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1 צלי
צְלֵי, צְלָאII (preced.; corresp. to h. נָטָה) 1) (neut. verb) to turn, decline; to incline. Targ. Ps. 102:12. Targ. Job 15:30 Ms. (ed. יעדי; h. text יסור). Ib. 31:7 (some ed. חְּצַלֵי, corr. acc.). Targ. Ps. 40:2; a. fr. 2) to stretch, put up. Targ. Hos. 9:8; a. e. 3) (with אודנא) to bend, incline the ear, listen, heed. Targ. Prov. 5:13. Ib. 2:2 Ms. (ed. Af.). Ib. 22:17; a. fr. 4) to bend, wrest, pervert. Ib. 17:23. Ib. 18:5; a. fr. 5) to pray, v. Pa. Af. אַצְלֵי 1) (neut. verb) to turn; to deviate. Targ. Ps. 119:51; 157; a. e.Ber.34b; Meg.23a דמַצְלֵי אַצְלוּיֵי that they turned sideways (in prayer, instead of prostrating themselves). 2) to move, turn aside; to bend; to wrest, pervert. Targ. Job 24:4. Targ. Ex. 23:6 (not תֵצְלוּן). Targ. Deut. 27:19; a. e.Bets.14a אַצְלֵי אַצְלוּיֵי ודוך bend the mortar sideways and pound. Ib. ודילמא אצלויי א׳ perhaps he bent Keth.105a לאצלויי דינא to wrest judgment. Snh.109b (name of one of the judges of Sodom) מַצְלֵי דין Ms. M. (ed. דינא; Ms. K. אצלי, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) Perverter of justice; a. e. 4) to pray, v. Pa. Pa. צַלֵּי (to bend, turn aside, to pray. Targ. Ps. 86:1. Targ. Gen. 12:8. Targ. 1 Kings 8:30; 33 (ed. Wil. יִצְלוּן Pe.). Ib. 28 (ed. Wil. מַצְלֵי Af.); a. fr.Ber.34b דמְצַלֵּיוכ׳, v. בִּקְתָא. Sabb.10a לצַלּוּיֵי, v. נְגַהּ. Gen. R. s. 81 סליק לצַלָּאָהוכ׳ went up to pray in Jerusalem, Ib. ולא טב לך מִצְלֵיוכ׳ would it not be better for thee to pray on this blessed mountain (Gerizim)?; ib. s. 32 למִיצְ׳; a. e. Ithpe. אִצְטְלֵי to be moved; to tremble, shake. Targ. Is. 40:20. Targ. Jer. 10:4; a. fr. -
2 צלא II
צְלֵי, צְלָאII (preced.; corresp. to h. נָטָה) 1) (neut. verb) to turn, decline; to incline. Targ. Ps. 102:12. Targ. Job 15:30 Ms. (ed. יעדי; h. text יסור). Ib. 31:7 (some ed. חְּצַלֵי, corr. acc.). Targ. Ps. 40:2; a. fr. 2) to stretch, put up. Targ. Hos. 9:8; a. e. 3) (with אודנא) to bend, incline the ear, listen, heed. Targ. Prov. 5:13. Ib. 2:2 Ms. (ed. Af.). Ib. 22:17; a. fr. 4) to bend, wrest, pervert. Ib. 17:23. Ib. 18:5; a. fr. 5) to pray, v. Pa. Af. אַצְלֵי 1) (neut. verb) to turn; to deviate. Targ. Ps. 119:51; 157; a. e.Ber.34b; Meg.23a דמַצְלֵי אַצְלוּיֵי that they turned sideways (in prayer, instead of prostrating themselves). 2) to move, turn aside; to bend; to wrest, pervert. Targ. Job 24:4. Targ. Ex. 23:6 (not תֵצְלוּן). Targ. Deut. 27:19; a. e.Bets.14a אַצְלֵי אַצְלוּיֵי ודוך bend the mortar sideways and pound. Ib. ודילמא אצלויי א׳ perhaps he bent Keth.105a לאצלויי דינא to wrest judgment. Snh.109b (name of one of the judges of Sodom) מַצְלֵי דין Ms. M. (ed. דינא; Ms. K. אצלי, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) Perverter of justice; a. e. 4) to pray, v. Pa. Pa. צַלֵּי (to bend, turn aside, to pray. Targ. Ps. 86:1. Targ. Gen. 12:8. Targ. 1 Kings 8:30; 33 (ed. Wil. יִצְלוּן Pe.). Ib. 28 (ed. Wil. מַצְלֵי Af.); a. fr.Ber.34b דמְצַלֵּיוכ׳, v. בִּקְתָא. Sabb.10a לצַלּוּיֵי, v. נְגַהּ. Gen. R. s. 81 סליק לצַלָּאָהוכ׳ went up to pray in Jerusalem, Ib. ולא טב לך מִצְלֵיוכ׳ would it not be better for thee to pray on this blessed mountain (Gerizim)?; ib. s. 32 למִיצְ׳; a. e. Ithpe. אִצְטְלֵי to be moved; to tremble, shake. Targ. Is. 40:20. Targ. Jer. 10:4; a. fr. -
3 צְלֵי
צְלֵי, צְלָאII (preced.; corresp. to h. נָטָה) 1) (neut. verb) to turn, decline; to incline. Targ. Ps. 102:12. Targ. Job 15:30 Ms. (ed. יעדי; h. text יסור). Ib. 31:7 (some ed. חְּצַלֵי, corr. acc.). Targ. Ps. 40:2; a. fr. 2) to stretch, put up. Targ. Hos. 9:8; a. e. 3) (with אודנא) to bend, incline the ear, listen, heed. Targ. Prov. 5:13. Ib. 2:2 Ms. (ed. Af.). Ib. 22:17; a. fr. 4) to bend, wrest, pervert. Ib. 17:23. Ib. 18:5; a. fr. 5) to pray, v. Pa. Af. אַצְלֵי 1) (neut. verb) to turn; to deviate. Targ. Ps. 119:51; 157; a. e.Ber.34b; Meg.23a דמַצְלֵי אַצְלוּיֵי that they turned sideways (in prayer, instead of prostrating themselves). 2) to move, turn aside; to bend; to wrest, pervert. Targ. Job 24:4. Targ. Ex. 23:6 (not תֵצְלוּן). Targ. Deut. 27:19; a. e.Bets.14a אַצְלֵי אַצְלוּיֵי ודוך bend the mortar sideways and pound. Ib. ודילמא אצלויי א׳ perhaps he bent Keth.105a לאצלויי דינא to wrest judgment. Snh.109b (name of one of the judges of Sodom) מַצְלֵי דין Ms. M. (ed. דינא; Ms. K. אצלי, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) Perverter of justice; a. e. 4) to pray, v. Pa. Pa. צַלֵּי (to bend, turn aside, to pray. Targ. Ps. 86:1. Targ. Gen. 12:8. Targ. 1 Kings 8:30; 33 (ed. Wil. יִצְלוּן Pe.). Ib. 28 (ed. Wil. מַצְלֵי Af.); a. fr.Ber.34b דמְצַלֵּיוכ׳, v. בִּקְתָא. Sabb.10a לצַלּוּיֵי, v. נְגַהּ. Gen. R. s. 81 סליק לצַלָּאָהוכ׳ went up to pray in Jerusalem, Ib. ולא טב לך מִצְלֵיוכ׳ would it not be better for thee to pray on this blessed mountain (Gerizim)?; ib. s. 32 למִיצְ׳; a. e. Ithpe. אִצְטְלֵי to be moved; to tremble, shake. Targ. Is. 40:20. Targ. Jer. 10:4; a. fr. -
4 צְלָא
צְלֵי, צְלָאII (preced.; corresp. to h. נָטָה) 1) (neut. verb) to turn, decline; to incline. Targ. Ps. 102:12. Targ. Job 15:30 Ms. (ed. יעדי; h. text יסור). Ib. 31:7 (some ed. חְּצַלֵי, corr. acc.). Targ. Ps. 40:2; a. fr. 2) to stretch, put up. Targ. Hos. 9:8; a. e. 3) (with אודנא) to bend, incline the ear, listen, heed. Targ. Prov. 5:13. Ib. 2:2 Ms. (ed. Af.). Ib. 22:17; a. fr. 4) to bend, wrest, pervert. Ib. 17:23. Ib. 18:5; a. fr. 5) to pray, v. Pa. Af. אַצְלֵי 1) (neut. verb) to turn; to deviate. Targ. Ps. 119:51; 157; a. e.Ber.34b; Meg.23a דמַצְלֵי אַצְלוּיֵי that they turned sideways (in prayer, instead of prostrating themselves). 2) to move, turn aside; to bend; to wrest, pervert. Targ. Job 24:4. Targ. Ex. 23:6 (not תֵצְלוּן). Targ. Deut. 27:19; a. e.Bets.14a אַצְלֵי אַצְלוּיֵי ודוך bend the mortar sideways and pound. Ib. ודילמא אצלויי א׳ perhaps he bent Keth.105a לאצלויי דינא to wrest judgment. Snh.109b (name of one of the judges of Sodom) מַצְלֵי דין Ms. M. (ed. דינא; Ms. K. אצלי, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) Perverter of justice; a. e. 4) to pray, v. Pa. Pa. צַלֵּי (to bend, turn aside, to pray. Targ. Ps. 86:1. Targ. Gen. 12:8. Targ. 1 Kings 8:30; 33 (ed. Wil. יִצְלוּן Pe.). Ib. 28 (ed. Wil. מַצְלֵי Af.); a. fr.Ber.34b דמְצַלֵּיוכ׳, v. בִּקְתָא. Sabb.10a לצַלּוּיֵי, v. נְגַהּ. Gen. R. s. 81 סליק לצַלָּאָהוכ׳ went up to pray in Jerusalem, Ib. ולא טב לך מִצְלֵיוכ׳ would it not be better for thee to pray on this blessed mountain (Gerizim)?; ib. s. 32 למִיצְ׳; a. e. Ithpe. אִצְטְלֵי to be moved; to tremble, shake. Targ. Is. 40:20. Targ. Jer. 10:4; a. fr. -
5 נטי
נטי, נָטָה(b. h.) 1) (cmp. נָטַע) to stretch; to pitch a tent. Yalk. Gen. 67 בתחלה נ׳ אהלהוכ׳ (Gen. R. s. 39 נטע) first he pitched Sarahs tent 2) to hang over, incline; to decline. Macc.II, 7 ונופו נוֹטֶה, v. נוֹף II; Kidd.40b. Ned.IV, 5, a. e. הנוֹטוֹת overhanging fruit. Y.M. Kat. III, 82a בנוֹטוֹת when ones mustache hangs over the mouth.Snh.6b להיכן הדין נוטה which way the judgment will incline (in whose favor the verdict will be). Ib. 3b (ref. to Ex. 23:2) עשה לך בית דין נוטה arrange for thyself a court which can lean towards one side, i. e. of uneven numbers. Gen. R. s. 96, a. fr. נ׳ למות one inclines towards dying, feels death approaching; a. v. fr. 3) to bend, pervert judgment. Mekh. Mishp. s. 20 שמא תאמר … ואיני נוטה את הדין lest you say, I will take a bribe but will not pervert the law.Part. pass. נָטוּי; f. נְטוּיָה; pl. נְטוּיִים; נְטוּיִין, נְטוּיוֹת a) hanging over, threatening, inclining. Snh.109a קיר נ׳ a threatening wall; R. Hash. 16b; a. e.Gen. R. s. 49 נ׳ למות, v. supra.b) spread; pitched. Ohol. VII, 2. Tosef. ib. VIII, 2; a. e. Hif. הִיטָּה 1) (neut. verb) to incline. B. Mets.59b הִיטּוּ כותליוכ׳ the walls of the school-house bowed (threatening to fall). Ib. ועדיין מַטִּין ועומדין and so they still stand bending over. Ber.11a הִטֵּתִי, v. זָקַף. Keth.84b; Erub.46b מַטִּין one is inclined (in favor of R. Akibas opinion), i. e. the presumption is in his favor, opp. הלכה definite decision for general practice. Y.Snh.I, 18a bot. (ref. to 1 Kings 22:19) אלו מטין לכף זכותוכ׳ these argued in favor, and those against. R. Hash. 17a ורב חסד מַטֶּהוכ׳ and He who is abundant in kindness inclines (the scales) towards the side of kindness; a. fr. 2) to decline, move sideways. Keth.10a a man walking in the dark, ה׳ מצאו פתוח if he moves sideways (towards the door), he finds it open, if he does not (but strikes against the door) Trnsf. to perform coition without violently tearing the hymen. Ib. 3) (act. verb) to bend; ה׳ דין to wrest judgment. Mekh. l. c. שלא תאמר … אַטֶּה עליו את הדין say not, because he is a wicked man, I will turn the verdict against him. Peah VIII, 9 כל דיין … ומַטֶּה את הדין a judge that takes a bribe and perverts judgment; a. fr. 4) (after Ex. 23:2) to decide by majority (cmp. כָּרַע). Snh.IV, 1 דיני ממונות מטיןוכ׳ in civil law a majority of one decides in favor or against (the claimant), ודיני נפשות מטיןוכ׳ in criminal law a majority of one decides in favor of the defendant, but for a verdict against the defendant a majority of two is required, v. הַטָּיָה Mekh. l. c. הרוג על פי מטין put to death on a majority vote; מה עדים … אף מטין בשנים as incriminating witnessess must be two, so must the majority be two.Part. pass. מוּטֶּה; f. מוּטָּה reclining, bending over. M. Kat. 21a; Yeb.103a בין עומד … בין מ׳ standing, sitting or reclining. Kel. IV, 3; Tosef. ib. B. Kam. III, 10 היתה מ׳ על צדהוכ׳ if the vessel was misshaped so as to bend sideways like a sedan chair. Ib.; ib. 5 מַטָּה על צדה.V. מוּטָּה. -
6 נטה
נטי, נָטָה(b. h.) 1) (cmp. נָטַע) to stretch; to pitch a tent. Yalk. Gen. 67 בתחלה נ׳ אהלהוכ׳ (Gen. R. s. 39 נטע) first he pitched Sarahs tent 2) to hang over, incline; to decline. Macc.II, 7 ונופו נוֹטֶה, v. נוֹף II; Kidd.40b. Ned.IV, 5, a. e. הנוֹטוֹת overhanging fruit. Y.M. Kat. III, 82a בנוֹטוֹת when ones mustache hangs over the mouth.Snh.6b להיכן הדין נוטה which way the judgment will incline (in whose favor the verdict will be). Ib. 3b (ref. to Ex. 23:2) עשה לך בית דין נוטה arrange for thyself a court which can lean towards one side, i. e. of uneven numbers. Gen. R. s. 96, a. fr. נ׳ למות one inclines towards dying, feels death approaching; a. v. fr. 3) to bend, pervert judgment. Mekh. Mishp. s. 20 שמא תאמר … ואיני נוטה את הדין lest you say, I will take a bribe but will not pervert the law.Part. pass. נָטוּי; f. נְטוּיָה; pl. נְטוּיִים; נְטוּיִין, נְטוּיוֹת a) hanging over, threatening, inclining. Snh.109a קיר נ׳ a threatening wall; R. Hash. 16b; a. e.Gen. R. s. 49 נ׳ למות, v. supra.b) spread; pitched. Ohol. VII, 2. Tosef. ib. VIII, 2; a. e. Hif. הִיטָּה 1) (neut. verb) to incline. B. Mets.59b הִיטּוּ כותליוכ׳ the walls of the school-house bowed (threatening to fall). Ib. ועדיין מַטִּין ועומדין and so they still stand bending over. Ber.11a הִטֵּתִי, v. זָקַף. Keth.84b; Erub.46b מַטִּין one is inclined (in favor of R. Akibas opinion), i. e. the presumption is in his favor, opp. הלכה definite decision for general practice. Y.Snh.I, 18a bot. (ref. to 1 Kings 22:19) אלו מטין לכף זכותוכ׳ these argued in favor, and those against. R. Hash. 17a ורב חסד מַטֶּהוכ׳ and He who is abundant in kindness inclines (the scales) towards the side of kindness; a. fr. 2) to decline, move sideways. Keth.10a a man walking in the dark, ה׳ מצאו פתוח if he moves sideways (towards the door), he finds it open, if he does not (but strikes against the door) Trnsf. to perform coition without violently tearing the hymen. Ib. 3) (act. verb) to bend; ה׳ דין to wrest judgment. Mekh. l. c. שלא תאמר … אַטֶּה עליו את הדין say not, because he is a wicked man, I will turn the verdict against him. Peah VIII, 9 כל דיין … ומַטֶּה את הדין a judge that takes a bribe and perverts judgment; a. fr. 4) (after Ex. 23:2) to decide by majority (cmp. כָּרַע). Snh.IV, 1 דיני ממונות מטיןוכ׳ in civil law a majority of one decides in favor or against (the claimant), ודיני נפשות מטיןוכ׳ in criminal law a majority of one decides in favor of the defendant, but for a verdict against the defendant a majority of two is required, v. הַטָּיָה Mekh. l. c. הרוג על פי מטין put to death on a majority vote; מה עדים … אף מטין בשנים as incriminating witnessess must be two, so must the majority be two.Part. pass. מוּטֶּה; f. מוּטָּה reclining, bending over. M. Kat. 21a; Yeb.103a בין עומד … בין מ׳ standing, sitting or reclining. Kel. IV, 3; Tosef. ib. B. Kam. III, 10 היתה מ׳ על צדהוכ׳ if the vessel was misshaped so as to bend sideways like a sedan chair. Ib.; ib. 5 מַטָּה על צדה.V. מוּטָּה. -
7 נָטָה
נטי, נָטָה(b. h.) 1) (cmp. נָטַע) to stretch; to pitch a tent. Yalk. Gen. 67 בתחלה נ׳ אהלהוכ׳ (Gen. R. s. 39 נטע) first he pitched Sarahs tent 2) to hang over, incline; to decline. Macc.II, 7 ונופו נוֹטֶה, v. נוֹף II; Kidd.40b. Ned.IV, 5, a. e. הנוֹטוֹת overhanging fruit. Y.M. Kat. III, 82a בנוֹטוֹת when ones mustache hangs over the mouth.Snh.6b להיכן הדין נוטה which way the judgment will incline (in whose favor the verdict will be). Ib. 3b (ref. to Ex. 23:2) עשה לך בית דין נוטה arrange for thyself a court which can lean towards one side, i. e. of uneven numbers. Gen. R. s. 96, a. fr. נ׳ למות one inclines towards dying, feels death approaching; a. v. fr. 3) to bend, pervert judgment. Mekh. Mishp. s. 20 שמא תאמר … ואיני נוטה את הדין lest you say, I will take a bribe but will not pervert the law.Part. pass. נָטוּי; f. נְטוּיָה; pl. נְטוּיִים; נְטוּיִין, נְטוּיוֹת a) hanging over, threatening, inclining. Snh.109a קיר נ׳ a threatening wall; R. Hash. 16b; a. e.Gen. R. s. 49 נ׳ למות, v. supra.b) spread; pitched. Ohol. VII, 2. Tosef. ib. VIII, 2; a. e. Hif. הִיטָּה 1) (neut. verb) to incline. B. Mets.59b הִיטּוּ כותליוכ׳ the walls of the school-house bowed (threatening to fall). Ib. ועדיין מַטִּין ועומדין and so they still stand bending over. Ber.11a הִטֵּתִי, v. זָקַף. Keth.84b; Erub.46b מַטִּין one is inclined (in favor of R. Akibas opinion), i. e. the presumption is in his favor, opp. הלכה definite decision for general practice. Y.Snh.I, 18a bot. (ref. to 1 Kings 22:19) אלו מטין לכף זכותוכ׳ these argued in favor, and those against. R. Hash. 17a ורב חסד מַטֶּהוכ׳ and He who is abundant in kindness inclines (the scales) towards the side of kindness; a. fr. 2) to decline, move sideways. Keth.10a a man walking in the dark, ה׳ מצאו פתוח if he moves sideways (towards the door), he finds it open, if he does not (but strikes against the door) Trnsf. to perform coition without violently tearing the hymen. Ib. 3) (act. verb) to bend; ה׳ דין to wrest judgment. Mekh. l. c. שלא תאמר … אַטֶּה עליו את הדין say not, because he is a wicked man, I will turn the verdict against him. Peah VIII, 9 כל דיין … ומַטֶּה את הדין a judge that takes a bribe and perverts judgment; a. fr. 4) (after Ex. 23:2) to decide by majority (cmp. כָּרַע). Snh.IV, 1 דיני ממונות מטיןוכ׳ in civil law a majority of one decides in favor or against (the claimant), ודיני נפשות מטיןוכ׳ in criminal law a majority of one decides in favor of the defendant, but for a verdict against the defendant a majority of two is required, v. הַטָּיָה Mekh. l. c. הרוג על פי מטין put to death on a majority vote; מה עדים … אף מטין בשנים as incriminating witnessess must be two, so must the majority be two.Part. pass. מוּטֶּה; f. מוּטָּה reclining, bending over. M. Kat. 21a; Yeb.103a בין עומד … בין מ׳ standing, sitting or reclining. Kel. IV, 3; Tosef. ib. B. Kam. III, 10 היתה מ׳ על צדהוכ׳ if the vessel was misshaped so as to bend sideways like a sedan chair. Ib.; ib. 5 מַטָּה על צדה.V. מוּטָּה. -
8 עות
עָוַת(b. h.; v. עָוָה) to be curved, crooked. Pi. עִוֵּת, עִיֵּות 1) to pervert, wrest; to corrupt. Num. R. s. 10 מתוך כך … ומְעַוְּותִין את הדין in consequence (of drinking) they cause the Law to be forgotten, and they pervert judgment. Nidd.10b אין בודקות … מפני שמְעַוְּותוֹת אותן (not בודקין) they (the women) must not examine them (the young girls) with the fingers, because they may corrupt them (teach them unnatural gratification; Rashi: they may wound them).Koh. R. to I, 15 (ref. to מעות ib.) אם אין אדם מְעַוֵּות עצמו מדברי תורהוכ׳ as long as a person (though doing wrong) does not pervert himself through wilful misinterpretation of the Law, there is a remedy for him; משאדם מעוות נכ׳ but as soon as a person perverts himself ; a. fr.Nidd.12b (adapting Koh. l. c.) הן עִוְּתוּהָ הן תקנוה they make her crooked (the evidence on the cloths will make her unfit for marital intercourse), and they make her straight (if the evidence is favorable). 2) to offend, excite displeasure; wound the feelings of. Snh.97a יְעַיֵּת; Der. Er. Zut. ch. X יְעַוֵּות shall be offensive, v. אָמַר II. Midr. Till. to Ps. 119:78 אע״פ … מְעַוְּתִים אותיוכ׳ although the wicked insult me, I do not abandon the Law. 3) to render offensive, loathsome. Sifré Deut. 1; Yalk. ib. 792 למה אתה מְעַוֵּות עלינווכ׳ why dost thou make the Scriptures loathsome to us (by absurd interpretations)?Part. pass. מְעֻוָּת, מְעוּוָת; f. מְעוֶּוּתֶת; pl. מְעוּוָּתִים, מְעוּוָּהִין; מְעִוּוָּתוֹת, מְעֻוָּ׳ crooked, perverted, perverse. Koh. R. l. c. בעולם הזה מי שהוא מע׳וכ׳ in this world, he who is crooked may be straightened again (a sinner may amend his ways) Ex. R. s. 2, beg. (ref. to עלילות, Ps. 103:7, in contrast to Deut. 22:14) (read:) בשר ודם עלילותיו מע׳וכ׳ the ʿăliloth (machinations) of man are perverse …, but the ʿăliloth (dispositions) of the Lord are merciful; a. e. Nithpa. נִתְעַוֵּות to be curved, wrested; to be perverted; to deteriorate. Koh. R. l. c. אין קורין מעוות … ונ׳ we do not call a thing perverted, unless it was at a time straight (right), and it became curved. Ib. משנִתְעַיְּותוּ המיםוכ׳ when the waters dating from creation became deteriorated. Sot.41b נִתְעַוְּותוּ הדינין (or הדַּיָּנִין, v. Rashi a. l.) the courts became depraved. Ib. 47b נתעוותו הדינין justice became corrupt; (Tosef. ib. XIV, 3 נתקלקל הדין). -
9 עָוַת
עָוַת(b. h.; v. עָוָה) to be curved, crooked. Pi. עִוֵּת, עִיֵּות 1) to pervert, wrest; to corrupt. Num. R. s. 10 מתוך כך … ומְעַוְּותִין את הדין in consequence (of drinking) they cause the Law to be forgotten, and they pervert judgment. Nidd.10b אין בודקות … מפני שמְעַוְּותוֹת אותן (not בודקין) they (the women) must not examine them (the young girls) with the fingers, because they may corrupt them (teach them unnatural gratification; Rashi: they may wound them).Koh. R. to I, 15 (ref. to מעות ib.) אם אין אדם מְעַוֵּות עצמו מדברי תורהוכ׳ as long as a person (though doing wrong) does not pervert himself through wilful misinterpretation of the Law, there is a remedy for him; משאדם מעוות נכ׳ but as soon as a person perverts himself ; a. fr.Nidd.12b (adapting Koh. l. c.) הן עִוְּתוּהָ הן תקנוה they make her crooked (the evidence on the cloths will make her unfit for marital intercourse), and they make her straight (if the evidence is favorable). 2) to offend, excite displeasure; wound the feelings of. Snh.97a יְעַיֵּת; Der. Er. Zut. ch. X יְעַוֵּות shall be offensive, v. אָמַר II. Midr. Till. to Ps. 119:78 אע״פ … מְעַוְּתִים אותיוכ׳ although the wicked insult me, I do not abandon the Law. 3) to render offensive, loathsome. Sifré Deut. 1; Yalk. ib. 792 למה אתה מְעַוֵּות עלינווכ׳ why dost thou make the Scriptures loathsome to us (by absurd interpretations)?Part. pass. מְעֻוָּת, מְעוּוָת; f. מְעוֶּוּתֶת; pl. מְעוּוָּתִים, מְעוּוָּהִין; מְעִוּוָּתוֹת, מְעֻוָּ׳ crooked, perverted, perverse. Koh. R. l. c. בעולם הזה מי שהוא מע׳וכ׳ in this world, he who is crooked may be straightened again (a sinner may amend his ways) Ex. R. s. 2, beg. (ref. to עלילות, Ps. 103:7, in contrast to Deut. 22:14) (read:) בשר ודם עלילותיו מע׳וכ׳ the ʿăliloth (machinations) of man are perverse …, but the ʿăliloth (dispositions) of the Lord are merciful; a. e. Nithpa. נִתְעַוֵּות to be curved, wrested; to be perverted; to deteriorate. Koh. R. l. c. אין קורין מעוות … ונ׳ we do not call a thing perverted, unless it was at a time straight (right), and it became curved. Ib. משנִתְעַיְּותוּ המיםוכ׳ when the waters dating from creation became deteriorated. Sot.41b נִתְעַוְּותוּ הדינין (or הדַּיָּנִין, v. Rashi a. l.) the courts became depraved. Ib. 47b נתעוותו הדינין justice became corrupt; (Tosef. ib. XIV, 3 נתקלקל הדין).
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