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מָעַט(b. h.; cmp. מוּט) to be thin, minute.Part. pass. מָעוּט, f. מְעוּטָה; pl. מְעוּטִים, מְעוּטִין; מְעוּטוֹת. Y.Pes.V, 32a bot.; Y.Snh.I, 18c bot. גסי רוח ומְעוּטֵי תידה big in spirit (haughty) and small in learning (of narrow capacity). Tosef.Ḥall.I, 7; a. e.Tam.IV, 2 במעוטה at least (Talm. ed. 31a במעוטן, comment. במיעוטן on the smallest of the tables). Pi. מִעֵט, מִיעֵט 1) to diminish, reduce; to do little. Ab. IV, 10 הוי מְמַעֵט בעסקוכ׳ do less business, and busy thyself with the Law. M. Kat. 22a, v. עֵסֶק. Taan. I, 7 מְמַעֲטִין במשאוכ׳ we must reduce business transactions, building Ib. IV, 6 משנכנס אב ממעטין בשמחה with the beginning of the month of Ab we must reduce rejoicing. Ḥull.60b לכי ומַעֲטִי את עצמך go and make thyself smaller (be reduced). Snh.17a הואיל ומִיעַטְתֶּם עצמיכם because you made yourselves small (were modest); Num. R. s. 15. Tosef.Erub.IX (VI), 15 מִיעֲטָהּ באבניםוכ׳ if he reduced the size of the gap by means of stones Y. ib. VII, beg.24b ממעטין בכלים you may use utensils for reducing the opening. Bab. ib. 77b ממעט effects the reduction, i. e. puts the two adjoining places in the legal condition of dwellings connected by a gate; a. fr. 2) (interpret.) to limit, qualify, exclude from the rule. Shebu.26a היה דורש את כל התורה בריבה ומיעט interpreted the entire Law on the principle of ‘It includes and it excludes, i. e. on the principle that if, in the Biblical text, a specification is preceded and followed by general terms, both an extension ( ריבוי) and a limitation ( מיעוט) must be found; e. g. ib. (ref. to Lev. 5:4) או נפש … להרע … מי׳וכ׳ ‘or if a soul swears, this is a general expression, ‘for bad or for good, this limits (the sphere of the law to things which are either an advantage or a disadvantage); ‘whatsoever it be, this is again a generalization; now what does it include? All kinds of words (vows); ומאי מ׳ מ׳וכ׳ and what does it exclude? It excludes a religious act (the vow of doing a forbidden thing or not doing a commanded thing). Sifra Tsav, ch. XV, Par. 11 אם מִיעַטְתִּים מסמיכה מרובה לא אֲמַעֲטֵם בתנופהוכ׳ if I exclude them (the gentiles) from the privilege of laying hands on the sacrifice, which has a wider sphere of application, must I not exclude them from the privilege of waving ?; a. fr.Part. pass. מְמוּעָט, v. מוּעָט. Hif. הִמְעִיט to do little, less. Ber.I7a שמא תאמר אני מרבה והוא מַמְעִיט lest you say, I do much good, and he but little; שנינו אחד המרבה ואחד הממעיטוכ׳ we have learned, whether one does much or little (they are equally worthy), provided one directs his heart ; Men. XIII, 11; a. fr. Nithpa. נִתְמַעֵט, Hithpa. הִתְמַעֵט to be diminished, reduced. Erub.VII, 5 נ׳ התבן מעשרהוכ׳ if the pile of straw has been reduced to less than ten handbreadths. Ib. 54b; Ab. Zar.19a מִתְמַעֵט he will become less (will decline in learning). Arakh.30b נ׳ כספו if his value was reduced. Tosef.Sot.XIV, 10 נִתְמַעֲטוּ הימיםוכ׳ the days were reduced, and the years shortened. Ib. התחילו הגוים להתרבות וישראל להִתְמעֵט the nations began to grow and the Israelites to be reduced (in rank). Pesik. R. s. 14 נִתְמַעֲטָה ידו he became reduced in fortune. Midr. Till. to Ps. 12, end נפשם מִתְמַעֶטֶת עליהם their soul within them shrinks, i. e. they feel jealous and angry; Yalk. ib. 659; Lev. R. s. 32, beg. מתמענת (corr. acc.). Sifra l. c. נִתְמַעֶטֶת תנופה the sphere of the act of waving is the smaller one; נִתְמַעֲטָה סמיכה the laying on of hands has the smaller sphere; a. fr.Erub.80b מאי נתמעט נתמטמט ‘it was reduced (Mish. VII, 7) means, it was reduced to atoms, v. מִטְמֵט.B. Mets.71a נכסיו מִתְמַעֲטִין, v. סוּט h.Tosef.Mikv.VI (VII), 14 מִתְמַעֲטִין, v. מָעַךְ.

מָעַט(b. h.; cmp. מוּט) to be thin, minute.Part. pass. מָעוּט, f. מְעוּטָה; pl. מְעוּטִים, מְעוּטִין; מְעוּטוֹת. Y.Pes.V, 32a bot.; Y.Snh.I, 18c bot. גסי רוח ומְעוּטֵי תידה big in spirit (haughty) and small in learning (of narrow capacity). Tosef.Ḥall.I, 7; a. e.Tam.IV, 2 במעוטה at least (Talm. ed. 31a במעוטן, comment. במיעוטן on the smallest of the tables). Pi. מִעֵט, מִיעֵט 1) to diminish, reduce; to do little. Ab. IV, 10 הוי מְמַעֵט בעסקוכ׳ do less business, and busy thyself with the Law. M. Kat. 22a, v. עֵסֶק. Taan. I, 7 מְמַעֲטִין במשאוכ׳ we must reduce business transactions, building Ib. IV, 6 משנכנס אב ממעטין בשמחה with the beginning of the month of Ab we must reduce rejoicing. Ḥull.60b לכי ומַעֲטִי את עצמך go and make thyself smaller (be reduced). Snh.17a הואיל ומִיעַטְתֶּם עצמיכם because you made yourselves small (were modest); Num. R. s. 15. Tosef.Erub.IX (VI), 15 מִיעֲטָהּ באבניםוכ׳ if he reduced the size of the gap by means of stones Y. ib. VII, beg.24b ממעטין בכלים you may use utensils for reducing the opening. Bab. ib. 77b ממעט effects the reduction, i. e. puts the two adjoining places in the legal condition of dwellings connected by a gate; a. fr. 2) (interpret.) to limit, qualify, exclude from the rule. Shebu.26a היה דורש את כל התורה בריבה ומיעט interpreted the entire Law on the principle of ‘It includes and it excludes, i. e. on the principle that if, in the Biblical text, a specification is preceded and followed by general terms, both an extension ( ריבוי) and a limitation ( מיעוט) must be found; e. g. ib. (ref. to Lev. 5:4) או נפש … להרע … מי׳וכ׳ ‘or if a soul swears, this is a general expression, ‘for bad or for good, this limits (the sphere of the law to things which are either an advantage or a disadvantage); ‘whatsoever it be, this is again a generalization; now what does it include? All kinds of words (vows); ומאי מ׳ מ׳וכ׳ and what does it exclude? It excludes a religious act (the vow of doing a forbidden thing or not doing a commanded thing). Sifra Tsav, ch. XV, Par. 11 אם מִיעַטְתִּים מסמיכה מרובה לא אֲמַעֲטֵם בתנופהוכ׳ if I exclude them (the gentiles) from the privilege of laying hands on the sacrifice, which has a wider sphere of application, must I not exclude them from the privilege of waving ?; a. fr.Part. pass. מְמוּעָט, v. מוּעָט. Hif. הִמְעִיט to do little, less. Ber.I7a שמא תאמר אני מרבה והוא מַמְעִיט lest you say, I do much good, and he but little; שנינו אחד המרבה ואחד הממעיטוכ׳ we have learned, whether one does much or little (they are equally worthy), provided one directs his heart ; Men. XIII, 11; a. fr. Nithpa. נִתְמַעֵט, Hithpa. הִתְמַעֵט to be diminished, reduced. Erub.VII, 5 נ׳ התבן מעשרהוכ׳ if the pile of straw has been reduced to less than ten handbreadths. Ib. 54b; Ab. Zar.19a מִתְמַעֵט he will become less (will decline in learning). Arakh.30b נ׳ כספו if his value was reduced. Tosef.Sot.XIV, 10 נִתְמַעֲטוּ הימיםוכ׳ the days were reduced, and the years shortened. Ib. התחילו הגוים להתרבות וישראל להִתְמעֵט the nations began to grow and the Israelites to be reduced (in rank). Pesik. R. s. 14 נִתְמַעֲטָה ידו he became reduced in fortune. Midr. Till. to Ps. 12, end נפשם מִתְמַעֶטֶת עליהם their soul within them shrinks, i. e. they feel jealous and angry; Yalk. ib. 659; Lev. R. s. 32, beg. מתמענת (corr. acc.). Sifra l. c. נִתְמַעֶטֶת תנופה the sphere of the act of waving is the smaller one; נִתְמַעֲטָה סמיכה the laying on of hands has the smaller sphere; a. fr.Erub.80b מאי נתמעט נתמטמט ‘it was reduced (Mish. VII, 7) means, it was reduced to atoms, v. מִטְמֵט.B. Mets.71a נכסיו מִתְמַעֲטִין, v. סוּט h.Tosef.Mikv.VI (VII), 14 מִתְמַעֲטִין, v. מָעַךְ.

דֶּרֶךְc. (b. h.; preced.) way, road; method, manner. Kidd.2b ד׳ לשוןוכ׳ derekh is feminine gender Ib. דַרְכּוֹ של אישוכ׳ it is mans way to carry war, and not womans.Y.Ned.I, beg.36c, a. e. התורה דיברה כדַרְכָּהּ, v. לָשוֹן. Succ.II, 1 לפי דַרְכֵּינוּ by our way (incidentally). Ab. Zar.15b כד׳ שאסור … כךוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. כד׳ שאמרו אסור) on the same principle that ; a. v. fr.דֶּ׳ אֶרֶץ (abbrev. ד׳׳א) the way of the land, a) good manners; b) secular occupation, trade; c) (euphem.) sexual connection. Ab. II, 2 study עם ד׳׳א combined with a trade. Tosef.Sot.VII, 20 לימדה … ד׳׳אוכ׳ the Torah teaches incidentally the proper conduct that one must first build a house Gitt.70a bot. ד׳ וד׳׳אוכ׳ travelling, marital connection Gen. R. s. 18, end. Ib. s. 22, beg.Ib. s. 80 כדַרְכָּהּ natural gratification of sexual appetite, שלא כד׳ unnatural. Ib. s. 18, end; a. fr.Snh.31b העביר עלי את הד׳ mutilated me (oth. interpret.: wronged me in business).Pl. דְּרָכִים. Kidd.I, 1. R. Hash. 17a פירשו מדַּרְכֵי ציבור they deviated from the ways of the community, became heretics. דרכי אמורי, v. אֱמֹורִי. דרכי שלום ways of peace (ref. to Prov. 3:17); מפני ד׳ ש׳ because the ways of the Law are ways of peace (differ. fr. משים איבה, v. אֵיבָה), i. e. it is a demand of equity, good manners, though no special law can be quoted for it. Gitt.V, 8 sq.; a. fr.(ד׳׳א) דרך ארץ Derekh Erets (Manners), name of a treatise attached to Talmud editions, divided into Rabba (Large), and Zuta (Small).

דֶּרֶךְc. (b. h.; preced.) way, road; method, manner. Kidd.2b ד׳ לשוןוכ׳ derekh is feminine gender Ib. דַרְכּוֹ של אישוכ׳ it is mans way to carry war, and not womans.Y.Ned.I, beg.36c, a. e. התורה דיברה כדַרְכָּהּ, v. לָשוֹן. Succ.II, 1 לפי דַרְכֵּינוּ by our way (incidentally). Ab. Zar.15b כד׳ שאסור … כךוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. כד׳ שאמרו אסור) on the same principle that ; a. v. fr.דֶּ׳ אֶרֶץ (abbrev. ד׳׳א) the way of the land, a) good manners; b) secular occupation, trade; c) (euphem.) sexual connection. Ab. II, 2 study עם ד׳׳א combined with a trade. Tosef.Sot.VII, 20 לימדה … ד׳׳אוכ׳ the Torah teaches incidentally the proper conduct that one must first build a house Gitt.70a bot. ד׳ וד׳׳אוכ׳ travelling, marital connection Gen. R. s. 18, end. Ib. s. 22, beg.Ib. s. 80 כדַרְכָּהּ natural gratification of sexual appetite, שלא כד׳ unnatural. Ib. s. 18, end; a. fr.Snh.31b העביר עלי את הד׳ mutilated me (oth. interpret.: wronged me in business).Pl. דְּרָכִים. Kidd.I, 1. R. Hash. 17a פירשו מדַּרְכֵי ציבור they deviated from the ways of the community, became heretics. דרכי אמורי, v. אֱמֹורִי. דרכי שלום ways of peace (ref. to Prov. 3:17); מפני ד׳ ש׳ because the ways of the Law are ways of peace (differ. fr. משים איבה, v. אֵיבָה), i. e. it is a demand of equity, good manners, though no special law can be quoted for it. Gitt.V, 8 sq.; a. fr.(ד׳׳א) דרך ארץ Derekh Erets (Manners), name of a treatise attached to Talmud editions, divided into Rabba (Large), and Zuta (Small).

קָפַץ(b. h.) 1) to contract, shrink; to close. Midr. Till., to Ps. 22:20 היה השרביט קוֹפֵץ the scepter grew smaller and smaller; Yalk. ib. 687. Gen. R. s. 39 קוֹפֶצֶת באחת מאגפיהוכ׳ contracts herself with (flaps) one wing, v. יוֹנָה II. Snh.95a שלשה קָפְצָה להם הארץ (Ar. הדרך) for three persons did the earth (the road) shrink (they were suddenly transferred to a distant place); Yalk. Gen. 107. Y.Taan.IV, 69b קפצה להא״י Palestine has shrunk; a. fr.ק׳ פה (or sub. פה) to close the mouth, to indicate ones will by mimic motions. Gitt. V, 7 קוֹפֵץ ונִקְפָּץ a deaf and dumb person may transact business by motions with closed lips and by being spoken to in the same way.Part. pass. קָפוּץ; f. קְפוּצָה Koh. R. to V, 14 כשאדם … ידין הן קְפוּצוֹתוכ׳ when man enters the world, his hands are clenched, as if saying, the whole world is mine, opp. פשוטות straight, open. 2) to leap (with joined feet), jump; to be excited. Midr. Till. l. c. אותה קפיצה שקָפַצְתָּ על אבותי בים כן תִּקְפּוֹץ עלי היום ותפלטני ed. Bub. (ed. אותה הקפצה שהִקְפַּצְתָּ על אבותינו כןוכ׳) with the same leap with which thou didst leap like a hart in aid of my ancestors at the sea, leap now to my aid and save me; Yalk. Ps. l. c. Midr. Till. l. c. קוֹפֵץ כאיל ed. Bub., v. Pi. Ohol. VIII, 5 הקופץ ממקוםוכ׳ he that jumps from one place to another, contrad. to הדולג (v. קִיפּוּץ). Succ.49b שמא תאמר כל הבא לִקְפּוֹץ קוֹפֵץ lest you say, whosoever comes to jump may jump (whosoever wishes to do good succeeds in doing real good), we read (Ps. 36:8). Sabb.152a זקנה קופצת עליו old age will spring upon him (will overtake him prematurely). Taan.5b זקנה קפצה עליו he grew old before his time. Ib. מיד קפצהוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. אמרהקב״ה אקפוץ, read אַקְפִּיץ). Sifra Shmini, Milluim קפצה פורענות עלוכ׳ punishment overtook Nadab Y.Keth.X, beg.33d קפצה עליהן ירושת תורה the legal succession according to Biblical law was sprung upon them (they have the precedence); ib. IV, 28d bot. קָפְסָה. Y.Gitt.IV, 46d top כדי … קוֹפְצִיןוכ׳ in order that all may be anxious to marry her. Y.Snh.X, 28c top איני קופץ אלא למהוכ׳ I will jump only at (betake myself to) what my grandfather told me, who said to me קְפוֹץ … לשלשה דבריםוכ׳ betake thyself to three things, and thou shalt be safe, they are: prayer Ber.39a ק׳ וברךוכ׳ he hastened and said the benediction Yeb.32b ק׳ר׳ חייאוכ׳ R. Ḥ. jumped up (got excited) and swore Tosef.Keth.II, 3 היאך ק׳ זה לכהונה how did this man jump into priesthood (by what right does he enjoy the privileges of a priest)? Num. R. s. 15 ולא יִקְפּוֹץ להשיב and must not be rash to reply; a. fr. 3) to skip. Nidd.11a קפצה וראתהוכ׳ if she skipped (one period) and menstruated, skipped (did so three times). 4) (denom. of קוּפִּיץ) to chop meat. Tosef.Bets.III, 5 קיפץ בכלי (Var. חותך) he cuts with some implement. Pi. קִיפֵּץ 1) same, to leap; to skip. Y. Ḥag.II, 77a bot. והיו … מְקַפְּצִיןוכ׳ and the ministering angels leaped before them like wedding guests rejoicing Pesik. R. s. 15 (ref. to Cant. 2:8) מדלג … ומְקַפֵּץ על החשבונותוכ׳ leaping over the destined terms of redemption, and skipping over the calculations of years and epochs (hastening the redemption), v. עִיבּוּר. Midr. Till., to Ps. 22:1 מְקַפֵּץ כאיל ed. Bub. (oth. ed. קופץ); ib. קופץ ed. Bub. (oth. ed. מקפץ) leaps like a hart; Yalk. ib. 685 קומץ (corr. acc.); a. fr. 2) to cause to leap. Tanḥ. Shmini 11 הקב״ה מקפץ להם את הזקנה God springs old age upon them (to make them look venerable). Hif. הִקְפִּיץ 1) as Pi. 2. Taan.5b אמרהקב״ה אַקְפִּיץוכ׳ (not אקפוץ, v. supra) the Lord said, I shall cause old age to spring upon them prematurely. Gen. R. s. 56 וה׳ את בנו עמו and made his son leap with him (saved himself and his son; v., however, אגינו). 2) to leap. Midr. Till. l. c., v. supra. Nif. נִקְפָּץ to be spoken to by mimic motions. Gitt. V, 7, v. supra.

קָפַץ(b. h.) 1) to contract, shrink; to close. Midr. Till., to Ps. 22:20 היה השרביט קוֹפֵץ the scepter grew smaller and smaller; Yalk. ib. 687. Gen. R. s. 39 קוֹפֶצֶת באחת מאגפיהוכ׳ contracts herself with (flaps) one wing, v. יוֹנָה II. Snh.95a שלשה קָפְצָה להם הארץ (Ar. הדרך) for three persons did the earth (the road) shrink (they were suddenly transferred to a distant place); Yalk. Gen. 107. Y.Taan.IV, 69b קפצה להא״י Palestine has shrunk; a. fr.ק׳ פה (or sub. פה) to close the mouth, to indicate ones will by mimic motions. Gitt. V, 7 קוֹפֵץ ונִקְפָּץ a deaf and dumb person may transact business by motions with closed lips and by being spoken to in the same way.Part. pass. קָפוּץ; f. קְפוּצָה Koh. R. to V, 14 כשאדם … ידין הן קְפוּצוֹתוכ׳ when man enters the world, his hands are clenched, as if saying, the whole world is mine, opp. פשוטות straight, open. 2) to leap (with joined feet), jump; to be excited. Midr. Till. l. c. אותה קפיצה שקָפַצְתָּ על אבותי בים כן תִּקְפּוֹץ עלי היום ותפלטני ed. Bub. (ed. אותה הקפצה שהִקְפַּצְתָּ על אבותינו כןוכ׳) with the same leap with which thou didst leap like a hart in aid of my ancestors at the sea, leap now to my aid and save me; Yalk. Ps. l. c. Midr. Till. l. c. קוֹפֵץ כאיל ed. Bub., v. Pi. Ohol. VIII, 5 הקופץ ממקוםוכ׳ he that jumps from one place to another, contrad. to הדולג (v. קִיפּוּץ). Succ.49b שמא תאמר כל הבא לִקְפּוֹץ קוֹפֵץ lest you say, whosoever comes to jump may jump (whosoever wishes to do good succeeds in doing real good), we read (Ps. 36:8). Sabb.152a זקנה קופצת עליו old age will spring upon him (will overtake him prematurely). Taan.5b זקנה קפצה עליו he grew old before his time. Ib. מיד קפצהוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. אמרהקב״ה אקפוץ, read אַקְפִּיץ). Sifra Shmini, Milluim קפצה פורענות עלוכ׳ punishment overtook Nadab Y.Keth.X, beg.33d קפצה עליהן ירושת תורה the legal succession according to Biblical law was sprung upon them (they have the precedence); ib. IV, 28d bot. קָפְסָה. Y.Gitt.IV, 46d top כדי … קוֹפְצִיןוכ׳ in order that all may be anxious to marry her. Y.Snh.X, 28c top איני קופץ אלא למהוכ׳ I will jump only at (betake myself to) what my grandfather told me, who said to me קְפוֹץ … לשלשה דבריםוכ׳ betake thyself to three things, and thou shalt be safe, they are: prayer Ber.39a ק׳ וברךוכ׳ he hastened and said the benediction Yeb.32b ק׳ר׳ חייאוכ׳ R. Ḥ. jumped up (got excited) and swore Tosef.Keth.II, 3 היאך ק׳ זה לכהונה how did this man jump into priesthood (by what right does he enjoy the privileges of a priest)? Num. R. s. 15 ולא יִקְפּוֹץ להשיב and must not be rash to reply; a. fr. 3) to skip. Nidd.11a קפצה וראתהוכ׳ if she skipped (one period) and menstruated, skipped (did so three times). 4) (denom. of קוּפִּיץ) to chop meat. Tosef.Bets.III, 5 קיפץ בכלי (Var. חותך) he cuts with some implement. Pi. קִיפֵּץ 1) same, to leap; to skip. Y. Ḥag.II, 77a bot. והיו … מְקַפְּצִיןוכ׳ and the ministering angels leaped before them like wedding guests rejoicing Pesik. R. s. 15 (ref. to Cant. 2:8) מדלג … ומְקַפֵּץ על החשבונותוכ׳ leaping over the destined terms of redemption, and skipping over the calculations of years and epochs (hastening the redemption), v. עִיבּוּר. Midr. Till., to Ps. 22:1 מְקַפֵּץ כאיל ed. Bub. (oth. ed. קופץ); ib. קופץ ed. Bub. (oth. ed. מקפץ) leaps like a hart; Yalk. ib. 685 קומץ (corr. acc.); a. fr. 2) to cause to leap. Tanḥ. Shmini 11 הקב״ה מקפץ להם את הזקנה God springs old age upon them (to make them look venerable). Hif. הִקְפִּיץ 1) as Pi. 2. Taan.5b אמרהקב״ה אַקְפִּיץוכ׳ (not אקפוץ, v. supra) the Lord said, I shall cause old age to spring upon them prematurely. Gen. R. s. 56 וה׳ את בנו עמו and made his son leap with him (saved himself and his son; v., however, אגינו). 2) to leap. Midr. Till. l. c., v. supra. Nif. נִקְפָּץ to be spoken to by mimic motions. Gitt. V, 7, v. supra.

הִרְהוּר, הִירְ׳m. (הִרְהֵר) 1) thought, meditation, opp. דיבור loud recitation. Ber.20b ה׳ כדיבור דמי reviewing in mind (a Biblical passage) is as good as loud recitation. Sabb.150a (ref. to Is. 58:13) דיבור אסורה׳וכ׳ talking (business on the Sabbath) is forbidden, thinking (planning) is permitted. 2) heated imagination, esp. impure fancies. Ber.12b ה׳ עבירה unchaste imagination, ה׳ע״ז idolatrous fancy. Nidd.13b המביא עצמו לידיה׳ who allows sinful fancies to take a hold of him. Zab. II, 2; a. fr.Pl. הִרְהוּרִים. Yoma 29a top הִרְהוּרֵי עבירהוכ׳ sinful (obscene) imaginations are more injurious to health than the sin itself. Esth. R. to III, 1 (play on aḥar) הרהורי דברים היו שם plans (schemes) were there.

הִרְהוּר, הִירְ׳m. (הִרְהֵר) 1) thought, meditation, opp. דיבור loud recitation. Ber.20b ה׳ כדיבור דמי reviewing in mind (a Biblical passage) is as good as loud recitation. Sabb.150a (ref. to Is. 58:13) דיבור אסורה׳וכ׳ talking (business on the Sabbath) is forbidden, thinking (planning) is permitted. 2) heated imagination, esp. impure fancies. Ber.12b ה׳ עבירה unchaste imagination, ה׳ע״ז idolatrous fancy. Nidd.13b המביא עצמו לידיה׳ who allows sinful fancies to take a hold of him. Zab. II, 2; a. fr.Pl. הִרְהוּרִים. Yoma 29a top הִרְהוּרֵי עבירהוכ׳ sinful (obscene) imaginations are more injurious to health than the sin itself. Esth. R. to III, 1 (play on aḥar) הרהורי דברים היו שם plans (schemes) were there.

הִרְהוּר, הִירְ׳m. (הִרְהֵר) 1) thought, meditation, opp. דיבור loud recitation. Ber.20b ה׳ כדיבור דמי reviewing in mind (a Biblical passage) is as good as loud recitation. Sabb.150a (ref. to Is. 58:13) דיבור אסורה׳וכ׳ talking (business on the Sabbath) is forbidden, thinking (planning) is permitted. 2) heated imagination, esp. impure fancies. Ber.12b ה׳ עבירה unchaste imagination, ה׳ע״ז idolatrous fancy. Nidd.13b המביא עצמו לידיה׳ who allows sinful fancies to take a hold of him. Zab. II, 2; a. fr.Pl. הִרְהוּרִים. Yoma 29a top הִרְהוּרֵי עבירהוכ׳ sinful (obscene) imaginations are more injurious to health than the sin itself. Esth. R. to III, 1 (play on aḥar) הרהורי דברים היו שם plans (schemes) were there.

הִרְהוּר, הִירְ׳m. (הִרְהֵר) 1) thought, meditation, opp. דיבור loud recitation. Ber.20b ה׳ כדיבור דמי reviewing in mind (a Biblical passage) is as good as loud recitation. Sabb.150a (ref. to Is. 58:13) דיבור אסורה׳וכ׳ talking (business on the Sabbath) is forbidden, thinking (planning) is permitted. 2) heated imagination, esp. impure fancies. Ber.12b ה׳ עבירה unchaste imagination, ה׳ע״ז idolatrous fancy. Nidd.13b המביא עצמו לידיה׳ who allows sinful fancies to take a hold of him. Zab. II, 2; a. fr.Pl. הִרְהוּרִים. Yoma 29a top הִרְהוּרֵי עבירהוכ׳ sinful (obscene) imaginations are more injurious to health than the sin itself. Esth. R. to III, 1 (play on aḥar) הרהורי דברים היו שם plans (schemes) were there.

זוּלch. sam(זול Ito be of slight value, to be cheap; to be despicable, mean); perf. זָל, Part. זִיל, זֹול 1) to disregard. Targ. Y. II Gen. 16:5 (perh. fr. זְלַל). 2) to be worthless, cheap. Targ. Y. Deut. 28:68 בדמין זֹולִין for a low price.B. Mets.77a זל עבידתא (sub שכר) labor has become cheaper. Ib. זל עביד׳ מעיקרא labor was originally cheap. Ib. זיל עביד׳ Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 40). Ber.63a (prov.) זָלָא קמץ קניה Ms. M. (ed. זָלַת קבוץ קנה מינה, Ar. קפוץ) if a thing is cheap, be quick and buy it. B. Mets.64a bot. אי יקרא אי זילאוכ׳ whether it will rise or fall, it shall be in my possession (gain or loss shall be mine). Ab. Zar.70a זִילָה עלייהו she is contemptible in their sight. B. Bath. 110a זִילָא בי מילתא such occupation is beneath my dignity. Yeb.63a זַבֵּינ ולא תֵיזוּל sell (part of thy clothes to start a business) in order not to be disgraced by poverty; (oth. explan., v. next w.). Af. אוֹזִיל to sell cheap, make easy terms. B. Mets.77a אוֹזִילו אינהו גביה זוזאוכ׳ at the start they had agreed to work for one zuz less (than the market price of labor), and wages were generally reduced afterwards. Ib. b אוֹזְלֵי מוֹזִילוכ׳ he will lower the price and sell (some of his movable goods in order to raise money). Ib. 73a top מוֹזְלֵי גבייהו they will be easier in selling them. Ib. bot. אוזולי דקא מוזלי גבייכו (better אתולי … מחלי, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 1) they are liberal towards you (paying more than the ordinary wages). Gen. R. s. 39 חלא מֵזִיל חמרא vinegar cheapens wine, i. e. where bad wine is plentiful in the market, good wine sells cheaper; a. fr. Ithpe. אִתְּזִיל to be degraded, disgraced. Keth.53b לא ניחא ליה דתִיתְּזִיל he does not want her to be disgraced (by dependence on public charity).

זוּלch. sam(זול Ito be of slight value, to be cheap; to be despicable, mean); perf. זָל, Part. זִיל, זֹול 1) to disregard. Targ. Y. II Gen. 16:5 (perh. fr. זְלַל). 2) to be worthless, cheap. Targ. Y. Deut. 28:68 בדמין זֹולִין for a low price.B. Mets.77a זל עבידתא (sub שכר) labor has become cheaper. Ib. זל עביד׳ מעיקרא labor was originally cheap. Ib. זיל עביד׳ Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 40). Ber.63a (prov.) זָלָא קמץ קניה Ms. M. (ed. זָלַת קבוץ קנה מינה, Ar. קפוץ) if a thing is cheap, be quick and buy it. B. Mets.64a bot. אי יקרא אי זילאוכ׳ whether it will rise or fall, it shall be in my possession (gain or loss shall be mine). Ab. Zar.70a זִילָה עלייהו she is contemptible in their sight. B. Bath. 110a זִילָא בי מילתא such occupation is beneath my dignity. Yeb.63a זַבֵּינ ולא תֵיזוּל sell (part of thy clothes to start a business) in order not to be disgraced by poverty; (oth. explan., v. next w.). Af. אוֹזִיל to sell cheap, make easy terms. B. Mets.77a אוֹזִילו אינהו גביה זוזאוכ׳ at the start they had agreed to work for one zuz less (than the market price of labor), and wages were generally reduced afterwards. Ib. b אוֹזְלֵי מוֹזִילוכ׳ he will lower the price and sell (some of his movable goods in order to raise money). Ib. 73a top מוֹזְלֵי גבייהו they will be easier in selling them. Ib. bot. אוזולי דקא מוזלי גבייכו (better אתולי … מחלי, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 1) they are liberal towards you (paying more than the ordinary wages). Gen. R. s. 39 חלא מֵזִיל חמרא vinegar cheapens wine, i. e. where bad wine is plentiful in the market, good wine sells cheaper; a. fr. Ithpe. אִתְּזִיל to be degraded, disgraced. Keth.53b לא ניחא ליה דתִיתְּזִיל he does not want her to be disgraced (by dependence on public charity).

חֵפֶץm. (b. h.; preced.) 1) thing (held in hand), object. B. Mets. IV, 10 בכמה ח׳ זה how much is this worth? Cant. R. to I, 4 כל ח׳ טוב any good thing; a. fr. 2) concern, business; desire, desirable object. Ib.; Pesik. Sos, p. 147a> אין לי ח׳ טוב ממך I have nothing more desirable than thyself. Koh. R. to V, 7 נעשה חֶפְצוֹ his desire was fulfilled. Num. R. s. 19 אל תחזירני מן חֶפְצִיוכ׳ do not turn me off from (refuse) my desire which ; a. fr.Pl. חֲפָצִים. M. Kat. 9b (ref. to Prov. 3:15, a. 8:11) הא חֶפְצֵי שמים but heavenly affairs (religious deeds) are equal to it (the study of the Law). Y.Peah I, 15d bot. (ref. to Prov. l. c.) חפציםוכ׳ ‘desirable things, that means jewels and pearls, ‘thy desirable things, that means Ib. חֲפָצֶיךָ וחֲפָצַיוכ׳ thy treasures and my treasures cannot compare to what I sent you; Gen. R. s. 35, end.Sabb.113a (ref. to Is. 58:13) חֲפָצֶיךָ אסורין ח׳ שמיםוכ׳ thy pursuits are forbidden (on the Sabbath), but heavenly affairs (consultation about public welfare, education) are permitted; ib. 150a; a. fr.

חֵפֶץm. (b. h.; preced.) 1) thing (held in hand), object. B. Mets. IV, 10 בכמה ח׳ זה how much is this worth? Cant. R. to I, 4 כל ח׳ טוב any good thing; a. fr. 2) concern, business; desire, desirable object. Ib.; Pesik. Sos, p. 147a> אין לי ח׳ טוב ממך I have nothing more desirable than thyself. Koh. R. to V, 7 נעשה חֶפְצוֹ his desire was fulfilled. Num. R. s. 19 אל תחזירני מן חֶפְצִיוכ׳ do not turn me off from (refuse) my desire which ; a. fr.Pl. חֲפָצִים. M. Kat. 9b (ref. to Prov. 3:15, a. 8:11) הא חֶפְצֵי שמים but heavenly affairs (religious deeds) are equal to it (the study of the Law). Y.Peah I, 15d bot. (ref. to Prov. l. c.) חפציםוכ׳ ‘desirable things, that means jewels and pearls, ‘thy desirable things, that means Ib. חֲפָצֶיךָ וחֲפָצַיוכ׳ thy treasures and my treasures cannot compare to what I sent you; Gen. R. s. 35, end.Sabb.113a (ref. to Is. 58:13) חֲפָצֶיךָ אסורין ח׳ שמיםוכ׳ thy pursuits are forbidden (on the Sabbath), but heavenly affairs (consultation about public welfare, education) are permitted; ib. 150a; a. fr.

חֶשְׁבּוֹןm. (b. h.; preced. wds.) 1) account, sum; accountability; punishment and reward. B. Bath.9b ח׳ גדול sum total. Ib. 78b (play on Ḥeshbon, Num. 21:27; 30) באו ונחשב חֶשְׁבּוֹנוֹוכ׳ come and let us examine the account of the world (human affairs), the loss etc. Ib. אבד ח׳וכ׳ the accountability of the world is gone (there is no reward or punishment). Ex. R. s. 51, beg., a. fr. ליתן ח׳ to render an account. Tosef.B. Kam. X, 21 מה ח׳ עשהוכ׳ how our father settled with yon; Y. ib. X, 7b bot.Y.Ab. Zar. II, 42a top ח׳ מיםוכ׳ he understands the calculation of the action of the water. Ib. ח׳ גדול הוא this is a great thing to calculate; a. fr. 2) promptness in business. Deut. R. s. 4 איני מכיר חֶשְׁבּוֹנְךָ I do not know your way of settling (whether you are prompt); ib. עשית לי ח׳ טוב you paid me promptly. (Yalk. Deut. 808 הח׳ read בעל הח׳. market commissioner.Pl. חֶשְׁבּוֹנוֹת. Sabb.150a, sq., v. חָשַׁב. Bekh.5a בקי בח׳ a good arithmetician.

חֶשְׁבּוֹןm. (b. h.; preced. wds.) 1) account, sum; accountability; punishment and reward. B. Bath.9b ח׳ גדול sum total. Ib. 78b (play on Ḥeshbon, Num. 21:27; 30) באו ונחשב חֶשְׁבּוֹנוֹוכ׳ come and let us examine the account of the world (human affairs), the loss etc. Ib. אבד ח׳וכ׳ the accountability of the world is gone (there is no reward or punishment). Ex. R. s. 51, beg., a. fr. ליתן ח׳ to render an account. Tosef.B. Kam. X, 21 מה ח׳ עשהוכ׳ how our father settled with yon; Y. ib. X, 7b bot.Y.Ab. Zar. II, 42a top ח׳ מיםוכ׳ he understands the calculation of the action of the water. Ib. ח׳ גדול הוא this is a great thing to calculate; a. fr. 2) promptness in business. Deut. R. s. 4 איני מכיר חֶשְׁבּוֹנְךָ I do not know your way of settling (whether you are prompt); ib. עשית לי ח׳ טוב you paid me promptly. (Yalk. Deut. 808 הח׳ read בעל הח׳. market commissioner.Pl. חֶשְׁבּוֹנוֹת. Sabb.150a, sq., v. חָשַׁב. Bekh.5a בקי בח׳ a good arithmetician.

יָעַל (b. h.; cmp. עָלָה) to go up. Hif. הוֹעִיל to bring up, effect; to profit, accomplish. Y.Sot.VIII, 21c ולא הוֹעַלְתֶּם לעצמיכם כלום and you have profited nothing for yourselves; (Snh.90b העליתם בידכם); v. זוּף I. Erub.24b לחי מוֹעִילוכ׳ a post helps (has the effect of making the moving about on the Sabbath permitted) for all vineyard paths. Ib. 25a ה׳ it does good (it serves its purpose). Yoma 47a ולא הוֹעִילוּ and did not succeed (in obtaining distinction). Meg.6a אינו מועילוכ׳ will not succeed in business. Keth.10a מה הועילו חכמיםוכ׳ what have the scholars accomplished with their measure?; Gitt.17b, sq. Ib. 32b (if one said) גט זה לא יועיל this letter of divorce shall have no effect, contrad. to אינו מועיל has no effect. Ib. 57b תפלה שמוֹעֶלֶת a prayer which was efficacious. Ib. 65b (if he said, Write ye a letter of divorce and) הוֹעִילוּ לה make it of avail to her. B. Bath. 100a אין הילוך מוֹעִיל walking through the field (as a symbol of possession) has no legal effect. Ḥull.70b; a. fr.

עָסַק(cmp. b. h. עָשַׂק) (with ב) to work at, be engaged in. Sifra Kdosh., ch. VIII, Par. 4 ועוֹסֵק בו; Yalk. Lev. 619 ועוֹסְקֵנִי בו and busy myself with him (to punish him), v. עֵסֶק II. Ber.11a (ref. to Deut. 6:7, ‘when thou sittest in thy house) פרט לעוסק במצוה this exempts (from reading the Shma) him who is engaged in a religious work; Succ.25a Ib. והעוסק במצוה פטור מן המצוה מהכא נפקאוכ׳ is it from here (Deut. l. c.) that we derive the rule, that he who is engaged in a religious act is exempt from other religious duties? Ib. 26a. Pes.50b לעולם וַעֲסוֹק אדם בתורהוכ׳ let man by all means be engaged in the study of the Law and the pursuit of religious work, even if not for their own sake, v. שֵׁם. Ib. וכל העוֹסְקִין במלאכת שמים and all those who make a living of religious work (deal in objects used for religious ceremonies); ib. ואם עוסקין לשמהוכ׳ but if they do so from a religious motive ; a. fr.Part. pass. עָסוּק; pl. עֲסוּקִון. Keth.103b ר׳ חייא ע׳ במצות הוה R. Ḥ. was always engaged in some good work (charity). Tosef.Bicc.II, 15 וכל העסוקין לגכוה all whose business is connected with religion, v. supra. Ib. אם היו ע׳ לשום שמים, v. supra. Ex. R. s. 20 (ref. to Ex. 13:19) כל ישראל היו ע׳ בכסףוכ׳ while all Israel were busy taking along silver and gold, Moses was busy getting the bones of Joseph; a. fr. Hif. הֶעֱסִיק to engage, keep interested, entertain. Yoma I, 7 ומַעֲסִיקִין אותו and they entertain him (to keep him awake); ib. 19b לא היו מעסיקין אותווכ׳ they did not entertain him with music, but with their mouth (speech); Tosef. ib. I, 9. Ib. לעַסְּקוֹ בהברה (not בהברא, Pi.) to keep him awake with noise (recitations). Midr. Till. to Ps. 7 הין מַעֲסִיקוֹת אותי עד שיבוא שמואל they kept him engaged (in talk) until Samuel came; a. e. Pi. עִיסֵּק same, v. supra. Hithpa. הִתְעַסֵּק, Nithpa. נִתְעַסֵּק 1) to occupy ones self, to attend. Sot.I, 9 מי לנו גדול מיוסף שלא נ׳ בו אלא משה who is greater than Joseph, to whose body none attended but Moses himself? (v. supra); מי גדול ממשה שלא ני בווכ׳ who is greater than Moses in whose burial none but the Lord himself was engaged? Lev. R. s. 25 מתחלת ברייתו … לא נ׳וכ׳ soon after the creation the Lord was first of all engaged in planting (Gen. 2:8), אף אתם לא תִתְעַסְּקוּוכ׳ even so, when you enter the land, you shall apply yourselves first of all to planting (Lev. 19:23). Y. Ḥag.II, 77b וישבו ונִתְעַסְּקוּ, v. next w. Tanḥ. Vaëra 5 (play on הָעשֶׁק, Koh. 7:7) עסקשנ׳ שלמה … הטעהו (not הטעוהו) the occupation with vain things in which Solomon engaged, led him astray; ib. כשהחכם מִתְעַסֵּק בדברים הרבה מערבביןוכ׳ when a scholar engages in too many affairs, they confound him so that he loses his wisdom; ib. חכם המתעסק בצרכי צמור משכחיןוכ׳ if a scholar busies himself with public affairs, they cause him to forget his learning; a. fr.Tosef.Arakh.IV, 27 מִתְעַסֵּק בירק בקדרה בכל יום may arrange to have vegetables in the pot every day; מתעסק ירק בקדרה ואלפסוכ׳ (read: בירק) may have vegetables in the pot and stew 2) to do a thing without a direct practical purpose; to practice, experiment. Sabb.157b מתעסק בעלמא אנא I was merely playing (without the intention of measuring). R. Hash. IV, 8 (32b) אבל מִתְעַסְּקִין בהם כדי שילמדו Ms. M. (ed. מתע׳ עמהם עד) but you may practice with them that they may learn (to blow the Shofar); והמתעסק לא יצא and he who merely blows for practice, has not done his duty. Ib. 33a מתע׳ בהן עד שילמדווכ׳ (Tosef. ib. IV (II), 10 מתלמדין להקוע) you may practice with them …, even on the Sabbath; a. e. 3) to do one thing while intending to do another thing; to miss ones purpose, choose the wrong thing. Snh.62b המתעסק בחלביםוכ׳ he that misses his purpose in selecting forbidden fat to eat (intending to reach out for a permitted piece), or in consanguineous connection (by mistaking the person) is bound to bring a sin offering; המתע׳ בשבת who does a forbidden act by mistake on the Sabbath (meaning to do a different though forbidden act); Kerith. 19b. Ib. IV, 3 (19a) (ref. to אשר חטא בה, Lev. 4:23) פרט למתעסק this is to exempt him who sinned by doing the thing which he had not intended to do. Ib. 19b מתעסק דמאי to what kind of a mistaken act does this refer? Ib. מתע׳ בדבר דלאו מצוה if by mistake he did an act which was not commanded (for that day). Ib. מתע׳ בחבורה making a wound (on the Sabbath) by mistake (circumcising the wrong child), opp. מקלקל בחבורה doing harm by making a wound; a. fr. 4) to dispute, argue. Gen. R. s. 8 עו שמלאכי השרת מדיינין … ומתעסקין אלו עם אלו while the ministering angels were arguing with one another, disputing with one another, God created him (Adam); a. e.