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(b. h., v. Ges. H. Dict.10 s. v. חלץ I, II) 1) to surround, fortify; to gird, arm. Yalk. Gen. 133 (fr. Midr. Vayis‛u) חָלְצוּ עצמם they armed themselves, v. Pi. a. Hif. 2) to untie, loosen, tear out; to strip, lay bare. M. Kat. 22b חוֹלֵץ one bares the shoulder (in mourning). Ib. IV, 7 (24b) חוֹלְצִין. B. Mets.59b וח׳ מנעליו and took his shoes off. Y.M. Kat. III, 82b חוֹלְצָן he takes them (the Tfillin) off; Ber.23a; Y. ib. II, 4c.Pes.4a; M. Kat. 20b חֲלוֹץ לי מנעלי take my shoes off. Ḥull.90b חוֹלְצוֹ לתפוח he takes the sinew out and puts it on the pile Tosef.Neg.VI, 10 בזמן שחוא חוֹלֵץ when he has to tear out (a leprous stone), v. נָתַץ.Y.Ab. Zar. II, end, 42a; Tosef. ib. IV (V), 8 כדי שיהו חוֹלְצִין את גלעיניהן in order to loosen the stones (of the olives); a. fr.Part. pass. חָלוּץ, f. חֲלוּצָה, pl. חֲלוּצִים, f. חֲלוּצוֹת. Y.Sot.I, beg.16b וזרועותיה ח׳ her arms bared.Sabb.137a, a. e. חֲלָצַתּוֹ חמה the fever left him.Esp. to perform the ceremony of taking off the Yabams shoe (v. יָבָם); ח׳ ביבמה to arrange the Ḥălitsah, to act as judge; ח׳ ל־ to have the shoe taken off for refusing the leviratical marriage; ח׳ מ־ to take the shoe off. Yeb.102a כלום ראית שח׳וכ׳ did you ever see him act as a judge at a Ḥălitsah? Ib. IV, 1 החוֹלֵץ ליבמתווכ׳ if one gave ḥălitsah to his sister-in-law, and it was found out afterwards Ib. III, 1 חוֹלְצוֹת ולא מתיבמות they must be released by ḥăl., but must not be married by the yabam. Ib. XII, 1 חָלְצָה במנעל if she performed the ceremony with a leather shoe. Ib. 102a חוֹלְצִין במנעל you may have the ceremony performed with Ib. b שמא חָלְצָה סנדל לאחדוכ׳ perhaps she has performed the ceremony of ḥal. on one of the brothers. Ib. החוֹלֶצֶת מןוכ׳ if one performed the ceremony on an adult … Ib. (ref. to Hos. 5:6) מי כתיב ח׳ להם ח׳ מהםוכ׳ is it written, He had his shoe taken off by them (the Lord being the rejecting party)? It is written, He took their shoe off, v. next w.; a. v. fr.חֲלוּצָח a woman released from leviratical marriage by ḥălitsah. Ib. 7:1. Ib. 4:12 חֲלוּצָתוֹ his rejected sister-in-law; a. fr. Nif. נֶחֶלַץ to be peeled off. Y.Sabb.XX, 17c bot. ועורו נ׳ and his skin will peel itself off. Pi. חִלֵּץ 1) to extract, loosen, to deliver. 2) to gird, strengthen. Yeb.102b (in a discussion about the meaning of וחלצה, Deut. 25:9) והכתיב יְחַלּץ עני but do we not read (Job 36:15), He girds the poor? Answ. יְחַלְּצוֹ מדינהוכ׳ It means, He will deliver him from the judgment Ib. (after ref. to יחליץ, Is. 58:11) the root חלץ means both (girding and loosening), but here (Deut. l. c.), if it meant tying on, it would read וחלצה נעלו ברגלו she shall tie his shoe on his foot. Hif. הֶחֱלִיץ 1) to loosen, untie; 2) to gird, arm; 3) to deliver; 4) to smoothen, give ease of mind. Lev. R. s. 34 (ref. to יחליץ, Is. l. c.) יזיין (Ar. ישלוף) ישמוט ישזיב ויניח (which means) He shall loosen as in Deut. l. c., gird as ib. III, 18, deliver as in Ps. 140:2, and give ease as in the Sabbath prayer after meal רצה והַחֲלִיצֵנוּ be pleased to give us ease of mind. V. חִלּוּץ.

(b. h., v. Ges. H. Dict.10 s. v. חלץ I, II) 1) to surround, fortify; to gird, arm. Yalk. Gen. 133 (fr. Midr. Vayis‛u) חָלְצוּ עצמם they armed themselves, v. Pi. a. Hif. 2) to untie, loosen, tear out; to strip, lay bare. M. Kat. 22b חוֹלֵץ one bares the shoulder (in mourning). Ib. IV, 7 (24b) חוֹלְצִין. B. Mets.59b וח׳ מנעליו and took his shoes off. Y.M. Kat. III, 82b חוֹלְצָן he takes them (the Tfillin) off; Ber.23a; Y. ib. II, 4c.Pes.4a; M. Kat. 20b חֲלוֹץ לי מנעלי take my shoes off. Ḥull.90b חוֹלְצוֹ לתפוח he takes the sinew out and puts it on the pile Tosef.Neg.VI, 10 בזמן שחוא חוֹלֵץ when he has to tear out (a leprous stone), v. נָתַץ.Y.Ab. Zar. II, end, 42a; Tosef. ib. IV (V), 8 כדי שיהו חוֹלְצִין את גלעיניהן in order to loosen the stones (of the olives); a. fr.Part. pass. חָלוּץ, f. חֲלוּצָה, pl. חֲלוּצִים, f. חֲלוּצוֹת. Y.Sot.I, beg.16b וזרועותיה ח׳ her arms bared.Sabb.137a, a. e. חֲלָצַתּוֹ חמה the fever left him.Esp. to perform the ceremony of taking off the Yabams shoe (v. יָבָם); ח׳ ביבמה to arrange the Ḥălitsah, to act as judge; ח׳ ל־ to have the shoe taken off for refusing the leviratical marriage; ח׳ מ־ to take the shoe off. Yeb.102a כלום ראית שח׳וכ׳ did you ever see him act as a judge at a Ḥălitsah? Ib. IV, 1 החוֹלֵץ ליבמתווכ׳ if one gave ḥălitsah to his sister-in-law, and it was found out afterwards Ib. III, 1 חוֹלְצוֹת ולא מתיבמות they must be released by ḥăl., but must not be married by the yabam. Ib. XII, 1 חָלְצָה במנעל if she performed the ceremony with a leather shoe. Ib. 102a חוֹלְצִין במנעל you may have the ceremony performed with Ib. b שמא חָלְצָה סנדל לאחדוכ׳ perhaps she has performed the ceremony of ḥal. on one of the brothers. Ib. החוֹלֶצֶת מןוכ׳ if one performed the ceremony on an adult … Ib. (ref. to Hos. 5:6) מי כתיב ח׳ להם ח׳ מהםוכ׳ is it written, He had his shoe taken off by them (the Lord being the rejecting party)? It is written, He took their shoe off, v. next w.; a. v. fr.חֲלוּצָח a woman released from leviratical marriage by ḥălitsah. Ib. 7:1. Ib. 4:12 חֲלוּצָתוֹ his rejected sister-in-law; a. fr. Nif. נֶחֶלַץ to be peeled off. Y.Sabb.XX, 17c bot. ועורו נ׳ and his skin will peel itself off. Pi. חִלֵּץ 1) to extract, loosen, to deliver. 2) to gird, strengthen. Yeb.102b (in a discussion about the meaning of וחלצה, Deut. 25:9) והכתיב יְחַלּץ עני but do we not read (Job 36:15), He girds the poor? Answ. יְחַלְּצוֹ מדינהוכ׳ It means, He will deliver him from the judgment Ib. (after ref. to יחליץ, Is. 58:11) the root חלץ means both (girding and loosening), but here (Deut. l. c.), if it meant tying on, it would read וחלצה נעלו ברגלו she shall tie his shoe on his foot. Hif. הֶחֱלִיץ 1) to loosen, untie; 2) to gird, arm; 3) to deliver; 4) to smoothen, give ease of mind. Lev. R. s. 34 (ref. to יחליץ, Is. l. c.) יזיין (Ar. ישלוף) ישמוט ישזיב ויניח (which means) He shall loosen as in Deut. l. c., gird as ib. III, 18, deliver as in Ps. 140:2, and give ease as in the Sabbath prayer after meal רצה והַחֲלִיצֵנוּ be pleased to give us ease of mind. V. חִלּוּץ.

פִּקְפֵּק(v. פָּקַק) 1) to drive a wedge in; to loosen, shake. Midr. Till. to Ps. 53 v. infra. Succ.I, 7 (15a) מְפַקְפֵּק ונוטלוכ׳ he loosens (the boards of the ceiling) and takes one board out. Y.Sabb.XV, beg.15a מְפַקְפְּקִין ומפקיעיןוכ׳ (not בו) you may loosen the knot, or ravel it out, or untie, v. פָּקַע; מפקפקין ולא מפקיעין you may loosen the knot, but not ravel it out; ib. XX, end, 17d; Y.Meg.I, 71a; Y.Bets. V, 63b top (not פקפקין).Part. pass. מְפוּקְפָּק; f. מְפוּקְפֶּקֶת; pl. מְפוּקְפָּקִים, מְפוּקְפָּקִין; מְפוּקְפָּקוֹת. Gen. R. s. 78 היו הברכות מפ׳וכ׳ the blessings were as yet shaky (uncertain) in his hands, opp. נתאוששו, v. אוּש; ib. s. 67.Trnsf. (to shake the foundations of,) to contest the validity of, make light of. Eduy. V, 6 פ׳ בטהרת ידים he contested the rabbinical regulations concerning cleanness of hands; Ber.19a. Ab. Zar.35a גזירה … ואין מְפַקְפְּקִין בה it is a recent enactment, and you must not shake it (discuss its reason before a year is past); a. e. 2) (sub. פיו, or דבר) to insert a wedge or coil in ones mouth, be gagged, estopped from speaking. Midr. Till. to Ps. 53 (ref. to פוקה, 1 Sam. 25:31) (read as in ed. Bub. אם הן באין אצלך לדין מה אתה עושה ואתה מְפַקְפֵּק בדבר ואין אתה יכול להוציאווכ׳ if men will come to thee for judgment, what wilt thou do? Thou wilt gag (thy mouth) with a word and be unable to bring it out, when they will say, has he not done so unto Nabal? Thus the text (I Sam. l. c.) reads, ‘and let this not be unto thee a stopper, אל תְּפַקְפֵּק בפיךוכ׳ do not put a gag in thy mouth (do not make thyself unable to give judgment boldly), nor say ; Yalk. Sam. 134. Hithpa. הִתְפַּקְפַּק 1) to be shaken, loosened. Ber.28b man must bow at prayer עד שיִתְפַּקְפְּקוּ כלוכ׳ Ms. M. a. Ar. (ed. שיִתְפַּקְּקוּ v. R. D. S. a. l. note 400) until all the vertebrae of the spine seem to be loosened. 2) (v. פָּקַק) to be stopped off. Yeb.63b עונותיו מִתְפַּקְפְּקִין Ar. (ed. מִתְפַּקְּקִין) his sins are stopped off (cannot come forth to accuse him).

פִּקְפֵּק(v. פָּקַק) 1) to drive a wedge in; to loosen, shake. Midr. Till. to Ps. 53 v. infra. Succ.I, 7 (15a) מְפַקְפֵּק ונוטלוכ׳ he loosens (the boards of the ceiling) and takes one board out. Y.Sabb.XV, beg.15a מְפַקְפְּקִין ומפקיעיןוכ׳ (not בו) you may loosen the knot, or ravel it out, or untie, v. פָּקַע; מפקפקין ולא מפקיעין you may loosen the knot, but not ravel it out; ib. XX, end, 17d; Y.Meg.I, 71a; Y.Bets. V, 63b top (not פקפקין).Part. pass. מְפוּקְפָּק; f. מְפוּקְפֶּקֶת; pl. מְפוּקְפָּקִים, מְפוּקְפָּקִין; מְפוּקְפָּקוֹת. Gen. R. s. 78 היו הברכות מפ׳וכ׳ the blessings were as yet shaky (uncertain) in his hands, opp. נתאוששו, v. אוּש; ib. s. 67.Trnsf. (to shake the foundations of,) to contest the validity of, make light of. Eduy. V, 6 פ׳ בטהרת ידים he contested the rabbinical regulations concerning cleanness of hands; Ber.19a. Ab. Zar.35a גזירה … ואין מְפַקְפְּקִין בה it is a recent enactment, and you must not shake it (discuss its reason before a year is past); a. e. 2) (sub. פיו, or דבר) to insert a wedge or coil in ones mouth, be gagged, estopped from speaking. Midr. Till. to Ps. 53 (ref. to פוקה, 1 Sam. 25:31) (read as in ed. Bub. אם הן באין אצלך לדין מה אתה עושה ואתה מְפַקְפֵּק בדבר ואין אתה יכול להוציאווכ׳ if men will come to thee for judgment, what wilt thou do? Thou wilt gag (thy mouth) with a word and be unable to bring it out, when they will say, has he not done so unto Nabal? Thus the text (I Sam. l. c.) reads, ‘and let this not be unto thee a stopper, אל תְּפַקְפֵּק בפיךוכ׳ do not put a gag in thy mouth (do not make thyself unable to give judgment boldly), nor say ; Yalk. Sam. 134. Hithpa. הִתְפַּקְפַּק 1) to be shaken, loosened. Ber.28b man must bow at prayer עד שיִתְפַּקְפְּקוּ כלוכ׳ Ms. M. a. Ar. (ed. שיִתְפַּקְּקוּ v. R. D. S. a. l. note 400) until all the vertebrae of the spine seem to be loosened. 2) (v. פָּקַק) to be stopped off. Yeb.63b עונותיו מִתְפַּקְפְּקִין Ar. (ed. מִתְפַּקְּקִין) his sins are stopped off (cannot come forth to accuse him).

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נָתַרI (b. h.; cmp. נתק) to sever, loosen. Nif. נִיתַּר, נִיתּוֹר 1) to be torn loose, be released. Y.Taan.II, 65d top, v. נָטַש II a. נָתש.Trnsf. to be untied, released from an obligation; to become permitted. Y.Yeb.IV, 6b bot. (ref. to Deut. 25:10) בית שהוא נִיתָּרוכ׳ a house (of several wives) which is released (from the leviratical marriage) by means of one ḥălitsah (performed on one of the wives). Y.Bicc.I, 64b top כל הביכורים שנראו לִיתּוֹר … אינן נִיתּוֹרִיןוכ׳ all the first fruits whioh are to be released (become permitted by being brought to the Temple) in the land (of Palestine), can become so only by reciting the confession (Deut. 26:5–10). Erub.10a; 12a חצר נִיתֶּרֶתוכ׳ a court becomes permitted (for Sabbath purposes) by, v. פַּס. Ib. שהוא נִיתָּרוכ׳ that it is made available ; a. e. Hif. הִתִּיר 1) to loosen, untie, unscrew. Tosef.Sabb.XVI (XVII), 5 שהִתִּירוֹ which one unscrewed; Sabb.XX, 5 מַתִּירִין, v. מַכְבֵּש. Ib. 22a מתירין (ציצית) מבגד לבגד you may untie show-fringes from one garment (and put them) on another garment. Gen. R. s. 5 מַתִּירָן ומוציאוכ׳ he unties them (opens the bags) and lets the air in them escape; a. fr.Tosef.Shebi.I, 7, v. וָתַר. 2) to permit, declare permitted, opp. אָסַר. Sabb.4a הִתִּירוּ לווכ׳ would they (the scholars) permit him to take it out ? Ib. II, 4 ור׳ יהודה מַתִּיר but R. Judah declares it permitted. Ib. 2 וחכמים מַתִּירִין; a. v. fr.V. מַתִּיר. 3) to free, surrender; to outlaw, proscribe. Snh.40b ה׳ עצמו למיתה did he surrender himself to death?, i. e. did he declare that he would commit the act in spite of the warning which defined it to be a deadly crime? Ib. 41a (ref. to Deut. 17:6) עד שיַתִּירוכ׳ until he declares himself ready to undergo capital punishment for his act Ḥull.41a. Y.Peah I, 16a עילא … להַתִּיר דמןוכ׳ they wanted a pretext to outlaw the rebels; a. fr. Hof. הוּתָּר 1) to be loosened, untied. Lev. R. s. 28, beg., a. fr. הוּתְּרָה הרצועה v. רְצוּעָה. Sabb.XX, 5 אם היה מוּתָּרוכ׳ if it (the clothes press) was (partly) unscrewed on the eve of the Sabbath, he may unscrew it entirely. B. Kam.9b שור מותר an ox that is not tied, opp. קשור. Erub.II, 1 קשורות אבל לא מוּתָּרוֹת closely tied together, but not tied in a loose way; a. e. 2) to be permitted. Y.Sabb.II, 5b bot. ה׳ הנדר, v. נֶדֶר; Snh.68a. Ḥull.17a בתחילהה׳ להןוכ׳ originally they were permitted to eat the flesh of an animal killed by stabbing (v. נְחִירָה). Ib. 9a נשחטה הותרה when the animal has been slaughtered according to the ritual, it is (absolutely) permitted. Erub.93b שבת ביון שהותרה הותרה as regards Sabbath laws what has been permitted at the entrance of the Sabbath remains permitted the entire day; ib. 70b כל שה׳ למקצתוכ׳ whatever is permitted for one part of the Sabbath ; a. v. fr.Part. מוּתָּר; f. מוּתֶּרֶת; pl. מוּתָּרִים, מוּתָּרִין; מוּתָּרוֹת (it is, they are) permitted (of things and persons). Ter. X, 7. Yeb.I, 2 צרתה מ׳ her rival is permitted (to him as wife). Ib. III, 2 ומ׳ באחותה and he is permitted to marry her sister. Ib. II, 10 מותרות לינשא להן may be married to them; a. v. fr.Pes.48a, a. e. (ref. to ממשקה ישראל, Ez. 45:15) מן המותר לישראל of what an Israelite is permitted to drink. Sabb.108a (ref. to בפיך, Ex. 13:9) מדבר המותר בפיך the Torah must be written on the skin of an animal which is permitted in thy mouth (a clean animal).

נָתַרI (b. h.; cmp. נתק) to sever, loosen. Nif. נִיתַּר, נִיתּוֹר 1) to be torn loose, be released. Y.Taan.II, 65d top, v. נָטַש II a. נָתש.Trnsf. to be untied, released from an obligation; to become permitted. Y.Yeb.IV, 6b bot. (ref. to Deut. 25:10) בית שהוא נִיתָּרוכ׳ a house (of several wives) which is released (from the leviratical marriage) by means of one ḥălitsah (performed on one of the wives). Y.Bicc.I, 64b top כל הביכורים שנראו לִיתּוֹר … אינן נִיתּוֹרִיןוכ׳ all the first fruits whioh are to be released (become permitted by being brought to the Temple) in the land (of Palestine), can become so only by reciting the confession (Deut. 26:5–10). Erub.10a; 12a חצר נִיתֶּרֶתוכ׳ a court becomes permitted (for Sabbath purposes) by, v. פַּס. Ib. שהוא נִיתָּרוכ׳ that it is made available ; a. e. Hif. הִתִּיר 1) to loosen, untie, unscrew. Tosef.Sabb.XVI (XVII), 5 שהִתִּירוֹ which one unscrewed; Sabb.XX, 5 מַתִּירִין, v. מַכְבֵּש. Ib. 22a מתירין (ציצית) מבגד לבגד you may untie show-fringes from one garment (and put them) on another garment. Gen. R. s. 5 מַתִּירָן ומוציאוכ׳ he unties them (opens the bags) and lets the air in them escape; a. fr.Tosef.Shebi.I, 7, v. וָתַר. 2) to permit, declare permitted, opp. אָסַר. Sabb.4a הִתִּירוּ לווכ׳ would they (the scholars) permit him to take it out ? Ib. II, 4 ור׳ יהודה מַתִּיר but R. Judah declares it permitted. Ib. 2 וחכמים מַתִּירִין; a. v. fr.V. מַתִּיר. 3) to free, surrender; to outlaw, proscribe. Snh.40b ה׳ עצמו למיתה did he surrender himself to death?, i. e. did he declare that he would commit the act in spite of the warning which defined it to be a deadly crime? Ib. 41a (ref. to Deut. 17:6) עד שיַתִּירוכ׳ until he declares himself ready to undergo capital punishment for his act Ḥull.41a. Y.Peah I, 16a עילא … להַתִּיר דמןוכ׳ they wanted a pretext to outlaw the rebels; a. fr. Hof. הוּתָּר 1) to be loosened, untied. Lev. R. s. 28, beg., a. fr. הוּתְּרָה הרצועה v. רְצוּעָה. Sabb.XX, 5 אם היה מוּתָּרוכ׳ if it (the clothes press) was (partly) unscrewed on the eve of the Sabbath, he may unscrew it entirely. B. Kam.9b שור מותר an ox that is not tied, opp. קשור. Erub.II, 1 קשורות אבל לא מוּתָּרוֹת closely tied together, but not tied in a loose way; a. e. 2) to be permitted. Y.Sabb.II, 5b bot. ה׳ הנדר, v. נֶדֶר; Snh.68a. Ḥull.17a בתחילהה׳ להןוכ׳ originally they were permitted to eat the flesh of an animal killed by stabbing (v. נְחִירָה). Ib. 9a נשחטה הותרה when the animal has been slaughtered according to the ritual, it is (absolutely) permitted. Erub.93b שבת ביון שהותרה הותרה as regards Sabbath laws what has been permitted at the entrance of the Sabbath remains permitted the entire day; ib. 70b כל שה׳ למקצתוכ׳ whatever is permitted for one part of the Sabbath ; a. v. fr.Part. מוּתָּר; f. מוּתֶּרֶת; pl. מוּתָּרִים, מוּתָּרִין; מוּתָּרוֹת (it is, they are) permitted (of things and persons). Ter. X, 7. Yeb.I, 2 צרתה מ׳ her rival is permitted (to him as wife). Ib. III, 2 ומ׳ באחותה and he is permitted to marry her sister. Ib. II, 10 מותרות לינשא להן may be married to them; a. v. fr.Pes.48a, a. e. (ref. to ממשקה ישראל, Ez. 45:15) מן המותר לישראל of what an Israelite is permitted to drink. Sabb.108a (ref. to בפיך, Ex. 13:9) מדבר המותר בפיך the Torah must be written on the skin of an animal which is permitted in thy mouth (a clean animal).

סָתַרII (= סחתד, Saf. of תתר; cmp. Arab. šatar) ( to dig under, 1) to upset, tear down. Meg.31b אם אמרו לך זקנים סְתוֹרוכ׳ if the old tell thee, tear down, and the young, build, tear down and build not, v. סְתִירָה II; Ned.40a. Sabb.VII, 2 הבונה והסוֹתֵר he who builds (on the Sabbath) or who tears down. Yoma 10a שיפלו בונין ביד סוֹתְרִין that the builders (of the Temple, the Persians) should fall through the hands of the destroyers (the Romans), v. סָתוֹרָא. Ab. dR. N. ch. VI סְתָרוֹ ועקרווכ׳ he dug under it (the rock) and broke it loose Koh. R. to VII, 26 כותל קשה … וסוֹתְרוֹ a wall is strong, but man has more power and tears it down; a. fr. 2) ( to stir up, to loosen, unravel. Sot.I, 5 סותר את שערה the priest loosens her hair (Num. 5:18 ופרע); אם … לא היה סוֹתְרוֹ if her hair was beautiful, he did not loosen it. Treat. Smaḥ. ch. VIII סוֹתְרִים שערותוכ׳ you may untie the hair of dead brides; a. e. 3) to dissolve, decompose. Lam. R. introd. (R. Ḥǎnina 1) (ref. to Prov. 25:20) כזה … וסוֹתְרוֹ כך היו סוֹתְרִיםוכ׳ as one pours vinegar on natron and decomposes it, so they decomposed (counteracted) the words of the Law; v. infra. 4) to undo, reverse, invalidate. Snh.III, 8 כל זמן … סותר את הדין whenever he offers new evidence, he reverses the decision, i. e. the court has to try his case again; לאחר שלשים יום אינו שותר after thirty days, the judgment cannot be disturbed.Esp. to make void the days of a Nazarites vow which have been observed, to begin anew. Naz.II, 10 סותר שבעים he must count seventy days again. Ib. III, 3 ס׳ את הכל he must count over the whole period (of days); אינו ס׳ אלא שבעה he has to count only seven days over. Tosef. ib. II, 13 יש לו לִסְתּוֹר סותרוכ׳ if there is a portion of the period left to undo, i. e., if the period of his vow has not yet expired, he must count thirty days again; כל … ואין לו לסתור סותרוכ׳ whenever he becomes unclean on a day on which it is improper to offer a sacrifice, and he has nothing left to undo, i. e. his term has expired, and he lacks only a sacrifice to be released: he must count seven days; a. fr.5 (logics) to contradict, disprove. Succ.26b, a. fr. מעשה לסתור, v. מַעֲשֶׂה. Sabb.13b שאלמלא … שהיו דבריו סוֹתְרִיןוכ׳ but for him, the Book of Ezekiel would have been expunged from the canon, because its words seemed to contradict the words of the Law. Ib. 30a לא דייך שדבריך סותריןוכ׳ not only do thy words contradict those of David, but they contradict one another; a. fr.Num. R. s. 13 לא אחד מהן סותר על חבירו neither of them conflicts with the other.(Yalk. Ex. 356 שלא יסתרו, v. סָרַס I Hithpa.) Hithpa. הִסְתַּתֵּר to be disarranged, be undone. Y.Kil.IX, end, 32d; Y.Sabb.XIII, beg.14a מִיסְתַּתֵּר הוא the web will go apart again, opp. מתקיים.

סָתַרII (= סחתד, Saf. of תתר; cmp. Arab. šatar) ( to dig under, 1) to upset, tear down. Meg.31b אם אמרו לך זקנים סְתוֹרוכ׳ if the old tell thee, tear down, and the young, build, tear down and build not, v. סְתִירָה II; Ned.40a. Sabb.VII, 2 הבונה והסוֹתֵר he who builds (on the Sabbath) or who tears down. Yoma 10a שיפלו בונין ביד סוֹתְרִין that the builders (of the Temple, the Persians) should fall through the hands of the destroyers (the Romans), v. סָתוֹרָא. Ab. dR. N. ch. VI סְתָרוֹ ועקרווכ׳ he dug under it (the rock) and broke it loose Koh. R. to VII, 26 כותל קשה … וסוֹתְרוֹ a wall is strong, but man has more power and tears it down; a. fr. 2) ( to stir up, to loosen, unravel. Sot.I, 5 סותר את שערה the priest loosens her hair (Num. 5:18 ופרע); אם … לא היה סוֹתְרוֹ if her hair was beautiful, he did not loosen it. Treat. Smaḥ. ch. VIII סוֹתְרִים שערותוכ׳ you may untie the hair of dead brides; a. e. 3) to dissolve, decompose. Lam. R. introd. (R. Ḥǎnina 1) (ref. to Prov. 25:20) כזה … וסוֹתְרוֹ כך היו סוֹתְרִיםוכ׳ as one pours vinegar on natron and decomposes it, so they decomposed (counteracted) the words of the Law; v. infra. 4) to undo, reverse, invalidate. Snh.III, 8 כל זמן … סותר את הדין whenever he offers new evidence, he reverses the decision, i. e. the court has to try his case again; לאחר שלשים יום אינו שותר after thirty days, the judgment cannot be disturbed.Esp. to make void the days of a Nazarites vow which have been observed, to begin anew. Naz.II, 10 סותר שבעים he must count seventy days again. Ib. III, 3 ס׳ את הכל he must count over the whole period (of days); אינו ס׳ אלא שבעה he has to count only seven days over. Tosef. ib. II, 13 יש לו לִסְתּוֹר סותרוכ׳ if there is a portion of the period left to undo, i. e., if the period of his vow has not yet expired, he must count thirty days again; כל … ואין לו לסתור סותרוכ׳ whenever he becomes unclean on a day on which it is improper to offer a sacrifice, and he has nothing left to undo, i. e. his term has expired, and he lacks only a sacrifice to be released: he must count seven days; a. fr.5 (logics) to contradict, disprove. Succ.26b, a. fr. מעשה לסתור, v. מַעֲשֶׂה. Sabb.13b שאלמלא … שהיו דבריו סוֹתְרִיןוכ׳ but for him, the Book of Ezekiel would have been expunged from the canon, because its words seemed to contradict the words of the Law. Ib. 30a לא דייך שדבריך סותריןוכ׳ not only do thy words contradict those of David, but they contradict one another; a. fr.Num. R. s. 13 לא אחד מהן סותר על חבירו neither of them conflicts with the other.(Yalk. Ex. 356 שלא יסתרו, v. סָרַס I Hithpa.) Hithpa. הִסְתַּתֵּר to be disarranged, be undone. Y.Kil.IX, end, 32d; Y.Sabb.XIII, beg.14a מִיסְתַּתֵּר הוא the web will go apart again, opp. מתקיים.

רפי, רָפָה(b. h.; preced.) to be or make lax. Lev. R. s. 19 רָפוּ ידיהן their hands became lax (they lost their energy).Part. pass. רָפוּי; f. רְפוּיָה. Sabb.141b בר׳ when the shoe on the block is loose (can be taken off without moving the block). Ib. 130a, v. infra. Pi. רִיפָּה 1) to loosen, let go. Mikv. VIII, 5 יְרַפֶּה כדיוכ׳ he must loosen his hold of the objects, so that the water can come in contact with them; Y. Ḥag.III, beg.78d יְרַפֵּם עדוכ׳ be must let them go until 2) to let hang down; to make lax, weaken. Tanḥ. Kdosh. 6 מְרַפִּין כנפיהם they let their wings hang down. Lev. R. l. c. (ref. to Is. 35:3) שרִפִּיתֶם עצמיכםוכ׳ you weakened yourselves through your evil doings. Bekh.5b; Snh.106a (play on ר̇פ̇י̇ד̇י̇ם̇) שרִ֗יפּ֗וּ י̇ד̇יהן מדברי תורה (not עצמן) they let their hands drop from (holding) the words of the Law; Tanḥ. Bshall. 25 שרִפּוּ ידיהן מן התורה (or שרָפוּ, v. supra); a. e.Part. pass. מְרוּפֶּה; f. מְרוּפָּה. Sabb.130a עדיין היא מר׳ בידם (not היא; Ms. O. רְפוּיָה) it is still lax in their hands (they treat the ceremony with laxity), opp. מזחזקת held fast. 3) to soften, teach good manners. Ruth R. to II, 5 רבתה רִפְּתָה לה (or רָפְתָה) her mistress (Naomi) had taught her good manners; Yalk. ib. 601 חמותה מאלפא לה.

רפי, רָפָה(b. h.; preced.) to be or make lax. Lev. R. s. 19 רָפוּ ידיהן their hands became lax (they lost their energy).Part. pass. רָפוּי; f. רְפוּיָה. Sabb.141b בר׳ when the shoe on the block is loose (can be taken off without moving the block). Ib. 130a, v. infra. Pi. רִיפָּה 1) to loosen, let go. Mikv. VIII, 5 יְרַפֶּה כדיוכ׳ he must loosen his hold of the objects, so that the water can come in contact with them; Y. Ḥag.III, beg.78d יְרַפֵּם עדוכ׳ be must let them go until 2) to let hang down; to make lax, weaken. Tanḥ. Kdosh. 6 מְרַפִּין כנפיהם they let their wings hang down. Lev. R. l. c. (ref. to Is. 35:3) שרִפִּיתֶם עצמיכםוכ׳ you weakened yourselves through your evil doings. Bekh.5b; Snh.106a (play on ר̇פ̇י̇ד̇י̇ם̇) שרִ֗יפּ֗וּ י̇ד̇יהן מדברי תורה (not עצמן) they let their hands drop from (holding) the words of the Law; Tanḥ. Bshall. 25 שרִפּוּ ידיהן מן התורה (or שרָפוּ, v. supra); a. e.Part. pass. מְרוּפֶּה; f. מְרוּפָּה. Sabb.130a עדיין היא מר׳ בידם (not היא; Ms. O. רְפוּיָה) it is still lax in their hands (they treat the ceremony with laxity), opp. מזחזקת held fast. 3) to soften, teach good manners. Ruth R. to II, 5 רבתה רִפְּתָה לה (or רָפְתָה) her mistress (Naomi) had taught her good manners; Yalk. ib. 601 חמותה מאלפא לה.

רפי, רָפָה(b. h.; preced.) to be or make lax. Lev. R. s. 19 רָפוּ ידיהן their hands became lax (they lost their energy).Part. pass. רָפוּי; f. רְפוּיָה. Sabb.141b בר׳ when the shoe on the block is loose (can be taken off without moving the block). Ib. 130a, v. infra. Pi. רִיפָּה 1) to loosen, let go. Mikv. VIII, 5 יְרַפֶּה כדיוכ׳ he must loosen his hold of the objects, so that the water can come in contact with them; Y. Ḥag.III, beg.78d יְרַפֵּם עדוכ׳ be must let them go until 2) to let hang down; to make lax, weaken. Tanḥ. Kdosh. 6 מְרַפִּין כנפיהם they let their wings hang down. Lev. R. l. c. (ref. to Is. 35:3) שרִפִּיתֶם עצמיכםוכ׳ you weakened yourselves through your evil doings. Bekh.5b; Snh.106a (play on ר̇פ̇י̇ד̇י̇ם̇) שרִ֗יפּ֗וּ י̇ד̇יהן מדברי תורה (not עצמן) they let their hands drop from (holding) the words of the Law; Tanḥ. Bshall. 25 שרִפּוּ ידיהן מן התורה (or שרָפוּ, v. supra); a. e.Part. pass. מְרוּפֶּה; f. מְרוּפָּה. Sabb.130a עדיין היא מר׳ בידם (not היא; Ms. O. רְפוּיָה) it is still lax in their hands (they treat the ceremony with laxity), opp. מזחזקת held fast. 3) to soften, teach good manners. Ruth R. to II, 5 רבתה רִפְּתָה לה (or רָפְתָה) her mistress (Naomi) had taught her good manners; Yalk. ib. 601 חמותה מאלפא לה.

רְפֵי, רְפָאch. sam( Pi. רִיפָּה to loosen, let go), to be lax, weak, unsteady. Yeb.64b דרָפֵי דמא, v. קְמַט. Kidd.65a אין ולא ורַפְיָא בידיה (he said) yes and no, and it was undecided in his hand; Sabb.113a; 116a; B. Mets.14b. Gitt.32a שופתא … רפיא the pin of the hoe gets loose (from the heat); סיכתא בדפנאר׳ the pin in the wall gets loose; קניא …ר׳ the reed in the basket becomes soft again (as if sprouting). Pes.42b דרְפָא מקמיט ליה (Ms. M. דרָפֵי; Rashi דרפו, corr. acc.), v. קְמַט; Sabb.110a. Y.Ber.II, 5c bot., v. עוּנְקְתָא; a. e. Pa. רַפֵּי to loosen, break the soil (cmp. רְפַק). Ned.41b דקא מְרַפֵּיוכ׳ he loosens the soil for him (by ploughing near him whom he has vowed not to benefit). B. Mets.95b מרפי ואזיל קמה (Ms. F. קמא קמא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 8; Ar. מְרַפֵּיש, מְרַפֵּשׂ) he breaks the ground as he goes before him (that ploughs with his cow). Af. אַרְפֵּא, אַרְפֵּי 1) to let loose, let go, let alone. Targ. Y. II Ex. 4:26 (h. text וירף). Targ. Prov. 4:13 (ed. Wil. תִרְפֵּא, read: תַ׳).Y.Ber.VII, 11c אַרְפּוּנֵיה let him alone. Y.Kil.IX, 32b אַרְפּוּנוּן ורחמיווכ׳ let them (the mice in their nest) undisturbed, it is written, ‘and his mercies are over all his creatures (Ps. 145:9); Y.Keth.XII, 35a. Lev. R. s. 5 אַרְפּוּן להון leave them (the dogs) alone; a. e. 2) to act as a laxative. Pes. l. c. מַרְפֵּא ליה (not להו; Ms. M. מַרְפֵּי; Rashi מרפו, corr. acc.); Sabb. l. c. מרפי, v. קְמַט. Ithpa. אִתְרַפֵּי, אִתְרַפֵּא; Ithpe. אִתְרִפֵי 1) to be lax, slack. Targ. Prov. 18:9 (ed. Wil. מִתְרַפֵּה). Ib. 24:10. 2) to relax, to let ones hands drop (in astonishment). Targ. Hab. 1:5. Targ. Is. 29:9.

רְפֵי, רְפָאch. sam( Pi. רִיפָּה to loosen, let go), to be lax, weak, unsteady. Yeb.64b דרָפֵי דמא, v. קְמַט. Kidd.65a אין ולא ורַפְיָא בידיה (he said) yes and no, and it was undecided in his hand; Sabb.113a; 116a; B. Mets.14b. Gitt.32a שופתא … רפיא the pin of the hoe gets loose (from the heat); סיכתא בדפנאר׳ the pin in the wall gets loose; קניא …ר׳ the reed in the basket becomes soft again (as if sprouting). Pes.42b דרְפָא מקמיט ליה (Ms. M. דרָפֵי; Rashi דרפו, corr. acc.), v. קְמַט; Sabb.110a. Y.Ber.II, 5c bot., v. עוּנְקְתָא; a. e. Pa. רַפֵּי to loosen, break the soil (cmp. רְפַק). Ned.41b דקא מְרַפֵּיוכ׳ he loosens the soil for him (by ploughing near him whom he has vowed not to benefit). B. Mets.95b מרפי ואזיל קמה (Ms. F. קמא קמא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 8; Ar. מְרַפֵּיש, מְרַפֵּשׂ) he breaks the ground as he goes before him (that ploughs with his cow). Af. אַרְפֵּא, אַרְפֵּי 1) to let loose, let go, let alone. Targ. Y. II Ex. 4:26 (h. text וירף). Targ. Prov. 4:13 (ed. Wil. תִרְפֵּא, read: תַ׳).Y.Ber.VII, 11c אַרְפּוּנֵיה let him alone. Y.Kil.IX, 32b אַרְפּוּנוּן ורחמיווכ׳ let them (the mice in their nest) undisturbed, it is written, ‘and his mercies are over all his creatures (Ps. 145:9); Y.Keth.XII, 35a. Lev. R. s. 5 אַרְפּוּן להון leave them (the dogs) alone; a. e. 2) to act as a laxative. Pes. l. c. מַרְפֵּא ליה (not להו; Ms. M. מַרְפֵּי; Rashi מרפו, corr. acc.); Sabb. l. c. מרפי, v. קְמַט. Ithpa. אִתְרַפֵּי, אִתְרַפֵּא; Ithpe. אִתְרִפֵי 1) to be lax, slack. Targ. Prov. 18:9 (ed. Wil. מִתְרַפֵּה). Ib. 24:10. 2) to relax, to let ones hands drop (in astonishment). Targ. Hab. 1:5. Targ. Is. 29:9.

רְפֵי, רְפָאch. sam( Pi. רִיפָּה to loosen, let go), to be lax, weak, unsteady. Yeb.64b דרָפֵי דמא, v. קְמַט. Kidd.65a אין ולא ורַפְיָא בידיה (he said) yes and no, and it was undecided in his hand; Sabb.113a; 116a; B. Mets.14b. Gitt.32a שופתא … רפיא the pin of the hoe gets loose (from the heat); סיכתא בדפנאר׳ the pin in the wall gets loose; קניא …ר׳ the reed in the basket becomes soft again (as if sprouting). Pes.42b דרְפָא מקמיט ליה (Ms. M. דרָפֵי; Rashi דרפו, corr. acc.), v. קְמַט; Sabb.110a. Y.Ber.II, 5c bot., v. עוּנְקְתָא; a. e. Pa. רַפֵּי to loosen, break the soil (cmp. רְפַק). Ned.41b דקא מְרַפֵּיוכ׳ he loosens the soil for him (by ploughing near him whom he has vowed not to benefit). B. Mets.95b מרפי ואזיל קמה (Ms. F. קמא קמא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 8; Ar. מְרַפֵּיש, מְרַפֵּשׂ) he breaks the ground as he goes before him (that ploughs with his cow). Af. אַרְפֵּא, אַרְפֵּי 1) to let loose, let go, let alone. Targ. Y. II Ex. 4:26 (h. text וירף). Targ. Prov. 4:13 (ed. Wil. תִרְפֵּא, read: תַ׳).Y.Ber.VII, 11c אַרְפּוּנֵיה let him alone. Y.Kil.IX, 32b אַרְפּוּנוּן ורחמיווכ׳ let them (the mice in their nest) undisturbed, it is written, ‘and his mercies are over all his creatures (Ps. 145:9); Y.Keth.XII, 35a. Lev. R. s. 5 אַרְפּוּן להון leave them (the dogs) alone; a. e. 2) to act as a laxative. Pes. l. c. מַרְפֵּא ליה (not להו; Ms. M. מַרְפֵּי; Rashi מרפו, corr. acc.); Sabb. l. c. מרפי, v. קְמַט. Ithpa. אִתְרַפֵּי, אִתְרַפֵּא; Ithpe. אִתְרִפֵי 1) to be lax, slack. Targ. Prov. 18:9 (ed. Wil. מִתְרַפֵּה). Ib. 24:10. 2) to relax, to let ones hands drop (in astonishment). Targ. Hab. 1:5. Targ. Is. 29:9.

רְפֵי, רְפָאch. sam( Pi. רִיפָּה to loosen, let go), to be lax, weak, unsteady. Yeb.64b דרָפֵי דמא, v. קְמַט. Kidd.65a אין ולא ורַפְיָא בידיה (he said) yes and no, and it was undecided in his hand; Sabb.113a; 116a; B. Mets.14b. Gitt.32a שופתא … רפיא the pin of the hoe gets loose (from the heat); סיכתא בדפנאר׳ the pin in the wall gets loose; קניא …ר׳ the reed in the basket becomes soft again (as if sprouting). Pes.42b דרְפָא מקמיט ליה (Ms. M. דרָפֵי; Rashi דרפו, corr. acc.), v. קְמַט; Sabb.110a. Y.Ber.II, 5c bot., v. עוּנְקְתָא; a. e. Pa. רַפֵּי to loosen, break the soil (cmp. רְפַק). Ned.41b דקא מְרַפֵּיוכ׳ he loosens the soil for him (by ploughing near him whom he has vowed not to benefit). B. Mets.95b מרפי ואזיל קמה (Ms. F. קמא קמא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 8; Ar. מְרַפֵּיש, מְרַפֵּשׂ) he breaks the ground as he goes before him (that ploughs with his cow). Af. אַרְפֵּא, אַרְפֵּי 1) to let loose, let go, let alone. Targ. Y. II Ex. 4:26 (h. text וירף). Targ. Prov. 4:13 (ed. Wil. תִרְפֵּא, read: תַ׳).Y.Ber.VII, 11c אַרְפּוּנֵיה let him alone. Y.Kil.IX, 32b אַרְפּוּנוּן ורחמיווכ׳ let them (the mice in their nest) undisturbed, it is written, ‘and his mercies are over all his creatures (Ps. 145:9); Y.Keth.XII, 35a. Lev. R. s. 5 אַרְפּוּן להון leave them (the dogs) alone; a. e. 2) to act as a laxative. Pes. l. c. מַרְפֵּא ליה (not להו; Ms. M. מַרְפֵּי; Rashi מרפו, corr. acc.); Sabb. l. c. מרפי, v. קְמַט. Ithpa. אִתְרַפֵּי, אִתְרַפֵּא; Ithpe. אִתְרִפֵי 1) to be lax, slack. Targ. Prov. 18:9 (ed. Wil. מִתְרַפֵּה). Ib. 24:10. 2) to relax, to let ones hands drop (in astonishment). Targ. Hab. 1:5. Targ. Is. 29:9.

שָׁלַף(b. h.; cmp. שָׁלֵו, a. שָׁלָה) 1) to be lax, hang down, be loose, slip. Denom. שָׁליף. 2) to loosen, take off, pull, draw a sword. Lev. R. s. 34 יִשְׁלוֹף Ar. (ed. ישמוט) may he loosen (release), v. חָלַץ. Y.Kidd.I, 60c top (ref. to Ruth 4:7) מי ש׳ which took the shoe off (the buyer or the seller)? Num. R. s. 144> מסמר … נוח לִשְׁלוֹף a nail with a big head is easily pulled; Pesik. R. s. 3. Midr. Till. to Ps. 120 אם יִשְׁלוֹף האדםוכ׳ if a man draws the sword which he has in his hand to slay his neighbor ; a. e. Nif. נִשְׁלַף to be loosened, drawn. Gen. R. s. 93; Yalk. ib. 150 ואינה נִשְׁלֶפֶת, v. תַּעַר. Hif. הִשְׁלִיף to pull, pluck the last growth. Gen. R. s. 20; Yalk. ib. 32 על … שאדם מַשְׁלִיף שדהו אוכלהוכ׳ this (Gen. 3:18) was said with reference to these days, when one plucks his field over and again and eats it (the aftermath), v. Pes.118a.

שָׁלַף(b. h.; cmp. שָׁלֵו, a. שָׁלָה) 1) to be lax, hang down, be loose, slip. Denom. שָׁליף. 2) to loosen, take off, pull, draw a sword. Lev. R. s. 34 יִשְׁלוֹף Ar. (ed. ישמוט) may he loosen (release), v. חָלַץ. Y.Kidd.I, 60c top (ref. to Ruth 4:7) מי ש׳ which took the shoe off (the buyer or the seller)? Num. R. s. 144> מסמר … נוח לִשְׁלוֹף a nail with a big head is easily pulled; Pesik. R. s. 3. Midr. Till. to Ps. 120 אם יִשְׁלוֹף האדםוכ׳ if a man draws the sword which he has in his hand to slay his neighbor ; a. e. Nif. נִשְׁלַף to be loosened, drawn. Gen. R. s. 93; Yalk. ib. 150 ואינה נִשְׁלֶפֶת, v. תַּעַר. Hif. הִשְׁלִיף to pull, pluck the last growth. Gen. R. s. 20; Yalk. ib. 32 על … שאדם מַשְׁלִיף שדהו אוכלהוכ׳ this (Gen. 3:18) was said with reference to these days, when one plucks his field over and again and eats it (the aftermath), v. Pes.118a.

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.