to dig under

עוּמְקָאI ch. sam(עומק, עמק depth, profoundness), 1) depth, foundation; the soil under a building. B. Bath.IV, 2 לא את הבור …אע״פ שכתב לו ע׳ורומא (in selling a building, one has not implicitly sold) the well or the subterranean store-room, although he wrote in the contract ‘depth and height (ground under the building and space above the roof); ib. 61a עומקה ורומה (corr. acc.). Ib. 63b ע׳ ורומא בסתמא לא קני depth and height, unless explicitly stated, are not sold with the house (and the seller has a right to dig under and to build on top of the house); אהני ע׳ ורומא למיקני ע׳ ורומא the specification of ‘depth and height in the contract, has the effect to give possession of the ground beneath and the space above. Ib. ואיס״ד בסתמא קני ע׳ ורומא ליהני ע׳ ורומא למיקנא בורוכ׳ but if we were to assume that depth and height are implied in the sale, let the specification of ‘depth and height have the effect to give possession of the well Ib. 64a; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 50 וסדום בע׳ היא וכ׳ now, Sodom was situated in a depression, therefore he said, and I cannot escape to the mountain; שרי בע׳וכ׳ he dwelt in a valley, and they say to him, go out to the mountain (which has a healthier climate), and yet he speaks in that manner? B. Mets. 117b נחית לע׳ דדינא; B. Kam.53a; ib. 39a לעוּמְקֵיהוכ׳, v. נְחַת; a. e.Pl. עוּמְקַיָּא, עוּמְקִין. Targ. Ps. 130:1. Targ. Ez 27:34; a. e.V. עִמְקָא. 2) (trnsf., cmp. הָלָל III) intricacy, cunning, reservation. Targ. Y. I Gen. 22:14 (Y. II פַּלְגּוּ).

עוּמְקָאI ch. sam(עומק, עמק depth, profoundness), 1) depth, foundation; the soil under a building. B. Bath.IV, 2 לא את הבור …אע״פ שכתב לו ע׳ורומא (in selling a building, one has not implicitly sold) the well or the subterranean store-room, although he wrote in the contract ‘depth and height (ground under the building and space above the roof); ib. 61a עומקה ורומה (corr. acc.). Ib. 63b ע׳ ורומא בסתמא לא קני depth and height, unless explicitly stated, are not sold with the house (and the seller has a right to dig under and to build on top of the house); אהני ע׳ ורומא למיקני ע׳ ורומא the specification of ‘depth and height in the contract, has the effect to give possession of the ground beneath and the space above. Ib. ואיס״ד בסתמא קני ע׳ ורומא ליהני ע׳ ורומא למיקנא בורוכ׳ but if we were to assume that depth and height are implied in the sale, let the specification of ‘depth and height have the effect to give possession of the well Ib. 64a; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 50 וסדום בע׳ היא וכ׳ now, Sodom was situated in a depression, therefore he said, and I cannot escape to the mountain; שרי בע׳וכ׳ he dwelt in a valley, and they say to him, go out to the mountain (which has a healthier climate), and yet he speaks in that manner? B. Mets. 117b נחית לע׳ דדינא; B. Kam.53a; ib. 39a לעוּמְקֵיהוכ׳, v. נְחַת; a. e.Pl. עוּמְקַיָּא, עוּמְקִין. Targ. Ps. 130:1. Targ. Ez 27:34; a. e.V. עִמְקָא. 2) (trnsf., cmp. הָלָל III) intricacy, cunning, reservation. Targ. Y. I Gen. 22:14 (Y. II פַּלְגּוּ).

סָתַרII (= סחתד, Saf. of תתר; cmp. Arab. šatar) ( to dig under, 1) to upset, tear down. Meg.31b אם אמרו לך זקנים סְתוֹרוכ׳ if the old tell thee, tear down, and the young, build, tear down and build not, v. סְתִירָה II; Ned.40a. Sabb.VII, 2 הבונה והסוֹתֵר he who builds (on the Sabbath) or who tears down. Yoma 10a שיפלו בונין ביד סוֹתְרִין that the builders (of the Temple, the Persians) should fall through the hands of the destroyers (the Romans), v. סָתוֹרָא. Ab. dR. N. ch. VI סְתָרוֹ ועקרווכ׳ he dug under it (the rock) and broke it loose Koh. R. to VII, 26 כותל קשה … וסוֹתְרוֹ a wall is strong, but man has more power and tears it down; a. fr. 2) ( to stir up, to loosen, unravel. Sot.I, 5 סותר את שערה the priest loosens her hair (Num. 5:18 ופרע); אם … לא היה סוֹתְרוֹ if her hair was beautiful, he did not loosen it. Treat. Smaḥ. ch. VIII סוֹתְרִים שערותוכ׳ you may untie the hair of dead brides; a. e. 3) to dissolve, decompose. Lam. R. introd. (R. Ḥǎnina 1) (ref. to Prov. 25:20) כזה … וסוֹתְרוֹ כך היו סוֹתְרִיםוכ׳ as one pours vinegar on natron and decomposes it, so they decomposed (counteracted) the words of the Law; v. infra. 4) to undo, reverse, invalidate. Snh.III, 8 כל זמן … סותר את הדין whenever he offers new evidence, he reverses the decision, i. e. the court has to try his case again; לאחר שלשים יום אינו שותר after thirty days, the judgment cannot be disturbed.Esp. to make void the days of a Nazarites vow which have been observed, to begin anew. Naz.II, 10 סותר שבעים he must count seventy days again. Ib. III, 3 ס׳ את הכל he must count over the whole period (of days); אינו ס׳ אלא שבעה he has to count only seven days over. Tosef. ib. II, 13 יש לו לִסְתּוֹר סותרוכ׳ if there is a portion of the period left to undo, i. e., if the period of his vow has not yet expired, he must count thirty days again; כל … ואין לו לסתור סותרוכ׳ whenever he becomes unclean on a day on which it is improper to offer a sacrifice, and he has nothing left to undo, i. e. his term has expired, and he lacks only a sacrifice to be released: he must count seven days; a. fr.5 (logics) to contradict, disprove. Succ.26b, a. fr. מעשה לסתור, v. מַעֲשֶׂה. Sabb.13b שאלמלא … שהיו דבריו סוֹתְרִיןוכ׳ but for him, the Book of Ezekiel would have been expunged from the canon, because its words seemed to contradict the words of the Law. Ib. 30a לא דייך שדבריך סותריןוכ׳ not only do thy words contradict those of David, but they contradict one another; a. fr.Num. R. s. 13 לא אחד מהן סותר על חבירו neither of them conflicts with the other.(Yalk. Ex. 356 שלא יסתרו, v. סָרַס I Hithpa.) Hithpa. הִסְתַּתֵּר to be disarranged, be undone. Y.Kil.IX, end, 32d; Y.Sabb.XIII, beg.14a מִיסְתַּתֵּר הוא the web will go apart again, opp. מתקיים.

סָתַרII (= סחתד, Saf. of תתר; cmp. Arab. šatar) ( to dig under, 1) to upset, tear down. Meg.31b אם אמרו לך זקנים סְתוֹרוכ׳ if the old tell thee, tear down, and the young, build, tear down and build not, v. סְתִירָה II; Ned.40a. Sabb.VII, 2 הבונה והסוֹתֵר he who builds (on the Sabbath) or who tears down. Yoma 10a שיפלו בונין ביד סוֹתְרִין that the builders (of the Temple, the Persians) should fall through the hands of the destroyers (the Romans), v. סָתוֹרָא. Ab. dR. N. ch. VI סְתָרוֹ ועקרווכ׳ he dug under it (the rock) and broke it loose Koh. R. to VII, 26 כותל קשה … וסוֹתְרוֹ a wall is strong, but man has more power and tears it down; a. fr. 2) ( to stir up, to loosen, unravel. Sot.I, 5 סותר את שערה the priest loosens her hair (Num. 5:18 ופרע); אם … לא היה סוֹתְרוֹ if her hair was beautiful, he did not loosen it. Treat. Smaḥ. ch. VIII סוֹתְרִים שערותוכ׳ you may untie the hair of dead brides; a. e. 3) to dissolve, decompose. Lam. R. introd. (R. Ḥǎnina 1) (ref. to Prov. 25:20) כזה … וסוֹתְרוֹ כך היו סוֹתְרִיםוכ׳ as one pours vinegar on natron and decomposes it, so they decomposed (counteracted) the words of the Law; v. infra. 4) to undo, reverse, invalidate. Snh.III, 8 כל זמן … סותר את הדין whenever he offers new evidence, he reverses the decision, i. e. the court has to try his case again; לאחר שלשים יום אינו שותר after thirty days, the judgment cannot be disturbed.Esp. to make void the days of a Nazarites vow which have been observed, to begin anew. Naz.II, 10 סותר שבעים he must count seventy days again. Ib. III, 3 ס׳ את הכל he must count over the whole period (of days); אינו ס׳ אלא שבעה he has to count only seven days over. Tosef. ib. II, 13 יש לו לִסְתּוֹר סותרוכ׳ if there is a portion of the period left to undo, i. e., if the period of his vow has not yet expired, he must count thirty days again; כל … ואין לו לסתור סותרוכ׳ whenever he becomes unclean on a day on which it is improper to offer a sacrifice, and he has nothing left to undo, i. e. his term has expired, and he lacks only a sacrifice to be released: he must count seven days; a. fr.5 (logics) to contradict, disprove. Succ.26b, a. fr. מעשה לסתור, v. מַעֲשֶׂה. Sabb.13b שאלמלא … שהיו דבריו סוֹתְרִיןוכ׳ but for him, the Book of Ezekiel would have been expunged from the canon, because its words seemed to contradict the words of the Law. Ib. 30a לא דייך שדבריך סותריןוכ׳ not only do thy words contradict those of David, but they contradict one another; a. fr.Num. R. s. 13 לא אחד מהן סותר על חבירו neither of them conflicts with the other.(Yalk. Ex. 356 שלא יסתרו, v. סָרַס I Hithpa.) Hithpa. הִסְתַּתֵּר to be disarranged, be undone. Y.Kil.IX, end, 32d; Y.Sabb.XIII, beg.14a מִיסְתַּתֵּר הוא the web will go apart again, opp. מתקיים.

סְתַרch. sam(סתר II to dig under), 1) to tear down, destroy. Targ. Y. Deut. 7:5. Targ. Jer. 1:19; a. fr.Taan.20b כל אשיתא … הווה ס׳ לה every threatening wall he ordered to be torn down. B. Bath.3b לא לִיסְתּוֹרוכ׳ one must not tear down a synagogue before having built another one. Ib. סֵתְרֵי ובנו, v. סִתְוָא; a. fr. 2) to unravel, wind up. Ḥull.60a, v. דַּוְלָלָא. Pa. סַתֵּר same. Targ. Prov. 15:25 (Var. ed. Lag. נסטר, corr. acc.). Targ. 2 Kings 11:18; a. e.Yeb.116b קרע … סַתְּרִי מזייך rend thy garments, disarrange thy hair (in mourning). Ned.50b עד דמְסַתְּרִיןוכ׳ until the people of his household disarranged their hair for him (in sympathy with his pain). Ithpa. אִסְתַּתַּר to be torn down. Meg. Taan. ch. VIII, v. סוֹרִיגָא.

סְתַרch. sam(סתר II to dig under), 1) to tear down, destroy. Targ. Y. Deut. 7:5. Targ. Jer. 1:19; a. fr.Taan.20b כל אשיתא … הווה ס׳ לה every threatening wall he ordered to be torn down. B. Bath.3b לא לִיסְתּוֹרוכ׳ one must not tear down a synagogue before having built another one. Ib. סֵתְרֵי ובנו, v. סִתְוָא; a. fr. 2) to unravel, wind up. Ḥull.60a, v. דַּוְלָלָא. Pa. סַתֵּר same. Targ. Prov. 15:25 (Var. ed. Lag. נסטר, corr. acc.). Targ. 2 Kings 11:18; a. e.Yeb.116b קרע … סַתְּרִי מזייך rend thy garments, disarrange thy hair (in mourning). Ned.50b עד דמְסַתְּרִיןוכ׳ until the people of his household disarranged their hair for him (in sympathy with his pain). Ithpa. אִסְתַּתַּר to be torn down. Meg. Taan. ch. VIII, v. סוֹרִיגָא.

חָלַך(cmp. חלל) to undermine, cave, dig. Pes.118b שחוֹלֶדֶת בעיקריוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. as in Ḥull.20b הדרה) which undermines the foundations V. חוּלְדָּה. Hif. הֶחְלִיד 1) same. Y.Kil.IX, 32c top מַחִלִידהב״ה … אתוכ׳ the Lord caves the ground before them and they roll ; Y.Keth.XII, 35b top מהלך … אל (corr. acc.). B. Bath.19b מפני שמַחְלִידִיןוכ׳ because their roots undermine the ground. 2) to pass the slaughtering knife under cover, to squeeze in. Ḥull.II, 4. Ib. 20b; a. fr.Tosef.Kel.B. Bath. I, 5 מפני שהכובס אומן מַחֲלִידוֹ לתוכו (R. S. to Kel. XXI, 1) because so much of it does the professional fuller fold up for inserting a rod into it (v. חוֹב II, 2).

חָלַך(cmp. חלל) to undermine, cave, dig. Pes.118b שחוֹלֶדֶת בעיקריוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. as in Ḥull.20b הדרה) which undermines the foundations V. חוּלְדָּה. Hif. הֶחְלִיד 1) same. Y.Kil.IX, 32c top מַחִלִידהב״ה … אתוכ׳ the Lord caves the ground before them and they roll ; Y.Keth.XII, 35b top מהלך … אל (corr. acc.). B. Bath.19b מפני שמַחְלִידִיןוכ׳ because their roots undermine the ground. 2) to pass the slaughtering knife under cover, to squeeze in. Ḥull.II, 4. Ib. 20b; a. fr.Tosef.Kel.B. Bath. I, 5 מפני שהכובס אומן מַחֲלִידוֹ לתוכו (R. S. to Kel. XXI, 1) because so much of it does the professional fuller fold up for inserting a rod into it (v. חוֹב II, 2).

חתי, חָתָה(b. h.) to dig, esp. to take coals out with a pan. Yoma IV, 4 בכל יום היה חוֹתֶהוכ׳ every other day the priest used to take coals out in a silver pan Sabb.VIII, 7 כדי לַחְתּוֹת בו את האור large enough to take fire out in it. Zeb.64a; a. fr.Y.Yoma IV, 41c צריך לחות (read לחתות) he must take coals out as before. Pi. חִיתָּה to stir embers, rake. Sabb.34b שמא יְחַתֶּה בגחלים he might rake the coals under the ashes. Ḥull.27a, v. חָתַת)

חתי, חָתָה(b. h.) to dig, esp. to take coals out with a pan. Yoma IV, 4 בכל יום היה חוֹתֶהוכ׳ every other day the priest used to take coals out in a silver pan Sabb.VIII, 7 כדי לַחְתּוֹת בו את האור large enough to take fire out in it. Zeb.64a; a. fr.Y.Yoma IV, 41c צריך לחות (read לחתות) he must take coals out as before. Pi. חִיתָּה to stir embers, rake. Sabb.34b שמא יְחַתֶּה בגחלים he might rake the coals under the ashes. Ḥull.27a, v. חָתַת)

חתי, חָתָה(b. h.) to dig, esp. to take coals out with a pan. Yoma IV, 4 בכל יום היה חוֹתֶהוכ׳ every other day the priest used to take coals out in a silver pan Sabb.VIII, 7 כדי לַחְתּוֹת בו את האור large enough to take fire out in it. Zeb.64a; a. fr.Y.Yoma IV, 41c צריך לחות (read לחתות) he must take coals out as before. Pi. חִיתָּה to stir embers, rake. Sabb.34b שמא יְחַתֶּה בגחלים he might rake the coals under the ashes. Ḥull.27a, v. חָתַת)

פְּרָת(b. h.) pr. n. Prath, 1) the river Euphrates. Gen. R. s. 16 פ׳ שפ̇ר̇ה ורבהוכ׳ it is named Prath (the growing), for its waters grow and increase, until people pass it on ships; פ׳ שמימיו פרין ורביןוכ׳ Prath, for its waters are fruitful (fructifying); פ׳ שמפ̇ר̇יד והולך עד שכלה במגריפה ‘Rashi (ed. שמפרש) it is named Prath (v. פְּרַת), because it goes on dividing (branching off in channels), until it ends under the (digging) spade; Yalk. Deut. 801 כמגרפה (corr. acc.); Sifré Deut. 6 שמפרה והולך עד שכלה מגריפה לגתפי it goes on fructifying (irrigating), until the spade ceases to dig it; Yalk. Gen. 22 מפריס והולך עד שהוא כלה ופותחיןוכ׳ goes on dividing, until it disappears, and they open it with the spade. Bekh.55a; a. fr.Denom. פְּרָתִי, pl. פְּרָתִים. Midr. Till. to Ps. 137 שתו מים הפ׳ ומתים they drank Euphrates water and died; (Pesik. R. s. 28 מימי הפרת). 2) Prath, name of certain districts or towns. Yoma 10a פ׳ דמישן (= רחנת עיר, Gen. 10:11): פ׳ דבורסיף (= כלח ib.); Kidd.72a (expl. חביל ימא) פ׳ דבורסי v. בּוֹרְסִיף.

פְּרָת(b. h.) pr. n. Prath, 1) the river Euphrates. Gen. R. s. 16 פ׳ שפ̇ר̇ה ורבהוכ׳ it is named Prath (the growing), for its waters grow and increase, until people pass it on ships; פ׳ שמימיו פרין ורביןוכ׳ Prath, for its waters are fruitful (fructifying); פ׳ שמפ̇ר̇יד והולך עד שכלה במגריפה ‘Rashi (ed. שמפרש) it is named Prath (v. פְּרַת), because it goes on dividing (branching off in channels), until it ends under the (digging) spade; Yalk. Deut. 801 כמגרפה (corr. acc.); Sifré Deut. 6 שמפרה והולך עד שכלה מגריפה לגתפי it goes on fructifying (irrigating), until the spade ceases to dig it; Yalk. Gen. 22 מפריס והולך עד שהוא כלה ופותחיןוכ׳ goes on dividing, until it disappears, and they open it with the spade. Bekh.55a; a. fr.Denom. פְּרָתִי, pl. פְּרָתִים. Midr. Till. to Ps. 137 שתו מים הפ׳ ומתים they drank Euphrates water and died; (Pesik. R. s. 28 מימי הפרת). 2) Prath, name of certain districts or towns. Yoma 10a פ׳ דמישן (= רחנת עיר, Gen. 10:11): פ׳ דבורסיף (= כלח ib.); Kidd.72a (expl. חביל ימא) פ׳ דבורסי v. בּוֹרְסִיף.

קַרְדּוֹם, קוּרְ׳m. (b. h. קַרְדֹּם; קרדם, cmp. גַּרְדֵּם) cutting tool, spade, mattock, hatchet (with a pointed and a broad side). Ab. IV, 5 ולא ק׳ לחפיר בהם make not the words of the Law a spade to dig with them (the means for selfish ends). Tosef.M. Kat. I, 4 תוחב בשפיד ומכה בק׳וכ׳ he sticks (into the ground where moles are suspected to hide) a spit, or strikes with a mattock and stamps the ground under him; Y. ib. I, 80c; Bab. ib. 7a. Bets.IV, 3 ואין … בק׳ (when splitting wood for immediate use on the Holy Day) you must not use the hatchet, expl. ib. 31b נקבות שלו the broad side of it. Ib. ק׳ וקיפיץ a tool combining axe and bill, v. קוּפִּיץ; a. fr.Gitt.30b מלא ק׳ a ground having room for the mattock to work in, a common-sized field, opp. to מלא מחט a diminutive patch of ground.Pl. קַרְדּוּמּוֹת. Tosef.B. Mets.II, 1, v. מַחֲרזוֹת; a. e.

קַרְדּוֹם, קוּרְ׳m. (b. h. קַרְדֹּם; קרדם, cmp. גַּרְדֵּם) cutting tool, spade, mattock, hatchet (with a pointed and a broad side). Ab. IV, 5 ולא ק׳ לחפיר בהם make not the words of the Law a spade to dig with them (the means for selfish ends). Tosef.M. Kat. I, 4 תוחב בשפיד ומכה בק׳וכ׳ he sticks (into the ground where moles are suspected to hide) a spit, or strikes with a mattock and stamps the ground under him; Y. ib. I, 80c; Bab. ib. 7a. Bets.IV, 3 ואין … בק׳ (when splitting wood for immediate use on the Holy Day) you must not use the hatchet, expl. ib. 31b נקבות שלו the broad side of it. Ib. ק׳ וקיפיץ a tool combining axe and bill, v. קוּפִּיץ; a. fr.Gitt.30b מלא ק׳ a ground having room for the mattock to work in, a common-sized field, opp. to מלא מחט a diminutive patch of ground.Pl. קַרְדּוּמּוֹת. Tosef.B. Mets.II, 1, v. מַחֲרזוֹת; a. e.

קַרְדּוֹם, קוּרְ׳m. (b. h. קַרְדֹּם; קרדם, cmp. גַּרְדֵּם) cutting tool, spade, mattock, hatchet (with a pointed and a broad side). Ab. IV, 5 ולא ק׳ לחפיר בהם make not the words of the Law a spade to dig with them (the means for selfish ends). Tosef.M. Kat. I, 4 תוחב בשפיד ומכה בק׳וכ׳ he sticks (into the ground where moles are suspected to hide) a spit, or strikes with a mattock and stamps the ground under him; Y. ib. I, 80c; Bab. ib. 7a. Bets.IV, 3 ואין … בק׳ (when splitting wood for immediate use on the Holy Day) you must not use the hatchet, expl. ib. 31b נקבות שלו the broad side of it. Ib. ק׳ וקיפיץ a tool combining axe and bill, v. קוּפִּיץ; a. fr.Gitt.30b מלא ק׳ a ground having room for the mattock to work in, a common-sized field, opp. to מלא מחט a diminutive patch of ground.Pl. קַרְדּוּמּוֹת. Tosef.B. Mets.II, 1, v. מַחֲרזוֹת; a. e.

קַרְדּוֹם, קוּרְ׳m. (b. h. קַרְדֹּם; קרדם, cmp. גַּרְדֵּם) cutting tool, spade, mattock, hatchet (with a pointed and a broad side). Ab. IV, 5 ולא ק׳ לחפיר בהם make not the words of the Law a spade to dig with them (the means for selfish ends). Tosef.M. Kat. I, 4 תוחב בשפיד ומכה בק׳וכ׳ he sticks (into the ground where moles are suspected to hide) a spit, or strikes with a mattock and stamps the ground under him; Y. ib. I, 80c; Bab. ib. 7a. Bets.IV, 3 ואין … בק׳ (when splitting wood for immediate use on the Holy Day) you must not use the hatchet, expl. ib. 31b נקבות שלו the broad side of it. Ib. ק׳ וקיפיץ a tool combining axe and bill, v. קוּפִּיץ; a. fr.Gitt.30b מלא ק׳ a ground having room for the mattock to work in, a common-sized field, opp. to מלא מחט a diminutive patch of ground.Pl. קַרְדּוּמּוֹת. Tosef.B. Mets.II, 1, v. מַחֲרזוֹת; a. e.

תְּחִלָּה, תְּחִילָּהf. (b. h.; חָלַל. Hif.) beginning, start, first stage. Naz.31a תְּחִילַּת הקדש the primary stage of consecration, i. e. the consecrated object itself, opp. סוף הקדש the secondary consecration, i. e. the exchange. B. Bath. 128a שתְּחִילָּתֹווכ׳, v. פַּסְלוּת; a. v. fr.Esp. (sub. לטומאה) first degree of uncleanness (v. רִאשֹׁון). Zab. V, 1 מטמא … להיות ת׳ makes eatables and liquors unclean in the first degree, opp. שְׁנִיֹּות. Yad. III, 1 הידים ת׳ בכל מקום hands (touching an unclean object) become unclean in the first degree under all conditions. Tosef.Toh.II, 4. Ib. I, 4 ת׳ לקודש is unclean in the first degree with regard to consecrated things (sacrificial meat); a. fr.Pl. תְּחִלֹּות, תְּחִי׳. Yad. l. c.; Ḥull.33b; a. fr.בַּתְּחִלָּה, or ת׳ in the beginning, before, first. Ber.II, 2 עול … ת׳, v. עֹול. Ib. 37a מברך עליו ת׳ וסוף he must say the benediction over it before and after eating. Ib. בת׳ מברך עליווכ׳ before eating he must say ; a. fr.מִתְּ׳ from the beginning, originally, in olden times. Pes.116a מת׳ עובדיוכ׳ our forefathers in olden times were idolaters; a. e.לְכַתְּ׳, לְכִתְ׳ in the start, directly, opp. דִּיעֲבַר. Ḥull.2a, v. דִּיעֲבַר. Erub.34b פוחת לכת׳ ונוטל he may directly dig out, and take; Bets.IV, 3, v. פָּחַת; a. fr.b) at first. Gen. R. s. 49; a. fr.

תְּחִלָּה, תְּחִילָּהf. (b. h.; חָלַל. Hif.) beginning, start, first stage. Naz.31a תְּחִילַּת הקדש the primary stage of consecration, i. e. the consecrated object itself, opp. סוף הקדש the secondary consecration, i. e. the exchange. B. Bath. 128a שתְּחִילָּתֹווכ׳, v. פַּסְלוּת; a. v. fr.Esp. (sub. לטומאה) first degree of uncleanness (v. רִאשֹׁון). Zab. V, 1 מטמא … להיות ת׳ makes eatables and liquors unclean in the first degree, opp. שְׁנִיֹּות. Yad. III, 1 הידים ת׳ בכל מקום hands (touching an unclean object) become unclean in the first degree under all conditions. Tosef.Toh.II, 4. Ib. I, 4 ת׳ לקודש is unclean in the first degree with regard to consecrated things (sacrificial meat); a. fr.Pl. תְּחִלֹּות, תְּחִי׳. Yad. l. c.; Ḥull.33b; a. fr.בַּתְּחִלָּה, or ת׳ in the beginning, before, first. Ber.II, 2 עול … ת׳, v. עֹול. Ib. 37a מברך עליו ת׳ וסוף he must say the benediction over it before and after eating. Ib. בת׳ מברך עליווכ׳ before eating he must say ; a. fr.מִתְּ׳ from the beginning, originally, in olden times. Pes.116a מת׳ עובדיוכ׳ our forefathers in olden times were idolaters; a. e.לְכַתְּ׳, לְכִתְ׳ in the start, directly, opp. דִּיעֲבַר. Ḥull.2a, v. דִּיעֲבַר. Erub.34b פוחת לכת׳ ונוטל he may directly dig out, and take; Bets.IV, 3, v. פָּחַת; a. fr.b) at first. Gen. R. s. 49; a. fr.

תְּחִלָּה, תְּחִילָּהf. (b. h.; חָלַל. Hif.) beginning, start, first stage. Naz.31a תְּחִילַּת הקדש the primary stage of consecration, i. e. the consecrated object itself, opp. סוף הקדש the secondary consecration, i. e. the exchange. B. Bath. 128a שתְּחִילָּתֹווכ׳, v. פַּסְלוּת; a. v. fr.Esp. (sub. לטומאה) first degree of uncleanness (v. רִאשֹׁון). Zab. V, 1 מטמא … להיות ת׳ makes eatables and liquors unclean in the first degree, opp. שְׁנִיֹּות. Yad. III, 1 הידים ת׳ בכל מקום hands (touching an unclean object) become unclean in the first degree under all conditions. Tosef.Toh.II, 4. Ib. I, 4 ת׳ לקודש is unclean in the first degree with regard to consecrated things (sacrificial meat); a. fr.Pl. תְּחִלֹּות, תְּחִי׳. Yad. l. c.; Ḥull.33b; a. fr.בַּתְּחִלָּה, or ת׳ in the beginning, before, first. Ber.II, 2 עול … ת׳, v. עֹול. Ib. 37a מברך עליו ת׳ וסוף he must say the benediction over it before and after eating. Ib. בת׳ מברך עליווכ׳ before eating he must say ; a. fr.מִתְּ׳ from the beginning, originally, in olden times. Pes.116a מת׳ עובדיוכ׳ our forefathers in olden times were idolaters; a. e.לְכַתְּ׳, לְכִתְ׳ in the start, directly, opp. דִּיעֲבַר. Ḥull.2a, v. דִּיעֲבַר. Erub.34b פוחת לכת׳ ונוטל he may directly dig out, and take; Bets.IV, 3, v. פָּחַת; a. fr.b) at first. Gen. R. s. 49; a. fr.