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זְרַקch. sam(זרק to sprinkle blood on the altar). Targ. O. Ex. 24:6 (Y. דריק); a. fr.Gen. R. s. 53, end; s. 86, end (read:) זְרוֹק חוטרא … נפיל throw a stick in the air and it will fall back to its origin (the ground), i. e. innate disposition will always come forth; (cmp. Tanḥ. Balak 17; Num. R. s. 20). Ithpe. אִזְדְּרֵיק to be sprinkled. Targ. Num. 19:13; a. e.Pes.78b bot. אשתקד כי איז׳ דם last year when the blood of the Passover sacrifice was sprinkled.

זְרַקch. sam(זרק to sprinkle blood on the altar). Targ. O. Ex. 24:6 (Y. דריק); a. fr.Gen. R. s. 53, end; s. 86, end (read:) זְרוֹק חוטרא … נפיל throw a stick in the air and it will fall back to its origin (the ground), i. e. innate disposition will always come forth; (cmp. Tanḥ. Balak 17; Num. R. s. 20). Ithpe. אִזְדְּרֵיק to be sprinkled. Targ. Num. 19:13; a. e.Pes.78b bot. אשתקד כי איז׳ דם last year when the blood of the Passover sacrifice was sprinkled.

רַוֵּיm., רַוְיָא, רַוְו׳ c. (preced.) drunk; drunkard. Targ. 1 Kings 16:9; 20:16. Targ. Prov. 26:9. Ib. 10 (not רז׳; h. text שׂכֵר!). Targ. 1 Sam. 1:13; a. fr.Gitt.68b חזאר׳ דהוהוכ׳ when he saw a drunken man that was lost, he led him back Sabb.32a (prov.) שבקיה לר׳וכ׳ leave the drunken man alone, he will fall of himself (a persons sins are visited upon him in critical moments); a. e.Pl. רַוַּיָּא, רַוַּי׳. Targ. Joel 1:5.

רַוֵּיm., רַוְיָא, רַוְו׳ c. (preced.) drunk; drunkard. Targ. 1 Kings 16:9; 20:16. Targ. Prov. 26:9. Ib. 10 (not רז׳; h. text שׂכֵר!). Targ. 1 Sam. 1:13; a. fr.Gitt.68b חזאר׳ דהוהוכ׳ when he saw a drunken man that was lost, he led him back Sabb.32a (prov.) שבקיה לר׳וכ׳ leave the drunken man alone, he will fall of himself (a persons sins are visited upon him in critical moments); a. e.Pl. רַוַּיָּא, רַוַּי׳. Targ. Joel 1:5.

שָׁלַשPi. שלֵּש I (b. h.; denom. of שָׁלש) 1) to do or come for the third time. Num. R. s. 420> לא יצאת אותה שנה ולא שינתה ולא שִׁילְּשָׁהוכ׳ not that year passed, nor the second, nor the third, when, i. e. within three years these things occurred; a. e. 2) to go back to the third generation. B. Bath. X, 7 יְשַׁלְּשוּ they should write the grandfathers name in the document. 3) to divide into three parts. Ib. III, 4 מְשַׁלְּשִׁין ביניהס the fine is divided between them (the three sets of witnesses convicted of an alibi); Macc.I, 3. Ib. משלשין בממון ואין מש׳ במכות the monetary fine is divided, but not the punishment (but every one has to undergo the full punishment). Ab. Zar.19b לעולם יְשַׁלִּש אדם שנותיו שלישוכ׳ a man should always divide his years (his time) into three parts, devoting one third to Bible, one to Mishnah ; Kidd.30a יַשְׁלִיש (Hif.). Ex. R. s. 1527> הריני מְשַׁלְּשָׁס I will divide them among us three; a. fr.Part. pass. מְשוּלָּש; f. מְשוּלֶּשֶׁת; pl. מְשוּלָּשִׁים, מְשוּלָּשִׁין; מְשוּלָּשוֹת a) done for the third time. Ab. Zar. l. c., כתוב … ומש׳ בכתובים stated in the Torah, a second time in the Prophets, and a third time in Hagiographa; Meg.31a; a. fr.b) divided into three, arranged in three classes, threefold. Deut. R. s. 233> (ref. to והשלשית, Zech. 13:8) אלו ישראל אנקראו שלישין שהם מש׳וכ׳ that means Israel, who are called ‘thirds, for they are divided into three classes, priests Midr. Prov. to XXII, 20 (ref. to שלשים, ib.) כל מעשי תורה מש׳ היא מש׳ ואותיותיה מש׳ … שבט מש׳וכ׳ all affairs of the Torah are threefold; itself is threefold: Torah, Prophets, and Hagiographa, and its signs are threefold: אמת (Truth); and it was given through a tribe third in order: Reuben, Shimeon, and Levi; משה מש׳ Moses the third born Cant. R. to I, 1 כל מעשיו … מש׳ היו all the events of that mans (Solomons) life were marked by three stages (rise, fall, and rise).B. Bath. X, 7 ואם היו מש׳ and if the names are alike up to the grandfather (v. supra); a. fr.Y.Shebi.I, 33b, v. מְשוּלָּש.c) developed to one third of the full growth, v. מְשוּלָּש. 4) (apocop. of שִׁלְשֵׁל) to let down, v. שִׁלְשֵׁל I. Hif. הִשְׁלִיש 1) to divide into three parts. Kidd. l. c., v. supra. B. Mets.42a לעולם יַשְׁלִיש … שלישוכ׳ a man should always have his capital divided into three parts, one-third invested in land, one in merchandise, and one in ready money; Yalk. Deut. 897; a. e. 2) (v. שָׁלִיש) to deposit. Keth.VI, 7 המַשְׁלִיש מעות לבתו … מה שהוּשְׁלַש בידו if a father deposits money for the benefit of his daughter, and she says, I trust my husband (and want it to be given to him), the trustee must do that with it for which it was deposited with him; ib. 69b המשליש … לחתנווכ׳ if one deposits money with his son-in-law to buy with it ; Tosef. ib. VI, 9; a. e. Hof. הוּשְׁלַש to be deposited, v. supra. Nithpa. נִשְׁתַּלֵּש to have been at a thing for the third time. Num. R. s. 9, v. מוּעָד.

שָׁלַשPi. שלֵּש I (b. h.; denom. of שָׁלש) 1) to do or come for the third time. Num. R. s. 420> לא יצאת אותה שנה ולא שינתה ולא שִׁילְּשָׁהוכ׳ not that year passed, nor the second, nor the third, when, i. e. within three years these things occurred; a. e. 2) to go back to the third generation. B. Bath. X, 7 יְשַׁלְּשוּ they should write the grandfathers name in the document. 3) to divide into three parts. Ib. III, 4 מְשַׁלְּשִׁין ביניהס the fine is divided between them (the three sets of witnesses convicted of an alibi); Macc.I, 3. Ib. משלשין בממון ואין מש׳ במכות the monetary fine is divided, but not the punishment (but every one has to undergo the full punishment). Ab. Zar.19b לעולם יְשַׁלִּש אדם שנותיו שלישוכ׳ a man should always divide his years (his time) into three parts, devoting one third to Bible, one to Mishnah ; Kidd.30a יַשְׁלִיש (Hif.). Ex. R. s. 1527> הריני מְשַׁלְּשָׁס I will divide them among us three; a. fr.Part. pass. מְשוּלָּש; f. מְשוּלֶּשֶׁת; pl. מְשוּלָּשִׁים, מְשוּלָּשִׁין; מְשוּלָּשוֹת a) done for the third time. Ab. Zar. l. c., כתוב … ומש׳ בכתובים stated in the Torah, a second time in the Prophets, and a third time in Hagiographa; Meg.31a; a. fr.b) divided into three, arranged in three classes, threefold. Deut. R. s. 233> (ref. to והשלשית, Zech. 13:8) אלו ישראל אנקראו שלישין שהם מש׳וכ׳ that means Israel, who are called ‘thirds, for they are divided into three classes, priests Midr. Prov. to XXII, 20 (ref. to שלשים, ib.) כל מעשי תורה מש׳ היא מש׳ ואותיותיה מש׳ … שבט מש׳וכ׳ all affairs of the Torah are threefold; itself is threefold: Torah, Prophets, and Hagiographa, and its signs are threefold: אמת (Truth); and it was given through a tribe third in order: Reuben, Shimeon, and Levi; משה מש׳ Moses the third born Cant. R. to I, 1 כל מעשיו … מש׳ היו all the events of that mans (Solomons) life were marked by three stages (rise, fall, and rise).B. Bath. X, 7 ואם היו מש׳ and if the names are alike up to the grandfather (v. supra); a. fr.Y.Shebi.I, 33b, v. מְשוּלָּש.c) developed to one third of the full growth, v. מְשוּלָּש. 4) (apocop. of שִׁלְשֵׁל) to let down, v. שִׁלְשֵׁל I. Hif. הִשְׁלִיש 1) to divide into three parts. Kidd. l. c., v. supra. B. Mets.42a לעולם יַשְׁלִיש … שלישוכ׳ a man should always have his capital divided into three parts, one-third invested in land, one in merchandise, and one in ready money; Yalk. Deut. 897; a. e. 2) (v. שָׁלִיש) to deposit. Keth.VI, 7 המַשְׁלִיש מעות לבתו … מה שהוּשְׁלַש בידו if a father deposits money for the benefit of his daughter, and she says, I trust my husband (and want it to be given to him), the trustee must do that with it for which it was deposited with him; ib. 69b המשליש … לחתנווכ׳ if one deposits money with his son-in-law to buy with it ; Tosef. ib. VI, 9; a. e. Hof. הוּשְׁלַש to be deposited, v. supra. Nithpa. נִשְׁתַּלֵּש to have been at a thing for the third time. Num. R. s. 9, v. מוּעָד.

שָׁמַט(b. h.; cmp. מוּט) to slip; (act. verb) to loosen, detach; to carry off, steal. Num. R. s. 420> (ref. to 2 Sam. 6:6) למה שָׁמְטוּ why did they slip (turn off)? M. Kat. 24a שמטו חזיריםוכ׳ swine dragged his body off. Y.Ber.III, 5d bot., a. e. שוֹמֵטוכ׳, v. קְלִבִּנְטִירִין. Ib. מטה … שוֹמְטָן ודיו in the case of a bed the poles of which are movable, one (in mourning) detaches them, and that is sufficient; Y.Ned.VII, end, 40c שימטו (corr. acc.). B. Mets. 104a שוֹמְטוֹ מעל גבי בניו he may take it (the pledge) from the back of his (the debtors) sons. Ex. R. s. 43 והם שוֹמְטִיםוכ׳, v. טֶטְרָאמוּלִי. Y.Keth.V, 30b היתה שוֹמֶטֶת עצמהוכ׳ she slipped away from under him; Sot.9b נִשְׁמְטָה (Nif.). Gen. R. s. 14 שוֹמְטָהּ, v. צָרַר I. Pesik. R. s. 20 נִשְׁמוֹט אותה let us abandon her (that she may not find her way home); מיד שְׁמָטוּהָ (not שמוטה) and so they abandoned her. Lev. R. s. 34 יִשְׁמוֹט, v. חָלַץ. Gen. R. s. 20 שומט גידיןוכ׳ it (the serpent) draws out fibres (v. גִּיד) and eats them. Midr. Till. to Ps. 114 (ref. to Deut. 4:34 גוי מקרב גוי) כאדם ששומט את העוברוכ׳ as a man draws an embryo out of its mothers womb. Ib. למדנו צער לנִשְׁמָט לשימט מנין we learn here that there was pain for the body drawn out (Israel), whence do we learn that it was painful for him that drew out (for the Lord who redeemed them)?; a. fr.Part. pass. שָׁמוּט; f. שְׁמוּטָה. Ḥull.54a ש׳ ושחוטהוכ׳ if the trachea was found detached, yet cut through, the animal is kasher; שא״א לש׳וכ׳ for it is impossible that a loose trachea should be cut through (therefore the detachment must have taken place after the ritual cutting). Ib. 57a, a. e. שְׁמוּטַת ורך an animal with a dislocated thigh-bone; שמוטת וד with a dislocated foreleg; a. e.V. שָׁמוּט. Nif. נִשְׁמַט to be detached, slip away. Midr. Till. l. c., v. supra. Sot. l. c., v. supra. Num. R. s. 18> הר חורב שעליו נִשִׁמְטָה החרבוכ׳ it is named mount Horeb, because on it the sword (of judgment) was unsheathed (for crimes); (Yalk. ib. 684 נמשכה; Yalk. Ps. 796 נמתחה). Macc.II, 1, v. קַתְּ. Sifra Emor, ch. II, Par. 3 (expl. שרוע, Lev. 21:18) שנשמטה יריכו (Rabad שנשתרבבה) whose hip is dislocated. Cant. R. to V, 16 נשמטה נפשו (ממנו) his soul slipped away (from him), he fainted; a. fr.Tosef.‘UktsinI, 2 (Tbul Yom III) נשמטין, read with ed. Zuck. נִכְסָסִין. Pi. שִׁמֵּט 1) to loosen, pluck, esp. to thin a thicket of reeds. Tosef.Shebi.I, 7; Y. ib. II, 33d top מְשַׁמְּטִין בקנים you may thin reeds (in the Sabbatical year); מקום … ולְשַׁמֵּטוכ׳ where it is customary to clear vines and to thin reeds before ; a. e. 2) to drag forth. Pesik. R. s. 17 ומְשַׁמְּטִים הבכורות מביןוכ׳ and the dogs dragged the dead bodies of the first-born out of the burial caves; Yalk. Ex. 186; a. e. 3) (v. שְׁמִטָּה) to cause release from debt; to cause cessation of field labor; (neut. verb) to come under the law of limitation of the Sabbatical year; (of the ground) to rest. Shebi. X, 1 שביעית מְשַׁמֶּטֶת את המלוהוכ׳ the Sabbatical year causes cancellation of (cash) debts, whether verbal or written; הקפת … אינה משמטת, v. הַקָּפָה; שכר שכיר אינו מְשַׁמֵּט a hired mans wages do not come under the law of shmiṭṭah; ib. 2 המוסר … אינן משמטין (not אינו) if one hands his notes over to the court, they are not subject to the law of limitation; ib. האונס … וכל מעשהב״ד אינן משמטין fines for outrage … and all obligations arising from legal procedures do not come under the law ; ib. 3, v. פְּרוֹזְבּוֹל; (Y. ed. מַשְׁמִיט, מַשְׁמִיטִין Hif. interch. with Pi.. Sifra Bḥuck., Par. 2, ch. VII אני אמרתי … ומשמטים לי אחתוכ׳ I have told you that you may sow six years, and let the ground rest for me one year, that you may know ; עמדו וגלו והיא תְשַׁמֵּט מאליה כל שמיטיםוכ׳ go ye and be carried into exile, and it (the land) will rest of itself (making up for) all the Sabbatical years ; Yalk. Lev. 675 והיא תַשְׁמִיט מאיליה עד שתרצה לפני כל שמיטיןוכ׳. Ab. dR. N. ch. XXXVIII הואיל ואין אתם משמיטין אותה היא תְשַׁמֵּט אתכם (ed. Schechter ואי אתם משמטים את הארץ) because you do not let the earth rest, she will abandon you; ומספר ירחים שאי אתם משמיטין אותה היא תשמט מאליה (ed. Schechter שאין אתם משמטים) and according to the number of months that you fail to let her rest, she will rest of herself. Gitt.36a בזמן שאתה משמט … משמט כספים when thou art bound to let the ground rest, thou art bound to cancel debts; a. fr.Snh.97a כשם שהשביעית משמטת … כך העולם משמטוכ׳ as the Sabbatical year causes cessation of field work once every seven years, so shall the world rest (be waste) one millennium in every seven millenniums. 4) to remit a debt. Gitt.37b המחזיר חוב … יאמר לו משמט אניוכ׳ if a person pays a debt in the Sabbatical year, he (the creditor) must say, ‘I remit (and have no claim): but if he (the debtor) says, ‘nevertheless, he may accept; Sabb.148b; Sifré Deut. 112; a. e. 5) to abandon, send away. Ab. dR. N. l. c., v. supra. Hif. הִשְׁמִיט same, v. supra. Hithpa. הִשְׁתַּמֵּט to slide, fall off. Midr. Till. to Ps. 18:11 מִשְׁתַּמְּטוֹת, v. טֶלֶף.

שָׁמַט(b. h.; cmp. מוּט) to slip; (act. verb) to loosen, detach; to carry off, steal. Num. R. s. 420> (ref. to 2 Sam. 6:6) למה שָׁמְטוּ why did they slip (turn off)? M. Kat. 24a שמטו חזיריםוכ׳ swine dragged his body off. Y.Ber.III, 5d bot., a. e. שוֹמֵטוכ׳, v. קְלִבִּנְטִירִין. Ib. מטה … שוֹמְטָן ודיו in the case of a bed the poles of which are movable, one (in mourning) detaches them, and that is sufficient; Y.Ned.VII, end, 40c שימטו (corr. acc.). B. Mets. 104a שוֹמְטוֹ מעל גבי בניו he may take it (the pledge) from the back of his (the debtors) sons. Ex. R. s. 43 והם שוֹמְטִיםוכ׳, v. טֶטְרָאמוּלִי. Y.Keth.V, 30b היתה שוֹמֶטֶת עצמהוכ׳ she slipped away from under him; Sot.9b נִשְׁמְטָה (Nif.). Gen. R. s. 14 שוֹמְטָהּ, v. צָרַר I. Pesik. R. s. 20 נִשְׁמוֹט אותה let us abandon her (that she may not find her way home); מיד שְׁמָטוּהָ (not שמוטה) and so they abandoned her. Lev. R. s. 34 יִשְׁמוֹט, v. חָלַץ. Gen. R. s. 20 שומט גידיןוכ׳ it (the serpent) draws out fibres (v. גִּיד) and eats them. Midr. Till. to Ps. 114 (ref. to Deut. 4:34 גוי מקרב גוי) כאדם ששומט את העוברוכ׳ as a man draws an embryo out of its mothers womb. Ib. למדנו צער לנִשְׁמָט לשימט מנין we learn here that there was pain for the body drawn out (Israel), whence do we learn that it was painful for him that drew out (for the Lord who redeemed them)?; a. fr.Part. pass. שָׁמוּט; f. שְׁמוּטָה. Ḥull.54a ש׳ ושחוטהוכ׳ if the trachea was found detached, yet cut through, the animal is kasher; שא״א לש׳וכ׳ for it is impossible that a loose trachea should be cut through (therefore the detachment must have taken place after the ritual cutting). Ib. 57a, a. e. שְׁמוּטַת ורך an animal with a dislocated thigh-bone; שמוטת וד with a dislocated foreleg; a. e.V. שָׁמוּט. Nif. נִשְׁמַט to be detached, slip away. Midr. Till. l. c., v. supra. Sot. l. c., v. supra. Num. R. s. 18> הר חורב שעליו נִשִׁמְטָה החרבוכ׳ it is named mount Horeb, because on it the sword (of judgment) was unsheathed (for crimes); (Yalk. ib. 684 נמשכה; Yalk. Ps. 796 נמתחה). Macc.II, 1, v. קַתְּ. Sifra Emor, ch. II, Par. 3 (expl. שרוע, Lev. 21:18) שנשמטה יריכו (Rabad שנשתרבבה) whose hip is dislocated. Cant. R. to V, 16 נשמטה נפשו (ממנו) his soul slipped away (from him), he fainted; a. fr.Tosef.‘UktsinI, 2 (Tbul Yom III) נשמטין, read with ed. Zuck. נִכְסָסִין. Pi. שִׁמֵּט 1) to loosen, pluck, esp. to thin a thicket of reeds. Tosef.Shebi.I, 7; Y. ib. II, 33d top מְשַׁמְּטִין בקנים you may thin reeds (in the Sabbatical year); מקום … ולְשַׁמֵּטוכ׳ where it is customary to clear vines and to thin reeds before ; a. e. 2) to drag forth. Pesik. R. s. 17 ומְשַׁמְּטִים הבכורות מביןוכ׳ and the dogs dragged the dead bodies of the first-born out of the burial caves; Yalk. Ex. 186; a. e. 3) (v. שְׁמִטָּה) to cause release from debt; to cause cessation of field labor; (neut. verb) to come under the law of limitation of the Sabbatical year; (of the ground) to rest. Shebi. X, 1 שביעית מְשַׁמֶּטֶת את המלוהוכ׳ the Sabbatical year causes cancellation of (cash) debts, whether verbal or written; הקפת … אינה משמטת, v. הַקָּפָה; שכר שכיר אינו מְשַׁמֵּט a hired mans wages do not come under the law of shmiṭṭah; ib. 2 המוסר … אינן משמטין (not אינו) if one hands his notes over to the court, they are not subject to the law of limitation; ib. האונס … וכל מעשהב״ד אינן משמטין fines for outrage … and all obligations arising from legal procedures do not come under the law ; ib. 3, v. פְּרוֹזְבּוֹל; (Y. ed. מַשְׁמִיט, מַשְׁמִיטִין Hif. interch. with Pi.. Sifra Bḥuck., Par. 2, ch. VII אני אמרתי … ומשמטים לי אחתוכ׳ I have told you that you may sow six years, and let the ground rest for me one year, that you may know ; עמדו וגלו והיא תְשַׁמֵּט מאליה כל שמיטיםוכ׳ go ye and be carried into exile, and it (the land) will rest of itself (making up for) all the Sabbatical years ; Yalk. Lev. 675 והיא תַשְׁמִיט מאיליה עד שתרצה לפני כל שמיטיןוכ׳. Ab. dR. N. ch. XXXVIII הואיל ואין אתם משמיטין אותה היא תְשַׁמֵּט אתכם (ed. Schechter ואי אתם משמטים את הארץ) because you do not let the earth rest, she will abandon you; ומספר ירחים שאי אתם משמיטין אותה היא תשמט מאליה (ed. Schechter שאין אתם משמטים) and according to the number of months that you fail to let her rest, she will rest of herself. Gitt.36a בזמן שאתה משמט … משמט כספים when thou art bound to let the ground rest, thou art bound to cancel debts; a. fr.Snh.97a כשם שהשביעית משמטת … כך העולם משמטוכ׳ as the Sabbatical year causes cessation of field work once every seven years, so shall the world rest (be waste) one millennium in every seven millenniums. 4) to remit a debt. Gitt.37b המחזיר חוב … יאמר לו משמט אניוכ׳ if a person pays a debt in the Sabbatical year, he (the creditor) must say, ‘I remit (and have no claim): but if he (the debtor) says, ‘nevertheless, he may accept; Sabb.148b; Sifré Deut. 112; a. e. 5) to abandon, send away. Ab. dR. N. l. c., v. supra. Hif. הִשְׁמִיט same, v. supra. Hithpa. הִשְׁתַּמֵּט to slide, fall off. Midr. Till. to Ps. 18:11 מִשְׁתַּמְּטוֹת, v. טֶלֶף.