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מְצִיI, מְצָא ch. sam(מצי, מצאaccessible, frequent; likely), to reach, be able; to master. B. Mets. 114b בארבעה לא מָצִינָאוכ׳ I could not master four orders of the Talmud, how could I master six?Ib. 14a, a. fr. מָצֵי אמר ליה he may say to him. B. Bath.84a לא (הוה) מָצִית הדרת בך (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) thou wouldst not have had the right to retract; השתא … מציתוכ׳ now that thou hast overreached me, canst thou retract?; a. fr. Ithpe. אִימְּצִי, אִמְּ׳ ( to find ones self, to succeed. Keth.62a לא אי׳ נכריוכ׳ the gentile did not succeed in keeping pace with him. Ned.89b רהיט … ולא אמ׳ למיתנא he tried his utmost (v. גַּפָּא I), but had no success in his studies; a. e. Af. אַמְצִיא (with נפשיה, or without) to place ones self within sight of an enemy so as to give him a chance for reconciliation, to be ready for reconciliation. Yoma 87a הוה מַמְצִוא נפשיה (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note; ed. וממציא לוה).Keth.60b מְמַצְּיָא, v. מְצִי II.

מְצִיI, מְצָא ch. sam(מצי, מצאaccessible, frequent; likely), to reach, be able; to master. B. Mets. 114b בארבעה לא מָצִינָאוכ׳ I could not master four orders of the Talmud, how could I master six?Ib. 14a, a. fr. מָצֵי אמר ליה he may say to him. B. Bath.84a לא (הוה) מָצִית הדרת בך (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) thou wouldst not have had the right to retract; השתא … מציתוכ׳ now that thou hast overreached me, canst thou retract?; a. fr. Ithpe. אִימְּצִי, אִמְּ׳ ( to find ones self, to succeed. Keth.62a לא אי׳ נכריוכ׳ the gentile did not succeed in keeping pace with him. Ned.89b רהיט … ולא אמ׳ למיתנא he tried his utmost (v. גַּפָּא I), but had no success in his studies; a. e. Af. אַמְצִיא (with נפשיה, or without) to place ones self within sight of an enemy so as to give him a chance for reconciliation, to be ready for reconciliation. Yoma 87a הוה מַמְצִוא נפשיה (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note; ed. וממציא לוה).Keth.60b מְמַצְּיָא, v. מְצִי II.

קשי, קָשָׁה(b. h.) to be stiff, hard, difficult. Y.Ber.I, 2c top קָשְׁתָה על דעתך this is difficult according to (not reconcilable with) thy opinion; ib. למהא״ל קשתה (not קשתיה) why did he say to him, it is difficult?V. קָשֶׁה. Pi. קִישָּׁה (קִישְּׁתָה, with לילד or without) to have hard labor in travailing. Ḥull.IV, 1 בהמה המְקַשּׁה לרלדוכ׳ if an animal is in labor, and, v. עוּבָּר. Nidd.IV, 4 קִשְּׁתָה שלשהוכ׳ if she was in pain for three days within eleven days; Tosef. ib. V, 8 קִישֵּׁת, קִשֵּׁת. Ib. 10; a. fr.(Gen. R. s. 61 שהיו מקשיןוכ׳, read: מקישין, v. נָקַש. Hif. הִקְשָׁה 1) to stiffen, harden. Nidd.13b המַקְשֶׁה עצמווכ׳ he who causes erection wilfully. Ex. R. s. 11 הרשע הזהה׳ את לבווכ׳ this wicked (Pharaoh) hardened his heart against the first three signs; a. e. 2) to become hard. Y.Pes.VI, 35b top שסופו להַקְשוֹת which gets hard in the course of time. Shebi. II, 10 אם הִקְשוּוכ׳ (Y. ed. a. Bart. הוּקְשוּ Hof.) if they became hard (dry) and unfit for man to eat before New Year. (Y. ib. 34a bot. הקשו a. הוקשו). 3) to be severe. Gen. R. s. 19, opp. ריתה, v. רָתָה. Hof. הוּקְשֶׁה 1) to become hard, v. supra. 2) to be found hard, distasteful. Tanḥ. Shlaḥ 5; Num. R. s. 16 ה׳ הדבר והרעוכ׳ the thing was distasteful to and displeased his father. Hithpa. הִתְקַשֶּׁה, Nithpa. נִתְקַשֶּׁה 1) to suffer severely (in travailing). Gen. R. s. 84 נִתְקַשֵׁת אמווכ׳ his mother was in hard labor at his birth. 2) to become hard, stiff. Tosef.Nidd.VI, 4 משיִתְקַשוּ, v. קִשְׁקֵש I, a. II. Gen. R. s. 98, a. שנִתְקַשֵּׁיתָה, v. קַשְׁיוּת. 3) to find ones self in difficulty, to be perplexed, unable to understand or remember. Num. R. s. 15 beg. נ׳ משה במעשהוכ׳ Moses found the work of the candlestick more difficult to understand than ; כיוןשנ׳ אמרוכ׳ when he still could not remember it, the Lord said Ib.10>; Tanḥ. Bhaʿăl. 6 נִתְקַשֵּׁיתִי לעשותה I could not understand how to do it: Ib. נ׳ על משה it was too difficult for Moses; a. fr. 4) to be reluctant, strive against. Tanḥ. Shmoth 18 כמה נ׳ יונה שלאוכ׳ how hard did Jonah strive not to go on his mission. Deut. R. s. 9 מִתְקַשֶּׁה כנגדו (the sun) refused to obey; a. e. 5) to make ones self obnoxious. Gen. R. s. 61; Yalk. Chr. 1073 (play on יקשן, Gen. 25:2) שהיו מִתְקַשִׁין בעולם they were obnoxious to the world (were hard to deal with); (Midr. Till. to Ps. 92 ed. Bub. שהיו בני אדם קשין).

קשי, קָשָׁה(b. h.) to be stiff, hard, difficult. Y.Ber.I, 2c top קָשְׁתָה על דעתך this is difficult according to (not reconcilable with) thy opinion; ib. למהא״ל קשתה (not קשתיה) why did he say to him, it is difficult?V. קָשֶׁה. Pi. קִישָּׁה (קִישְּׁתָה, with לילד or without) to have hard labor in travailing. Ḥull.IV, 1 בהמה המְקַשּׁה לרלדוכ׳ if an animal is in labor, and, v. עוּבָּר. Nidd.IV, 4 קִשְּׁתָה שלשהוכ׳ if she was in pain for three days within eleven days; Tosef. ib. V, 8 קִישֵּׁת, קִשֵּׁת. Ib. 10; a. fr.(Gen. R. s. 61 שהיו מקשיןוכ׳, read: מקישין, v. נָקַש. Hif. הִקְשָׁה 1) to stiffen, harden. Nidd.13b המַקְשֶׁה עצמווכ׳ he who causes erection wilfully. Ex. R. s. 11 הרשע הזהה׳ את לבווכ׳ this wicked (Pharaoh) hardened his heart against the first three signs; a. e. 2) to become hard. Y.Pes.VI, 35b top שסופו להַקְשוֹת which gets hard in the course of time. Shebi. II, 10 אם הִקְשוּוכ׳ (Y. ed. a. Bart. הוּקְשוּ Hof.) if they became hard (dry) and unfit for man to eat before New Year. (Y. ib. 34a bot. הקשו a. הוקשו). 3) to be severe. Gen. R. s. 19, opp. ריתה, v. רָתָה. Hof. הוּקְשֶׁה 1) to become hard, v. supra. 2) to be found hard, distasteful. Tanḥ. Shlaḥ 5; Num. R. s. 16 ה׳ הדבר והרעוכ׳ the thing was distasteful to and displeased his father. Hithpa. הִתְקַשֶּׁה, Nithpa. נִתְקַשֶּׁה 1) to suffer severely (in travailing). Gen. R. s. 84 נִתְקַשֵׁת אמווכ׳ his mother was in hard labor at his birth. 2) to become hard, stiff. Tosef.Nidd.VI, 4 משיִתְקַשוּ, v. קִשְׁקֵש I, a. II. Gen. R. s. 98, a. שנִתְקַשֵּׁיתָה, v. קַשְׁיוּת. 3) to find ones self in difficulty, to be perplexed, unable to understand or remember. Num. R. s. 15 beg. נ׳ משה במעשהוכ׳ Moses found the work of the candlestick more difficult to understand than ; כיוןשנ׳ אמרוכ׳ when he still could not remember it, the Lord said Ib.10>; Tanḥ. Bhaʿăl. 6 נִתְקַשֵּׁיתִי לעשותה I could not understand how to do it: Ib. נ׳ על משה it was too difficult for Moses; a. fr. 4) to be reluctant, strive against. Tanḥ. Shmoth 18 כמה נ׳ יונה שלאוכ׳ how hard did Jonah strive not to go on his mission. Deut. R. s. 9 מִתְקַשֶּׁה כנגדו (the sun) refused to obey; a. e. 5) to make ones self obnoxious. Gen. R. s. 61; Yalk. Chr. 1073 (play on יקשן, Gen. 25:2) שהיו מִתְקַשִׁין בעולם they were obnoxious to the world (were hard to deal with); (Midr. Till. to Ps. 92 ed. Bub. שהיו בני אדם קשין).

קשי, קָשָׁה(b. h.) to be stiff, hard, difficult. Y.Ber.I, 2c top קָשְׁתָה על דעתך this is difficult according to (not reconcilable with) thy opinion; ib. למהא״ל קשתה (not קשתיה) why did he say to him, it is difficult?V. קָשֶׁה. Pi. קִישָּׁה (קִישְּׁתָה, with לילד or without) to have hard labor in travailing. Ḥull.IV, 1 בהמה המְקַשּׁה לרלדוכ׳ if an animal is in labor, and, v. עוּבָּר. Nidd.IV, 4 קִשְּׁתָה שלשהוכ׳ if she was in pain for three days within eleven days; Tosef. ib. V, 8 קִישֵּׁת, קִשֵּׁת. Ib. 10; a. fr.(Gen. R. s. 61 שהיו מקשיןוכ׳, read: מקישין, v. נָקַש. Hif. הִקְשָׁה 1) to stiffen, harden. Nidd.13b המַקְשֶׁה עצמווכ׳ he who causes erection wilfully. Ex. R. s. 11 הרשע הזהה׳ את לבווכ׳ this wicked (Pharaoh) hardened his heart against the first three signs; a. e. 2) to become hard. Y.Pes.VI, 35b top שסופו להַקְשוֹת which gets hard in the course of time. Shebi. II, 10 אם הִקְשוּוכ׳ (Y. ed. a. Bart. הוּקְשוּ Hof.) if they became hard (dry) and unfit for man to eat before New Year. (Y. ib. 34a bot. הקשו a. הוקשו). 3) to be severe. Gen. R. s. 19, opp. ריתה, v. רָתָה. Hof. הוּקְשֶׁה 1) to become hard, v. supra. 2) to be found hard, distasteful. Tanḥ. Shlaḥ 5; Num. R. s. 16 ה׳ הדבר והרעוכ׳ the thing was distasteful to and displeased his father. Hithpa. הִתְקַשֶּׁה, Nithpa. נִתְקַשֶּׁה 1) to suffer severely (in travailing). Gen. R. s. 84 נִתְקַשֵׁת אמווכ׳ his mother was in hard labor at his birth. 2) to become hard, stiff. Tosef.Nidd.VI, 4 משיִתְקַשוּ, v. קִשְׁקֵש I, a. II. Gen. R. s. 98, a. שנִתְקַשֵּׁיתָה, v. קַשְׁיוּת. 3) to find ones self in difficulty, to be perplexed, unable to understand or remember. Num. R. s. 15 beg. נ׳ משה במעשהוכ׳ Moses found the work of the candlestick more difficult to understand than ; כיוןשנ׳ אמרוכ׳ when he still could not remember it, the Lord said Ib.10>; Tanḥ. Bhaʿăl. 6 נִתְקַשֵּׁיתִי לעשותה I could not understand how to do it: Ib. נ׳ על משה it was too difficult for Moses; a. fr. 4) to be reluctant, strive against. Tanḥ. Shmoth 18 כמה נ׳ יונה שלאוכ׳ how hard did Jonah strive not to go on his mission. Deut. R. s. 9 מִתְקַשֶּׁה כנגדו (the sun) refused to obey; a. e. 5) to make ones self obnoxious. Gen. R. s. 61; Yalk. Chr. 1073 (play on יקשן, Gen. 25:2) שהיו מִתְקַשִׁין בעולם they were obnoxious to the world (were hard to deal with); (Midr. Till. to Ps. 92 ed. Bub. שהיו בני אדם קשין).

פני, פָּנָה(b. h.) 1) to turn (ones face). Yoma 17b, a. e. שאתה פוֹנֶה, v. פִּינָּה. Y.Ab. Zar. III, 42b sq. (ref. to Lev. 19:4) אל תִּפְנֶה לעובדן do not turn thy face to them to worship them; אל תפנה לראותן ממש it is meant literally, do not turn thy face to look at them; Sifra Kdosh. beg. אל תפנה לראותם וַדַּיי. Ib. תחלתם אלילים הם אם פּוֹנֶה את אחריהןוכ׳ at first they are ‘nothings, but if thou turnest after them, thou wilt make them (thy) gods; Yalk. Lev. 604. Ib.; Sabb.149a (ref. to Lev. l. c.) אל תִּפְנוּ אֶל מדעתכם turn not to the creation of your fancy (Rashi; anoth. interpret., v. infra); a. v. fr. 2) to turn around, go away. Lam. R. to I, 1 כיון ששתה ופ׳ לילך (מעשה) רבתי when he had drunk and turned to go away. Gen. R. s. 68 יצא משם פ׳ זיוה פ׳ הדרה when he (the righteous) goes away from a place, its splendor is gone, its glory is gone; Ruth R. to I, 7. Sifra Kdosh., ch. VIII, Par. 4, a. e. (ref. to ונתתי את פני, Lev. 20:6; cmp. פְּנַאי) פּוֹנֶה אני מכלוכ׳, v. עֵסֶק. Midr. Prov. to 16:11 לִפְנוֹת היום when the day was going away (towards evening); a. v. fr. 3) (act. verb) to turn, pervert. Cant. R. to VII, 9 (play on אח̇ש̇ד̇רפ̇נ̇יא, Dan. 3:2) אלו ארכונות שהן נש̇ח̇ד̇ין ופ̇וני̇ן דיןוכ׳ (not נחשדין) those are the officers that are bribed and turn justice in any direction; ib. שמה̇ד̇ר̇ין פ̇נ̇ים ופ̇ונ̇ין דין who respect persons and pervert justice; a. fr. 4) to turn aside, go out, (euphem.) to ease ones self. Y.Sot.I, 16d אם יִפְנֶה אחר מהן לצורכו if one of them goes out for a human need. Toh. X, 2 ופוֹנִים (Ber.62a ונִפְנִין, Nif.). 5) to vacate (v. infra); to free, release. Pesik. R. s. 42 הספינה … ולא תטריח עליה לִפְנוֹתָהּ (not הטריח) thy friends ship has been seized (for public service), and wilt thou not take pains to release it? ועכשיו של אחרים הוא פוֹנֶה ושלו אינה נפנית and now he releases other mens ships, and shall not his be released.?Part. pass. פָּנוּי; f. פְּנוּיָה vacant, empty, free. Ber.43a אין בית הבליעה פ׳ his œsophagus is not free (which makes speaking dangerous). Y.Kil.III, beg.28c אי אפשר … נקב אחד פ׳וכ׳ it is not possible that there should not be one cavity free for planting ; Y.Sabb.IX, 11d bot. אפשר … פניי (corr. acc.). Num. R. s. 14 והיה הבית פ׳ and the house was empty (none at home); a. fr.V. פָּנוּי. Pi. פִּינָּה 1) to empty, remove, transfer. Sabb.III, 5 המיחם שפִּינָּהוּוכ׳ in the kettle which one has emptied (or: which one has removed from the oven) ; ib. 41a המיחם שפ׳ ממנו מיםוכ׳ in the kettle out of which one has removed the hot water. Ib. XVIII, 1 מְפַנִּיןאפי׳וכ׳ you may clear away (on the Sabbath) even four or five piles … to make room for guests. Y.Gitt.VIII, 49d top אם … איש מְפַנֶּה if the court belongs to the wife, the husband (after divorce) must vacate it, ושל איש אשה מְפַנָּה and if it belongs to the husband, the wife must vacate it; מי מפנה מפני מי which of them must vacate it for the other? Taan.21a בקשו תלמידיו לפַנּוֹת אתוכ׳ his disciples wanted to move his bed first and then his furniture; פַּנּוּ את הכליםוכ׳ move the furniture first. Ab. III, 4 מפנה לבו לבטלה empties his heart (of serious thoughts to make room) for frivolous subjects. Sabb.149a (ref. to Lev. 19:4, v. supra) אל תְּפַנוּ אֵל מדעתכם do not remove God from your minds (to make room for idols). B. Kam.81b מְפַנֵּיהוּ לשדהוכ׳ he must remove the corpse to Y.Maasr.II, 49d רוצה אדם לפנות עסקיווכ׳ (ed. Krot. רוצה הוא אדם לפנע; ed. Zyt. לפלה, corr. acc.) a man is anxious to dispose of his goods in the first place he strikes ; a. fr. 2) to free, acquit. Tanḥ. Vayikra 6 פ׳ לקרתני ולבן פלטריןוכ׳ he acquitted the commoner, but convicted the courtier. Ib. לקרתני פּנִּיתִיוכ׳ I acquitted the commoner, because he knows not the royal customs; a. fr. Nif. נִפְנֶה 1) to turn. Midr. Till. to Ps. 18:5 נִפְנֵיתִי לכאןוכ׳ I turned in all directions, and there is no redeemer but thee; Yalk. Sam. 157; a. e. 2) to be removed, to die. Gen. R. s. 98 שהיה נ׳ מן העולם who was going to die. Tosef.Par.III (II), 8 נ׳ בני my son is dead (v. infra); a. e. 3) to be free, at leisure. Ib. לכשאֶפָּנֶה לך when I shall have leisure for thee, i. e. I shall take revenge on thee, when opportunity offers; אמר לו כשתִּפָּנֶה said he to him, when thou shalt be at leisure (or when thou shalt be dead, v. supra); ib. (Vers. of R. S. to Par. III, 8) לא נ׳ בני שהעריב שמשו my son has found no leisure (to take revenge), for his sun has set (he is dead). Ab. II, 4 אל תאמר לכשאפנה אשנה שמא לא תפנה say not, when I shall be at leisure, I will study; may be thou wilt never find leisure; a. fr. 4) to ease ones self. Sabb.82a הנצרך לִפָּנוֹת ואינו נפנה (Alf. להִפָּנוֹת) he who feels the want of easing himself, and is not relieved; ib. הנצרך ליפנות ואינו יכול ליפנות. Ber.62a ונִפְנִין, v. supra; a. fr. 5) to be released. Pesik. R. l. c., v. supra. Hif. הִפְנָה to vacate.Part. pass. מוּפְנֶה a) free, disengaged, single. Yeb.III, 5 שלשה אחין … ואחד מ׳ three brothera two of whom were married to two sisters, and one is free (unmarried or married to one who is a stranger to his brothers wives); Y. ib. III, 4d top; a. e.b) (dialectical exegesis) free for interpretation, unnecessary for the plain sense or context. Nidd.22b וייצר מ׳ משני צדדין מ׳ … ומ׳ גבי בהמה vayitser is free for interpretation on both sides, it is free with regard to man (Gen. 2:7, because mans creation is mentioned in ויברא, ib. 1:27), and free with regard to beasts (ib. 2:19, their creation being stated in ויעש, ib. 1:25). Ib. כל גזירה שוה שאינה מוּפְנָה כל עיקרוכ׳ analogous words which are not entirely free (in both texts) cannot be made the basis for interpretation as gzerah shavah (v. גְּזֵרָה). Ib. מ׳ מצד אחד free in one of the texts; Sabb.64a; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְפַּנָּה 1) to be vacated, cleared, removed. Y.Naz.IX, 57d bot. כל הקברות מִתְפַּנִּיןוכ׳ all graves may be vacated (transferred), except ; Treat. Smaḥ. ch. XIV. 2) to be released. Pesik. R. l. c. כדי הוא (ש) תִּיתְפּנֶּה he deserves it to have his ship released (ed. Prag כדי הוא שיִתְפַּנֶּה he deserves to be released).

פני, פָּנָה(b. h.) 1) to turn (ones face). Yoma 17b, a. e. שאתה פוֹנֶה, v. פִּינָּה. Y.Ab. Zar. III, 42b sq. (ref. to Lev. 19:4) אל תִּפְנֶה לעובדן do not turn thy face to them to worship them; אל תפנה לראותן ממש it is meant literally, do not turn thy face to look at them; Sifra Kdosh. beg. אל תפנה לראותם וַדַּיי. Ib. תחלתם אלילים הם אם פּוֹנֶה את אחריהןוכ׳ at first they are ‘nothings, but if thou turnest after them, thou wilt make them (thy) gods; Yalk. Lev. 604. Ib.; Sabb.149a (ref. to Lev. l. c.) אל תִּפְנוּ אֶל מדעתכם turn not to the creation of your fancy (Rashi; anoth. interpret., v. infra); a. v. fr. 2) to turn around, go away. Lam. R. to I, 1 כיון ששתה ופ׳ לילך (מעשה) רבתי when he had drunk and turned to go away. Gen. R. s. 68 יצא משם פ׳ זיוה פ׳ הדרה when he (the righteous) goes away from a place, its splendor is gone, its glory is gone; Ruth R. to I, 7. Sifra Kdosh., ch. VIII, Par. 4, a. e. (ref. to ונתתי את פני, Lev. 20:6; cmp. פְּנַאי) פּוֹנֶה אני מכלוכ׳, v. עֵסֶק. Midr. Prov. to 16:11 לִפְנוֹת היום when the day was going away (towards evening); a. v. fr. 3) (act. verb) to turn, pervert. Cant. R. to VII, 9 (play on אח̇ש̇ד̇רפ̇נ̇יא, Dan. 3:2) אלו ארכונות שהן נש̇ח̇ד̇ין ופ̇וני̇ן דיןוכ׳ (not נחשדין) those are the officers that are bribed and turn justice in any direction; ib. שמה̇ד̇ר̇ין פ̇נ̇ים ופ̇ונ̇ין דין who respect persons and pervert justice; a. fr. 4) to turn aside, go out, (euphem.) to ease ones self. Y.Sot.I, 16d אם יִפְנֶה אחר מהן לצורכו if one of them goes out for a human need. Toh. X, 2 ופוֹנִים (Ber.62a ונִפְנִין, Nif.). 5) to vacate (v. infra); to free, release. Pesik. R. s. 42 הספינה … ולא תטריח עליה לִפְנוֹתָהּ (not הטריח) thy friends ship has been seized (for public service), and wilt thou not take pains to release it? ועכשיו של אחרים הוא פוֹנֶה ושלו אינה נפנית and now he releases other mens ships, and shall not his be released.?Part. pass. פָּנוּי; f. פְּנוּיָה vacant, empty, free. Ber.43a אין בית הבליעה פ׳ his œsophagus is not free (which makes speaking dangerous). Y.Kil.III, beg.28c אי אפשר … נקב אחד פ׳וכ׳ it is not possible that there should not be one cavity free for planting ; Y.Sabb.IX, 11d bot. אפשר … פניי (corr. acc.). Num. R. s. 14 והיה הבית פ׳ and the house was empty (none at home); a. fr.V. פָּנוּי. Pi. פִּינָּה 1) to empty, remove, transfer. Sabb.III, 5 המיחם שפִּינָּהוּוכ׳ in the kettle which one has emptied (or: which one has removed from the oven) ; ib. 41a המיחם שפ׳ ממנו מיםוכ׳ in the kettle out of which one has removed the hot water. Ib. XVIII, 1 מְפַנִּיןאפי׳וכ׳ you may clear away (on the Sabbath) even four or five piles … to make room for guests. Y.Gitt.VIII, 49d top אם … איש מְפַנֶּה if the court belongs to the wife, the husband (after divorce) must vacate it, ושל איש אשה מְפַנָּה and if it belongs to the husband, the wife must vacate it; מי מפנה מפני מי which of them must vacate it for the other? Taan.21a בקשו תלמידיו לפַנּוֹת אתוכ׳ his disciples wanted to move his bed first and then his furniture; פַּנּוּ את הכליםוכ׳ move the furniture first. Ab. III, 4 מפנה לבו לבטלה empties his heart (of serious thoughts to make room) for frivolous subjects. Sabb.149a (ref. to Lev. 19:4, v. supra) אל תְּפַנוּ אֵל מדעתכם do not remove God from your minds (to make room for idols). B. Kam.81b מְפַנֵּיהוּ לשדהוכ׳ he must remove the corpse to Y.Maasr.II, 49d רוצה אדם לפנות עסקיווכ׳ (ed. Krot. רוצה הוא אדם לפנע; ed. Zyt. לפלה, corr. acc.) a man is anxious to dispose of his goods in the first place he strikes ; a. fr. 2) to free, acquit. Tanḥ. Vayikra 6 פ׳ לקרתני ולבן פלטריןוכ׳ he acquitted the commoner, but convicted the courtier. Ib. לקרתני פּנִּיתִיוכ׳ I acquitted the commoner, because he knows not the royal customs; a. fr. Nif. נִפְנֶה 1) to turn. Midr. Till. to Ps. 18:5 נִפְנֵיתִי לכאןוכ׳ I turned in all directions, and there is no redeemer but thee; Yalk. Sam. 157; a. e. 2) to be removed, to die. Gen. R. s. 98 שהיה נ׳ מן העולם who was going to die. Tosef.Par.III (II), 8 נ׳ בני my son is dead (v. infra); a. e. 3) to be free, at leisure. Ib. לכשאֶפָּנֶה לך when I shall have leisure for thee, i. e. I shall take revenge on thee, when opportunity offers; אמר לו כשתִּפָּנֶה said he to him, when thou shalt be at leisure (or when thou shalt be dead, v. supra); ib. (Vers. of R. S. to Par. III, 8) לא נ׳ בני שהעריב שמשו my son has found no leisure (to take revenge), for his sun has set (he is dead). Ab. II, 4 אל תאמר לכשאפנה אשנה שמא לא תפנה say not, when I shall be at leisure, I will study; may be thou wilt never find leisure; a. fr. 4) to ease ones self. Sabb.82a הנצרך לִפָּנוֹת ואינו נפנה (Alf. להִפָּנוֹת) he who feels the want of easing himself, and is not relieved; ib. הנצרך ליפנות ואינו יכול ליפנות. Ber.62a ונִפְנִין, v. supra; a. fr. 5) to be released. Pesik. R. l. c., v. supra. Hif. הִפְנָה to vacate.Part. pass. מוּפְנֶה a) free, disengaged, single. Yeb.III, 5 שלשה אחין … ואחד מ׳ three brothera two of whom were married to two sisters, and one is free (unmarried or married to one who is a stranger to his brothers wives); Y. ib. III, 4d top; a. e.b) (dialectical exegesis) free for interpretation, unnecessary for the plain sense or context. Nidd.22b וייצר מ׳ משני צדדין מ׳ … ומ׳ גבי בהמה vayitser is free for interpretation on both sides, it is free with regard to man (Gen. 2:7, because mans creation is mentioned in ויברא, ib. 1:27), and free with regard to beasts (ib. 2:19, their creation being stated in ויעש, ib. 1:25). Ib. כל גזירה שוה שאינה מוּפְנָה כל עיקרוכ׳ analogous words which are not entirely free (in both texts) cannot be made the basis for interpretation as gzerah shavah (v. גְּזֵרָה). Ib. מ׳ מצד אחד free in one of the texts; Sabb.64a; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְפַּנָּה 1) to be vacated, cleared, removed. Y.Naz.IX, 57d bot. כל הקברות מִתְפַּנִּיןוכ׳ all graves may be vacated (transferred), except ; Treat. Smaḥ. ch. XIV. 2) to be released. Pesik. R. l. c. כדי הוא (ש) תִּיתְפּנֶּה he deserves it to have his ship released (ed. Prag כדי הוא שיִתְפַּנֶּה he deserves to be released).

פני, פָּנָה(b. h.) 1) to turn (ones face). Yoma 17b, a. e. שאתה פוֹנֶה, v. פִּינָּה. Y.Ab. Zar. III, 42b sq. (ref. to Lev. 19:4) אל תִּפְנֶה לעובדן do not turn thy face to them to worship them; אל תפנה לראותן ממש it is meant literally, do not turn thy face to look at them; Sifra Kdosh. beg. אל תפנה לראותם וַדַּיי. Ib. תחלתם אלילים הם אם פּוֹנֶה את אחריהןוכ׳ at first they are ‘nothings, but if thou turnest after them, thou wilt make them (thy) gods; Yalk. Lev. 604. Ib.; Sabb.149a (ref. to Lev. l. c.) אל תִּפְנוּ אֶל מדעתכם turn not to the creation of your fancy (Rashi; anoth. interpret., v. infra); a. v. fr. 2) to turn around, go away. Lam. R. to I, 1 כיון ששתה ופ׳ לילך (מעשה) רבתי when he had drunk and turned to go away. Gen. R. s. 68 יצא משם פ׳ זיוה פ׳ הדרה when he (the righteous) goes away from a place, its splendor is gone, its glory is gone; Ruth R. to I, 7. Sifra Kdosh., ch. VIII, Par. 4, a. e. (ref. to ונתתי את פני, Lev. 20:6; cmp. פְּנַאי) פּוֹנֶה אני מכלוכ׳, v. עֵסֶק. Midr. Prov. to 16:11 לִפְנוֹת היום when the day was going away (towards evening); a. v. fr. 3) (act. verb) to turn, pervert. Cant. R. to VII, 9 (play on אח̇ש̇ד̇רפ̇נ̇יא, Dan. 3:2) אלו ארכונות שהן נש̇ח̇ד̇ין ופ̇וני̇ן דיןוכ׳ (not נחשדין) those are the officers that are bribed and turn justice in any direction; ib. שמה̇ד̇ר̇ין פ̇נ̇ים ופ̇ונ̇ין דין who respect persons and pervert justice; a. fr. 4) to turn aside, go out, (euphem.) to ease ones self. Y.Sot.I, 16d אם יִפְנֶה אחר מהן לצורכו if one of them goes out for a human need. Toh. X, 2 ופוֹנִים (Ber.62a ונִפְנִין, Nif.). 5) to vacate (v. infra); to free, release. Pesik. R. s. 42 הספינה … ולא תטריח עליה לִפְנוֹתָהּ (not הטריח) thy friends ship has been seized (for public service), and wilt thou not take pains to release it? ועכשיו של אחרים הוא פוֹנֶה ושלו אינה נפנית and now he releases other mens ships, and shall not his be released.?Part. pass. פָּנוּי; f. פְּנוּיָה vacant, empty, free. Ber.43a אין בית הבליעה פ׳ his œsophagus is not free (which makes speaking dangerous). Y.Kil.III, beg.28c אי אפשר … נקב אחד פ׳וכ׳ it is not possible that there should not be one cavity free for planting ; Y.Sabb.IX, 11d bot. אפשר … פניי (corr. acc.). Num. R. s. 14 והיה הבית פ׳ and the house was empty (none at home); a. fr.V. פָּנוּי. Pi. פִּינָּה 1) to empty, remove, transfer. Sabb.III, 5 המיחם שפִּינָּהוּוכ׳ in the kettle which one has emptied (or: which one has removed from the oven) ; ib. 41a המיחם שפ׳ ממנו מיםוכ׳ in the kettle out of which one has removed the hot water. Ib. XVIII, 1 מְפַנִּיןאפי׳וכ׳ you may clear away (on the Sabbath) even four or five piles … to make room for guests. Y.Gitt.VIII, 49d top אם … איש מְפַנֶּה if the court belongs to the wife, the husband (after divorce) must vacate it, ושל איש אשה מְפַנָּה and if it belongs to the husband, the wife must vacate it; מי מפנה מפני מי which of them must vacate it for the other? Taan.21a בקשו תלמידיו לפַנּוֹת אתוכ׳ his disciples wanted to move his bed first and then his furniture; פַּנּוּ את הכליםוכ׳ move the furniture first. Ab. III, 4 מפנה לבו לבטלה empties his heart (of serious thoughts to make room) for frivolous subjects. Sabb.149a (ref. to Lev. 19:4, v. supra) אל תְּפַנוּ אֵל מדעתכם do not remove God from your minds (to make room for idols). B. Kam.81b מְפַנֵּיהוּ לשדהוכ׳ he must remove the corpse to Y.Maasr.II, 49d רוצה אדם לפנות עסקיווכ׳ (ed. Krot. רוצה הוא אדם לפנע; ed. Zyt. לפלה, corr. acc.) a man is anxious to dispose of his goods in the first place he strikes ; a. fr. 2) to free, acquit. Tanḥ. Vayikra 6 פ׳ לקרתני ולבן פלטריןוכ׳ he acquitted the commoner, but convicted the courtier. Ib. לקרתני פּנִּיתִיוכ׳ I acquitted the commoner, because he knows not the royal customs; a. fr. Nif. נִפְנֶה 1) to turn. Midr. Till. to Ps. 18:5 נִפְנֵיתִי לכאןוכ׳ I turned in all directions, and there is no redeemer but thee; Yalk. Sam. 157; a. e. 2) to be removed, to die. Gen. R. s. 98 שהיה נ׳ מן העולם who was going to die. Tosef.Par.III (II), 8 נ׳ בני my son is dead (v. infra); a. e. 3) to be free, at leisure. Ib. לכשאֶפָּנֶה לך when I shall have leisure for thee, i. e. I shall take revenge on thee, when opportunity offers; אמר לו כשתִּפָּנֶה said he to him, when thou shalt be at leisure (or when thou shalt be dead, v. supra); ib. (Vers. of R. S. to Par. III, 8) לא נ׳ בני שהעריב שמשו my son has found no leisure (to take revenge), for his sun has set (he is dead). Ab. II, 4 אל תאמר לכשאפנה אשנה שמא לא תפנה say not, when I shall be at leisure, I will study; may be thou wilt never find leisure; a. fr. 4) to ease ones self. Sabb.82a הנצרך לִפָּנוֹת ואינו נפנה (Alf. להִפָּנוֹת) he who feels the want of easing himself, and is not relieved; ib. הנצרך ליפנות ואינו יכול ליפנות. Ber.62a ונִפְנִין, v. supra; a. fr. 5) to be released. Pesik. R. l. c., v. supra. Hif. הִפְנָה to vacate.Part. pass. מוּפְנֶה a) free, disengaged, single. Yeb.III, 5 שלשה אחין … ואחד מ׳ three brothera two of whom were married to two sisters, and one is free (unmarried or married to one who is a stranger to his brothers wives); Y. ib. III, 4d top; a. e.b) (dialectical exegesis) free for interpretation, unnecessary for the plain sense or context. Nidd.22b וייצר מ׳ משני צדדין מ׳ … ומ׳ גבי בהמה vayitser is free for interpretation on both sides, it is free with regard to man (Gen. 2:7, because mans creation is mentioned in ויברא, ib. 1:27), and free with regard to beasts (ib. 2:19, their creation being stated in ויעש, ib. 1:25). Ib. כל גזירה שוה שאינה מוּפְנָה כל עיקרוכ׳ analogous words which are not entirely free (in both texts) cannot be made the basis for interpretation as gzerah shavah (v. גְּזֵרָה). Ib. מ׳ מצד אחד free in one of the texts; Sabb.64a; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְפַּנָּה 1) to be vacated, cleared, removed. Y.Naz.IX, 57d bot. כל הקברות מִתְפַּנִּיןוכ׳ all graves may be vacated (transferred), except ; Treat. Smaḥ. ch. XIV. 2) to be released. Pesik. R. l. c. כדי הוא (ש) תִּיתְפּנֶּה he deserves it to have his ship released (ed. Prag כדי הוא שיִתְפַּנֶּה he deserves to be released).

1) to be narrow, slender, young, v. צוֹעֵר, צׇעִיר. 2) to be restrained, suffer privation, pain. Taan.11a, v. infra. Hif. הִצְעִיר to lessen; to subordinate. Gen. R. s. 6 (ref. to הצעיר, Gen. 48:14) על ידי שהיה מַצְעִיר את עסקיווכ׳ because he subordinated his affairs (was contented with lesser services), he was privileged to be invested with the rights of the firstborn; הגדול שהוא מצעירוכ׳ if a great man applies himself to minor services, how much more (is he praiseworthy)!Part. pass. מוּצְעָר, q. v. Pi. צִיעֵר 1) to narrow, restrain; to inflict pain, annoy. Naz.19a; 22a, a. e. (ref. to Num. 6:11) ומה זה שלא צי׳ עצמו … המְצַעֵר עצמווכ׳ if this (Nazarite) who denied himself only the enjoyment of wine is called a sinner, how much more so he who denies himself all enjoyments of life! Taan.11a יִצְעַר … במשה רבינו שצי׳ עצמווכ׳ man must suffer (deny himself enjoyments), when the community suffers; for thus we find that Moses afflicted himself (by sitting on a stone, Ex. 17:12) ; ib. וכל המצער עצמו עםוכ׳ (Ms. M. וכל המצער עם, insert עצמו, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) and he who afflicts himself in sympathy with the community, will be allowed to see the comfort of the community; Yalk. Gen. 148, a. e. המִצְטַעֵר. Snh.11a אתה הוא שצִיעַרְתָּ לאכא wast thou the one who annoyed my father (with the smell of garlic)? Ab. Zar.40b ואתה מְצַעֲרֵינִי and thou didst let me be in pain (without telling me of the remedy)?; a. fr. 2) to suffer. Yalk. Is. 333, v. צָרַר. Hithpa. הִצְטַעֵר, Nithpa. נִצְטַעֵר to feel pain; to suffer privation; to grieve, trouble ones self. Yalk. Gen. l. c., a. e., v. supra. Hag.15b בזמנ שאדם מִצְטַעֵרוכ׳ when a man suffers (the penalty of the law), what does the Shekhinah say?; אם כךהקב״ה מצטערוכ׳ if the Lord thus grieves over the blood of the wicked (convict), how much more does he grieve over the blood of the righteous that is shed!; Ms. M. 1 אם כן מצטער אניוכ׳; Ms. M. 2 מִצְטַעֲרֵנִי if thus I (the Lord) grieve Snh. 46a; Yalk. Deut. 930. Succ.26a, a. e. מצטער פטורוכ׳ he that feels uncomfortable (cold) is exempt from sitting in the Succah (contrad. fr. חולה). Meg.16a sq. אפשר דבר שנצ׳ בו … יכשל בו is it possible that this righteous man (Joseph) should commit the same wrong from which he himself had suffered (to make distinctions between brothers)? Yoma 74b; Y. ib. VIII, 44d top (ref. to Lev. 16:29) יכול ישב … ויִצְטַעֵר you may think, one must sit in the sun or in the cold in order to afflict ones self. Bab. ib. 19b כל ימי הייתי מצט׳ עלוכ׳ all my life-time have I been troubling myself about this verse (Lev. 16:2) thinking, when shall I have an opportunity to carry it into practice (in accordance with the Sadducean interpretation of it) Sifré Deut. 354 הואיל ונִצְטַעַרְנוּוכ׳ since we have gone to the trouble of coming here ; a. fr.

בִּין, בּוּן(b. h.; √בה, v. בוא) to pierce, split, penetrate; whence, to discern, understand; v. Hif. Polel בֹּונֵן (cmp. בֵּין) to cause to penetrate, to saturate. SifraVayikra, Ndab., Par. 12, ch. XIV (ref. to Lev. 2:13) יכול תְּבֹונֵּהוּ from bammelaḥ I might judge, ‘thon must thoroughly saturate it, ת״ל תמלח therefore it says, ‘timlaḥ (thou shalt strew). Men.21a (quoting Sifra l. c.) מאי תבונהו what does the word tbonnehu mean? Said R. b. U. ה״ק יכול יִתְבֹּונֶנּוּ כתבן (taking ת as radical, as if imperat. of a verb תבן, denom. of תֶּבֶן) it means, I might suppose, he must mix it up like straw in clay (v. infra). Said A. to him א״ה יתבוננו מיבעי ליה if so, then it ought to read (in the Sifra) yithbonennu (third person). But said A. (taking it fr. בנה) יכול יעשנו כבניין I might suppose, he shall heap the salt upon it like a building (a pile). Said R. to him, א״ה יבננו מיבעי ליה then it ought to read yibnennu. But said R. (you must correct the Sifra so as to read) יכול תבוניהו (corr. תָּבִינֵיהוּ) thou shalt make it savory … יתן בו טעם כבינה he shall put a taste into it as does understanding into a man, v. טַעַם. (Yalk. Lev. 454: מאי יתבנהו … יכול יתבלני כתבן וטיט … תבינהו מ״ל … יכול יעשנו כבנין …א״ה יבנהו מ״ל … יכול תבינהו … יכול יתן בו טעם בבינהAr. ed. Koh.: יכול תבניהו … מאי תבניהו … יכול יתבלנו (הרבה במלח) כתבן בטיט … יכול יתן בי טעם, correct: יכול תבינהו יתןוכ׳.. Hif. 1) הֹובִין (cmp. הֹובִיר, s. v. בּוּר) (denomin. of בֵּין) to mediate, to be interpreter. Ab. Zar.III, 5 (45a) אני אֹובִין לפניך (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 8) let me be thy interpreter (let me explain what you mean) כל מקוםוכ׳ (the words על ההריםוכ׳, Deut. 12:2, are explanatory) wherever thou findest a high mountain, know there must be an idol. (In the version אני אהיה אוביןוכ׳, אֹובֵין is used as a part. of a verb אָבֵין, denomin. of בֵּין, to act as a mediator or interpreter. 2) הֵבִין (b. h.) to perceive, make intelligible, esp. to find analogies (between two cases). ה׳ דבר מתוך דבר prop. to bring out one thing from between another, i. e. to form a conclusion by analogy. Sabb.31a הֵבַנְתָּה וב׳ hast thou cultivated thy mind to conclude (ref. to דעת Is. 33:6). Snh.93b; a. fr. Ḥag.II, 1 (11b) חכם מֵבִין מדעתו (not ומבין, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) a student able to speculate by himself, a thinker.Ib. 13a bot. היה מֵבִין בהשמל speculated over the ḥashmal (Ezek. 1:27); a. fr. Hithpo. a. Nithpo. הִתְבֹּונֵן, נִתְבֹּונָן to understand ones self, to be careful, to reflect. B. Kam.27b להתבונן בדרכים to look around on roads (to be prepared for something in their way against which they might strike). Gen. R. s. 34 ויבן כתי׳ נתבונן the word ויבן (he built, Gen. 8:20) may be read vayaben, i. e. he reflected, argued.

בִּין, בּוּן(b. h.; √בה, v. בוא) to pierce, split, penetrate; whence, to discern, understand; v. Hif. Polel בֹּונֵן (cmp. בֵּין) to cause to penetrate, to saturate. SifraVayikra, Ndab., Par. 12, ch. XIV (ref. to Lev. 2:13) יכול תְּבֹונֵּהוּ from bammelaḥ I might judge, ‘thon must thoroughly saturate it, ת״ל תמלח therefore it says, ‘timlaḥ (thou shalt strew). Men.21a (quoting Sifra l. c.) מאי תבונהו what does the word tbonnehu mean? Said R. b. U. ה״ק יכול יִתְבֹּונֶנּוּ כתבן (taking ת as radical, as if imperat. of a verb תבן, denom. of תֶּבֶן) it means, I might suppose, he must mix it up like straw in clay (v. infra). Said A. to him א״ה יתבוננו מיבעי ליה if so, then it ought to read (in the Sifra) yithbonennu (third person). But said A. (taking it fr. בנה) יכול יעשנו כבניין I might suppose, he shall heap the salt upon it like a building (a pile). Said R. to him, א״ה יבננו מיבעי ליה then it ought to read yibnennu. But said R. (you must correct the Sifra so as to read) יכול תבוניהו (corr. תָּבִינֵיהוּ) thou shalt make it savory … יתן בו טעם כבינה he shall put a taste into it as does understanding into a man, v. טַעַם. (Yalk. Lev. 454: מאי יתבנהו … יכול יתבלני כתבן וטיט … תבינהו מ״ל … יכול יעשנו כבנין …א״ה יבנהו מ״ל … יכול תבינהו … יכול יתן בו טעם בבינהAr. ed. Koh.: יכול תבניהו … מאי תבניהו … יכול יתבלנו (הרבה במלח) כתבן בטיט … יכול יתן בי טעם, correct: יכול תבינהו יתןוכ׳.. Hif. 1) הֹובִין (cmp. הֹובִיר, s. v. בּוּר) (denomin. of בֵּין) to mediate, to be interpreter. Ab. Zar.III, 5 (45a) אני אֹובִין לפניך (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 8) let me be thy interpreter (let me explain what you mean) כל מקוםוכ׳ (the words על ההריםוכ׳, Deut. 12:2, are explanatory) wherever thou findest a high mountain, know there must be an idol. (In the version אני אהיה אוביןוכ׳, אֹובֵין is used as a part. of a verb אָבֵין, denomin. of בֵּין, to act as a mediator or interpreter. 2) הֵבִין (b. h.) to perceive, make intelligible, esp. to find analogies (between two cases). ה׳ דבר מתוך דבר prop. to bring out one thing from between another, i. e. to form a conclusion by analogy. Sabb.31a הֵבַנְתָּה וב׳ hast thou cultivated thy mind to conclude (ref. to דעת Is. 33:6). Snh.93b; a. fr. Ḥag.II, 1 (11b) חכם מֵבִין מדעתו (not ומבין, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) a student able to speculate by himself, a thinker.Ib. 13a bot. היה מֵבִין בהשמל speculated over the ḥashmal (Ezek. 1:27); a. fr. Hithpo. a. Nithpo. הִתְבֹּונֵן, נִתְבֹּונָן to understand ones self, to be careful, to reflect. B. Kam.27b להתבונן בדרכים to look around on roads (to be prepared for something in their way against which they might strike). Gen. R. s. 34 ויבן כתי׳ נתבונן the word ויבן (he built, Gen. 8:20) may be read vayaben, i. e. he reflected, argued.

בִּין, בּוּן(b. h.; √בה, v. בוא) to pierce, split, penetrate; whence, to discern, understand; v. Hif. Polel בֹּונֵן (cmp. בֵּין) to cause to penetrate, to saturate. SifraVayikra, Ndab., Par. 12, ch. XIV (ref. to Lev. 2:13) יכול תְּבֹונֵּהוּ from bammelaḥ I might judge, ‘thon must thoroughly saturate it, ת״ל תמלח therefore it says, ‘timlaḥ (thou shalt strew). Men.21a (quoting Sifra l. c.) מאי תבונהו what does the word tbonnehu mean? Said R. b. U. ה״ק יכול יִתְבֹּונֶנּוּ כתבן (taking ת as radical, as if imperat. of a verb תבן, denom. of תֶּבֶן) it means, I might suppose, he must mix it up like straw in clay (v. infra). Said A. to him א״ה יתבוננו מיבעי ליה if so, then it ought to read (in the Sifra) yithbonennu (third person). But said A. (taking it fr. בנה) יכול יעשנו כבניין I might suppose, he shall heap the salt upon it like a building (a pile). Said R. to him, א״ה יבננו מיבעי ליה then it ought to read yibnennu. But said R. (you must correct the Sifra so as to read) יכול תבוניהו (corr. תָּבִינֵיהוּ) thou shalt make it savory … יתן בו טעם כבינה he shall put a taste into it as does understanding into a man, v. טַעַם. (Yalk. Lev. 454: מאי יתבנהו … יכול יתבלני כתבן וטיט … תבינהו מ״ל … יכול יעשנו כבנין …א״ה יבנהו מ״ל … יכול תבינהו … יכול יתן בו טעם בבינהAr. ed. Koh.: יכול תבניהו … מאי תבניהו … יכול יתבלנו (הרבה במלח) כתבן בטיט … יכול יתן בי טעם, correct: יכול תבינהו יתןוכ׳.. Hif. 1) הֹובִין (cmp. הֹובִיר, s. v. בּוּר) (denomin. of בֵּין) to mediate, to be interpreter. Ab. Zar.III, 5 (45a) אני אֹובִין לפניך (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 8) let me be thy interpreter (let me explain what you mean) כל מקוםוכ׳ (the words על ההריםוכ׳, Deut. 12:2, are explanatory) wherever thou findest a high mountain, know there must be an idol. (In the version אני אהיה אוביןוכ׳, אֹובֵין is used as a part. of a verb אָבֵין, denomin. of בֵּין, to act as a mediator or interpreter. 2) הֵבִין (b. h.) to perceive, make intelligible, esp. to find analogies (between two cases). ה׳ דבר מתוך דבר prop. to bring out one thing from between another, i. e. to form a conclusion by analogy. Sabb.31a הֵבַנְתָּה וב׳ hast thou cultivated thy mind to conclude (ref. to דעת Is. 33:6). Snh.93b; a. fr. Ḥag.II, 1 (11b) חכם מֵבִין מדעתו (not ומבין, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) a student able to speculate by himself, a thinker.Ib. 13a bot. היה מֵבִין בהשמל speculated over the ḥashmal (Ezek. 1:27); a. fr. Hithpo. a. Nithpo. הִתְבֹּונֵן, נִתְבֹּונָן to understand ones self, to be careful, to reflect. B. Kam.27b להתבונן בדרכים to look around on roads (to be prepared for something in their way against which they might strike). Gen. R. s. 34 ויבן כתי׳ נתבונן the word ויבן (he built, Gen. 8:20) may be read vayaben, i. e. he reflected, argued.

בִּין, בּוּן(b. h.; √בה, v. בוא) to pierce, split, penetrate; whence, to discern, understand; v. Hif. Polel בֹּונֵן (cmp. בֵּין) to cause to penetrate, to saturate. SifraVayikra, Ndab., Par. 12, ch. XIV (ref. to Lev. 2:13) יכול תְּבֹונֵּהוּ from bammelaḥ I might judge, ‘thon must thoroughly saturate it, ת״ל תמלח therefore it says, ‘timlaḥ (thou shalt strew). Men.21a (quoting Sifra l. c.) מאי תבונהו what does the word tbonnehu mean? Said R. b. U. ה״ק יכול יִתְבֹּונֶנּוּ כתבן (taking ת as radical, as if imperat. of a verb תבן, denom. of תֶּבֶן) it means, I might suppose, he must mix it up like straw in clay (v. infra). Said A. to him א״ה יתבוננו מיבעי ליה if so, then it ought to read (in the Sifra) yithbonennu (third person). But said A. (taking it fr. בנה) יכול יעשנו כבניין I might suppose, he shall heap the salt upon it like a building (a pile). Said R. to him, א״ה יבננו מיבעי ליה then it ought to read yibnennu. But said R. (you must correct the Sifra so as to read) יכול תבוניהו (corr. תָּבִינֵיהוּ) thou shalt make it savory … יתן בו טעם כבינה he shall put a taste into it as does understanding into a man, v. טַעַם. (Yalk. Lev. 454: מאי יתבנהו … יכול יתבלני כתבן וטיט … תבינהו מ״ל … יכול יעשנו כבנין …א״ה יבנהו מ״ל … יכול תבינהו … יכול יתן בו טעם בבינהAr. ed. Koh.: יכול תבניהו … מאי תבניהו … יכול יתבלנו (הרבה במלח) כתבן בטיט … יכול יתן בי טעם, correct: יכול תבינהו יתןוכ׳.. Hif. 1) הֹובִין (cmp. הֹובִיר, s. v. בּוּר) (denomin. of בֵּין) to mediate, to be interpreter. Ab. Zar.III, 5 (45a) אני אֹובִין לפניך (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 8) let me be thy interpreter (let me explain what you mean) כל מקוםוכ׳ (the words על ההריםוכ׳, Deut. 12:2, are explanatory) wherever thou findest a high mountain, know there must be an idol. (In the version אני אהיה אוביןוכ׳, אֹובֵין is used as a part. of a verb אָבֵין, denomin. of בֵּין, to act as a mediator or interpreter. 2) הֵבִין (b. h.) to perceive, make intelligible, esp. to find analogies (between two cases). ה׳ דבר מתוך דבר prop. to bring out one thing from between another, i. e. to form a conclusion by analogy. Sabb.31a הֵבַנְתָּה וב׳ hast thou cultivated thy mind to conclude (ref. to דעת Is. 33:6). Snh.93b; a. fr. Ḥag.II, 1 (11b) חכם מֵבִין מדעתו (not ומבין, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) a student able to speculate by himself, a thinker.Ib. 13a bot. היה מֵבִין בהשמל speculated over the ḥashmal (Ezek. 1:27); a. fr. Hithpo. a. Nithpo. הִתְבֹּונֵן, נִתְבֹּונָן to understand ones self, to be careful, to reflect. B. Kam.27b להתבונן בדרכים to look around on roads (to be prepared for something in their way against which they might strike). Gen. R. s. 34 ויבן כתי׳ נתבונן the word ויבן (he built, Gen. 8:20) may be read vayaben, i. e. he reflected, argued.

חָבַט(b. h.; cmp. חבש, הבל) ( to use force, 1) to press down. Erub.42b תקרת … חוֹבֶטֶת the roofing of the house presses upon him (keeps him mindful of the Sabbath limit); v. חָבוּט. B. Mets.80b חֲבָטוֹ לאלתר (Ar. חבסו, v. חָבַס) the load pressed him down immediately (before he could find out that it was too heavy for him). Snh.19b חֲבָטָן בקרקע pressed them into the ground. Succ.IV, 6 (45a) חוֹבְטִין אותןע״ג קרקע בצידי המזבח Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 10) they laid them down closely upon one another on the ground by the altar (opp. to זוקפין, Ib. IV, 4). Keth.39a צער שחֲבָטָהּע״גוכ׳ ‘the pain (Mish. ib. 3:4) refers to his pressing her down on the hard ground. 2) to force, to knock open, esp. to knock upon olives to make them burst, before putting them under the press, or upon ears to thresh the grain out. Ex. R. s. 36, beg. מורידין … ונחבט ומשחוֹבְטִיןוכ׳ they take the olive down and it is knocked upon, and after knocking it, they put it into the vat (corresp. to כתש, Men.VIII, 4). Ib. באין או״ה … וחובטין … ממקיםוכ׳ the gentiles come and knock them (the Israelites) from place to place. Men.X, 4; a. e.Part. pass. חָבוּט mashed. Sabb.80b בח׳ when the lime is mashed (and mixed with water); Y. ib. VIII, 11b bot. בחביט (corr. acc.). 3) to lay down for receiving lashes, in gen. to punish, bind over. Gitt.IX, 8 ובנכרים חובטין אותווכ׳ but when the gentile authorities bind him over and say, Do as the Israelites tell thee, (the letter of divorce so enforced) is valid (differ. vers. in Y. ed.); Tosef.Yeb. XII, 13.Tosef.Sot.XV, 7 מסרוהו לבעל זמורה וחֲבָטוֹ ed. Zuck. Var. (Y. Ib. IX, 24b top וחבשו) they gave him in charge of the rod-bearer (v. זְמוֹרָה), and he tried to force him (into submission). Midd. I, 2 חוֹבְטוֹ במקלו he punishes him with his cane. Nif. נֶחְבַּט to be knocked upon; to strike against. Ex. R. s. 36, v. supra.Keth.36b מפני שנֶחְבֶּטֶתוכ׳ because the blind girl may have struck against something (and fallen, so as to have lost her virginity by the shock). Ḥull.51b עוף שנ׳ עלוכ׳ a bird that fell with force upon water.Koh. R. to VII, 8, v. infra. Pi. חִיבֵּט to press down, throw down. Keth. l. c. חִיבְּטָהּע״ג שיראין if he forced her down on (soft) silk garments. Hithpa. חִתְחַבֵּט, נִתְחַבֵּט to prostrate ones self (in prayer, in deep commotion). Gen. R. s. 91 חיה מִתְחַבֵּט לפני רגליווכ׳ he threw himself to the feet of every one (with ref. to Gen. 42:21). Ib. s. 70; Num. R. s. 8, end; Yalk. Gen. 123 דבר שנתח׳וכ׳ a thing for which that patriarch (Jacob) begged in prostration; Koh. R. to VII, 8 שנֶחְבַּט. Deut. R. s. 2, beg. עכשיו הוא מתחנן ומתח׳ now he supplicates and prostrates himself; a. fr.

חָבַט(b. h.; cmp. חבש, הבל) ( to use force, 1) to press down. Erub.42b תקרת … חוֹבֶטֶת the roofing of the house presses upon him (keeps him mindful of the Sabbath limit); v. חָבוּט. B. Mets.80b חֲבָטוֹ לאלתר (Ar. חבסו, v. חָבַס) the load pressed him down immediately (before he could find out that it was too heavy for him). Snh.19b חֲבָטָן בקרקע pressed them into the ground. Succ.IV, 6 (45a) חוֹבְטִין אותןע״ג קרקע בצידי המזבח Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 10) they laid them down closely upon one another on the ground by the altar (opp. to זוקפין, Ib. IV, 4). Keth.39a צער שחֲבָטָהּע״גוכ׳ ‘the pain (Mish. ib. 3:4) refers to his pressing her down on the hard ground. 2) to force, to knock open, esp. to knock upon olives to make them burst, before putting them under the press, or upon ears to thresh the grain out. Ex. R. s. 36, beg. מורידין … ונחבט ומשחוֹבְטִיןוכ׳ they take the olive down and it is knocked upon, and after knocking it, they put it into the vat (corresp. to כתש, Men.VIII, 4). Ib. באין או״ה … וחובטין … ממקיםוכ׳ the gentiles come and knock them (the Israelites) from place to place. Men.X, 4; a. e.Part. pass. חָבוּט mashed. Sabb.80b בח׳ when the lime is mashed (and mixed with water); Y. ib. VIII, 11b bot. בחביט (corr. acc.). 3) to lay down for receiving lashes, in gen. to punish, bind over. Gitt.IX, 8 ובנכרים חובטין אותווכ׳ but when the gentile authorities bind him over and say, Do as the Israelites tell thee, (the letter of divorce so enforced) is valid (differ. vers. in Y. ed.); Tosef.Yeb. XII, 13.Tosef.Sot.XV, 7 מסרוהו לבעל זמורה וחֲבָטוֹ ed. Zuck. Var. (Y. Ib. IX, 24b top וחבשו) they gave him in charge of the rod-bearer (v. זְמוֹרָה), and he tried to force him (into submission). Midd. I, 2 חוֹבְטוֹ במקלו he punishes him with his cane. Nif. נֶחְבַּט to be knocked upon; to strike against. Ex. R. s. 36, v. supra.Keth.36b מפני שנֶחְבֶּטֶתוכ׳ because the blind girl may have struck against something (and fallen, so as to have lost her virginity by the shock). Ḥull.51b עוף שנ׳ עלוכ׳ a bird that fell with force upon water.Koh. R. to VII, 8, v. infra. Pi. חִיבֵּט to press down, throw down. Keth. l. c. חִיבְּטָהּע״ג שיראין if he forced her down on (soft) silk garments. Hithpa. חִתְחַבֵּט, נִתְחַבֵּט to prostrate ones self (in prayer, in deep commotion). Gen. R. s. 91 חיה מִתְחַבֵּט לפני רגליווכ׳ he threw himself to the feet of every one (with ref. to Gen. 42:21). Ib. s. 70; Num. R. s. 8, end; Yalk. Gen. 123 דבר שנתח׳וכ׳ a thing for which that patriarch (Jacob) begged in prostration; Koh. R. to VII, 8 שנֶחְבַּט. Deut. R. s. 2, beg. עכשיו הוא מתחנן ומתח׳ now he supplicates and prostrates himself; a. fr.

יָדַע(b. h.; cmp. יָדָה) (to point out, select, love, 1) to recognize, know; to find out. Pes.87b כיון שי׳ שחטא when he was convinced that he had done wrong. Ib. ואין אתה יוֹדֵעַ אםוכ׳ and thou knowest not whether Ib. יודעהקב״ה את ישראלוכ׳ the Lord knows that Israel cannot endure the cruel persecutions of Rome (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note); Yalk. Hos. 529. Shebu.4b; ib. 5a. ונעלם מבלל שי׳ it says, ‘and it escaped his memory (Lev. 5:3)this proves that there was a time when he knew (the nature of his act, v. יְדִיעָה). Zeb.115b דבר זה … ולא יְדָעוֹוכ׳ this word (Ex. 29:43) the Lord had said to Moses, but he did not understand it, until the sons of Aaron died. Ib. כיון שי׳ … יְדוּעֵי מקום הן when Aaron learned that his sons were the chosen of the Lord (Lev. 10:3); a. v. fr.Part. pass. יָדוּעַ a) chosen. Pl. יְדוּעִים, constr. יְדוּעֵי, v. supra.b) known, special, certain. Sifra Vayikra, Ḥobah, Par. 6, ch. VIII חטא י׳ a known (discovered) sin, v. יְדִיעָה. Y.Sot.I, 16c טומאה יְדוּעָה (not ידוע) an ascertained levitical uncleanness, opp. ספק; a. fr.בְּיָדוּעַ it is sure. R. Hash. 20b בי׳ שנראהוכ׳ the moon must have been visible Succ.49b כל אדם … בי׳ שהואוכ׳ a popular man (v. חֵן) is, you may be sure, a God-fearing man; a. fr. 2) (euphem.) to have sexual intercourse with. Yeb.57a בלא יְדָעָהּ when he never had connection with her. Esth. R. to III, 7 שלא יְדָעָהּ אישוכ׳ whom no man except her husband touched; a. e. Hif. הוֹדִיעַ to make known, inform. Gen. R. s. 22, beg. (ref. to Gen. 4:1, reading יִדַּע for homiletical purposes) ה׳ דרך ארץ לכל he showed to all the way of the land (propagation, v. דֶּרֶךְ). Ḥull.V, 3 צריך להוֹדִיעַ must inform (the purchaser). Ab. IV, 22 לֵידַע להודיע ולהִוָּורַע to learn, to proclaim and to be made to feel (be thoroughly convinced). Sabb.10b צריך להוֹדִיעוֹ must inform him. Ib. לך והוֹדִיעֵם go and tell them. Ib. הנותן … צריך לה׳ לאמו he who gives bread to a child must inform his mother; a. fr. Hof. הוֹדַע to be informed, become conscious; to be made known. Shebu. I, 6 ה׳ ולאה׳ whether he became conscious (of his transgression) or not. Sifra Vayikra, Ḥobah, ch. 20, Par. 12 (ref. to Lev. 4:23; 28) אתה׳ שלהם when they become known; a. fr.B. Bath. 113b הוֹדְעָה Ms. M. (v. אָרַע II). Nif. נוֹדַע same. Hor.III, 3. Ab. IV, 22, v. supra. Shebu.9b שסופו לִיוָּדַע of which he is likely to be informed. Ḥull.9a עד שיִוָּדַע לך, v. חֲזָקָה. Nidd.IX, 5, v. infra; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְוַודַּע, Nithpa. נִתְוַודַּע 1) same. Bekh.25b עד שיִתְוַורַּע הטומאה (Nidd. l. c. עד שיודע לךוכ׳) until he ascertains the exact place of uncleanness; Pes.10a עד שתִּיוָּדַע לך Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.). Y.Sabb.III, 6b נתודע לווכ׳ he found it out after sunset; a. fr. 2) (v. מוֹדַע) to force ones self upon the notice of, to pretend friendship for. Ab. I, 10 אל תִּתְוַדַּע לרשות do not make thyself a partisan of the (foreign) government.

יָדַע(b. h.; cmp. יָדָה) (to point out, select, love, 1) to recognize, know; to find out. Pes.87b כיון שי׳ שחטא when he was convinced that he had done wrong. Ib. ואין אתה יוֹדֵעַ אםוכ׳ and thou knowest not whether Ib. יודעהקב״ה את ישראלוכ׳ the Lord knows that Israel cannot endure the cruel persecutions of Rome (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note); Yalk. Hos. 529. Shebu.4b; ib. 5a. ונעלם מבלל שי׳ it says, ‘and it escaped his memory (Lev. 5:3)this proves that there was a time when he knew (the nature of his act, v. יְדִיעָה). Zeb.115b דבר זה … ולא יְדָעוֹוכ׳ this word (Ex. 29:43) the Lord had said to Moses, but he did not understand it, until the sons of Aaron died. Ib. כיון שי׳ … יְדוּעֵי מקום הן when Aaron learned that his sons were the chosen of the Lord (Lev. 10:3); a. v. fr.Part. pass. יָדוּעַ a) chosen. Pl. יְדוּעִים, constr. יְדוּעֵי, v. supra.b) known, special, certain. Sifra Vayikra, Ḥobah, Par. 6, ch. VIII חטא י׳ a known (discovered) sin, v. יְדִיעָה. Y.Sot.I, 16c טומאה יְדוּעָה (not ידוע) an ascertained levitical uncleanness, opp. ספק; a. fr.בְּיָדוּעַ it is sure. R. Hash. 20b בי׳ שנראהוכ׳ the moon must have been visible Succ.49b כל אדם … בי׳ שהואוכ׳ a popular man (v. חֵן) is, you may be sure, a God-fearing man; a. fr. 2) (euphem.) to have sexual intercourse with. Yeb.57a בלא יְדָעָהּ when he never had connection with her. Esth. R. to III, 7 שלא יְדָעָהּ אישוכ׳ whom no man except her husband touched; a. e. Hif. הוֹדִיעַ to make known, inform. Gen. R. s. 22, beg. (ref. to Gen. 4:1, reading יִדַּע for homiletical purposes) ה׳ דרך ארץ לכל he showed to all the way of the land (propagation, v. דֶּרֶךְ). Ḥull.V, 3 צריך להוֹדִיעַ must inform (the purchaser). Ab. IV, 22 לֵידַע להודיע ולהִוָּורַע to learn, to proclaim and to be made to feel (be thoroughly convinced). Sabb.10b צריך להוֹדִיעוֹ must inform him. Ib. לך והוֹדִיעֵם go and tell them. Ib. הנותן … צריך לה׳ לאמו he who gives bread to a child must inform his mother; a. fr. Hof. הוֹדַע to be informed, become conscious; to be made known. Shebu. I, 6 ה׳ ולאה׳ whether he became conscious (of his transgression) or not. Sifra Vayikra, Ḥobah, ch. 20, Par. 12 (ref. to Lev. 4:23; 28) אתה׳ שלהם when they become known; a. fr.B. Bath. 113b הוֹדְעָה Ms. M. (v. אָרַע II). Nif. נוֹדַע same. Hor.III, 3. Ab. IV, 22, v. supra. Shebu.9b שסופו לִיוָּדַע of which he is likely to be informed. Ḥull.9a עד שיִוָּדַע לך, v. חֲזָקָה. Nidd.IX, 5, v. infra; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְוַודַּע, Nithpa. נִתְוַודַּע 1) same. Bekh.25b עד שיִתְוַורַּע הטומאה (Nidd. l. c. עד שיודע לךוכ׳) until he ascertains the exact place of uncleanness; Pes.10a עד שתִּיוָּדַע לך Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.). Y.Sabb.III, 6b נתודע לווכ׳ he found it out after sunset; a. fr. 2) (v. מוֹדַע) to force ones self upon the notice of, to pretend friendship for. Ab. I, 10 אל תִּתְוַדַּע לרשות do not make thyself a partisan of the (foreign) government.

סָמַךְ(b. h.) (to close, join, 1) to pack, make close, stamp. Shebi. III, 8 לא יִסְמוֹךְ בעפר one should not support the dam by packing earth upon it, v. סָבַךְ. Gen. R. s. 5 סְמָבָןוכ׳ he crowded them between (Lev. R. s. 10 שָׂמָן); a. e. 2) to support, stem. Midr. Till. to Ps. 136, עוג היה … וסוֹמְכוֹ Og broke a mountain loòse and threw it on the Israelites …, Moses took a pebble and mentioned the Holy Name over it and stemmed its fall; הידים שכך סוֹמְכוֹת the hands which thus stem (the mountain); Deut. R. s. 1, end; a. e. 3) to bring close, to join. Y.Sabb.III, 5d bot. אפי׳ לִסְמוֹךְ לו even to place a vessel close to it (to be warmed); Bab. ib. 38b. Y.Kil.II, 27d סוֹמְכִין עומריןוכ׳ you may put packed sheaves by the side of Kil. II, 7 לסמוך לווכ׳ to plant closely adjoining to it Ib. 8; a. fr.Esp. (sub. יד) a) to press hands on the head of a sacrifice (to indicate ownership). Men.IX, 8 הכל סוֹמְכִיןוכ׳ all persons are entitled to lay hands on their sacrifices, except Ḥag.II, 2 שלא לסמוך that the laying on of hands must not be done on the Holy Days. Ib. 3 ואין סומכין עליהם but hands must not be laid on them; a. fr.b) to lay hands on the head of a scholar, in gen. to ordain. Snh.14a the government decreed שכל הסומך יהרגוכ׳ that whosoever ordained a scholar should be put to death, and whosoever be ordained should be put to death, ועיר שסומכיןוכ׳ and the town wherein the ordination takes place Ib. וס׳ שם חמשהוכ׳ and he ordained there five elders. Ib. ר״מ לא סְמָכוֹר״ע that R. Akiba never ordained R. M.Ib. סומכין בארץ ונִסְמָכִיןוכ׳ if those ordaining stand on Palestinean ground, and those to be ordained outside of Palestine; a. fr. 4) to lean, to rely. Ber.9a, a. fr., v. כְּדָיי. Erub.65b נִסְמוֹךְ עלוכ׳ let us rely on the opinion of ; a. fr.Trnsf. a) to support; to find support for an opinion or a rule, (v. אַסְמַכְתָּא). Y.Shebi.X, 39c bot. (ref. to Deut. 15:3) מיכן סָמְכוּ לפרוזבולוכ׳ here they found a support for the prosbol as a Biblical institution, expl. בשהתקין הלל סְמָכוּהוּוכ׳ when Hillel had instituted it, they supported it by reference to b) (with ענין) to bring under the same rule laws which are joined in the Biblical text. Yeb.4a (ref. to Ex. 22:17 a. 18) סמכו עניין לווכ׳ they brought the subject (verse 17) close to it (verse 18) (to intimate) as the punishment for the one is stoning, so is it for the other. Ib. וכי מפני שסמכווכ׳ can we put a person to death on an intimation suggested merely by the neighborhood of two subjects? (v. סְמוּכִים, infra).Part. pass. סָמוּךְ; f. סְמוּכָה; pl. סְמוּכִים, סְמוּכִין; סְמוּכוֹת a) near, close by. Meg.3b וכל הס׳ לו and all (the inhabited area) adjoining it. Men.98a, a. e. על בס׳ the preposition ʿal means immediately on. Sifré Num. 131 הרבה פרשיות ס׳וכ׳ many sections (in the Torah) adjoin one another, and yet are (mentally) as far from one another Sabb.I, 2 ס׳ למנחה near Minḥah time; a. v. fr.Esp. סְמוּכִין, סְמוּכִים the interpretation founded on the fact of local junction of texts (v. supra). Yeb. l. c. ס׳ מן התורה מנין where is it intimated that Biblical texts are to be interpreted on the basis of proximity? Answ. (ref. to Ps. 111:8): they are arranged Ib. מאן דלא דריש ס׳ he who does not adopt the interpretation based on textual proximity. Ber.10a; a. fr.b) strong, hardened. Num. R. s. 9 לבה ס׳ עליהם her heart is hardened towards them (and their presence will prevent her from confessing her guilt); cmp. גּוּס I. Nif. נִסְמַךְ 1) to be adjoined. Ber. l. c. למה נִסְמְכָהוכ׳ why has the section referring to Absalom (Ps. 3) been joined to that relating to Gog and Magog (Ps. 2)? Tanḥ. Ḥuck. 20 ונ׳ להרוכ׳ and is close to the mountain opposite. M. Kat. 28a; a. fr. 2) to be ordained. Snh. l. c., v. supra. Yoma 87a שראויין לִיסָּמֵךְ who are worthy to be ordained; a. fr. Pi. סִימֵּךְ to support, prop. Y.Maasr.II, 50a top המְסַמֵּךְ בגפנים he who props vines. Yalk. Ex. 244 עוזר ומסמך אתהוכ׳ thou art a helper and supporter to all ; a. e.Part. pass. מְסוּמָּךְ, pl. מְסוּמָּכִין. Kel. II, 2 יושבין שלא מ׳ (vessels or fragments of vessels) resting without the need of a support. Hif. הִסְמִיךְ to pack, tread. Y. Maasr. l. c. ברגליו מַסְמִיךְ working with his feet is he who packs (sheaves ; Y.B. Mets.VII, beg.11b מקמץ). Hithpa. הִסְתַּמֵּךְ, Nithpa. נִסְתַּמֵּךְ to lean ones self. Gen. R. s. 45, end היתה מִסְתַּמֶּכֶת עלוכ׳ was leaning on her hand-maid. Sifré Num. 131 והיה מִסְתַּמֵּךְוכ׳ and he went off leaning on his stick; a. e.

סָמַךְ(b. h.) (to close, join, 1) to pack, make close, stamp. Shebi. III, 8 לא יִסְמוֹךְ בעפר one should not support the dam by packing earth upon it, v. סָבַךְ. Gen. R. s. 5 סְמָבָןוכ׳ he crowded them between (Lev. R. s. 10 שָׂמָן); a. e. 2) to support, stem. Midr. Till. to Ps. 136, עוג היה … וסוֹמְכוֹ Og broke a mountain loòse and threw it on the Israelites …, Moses took a pebble and mentioned the Holy Name over it and stemmed its fall; הידים שכך סוֹמְכוֹת the hands which thus stem (the mountain); Deut. R. s. 1, end; a. e. 3) to bring close, to join. Y.Sabb.III, 5d bot. אפי׳ לִסְמוֹךְ לו even to place a vessel close to it (to be warmed); Bab. ib. 38b. Y.Kil.II, 27d סוֹמְכִין עומריןוכ׳ you may put packed sheaves by the side of Kil. II, 7 לסמוך לווכ׳ to plant closely adjoining to it Ib. 8; a. fr.Esp. (sub. יד) a) to press hands on the head of a sacrifice (to indicate ownership). Men.IX, 8 הכל סוֹמְכִיןוכ׳ all persons are entitled to lay hands on their sacrifices, except Ḥag.II, 2 שלא לסמוך that the laying on of hands must not be done on the Holy Days. Ib. 3 ואין סומכין עליהם but hands must not be laid on them; a. fr.b) to lay hands on the head of a scholar, in gen. to ordain. Snh.14a the government decreed שכל הסומך יהרגוכ׳ that whosoever ordained a scholar should be put to death, and whosoever be ordained should be put to death, ועיר שסומכיןוכ׳ and the town wherein the ordination takes place Ib. וס׳ שם חמשהוכ׳ and he ordained there five elders. Ib. ר״מ לא סְמָכוֹר״ע that R. Akiba never ordained R. M.Ib. סומכין בארץ ונִסְמָכִיןוכ׳ if those ordaining stand on Palestinean ground, and those to be ordained outside of Palestine; a. fr. 4) to lean, to rely. Ber.9a, a. fr., v. כְּדָיי. Erub.65b נִסְמוֹךְ עלוכ׳ let us rely on the opinion of ; a. fr.Trnsf. a) to support; to find support for an opinion or a rule, (v. אַסְמַכְתָּא). Y.Shebi.X, 39c bot. (ref. to Deut. 15:3) מיכן סָמְכוּ לפרוזבולוכ׳ here they found a support for the prosbol as a Biblical institution, expl. בשהתקין הלל סְמָכוּהוּוכ׳ when Hillel had instituted it, they supported it by reference to b) (with ענין) to bring under the same rule laws which are joined in the Biblical text. Yeb.4a (ref. to Ex. 22:17 a. 18) סמכו עניין לווכ׳ they brought the subject (verse 17) close to it (verse 18) (to intimate) as the punishment for the one is stoning, so is it for the other. Ib. וכי מפני שסמכווכ׳ can we put a person to death on an intimation suggested merely by the neighborhood of two subjects? (v. סְמוּכִים, infra).Part. pass. סָמוּךְ; f. סְמוּכָה; pl. סְמוּכִים, סְמוּכִין; סְמוּכוֹת a) near, close by. Meg.3b וכל הס׳ לו and all (the inhabited area) adjoining it. Men.98a, a. e. על בס׳ the preposition ʿal means immediately on. Sifré Num. 131 הרבה פרשיות ס׳וכ׳ many sections (in the Torah) adjoin one another, and yet are (mentally) as far from one another Sabb.I, 2 ס׳ למנחה near Minḥah time; a. v. fr.Esp. סְמוּכִין, סְמוּכִים the interpretation founded on the fact of local junction of texts (v. supra). Yeb. l. c. ס׳ מן התורה מנין where is it intimated that Biblical texts are to be interpreted on the basis of proximity? Answ. (ref. to Ps. 111:8): they are arranged Ib. מאן דלא דריש ס׳ he who does not adopt the interpretation based on textual proximity. Ber.10a; a. fr.b) strong, hardened. Num. R. s. 9 לבה ס׳ עליהם her heart is hardened towards them (and their presence will prevent her from confessing her guilt); cmp. גּוּס I. Nif. נִסְמַךְ 1) to be adjoined. Ber. l. c. למה נִסְמְכָהוכ׳ why has the section referring to Absalom (Ps. 3) been joined to that relating to Gog and Magog (Ps. 2)? Tanḥ. Ḥuck. 20 ונ׳ להרוכ׳ and is close to the mountain opposite. M. Kat. 28a; a. fr. 2) to be ordained. Snh. l. c., v. supra. Yoma 87a שראויין לִיסָּמֵךְ who are worthy to be ordained; a. fr. Pi. סִימֵּךְ to support, prop. Y.Maasr.II, 50a top המְסַמֵּךְ בגפנים he who props vines. Yalk. Ex. 244 עוזר ומסמך אתהוכ׳ thou art a helper and supporter to all ; a. e.Part. pass. מְסוּמָּךְ, pl. מְסוּמָּכִין. Kel. II, 2 יושבין שלא מ׳ (vessels or fragments of vessels) resting without the need of a support. Hif. הִסְמִיךְ to pack, tread. Y. Maasr. l. c. ברגליו מַסְמִיךְ working with his feet is he who packs (sheaves ; Y.B. Mets.VII, beg.11b מקמץ). Hithpa. הִסְתַּמֵּךְ, Nithpa. נִסְתַּמֵּךְ to lean ones self. Gen. R. s. 45, end היתה מִסְתַּמֶּכֶת עלוכ׳ was leaning on her hand-maid. Sifré Num. 131 והיה מִסְתַּמֵּךְוכ׳ and he went off leaning on his stick; a. e.

סְתַרch., Pa. סַתֵּר same, to hide.Part. pass. מְסַתַּר. Targ. Is. 65:16. Targ. Jer. 16:17 (ed. Wil. מִסַתְּרָן, corr. acc.). Ithpa. אִסְתַּתַּר, Ithpe. אִיסְּתַר to hide ones self; to find shelter. Targ. Koh. 7:12.Targ. Y. I Deut. 29:5 מִסְתְּרָאוכ׳ finding shelter in your schools.Ber.31b כיון דמִסְתַּתַּרְנָא when I closet myself (with a stranger), v. preced. Sot.2b זמנין דלא אִיסְתַּתְּרָא ואמר איסתתרא (not איסתתר) it may happen that she did not closet herself with a man, but he (the husband) says that she did Ib. ומִסְתַּתְּרָא וליכאוכ׳ Rashi (ed. ומיסתתרה) and she may closet herself, and we have in our days no waters … to test her ; a. e.