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סְרַךְII (preced.; cmp. סָרַח I) 1) to clutch, hold fast, hang to. B. Bath.86b שאני בהמה דסַרְכָא (Ms. R. דמְסָרְכָא Pa., v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 2) it is different with taking possession of an animal, because it clutches (the ground). Ḥull.51a אית לה מידי למִיסְרַךְ the animal has something to clutch (when falling, so as to break the shock); והאי לית … למ׳ while this (kid) had nothing to cling to. Ib. top ליכא מידי למיסרך there is no object for the blood to hang to (around which to coagulate); כיון דאיכא מחט … מיסרך הוה סָרֵיךְ since a needle has been found there, if the perforation had taken place before slaughtering, blood would have clang round it; a. e.Part. pass. סָרִיךְ; f. סְרִיכָא; pl. סְרִיכִין; סְרִיכָן. Gitt.68b שוטה בחדא מילתא לא ס׳ an insane person does not cling to one fiction (he will betray his insanity in some other way than merely by repeating the same thing). Ḥull.46b הני … דס׳ להדדי two lobes of the lungs which adhere to each other (by a membrane). Ned.50b ואם אית כיבא ס׳ עלה if there be a sore in the bowels, it will cling to it (v. טְרוֹמִיטָא); a. e. 2) to confound, v. infra. Pa. סָרֵיךְ same, 1) to clutch; (cmp. טָפַס) to climb. Bets.11a סָרוּכֵי סָרוּךְ וסליקי they clutched and climbed up. B. Kam.20a סריך סליקוכ׳ it climbed, came up and ate Ib. לסרוכי ולמסלק (not לסרוכיה; Ms. F. למיסרך, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 30) to climb up; a. e. 2) to cling to, adhere. Ḥull.111a חלב סָרוּכֵי מְסָרֵיךְ (not סרוכיה) milk adheres (and penetrates), opp. מישרק שריק glides off. Ab. Zar.22b מְסָרֵיךְ אבתרה (Ms. M. מִיסְרַךְ סָרֵיךְ) he clings to her (runs after her). 3) (v. preced.) to confound. Pes.51a משום דמְסָרְכֵי מילתא (Ms. M. דסריכי; Ms. O. דמְסָרְבֵי מילתא במילתא, v. סְרַב II) because they confound one thing with another (if you permit them one thing, they will allow themselves another); הנך אינשי נמי סַרְכֵי מילתא (Ms. M. סְרִיכֵי, Ms. O. מסרבי מילתא במילתא) those people (ignorant Jews) will likewise confound ; a. e. Ithpe. אִיסְּרִיךְ to cling to. Ab. Zar. l. c. כרון דמִיסְּרִיךְ Rashi (ed. דמיגרי), v. גְּרֵי.

סְרַךְII (preced.; cmp. סָרַח I) 1) to clutch, hold fast, hang to. B. Bath.86b שאני בהמה דסַרְכָא (Ms. R. דמְסָרְכָא Pa., v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 2) it is different with taking possession of an animal, because it clutches (the ground). Ḥull.51a אית לה מידי למִיסְרַךְ the animal has something to clutch (when falling, so as to break the shock); והאי לית … למ׳ while this (kid) had nothing to cling to. Ib. top ליכא מידי למיסרך there is no object for the blood to hang to (around which to coagulate); כיון דאיכא מחט … מיסרך הוה סָרֵיךְ since a needle has been found there, if the perforation had taken place before slaughtering, blood would have clang round it; a. e.Part. pass. סָרִיךְ; f. סְרִיכָא; pl. סְרִיכִין; סְרִיכָן. Gitt.68b שוטה בחדא מילתא לא ס׳ an insane person does not cling to one fiction (he will betray his insanity in some other way than merely by repeating the same thing). Ḥull.46b הני … דס׳ להדדי two lobes of the lungs which adhere to each other (by a membrane). Ned.50b ואם אית כיבא ס׳ עלה if there be a sore in the bowels, it will cling to it (v. טְרוֹמִיטָא); a. e. 2) to confound, v. infra. Pa. סָרֵיךְ same, 1) to clutch; (cmp. טָפַס) to climb. Bets.11a סָרוּכֵי סָרוּךְ וסליקי they clutched and climbed up. B. Kam.20a סריך סליקוכ׳ it climbed, came up and ate Ib. לסרוכי ולמסלק (not לסרוכיה; Ms. F. למיסרך, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 30) to climb up; a. e. 2) to cling to, adhere. Ḥull.111a חלב סָרוּכֵי מְסָרֵיךְ (not סרוכיה) milk adheres (and penetrates), opp. מישרק שריק glides off. Ab. Zar.22b מְסָרֵיךְ אבתרה (Ms. M. מִיסְרַךְ סָרֵיךְ) he clings to her (runs after her). 3) (v. preced.) to confound. Pes.51a משום דמְסָרְכֵי מילתא (Ms. M. דסריכי; Ms. O. דמְסָרְבֵי מילתא במילתא, v. סְרַב II) because they confound one thing with another (if you permit them one thing, they will allow themselves another); הנך אינשי נמי סַרְכֵי מילתא (Ms. M. סְרִיכֵי, Ms. O. מסרבי מילתא במילתא) those people (ignorant Jews) will likewise confound ; a. e. Ithpe. אִיסְּרִיךְ to cling to. Ab. Zar. l. c. כרון דמִיסְּרִיךְ Rashi (ed. דמיגרי), v. גְּרֵי.

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סָרַחI (Saf. of ארח; cmp. סרג, סרך) to entangle, intercept. Y.Succ.V, 55c bot. מפני שהוא סוֹרֵחַ את הנעימה because it (the sound of the organ) intercepts (confounds) the melody of the song; (Arakh.10b מערבב)Esp. (of a rough-edged surface.) to catch (cmp. סִכְסֵךְ); to lacerate. Kel. XXX, 4 סוֹרַחַת את היד it (the flask whose mouth is broken off) catches the hand (when you attempt to get the aromatic unguent out). Tosef. ib. B. Bath.VII, 10 סוֹרְחִין את הפה the rough edges lacerate the lips (R. S. to Kel. XXX, 3 סורקים, read סוֹרְחִים). Hif. הִסְרִיחַ same, to lacerate. Keth.61b שפשתן מַסְרִיחַ את הפה the flax (which the spinner moistens with saliva) makes the mouth sore; Y. ib. V, 30a bot. מַסְרַחַת, v. שִׁלְבֵּק. Pi. סֵירֵחַ to clutch, grasp. Erub.54a (ref. to Ps. 68:11) אם אדם משים … שמְסָרֶחֶת ואוכלתוכ׳ if one makes himself like a beast of prey which seizes (with its claws) and eats (differ. in comment.), his learning will stay with him, i. e. only he who is plain in his living will become a scholar; Yalk. Ps. 795.

סָרַחI (Saf. of ארח; cmp. סרג, סרך) to entangle, intercept. Y.Succ.V, 55c bot. מפני שהוא סוֹרֵחַ את הנעימה because it (the sound of the organ) intercepts (confounds) the melody of the song; (Arakh.10b מערבב)Esp. (of a rough-edged surface.) to catch (cmp. סִכְסֵךְ); to lacerate. Kel. XXX, 4 סוֹרַחַת את היד it (the flask whose mouth is broken off) catches the hand (when you attempt to get the aromatic unguent out). Tosef. ib. B. Bath.VII, 10 סוֹרְחִין את הפה the rough edges lacerate the lips (R. S. to Kel. XXX, 3 סורקים, read סוֹרְחִים). Hif. הִסְרִיחַ same, to lacerate. Keth.61b שפשתן מַסְרִיחַ את הפה the flax (which the spinner moistens with saliva) makes the mouth sore; Y. ib. V, 30a bot. מַסְרַחַת, v. שִׁלְבֵּק. Pi. סֵירֵחַ to clutch, grasp. Erub.54a (ref. to Ps. 68:11) אם אדם משים … שמְסָרֶחֶת ואוכלתוכ׳ if one makes himself like a beast of prey which seizes (with its claws) and eats (differ. in comment.), his learning will stay with him, i. e. only he who is plain in his living will become a scholar; Yalk. Ps. 795.

סְרַחch. sam(סרח Ito lacerate.); Af. אַסְרַח to clutch. Targ. Prov. 28:15 מַסְרִיחַ Ms. (ed. מַצְרִיחַ; h. text שקק).

סְרַחch. sam(סרח Ito lacerate.); Af. אַסְרַח to clutch. Targ. Prov. 28:15 מַסְרִיחַ Ms. (ed. מַצְרִיחַ; h. text שקק).

קָלַט(b. h.) ( to surround, 1) to close, press.Part. pass. קָלוּט; f. קְלוּטָה; pl. קְלוּטִים; קְלוּטיֹת. Sifra Emor, Par. 7, ch. VII (expl. קלוט, Lev. 22:23) פרסוֹתוכ׳ an animal whose hoofs resemble those of a horse ; Bekh.VI, 7 (40a) שרגליו ק׳וכ׳. Ib. 6a פרסותיה ק׳ its hoofs are closed, opp. סדוקות cloven. Ib. VII, 6 אצבעותיו … או ק׳וכ׳ if his fingers lie one above the other or are grown together up to the root (פֶּרֶק). Y.Sot.IX, 23d; a. e.In gen. קָלוּט an animal with uncloven hoofs (having the sign of uncleanness) born of a clean animal, monster or hybrid. Bekh.7a ק׳ בן פרה a ḳaluṭ born of a cow; Ḥull.68b. Ib. ק׳ במעי פרה a ḳaluṭ found in a cow (after ritual slaughtering); ib. 69a. Sabb.67a זרעיך כק׳ וכפרדהוכ׳ thy seed be like a ḳ. and like a mule (Rashi: ‘like one whose semen is locked up); a. e. 2) to clutch, intercept, receive; to conceive, retain, absorb. Ḥull.65a כל עוף הקוֹלֵט מן האוירוכ׳ any bird that snatches in the air (for things thrown to it) is unclean. Gen. R. s. 41 אינה קוֹלֶטֶת, v. פֶּרֶד II. Ker.5a וק׳ את הריח and the oil retained (absorbed) the scent. Gen. R. s. 5 קְלָטָן הים the sea absorbed them (the waters of the rivers); Yalk. Ps. 848 קְלָטָם. Ab. V, 15 שמוציאה את היין וקולטתוכ׳ which passes the wine and retains the lees; … שמוציאה … וק׳ את הסולת which passes the common flour and retains the fine flour (v. צוּף). Snh.108b כל שהתיבה קוֹלַטְתּוֹ whatever animal the ark received. Sabb.I, 6 כדי שיִקְלוֹט העין when there is time enough before the Sabbath for the wool to assume the color of the dye. Lev. R. s. 14 אין האשה קולטתוכ׳ a woman conceives only shortly after menstruation. Shebi. II, 6 כל הרכבה שאינה קולטתוכ׳ a grafting which does not take root within three-days, will never do so; a. v. fr.Ex. R. s. 1 ק׳ דרךוכ׳ he (Moses) adopted the manner of his ancestors (finding wives at the well); Tanḥ. Shmoth 10 לקח.Esp. (v. מִקְלָט) to protect, give the shelter of an asylum. Macc.12a אינו קולט אלא גגו only the top of the altar protects him that flees to it; אינו קולט … עולמים only the altar of the permanent sanctuary (in Jerusalem) offers protection; אינו קולט אלא כהןוכ׳ protects only the priest while at service Ib. אינה קולטת אלא בצר only Bezer is an asylum (but not Bozrah). Ib. b פלכו קוֹלְטוֹ his (the Levites) district protects him. Ib. עיר שקְלָטַתּוּ כבר a town which has received him once before. Sifré Num. 160 אין לי אלא שקוֹלְטוֹת בארץ this would indicate only that they (these cities) offer asylum for manslaughter committed in Palestine. Ib. לא קָלְטָה אחת מהם עדוכ׳ none of those cities had the right of asylum until all of them had been designated; a. fr.Macc.10a מנין … קוֹלְטִין whence do you learn that the words of the Law offer protection (to its students)?; ib. קולטין ממלאךוכ׳ they protect from the angel of death. 3) (of sacred precincts) to retain; to make export illegal. Ib. 19b קְלָטוּהוּ מחיצות the sacred precincts have retained it (and it cannot be redeemed and taken out of Jerusalem again); ib. 20a. Ib. מחיצה לִקְלוֹט דרבנן that the precincts have retaining power is merely a rabbinical enactment; Snh.113a; B. Mets.53b.Part. pass. as ab. Sabb.4a, a. fr. קלוטה כמי שהונחה דמיא, v. נוּחַ.

קָלַט(b. h.) ( to surround, 1) to close, press.Part. pass. קָלוּט; f. קְלוּטָה; pl. קְלוּטִים; קְלוּטיֹת. Sifra Emor, Par. 7, ch. VII (expl. קלוט, Lev. 22:23) פרסוֹתוכ׳ an animal whose hoofs resemble those of a horse ; Bekh.VI, 7 (40a) שרגליו ק׳וכ׳. Ib. 6a פרסותיה ק׳ its hoofs are closed, opp. סדוקות cloven. Ib. VII, 6 אצבעותיו … או ק׳וכ׳ if his fingers lie one above the other or are grown together up to the root (פֶּרֶק). Y.Sot.IX, 23d; a. e.In gen. קָלוּט an animal with uncloven hoofs (having the sign of uncleanness) born of a clean animal, monster or hybrid. Bekh.7a ק׳ בן פרה a ḳaluṭ born of a cow; Ḥull.68b. Ib. ק׳ במעי פרה a ḳaluṭ found in a cow (after ritual slaughtering); ib. 69a. Sabb.67a זרעיך כק׳ וכפרדהוכ׳ thy seed be like a ḳ. and like a mule (Rashi: ‘like one whose semen is locked up); a. e. 2) to clutch, intercept, receive; to conceive, retain, absorb. Ḥull.65a כל עוף הקוֹלֵט מן האוירוכ׳ any bird that snatches in the air (for things thrown to it) is unclean. Gen. R. s. 41 אינה קוֹלֶטֶת, v. פֶּרֶד II. Ker.5a וק׳ את הריח and the oil retained (absorbed) the scent. Gen. R. s. 5 קְלָטָן הים the sea absorbed them (the waters of the rivers); Yalk. Ps. 848 קְלָטָם. Ab. V, 15 שמוציאה את היין וקולטתוכ׳ which passes the wine and retains the lees; … שמוציאה … וק׳ את הסולת which passes the common flour and retains the fine flour (v. צוּף). Snh.108b כל שהתיבה קוֹלַטְתּוֹ whatever animal the ark received. Sabb.I, 6 כדי שיִקְלוֹט העין when there is time enough before the Sabbath for the wool to assume the color of the dye. Lev. R. s. 14 אין האשה קולטתוכ׳ a woman conceives only shortly after menstruation. Shebi. II, 6 כל הרכבה שאינה קולטתוכ׳ a grafting which does not take root within three-days, will never do so; a. v. fr.Ex. R. s. 1 ק׳ דרךוכ׳ he (Moses) adopted the manner of his ancestors (finding wives at the well); Tanḥ. Shmoth 10 לקח.Esp. (v. מִקְלָט) to protect, give the shelter of an asylum. Macc.12a אינו קולט אלא גגו only the top of the altar protects him that flees to it; אינו קולט … עולמים only the altar of the permanent sanctuary (in Jerusalem) offers protection; אינו קולט אלא כהןוכ׳ protects only the priest while at service Ib. אינה קולטת אלא בצר only Bezer is an asylum (but not Bozrah). Ib. b פלכו קוֹלְטוֹ his (the Levites) district protects him. Ib. עיר שקְלָטַתּוּ כבר a town which has received him once before. Sifré Num. 160 אין לי אלא שקוֹלְטוֹת בארץ this would indicate only that they (these cities) offer asylum for manslaughter committed in Palestine. Ib. לא קָלְטָה אחת מהם עדוכ׳ none of those cities had the right of asylum until all of them had been designated; a. fr.Macc.10a מנין … קוֹלְטִין whence do you learn that the words of the Law offer protection (to its students)?; ib. קולטין ממלאךוכ׳ they protect from the angel of death. 3) (of sacred precincts) to retain; to make export illegal. Ib. 19b קְלָטוּהוּ מחיצות the sacred precincts have retained it (and it cannot be redeemed and taken out of Jerusalem again); ib. 20a. Ib. מחיצה לִקְלוֹט דרבנן that the precincts have retaining power is merely a rabbinical enactment; Snh.113a; B. Mets.53b.Part. pass. as ab. Sabb.4a, a. fr. קלוטה כמי שהונחה דמיא, v. נוּחַ.

קְלַטch. sam(קלט to surround), 1) to close.Part. pass. קָלִיט, pl. קְלִיטִין. Targ. Y. Lev. 21:20. 2) to clutch, intercept, receive; to absorb. Ḥull.65a ציפרתי נמי מִקְלַט קָלְטָא the tsipparti, too, snaps at things in the air (and yet it is a clean bird). Y.Pes.III, beg.29d דיִקְלוֹט, v. צִבְעָא I; a. fr.Meïl. 11b, v. infra. 3) to offer an asylum, protect. Targ. Y. Num. 35:6; a. e. 4) (of sacred precincts) to retain. Pes.52a אטו גבא דחמרא קַלְטִינְהוּ (not אגבא) does the back of the aas (on which the fruit was brought to the place) form a sacred precinct (so that it cannot be exported again)? Ithpe. אִיקְּלַט, אִיקְּלִיט to be received, intercepted. Succ.49b בדא׳ when the remnant of the libation poured into the depth was intercepted in a vessel; Meïl. 11b דאי קְלַט (קתני) it refers to a case when one intercepted the libation (v. Rashi a. Tosaf. for Var. Lect.).

קְלַטch. sam(קלט to surround), 1) to close.Part. pass. קָלִיט, pl. קְלִיטִין. Targ. Y. Lev. 21:20. 2) to clutch, intercept, receive; to absorb. Ḥull.65a ציפרתי נמי מִקְלַט קָלְטָא the tsipparti, too, snaps at things in the air (and yet it is a clean bird). Y.Pes.III, beg.29d דיִקְלוֹט, v. צִבְעָא I; a. fr.Meïl. 11b, v. infra. 3) to offer an asylum, protect. Targ. Y. Num. 35:6; a. e. 4) (of sacred precincts) to retain. Pes.52a אטו גבא דחמרא קַלְטִינְהוּ (not אגבא) does the back of the aas (on which the fruit was brought to the place) form a sacred precinct (so that it cannot be exported again)? Ithpe. אִיקְּלַט, אִיקְּלִיט to be received, intercepted. Succ.49b בדא׳ when the remnant of the libation poured into the depth was intercepted in a vessel; Meïl. 11b דאי קְלַט (קתני) it refers to a case when one intercepted the libation (v. Rashi a. Tosaf. for Var. Lect.).