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כְּסֵי, כְּסָאch. same, Part. pass. כְּסִי, f. כַּסְיָא hidden. Targ. 1 Sam. 3:1 כְּסִי Bxt. (ed. כַּסִּי, כַּסֵּי; h. text יקר). Targ. 2 Kings 6:8 (h. text פלני). Targ. Job 28:21. Targ. 2 Kings 6:9 כָּסָן (h. text נְחִתִּים). Pa. כַּסֵּי to cover, hide, conceal. Targ. O. Gen. 38:15 (Y. כעיסת). Ib. 47:18; a. fr.Part. pass. מְכַסָּא unknown, remote. Targ. 2 Kings 19:2. Targ. O. Lev. 4:13. Targ. 2 Sam. 13:2 (h. text ויפלא); a. e.Sabb.156b כַּסִּי רישיךוכ׳ keep thy head covered in order that the fear of the Lord may rest upon thee. Ib. 125a לכַסּוּיֵי בהווכ׳ to cover a nuisance with it. Gen. R. s. 52, (read as:) Yalk. ib. 91 וכסי עיניך מינאי and close thine eye from upon me, i. e. take the indulgence money. Taan.25a רקיע … כסי פניך ולא אִיכַּסִי ‘cover thy face, O sky, but the sky was not covered. Ḥull.87a אפשר … ומְכַסֵּי בחדא he may kill with one hand and cover (the blood) with the other; a. fr. Ithpa. אִיתְכַּסִּי, אִיכַּסִּי to be covered, hidden; to cover ones self; to conceal ones self, withdraw. Targ. Y. Gen. 20:16. Targ. Y. Lev. 4:13. Targ. Gen. 18:14 (h. text יפלא, v. supra); a. fr.Targ. Ps. 139:6 מִכַּסְיָא.Taan. l. c., v. supra. Ib. 23a א׳ מעינא וניםוכ׳ he disappeared and slept seventy years. Keth.63a שאילי … ואִיכַּסָּאִי borrow some garments and dress thyself; a. fr.

כְּסֵי, כְּסָאch. same, Part. pass. כְּסִי, f. כַּסְיָא hidden. Targ. 1 Sam. 3:1 כְּסִי Bxt. (ed. כַּסִּי, כַּסֵּי; h. text יקר). Targ. 2 Kings 6:8 (h. text פלני). Targ. Job 28:21. Targ. 2 Kings 6:9 כָּסָן (h. text נְחִתִּים). Pa. כַּסֵּי to cover, hide, conceal. Targ. O. Gen. 38:15 (Y. כעיסת). Ib. 47:18; a. fr.Part. pass. מְכַסָּא unknown, remote. Targ. 2 Kings 19:2. Targ. O. Lev. 4:13. Targ. 2 Sam. 13:2 (h. text ויפלא); a. e.Sabb.156b כַּסִּי רישיךוכ׳ keep thy head covered in order that the fear of the Lord may rest upon thee. Ib. 125a לכַסּוּיֵי בהווכ׳ to cover a nuisance with it. Gen. R. s. 52, (read as:) Yalk. ib. 91 וכסי עיניך מינאי and close thine eye from upon me, i. e. take the indulgence money. Taan.25a רקיע … כסי פניך ולא אִיכַּסִי ‘cover thy face, O sky, but the sky was not covered. Ḥull.87a אפשר … ומְכַסֵּי בחדא he may kill with one hand and cover (the blood) with the other; a. fr. Ithpa. אִיתְכַּסִּי, אִיכַּסִּי to be covered, hidden; to cover ones self; to conceal ones self, withdraw. Targ. Y. Gen. 20:16. Targ. Y. Lev. 4:13. Targ. Gen. 18:14 (h. text יפלא, v. supra); a. fr.Targ. Ps. 139:6 מִכַּסְיָא.Taan. l. c., v. supra. Ib. 23a א׳ מעינא וניםוכ׳ he disappeared and slept seventy years. Keth.63a שאילי … ואִיכַּסָּאִי borrow some garments and dress thyself; a. fr.

כְּסֵי, כְּסָאch. same, Part. pass. כְּסִי, f. כַּסְיָא hidden. Targ. 1 Sam. 3:1 כְּסִי Bxt. (ed. כַּסִּי, כַּסֵּי; h. text יקר). Targ. 2 Kings 6:8 (h. text פלני). Targ. Job 28:21. Targ. 2 Kings 6:9 כָּסָן (h. text נְחִתִּים). Pa. כַּסֵּי to cover, hide, conceal. Targ. O. Gen. 38:15 (Y. כעיסת). Ib. 47:18; a. fr.Part. pass. מְכַסָּא unknown, remote. Targ. 2 Kings 19:2. Targ. O. Lev. 4:13. Targ. 2 Sam. 13:2 (h. text ויפלא); a. e.Sabb.156b כַּסִּי רישיךוכ׳ keep thy head covered in order that the fear of the Lord may rest upon thee. Ib. 125a לכַסּוּיֵי בהווכ׳ to cover a nuisance with it. Gen. R. s. 52, (read as:) Yalk. ib. 91 וכסי עיניך מינאי and close thine eye from upon me, i. e. take the indulgence money. Taan.25a רקיע … כסי פניך ולא אִיכַּסִי ‘cover thy face, O sky, but the sky was not covered. Ḥull.87a אפשר … ומְכַסֵּי בחדא he may kill with one hand and cover (the blood) with the other; a. fr. Ithpa. אִיתְכַּסִּי, אִיכַּסִּי to be covered, hidden; to cover ones self; to conceal ones self, withdraw. Targ. Y. Gen. 20:16. Targ. Y. Lev. 4:13. Targ. Gen. 18:14 (h. text יפלא, v. supra); a. fr.Targ. Ps. 139:6 מִכַּסְיָא.Taan. l. c., v. supra. Ib. 23a א׳ מעינא וניםוכ׳ he disappeared and slept seventy years. Keth.63a שאילי … ואִיכַּסָּאִי borrow some garments and dress thyself; a. fr.

כְּסֵי, כְּסָאch. same, Part. pass. כְּסִי, f. כַּסְיָא hidden. Targ. 1 Sam. 3:1 כְּסִי Bxt. (ed. כַּסִּי, כַּסֵּי; h. text יקר). Targ. 2 Kings 6:8 (h. text פלני). Targ. Job 28:21. Targ. 2 Kings 6:9 כָּסָן (h. text נְחִתִּים). Pa. כַּסֵּי to cover, hide, conceal. Targ. O. Gen. 38:15 (Y. כעיסת). Ib. 47:18; a. fr.Part. pass. מְכַסָּא unknown, remote. Targ. 2 Kings 19:2. Targ. O. Lev. 4:13. Targ. 2 Sam. 13:2 (h. text ויפלא); a. e.Sabb.156b כַּסִּי רישיךוכ׳ keep thy head covered in order that the fear of the Lord may rest upon thee. Ib. 125a לכַסּוּיֵי בהווכ׳ to cover a nuisance with it. Gen. R. s. 52, (read as:) Yalk. ib. 91 וכסי עיניך מינאי and close thine eye from upon me, i. e. take the indulgence money. Taan.25a רקיע … כסי פניך ולא אִיכַּסִי ‘cover thy face, O sky, but the sky was not covered. Ḥull.87a אפשר … ומְכַסֵּי בחדא he may kill with one hand and cover (the blood) with the other; a. fr. Ithpa. אִיתְכַּסִּי, אִיכַּסִּי to be covered, hidden; to cover ones self; to conceal ones self, withdraw. Targ. Y. Gen. 20:16. Targ. Y. Lev. 4:13. Targ. Gen. 18:14 (h. text יפלא, v. supra); a. fr.Targ. Ps. 139:6 מִכַּסְיָא.Taan. l. c., v. supra. Ib. 23a א׳ מעינא וניםוכ׳ he disappeared and slept seventy years. Keth.63a שאילי … ואִיכַּסָּאִי borrow some garments and dress thyself; a. fr.

עָלַםII (b. h.; v. preced.) (to surround, tie up, to conceal. Yalk. Cant. 981, v. infra.Part. pass. עָלוּם; f. עֲלוּמָה; pl. עֲלוּמִים, עֲלוּמִין, עֲלוּמוֹת. Ab. Zar.35b (play on עֲלָמוֹת, Cant. 1:3) קרי ביה עלומות read it ‘ălumoth (secret things). Pi. עִילֵּם same. Part. pass. מְעוּלָּם; f. מְעוּלֶּמֶת; pl. מְעוּלָּמִים, מְעוּלָּמִין; מְעוּלָּמוֹת. Midr. Till. to Ps. 46:1 (play on עלמות, ib.) מע׳ הן הדבריםוכ׳ the things we saw are hidden, we know not what we saw. Nef. נֶעְלָם, Hithpa. הִתְעַלֵּם, Nithpa. נִתְעַלֵּם to be concealed, to escape; to hide ones self. Num. R. s. 20 אין כל דבר נ׳ ממך nothing is unknown to thee. Y.Pes.VI, beg.33a נֶעֶלְמָה הלכה ממנו the law escaped his memory; Bab. ib. 66a נִתְעַלְּמָה. Y.Yoma III, 40d bot. לא … מִתְעַלֵּם מהן they did not move from there before it (the pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton) escaped their memory again. Y.Ab. Zar. IV, 44b top עד שיִתְעַלֵּם מעיניהם until he is left out of their sight. Y.Ber.IV, 8a ואל תִּתְעַלֵּם מתחינתנו do not hide thyself (turn away) from our prayer; a. fr. Hif. הֶעֱלִים 1) to conceal. Ex. R. s. 1 (ref. to העלמה Ex. 2:8) שהֶעֱלִימָהוכ׳ she kept her own secret. Cant. R. to I, 3 (play on עלמות, ib.) על שהֶעֱלַמְתָּ מהם יוםוכ׳ because thou hast concealed from them the day of death and the day of consolation, they love thee; על שהעלמת מתןוכ׳ because thou hast concealed from them the reward of the righteous ; Yalk. ib. 981 שעָלַמְתָּ (Kal); Midr. Till. to Ps. 9; a. fr. 2) (v. עָלַם I) הע׳ עינים to close the eyes, to lose sight of. Y.Ab. Zar. IV, 44a bot. Sot.10b ואל תַּעֲלֵם עיניך ממני do not avert thy eyes from me. Tosef.Peah IV, 20; B. Bath.10a, a. e. המעלים … מן הצדקה who closes his eyes to charity; a. fr. Hof. הוּעֲלָם to be concealed. Koh. R. to III, 11 (play on הָעֹלָם ib.) ה׳ מהם שםוכ׳ the pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton was concealed from them.

עָלַםII (b. h.; v. preced.) (to surround, tie up, to conceal. Yalk. Cant. 981, v. infra.Part. pass. עָלוּם; f. עֲלוּמָה; pl. עֲלוּמִים, עֲלוּמִין, עֲלוּמוֹת. Ab. Zar.35b (play on עֲלָמוֹת, Cant. 1:3) קרי ביה עלומות read it ‘ălumoth (secret things). Pi. עִילֵּם same. Part. pass. מְעוּלָּם; f. מְעוּלֶּמֶת; pl. מְעוּלָּמִים, מְעוּלָּמִין; מְעוּלָּמוֹת. Midr. Till. to Ps. 46:1 (play on עלמות, ib.) מע׳ הן הדבריםוכ׳ the things we saw are hidden, we know not what we saw. Nef. נֶעְלָם, Hithpa. הִתְעַלֵּם, Nithpa. נִתְעַלֵּם to be concealed, to escape; to hide ones self. Num. R. s. 20 אין כל דבר נ׳ ממך nothing is unknown to thee. Y.Pes.VI, beg.33a נֶעֶלְמָה הלכה ממנו the law escaped his memory; Bab. ib. 66a נִתְעַלְּמָה. Y.Yoma III, 40d bot. לא … מִתְעַלֵּם מהן they did not move from there before it (the pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton) escaped their memory again. Y.Ab. Zar. IV, 44b top עד שיִתְעַלֵּם מעיניהם until he is left out of their sight. Y.Ber.IV, 8a ואל תִּתְעַלֵּם מתחינתנו do not hide thyself (turn away) from our prayer; a. fr. Hif. הֶעֱלִים 1) to conceal. Ex. R. s. 1 (ref. to העלמה Ex. 2:8) שהֶעֱלִימָהוכ׳ she kept her own secret. Cant. R. to I, 3 (play on עלמות, ib.) על שהֶעֱלַמְתָּ מהם יוםוכ׳ because thou hast concealed from them the day of death and the day of consolation, they love thee; על שהעלמת מתןוכ׳ because thou hast concealed from them the reward of the righteous ; Yalk. ib. 981 שעָלַמְתָּ (Kal); Midr. Till. to Ps. 9; a. fr. 2) (v. עָלַם I) הע׳ עינים to close the eyes, to lose sight of. Y.Ab. Zar. IV, 44a bot. Sot.10b ואל תַּעֲלֵם עיניך ממני do not avert thy eyes from me. Tosef.Peah IV, 20; B. Bath.10a, a. e. המעלים … מן הצדקה who closes his eyes to charity; a. fr. Hof. הוּעֲלָם to be concealed. Koh. R. to III, 11 (play on הָעֹלָם ib.) ה׳ מהם שםוכ׳ the pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton was concealed from them.

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כסי, כָּסָהII (b. h.) to cover.Part. pass. כָּסוּי, f. כְּסוּיָה; pl. כְּסוּיִים, כְּסוּיִין; כְּסוּיוֹת. Gen. R. s. 52 אתם כִּסִּיתֶם … כְּסוּי עינים you have concealed from me the sight (of truth), therefore the son that you will raise will be of covered eyes (blind); Yalk. Gen. 91 כסות (corr. acc.); B. Kam.93a הואיל וכִיסִּית … בנים כְּסוּיֵי עיניים (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note). Y.Ter.VIII, 45d הכְּסוּיִין (not הכיסוין) the covered liquids. Pi. כִּיסָּה, כִּסָּה to cover, hide. Ḥull. VI, 4. שחט ולא כ׳ לכַסּוֹת if one slaughters and fails to cover the blood, and another person sees it, he is bound to cover it. Pes.119a (ref. to Is. 23:18) זהו המְכַסֶּה דבריםוכ׳ he who keeps secret the things which the Old of Days has covered (mysteries). B. Kam. l. c.; Gen. R. l. c., v. supra. Pesik. R. s. 26 מְכַסָּה אני ממך shall I conceal it from thee?Gen. R. s. 87 כִּסְּתָה פניה she covered her (the idols) face. Ib. לא כ׳ עליהם הכתוב the Bible did not cover their guilt (v. חָפָה); a. fr.Part. pass. מְכוּסֶּה, f. מְכוּסָּה; pl. מְכוּסִּים, מְכוּסִּין; מְכוּסּוֹת. Ib. s. 52 (ref. to Gen. 20:16 (read:) עשאה מטרונה כסות עינים שהיא מכ׳ מן העין he (Abimelech) made a matron of her (Sarah) (giving her) ‘a cover of the eyes, by which she was protected from the gaze (of men). Pes.54b שבעה … מכ׳וכ׳ seven things are hidden from man; a. fr.(Gen. R. s. 79, end מה את מכסה בי, read: מב׳, v. בְּסָא.Sifra Bḥuck., Par. 2, ch. V כיסה, v. כָּסַח. Nif. נִכְסָה to be covered, hidden. Snh.II, 1 (18a; 19a) הן נִכְסִין … והוא נ׳ when they (who form the funeral cortege) are hidden from his view (when entering an alley), he (the high priest) appears; when they emerge, he disappears (in the alley). Cant. R. to II, 9 נראה וחוזר ונ׳ is visible and disappears again; Ruth. R. to II, 14; Pesik. Haḥod., p. 49b>. Num. R. s. 22 (play on נְכָסִים) נ׳ מזהוכ׳ they disappear from one and appear to the other; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְכַּסֶּה to be covered, clothed. Bets.16a (ref. to בַּכֶּסֶה, Ps. 81:4) איזהו חג שהחדש מִתְכַּסֶּה בו what festival is that on which the new moon is hidden (seen only by a few)?; Pirké dR. El. ch. VII, end ביום שמ׳ כולו on the day when the moon is entirely covered. Deut. R. s. 3 מתכ׳ משלו clothed himself at his (the fosterfathers) expense. Ib. כל … אוכל ומתכ׳וכ׳ all that is spent on you for eating and clothing Keth.V, 8 מִתְכַּסָּה, v. בְּלָאוֹת. Tam.I, 1 מִתְכַּסִּין, v. כְּסוּת; a. fr.

כסי, כָּסָהII (b. h.) to cover.Part. pass. כָּסוּי, f. כְּסוּיָה; pl. כְּסוּיִים, כְּסוּיִין; כְּסוּיוֹת. Gen. R. s. 52 אתם כִּסִּיתֶם … כְּסוּי עינים you have concealed from me the sight (of truth), therefore the son that you will raise will be of covered eyes (blind); Yalk. Gen. 91 כסות (corr. acc.); B. Kam.93a הואיל וכִיסִּית … בנים כְּסוּיֵי עיניים (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note). Y.Ter.VIII, 45d הכְּסוּיִין (not הכיסוין) the covered liquids. Pi. כִּיסָּה, כִּסָּה to cover, hide. Ḥull. VI, 4. שחט ולא כ׳ לכַסּוֹת if one slaughters and fails to cover the blood, and another person sees it, he is bound to cover it. Pes.119a (ref. to Is. 23:18) זהו המְכַסֶּה דבריםוכ׳ he who keeps secret the things which the Old of Days has covered (mysteries). B. Kam. l. c.; Gen. R. l. c., v. supra. Pesik. R. s. 26 מְכַסָּה אני ממך shall I conceal it from thee?Gen. R. s. 87 כִּסְּתָה פניה she covered her (the idols) face. Ib. לא כ׳ עליהם הכתוב the Bible did not cover their guilt (v. חָפָה); a. fr.Part. pass. מְכוּסֶּה, f. מְכוּסָּה; pl. מְכוּסִּים, מְכוּסִּין; מְכוּסּוֹת. Ib. s. 52 (ref. to Gen. 20:16 (read:) עשאה מטרונה כסות עינים שהיא מכ׳ מן העין he (Abimelech) made a matron of her (Sarah) (giving her) ‘a cover of the eyes, by which she was protected from the gaze (of men). Pes.54b שבעה … מכ׳וכ׳ seven things are hidden from man; a. fr.(Gen. R. s. 79, end מה את מכסה בי, read: מב׳, v. בְּסָא.Sifra Bḥuck., Par. 2, ch. V כיסה, v. כָּסַח. Nif. נִכְסָה to be covered, hidden. Snh.II, 1 (18a; 19a) הן נִכְסִין … והוא נ׳ when they (who form the funeral cortege) are hidden from his view (when entering an alley), he (the high priest) appears; when they emerge, he disappears (in the alley). Cant. R. to II, 9 נראה וחוזר ונ׳ is visible and disappears again; Ruth. R. to II, 14; Pesik. Haḥod., p. 49b>. Num. R. s. 22 (play on נְכָסִים) נ׳ מזהוכ׳ they disappear from one and appear to the other; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְכַּסֶּה to be covered, clothed. Bets.16a (ref. to בַּכֶּסֶה, Ps. 81:4) איזהו חג שהחדש מִתְכַּסֶּה בו what festival is that on which the new moon is hidden (seen only by a few)?; Pirké dR. El. ch. VII, end ביום שמ׳ כולו on the day when the moon is entirely covered. Deut. R. s. 3 מתכ׳ משלו clothed himself at his (the fosterfathers) expense. Ib. כל … אוכל ומתכ׳וכ׳ all that is spent on you for eating and clothing Keth.V, 8 מִתְכַּסָּה, v. בְּלָאוֹת. Tam.I, 1 מִתְכַּסִּין, v. כְּסוּת; a. fr.

כסי, כָּסָהII (b. h.) to cover.Part. pass. כָּסוּי, f. כְּסוּיָה; pl. כְּסוּיִים, כְּסוּיִין; כְּסוּיוֹת. Gen. R. s. 52 אתם כִּסִּיתֶם … כְּסוּי עינים you have concealed from me the sight (of truth), therefore the son that you will raise will be of covered eyes (blind); Yalk. Gen. 91 כסות (corr. acc.); B. Kam.93a הואיל וכִיסִּית … בנים כְּסוּיֵי עיניים (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note). Y.Ter.VIII, 45d הכְּסוּיִין (not הכיסוין) the covered liquids. Pi. כִּיסָּה, כִּסָּה to cover, hide. Ḥull. VI, 4. שחט ולא כ׳ לכַסּוֹת if one slaughters and fails to cover the blood, and another person sees it, he is bound to cover it. Pes.119a (ref. to Is. 23:18) זהו המְכַסֶּה דבריםוכ׳ he who keeps secret the things which the Old of Days has covered (mysteries). B. Kam. l. c.; Gen. R. l. c., v. supra. Pesik. R. s. 26 מְכַסָּה אני ממך shall I conceal it from thee?Gen. R. s. 87 כִּסְּתָה פניה she covered her (the idols) face. Ib. לא כ׳ עליהם הכתוב the Bible did not cover their guilt (v. חָפָה); a. fr.Part. pass. מְכוּסֶּה, f. מְכוּסָּה; pl. מְכוּסִּים, מְכוּסִּין; מְכוּסּוֹת. Ib. s. 52 (ref. to Gen. 20:16 (read:) עשאה מטרונה כסות עינים שהיא מכ׳ מן העין he (Abimelech) made a matron of her (Sarah) (giving her) ‘a cover of the eyes, by which she was protected from the gaze (of men). Pes.54b שבעה … מכ׳וכ׳ seven things are hidden from man; a. fr.(Gen. R. s. 79, end מה את מכסה בי, read: מב׳, v. בְּסָא.Sifra Bḥuck., Par. 2, ch. V כיסה, v. כָּסַח. Nif. נִכְסָה to be covered, hidden. Snh.II, 1 (18a; 19a) הן נִכְסִין … והוא נ׳ when they (who form the funeral cortege) are hidden from his view (when entering an alley), he (the high priest) appears; when they emerge, he disappears (in the alley). Cant. R. to II, 9 נראה וחוזר ונ׳ is visible and disappears again; Ruth. R. to II, 14; Pesik. Haḥod., p. 49b>. Num. R. s. 22 (play on נְכָסִים) נ׳ מזהוכ׳ they disappear from one and appear to the other; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְכַּסֶּה to be covered, clothed. Bets.16a (ref. to בַּכֶּסֶה, Ps. 81:4) איזהו חג שהחדש מִתְכַּסֶּה בו what festival is that on which the new moon is hidden (seen only by a few)?; Pirké dR. El. ch. VII, end ביום שמ׳ כולו on the day when the moon is entirely covered. Deut. R. s. 3 מתכ׳ משלו clothed himself at his (the fosterfathers) expense. Ib. כל … אוכל ומתכ׳וכ׳ all that is spent on you for eating and clothing Keth.V, 8 מִתְכַּסָּה, v. בְּלָאוֹת. Tam.I, 1 מִתְכַּסִּין, v. כְּסוּת; a. fr.

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).