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מִדָּה, מִידָּהf. (b. h.; preced.) 1) dimension, measure, proportion. Sabb.150a (play on מ̇ד̇ה̇ב̇ה, v. preced.) מ̇אד̇ מ̇אד̇ ה̇ב̇א בלא מ̇׳ bring much, very much, without measure. Peah VIII, 6 מ׳ זו this proportion. Gen. R. s. 64; Esth. R. introd. (ref. to מנדה, Ezra 4:13) זו מִדַּת הארץ that is the from the land as measured, i. e. the (Roman) land-tax. B. Bath.VII, 3 מ׳ בחבלוכ׳ I sell thee exact land-measure by the rope. Ib. 128a מִדַּת ארכו the length-measure of the cloak. Ib. מדת משקלותיו the measure of its (the gold-bars) weights, i. e. an estimate as to how many coins of a certain weight can be obtained from it. Ḥag.12a מדת יום ומ׳ לילה the combined length of day and night. Yeb.76b (ref. to 1 Sam. 17:38) מַדָּיו כמִדָּתוֹ his (Sauls) garments such as fitted his stature. Mikv. X, 5; Ḥull.73a עד מקום (ח)מ׳ as far as the designed length of the handle (excluding the portion which it is intended to cut off).Kidd.42b; B. Mets.56b, a. e. דבר שבמ׳ ושבמשקלוכ׳ objects which are sold by measure, by weight or by the piece. B. Bath.89b לעולם … מ׳ חסירהוכ׳ one must never keep in ones house too small or too large a measure (smaller or larger than the legal size); a. fr.Pl. מִדּוֹת, מִידּוֹת. Ib. 88b עונשן של מ׳ the divine punishment for fraudulent measures. Tosef.B. Mets. VI, 14 לא היו ממונין … אלא על המ׳ they (the agoranomoi in Jerusalem) were appointed not for the regulation of market prices but for the superintendence of the measures; B. Bath.89a, v. אֲנַרְדְּמִיס; a. fr.Men.18a למצות מִידּוֹתַי, v. מָצָח.Whence: Middoth (measurements of the Temple), name of a treatise of the Mishnah, of the order of Kodashim. 2) dealing; reward or punishment; dispensation.מ׳ כננד מ׳ retaliation, adequate punishment or reward. Sot.I, 7, v. preced. Ib. 9a לבמ׳ the verse is to intimate the God dispenses adequate punishments. Ib. 8b (ref. to ib. I, 7) אע״ג דמ׳ בטילח במ׳ לא בתיל although retribution (by the Jewish court) has ceased, the adequate divine punishment has not ceased. Lam. R. introd. (R. Alex. 2) (expl. יען וביען, Lev. 26:43) מ׳ בננד מ׳ punishment corresponding to deed. Ned.32a. Snh.90a כל מִידּוֹתָיו של חקב״ה מ׳ כנגד מ׳ all retributions of the Lord are in correspondence with mans doings. Ber.48b ‘whatever the Lord thy God has given thee דיינך בכל … בין מ׳ טובח ובין מִדַּת פורענות (not מדה) he is thy judge in whatever sentence he decrees upon thee, whether it be a good or an evil dispensation. Ib. IX, 5, v. מְאֹד. Sabb.97a. Ib. 151b לעולם … על מ׳ זו at all times let one pray to be spared this fate (poverty); a. fr.Pl. as ab. Snh.90a, v. supra. Yoma 87b המעביר על מִדּוֹתָיווכ׳ he who passes over his retaliations (who forbears to retaliate), his failings will be passed over (be forgiven); Meg.28a. Ib. לא עמדתי על מִידּוֹתַי I never insisted on retaliation; Kidd.71a ואינו מעמד על מדותיו (Rashi: מיעמיד); a. fr. 3) manner, ways, character, nature, condition. Ber.40a לא כמדת חקב״חוכ׳ the nature of divine (intellectual) affairs is not like the nature of human (material) affairs. Ib. 11b להזכיר מדת יוםוכ׳ to mention the nature of the day (light) at night. Tanḥ. Balak 3 מה מִדָּתוֹ what is the nature of his power. B. Mets.33a מ׳ ואינה מ׳ it is a (meritorious) way (of studying) and is not, i. e. you might to better; Y.Hor.III, 48c top מ׳ שאינה מ׳; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ab. V, 10 ארבע מ׳ באדם there are four different dispositions of men (as to treating ones fellowman); ib. 11 ארבע מ׳ בדעות four characters (temperaments); ib. 12 ארבע מ׳ בתלמידים four natures of students (with regard to receptive and retentive faculties). Y.Snh.XI, 30a bot. כל שבע מ׳וכ׳ all the seven characteristic features of righteous men which the scholars have defined have been realized in Rabbi. Ned.20b בני תשע מ׳ children conceived under nine (abnormal mental) conditions. R. Hash. 17b, a. fr. שלש עשרה מ׳ the thirteen divine attributes (Ex. 34:6, sq.). Ned.32a, v. פָּרַז; a. fr. מדת הדין a) justice. Tosef.Yeb.IX, 3. a. e., v. לָקָה.Esp. the divine attribute of justice, opp. מ׳ הרחמים, v. דּין II.b) common sense, logical argument. Yoma 43b כך (היא) מ׳ הדין נותנת common sense dictates this; Shebu.14a. Y.Maas. Sh. II, 53c top תחומין עשו (כמ׳) למ׳ הדין they regulated the laws of Sabbath limits according to common sense (not by textual interpretation).c) decision in money matters, civil law (contrad. to ritual law). Y.Gitt.V, 46c bot. אף למ׳ הדין הכן the same principle holds good for civil law (collection of claims, v. כַּפְּרָנוּת); Y.Shebi.X, 39c bot. Ib. (last line) ולמידין מ׳ הדיןוכ׳ do we apply the rules of Prosbol (v. פְּרוֹזְבּוּל) to ordinary claims? Y.B. Kam.V, beg.4d לא הילכו במ׳ הדין אחר הרוב (strike out בממון) in civil law we are not guided by probabilities (v. דוֹב; cmp. Bab. ib. 27b). Y.Ber.II, 5a bot. ולמ׳ הד׳ but civil law (questions of possession). 4) principle, standard, consistency. Men.III, 4 במדתר׳וכ׳ following the principle of R. ; Pes.77b; Y. ib. VII, 34c top. Shek. IV, 6 אינח היא תמ׳ (comment. אינה מן המ׳) this is not consistent (with a previous rule). Ib. 7 השוה את מִדָּתוֹ (Y. ed. מִדּוֹתָיו) he makes his standards even (is consistent). Pes.I, 7 אינת חיא המ׳ this is not the right argument. Ib. 15b אמאי אינה היא המ׳ מ׳ ומ׳ היא why do you say, it is no argument? it is surely a correct argument. Y. Ḥag.III, 77d ‘Menahem went out means ממ׳ למ׳ יצא he went over from one principle to another (joined the opposition; Bab. ib. 16b יצא לתרבות רעה).Esp. מִדּוֹת rules of interpretation. Sifra introd., ch. 1, end הלל … שבע מ׳וכ׳ Hillel the Elder explained seven rules ; Ab. dR. N. ch. 37; Tosef.Snh.VII, 11. Sifra introd., beg. (R. Yishm. said) בשלש עשרה מ׳וכ׳ the Torah is interpreted by means of thirteen rules. (Appendix to treat. Brakhoth. ל״ב מ׳ שלר׳ יוסיוכ׳ the thirty two rules of R. José the Galilean.Lev. R. s. 3, beg. הלכות ומ׳ decisions and interpretations (by which the decisions were reached), v. מְכִילְתָּא.Gitt.67a מִידּוֹתַי תרומה מתרומות מִידּוֹתָיווכ׳ my rules of interpretation are the selection from selections of rules by R. Akiba.Ber.33b שעושח מדותיו של הקב״ח רחמיםוכ׳ he makes compassion the standard (or reason) of the divine laws, while they are decrees (the reasons for which it behooves not man to discuss); Y. ib. V, 9c כקורא תיגר על מ׳וכ׳ because it sounds as if he were finding fault with the ways of the Lord (as if the Lord were partial); כנותן קיצבח למ׳וכ׳ as though he were setting limits to the attributes of the Lord.

מִדָּה, מִידָּהf. (b. h.; preced.) 1) dimension, measure, proportion. Sabb.150a (play on מ̇ד̇ה̇ב̇ה, v. preced.) מ̇אד̇ מ̇אד̇ ה̇ב̇א בלא מ̇׳ bring much, very much, without measure. Peah VIII, 6 מ׳ זו this proportion. Gen. R. s. 64; Esth. R. introd. (ref. to מנדה, Ezra 4:13) זו מִדַּת הארץ that is the from the land as measured, i. e. the (Roman) land-tax. B. Bath.VII, 3 מ׳ בחבלוכ׳ I sell thee exact land-measure by the rope. Ib. 128a מִדַּת ארכו the length-measure of the cloak. Ib. מדת משקלותיו the measure of its (the gold-bars) weights, i. e. an estimate as to how many coins of a certain weight can be obtained from it. Ḥag.12a מדת יום ומ׳ לילה the combined length of day and night. Yeb.76b (ref. to 1 Sam. 17:38) מַדָּיו כמִדָּתוֹ his (Sauls) garments such as fitted his stature. Mikv. X, 5; Ḥull.73a עד מקום (ח)מ׳ as far as the designed length of the handle (excluding the portion which it is intended to cut off).Kidd.42b; B. Mets.56b, a. e. דבר שבמ׳ ושבמשקלוכ׳ objects which are sold by measure, by weight or by the piece. B. Bath.89b לעולם … מ׳ חסירהוכ׳ one must never keep in ones house too small or too large a measure (smaller or larger than the legal size); a. fr.Pl. מִדּוֹת, מִידּוֹת. Ib. 88b עונשן של מ׳ the divine punishment for fraudulent measures. Tosef.B. Mets. VI, 14 לא היו ממונין … אלא על המ׳ they (the agoranomoi in Jerusalem) were appointed not for the regulation of market prices but for the superintendence of the measures; B. Bath.89a, v. אֲנַרְדְּמִיס; a. fr.Men.18a למצות מִידּוֹתַי, v. מָצָח.Whence: Middoth (measurements of the Temple), name of a treatise of the Mishnah, of the order of Kodashim. 2) dealing; reward or punishment; dispensation.מ׳ כננד מ׳ retaliation, adequate punishment or reward. Sot.I, 7, v. preced. Ib. 9a לבמ׳ the verse is to intimate the God dispenses adequate punishments. Ib. 8b (ref. to ib. I, 7) אע״ג דמ׳ בטילח במ׳ לא בתיל although retribution (by the Jewish court) has ceased, the adequate divine punishment has not ceased. Lam. R. introd. (R. Alex. 2) (expl. יען וביען, Lev. 26:43) מ׳ בננד מ׳ punishment corresponding to deed. Ned.32a. Snh.90a כל מִידּוֹתָיו של חקב״ה מ׳ כנגד מ׳ all retributions of the Lord are in correspondence with mans doings. Ber.48b ‘whatever the Lord thy God has given thee דיינך בכל … בין מ׳ טובח ובין מִדַּת פורענות (not מדה) he is thy judge in whatever sentence he decrees upon thee, whether it be a good or an evil dispensation. Ib. IX, 5, v. מְאֹד. Sabb.97a. Ib. 151b לעולם … על מ׳ זו at all times let one pray to be spared this fate (poverty); a. fr.Pl. as ab. Snh.90a, v. supra. Yoma 87b המעביר על מִדּוֹתָיווכ׳ he who passes over his retaliations (who forbears to retaliate), his failings will be passed over (be forgiven); Meg.28a. Ib. לא עמדתי על מִידּוֹתַי I never insisted on retaliation; Kidd.71a ואינו מעמד על מדותיו (Rashi: מיעמיד); a. fr. 3) manner, ways, character, nature, condition. Ber.40a לא כמדת חקב״חוכ׳ the nature of divine (intellectual) affairs is not like the nature of human (material) affairs. Ib. 11b להזכיר מדת יוםוכ׳ to mention the nature of the day (light) at night. Tanḥ. Balak 3 מה מִדָּתוֹ what is the nature of his power. B. Mets.33a מ׳ ואינה מ׳ it is a (meritorious) way (of studying) and is not, i. e. you might to better; Y.Hor.III, 48c top מ׳ שאינה מ׳; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ab. V, 10 ארבע מ׳ באדם there are four different dispositions of men (as to treating ones fellowman); ib. 11 ארבע מ׳ בדעות four characters (temperaments); ib. 12 ארבע מ׳ בתלמידים four natures of students (with regard to receptive and retentive faculties). Y.Snh.XI, 30a bot. כל שבע מ׳וכ׳ all the seven characteristic features of righteous men which the scholars have defined have been realized in Rabbi. Ned.20b בני תשע מ׳ children conceived under nine (abnormal mental) conditions. R. Hash. 17b, a. fr. שלש עשרה מ׳ the thirteen divine attributes (Ex. 34:6, sq.). Ned.32a, v. פָּרַז; a. fr. מדת הדין a) justice. Tosef.Yeb.IX, 3. a. e., v. לָקָה.Esp. the divine attribute of justice, opp. מ׳ הרחמים, v. דּין II.b) common sense, logical argument. Yoma 43b כך (היא) מ׳ הדין נותנת common sense dictates this; Shebu.14a. Y.Maas. Sh. II, 53c top תחומין עשו (כמ׳) למ׳ הדין they regulated the laws of Sabbath limits according to common sense (not by textual interpretation).c) decision in money matters, civil law (contrad. to ritual law). Y.Gitt.V, 46c bot. אף למ׳ הדין הכן the same principle holds good for civil law (collection of claims, v. כַּפְּרָנוּת); Y.Shebi.X, 39c bot. Ib. (last line) ולמידין מ׳ הדיןוכ׳ do we apply the rules of Prosbol (v. פְּרוֹזְבּוּל) to ordinary claims? Y.B. Kam.V, beg.4d לא הילכו במ׳ הדין אחר הרוב (strike out בממון) in civil law we are not guided by probabilities (v. דוֹב; cmp. Bab. ib. 27b). Y.Ber.II, 5a bot. ולמ׳ הד׳ but civil law (questions of possession). 4) principle, standard, consistency. Men.III, 4 במדתר׳וכ׳ following the principle of R. ; Pes.77b; Y. ib. VII, 34c top. Shek. IV, 6 אינח היא תמ׳ (comment. אינה מן המ׳) this is not consistent (with a previous rule). Ib. 7 השוה את מִדָּתוֹ (Y. ed. מִדּוֹתָיו) he makes his standards even (is consistent). Pes.I, 7 אינת חיא המ׳ this is not the right argument. Ib. 15b אמאי אינה היא המ׳ מ׳ ומ׳ היא why do you say, it is no argument? it is surely a correct argument. Y. Ḥag.III, 77d ‘Menahem went out means ממ׳ למ׳ יצא he went over from one principle to another (joined the opposition; Bab. ib. 16b יצא לתרבות רעה).Esp. מִדּוֹת rules of interpretation. Sifra introd., ch. 1, end הלל … שבע מ׳וכ׳ Hillel the Elder explained seven rules ; Ab. dR. N. ch. 37; Tosef.Snh.VII, 11. Sifra introd., beg. (R. Yishm. said) בשלש עשרה מ׳וכ׳ the Torah is interpreted by means of thirteen rules. (Appendix to treat. Brakhoth. ל״ב מ׳ שלר׳ יוסיוכ׳ the thirty two rules of R. José the Galilean.Lev. R. s. 3, beg. הלכות ומ׳ decisions and interpretations (by which the decisions were reached), v. מְכִילְתָּא.Gitt.67a מִידּוֹתַי תרומה מתרומות מִידּוֹתָיווכ׳ my rules of interpretation are the selection from selections of rules by R. Akiba.Ber.33b שעושח מדותיו של הקב״ח רחמיםוכ׳ he makes compassion the standard (or reason) of the divine laws, while they are decrees (the reasons for which it behooves not man to discuss); Y. ib. V, 9c כקורא תיגר על מ׳וכ׳ because it sounds as if he were finding fault with the ways of the Lord (as if the Lord were partial); כנותן קיצבח למ׳וכ׳ as though he were setting limits to the attributes of the Lord.

מִדָּה, מִידָּהf. (b. h.; preced.) 1) dimension, measure, proportion. Sabb.150a (play on מ̇ד̇ה̇ב̇ה, v. preced.) מ̇אד̇ מ̇אד̇ ה̇ב̇א בלא מ̇׳ bring much, very much, without measure. Peah VIII, 6 מ׳ זו this proportion. Gen. R. s. 64; Esth. R. introd. (ref. to מנדה, Ezra 4:13) זו מִדַּת הארץ that is the from the land as measured, i. e. the (Roman) land-tax. B. Bath.VII, 3 מ׳ בחבלוכ׳ I sell thee exact land-measure by the rope. Ib. 128a מִדַּת ארכו the length-measure of the cloak. Ib. מדת משקלותיו the measure of its (the gold-bars) weights, i. e. an estimate as to how many coins of a certain weight can be obtained from it. Ḥag.12a מדת יום ומ׳ לילה the combined length of day and night. Yeb.76b (ref. to 1 Sam. 17:38) מַדָּיו כמִדָּתוֹ his (Sauls) garments such as fitted his stature. Mikv. X, 5; Ḥull.73a עד מקום (ח)מ׳ as far as the designed length of the handle (excluding the portion which it is intended to cut off).Kidd.42b; B. Mets.56b, a. e. דבר שבמ׳ ושבמשקלוכ׳ objects which are sold by measure, by weight or by the piece. B. Bath.89b לעולם … מ׳ חסירהוכ׳ one must never keep in ones house too small or too large a measure (smaller or larger than the legal size); a. fr.Pl. מִדּוֹת, מִידּוֹת. Ib. 88b עונשן של מ׳ the divine punishment for fraudulent measures. Tosef.B. Mets. VI, 14 לא היו ממונין … אלא על המ׳ they (the agoranomoi in Jerusalem) were appointed not for the regulation of market prices but for the superintendence of the measures; B. Bath.89a, v. אֲנַרְדְּמִיס; a. fr.Men.18a למצות מִידּוֹתַי, v. מָצָח.Whence: Middoth (measurements of the Temple), name of a treatise of the Mishnah, of the order of Kodashim. 2) dealing; reward or punishment; dispensation.מ׳ כננד מ׳ retaliation, adequate punishment or reward. Sot.I, 7, v. preced. Ib. 9a לבמ׳ the verse is to intimate the God dispenses adequate punishments. Ib. 8b (ref. to ib. I, 7) אע״ג דמ׳ בטילח במ׳ לא בתיל although retribution (by the Jewish court) has ceased, the adequate divine punishment has not ceased. Lam. R. introd. (R. Alex. 2) (expl. יען וביען, Lev. 26:43) מ׳ בננד מ׳ punishment corresponding to deed. Ned.32a. Snh.90a כל מִידּוֹתָיו של חקב״ה מ׳ כנגד מ׳ all retributions of the Lord are in correspondence with mans doings. Ber.48b ‘whatever the Lord thy God has given thee דיינך בכל … בין מ׳ טובח ובין מִדַּת פורענות (not מדה) he is thy judge in whatever sentence he decrees upon thee, whether it be a good or an evil dispensation. Ib. IX, 5, v. מְאֹד. Sabb.97a. Ib. 151b לעולם … על מ׳ זו at all times let one pray to be spared this fate (poverty); a. fr.Pl. as ab. Snh.90a, v. supra. Yoma 87b המעביר על מִדּוֹתָיווכ׳ he who passes over his retaliations (who forbears to retaliate), his failings will be passed over (be forgiven); Meg.28a. Ib. לא עמדתי על מִידּוֹתַי I never insisted on retaliation; Kidd.71a ואינו מעמד על מדותיו (Rashi: מיעמיד); a. fr. 3) manner, ways, character, nature, condition. Ber.40a לא כמדת חקב״חוכ׳ the nature of divine (intellectual) affairs is not like the nature of human (material) affairs. Ib. 11b להזכיר מדת יוםוכ׳ to mention the nature of the day (light) at night. Tanḥ. Balak 3 מה מִדָּתוֹ what is the nature of his power. B. Mets.33a מ׳ ואינה מ׳ it is a (meritorious) way (of studying) and is not, i. e. you might to better; Y.Hor.III, 48c top מ׳ שאינה מ׳; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ab. V, 10 ארבע מ׳ באדם there are four different dispositions of men (as to treating ones fellowman); ib. 11 ארבע מ׳ בדעות four characters (temperaments); ib. 12 ארבע מ׳ בתלמידים four natures of students (with regard to receptive and retentive faculties). Y.Snh.XI, 30a bot. כל שבע מ׳וכ׳ all the seven characteristic features of righteous men which the scholars have defined have been realized in Rabbi. Ned.20b בני תשע מ׳ children conceived under nine (abnormal mental) conditions. R. Hash. 17b, a. fr. שלש עשרה מ׳ the thirteen divine attributes (Ex. 34:6, sq.). Ned.32a, v. פָּרַז; a. fr. מדת הדין a) justice. Tosef.Yeb.IX, 3. a. e., v. לָקָה.Esp. the divine attribute of justice, opp. מ׳ הרחמים, v. דּין II.b) common sense, logical argument. Yoma 43b כך (היא) מ׳ הדין נותנת common sense dictates this; Shebu.14a. Y.Maas. Sh. II, 53c top תחומין עשו (כמ׳) למ׳ הדין they regulated the laws of Sabbath limits according to common sense (not by textual interpretation).c) decision in money matters, civil law (contrad. to ritual law). Y.Gitt.V, 46c bot. אף למ׳ הדין הכן the same principle holds good for civil law (collection of claims, v. כַּפְּרָנוּת); Y.Shebi.X, 39c bot. Ib. (last line) ולמידין מ׳ הדיןוכ׳ do we apply the rules of Prosbol (v. פְּרוֹזְבּוּל) to ordinary claims? Y.B. Kam.V, beg.4d לא הילכו במ׳ הדין אחר הרוב (strike out בממון) in civil law we are not guided by probabilities (v. דוֹב; cmp. Bab. ib. 27b). Y.Ber.II, 5a bot. ולמ׳ הד׳ but civil law (questions of possession). 4) principle, standard, consistency. Men.III, 4 במדתר׳וכ׳ following the principle of R. ; Pes.77b; Y. ib. VII, 34c top. Shek. IV, 6 אינח היא תמ׳ (comment. אינה מן המ׳) this is not consistent (with a previous rule). Ib. 7 השוה את מִדָּתוֹ (Y. ed. מִדּוֹתָיו) he makes his standards even (is consistent). Pes.I, 7 אינת חיא המ׳ this is not the right argument. Ib. 15b אמאי אינה היא המ׳ מ׳ ומ׳ היא why do you say, it is no argument? it is surely a correct argument. Y. Ḥag.III, 77d ‘Menahem went out means ממ׳ למ׳ יצא he went over from one principle to another (joined the opposition; Bab. ib. 16b יצא לתרבות רעה).Esp. מִדּוֹת rules of interpretation. Sifra introd., ch. 1, end הלל … שבע מ׳וכ׳ Hillel the Elder explained seven rules ; Ab. dR. N. ch. 37; Tosef.Snh.VII, 11. Sifra introd., beg. (R. Yishm. said) בשלש עשרה מ׳וכ׳ the Torah is interpreted by means of thirteen rules. (Appendix to treat. Brakhoth. ל״ב מ׳ שלר׳ יוסיוכ׳ the thirty two rules of R. José the Galilean.Lev. R. s. 3, beg. הלכות ומ׳ decisions and interpretations (by which the decisions were reached), v. מְכִילְתָּא.Gitt.67a מִידּוֹתַי תרומה מתרומות מִידּוֹתָיווכ׳ my rules of interpretation are the selection from selections of rules by R. Akiba.Ber.33b שעושח מדותיו של הקב״ח רחמיםוכ׳ he makes compassion the standard (or reason) of the divine laws, while they are decrees (the reasons for which it behooves not man to discuss); Y. ib. V, 9c כקורא תיגר על מ׳וכ׳ because it sounds as if he were finding fault with the ways of the Lord (as if the Lord were partial); כנותן קיצבח למ׳וכ׳ as though he were setting limits to the attributes of the Lord.

מִדָּה, מִידָּהf. (b. h.; preced.) 1) dimension, measure, proportion. Sabb.150a (play on מ̇ד̇ה̇ב̇ה, v. preced.) מ̇אד̇ מ̇אד̇ ה̇ב̇א בלא מ̇׳ bring much, very much, without measure. Peah VIII, 6 מ׳ זו this proportion. Gen. R. s. 64; Esth. R. introd. (ref. to מנדה, Ezra 4:13) זו מִדַּת הארץ that is the from the land as measured, i. e. the (Roman) land-tax. B. Bath.VII, 3 מ׳ בחבלוכ׳ I sell thee exact land-measure by the rope. Ib. 128a מִדַּת ארכו the length-measure of the cloak. Ib. מדת משקלותיו the measure of its (the gold-bars) weights, i. e. an estimate as to how many coins of a certain weight can be obtained from it. Ḥag.12a מדת יום ומ׳ לילה the combined length of day and night. Yeb.76b (ref. to 1 Sam. 17:38) מַדָּיו כמִדָּתוֹ his (Sauls) garments such as fitted his stature. Mikv. X, 5; Ḥull.73a עד מקום (ח)מ׳ as far as the designed length of the handle (excluding the portion which it is intended to cut off).Kidd.42b; B. Mets.56b, a. e. דבר שבמ׳ ושבמשקלוכ׳ objects which are sold by measure, by weight or by the piece. B. Bath.89b לעולם … מ׳ חסירהוכ׳ one must never keep in ones house too small or too large a measure (smaller or larger than the legal size); a. fr.Pl. מִדּוֹת, מִידּוֹת. Ib. 88b עונשן של מ׳ the divine punishment for fraudulent measures. Tosef.B. Mets. VI, 14 לא היו ממונין … אלא על המ׳ they (the agoranomoi in Jerusalem) were appointed not for the regulation of market prices but for the superintendence of the measures; B. Bath.89a, v. אֲנַרְדְּמִיס; a. fr.Men.18a למצות מִידּוֹתַי, v. מָצָח.Whence: Middoth (measurements of the Temple), name of a treatise of the Mishnah, of the order of Kodashim. 2) dealing; reward or punishment; dispensation.מ׳ כננד מ׳ retaliation, adequate punishment or reward. Sot.I, 7, v. preced. Ib. 9a לבמ׳ the verse is to intimate the God dispenses adequate punishments. Ib. 8b (ref. to ib. I, 7) אע״ג דמ׳ בטילח במ׳ לא בתיל although retribution (by the Jewish court) has ceased, the adequate divine punishment has not ceased. Lam. R. introd. (R. Alex. 2) (expl. יען וביען, Lev. 26:43) מ׳ בננד מ׳ punishment corresponding to deed. Ned.32a. Snh.90a כל מִידּוֹתָיו של חקב״ה מ׳ כנגד מ׳ all retributions of the Lord are in correspondence with mans doings. Ber.48b ‘whatever the Lord thy God has given thee דיינך בכל … בין מ׳ טובח ובין מִדַּת פורענות (not מדה) he is thy judge in whatever sentence he decrees upon thee, whether it be a good or an evil dispensation. Ib. IX, 5, v. מְאֹד. Sabb.97a. Ib. 151b לעולם … על מ׳ זו at all times let one pray to be spared this fate (poverty); a. fr.Pl. as ab. Snh.90a, v. supra. Yoma 87b המעביר על מִדּוֹתָיווכ׳ he who passes over his retaliations (who forbears to retaliate), his failings will be passed over (be forgiven); Meg.28a. Ib. לא עמדתי על מִידּוֹתַי I never insisted on retaliation; Kidd.71a ואינו מעמד על מדותיו (Rashi: מיעמיד); a. fr. 3) manner, ways, character, nature, condition. Ber.40a לא כמדת חקב״חוכ׳ the nature of divine (intellectual) affairs is not like the nature of human (material) affairs. Ib. 11b להזכיר מדת יוםוכ׳ to mention the nature of the day (light) at night. Tanḥ. Balak 3 מה מִדָּתוֹ what is the nature of his power. B. Mets.33a מ׳ ואינה מ׳ it is a (meritorious) way (of studying) and is not, i. e. you might to better; Y.Hor.III, 48c top מ׳ שאינה מ׳; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ab. V, 10 ארבע מ׳ באדם there are four different dispositions of men (as to treating ones fellowman); ib. 11 ארבע מ׳ בדעות four characters (temperaments); ib. 12 ארבע מ׳ בתלמידים four natures of students (with regard to receptive and retentive faculties). Y.Snh.XI, 30a bot. כל שבע מ׳וכ׳ all the seven characteristic features of righteous men which the scholars have defined have been realized in Rabbi. Ned.20b בני תשע מ׳ children conceived under nine (abnormal mental) conditions. R. Hash. 17b, a. fr. שלש עשרה מ׳ the thirteen divine attributes (Ex. 34:6, sq.). Ned.32a, v. פָּרַז; a. fr. מדת הדין a) justice. Tosef.Yeb.IX, 3. a. e., v. לָקָה.Esp. the divine attribute of justice, opp. מ׳ הרחמים, v. דּין II.b) common sense, logical argument. Yoma 43b כך (היא) מ׳ הדין נותנת common sense dictates this; Shebu.14a. Y.Maas. Sh. II, 53c top תחומין עשו (כמ׳) למ׳ הדין they regulated the laws of Sabbath limits according to common sense (not by textual interpretation).c) decision in money matters, civil law (contrad. to ritual law). Y.Gitt.V, 46c bot. אף למ׳ הדין הכן the same principle holds good for civil law (collection of claims, v. כַּפְּרָנוּת); Y.Shebi.X, 39c bot. Ib. (last line) ולמידין מ׳ הדיןוכ׳ do we apply the rules of Prosbol (v. פְּרוֹזְבּוּל) to ordinary claims? Y.B. Kam.V, beg.4d לא הילכו במ׳ הדין אחר הרוב (strike out בממון) in civil law we are not guided by probabilities (v. דוֹב; cmp. Bab. ib. 27b). Y.Ber.II, 5a bot. ולמ׳ הד׳ but civil law (questions of possession). 4) principle, standard, consistency. Men.III, 4 במדתר׳וכ׳ following the principle of R. ; Pes.77b; Y. ib. VII, 34c top. Shek. IV, 6 אינח היא תמ׳ (comment. אינה מן המ׳) this is not consistent (with a previous rule). Ib. 7 השוה את מִדָּתוֹ (Y. ed. מִדּוֹתָיו) he makes his standards even (is consistent). Pes.I, 7 אינת חיא המ׳ this is not the right argument. Ib. 15b אמאי אינה היא המ׳ מ׳ ומ׳ היא why do you say, it is no argument? it is surely a correct argument. Y. Ḥag.III, 77d ‘Menahem went out means ממ׳ למ׳ יצא he went over from one principle to another (joined the opposition; Bab. ib. 16b יצא לתרבות רעה).Esp. מִדּוֹת rules of interpretation. Sifra introd., ch. 1, end הלל … שבע מ׳וכ׳ Hillel the Elder explained seven rules ; Ab. dR. N. ch. 37; Tosef.Snh.VII, 11. Sifra introd., beg. (R. Yishm. said) בשלש עשרה מ׳וכ׳ the Torah is interpreted by means of thirteen rules. (Appendix to treat. Brakhoth. ל״ב מ׳ שלר׳ יוסיוכ׳ the thirty two rules of R. José the Galilean.Lev. R. s. 3, beg. הלכות ומ׳ decisions and interpretations (by which the decisions were reached), v. מְכִילְתָּא.Gitt.67a מִידּוֹתַי תרומה מתרומות מִידּוֹתָיווכ׳ my rules of interpretation are the selection from selections of rules by R. Akiba.Ber.33b שעושח מדותיו של הקב״ח רחמיםוכ׳ he makes compassion the standard (or reason) of the divine laws, while they are decrees (the reasons for which it behooves not man to discuss); Y. ib. V, 9c כקורא תיגר על מ׳וכ׳ because it sounds as if he were finding fault with the ways of the Lord (as if the Lord were partial); כנותן קיצבח למ׳וכ׳ as though he were setting limits to the attributes of the Lord.

תְּאֵנָה, תְּאֵי׳f. (b. h.) 1) fig-tree; fig. Cant. R. to VI, 2 הת׳ הזו … יפה לה ויפה לת׳ when the fig-tree is plucked in due time, it is good for it and good for the fig; Gen. R. s. 62; Koh. R. to V, 11. Ib.; Y.Ber.II, 5c top בעל הת׳ יוֹדעוכ׳ the owner of the fig-tree knows when it is time to pluck it (God knows when it is time to call the righteous away). Gen. R. l. c. היו … תחת ת׳ אחת were wont to rise early and sit down under a certain fig-tree to study; ib. חדא … תְּאֵינָתִיוכ׳ the one benefit that you conferred upon me by sitting and studying under my fig-tree, you have now taken away; Yalk. ib. 110; a. fr.Pl. תְּאֵנִים, תְּאֵנוֹת, תְּאֵי, figs. Y. Ber. l. c. תְּאֵינוֹתָיו, v. תָּלַע. B. Mets.VII, 4. Ber.41b הביאו לפניהם ת׳וכ׳ if figs and grapes are placed before diners during the meal. Ib. VI, 8. Ib. 44a קוצצי ת׳ fig-cutters; a. fr. 2) עֵין ת׳ pr. n. pl. ʿEn-Tenah, near Sepphoris. Koh. R. to III, 2.

תְּאֵנָה, תְּאֵי׳f. (b. h.) 1) fig-tree; fig. Cant. R. to VI, 2 הת׳ הזו … יפה לה ויפה לת׳ when the fig-tree is plucked in due time, it is good for it and good for the fig; Gen. R. s. 62; Koh. R. to V, 11. Ib.; Y.Ber.II, 5c top בעל הת׳ יוֹדעוכ׳ the owner of the fig-tree knows when it is time to pluck it (God knows when it is time to call the righteous away). Gen. R. l. c. היו … תחת ת׳ אחת were wont to rise early and sit down under a certain fig-tree to study; ib. חדא … תְּאֵינָתִיוכ׳ the one benefit that you conferred upon me by sitting and studying under my fig-tree, you have now taken away; Yalk. ib. 110; a. fr.Pl. תְּאֵנִים, תְּאֵנוֹת, תְּאֵי, figs. Y. Ber. l. c. תְּאֵינוֹתָיו, v. תָּלַע. B. Mets.VII, 4. Ber.41b הביאו לפניהם ת׳וכ׳ if figs and grapes are placed before diners during the meal. Ib. VI, 8. Ib. 44a קוצצי ת׳ fig-cutters; a. fr. 2) עֵין ת׳ pr. n. pl. ʿEn-Tenah, near Sepphoris. Koh. R. to III, 2.

תְּאֵנָה, תְּאֵי׳f. (b. h.) 1) fig-tree; fig. Cant. R. to VI, 2 הת׳ הזו … יפה לה ויפה לת׳ when the fig-tree is plucked in due time, it is good for it and good for the fig; Gen. R. s. 62; Koh. R. to V, 11. Ib.; Y.Ber.II, 5c top בעל הת׳ יוֹדעוכ׳ the owner of the fig-tree knows when it is time to pluck it (God knows when it is time to call the righteous away). Gen. R. l. c. היו … תחת ת׳ אחת were wont to rise early and sit down under a certain fig-tree to study; ib. חדא … תְּאֵינָתִיוכ׳ the one benefit that you conferred upon me by sitting and studying under my fig-tree, you have now taken away; Yalk. ib. 110; a. fr.Pl. תְּאֵנִים, תְּאֵנוֹת, תְּאֵי, figs. Y. Ber. l. c. תְּאֵינוֹתָיו, v. תָּלַע. B. Mets.VII, 4. Ber.41b הביאו לפניהם ת׳וכ׳ if figs and grapes are placed before diners during the meal. Ib. VI, 8. Ib. 44a קוצצי ת׳ fig-cutters; a. fr. 2) עֵין ת׳ pr. n. pl. ʿEn-Tenah, near Sepphoris. Koh. R. to III, 2.

תְּאֵנָה, תְּאֵי׳f. (b. h.) 1) fig-tree; fig. Cant. R. to VI, 2 הת׳ הזו … יפה לה ויפה לת׳ when the fig-tree is plucked in due time, it is good for it and good for the fig; Gen. R. s. 62; Koh. R. to V, 11. Ib.; Y.Ber.II, 5c top בעל הת׳ יוֹדעוכ׳ the owner of the fig-tree knows when it is time to pluck it (God knows when it is time to call the righteous away). Gen. R. l. c. היו … תחת ת׳ אחת were wont to rise early and sit down under a certain fig-tree to study; ib. חדא … תְּאֵינָתִיוכ׳ the one benefit that you conferred upon me by sitting and studying under my fig-tree, you have now taken away; Yalk. ib. 110; a. fr.Pl. תְּאֵנִים, תְּאֵנוֹת, תְּאֵי, figs. Y. Ber. l. c. תְּאֵינוֹתָיו, v. תָּלַע. B. Mets.VII, 4. Ber.41b הביאו לפניהם ת׳וכ׳ if figs and grapes are placed before diners during the meal. Ib. VI, 8. Ib. 44a קוצצי ת׳ fig-cutters; a. fr. 2) עֵין ת׳ pr. n. pl. ʿEn-Tenah, near Sepphoris. Koh. R. to III, 2.

חֲזִי, חֲזָאch. sam(חזי, חזהto discern, see), to see, recognize, to decide. Targ. O. Gen. 29:10; a. fr.Ber.45a; Erub.14b, a. e. פוק חֲזִיוכ׳, v. דְּבַר. Ib. 13b דחֲזִיתֵיה לר״מוכ׳ (not דחזיתא) because I have seen R. M. Ḥull.59b בעינא דאֶיחְזֵיוכ׳ I want to see your God Erub.63a ח׳ לנפשיה may examine the knife for his own use; a. fr.Part. pass. חָזֵי חֲזֵי, f. חַזְיָא (cmp. רָאוּי) pointed out, fit for, prepared; ( it is) proper. Targ. Job 15:11. Targ. O. Lev. 5:10; a. e.Keth.21a כְּדַחֲ׳, כִּדְחָ׳ as it is proper. B. Bath.19b ח׳ לבהמתו fit for his cattle as feed; a. fr.Sabb.90a, a. fr. למאי חזיא what is it good for (what use can be made of it)?Pl. חָזוּ, חֲזוּ Ib. top ח׳ למתקוכ׳ they may be used for seasoning Bets.26b; a. fr. חזי לי it was pointed out to me, I saw. Gitt.57a. Taan.25b; a. fr. Af. אַחֲזֵי to show, let see, reveal; to lay before a teacher for examination or decision. Targ. O. Gen. 41:28; a. fr.Ḥull.59b בעינא דמַחֲזִיתוכ׳ I want thee to show it to me. Bets. l. c. אַחֲזַיֵיה לחכםוכ׳ as soon as he showed it to an expert (and the latter decided favorably) ; a. fr. Pa. חַזֵּי same. Targ. II Esth. 2:8.B. Mets.67a ואודיק חַזִּיתָן איילונית and when he looked at me (and noticed that I was going to object by referring to אֹונָאָה), he pointed out to us the case of אַיְילֹונִית (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 50; Ms. R. חַזְּתָן). Ithpa. אִיתְחֲזֵי, אִיחֲזֵי, אִחְזֵי 1) to be seen, to appear. Targ. Jud. 13:10; a. fr.Ber.17b מִיחֲזֵי כיוהרא it looks like assumption; a. fr. 2) to look at each other. Targ. O. Gen. 42:1. 3) to become fit, adapted for use. Bets.26b אי דאִחֲזוּבה״ש א׳ if on the entrance of the Sabbath they became fit for use, they have become so (for the entire Sabbath). Ib. אחזו והדר … אחזו they had been fit (on the entrance of the Sabbath), and were unfitted (through rain), and became fit again; a. fr. 4) to be shown, to be laid before the scholar for decision. Ib. אתח׳ לחכםוכ׳ it had been shown to (and decided upon by) the expert on the eve ; a. fr.

חֲזִי, חֲזָאch. sam(חזי, חזהto discern, see), to see, recognize, to decide. Targ. O. Gen. 29:10; a. fr.Ber.45a; Erub.14b, a. e. פוק חֲזִיוכ׳, v. דְּבַר. Ib. 13b דחֲזִיתֵיה לר״מוכ׳ (not דחזיתא) because I have seen R. M. Ḥull.59b בעינא דאֶיחְזֵיוכ׳ I want to see your God Erub.63a ח׳ לנפשיה may examine the knife for his own use; a. fr.Part. pass. חָזֵי חֲזֵי, f. חַזְיָא (cmp. רָאוּי) pointed out, fit for, prepared; ( it is) proper. Targ. Job 15:11. Targ. O. Lev. 5:10; a. e.Keth.21a כְּדַחֲ׳, כִּדְחָ׳ as it is proper. B. Bath.19b ח׳ לבהמתו fit for his cattle as feed; a. fr.Sabb.90a, a. fr. למאי חזיא what is it good for (what use can be made of it)?Pl. חָזוּ, חֲזוּ Ib. top ח׳ למתקוכ׳ they may be used for seasoning Bets.26b; a. fr. חזי לי it was pointed out to me, I saw. Gitt.57a. Taan.25b; a. fr. Af. אַחֲזֵי to show, let see, reveal; to lay before a teacher for examination or decision. Targ. O. Gen. 41:28; a. fr.Ḥull.59b בעינא דמַחֲזִיתוכ׳ I want thee to show it to me. Bets. l. c. אַחֲזַיֵיה לחכםוכ׳ as soon as he showed it to an expert (and the latter decided favorably) ; a. fr. Pa. חַזֵּי same. Targ. II Esth. 2:8.B. Mets.67a ואודיק חַזִּיתָן איילונית and when he looked at me (and noticed that I was going to object by referring to אֹונָאָה), he pointed out to us the case of אַיְילֹונִית (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 50; Ms. R. חַזְּתָן). Ithpa. אִיתְחֲזֵי, אִיחֲזֵי, אִחְזֵי 1) to be seen, to appear. Targ. Jud. 13:10; a. fr.Ber.17b מִיחֲזֵי כיוהרא it looks like assumption; a. fr. 2) to look at each other. Targ. O. Gen. 42:1. 3) to become fit, adapted for use. Bets.26b אי דאִחֲזוּבה״ש א׳ if on the entrance of the Sabbath they became fit for use, they have become so (for the entire Sabbath). Ib. אחזו והדר … אחזו they had been fit (on the entrance of the Sabbath), and were unfitted (through rain), and became fit again; a. fr. 4) to be shown, to be laid before the scholar for decision. Ib. אתח׳ לחכםוכ׳ it had been shown to (and decided upon by) the expert on the eve ; a. fr.

חֲזִי, חֲזָאch. sam(חזי, חזהto discern, see), to see, recognize, to decide. Targ. O. Gen. 29:10; a. fr.Ber.45a; Erub.14b, a. e. פוק חֲזִיוכ׳, v. דְּבַר. Ib. 13b דחֲזִיתֵיה לר״מוכ׳ (not דחזיתא) because I have seen R. M. Ḥull.59b בעינא דאֶיחְזֵיוכ׳ I want to see your God Erub.63a ח׳ לנפשיה may examine the knife for his own use; a. fr.Part. pass. חָזֵי חֲזֵי, f. חַזְיָא (cmp. רָאוּי) pointed out, fit for, prepared; ( it is) proper. Targ. Job 15:11. Targ. O. Lev. 5:10; a. e.Keth.21a כְּדַחֲ׳, כִּדְחָ׳ as it is proper. B. Bath.19b ח׳ לבהמתו fit for his cattle as feed; a. fr.Sabb.90a, a. fr. למאי חזיא what is it good for (what use can be made of it)?Pl. חָזוּ, חֲזוּ Ib. top ח׳ למתקוכ׳ they may be used for seasoning Bets.26b; a. fr. חזי לי it was pointed out to me, I saw. Gitt.57a. Taan.25b; a. fr. Af. אַחֲזֵי to show, let see, reveal; to lay before a teacher for examination or decision. Targ. O. Gen. 41:28; a. fr.Ḥull.59b בעינא דמַחֲזִיתוכ׳ I want thee to show it to me. Bets. l. c. אַחֲזַיֵיה לחכםוכ׳ as soon as he showed it to an expert (and the latter decided favorably) ; a. fr. Pa. חַזֵּי same. Targ. II Esth. 2:8.B. Mets.67a ואודיק חַזִּיתָן איילונית and when he looked at me (and noticed that I was going to object by referring to אֹונָאָה), he pointed out to us the case of אַיְילֹונִית (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 50; Ms. R. חַזְּתָן). Ithpa. אִיתְחֲזֵי, אִיחֲזֵי, אִחְזֵי 1) to be seen, to appear. Targ. Jud. 13:10; a. fr.Ber.17b מִיחֲזֵי כיוהרא it looks like assumption; a. fr. 2) to look at each other. Targ. O. Gen. 42:1. 3) to become fit, adapted for use. Bets.26b אי דאִחֲזוּבה״ש א׳ if on the entrance of the Sabbath they became fit for use, they have become so (for the entire Sabbath). Ib. אחזו והדר … אחזו they had been fit (on the entrance of the Sabbath), and were unfitted (through rain), and became fit again; a. fr. 4) to be shown, to be laid before the scholar for decision. Ib. אתח׳ לחכםוכ׳ it had been shown to (and decided upon by) the expert on the eve ; a. fr.

חֲזִי, חֲזָאch. sam(חזי, חזהto discern, see), to see, recognize, to decide. Targ. O. Gen. 29:10; a. fr.Ber.45a; Erub.14b, a. e. פוק חֲזִיוכ׳, v. דְּבַר. Ib. 13b דחֲזִיתֵיה לר״מוכ׳ (not דחזיתא) because I have seen R. M. Ḥull.59b בעינא דאֶיחְזֵיוכ׳ I want to see your God Erub.63a ח׳ לנפשיה may examine the knife for his own use; a. fr.Part. pass. חָזֵי חֲזֵי, f. חַזְיָא (cmp. רָאוּי) pointed out, fit for, prepared; ( it is) proper. Targ. Job 15:11. Targ. O. Lev. 5:10; a. e.Keth.21a כְּדַחֲ׳, כִּדְחָ׳ as it is proper. B. Bath.19b ח׳ לבהמתו fit for his cattle as feed; a. fr.Sabb.90a, a. fr. למאי חזיא what is it good for (what use can be made of it)?Pl. חָזוּ, חֲזוּ Ib. top ח׳ למתקוכ׳ they may be used for seasoning Bets.26b; a. fr. חזי לי it was pointed out to me, I saw. Gitt.57a. Taan.25b; a. fr. Af. אַחֲזֵי to show, let see, reveal; to lay before a teacher for examination or decision. Targ. O. Gen. 41:28; a. fr.Ḥull.59b בעינא דמַחֲזִיתוכ׳ I want thee to show it to me. Bets. l. c. אַחֲזַיֵיה לחכםוכ׳ as soon as he showed it to an expert (and the latter decided favorably) ; a. fr. Pa. חַזֵּי same. Targ. II Esth. 2:8.B. Mets.67a ואודיק חַזִּיתָן איילונית and when he looked at me (and noticed that I was going to object by referring to אֹונָאָה), he pointed out to us the case of אַיְילֹונִית (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 50; Ms. R. חַזְּתָן). Ithpa. אִיתְחֲזֵי, אִיחֲזֵי, אִחְזֵי 1) to be seen, to appear. Targ. Jud. 13:10; a. fr.Ber.17b מִיחֲזֵי כיוהרא it looks like assumption; a. fr. 2) to look at each other. Targ. O. Gen. 42:1. 3) to become fit, adapted for use. Bets.26b אי דאִחֲזוּבה״ש א׳ if on the entrance of the Sabbath they became fit for use, they have become so (for the entire Sabbath). Ib. אחזו והדר … אחזו they had been fit (on the entrance of the Sabbath), and were unfitted (through rain), and became fit again; a. fr. 4) to be shown, to be laid before the scholar for decision. Ib. אתח׳ לחכםוכ׳ it had been shown to (and decided upon by) the expert on the eve ; a. fr.

הגי, הָגָה(b. h.; v. אָגָא) (to point, pierce, 1) to reason, argue, deduct. Koh. R. to I, 16 הלב הוֹגֶה the heart reasons (ref. to Ps. 49:4 הָגוּת). Deut. R. s. 11 הוֹגֶיהָ those who study the Law, contrad. to עוֹשֶׂיהָ.Y.Meg.I, 72b ה׳ נח תורהוכ׳ Noah deducted a new law from a given law. Gen. R. s. 49 שהוא הוגה בתורהוכ׳ who shall discuss the Law in seventy languages; a. fr. 2) to pronounce, recite, spell. Midr. Till. to Ps. 90:9 (ref. to הֶגֶה, ib.) זה נער שהוא הוגה like a boy that spells (with difficulty). Snh.X (IX), 1 ההוגהוכ׳ he who pronounces the Divine Name as it is written, v. אָגָא. Koh. R. to XII, 12 (ref. to להג ib.) לֶהֱגוֹת ניתנווכ׳ they are good for reading exercises but not for painful study; v. הִגָּיוֹן. Y.Meg.IV, 74d bot. לא יהא הוגה מפיו וקורא he must not spell (the letters of a Biblical book) from memory and dictate for writing a scroll. 3) to murmur a charm, v. Hif. Nif. נֶהֱגֶה to be spelled, read. Sabb.XII, 4; 5, נֶהֱגִין זה עם זה letters which can be read together (give sense). Pi. הִגָּה (also from יָגָה) to pierce, sting; ה׳ מכה to prickle, open a wound; trnsf. to lay bare a persons disgrace. Lam. R. to I, 4 (interpret. נוגות, ib.) they assaulted her …, עד שהִגּוּ את מכתה and then laughed at her disgrace. Ib. to III, 33 (ref. to וַיַּגֶּה); Cant. R. to VII, 8. Hif. הֶהֱגֶה to murmur charms. Part. מַהְגֶּה, pl. מַהְגִּים, מַהְגִּין. Sot.12b (ref. to Is. 8:19) מַ׳ ואינןוכ׳ they murmur but know not what ; Ex. R. s. 1 הוֹגִין. Lev. R. s. 6 המ׳ אלו המנהמין hammahgin (Is. l. c.) that means the humming (sorcerers).

הגי, הָגָה(b. h.; v. אָגָא) (to point, pierce, 1) to reason, argue, deduct. Koh. R. to I, 16 הלב הוֹגֶה the heart reasons (ref. to Ps. 49:4 הָגוּת). Deut. R. s. 11 הוֹגֶיהָ those who study the Law, contrad. to עוֹשֶׂיהָ.Y.Meg.I, 72b ה׳ נח תורהוכ׳ Noah deducted a new law from a given law. Gen. R. s. 49 שהוא הוגה בתורהוכ׳ who shall discuss the Law in seventy languages; a. fr. 2) to pronounce, recite, spell. Midr. Till. to Ps. 90:9 (ref. to הֶגֶה, ib.) זה נער שהוא הוגה like a boy that spells (with difficulty). Snh.X (IX), 1 ההוגהוכ׳ he who pronounces the Divine Name as it is written, v. אָגָא. Koh. R. to XII, 12 (ref. to להג ib.) לֶהֱגוֹת ניתנווכ׳ they are good for reading exercises but not for painful study; v. הִגָּיוֹן. Y.Meg.IV, 74d bot. לא יהא הוגה מפיו וקורא he must not spell (the letters of a Biblical book) from memory and dictate for writing a scroll. 3) to murmur a charm, v. Hif. Nif. נֶהֱגֶה to be spelled, read. Sabb.XII, 4; 5, נֶהֱגִין זה עם זה letters which can be read together (give sense). Pi. הִגָּה (also from יָגָה) to pierce, sting; ה׳ מכה to prickle, open a wound; trnsf. to lay bare a persons disgrace. Lam. R. to I, 4 (interpret. נוגות, ib.) they assaulted her …, עד שהִגּוּ את מכתה and then laughed at her disgrace. Ib. to III, 33 (ref. to וַיַּגֶּה); Cant. R. to VII, 8. Hif. הֶהֱגֶה to murmur charms. Part. מַהְגֶּה, pl. מַהְגִּים, מַהְגִּין. Sot.12b (ref. to Is. 8:19) מַ׳ ואינןוכ׳ they murmur but know not what ; Ex. R. s. 1 הוֹגִין. Lev. R. s. 6 המ׳ אלו המנהמין hammahgin (Is. l. c.) that means the humming (sorcerers).

הגי, הָגָה(b. h.; v. אָגָא) (to point, pierce, 1) to reason, argue, deduct. Koh. R. to I, 16 הלב הוֹגֶה the heart reasons (ref. to Ps. 49:4 הָגוּת). Deut. R. s. 11 הוֹגֶיהָ those who study the Law, contrad. to עוֹשֶׂיהָ.Y.Meg.I, 72b ה׳ נח תורהוכ׳ Noah deducted a new law from a given law. Gen. R. s. 49 שהוא הוגה בתורהוכ׳ who shall discuss the Law in seventy languages; a. fr. 2) to pronounce, recite, spell. Midr. Till. to Ps. 90:9 (ref. to הֶגֶה, ib.) זה נער שהוא הוגה like a boy that spells (with difficulty). Snh.X (IX), 1 ההוגהוכ׳ he who pronounces the Divine Name as it is written, v. אָגָא. Koh. R. to XII, 12 (ref. to להג ib.) לֶהֱגוֹת ניתנווכ׳ they are good for reading exercises but not for painful study; v. הִגָּיוֹן. Y.Meg.IV, 74d bot. לא יהא הוגה מפיו וקורא he must not spell (the letters of a Biblical book) from memory and dictate for writing a scroll. 3) to murmur a charm, v. Hif. Nif. נֶהֱגֶה to be spelled, read. Sabb.XII, 4; 5, נֶהֱגִין זה עם זה letters which can be read together (give sense). Pi. הִגָּה (also from יָגָה) to pierce, sting; ה׳ מכה to prickle, open a wound; trnsf. to lay bare a persons disgrace. Lam. R. to I, 4 (interpret. נוגות, ib.) they assaulted her …, עד שהִגּוּ את מכתה and then laughed at her disgrace. Ib. to III, 33 (ref. to וַיַּגֶּה); Cant. R. to VII, 8. Hif. הֶהֱגֶה to murmur charms. Part. מַהְגֶּה, pl. מַהְגִּים, מַהְגִּין. Sot.12b (ref. to Is. 8:19) מַ׳ ואינןוכ׳ they murmur but know not what ; Ex. R. s. 1 הוֹגִין. Lev. R. s. 6 המ׳ אלו המנהמין hammahgin (Is. l. c.) that means the humming (sorcerers).

כֶּבֶשm (b. h.; כָּבַש 1) press.Pl. כְּבָשִׁים, כְּבָשִׁין. Pesik. Eth. Korb., p. 61b> (play on כבשים, Num. 28:3) כ׳ שהן כובשיןוכ׳ (the sacrifices are) presses, for they suppress the sins ; Pesik. R. s. 16. 2) ascent, grade, landing bridge. Zab. III, 1; 3. Sabb. XVI, 8; a. e.Esp. the inclined plane leading to the altar. Midd. iii, 3. Zeb. V, 3; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ib. 62b>. Ib. 63a> כל כִּבְשִי כבשים … חוץ של מזבחוכ׳ all grades of ascents (in the Temple) were at the rate of three cubits per one cubit (of vertical elevation), except the ascent of the altar which was at the rate of three cubits and a half and ; (for Var. lect. v. Rabb. D. S. a. l., and Tosaf. a. l. a. Men.41b s. v. ארבעה); Y.Erub.II, 24b bot., v. כִּיבּוּש h.Lam. R. introd. (R. Josh. 2); Koh. R. to XII, 7 (expl. דָּיֵק, Ez. 21:27) כ׳ embankments round a besieged city (Lat. agger, v. כּוֹבֵש). 3) preserving fruit. Ter. II, 6 זיתי כ׳ olives good for preserves, opp. זתי שמן.Pl. as ab. pressed, preserved vegetables, Shebi. IX, 5 הכובש שלשה כ׳וכ׳ if one puts three sorts of pressed vegetables into one vessel. Sabb.108b; a. e.(Gen. R. s. 66 כבשיהן some ed., v. כִּיבּוּש h.

כֶּבֶשm (b. h.; כָּבַש 1) press.Pl. כְּבָשִׁים, כְּבָשִׁין. Pesik. Eth. Korb., p. 61b> (play on כבשים, Num. 28:3) כ׳ שהן כובשיןוכ׳ (the sacrifices are) presses, for they suppress the sins ; Pesik. R. s. 16. 2) ascent, grade, landing bridge. Zab. III, 1; 3. Sabb. XVI, 8; a. e.Esp. the inclined plane leading to the altar. Midd. iii, 3. Zeb. V, 3; a. fr.Pl. as ab. Ib. 62b>. Ib. 63a> כל כִּבְשִי כבשים … חוץ של מזבחוכ׳ all grades of ascents (in the Temple) were at the rate of three cubits per one cubit (of vertical elevation), except the ascent of the altar which was at the rate of three cubits and a half and ; (for Var. lect. v. Rabb. D. S. a. l., and Tosaf. a. l. a. Men.41b s. v. ארבעה); Y.Erub.II, 24b bot., v. כִּיבּוּש h.Lam. R. introd. (R. Josh. 2); Koh. R. to XII, 7 (expl. דָּיֵק, Ez. 21:27) כ׳ embankments round a besieged city (Lat. agger, v. כּוֹבֵש). 3) preserving fruit. Ter. II, 6 זיתי כ׳ olives good for preserves, opp. זתי שמן.Pl. as ab. pressed, preserved vegetables, Shebi. IX, 5 הכובש שלשה כ׳וכ׳ if one puts three sorts of pressed vegetables into one vessel. Sabb.108b; a. e.(Gen. R. s. 66 כבשיהן some ed., v. כִּיבּוּש h.

נְפַץch. sam( 1) same. Kil. V, 7 יְנַפֵּץ he must shake the grain out of the ears; Y. ib. 30a bot. Deut. R. s. 3 וִינַפַּץ אבניוכ׳ and scatter the stones prepared for rebuilding the Temple. Lev. R. s. 10; s. 19 בשעה שאתה מְנַפְּצוֹ איןוכ׳ as soon as you shake it out (of its marrow), it is good for nothing. Midr. Till. to Ps. 17 אני מְנַפֵּץ … כשם שאתה נִפַּצְתָּוכ׳ I will dash thy babes against the rock, as thou didst my babes; a. e. to hatchel), 1) to scatter, shake out. Targ. O. Gen. 24:20 (ed. Berl. נְפַצַּת). Targ. Jud. 6:38 ed. Lag. (ed. נפק, incorr.).Nidd.31a (prov.) פּוּץ מלחא ושדיוכ׳ shake the salt off, and throw the meat to the dog (when life escapes, the body decays). Gen. R. s. 36 (ref. to נפצה, Gen. 9:19) לדגה … דנַפְצָה עוברהוכ׳ like a large fish that scatters its roe ; a. e.Snh.67b דנָכפַיץ (Rashi מְנַפֵּץ) he scattered, i. e. blew his nose. 2) to shatter, break. Targ. Jud. 7:19. 3) to beat, hatchel. Yoma 20b, v. אֲגַר II.Part. pass. נְפִיץ. Ḥull.51b, a. e. כיתנא דדייק ולא נ׳ flax which has been pounded, but not carded (freed of hard substances). 4) to snap a chalked cord for marking. Targ. Is. 44:13. Pa. נַפֵּיץ same. Targ. Jer. 51:34.Ib. 23:29, v. נְפַע.Targ. Esth. 1:11) ומְנַפְּסָן.Part. pass. מְנַפַּץ. Targ. Is. 27:9.B. Kam.93b נַפְּצֵיה נַפּוּצֵי, v. סְרַק II. Sabb.147a מְנַפְּצֵי גלימייהו shaking their cloaks. Ib. נַפּוּצוּוכ׳ shake them in his face. Ḥull.113a ומְנַפַּיץ ליה and shakes the salt off. Ib. 76b נַפְּצֵיהוכ׳ he split it, and found two nerves; a. e.B. Bath.45a מפצי; Keth.91b, sq. מפצינא, v. פְּצָא.