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1 נתז
נָתַזPi. נִתֵּז (sec. verb of נָזָה, v. Kidd.25a) 1) (neut. verb) to squirt, fly off. Kidd.25a הרי … מַוֶּה ונִחְּזָה הזאהוכ׳ (perh. Nif.) if a person (priest) was sprinkling for purification, and the sprinkling flew upon his (the unclean persons) mouth. Y.Yoma III, 41a top, a. e. מְנַתְּזִין, v. נִיצֹוץ. B. Kam.II, 1 היו … מנ׳וכ׳ if stones flew off from under the animals feet; a. e. 2) (act. verb) to cause to fly off. Ib. 19a במקים … אלא אם כן מְנַתֶּזֶת where the animal cannot help making stones fly off. Nidd.61a ונִתְּזוּ בקרדומותיהן they chopped with their axes. Hif. הִתִּיז (b. h. הֵתַז) to cause to fly off, to chop off; to squirt. B. Kam. l. c. בעטה והִתִּיזָהוכ׳ she kicked and made stones fly off and thus did damage. Ib. 17b. Snh.102a כשתי מקלות שמַתִּיזֹות זו את זו like two sticks which splinter one another. Sabb.62b ומַתִּיזֹות עליהם and caused the balsam to squirt at them; a. fr.Esp. (with ראש) to decapitate. Snh.VII, 3 היו מַתִּיזִין אתוכ׳ they decapitated him with a sword. Y.Ber.IX, 13a חייבו להַהִּיזוכ׳ he sentenced him to decapitation; Cant. R. to VII, 5; a. fr.Trnsf. to separate syllables or words distinctly, to articulate ( sybillants). Y.Ber.II, 4d צריך להתיז למען תזכרו (ed. Lehm. צריך לה׳ זי״ןוכ׳) you must articulate tiz-kru (emphasizing the zayin, Num. 15:40). Ib. צריך לה׳ כי לצולם חסדו you must articulate ḥas-do (so as not to make it sound ḥasto or ḥazdo.Gitt.70a מַתִּיזִין גופווכ׳ scatter the strength ; En Yaăk. מתישין. Hof. הוּתָּז to be made to fly off, be cut off. Ḥull.27a. Gen. R. s. 9, end יוּתַּז ראשו בסייף his head shall be cut off with a sword. Nif. נִיתַּז to fly off; to splash. Cant. R. l. c. נִתְּזָה החרב … והתיזה the sword flew off the neck of Hoses and struck Nidd.13a נִתְּזִין, v. נִיצוֹץ. Tosef.Macc.II, 1 נִיתְּזָה בקעתוכ׳ if a chip flew off, v. נָשַׁלḤull.VI, 6 דם הנִתָּז the blood which splashes forth at slaughtering; ib. 88a הני׳. Zeb.XI, 3; a. fr. -
2 נָתַז
נָתַזPi. נִתֵּז (sec. verb of נָזָה, v. Kidd.25a) 1) (neut. verb) to squirt, fly off. Kidd.25a הרי … מַוֶּה ונִחְּזָה הזאהוכ׳ (perh. Nif.) if a person (priest) was sprinkling for purification, and the sprinkling flew upon his (the unclean persons) mouth. Y.Yoma III, 41a top, a. e. מְנַתְּזִין, v. נִיצֹוץ. B. Kam.II, 1 היו … מנ׳וכ׳ if stones flew off from under the animals feet; a. e. 2) (act. verb) to cause to fly off. Ib. 19a במקים … אלא אם כן מְנַתֶּזֶת where the animal cannot help making stones fly off. Nidd.61a ונִתְּזוּ בקרדומותיהן they chopped with their axes. Hif. הִתִּיז (b. h. הֵתַז) to cause to fly off, to chop off; to squirt. B. Kam. l. c. בעטה והִתִּיזָהוכ׳ she kicked and made stones fly off and thus did damage. Ib. 17b. Snh.102a כשתי מקלות שמַתִּיזֹות זו את זו like two sticks which splinter one another. Sabb.62b ומַתִּיזֹות עליהם and caused the balsam to squirt at them; a. fr.Esp. (with ראש) to decapitate. Snh.VII, 3 היו מַתִּיזִין אתוכ׳ they decapitated him with a sword. Y.Ber.IX, 13a חייבו להַהִּיזוכ׳ he sentenced him to decapitation; Cant. R. to VII, 5; a. fr.Trnsf. to separate syllables or words distinctly, to articulate ( sybillants). Y.Ber.II, 4d צריך להתיז למען תזכרו (ed. Lehm. צריך לה׳ זי״ןוכ׳) you must articulate tiz-kru (emphasizing the zayin, Num. 15:40). Ib. צריך לה׳ כי לצולם חסדו you must articulate ḥas-do (so as not to make it sound ḥasto or ḥazdo.Gitt.70a מַתִּיזִין גופווכ׳ scatter the strength ; En Yaăk. מתישין. Hof. הוּתָּז to be made to fly off, be cut off. Ḥull.27a. Gen. R. s. 9, end יוּתַּז ראשו בסייף his head shall be cut off with a sword. Nif. נִיתַּז to fly off; to splash. Cant. R. l. c. נִתְּזָה החרב … והתיזה the sword flew off the neck of Hoses and struck Nidd.13a נִתְּזִין, v. נִיצוֹץ. Tosef.Macc.II, 1 נִיתְּזָה בקעתוכ׳ if a chip flew off, v. נָשַׁלḤull.VI, 6 דם הנִתָּז the blood which splashes forth at slaughtering; ib. 88a הני׳. Zeb.XI, 3; a. fr. -
3 נתז
נְתַזch. same, to gush forth, splash. Targ. O. Deut. 1:44 נָתְזָן (ed. Vien. נַתְּזָן, of bees). Targ. Job 3:23 (h. text נתך).Sot.48b (quot. fr. Targ. O. Deut. l. c.). Af. אַתֵּיז (with רישא) to decapitate. Targ. 1 Chr. 10:9 (h. text נשא). Pa. נתֵּיז to cause to fly off. B. Kam.19a קא מְנַתְּזָא צרורות, v. preced. -
4 נְתַז
נְתַזch. same, to gush forth, splash. Targ. O. Deut. 1:44 נָתְזָן (ed. Vien. נַתְּזָן, of bees). Targ. Job 3:23 (h. text נתך).Sot.48b (quot. fr. Targ. O. Deut. l. c.). Af. אַתֵּיז (with רישא) to decapitate. Targ. 1 Chr. 10:9 (h. text נשא). Pa. נתֵּיז to cause to fly off. B. Kam.19a קא מְנַתְּזָא צרורות, v. preced. -
5 פרח
פָּרַח(b. h.) ( to break through, 1) to bloom, sprout. Ber.47b, sq. קטן פּוֹרֵח a boy developing signs of puberty (before the usual age). Num. R. s. 18, end ומעצמו פ׳ and it (the staff) blossomed of itself (without being planted); a. fr.Esp. (with ref. to Lev. 13:12) to become white, spread all over. Neg. VIII, 1 הפורח מן הטמא טהור a leprosy that ‘blossoms after the person has been declared unclean, is clean. Ib. 2 פָּרְחָה בכולו if it spread over the entire body, Ib. VII, 5 עד שתִּפְרַח בכולו until it spreads over ; a. fr. 2) to fly, fly off; to swim. Kinn. II, 1, sq. B. Mets.I, 4 גוזלות שלא פרחו unfledged pigeons. Ḥull.III, 7, v. סְנַפִּיר. Y.Taan.IV, 68c top הלוחות היו מבקשין לִפְרוֹחַ the tablets wanted to fly (off Moses hands); הכתב עצמו פ׳ only the letters flew off; כיון שפ׳ הכתבוכ׳ when the letters had flown off, the tablets became too heavy for Moses hands. Ab. Zar.18a (of a martyr dying on the pyre) גוילין … פּוֹרְחוֹת I see the sheets of the book of the Law burn, and the letters fly off. Ḥag.15b; Snh.106b מגדל הפורח באויר, v. מִגְדָּל. Ḥag.I, 8 פּוֹרְחִין באויר, v. הֶיתֵּר; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 93, a. e. פָּרְחָה נשמתן their soul fled, i. e. they were shocked by surprise, fear Hif. הִפְרִיחַ 1) to bloom, blossom. Num. R. l. c. וה׳ בו בלילהוכ׳ the same night it blossomed and brought forth fruit; Tanḥ. Aḥăré 8 חִפְרִיחוּ זעשו פירות. Lev. R. s. 23; Cant. R. to II, 2 מַפְרחַת, v. כָּמַש; a. fr. 2) to cause sprouting, produce. Gen. R. s. 37 אתמול מַפְרִיחַ מצותוכ׳ yesterday producing meritorious and noble deeds, and to-day so selfish!, v. כָּנַן; Yalk. ib. 62; Yalk. Ps. 832. 3) to be able to fly, be fledged. Ḥull.XII, 3 (140b) אפרוחים מַפְרִיחִין full-fledged birds; ib. 141a. B. Mets. l. c.; a. fr. 4) to cause to fly; to chase. Snh.III, 3 מַפְרִיחֵי יונים, v. יוֹנָה II. Gen. R. s. 67; Yalk. Prov. 950 ומַפְרִיחָן and let them fly off, v. סִכְסֵךְ I. Y.Yoma II, 39c top הִפְרִיחָתוֹ הרוח the wind drove it off (the altar). Y.Erub.I, 19b bot. ובאת הרוח והִפְרִיחָתָהּ and a wind came and carried it (the Succah) off; a. fr. 5) to place beyond due limits, to cause to protrude. B. Kam.29b, sq. לא שנו אלא (ב)מַפְרִיחַ this has been taught (that he is responsible for damage) only when he places the thorns on his ground so that they protrude into the public road, opp. מצמצם when he puts them exactly where his limits end. Tosef. ib. ii, 5 המפריח גדירו … לרשות הרבים he who causes his fence of thorns or stones to protrude into the public road. -
6 פָּרַח
פָּרַח(b. h.) ( to break through, 1) to bloom, sprout. Ber.47b, sq. קטן פּוֹרֵח a boy developing signs of puberty (before the usual age). Num. R. s. 18, end ומעצמו פ׳ and it (the staff) blossomed of itself (without being planted); a. fr.Esp. (with ref. to Lev. 13:12) to become white, spread all over. Neg. VIII, 1 הפורח מן הטמא טהור a leprosy that ‘blossoms after the person has been declared unclean, is clean. Ib. 2 פָּרְחָה בכולו if it spread over the entire body, Ib. VII, 5 עד שתִּפְרַח בכולו until it spreads over ; a. fr. 2) to fly, fly off; to swim. Kinn. II, 1, sq. B. Mets.I, 4 גוזלות שלא פרחו unfledged pigeons. Ḥull.III, 7, v. סְנַפִּיר. Y.Taan.IV, 68c top הלוחות היו מבקשין לִפְרוֹחַ the tablets wanted to fly (off Moses hands); הכתב עצמו פ׳ only the letters flew off; כיון שפ׳ הכתבוכ׳ when the letters had flown off, the tablets became too heavy for Moses hands. Ab. Zar.18a (of a martyr dying on the pyre) גוילין … פּוֹרְחוֹת I see the sheets of the book of the Law burn, and the letters fly off. Ḥag.15b; Snh.106b מגדל הפורח באויר, v. מִגְדָּל. Ḥag.I, 8 פּוֹרְחִין באויר, v. הֶיתֵּר; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 93, a. e. פָּרְחָה נשמתן their soul fled, i. e. they were shocked by surprise, fear Hif. הִפְרִיחַ 1) to bloom, blossom. Num. R. l. c. וה׳ בו בלילהוכ׳ the same night it blossomed and brought forth fruit; Tanḥ. Aḥăré 8 חִפְרִיחוּ זעשו פירות. Lev. R. s. 23; Cant. R. to II, 2 מַפְרחַת, v. כָּמַש; a. fr. 2) to cause sprouting, produce. Gen. R. s. 37 אתמול מַפְרִיחַ מצותוכ׳ yesterday producing meritorious and noble deeds, and to-day so selfish!, v. כָּנַן; Yalk. ib. 62; Yalk. Ps. 832. 3) to be able to fly, be fledged. Ḥull.XII, 3 (140b) אפרוחים מַפְרִיחִין full-fledged birds; ib. 141a. B. Mets. l. c.; a. fr. 4) to cause to fly; to chase. Snh.III, 3 מַפְרִיחֵי יונים, v. יוֹנָה II. Gen. R. s. 67; Yalk. Prov. 950 ומַפְרִיחָן and let them fly off, v. סִכְסֵךְ I. Y.Yoma II, 39c top הִפְרִיחָתוֹ הרוח the wind drove it off (the altar). Y.Erub.I, 19b bot. ובאת הרוח והִפְרִיחָתָהּ and a wind came and carried it (the Succah) off; a. fr. 5) to place beyond due limits, to cause to protrude. B. Kam.29b, sq. לא שנו אלא (ב)מַפְרִיחַ this has been taught (that he is responsible for damage) only when he places the thorns on his ground so that they protrude into the public road, opp. מצמצם when he puts them exactly where his limits end. Tosef. ib. ii, 5 המפריח גדירו … לרשות הרבים he who causes his fence of thorns or stones to protrude into the public road. -
7 פרח I
פְּרַחI ch. sam( Hif. הִפְרִיחַ to bloom, blossom), 1) to bloom. Targ. Y. Gen. 30:37 דפָרַח לבן, prob. name of a tree; h. text לבנה; cmp. פֶּרַח. 2) to move swiftly, fly, swim, run. Targ. O. Gen. 1:21. Targ. Y. Deut. 14:9 (ed. Amst. למַפְ׳, Af.). Ib. 19; a. fr.Yalk. Deut. 938, a. e., v. זַחֲלָא. Keth.105b, v. גַּדְפָא. Gen. R. s. 22 דין אמר חלוץ ודין אמר פרח the one (Abel) said, take thy dress off (the wool is mine), and the other (Cain) said, fly in the air (the earth is mine). Koh. R. to I, 8 והיה פ׳ ואינון פָּרְחִין בתריה he ran, and they ran after him; a. fr. 3) to palpitate. Gitt.69b כל שכן דפ׳ ליביה his heart will palpitate still more. 4) to cause to flee, keep off. Pes.111b פִּירְחִי נפשיךוכ׳ keep thyself off the service-tree. Pa. פָּרַח to cause to fly, carry off. Ib. 110b top (in an incantation) פָּרְחֵיה זיקאוכ׳ Ms. M. a. Rashi (ed. פרח׳) let the wind carry off ; ib. a bot. פ׳ פרחייכי, v. פִּרְחָא. Af. אַפְרַח 1) to produce blossoms, to bloom. Targ. Gen. 40:10. Targ. Y. II Num. 17:23; a. e. 2) to fly, v. supra. 3) to cause to fly, carry; to chase off. Targ. O. Gen. 15:11 (ed. Berl. ואָתֵיב, v. Berl. Targ. O. II, p. 6). Targ. Num. 11:31 (not וְאֶפְ׳; h. text ויגז). Targ. Is. 28:28. Targ. Prov. 7:23 (h. text יפלח); a. fr.Midr. Sam. ch. XXIII (expl. ויעט), 1 Sam. 25:14) אַפְרְחִין במילין he chased them off with (harsh) words; Y.Snh.II, 20b top אפחין (corr. acc.). Shebu.30b אַפְרַח עלי ברוכ׳ let a duck fly over me; a. e.Y.Sot.III, beg.18c (read:) חמי היך אַפְרְחִית הדין דידך see how I make this thy argument fly off (I refute it). -
8 פְּרַח
פְּרַחI ch. sam( Hif. הִפְרִיחַ to bloom, blossom), 1) to bloom. Targ. Y. Gen. 30:37 דפָרַח לבן, prob. name of a tree; h. text לבנה; cmp. פֶּרַח. 2) to move swiftly, fly, swim, run. Targ. O. Gen. 1:21. Targ. Y. Deut. 14:9 (ed. Amst. למַפְ׳, Af.). Ib. 19; a. fr.Yalk. Deut. 938, a. e., v. זַחֲלָא. Keth.105b, v. גַּדְפָא. Gen. R. s. 22 דין אמר חלוץ ודין אמר פרח the one (Abel) said, take thy dress off (the wool is mine), and the other (Cain) said, fly in the air (the earth is mine). Koh. R. to I, 8 והיה פ׳ ואינון פָּרְחִין בתריה he ran, and they ran after him; a. fr. 3) to palpitate. Gitt.69b כל שכן דפ׳ ליביה his heart will palpitate still more. 4) to cause to flee, keep off. Pes.111b פִּירְחִי נפשיךוכ׳ keep thyself off the service-tree. Pa. פָּרַח to cause to fly, carry off. Ib. 110b top (in an incantation) פָּרְחֵיה זיקאוכ׳ Ms. M. a. Rashi (ed. פרח׳) let the wind carry off ; ib. a bot. פ׳ פרחייכי, v. פִּרְחָא. Af. אַפְרַח 1) to produce blossoms, to bloom. Targ. Gen. 40:10. Targ. Y. II Num. 17:23; a. e. 2) to fly, v. supra. 3) to cause to fly, carry; to chase off. Targ. O. Gen. 15:11 (ed. Berl. ואָתֵיב, v. Berl. Targ. O. II, p. 6). Targ. Num. 11:31 (not וְאֶפְ׳; h. text ויגז). Targ. Is. 28:28. Targ. Prov. 7:23 (h. text יפלח); a. fr.Midr. Sam. ch. XXIII (expl. ויעט), 1 Sam. 25:14) אַפְרְחִין במילין he chased them off with (harsh) words; Y.Snh.II, 20b top אפחין (corr. acc.). Shebu.30b אַפְרַח עלי ברוכ׳ let a duck fly over me; a. e.Y.Sot.III, beg.18c (read:) חמי היך אַפְרְחִית הדין דידך see how I make this thy argument fly off (I refute it). -
9 נשל
נָשַׁל(b. h.; cmp. שָׁלָה) 1) to strike off, chip. Tosef.Macc.II, 6 נ׳ הברזל מן העץ המתבקע if the iron (axe) chipped a piece off the wood which was to be split (and the chip struck a person dead); v. נְשִׁילָה. 2) to slip off, fall off. Lev. R. s. 22 נָשְׁלוּ איבריו his limbs fell off (by decay; Gen. R. s. 10 נָשְׁרוּ; Koh. R. to V, 8 נשרן, נשרין, ch.). Macc.7b ונָשַׁל קרינן, v. infra. Pi. נִישֵּׁל to strike off, to cause chips to fly off. Ib. ונִישֵּׁל כתיב vnashal (Deut. 19:5) may be read vnishshel (Pi.) and the iron chips off a part of the wood, v. supra; ונָשַׁל קרינן the traditional reading is vnashal, and the iron slips out of the helve (v. אֵם). Nif. נִישָּׁל, נִישּׁוֹל to fall off, decay. Lev. R. s. 37, end שהיה נ׳ ממנו אבר אברוכ׳ limb after limb fell off his body and was buried each in a different place; ib. נ׳ אבר אבר; Koh. R. to X, 15; Gen. R. s. 60. Num. R. s. 9 יהא בשרה נ׳ her flesh (limbs) shall fall off; a. e. Hif. הִשִּׁיל to let fall, drop. Bets.V, 1 מַשִּׁילִין פירותוכ׳ you may let down fruit (that was spread on the roof) through the aperture ; (versions ib. 35b: משחילין, משירין, מנשירין, משחירין). -
10 נָשַׁל
נָשַׁל(b. h.; cmp. שָׁלָה) 1) to strike off, chip. Tosef.Macc.II, 6 נ׳ הברזל מן העץ המתבקע if the iron (axe) chipped a piece off the wood which was to be split (and the chip struck a person dead); v. נְשִׁילָה. 2) to slip off, fall off. Lev. R. s. 22 נָשְׁלוּ איבריו his limbs fell off (by decay; Gen. R. s. 10 נָשְׁרוּ; Koh. R. to V, 8 נשרן, נשרין, ch.). Macc.7b ונָשַׁל קרינן, v. infra. Pi. נִישֵּׁל to strike off, to cause chips to fly off. Ib. ונִישֵּׁל כתיב vnashal (Deut. 19:5) may be read vnishshel (Pi.) and the iron chips off a part of the wood, v. supra; ונָשַׁל קרינן the traditional reading is vnashal, and the iron slips out of the helve (v. אֵם). Nif. נִישָּׁל, נִישּׁוֹל to fall off, decay. Lev. R. s. 37, end שהיה נ׳ ממנו אבר אברוכ׳ limb after limb fell off his body and was buried each in a different place; ib. נ׳ אבר אבר; Koh. R. to X, 15; Gen. R. s. 60. Num. R. s. 9 יהא בשרה נ׳ her flesh (limbs) shall fall off; a. e. Hif. הִשִּׁיל to let fall, drop. Bets.V, 1 מַשִּׁילִין פירותוכ׳ you may let down fruit (that was spread on the roof) through the aperture ; (versions ib. 35b: משחילין, משירין, מנשירין, משחירין). -
11 נשילה
נְשִׁילָהf. (נָשַׁל) falling off, chopping off; dropping. Y.Macc.II, beg.31c מה נ׳שנ׳ להלן נשירהוכ׳ as the verb nashal there (Deut. 28:40) means dropping, so here it means (ib. 19:5) the slipping (of the iron from the helve). Ib. מה נ׳שנ׳ להלן מכהוכ׳ as well as nashal there (Deut. 7:1) means striking (diminishing), so here it means (Deut. 19:5) striking (the iron will cause a chip to fly off the wood). Koh. R. to IX, 12 בנְשִׁילַת אברים they died from decaying limbs; a. e. -
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נְשִׁילָהf. (נָשַׁל) falling off, chopping off; dropping. Y.Macc.II, beg.31c מה נ׳שנ׳ להלן נשירהוכ׳ as the verb nashal there (Deut. 28:40) means dropping, so here it means (ib. 19:5) the slipping (of the iron from the helve). Ib. מה נ׳שנ׳ להלן מכהוכ׳ as well as nashal there (Deut. 7:1) means striking (diminishing), so here it means (Deut. 19:5) striking (the iron will cause a chip to fly off the wood). Koh. R. to IX, 12 בנְשִׁילַת אברים they died from decaying limbs; a. e.
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