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עָבַר(b. h.) 1) to be thick, swell; to run over. Par. VI, 4 כדי שיַעַבְרוּ המיםוכ׳ that the water may overflow into a vessel; a. e.Ex. R. s. 15 שאני עוֹבֵר, v. עֶבְרָה. 2) (cmp. סְגֵי I a. II) to pass, to cross. Tosef.Sot.VIII, 1; Sot.33b כיצד עָבְרוּ ישראל אתוכ׳ in what manner did the Israelites cross the Jordan? Cant. R. to V, 13 עוֹבֵר הוא וחוזרוכ׳ he goes over his studies once and again ; a. fr.ע׳ את הדין to cross the line of justice, to be too severe. Midd. II, 2 כאילו עברו עליווכ׳ as if they had treated him too severely (arbitrarily). Ex. R. s. 30 כשם שאני יכול לַעֲבוֹר … ואני איני מַעֲבִירוכ׳ as I (the Lord) have power to treat the nations with rigor, but refrain from doing so, so shall you not go beyond the line of justice. Ib. עִיבְּרָה את הדין (Pi.); a. e. 3) (with על) to pass over (a sin); to forgive. Cant. R. to V, 5 (play on מור עובר, ib.) מר עובר ע׳ על מררי the bitterness passes away, he (the Lord) passes over my bitterness (sin). R. Hash. 17a (ref. To Mic. 7:18) למי נושא עון למי שעובר על פשע whose iniquity does he pardon? the iniquity of him who forgives (his neighbors) transgression; a. e. 4) to transgress, sin. Yoma 86b, a. e. כיון שע׳ אדם עבירה ושנהוכ׳ as soon as a man has committed a sin and repeated it, it becomes to him a permitted act. Ib. a, a. e. ע׳ על עשה when one has transgressed a positive law (committed a sin of omission). Ib. ע׳ על כריתותוכ׳ when one has committed sins punishable with extinction or death by a court. Erub.100a, a. fr. עובר על בלוכ׳, v. בַּל. Keth.VII, 6 העוֹבֶרֶת על דתוכ׳ if a wife offends against Mosaic or Jewish customs, v. דַּת; Y. ib. VII, 31c top נשים המְעַבְּרוֹת על הדת (Pi.); a. v. fr. 5) to pass, overtake, precede. Pes.7b כל המצות מברך עליהן עובר לעשייתן in the performance of all religious ceremonies one must say the benediction over them before doing them; מאי משמע דהאי עובר לישנא דאקדומי היא what evidence is there that this ‘ober has the meaning of precedence? Answ. by ref. to ויעבר (2 Sam. 18:23) ‘and he arrived before the Cushite. 6) to pass by, go away, be removed. Pes.III, 1 אלו עוֹבְרִין בפסח the following things must pass away (their use must be suspended) during Passover. Bets.26a, a. fr. מום עובר a transitory blemish, opp. קבוע. Ber.26a ע׳ יומו בטל קרבנו when its day is passed, the sacrifice of the day is void. Pes.II, 2 חמץ … שע׳ עליו הפסח leavened matter … over which Passover has passed (which had been in the house during Passover). Ber.IX, 3 הצועק לַשֶּׁעָבַרוכ׳ praying for what is passed (decided) is a vain prayer, e. g. if ones wife is with child, and one prays, may it be the will of God that my wife bear a male child; Y.Taan.II, 65c bot. נותן הודייה לשעבר וצועקוכ׳ one gives thanks for what is passed, and prays for what is to come. Gitt.VII, 7 כל זמן שאֱעֶבוֹר מכנגד פניךוכ׳ as soon as I shall have been out of thy sight for thirty days; Tosef. ib. VII (V), 10. Keth.17a ע׳ מלפני כלה he passed aside to make room for a bridal procession. Yoma 66a, a. e. חטאת שעָבְרָה שנתה a sin-offering whose year is passed (that is older than one year); Tem.22a שעִיבְּרָה שנתה (Pi.) whose year is completed (v. infra). Ib. 21b בכור שעברה שנתו a first-born animal older than one year; R. Hash. 5b; Zeb.29a bot. שעיברה; Tosef.Snh.III, 6 בכור שעיברה זמנו ed. Zuck. (read with Var.: שעבר). Keth.87a על שֶׁעָ׳ as regards the past, v. עָתִיד; a. v. fr.לַשֶּׁעָ׳ in former days. Gen. R. s. 47, opp. עַכְשָׁיו; a. fr. Hif. חֶעֱבִיר 1) to lead past, stroke gently. Tosef.Sabb.VII (VIII), 23 (read:) מַעֲבִירִין על גבי העין בשבת you are permitted to stroke a sore eye on the Sabbath; Y. ib. XIV, 14c bot. מעבירין על העין. Ib. הֶעֱבִירוּ עליו כלים they passed garments over it. 2) to cause to pass; to remove, displace. Keth.17a מַעֲבִירִין את המת מלפני כלהוכ׳ a funeral procession is made to make way for a bridal procession, and both of them for the king, v. supra. Gitt.57b שאין אנו מעבירין אותו באל אחר that we shall never displace him for another god; שאין מַעֲבִיר אותנווכ׳ that he will never displace us for another nation. Ex. R. s. 30 כאילו היא מעביר איקיניןוכ׳ as if he removed (defaced) the kings portrait; a. fr. 3) to go beyond. Ib. איני מעבירוכ׳, v. supra. Ib. הבריות מעבירין על הדיןוכ׳ men go beyond the line of justice (are treacherous, cruel), and they are punished; a. e. 4) to skip over; to forego, postpone.ה׳ על מדותיו, v. מִדָּה.Yoma 33a; 58b, a. fr. אין מעבירין על המצות you must not forego the occasion for performing a religious act. Erub.64b אין מעבירין על האוכלין you must not pass by eatables (and let them lie in the street); B. Mets.23a; a. fr. 5) to forego, overlook, pardon. R. Hash. 17a (ref. to Mic. 7:18) מעביר ראשון ראשין וכך היא המדה (Ms. M. על ראשוןוכ׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) he pardons one sin after the other (before they are put on the scale), and such is the divine dealing. Ib. מעבירין לו על כל פשעיו all his transgressions are pardoned; a. fr. 6) to cause to forego or disregard. Erub.41b שלשה דברים מעבירין … עלוכ׳ three things make a man disregard his own sense (of right) and the sense of his Maker; a. e. Pi. עִיבֵּר 1) to be completed, full. Tem.22a, a. e., v. supra. 2) to transgress repeatedly. Y.Keth.VII, 31c top, v. supra. 3) to go beyond. Ex. R. l. c. עיברה את הדין, v. supra. Tosef.B. Kam. VI, 22 שעיברה הדליקה עד, read with Y. ib. VII, 5c. שעברה … את. 4) (v. עוּבָּר) to carry, be with young. Kidd.31b כי עִבַּרְתּוֹ אמווכ׳ while his mother was pregnant with him, his father died. Tosef.B. Kam. X, 1 ועִיבְּרָה אצלו (B. Kam.IX, 1 ונִתְעַבְּרָה) and the cow became pregnant while she was in his possession. Ḥull.58a; a. fr.Part. pass. f. מְעוּבֶּרֶת; pl. מְעוּבָּרוֹת pregnant. Yeb.XVI, 1. Ib. 36b, a. e. מע׳ חבירו a woman who is with child of another man (divorced or widowed during pregnancy). Gen. R. s. 85 מלכים אני מע׳ גיאלים אני מע׳ I am pregnant with kings, with redeemers (kings and redeemers are destined to be of my offspring). Yeb.III, 10; a. fr. 4) (v. עִיבּוּר) to extend the city limits, for the purpose of defining Sabbath distances, in cases of buildings projecting beyond the city lines (outskirts). Erub.V, 1 כיצד מְעַבְּרִיןוכ׳ (v. אָבַר), defined ib. 53a; Y. ib. V, beg.22b; Y.Ber.VII, 12c top כאשה עוברה like a pregnant woman; Tosef. ib. VI (V), 1; a. e. 6) to complement, add to, esp. to intercalate a month, (second Adar); proclaim a leap year; to complement a month (v. מָלֵא) by assigning to it an additional day (thirty days). Tosef.Snh.II, 1 שנים אומרים צריכה לְעַבֵּר if two judges say, it is necessary to intercalate a month. Ib. 2 על שלשה סימנים מעבריןוכ׳ on three indications the intercalation is decided; על שנים מעבריןוכ׳ when two of them exist, the intercalation is decreed. Ib. ואם עִיבְּרוּהָ הרי זו מעוברת but if they proclaimed it a leap-year, it remains a leap-year; a. fr.Part. pass. מְעוּבָּר; f. מְעוּבֶּרֶת. R. Hash. 19b אלול מע׳ an Elul of thirty days. Snh.11b אינה מע׳ the year is not a leap-year (the declared intercalation is invalid); a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְעַבֵּר, Nithpa. נִתְעַבֵּר 1) to swell (with anger), to become wroth. Sifré Num. 135 (expl. ויתעבר, Deut. 3:26) כאדם שאומר נ׳ בי פלוני נתמלאוכ׳ as a man says, that man (became full) got wroth with me, meaning, he was filled with wrath against me; Yalk. Deut. 818; Sifré Deut. 29 כאשה שאינה יכולה לשוח מפני עוברה ( swelled,) like a woman that cannot bend down on account of the child she is pregnant with; v. עֶבְרָה. 2) to become pregnant. Gen. R. s. 45 מביאה … נִתְעַבְּרָה she conceived on her first intercourse; אין אשה מִתְעַבֶּרֶתוכ׳ no woman conceives on ; Yeb.34a. Ib. b כדי שלא תִתְעַבֵּרוכ׳ that she may not become with child, and her beauty, v. כָּחַש. B. Kam.IX, 1 ונתעברה אצלו, v. supra; a. fr. 3) to be extended, to be consolidated into one township. Y.Erub.V, 22b bot. יכול אני … בית מעון מתעברתוכ׳ I can cause Beth Ma‘on and Tiberias to be considered one township (as regards Sabbath distances). 4) to be added to, to be proclaimed a full month (of thirty days), a leap-year (of thirteen months). Y.R. Hash. III, beg. 58c ניסן לא נ׳ מימיו Nisan was never made a full month (by decree of the court); Y.Shebi.X, beg.39b; a. e.Snh.12a ראויה … שתִּתְעַבֵּר that year ought to have been a leap-year. B. Mets. נִתְעַבְּרָה השנה נתע׳ לשוכר if the year was made a leap-year, the tenant (that rented by the year) reaps the benefit of the intercalation. R. Hash. 19b; a. fr. Nif. נֶעֱבַר (with עֲבֵרָה) to be committed. Tosef.B. Kam. X, 3 בהמה ונֶעֶבְרָה בה עבירה if one stole a beast, and some sinful act was committed on it (by which it became forbidden for any benefit); (B. Kam.IX, 2, a. fr. נעבדה … עבירה).

עָבַר(b. h.) 1) to be thick, swell; to run over. Par. VI, 4 כדי שיַעַבְרוּ המיםוכ׳ that the water may overflow into a vessel; a. e.Ex. R. s. 15 שאני עוֹבֵר, v. עֶבְרָה. 2) (cmp. סְגֵי I a. II) to pass, to cross. Tosef.Sot.VIII, 1; Sot.33b כיצד עָבְרוּ ישראל אתוכ׳ in what manner did the Israelites cross the Jordan? Cant. R. to V, 13 עוֹבֵר הוא וחוזרוכ׳ he goes over his studies once and again ; a. fr.ע׳ את הדין to cross the line of justice, to be too severe. Midd. II, 2 כאילו עברו עליווכ׳ as if they had treated him too severely (arbitrarily). Ex. R. s. 30 כשם שאני יכול לַעֲבוֹר … ואני איני מַעֲבִירוכ׳ as I (the Lord) have power to treat the nations with rigor, but refrain from doing so, so shall you not go beyond the line of justice. Ib. עִיבְּרָה את הדין (Pi.); a. e. 3) (with על) to pass over (a sin); to forgive. Cant. R. to V, 5 (play on מור עובר, ib.) מר עובר ע׳ על מררי the bitterness passes away, he (the Lord) passes over my bitterness (sin). R. Hash. 17a (ref. To Mic. 7:18) למי נושא עון למי שעובר על פשע whose iniquity does he pardon? the iniquity of him who forgives (his neighbors) transgression; a. e. 4) to transgress, sin. Yoma 86b, a. e. כיון שע׳ אדם עבירה ושנהוכ׳ as soon as a man has committed a sin and repeated it, it becomes to him a permitted act. Ib. a, a. e. ע׳ על עשה when one has transgressed a positive law (committed a sin of omission). Ib. ע׳ על כריתותוכ׳ when one has committed sins punishable with extinction or death by a court. Erub.100a, a. fr. עובר על בלוכ׳, v. בַּל. Keth.VII, 6 העוֹבֶרֶת על דתוכ׳ if a wife offends against Mosaic or Jewish customs, v. דַּת; Y. ib. VII, 31c top נשים המְעַבְּרוֹת על הדת (Pi.); a. v. fr. 5) to pass, overtake, precede. Pes.7b כל המצות מברך עליהן עובר לעשייתן in the performance of all religious ceremonies one must say the benediction over them before doing them; מאי משמע דהאי עובר לישנא דאקדומי היא what evidence is there that this ‘ober has the meaning of precedence? Answ. by ref. to ויעבר (2 Sam. 18:23) ‘and he arrived before the Cushite. 6) to pass by, go away, be removed. Pes.III, 1 אלו עוֹבְרִין בפסח the following things must pass away (their use must be suspended) during Passover. Bets.26a, a. fr. מום עובר a transitory blemish, opp. קבוע. Ber.26a ע׳ יומו בטל קרבנו when its day is passed, the sacrifice of the day is void. Pes.II, 2 חמץ … שע׳ עליו הפסח leavened matter … over which Passover has passed (which had been in the house during Passover). Ber.IX, 3 הצועק לַשֶּׁעָבַרוכ׳ praying for what is passed (decided) is a vain prayer, e. g. if ones wife is with child, and one prays, may it be the will of God that my wife bear a male child; Y.Taan.II, 65c bot. נותן הודייה לשעבר וצועקוכ׳ one gives thanks for what is passed, and prays for what is to come. Gitt.VII, 7 כל זמן שאֱעֶבוֹר מכנגד פניךוכ׳ as soon as I shall have been out of thy sight for thirty days; Tosef. ib. VII (V), 10. Keth.17a ע׳ מלפני כלה he passed aside to make room for a bridal procession. Yoma 66a, a. e. חטאת שעָבְרָה שנתה a sin-offering whose year is passed (that is older than one year); Tem.22a שעִיבְּרָה שנתה (Pi.) whose year is completed (v. infra). Ib. 21b בכור שעברה שנתו a first-born animal older than one year; R. Hash. 5b; Zeb.29a bot. שעיברה; Tosef.Snh.III, 6 בכור שעיברה זמנו ed. Zuck. (read with Var.: שעבר). Keth.87a על שֶׁעָ׳ as regards the past, v. עָתִיד; a. v. fr.לַשֶּׁעָ׳ in former days. Gen. R. s. 47, opp. עַכְשָׁיו; a. fr. Hif. חֶעֱבִיר 1) to lead past, stroke gently. Tosef.Sabb.VII (VIII), 23 (read:) מַעֲבִירִין על גבי העין בשבת you are permitted to stroke a sore eye on the Sabbath; Y. ib. XIV, 14c bot. מעבירין על העין. Ib. הֶעֱבִירוּ עליו כלים they passed garments over it. 2) to cause to pass; to remove, displace. Keth.17a מַעֲבִירִין את המת מלפני כלהוכ׳ a funeral procession is made to make way for a bridal procession, and both of them for the king, v. supra. Gitt.57b שאין אנו מעבירין אותו באל אחר that we shall never displace him for another god; שאין מַעֲבִיר אותנווכ׳ that he will never displace us for another nation. Ex. R. s. 30 כאילו היא מעביר איקיניןוכ׳ as if he removed (defaced) the kings portrait; a. fr. 3) to go beyond. Ib. איני מעבירוכ׳, v. supra. Ib. הבריות מעבירין על הדיןוכ׳ men go beyond the line of justice (are treacherous, cruel), and they are punished; a. e. 4) to skip over; to forego, postpone.ה׳ על מדותיו, v. מִדָּה.Yoma 33a; 58b, a. fr. אין מעבירין על המצות you must not forego the occasion for performing a religious act. Erub.64b אין מעבירין על האוכלין you must not pass by eatables (and let them lie in the street); B. Mets.23a; a. fr. 5) to forego, overlook, pardon. R. Hash. 17a (ref. to Mic. 7:18) מעביר ראשון ראשין וכך היא המדה (Ms. M. על ראשוןוכ׳; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) he pardons one sin after the other (before they are put on the scale), and such is the divine dealing. Ib. מעבירין לו על כל פשעיו all his transgressions are pardoned; a. fr. 6) to cause to forego or disregard. Erub.41b שלשה דברים מעבירין … עלוכ׳ three things make a man disregard his own sense (of right) and the sense of his Maker; a. e. Pi. עִיבֵּר 1) to be completed, full. Tem.22a, a. e., v. supra. 2) to transgress repeatedly. Y.Keth.VII, 31c top, v. supra. 3) to go beyond. Ex. R. l. c. עיברה את הדין, v. supra. Tosef.B. Kam. VI, 22 שעיברה הדליקה עד, read with Y. ib. VII, 5c. שעברה … את. 4) (v. עוּבָּר) to carry, be with young. Kidd.31b כי עִבַּרְתּוֹ אמווכ׳ while his mother was pregnant with him, his father died. Tosef.B. Kam. X, 1 ועִיבְּרָה אצלו (B. Kam.IX, 1 ונִתְעַבְּרָה) and the cow became pregnant while she was in his possession. Ḥull.58a; a. fr.Part. pass. f. מְעוּבֶּרֶת; pl. מְעוּבָּרוֹת pregnant. Yeb.XVI, 1. Ib. 36b, a. e. מע׳ חבירו a woman who is with child of another man (divorced or widowed during pregnancy). Gen. R. s. 85 מלכים אני מע׳ גיאלים אני מע׳ I am pregnant with kings, with redeemers (kings and redeemers are destined to be of my offspring). Yeb.III, 10; a. fr. 4) (v. עִיבּוּר) to extend the city limits, for the purpose of defining Sabbath distances, in cases of buildings projecting beyond the city lines (outskirts). Erub.V, 1 כיצד מְעַבְּרִיןוכ׳ (v. אָבַר), defined ib. 53a; Y. ib. V, beg.22b; Y.Ber.VII, 12c top כאשה עוברה like a pregnant woman; Tosef. ib. VI (V), 1; a. e. 6) to complement, add to, esp. to intercalate a month, (second Adar); proclaim a leap year; to complement a month (v. מָלֵא) by assigning to it an additional day (thirty days). Tosef.Snh.II, 1 שנים אומרים צריכה לְעַבֵּר if two judges say, it is necessary to intercalate a month. Ib. 2 על שלשה סימנים מעבריןוכ׳ on three indications the intercalation is decided; על שנים מעבריןוכ׳ when two of them exist, the intercalation is decreed. Ib. ואם עִיבְּרוּהָ הרי זו מעוברת but if they proclaimed it a leap-year, it remains a leap-year; a. fr.Part. pass. מְעוּבָּר; f. מְעוּבֶּרֶת. R. Hash. 19b אלול מע׳ an Elul of thirty days. Snh.11b אינה מע׳ the year is not a leap-year (the declared intercalation is invalid); a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְעַבֵּר, Nithpa. נִתְעַבֵּר 1) to swell (with anger), to become wroth. Sifré Num. 135 (expl. ויתעבר, Deut. 3:26) כאדם שאומר נ׳ בי פלוני נתמלאוכ׳ as a man says, that man (became full) got wroth with me, meaning, he was filled with wrath against me; Yalk. Deut. 818; Sifré Deut. 29 כאשה שאינה יכולה לשוח מפני עוברה ( swelled,) like a woman that cannot bend down on account of the child she is pregnant with; v. עֶבְרָה. 2) to become pregnant. Gen. R. s. 45 מביאה … נִתְעַבְּרָה she conceived on her first intercourse; אין אשה מִתְעַבֶּרֶתוכ׳ no woman conceives on ; Yeb.34a. Ib. b כדי שלא תִתְעַבֵּרוכ׳ that she may not become with child, and her beauty, v. כָּחַש. B. Kam.IX, 1 ונתעברה אצלו, v. supra; a. fr. 3) to be extended, to be consolidated into one township. Y.Erub.V, 22b bot. יכול אני … בית מעון מתעברתוכ׳ I can cause Beth Ma‘on and Tiberias to be considered one township (as regards Sabbath distances). 4) to be added to, to be proclaimed a full month (of thirty days), a leap-year (of thirteen months). Y.R. Hash. III, beg. 58c ניסן לא נ׳ מימיו Nisan was never made a full month (by decree of the court); Y.Shebi.X, beg.39b; a. e.Snh.12a ראויה … שתִּתְעַבֵּר that year ought to have been a leap-year. B. Mets. נִתְעַבְּרָה השנה נתע׳ לשוכר if the year was made a leap-year, the tenant (that rented by the year) reaps the benefit of the intercalation. R. Hash. 19b; a. fr. Nif. נֶעֱבַר (with עֲבֵרָה) to be committed. Tosef.B. Kam. X, 3 בהמה ונֶעֶבְרָה בה עבירה if one stole a beast, and some sinful act was committed on it (by which it became forbidden for any benefit); (B. Kam.IX, 2, a. fr. נעבדה … עבירה).

בָּקַע(b. h.; √בק, v. בְּקָא) 1) to split, chop; to break through. B. Mets.99a בָּ׳ בו; (Kidd.47b בִּיקַּע) if he chopped wood with it. Gen. R. s. 55, end; Koh. R. to X, 9; II, 23, v. בְּקִיעָה. Ex. R. s. 21 אני בוֹקֵעַ להםוכ׳ I am going to split the sea for them; a. fr.Lam. R. to II, 2 כקעו בחיילותיווכ׳ broke through the lines of N.s armies; Y.Taan.IV, 69b top ברחו לתוך. 2) to cross, make a short cut, pass over. Y.Pes.I, 27b bot. חצר שהרבים בּוֹקְעִיןוכ׳ a court which people use for crossing. Erub.16b; Sabb.101b (a low wall) שהגדייםוכ׳ ב׳ over which the kids pass; v. בִּקְעָה. 3) (cmp. בִּצְבֵּץ) to break through the ground, esp. as a legal fiction for a levitical impurity the cause of which is underground, but which affects the things above and beneath. Ohol. VI, 6 טומאה בּוֹקַעַתוכ׳ the impurity breaks through the ground and rises, and breaks through and goes down; a. fr.Koh. R. III, 16 היה הדם בו׳ ועולה the blood broke through and rose. Midr. Till. to Ps. 78:45 ב׳ את הצור, ב׳ בצור break through (take root in) the rock; a. fr. Nif. נִבְקַע to be split, to burst open. Ib. הסיפין נבקעיןוכ׳ the door sells were burst before them. Ib. נ׳ הספל מאליו the vessel went to pieces of itself. Gen. R. s. 55, end זכה להִבָּקַע היםוכ׳ he was rewarded by the sea being divided before the children of Israel. Ḥull.14b שמא יִבָּקַע הנוד the wine bottle may burst; a. fr. Pi. בִּקַּע, בִּיקַּע 1) to split, chop, tear. Kidd.47b, v. supra. Y.Bets. I, 60a bot.; Y.Ab. Zar. II, 41c bot. שביקעו (שבקעו) להםוכ׳ of whose flocks the wolves had torn more than Bets.IV, 3 אין מְבַקְּעִיןוכ׳ one must not split woods (on Holy Days) etc. Sifré Deut. 183 (ref. to Deut. 19:5) מן העץ המְבַקֵּעַ from the splitting wood (the handle), opp. העץ המִתְבַּקֵּעַ the split wood (the tree). Tanḥ. Vayetse 9 בַּקְּעִיוכ׳ chop thou Part. pass. מְבוּקָּע. Ab. Zar.65b מְבוּקָּעוֹת grapes burst open. 2) to jam in, wedge. Sabb.67b המְבַקַּעַת ביצים (Rashi Var. המקבעת, Ms. M. עצים) one who squeezes egg-shells (a superstitious practice; Tosef. ib. VI (VII), 18 הנותנת בצים … בכותל). Hif. הִבְקִיעַ 1) to cut, clear. Shebi. IV, 5 המַבְקִיעַ בזתיםוכ׳ he who cuts olive-trees down (in the Sabbath year) must not cover the stump with ground. 2) to lead a line crosswise. Y.Kil.III, 28d top להַבְקִיעַוכ׳ to plant four rows across a valley from end to end. Hithpa. הִתְבַּקֵּעַ to be split; to burst, break. Sifré Deut. 183, v. supra.Sabb.XVI, 5. Cant. R. to vi, 4.

בָּקַע(b. h.; √בק, v. בְּקָא) 1) to split, chop; to break through. B. Mets.99a בָּ׳ בו; (Kidd.47b בִּיקַּע) if he chopped wood with it. Gen. R. s. 55, end; Koh. R. to X, 9; II, 23, v. בְּקִיעָה. Ex. R. s. 21 אני בוֹקֵעַ להםוכ׳ I am going to split the sea for them; a. fr.Lam. R. to II, 2 כקעו בחיילותיווכ׳ broke through the lines of N.s armies; Y.Taan.IV, 69b top ברחו לתוך. 2) to cross, make a short cut, pass over. Y.Pes.I, 27b bot. חצר שהרבים בּוֹקְעִיןוכ׳ a court which people use for crossing. Erub.16b; Sabb.101b (a low wall) שהגדייםוכ׳ ב׳ over which the kids pass; v. בִּקְעָה. 3) (cmp. בִּצְבֵּץ) to break through the ground, esp. as a legal fiction for a levitical impurity the cause of which is underground, but which affects the things above and beneath. Ohol. VI, 6 טומאה בּוֹקַעַתוכ׳ the impurity breaks through the ground and rises, and breaks through and goes down; a. fr.Koh. R. III, 16 היה הדם בו׳ ועולה the blood broke through and rose. Midr. Till. to Ps. 78:45 ב׳ את הצור, ב׳ בצור break through (take root in) the rock; a. fr. Nif. נִבְקַע to be split, to burst open. Ib. הסיפין נבקעיןוכ׳ the door sells were burst before them. Ib. נ׳ הספל מאליו the vessel went to pieces of itself. Gen. R. s. 55, end זכה להִבָּקַע היםוכ׳ he was rewarded by the sea being divided before the children of Israel. Ḥull.14b שמא יִבָּקַע הנוד the wine bottle may burst; a. fr. Pi. בִּקַּע, בִּיקַּע 1) to split, chop, tear. Kidd.47b, v. supra. Y.Bets. I, 60a bot.; Y.Ab. Zar. II, 41c bot. שביקעו (שבקעו) להםוכ׳ of whose flocks the wolves had torn more than Bets.IV, 3 אין מְבַקְּעִיןוכ׳ one must not split woods (on Holy Days) etc. Sifré Deut. 183 (ref. to Deut. 19:5) מן העץ המְבַקֵּעַ from the splitting wood (the handle), opp. העץ המִתְבַּקֵּעַ the split wood (the tree). Tanḥ. Vayetse 9 בַּקְּעִיוכ׳ chop thou Part. pass. מְבוּקָּע. Ab. Zar.65b מְבוּקָּעוֹת grapes burst open. 2) to jam in, wedge. Sabb.67b המְבַקַּעַת ביצים (Rashi Var. המקבעת, Ms. M. עצים) one who squeezes egg-shells (a superstitious practice; Tosef. ib. VI (VII), 18 הנותנת בצים … בכותל). Hif. הִבְקִיעַ 1) to cut, clear. Shebi. IV, 5 המַבְקִיעַ בזתיםוכ׳ he who cuts olive-trees down (in the Sabbath year) must not cover the stump with ground. 2) to lead a line crosswise. Y.Kil.III, 28d top להַבְקִיעַוכ׳ to plant four rows across a valley from end to end. Hithpa. הִתְבַּקֵּעַ to be split; to burst, break. Sifré Deut. 183, v. supra.Sabb.XVI, 5. Cant. R. to vi, 4.

נוּעַ(b. h.) to shake, move; to be tender. Pilp. נִעֲנֵעַ, נִי׳ 1) to shake; to stir up, scare. Tosef.Bets.I, 8 עד שיְנַעֲנֵעַ unless he stirred the bird up (the day before, by which act he made it his property and designated it for slaughtering); Y. ib. I, 60c top. אלא אם כן ני׳ מבעוד יום. Succ.III, 1 כדי לנַעֲנֵעַ בו large enough to (hold it in his hand and) shake. Ib. 9 והיכן היו מְנַעְנְעִים and at what passages of the Hallel did they shake (the Lulab)? Sabb.XX, 5 (141a) הקש … לא יְנַעְנְעוֹוכ׳ (Bab. a. Y. ed. יְנַעְנְעֶנּוּ) must not stir up with his hand the straw ; a. fr.נ׳ (ב)ראש to ( shake) bow the head. Ber.28b כיוןשנ׳ ראשווכ׳ if he only bows his head (in prayer), it is sufficient. Yeb.121a וכל גל … נִעְנַעְתִּי לו ראשי and as each wave came, I dipped my head under (to let it pass over me). Ib. אם … יְנַעֲנֵעַ לו ראשו if wicked people come over man, let him bow his head. Pesik. R. s. 37 ומנענעים בראשיהם and shook their heads (in derision, ref. to Ps. 22:8).Yalk. Prov. 953 ומנענע בו בקולו and sings it with a tremulous voice; Snh.101a מנענע בקולו Ms. K. (v Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 2); Tosef. ib. XII, 10 מנ׳ קולו.Part. pass. מְנוּעֲנָע, pl. מְנוּעֲנָעִין. Bets.25a המקושרים והמ׳ the birds designated a day before the Holy Day by being tied or by being stirred up; ib. והמקושרין והמ׳בכ״מ אסורין birds found anywhere tied or stirred up are forbidden to be taken up (because somebody has taken possession of them); Tosef. ib. I, 10 והמְנוּעָנִין (Var. והמנענין, corr. acc.). 2) to move in different directions, to introduce a surgical instrument. Nidd.25b, v. סִכְסֵךְ I.

נוּעַ(b. h.) to shake, move; to be tender. Pilp. נִעֲנֵעַ, נִי׳ 1) to shake; to stir up, scare. Tosef.Bets.I, 8 עד שיְנַעֲנֵעַ unless he stirred the bird up (the day before, by which act he made it his property and designated it for slaughtering); Y. ib. I, 60c top. אלא אם כן ני׳ מבעוד יום. Succ.III, 1 כדי לנַעֲנֵעַ בו large enough to (hold it in his hand and) shake. Ib. 9 והיכן היו מְנַעְנְעִים and at what passages of the Hallel did they shake (the Lulab)? Sabb.XX, 5 (141a) הקש … לא יְנַעְנְעוֹוכ׳ (Bab. a. Y. ed. יְנַעְנְעֶנּוּ) must not stir up with his hand the straw ; a. fr.נ׳ (ב)ראש to ( shake) bow the head. Ber.28b כיוןשנ׳ ראשווכ׳ if he only bows his head (in prayer), it is sufficient. Yeb.121a וכל גל … נִעְנַעְתִּי לו ראשי and as each wave came, I dipped my head under (to let it pass over me). Ib. אם … יְנַעֲנֵעַ לו ראשו if wicked people come over man, let him bow his head. Pesik. R. s. 37 ומנענעים בראשיהם and shook their heads (in derision, ref. to Ps. 22:8).Yalk. Prov. 953 ומנענע בו בקולו and sings it with a tremulous voice; Snh.101a מנענע בקולו Ms. K. (v Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 2); Tosef. ib. XII, 10 מנ׳ קולו.Part. pass. מְנוּעֲנָע, pl. מְנוּעֲנָעִין. Bets.25a המקושרים והמ׳ the birds designated a day before the Holy Day by being tied or by being stirred up; ib. והמקושרין והמ׳בכ״מ אסורין birds found anywhere tied or stirred up are forbidden to be taken up (because somebody has taken possession of them); Tosef. ib. I, 10 והמְנוּעָנִין (Var. והמנענין, corr. acc.). 2) to move in different directions, to introduce a surgical instrument. Nidd.25b, v. סִכְסֵךְ I.

פָּסַח(b. h.) to leap over; to spare. Ex. R. s. 15 שאני פֹוסֵחַ עליכם ומגיןוכ׳ I (the Lord) will pass over and protect you. Pes.X, 5 פֶּסַח על שום שפ׳ המקוםוכ׳ the Passover lamb is symbolical of the fact that the Lord passed over the houses Nif. נִפְסַח (denom. of פִּסֵּחַ) to become lame. Y.Ber.I, 3c bot. ונ׳ ונתרפא and became lame, but was cured; Gen. R. s. 39; a. e.

פָּסַח(b. h.) to leap over; to spare. Ex. R. s. 15 שאני פֹוסֵחַ עליכם ומגיןוכ׳ I (the Lord) will pass over and protect you. Pes.X, 5 פֶּסַח על שום שפ׳ המקוםוכ׳ the Passover lamb is symbolical of the fact that the Lord passed over the houses Nif. נִפְסַח (denom. of פִּסֵּחַ) to become lame. Y.Ber.I, 3c bot. ונ׳ ונתרפא and became lame, but was cured; Gen. R. s. 39; a. e.

הַעֲבָרָהf. (עָבַר) 1) carrying, bearing. R. Hash. 27b, a. e. (ref. to והעברת, Lev. 25:9) דרך הַעֲבָרָתוֹ (leave the horn) in the way in which it was borne by the living animal (in its natural shape). 2) (= הַעֲבָרַת קול) causing the sound to pass over a certain space, proclamation. ib. 34a דיליףה׳ה׳ ממשה Ms. M. (ed. דגמר עברה ע׳) we learn the meaning of העביר (Lev. l. c.) from the meaning it has in reference to Moses (Ex. 36:6). Sabb.96b; Yalk. Ex. 413. 3) leading across, passing; in gen. use of the stem עבר. Y.Snh.VII, 25b bot. (interch. with עברה); Sifra Kdoshim ch. VIII, Par. 4 מהה׳וכ׳ the ‘passing there (Deut. 18:10) means through fire, so does the ‘passing here (Lev. 18:21). Bekh.32a ה׳ה׳ ממעשר analogy between the first-born and the tithes founded on the use of the stem עבר (Ex. 8:12, a. Lev. 27:32); (Zeb.9a, a. e. עברה). 4) (from Num. 8:7, 6:5, a. e.) הַעֲבָרַת שיער passing the razor over the hair, shaving. Naz.58b, sq. ה׳ ש׳ removing the hair of the body. Y. ib. II, end, 52b לה׳ ש׳ for the purpose of removing the hair, opp. גידול שיער.

הַעֲבָרָהf. (עָבַר) 1) carrying, bearing. R. Hash. 27b, a. e. (ref. to והעברת, Lev. 25:9) דרך הַעֲבָרָתוֹ (leave the horn) in the way in which it was borne by the living animal (in its natural shape). 2) (= הַעֲבָרַת קול) causing the sound to pass over a certain space, proclamation. ib. 34a דיליףה׳ה׳ ממשה Ms. M. (ed. דגמר עברה ע׳) we learn the meaning of העביר (Lev. l. c.) from the meaning it has in reference to Moses (Ex. 36:6). Sabb.96b; Yalk. Ex. 413. 3) leading across, passing; in gen. use of the stem עבר. Y.Snh.VII, 25b bot. (interch. with עברה); Sifra Kdoshim ch. VIII, Par. 4 מהה׳וכ׳ the ‘passing there (Deut. 18:10) means through fire, so does the ‘passing here (Lev. 18:21). Bekh.32a ה׳ה׳ ממעשר analogy between the first-born and the tithes founded on the use of the stem עבר (Ex. 8:12, a. Lev. 27:32); (Zeb.9a, a. e. עברה). 4) (from Num. 8:7, 6:5, a. e.) הַעֲבָרַת שיער passing the razor over the hair, shaving. Naz.58b, sq. ה׳ ש׳ removing the hair of the body. Y. ib. II, end, 52b לה׳ ש׳ for the purpose of removing the hair, opp. גידול שיער.

כָּפַר(b. h.; cmp. כפף) 1) to bend, arch over, cover; v. כְּפוֹר, כּוֹפֶר 2) ( to pass over with ones palm, to wipe out, rub (cmp. חפף), to deny, withhold the truth by claiming ignorance; to ignore (mostly with ב of the object). B. Mets.4a הכּוֹפֵר במלוה he who denied having received a loan (and was refuted before being sworn, v. הֶיסֵּת). Ib. על מה שכ׳וכ׳ he is sworn on what he denied. Shebu.IV, 1 עד שיִכְפְּרוּ בהן בב״ד until they declare their ignorance (of the testimony) before court. Ib. 4 כָּפְרוּ שניהןוכ׳ if both witnesses pleaded ignorance at the same time. Ib. כָּפְרָה הראשונה if the first set of witnesses pleaded ignorance. Ib. VI, 3 והודה …וכ׳ בקרקעוֹת and defendant admits the debt concerning vessels, but denies it as to landed estate. Sabb.116a מכירין וכוֹפְרִין they know (true religion) and yet are disbelievers. Cant. R. to I, 14 (play On הכפר, ib.) שכ׳ באו״ה He disowned the gentiles (did not assist them), opp. הודה; a. v. fr.כ׳ בעיקר to deny the principle of religion (unity of God). B. Bath.16b; a. fr.Snh.39a א״ל כּוֹפֵר ed. (Ms. M. קיסר) an infidel said Hif. הִכְפִּיר (v. כַּפָּרָה) to say of a person, ‘May his death be an atonement for his sins! euphem. for to be angry at. Pes.69a אל תַּכְפִּירֵנִי בשעת הדין ed. (Ms. M. a. Ar. תְּכַפְּרֵנִי) do not make me an atonement (saying תהא מיתתו כפרה) at the time of judgment (differ. in comm.); Ab. Zar.46b (some eds. תכפריני). Pi. כִּיפֵּר, כִּפֵּר ( to wipe out, to forgive, atone; to procure forgiveness. Yoma 5a כאילו לא כ׳ וכפר as if he (the priest) had not procured atonement (in the proper manner), although he has procured atonement (for the person concerned); Neg. XIV, 10 כ׳ ומעלין עליו כאילו לא כ׳ he has brought atonement, but it is accounted to the officiating priest as if he had not done so. Ber.55a כל זמן … מזבח מְכַפֵּר עלוכ׳ as long as the Temple existed, the altar was the means of atonement for Israel, but now each mans table must be the means of atonement (ref. to Ez. 41:22). Tanḥ. Vayishl. 6 כשם … מְכַפֶּרֶתוכ׳ as the altar brings atonement, so does she (the chaste wife) atone for her household. Kidd.57a, a. e. מכשיר ומכפר, v. כָּשֵׁר I; a. v. frAb. Zar.46b, v. supra). Hithpa. הִתְכַּפֵּר, Nithpa. נִתְכַּפֵּר to be expiated; to be forgiven. R. Hash. 18a; Yeb.105a (ref. to 1 Sam. 3:14) בזבח … מִתְכַּפֵּרוכ׳ through sacrifice … it will not be expiated, but it may be so by the study of the Law. Shebu.12a אשם … שנִתְכַּפְּרוּ בעליו an animal dedicated for a guilt-offering … whose owner has otherwise obtained atonement; (Tem.III, 3 שכִּפְּרוּוכ׳ whose owner has procured atonement) Yoma 50b, a. e. המִתְכַּפֵּר he for whose atonement the animal is dedicated. Ib. 51b שאין הצבור מִתְכַּפְּרִין בו as the community is not to obtain forgiveness through it (the bullock); a. fr.Y.Macc.XII, 31d bot. יעשה … ויִתְכַּפֶּר לו let him repent and he shall be forgiven; Pesik. Shub. p. 158b>; Yalk. Ez. 358; Yalk. Ps. 702. Tanḥ Trum. 8 נתכ׳ להם they were forgiven; a. fr.

כָּפַר(b. h.; cmp. כפף) 1) to bend, arch over, cover; v. כְּפוֹר, כּוֹפֶר 2) ( to pass over with ones palm, to wipe out, rub (cmp. חפף), to deny, withhold the truth by claiming ignorance; to ignore (mostly with ב of the object). B. Mets.4a הכּוֹפֵר במלוה he who denied having received a loan (and was refuted before being sworn, v. הֶיסֵּת). Ib. על מה שכ׳וכ׳ he is sworn on what he denied. Shebu.IV, 1 עד שיִכְפְּרוּ בהן בב״ד until they declare their ignorance (of the testimony) before court. Ib. 4 כָּפְרוּ שניהןוכ׳ if both witnesses pleaded ignorance at the same time. Ib. כָּפְרָה הראשונה if the first set of witnesses pleaded ignorance. Ib. VI, 3 והודה …וכ׳ בקרקעוֹת and defendant admits the debt concerning vessels, but denies it as to landed estate. Sabb.116a מכירין וכוֹפְרִין they know (true religion) and yet are disbelievers. Cant. R. to I, 14 (play On הכפר, ib.) שכ׳ באו״ה He disowned the gentiles (did not assist them), opp. הודה; a. v. fr.כ׳ בעיקר to deny the principle of religion (unity of God). B. Bath.16b; a. fr.Snh.39a א״ל כּוֹפֵר ed. (Ms. M. קיסר) an infidel said Hif. הִכְפִּיר (v. כַּפָּרָה) to say of a person, ‘May his death be an atonement for his sins! euphem. for to be angry at. Pes.69a אל תַּכְפִּירֵנִי בשעת הדין ed. (Ms. M. a. Ar. תְּכַפְּרֵנִי) do not make me an atonement (saying תהא מיתתו כפרה) at the time of judgment (differ. in comm.); Ab. Zar.46b (some eds. תכפריני). Pi. כִּיפֵּר, כִּפֵּר ( to wipe out, to forgive, atone; to procure forgiveness. Yoma 5a כאילו לא כ׳ וכפר as if he (the priest) had not procured atonement (in the proper manner), although he has procured atonement (for the person concerned); Neg. XIV, 10 כ׳ ומעלין עליו כאילו לא כ׳ he has brought atonement, but it is accounted to the officiating priest as if he had not done so. Ber.55a כל זמן … מזבח מְכַפֵּר עלוכ׳ as long as the Temple existed, the altar was the means of atonement for Israel, but now each mans table must be the means of atonement (ref. to Ez. 41:22). Tanḥ. Vayishl. 6 כשם … מְכַפֶּרֶתוכ׳ as the altar brings atonement, so does she (the chaste wife) atone for her household. Kidd.57a, a. e. מכשיר ומכפר, v. כָּשֵׁר I; a. v. frAb. Zar.46b, v. supra). Hithpa. הִתְכַּפֵּר, Nithpa. נִתְכַּפֵּר to be expiated; to be forgiven. R. Hash. 18a; Yeb.105a (ref. to 1 Sam. 3:14) בזבח … מִתְכַּפֵּרוכ׳ through sacrifice … it will not be expiated, but it may be so by the study of the Law. Shebu.12a אשם … שנִתְכַּפְּרוּ בעליו an animal dedicated for a guilt-offering … whose owner has otherwise obtained atonement; (Tem.III, 3 שכִּפְּרוּוכ׳ whose owner has procured atonement) Yoma 50b, a. e. המִתְכַּפֵּר he for whose atonement the animal is dedicated. Ib. 51b שאין הצבור מִתְכַּפְּרִין בו as the community is not to obtain forgiveness through it (the bullock); a. fr.Y.Macc.XII, 31d bot. יעשה … ויִתְכַּפֶּר לו let him repent and he shall be forgiven; Pesik. Shub. p. 158b>; Yalk. Ez. 358; Yalk. Ps. 702. Tanḥ Trum. 8 נתכ׳ להם they were forgiven; a. fr.

סְקַףI ch. sam( Hithpa. הִסְתַּקֵּף, Nithpa. נִסְתַּקֵּף to come in turn; to be arranged; to happen). Pa. סַקֵּף to turn over, transfer. Targ. 1 Chr. 10:14 (h. text ויסב). Ithpa. אִסְתַּקַּף, Ithpe. אִסְתְּקַף 1) to be turned; to pass over. Targ. Y. Num. 36:7 תיתקף (read תִיסְתְּקַף; h. text תִסֹּב, v. supra). 2) to be brought about; to happen. Targ. Y. Gen. 45:8. Targ. Y. Num. 5:15. Targ. Esth. 7:7; a. e. 3) to be visited with. Targ. O. Num. 11:1 כד מִסְתַּקְּפִין ביש as though an evil (mourning) had befallen them (h. text מתאננים, v. אוֹנָן). 4) to be the cause of. Targ. Y. ib. 4:18. Targ. Koh. 4:12. Ib. 16 ed. Lag. (oth. ed. לאסתפקא, corr. acc.); a. e. 5) to turn against, seek occasion (v. עִילָּה). Targ. Lam. 1:22 (h. text עולל). Targ. O. Gen. 43:18 (h. text התגולל; v. עֲקַף).

סְקַףI ch. sam( Hithpa. הִסְתַּקֵּף, Nithpa. נִסְתַּקֵּף to come in turn; to be arranged; to happen). Pa. סַקֵּף to turn over, transfer. Targ. 1 Chr. 10:14 (h. text ויסב). Ithpa. אִסְתַּקַּף, Ithpe. אִסְתְּקַף 1) to be turned; to pass over. Targ. Y. Num. 36:7 תיתקף (read תִיסְתְּקַף; h. text תִסֹּב, v. supra). 2) to be brought about; to happen. Targ. Y. Gen. 45:8. Targ. Y. Num. 5:15. Targ. Esth. 7:7; a. e. 3) to be visited with. Targ. O. Num. 11:1 כד מִסְתַּקְּפִין ביש as though an evil (mourning) had befallen them (h. text מתאננים, v. אוֹנָן). 4) to be the cause of. Targ. Y. ib. 4:18. Targ. Koh. 4:12. Ib. 16 ed. Lag. (oth. ed. לאסתפקא, corr. acc.); a. e. 5) to turn against, seek occasion (v. עִילָּה). Targ. Lam. 1:22 (h. text עולל). Targ. O. Gen. 43:18 (h. text התגולל; v. עֲקַף).

אִסְקוּפָה, אִי׳f. ( סקף, cmp. b. h. מַשְׁקוֹף a. זקף) cross-piece; 1) yard of a ship. Tosef.B. Bath.IV, 1 ed. Zuck. (Var. אִיזְקָפָה); Y. ib. V, beg.15a in selling a vessel one has not implicitly sold את הא׳ the yard (because it is taken down when on land; v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Antenna). Midr. Till. to Ps. 103 (the embryo in the womb) כאדם שנתון באסקופתוכ׳ (some ed. בספינה, read באִסְקוּפַת הספינה) like a person seated on the yard on open Sea. 2) lintel, threshold, gen. lower door-sill. Sabb.6a; a. fr.; cmp. Y.Ber.V, 37a, expl. סַף. Y.Snh.VI, 23b bot. עשה אותי (כ)א׳ make me the threshold for the Law to pass over me; i. e. let the law have its course at the expense of my life; yalk. Ps. 688 עשה אסקופא (corr. acc.).

אִסְקוּפָה, אִי׳f. ( סקף, cmp. b. h. מַשְׁקוֹף a. זקף) cross-piece; 1) yard of a ship. Tosef.B. Bath.IV, 1 ed. Zuck. (Var. אִיזְקָפָה); Y. ib. V, beg.15a in selling a vessel one has not implicitly sold את הא׳ the yard (because it is taken down when on land; v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Antenna). Midr. Till. to Ps. 103 (the embryo in the womb) כאדם שנתון באסקופתוכ׳ (some ed. בספינה, read באִסְקוּפַת הספינה) like a person seated on the yard on open Sea. 2) lintel, threshold, gen. lower door-sill. Sabb.6a; a. fr.; cmp. Y.Ber.V, 37a, expl. סַף. Y.Snh.VI, 23b bot. עשה אותי (כ)א׳ make me the threshold for the Law to pass over me; i. e. let the law have its course at the expense of my life; yalk. Ps. 688 עשה אסקופא (corr. acc.).

אִסְקוּפָה, אִי׳f. ( סקף, cmp. b. h. מַשְׁקוֹף a. זקף) cross-piece; 1) yard of a ship. Tosef.B. Bath.IV, 1 ed. Zuck. (Var. אִיזְקָפָה); Y. ib. V, beg.15a in selling a vessel one has not implicitly sold את הא׳ the yard (because it is taken down when on land; v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Antenna). Midr. Till. to Ps. 103 (the embryo in the womb) כאדם שנתון באסקופתוכ׳ (some ed. בספינה, read באִסְקוּפַת הספינה) like a person seated on the yard on open Sea. 2) lintel, threshold, gen. lower door-sill. Sabb.6a; a. fr.; cmp. Y.Ber.V, 37a, expl. סַף. Y.Snh.VI, 23b bot. עשה אותי (כ)א׳ make me the threshold for the Law to pass over me; i. e. let the law have its course at the expense of my life; yalk. Ps. 688 עשה אסקופא (corr. acc.).

אִסְקוּפָה, אִי׳f. ( סקף, cmp. b. h. מַשְׁקוֹף a. זקף) cross-piece; 1) yard of a ship. Tosef.B. Bath.IV, 1 ed. Zuck. (Var. אִיזְקָפָה); Y. ib. V, beg.15a in selling a vessel one has not implicitly sold את הא׳ the yard (because it is taken down when on land; v. Sm. Ant. s. v. Antenna). Midr. Till. to Ps. 103 (the embryo in the womb) כאדם שנתון באסקופתוכ׳ (some ed. בספינה, read באִסְקוּפַת הספינה) like a person seated on the yard on open Sea. 2) lintel, threshold, gen. lower door-sill. Sabb.6a; a. fr.; cmp. Y.Ber.V, 37a, expl. סַף. Y.Snh.VI, 23b bot. עשה אותי (כ)א׳ make me the threshold for the Law to pass over me; i. e. let the law have its course at the expense of my life; yalk. Ps. 688 עשה אסקופא (corr. acc.).

אַרְגֶּסְטֵיס(ארגסטס, אגריסטיס) m. (ἀργέστης) the brightening, epithet of various winds (cmp. אִסְתָּן); West-North-West, West-South-West. Num. R. s. 13 אני מביא רוח א׳וכ׳ I shall cause to pass over the world an argestes in which both winds (the Northern and the Southern) shall do service; Cant. R. to IV, 16 ארג׳; Lev. R. s. 9 ארגסטס; Ar. Var. אגרסטיס.