finding fault with the ways of the Lord (as if the Lord were partial); כנותן קיצבח למ׳וכ׳ as though he were setting limits to the attributes of the Lord.

סָתַם(b. h.; = סחתם, Saf. of חתם) 1) to stop up, close, shut. Ab. Zar. V, 3 כדי שישתום ויִסְתּוֹם ויגוב, v. נָגַב. B. Mets.VII, 5 שלא יהא … ויהא סוֹתֵם את הפתחוכ׳ that he (the laborer) must not be greedy so as to shut the door before himself (make himself objectionable to employers). Ḥull.43a, a. e. מרה שניקבה וכבד סוֹתַמְתָּהּ if the bladder of the gall is perforated, and the liver (adhering to the perforated spot) closes it up. Ib. 49b חלב טהור סותם clean fat (such as it is permitted to eat) forms a stopper (to an adjacent organ, and makes the animal so affected permitted). Pes.IV, 9 (56a) ס׳ מי גיחוןוכ׳ he stopped up the water of the upper Gihon (2 Chr. 32:3); a. fr.Part. pass. סָתוּם; f. סְתוּמָה; pl. סְתוּמִים, סְתוּמִין; סְתוּמוֹת. Yeb.71b; Nidd.30b; Lev. R. s. 14 נפתח הס׳ ונסתםוכ׳ the organ which (in the embryonic stage) was closed, opens, and that which was open, closes itself. Bets.IV, 3 בית … ס׳ a room filled with fruit which was closed up (with bricks). Y. ib. 62c bot. לפסים ס׳ pots with their lids on (not yet cut apart); Tosef. ib. III, 13; Tosef.Sabb. XVI (XVII), 13. Snh.94a (ref. to לסרבה, Is. 9:6) מפני מה כל מ״ם … וזה ס׳ why is every Mem in the middle of a word open, and this one is closed (final Mem). Meg.3a פתוחין … וס׳ בסוףוכ׳ open in the middle of words and closed at the end (v. מנצפ״ך); a. fr.Esp. פרשה סתומה a paragraph in the Torah separated from the preceding by a vacant space in the middle of the line, opp. to פתוחה a section beginning a new indented line. Gen. R. s. 96, beg., v. infra. Treat. Sofrim I, 14 איזוהי ס׳ כל שהניחוכ׳ what is a closed paragraph? When space is left ; וכמה יניח … ותהא נקראת ס׳ and how much space must be left …, in order that the paragraph may be called closed?; a. fr. 2) to conceal. Gen. R. l. c. (ref. to the section beginning with Gen. 47:28) that paragraph is closed, שס׳ ממנווכ׳ because the Lord concealed from his vision all (coming) troubles; (Yalk. ib. 154 שנסתמו ממנו, v. infra); a. e.Part. pass. as ab. concealed, not explicitly stated, opp. מפורש. Zeb.53a יִלָּמֵד ס׳ מן המפורש let that which is not explicitly stated in a law be derived (by analogy) from what is explicitly stated; Sifra Aḥăré, beg. יְלַמֵּד פתוח על הס׳ let the explicit statement throw light on the implicit. Meg.15a כל … אבותיו ס׳ a person (mentioned in the Bible) whose deeds and the deeds of whose ancestors are not stated; a. fr.Y. Bets. l. c. (in Chald. dict.) סתומה the anonymous opinion, v. סְתָמָא. Nif. נִסְתַּם, Hithpa. הִסְתַּתֵּם, Nithpa. נִסְתַּתֵּם to be closed; to be concealed; to be silenced. Gen. R. l. c. בקש … ונ׳ ממנו Jacob wanted to reveal the end of the captivity, and it was closed before him; Yalk. ib. l. c. נִסְתְּמוּ ממנו, v. supra. Cant. R. to I, 4 היה אומר … ומִסְתַּתְּמִין he said a word (of charm) over them, and they became silent (dumb). Snh.31b לעולם … עד שיִסְתַּתֵּם טענותיו (Alf. שיִסְתּוֹם; Asheri שיסתיר) he may continually bring evidence and refute, until he declares himself closed as to his pleas, i. e., until he declares that he has no more evidence to offer. Yeb.76a; Tosef. ib. X, 4, a. e. נ׳ כשר if the perforation in the membrum has closed itself again, he is considered unblemished. Kel. XIV, 8 נִסְתַּתְּמוּ נקבין if the holes have been stopped up. Snh.94a לכך נ׳ therefore the Mem was closed (the final מ was written). Sot.13b נסתתמו ממנו שעריוכ׳ the gates of wisdom were closed before him (he lost his judicial judgment); a. e. Pi. סִיתֵּם to close, Y.Snh.X, 28c bot. היו … מְסַתְּמִיןוכ׳ the ministering angels closed the windows (of heaven) that the prayer of Manasseh might not rise; Deut. R. s. 2; (Pesik. Shub., p. 162b> סוֹתְמִין).

סָתַם(b. h.; = סחתם, Saf. of חתם) 1) to stop up, close, shut. Ab. Zar. V, 3 כדי שישתום ויִסְתּוֹם ויגוב, v. נָגַב. B. Mets.VII, 5 שלא יהא … ויהא סוֹתֵם את הפתחוכ׳ that he (the laborer) must not be greedy so as to shut the door before himself (make himself objectionable to employers). Ḥull.43a, a. e. מרה שניקבה וכבד סוֹתַמְתָּהּ if the bladder of the gall is perforated, and the liver (adhering to the perforated spot) closes it up. Ib. 49b חלב טהור סותם clean fat (such as it is permitted to eat) forms a stopper (to an adjacent organ, and makes the animal so affected permitted). Pes.IV, 9 (56a) ס׳ מי גיחוןוכ׳ he stopped up the water of the upper Gihon (2 Chr. 32:3); a. fr.Part. pass. סָתוּם; f. סְתוּמָה; pl. סְתוּמִים, סְתוּמִין; סְתוּמוֹת. Yeb.71b; Nidd.30b; Lev. R. s. 14 נפתח הס׳ ונסתםוכ׳ the organ which (in the embryonic stage) was closed, opens, and that which was open, closes itself. Bets.IV, 3 בית … ס׳ a room filled with fruit which was closed up (with bricks). Y. ib. 62c bot. לפסים ס׳ pots with their lids on (not yet cut apart); Tosef. ib. III, 13; Tosef.Sabb. XVI (XVII), 13. Snh.94a (ref. to לסרבה, Is. 9:6) מפני מה כל מ״ם … וזה ס׳ why is every Mem in the middle of a word open, and this one is closed (final Mem). Meg.3a פתוחין … וס׳ בסוףוכ׳ open in the middle of words and closed at the end (v. מנצפ״ך); a. fr.Esp. פרשה סתומה a paragraph in the Torah separated from the preceding by a vacant space in the middle of the line, opp. to פתוחה a section beginning a new indented line. Gen. R. s. 96, beg., v. infra. Treat. Sofrim I, 14 איזוהי ס׳ כל שהניחוכ׳ what is a closed paragraph? When space is left ; וכמה יניח … ותהא נקראת ס׳ and how much space must be left …, in order that the paragraph may be called closed?; a. fr. 2) to conceal. Gen. R. l. c. (ref. to the section beginning with Gen. 47:28) that paragraph is closed, שס׳ ממנווכ׳ because the Lord concealed from his vision all (coming) troubles; (Yalk. ib. 154 שנסתמו ממנו, v. infra); a. e.Part. pass. as ab. concealed, not explicitly stated, opp. מפורש. Zeb.53a יִלָּמֵד ס׳ מן המפורש let that which is not explicitly stated in a law be derived (by analogy) from what is explicitly stated; Sifra Aḥăré, beg. יְלַמֵּד פתוח על הס׳ let the explicit statement throw light on the implicit. Meg.15a כל … אבותיו ס׳ a person (mentioned in the Bible) whose deeds and the deeds of whose ancestors are not stated; a. fr.Y. Bets. l. c. (in Chald. dict.) סתומה the anonymous opinion, v. סְתָמָא. Nif. נִסְתַּם, Hithpa. הִסְתַּתֵּם, Nithpa. נִסְתַּתֵּם to be closed; to be concealed; to be silenced. Gen. R. l. c. בקש … ונ׳ ממנו Jacob wanted to reveal the end of the captivity, and it was closed before him; Yalk. ib. l. c. נִסְתְּמוּ ממנו, v. supra. Cant. R. to I, 4 היה אומר … ומִסְתַּתְּמִין he said a word (of charm) over them, and they became silent (dumb). Snh.31b לעולם … עד שיִסְתַּתֵּם טענותיו (Alf. שיִסְתּוֹם; Asheri שיסתיר) he may continually bring evidence and refute, until he declares himself closed as to his pleas, i. e., until he declares that he has no more evidence to offer. Yeb.76a; Tosef. ib. X, 4, a. e. נ׳ כשר if the perforation in the membrum has closed itself again, he is considered unblemished. Kel. XIV, 8 נִסְתַּתְּמוּ נקבין if the holes have been stopped up. Snh.94a לכך נ׳ therefore the Mem was closed (the final מ was written). Sot.13b נסתתמו ממנו שעריוכ׳ the gates of wisdom were closed before him (he lost his judicial judgment); a. e. Pi. סִיתֵּם to close, Y.Snh.X, 28c bot. היו … מְסַתְּמִיןוכ׳ the ministering angels closed the windows (of heaven) that the prayer of Manasseh might not rise; Deut. R. s. 2; (Pesik. Shub., p. 162b> סוֹתְמִין).

עֲנַןII, עֲנָנָא ch. sam(ענן II cover, protection). Targ. Is 44:22. Targ. Job 7:9 Ms. (ed. תננא). Targ. O. Lev. 23:43 עֲנָנִי ed. Berl. (oth. ed. עננין); a. fr.Ber.59a דקטר בע׳ when the sky is covered with a light cloud, opp. עֵיבָא. Ib. דבריק בע׳, v. בְּרַק I. Gen. R. s. 13 כךהקב״ה … אייתי עֲנָנִיךְ וקבלוכ׳ so the Lord says to the earth, bring thy cloud (hose, v. preced.) and receive the rain; Yalk. Ps. 883; a. fr.Pl. עֲנָנִין, עֲנָנַיָּא, עֲנָנֵי. Targ. 2 Sam. 22:12. Targ. Is. 45:8. Targ. Y. II Num. 21:1 ע׳ דיקרא (= ענני כבוד, v. preced.); a. fr.Ber. l. c. (expl. רעמים, ib. 9:2) ע׳ בגלגלא clouds (rolling) in the sphere; (oth. opin.) ע׳ דשפכי מיאוכ׳ clouds (bottles, v. preced.) that empty the waters from one to the other; ib. ע׳ חלחוליוכ׳, v. חַלְחֵל בריק ברקא ומנהמי ע׳וכ׳ the lightning flashes and the clouds rumble, and then comes the rain. Taan.25a שמעינהו לע׳ דאמרי נשדי מיטראוכ׳ Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) overheard the clouds say, let us cast rain on Ammon Cant. R. to IV, 8 כד אינון נקיין מן ע׳ (some ed. עֲנָנָן, f.) when the heavens are cloudless; a. fr.

עֲנַןII, עֲנָנָא ch. sam(ענן II cover, protection). Targ. Is 44:22. Targ. Job 7:9 Ms. (ed. תננא). Targ. O. Lev. 23:43 עֲנָנִי ed. Berl. (oth. ed. עננין); a. fr.Ber.59a דקטר בע׳ when the sky is covered with a light cloud, opp. עֵיבָא. Ib. דבריק בע׳, v. בְּרַק I. Gen. R. s. 13 כךהקב״ה … אייתי עֲנָנִיךְ וקבלוכ׳ so the Lord says to the earth, bring thy cloud (hose, v. preced.) and receive the rain; Yalk. Ps. 883; a. fr.Pl. עֲנָנִין, עֲנָנַיָּא, עֲנָנֵי. Targ. 2 Sam. 22:12. Targ. Is. 45:8. Targ. Y. II Num. 21:1 ע׳ דיקרא (= ענני כבוד, v. preced.); a. fr.Ber. l. c. (expl. רעמים, ib. 9:2) ע׳ בגלגלא clouds (rolling) in the sphere; (oth. opin.) ע׳ דשפכי מיאוכ׳ clouds (bottles, v. preced.) that empty the waters from one to the other; ib. ע׳ חלחוליוכ׳, v. חַלְחֵל בריק ברקא ומנהמי ע׳וכ׳ the lightning flashes and the clouds rumble, and then comes the rain. Taan.25a שמעינהו לע׳ דאמרי נשדי מיטראוכ׳ Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) overheard the clouds say, let us cast rain on Ammon Cant. R. to IV, 8 כד אינון נקיין מן ע׳ (some ed. עֲנָנָן, f.) when the heavens are cloudless; a. fr.

פִּקְפֵּק(v. פָּקַק) 1) to drive a wedge in; to loosen, shake. Midr. Till. to Ps. 53 v. infra. Succ.I, 7 (15a) מְפַקְפֵּק ונוטלוכ׳ he loosens (the boards of the ceiling) and takes one board out. Y.Sabb.XV, beg.15a מְפַקְפְּקִין ומפקיעיןוכ׳ (not בו) you may loosen the knot, or ravel it out, or untie, v. פָּקַע; מפקפקין ולא מפקיעין you may loosen the knot, but not ravel it out; ib. XX, end, 17d; Y.Meg.I, 71a; Y.Bets. V, 63b top (not פקפקין).Part. pass. מְפוּקְפָּק; f. מְפוּקְפֶּקֶת; pl. מְפוּקְפָּקִים, מְפוּקְפָּקִין; מְפוּקְפָּקוֹת. Gen. R. s. 78 היו הברכות מפ׳וכ׳ the blessings were as yet shaky (uncertain) in his hands, opp. נתאוששו, v. אוּש; ib. s. 67.Trnsf. (to shake the foundations of,) to contest the validity of, make light of. Eduy. V, 6 פ׳ בטהרת ידים he contested the rabbinical regulations concerning cleanness of hands; Ber.19a. Ab. Zar.35a גזירה … ואין מְפַקְפְּקִין בה it is a recent enactment, and you must not shake it (discuss its reason before a year is past); a. e. 2) (sub. פיו, or דבר) to insert a wedge or coil in ones mouth, be gagged, estopped from speaking. Midr. Till. to Ps. 53 (ref. to פוקה, 1 Sam. 25:31) (read as in ed. Bub. אם הן באין אצלך לדין מה אתה עושה ואתה מְפַקְפֵּק בדבר ואין אתה יכול להוציאווכ׳ if men will come to thee for judgment, what wilt thou do? Thou wilt gag (thy mouth) with a word and be unable to bring it out, when they will say, has he not done so unto Nabal? Thus the text (I Sam. l. c.) reads, ‘and let this not be unto thee a stopper, אל תְּפַקְפֵּק בפיךוכ׳ do not put a gag in thy mouth (do not make thyself unable to give judgment boldly), nor say ; Yalk. Sam. 134. Hithpa. הִתְפַּקְפַּק 1) to be shaken, loosened. Ber.28b man must bow at prayer עד שיִתְפַּקְפְּקוּ כלוכ׳ Ms. M. a. Ar. (ed. שיִתְפַּקְּקוּ v. R. D. S. a. l. note 400) until all the vertebrae of the spine seem to be loosened. 2) (v. פָּקַק) to be stopped off. Yeb.63b עונותיו מִתְפַּקְפְּקִין Ar. (ed. מִתְפַּקְּקִין) his sins are stopped off (cannot come forth to accuse him).

פִּקְפֵּק(v. פָּקַק) 1) to drive a wedge in; to loosen, shake. Midr. Till. to Ps. 53 v. infra. Succ.I, 7 (15a) מְפַקְפֵּק ונוטלוכ׳ he loosens (the boards of the ceiling) and takes one board out. Y.Sabb.XV, beg.15a מְפַקְפְּקִין ומפקיעיןוכ׳ (not בו) you may loosen the knot, or ravel it out, or untie, v. פָּקַע; מפקפקין ולא מפקיעין you may loosen the knot, but not ravel it out; ib. XX, end, 17d; Y.Meg.I, 71a; Y.Bets. V, 63b top (not פקפקין).Part. pass. מְפוּקְפָּק; f. מְפוּקְפֶּקֶת; pl. מְפוּקְפָּקִים, מְפוּקְפָּקִין; מְפוּקְפָּקוֹת. Gen. R. s. 78 היו הברכות מפ׳וכ׳ the blessings were as yet shaky (uncertain) in his hands, opp. נתאוששו, v. אוּש; ib. s. 67.Trnsf. (to shake the foundations of,) to contest the validity of, make light of. Eduy. V, 6 פ׳ בטהרת ידים he contested the rabbinical regulations concerning cleanness of hands; Ber.19a. Ab. Zar.35a גזירה … ואין מְפַקְפְּקִין בה it is a recent enactment, and you must not shake it (discuss its reason before a year is past); a. e. 2) (sub. פיו, or דבר) to insert a wedge or coil in ones mouth, be gagged, estopped from speaking. Midr. Till. to Ps. 53 (ref. to פוקה, 1 Sam. 25:31) (read as in ed. Bub. אם הן באין אצלך לדין מה אתה עושה ואתה מְפַקְפֵּק בדבר ואין אתה יכול להוציאווכ׳ if men will come to thee for judgment, what wilt thou do? Thou wilt gag (thy mouth) with a word and be unable to bring it out, when they will say, has he not done so unto Nabal? Thus the text (I Sam. l. c.) reads, ‘and let this not be unto thee a stopper, אל תְּפַקְפֵּק בפיךוכ׳ do not put a gag in thy mouth (do not make thyself unable to give judgment boldly), nor say ; Yalk. Sam. 134. Hithpa. הִתְפַּקְפַּק 1) to be shaken, loosened. Ber.28b man must bow at prayer עד שיִתְפַּקְפְּקוּ כלוכ׳ Ms. M. a. Ar. (ed. שיִתְפַּקְּקוּ v. R. D. S. a. l. note 400) until all the vertebrae of the spine seem to be loosened. 2) (v. פָּקַק) to be stopped off. Yeb.63b עונותיו מִתְפַּקְפְּקִין Ar. (ed. מִתְפַּקְּקִין) his sins are stopped off (cannot come forth to accuse him).

קֶרֶןc. (b. h.; v. preced.) (joint, attachment; roundness, fulness, 1) horn. Y.Erub.I, 19b bot. זכרותו של ק׳, v. זַכְרוּת. R. Hash. III, 2 כל השופרות … ק׳ all shofars (horns) are fit for use on the New Years day, except that of a cow, because it is called ḳeren (and not shofar); והלא כל … ק׳ do not all shofars also go by the name of ḳeren? Ib. 26a; a. v. fr.Keth.XIII, 2, v. צְבִי.Esp. (sub. נזק) damage done by an animals horn, goring. B. Kam.2b. Ib. 4a; a. fr.Trnsf. horn, trump, wind instrument. Kel. XI, 7 ק׳ עגולה a round (wound) metal horn; contrad. to פשוטה a plain (straight) horn; Sabb.47a; a. fr.Du. קַרְנַיִם, קַרְנַיִים, קַרְנַיִין; pl. קְרָנִים, קְרָנִין, קְרָנוֹת. Tosef.Par.II , 2; Bekh.44a. Par. II, 2 פרה שקַרְנֶיהָוכ׳ a red cow whose horns and hoofs are black; Bekh. l. c. שקרניםוכ׳ (corr. acc.). Ḥull.60a, a. e. שור … קְרָנָיו קודמותוכ׳ the ox which Adam sacrificed was born with his horns (full grown) in advance of his hoofs. Par. XII, 9 ק׳ של יוצאי דרכים the travellers drinking horns. Gen. R. s. 99 אלו תוקעי ק׳וכ׳ these (the Levites) blow horns, and those (the Greeks) blow trumpets. Ib. זה בעל ק׳ וזה בעל ק׳ this one (Joseph) is described as endowed with horns (power, Deut. 33:17), and that one (Rome) is (Dan. 7:24). Y.Shek.VI, 50a top כקַרְנֵיוכ׳, v. כִּילּוּיָא. Ib.; Yoma 77b קרני חגבים the antennæ of locusts; a. fr. 2) any projection, point; a) beam, ray.Pl. as ab. Ex. R. s. 47; Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 37 קרני ההוד the beams of glory, halo; a. e.b) projecting staff or handle. Par. XII, 9, v. כְּלִיבָה. Lam. R. to I, 16 (read:) קרן גלוסקאן זו this point of the roll of white bread; a. e.c) (with זוית or without) corner, v. זָוִית. Ber.17a שתעמידנו בק׳ אורה … בק׳ חשכה that thou place us in the corner of light (position of honor), and not in the corner of obscurity. Men.42a הטיל על הק׳ if one attaches the show-fringes exactly in the corner; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ḥull.31a, v. אִיזְמֵל. Macc.12a תפש בקַרְנוֹתָיו took hold of the projections of the altar; a. fr. יושבי קרנות those seated at street corners, v. יָשַׁב.(Gen. R. s. 75, v. יָשַׁב a. קָרוֹן. 3) (cmp. כְּרַן) fulness, essence. Nidd.II, 6, v. כַּרְכּוֹם I.Esp. principal, capital. B. Kam.IX, 7 משלם ק׳ וחומשוכ׳ must pay the principal (the full value of the stolen goods) and the fine of one-fifth, and bring a guilt-offering; a. v. fr.Trnsf. the capital of reward or punishment laid aside for the hereafter. Peah I, 1; Tosef. ib. I, 2, sq., v. פֶּרִי; a. fr.ק׳ אפל, v. אָפִל II.