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  • 1 שנים-עשר

    twelve

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  • 2 תרי-עשר

    twelve; the twelve minor prophets (in the Bible)

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  • 3 השעה השתים-עשרה

    twelve o'clock, noon; deadline, last chance

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  • 4 שתים-עשרה

    twelve, being 12 in number

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  • 5 בגרות

    בַּגְרוּתf. (v. בֶּגֶר) womanhood, (after twelve years and a half), opp. to נערות, maidenhood (between twelve and twelve and a half) and ילדות childhood (from three to twelve years). Y.Yeb.I, 3a top אין בין … לימות הב׳וכ׳ between the period of maidenhood and that of womanhood there is no more than a six months interval; Keth.39a; a. fr.

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  • 6 בַּגְרוּת

    בַּגְרוּתf. (v. בֶּגֶר) womanhood, (after twelve years and a half), opp. to נערות, maidenhood (between twelve and twelve and a half) and ילדות childhood (from three to twelve years). Y.Yeb.I, 3a top אין בין … לימות הב׳וכ׳ between the period of maidenhood and that of womanhood there is no more than a six months interval; Keth.39a; a. fr.

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  • 7 מזל

    מַזָּלm. (b. h.; נזל, cmp. Arab. manzil hospitium) ( station of the stars, constellation of the Zodiac; in gen. planet. Gen. R. s. 10 יש מ׳ שגומר הלוכווכ׳ there is a planet that finishes its circuit in thirty days., in twelve months Ib. נוגה מהלכת י״ב מזלות … מ׳וכ׳ the Venus passes the twelve constellations in ten months, requiring for each station twenty five days; a. fr.Pl. מַזָּלוֹת. Ib. Ber.32b שנים עשר מ׳וכ׳ I have created twelve stations in the heavens, and for each station I have appointed thirty legions (of stars), v. גַּסְטְרָא. Tosef. ib. 7 ( 6), 6. הרואה … ואת המ׳ (כסדרן) he who sees the sun, the moon and the stars and planets in their original position (at the end of a lunisolar period). Sabb.75a חישוב תקופות ומ׳ the calculation of periods and constellations. Gen. R. s. 25; Y.Pes.I, 27b top לא שמשו המ׳וכ׳ the planets did no service during the year of the flood; a. fr.עובד כוכבום ומ׳ (abbrev. עכו״ם) idolater, v. עָבַד, a. עֲבוֹדָה.Trnsf. (astrology) constellation at ones birth, planet, destiny; guardian angel, angel of destiny. Gen. R. s. 10 אין לך כל עשב … שאין לו מ׳וכ׳ there is not an herb which has not a planet in heaven that strikes it and says, GrowlSabb.156a לא מַזַּל יום גורם מ׳ שעהוכ׳ not the days planet, but the constellation of the hour (of birth) has influence. Ib. מ׳ מחכים וכ׳ the planet (of birth) makes wise, rich Ib. אין מ׳ לישראל Israel is not dependent on nativity; a. v. fr.

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  • 8 מַזָּל

    מַזָּלm. (b. h.; נזל, cmp. Arab. manzil hospitium) ( station of the stars, constellation of the Zodiac; in gen. planet. Gen. R. s. 10 יש מ׳ שגומר הלוכווכ׳ there is a planet that finishes its circuit in thirty days., in twelve months Ib. נוגה מהלכת י״ב מזלות … מ׳וכ׳ the Venus passes the twelve constellations in ten months, requiring for each station twenty five days; a. fr.Pl. מַזָּלוֹת. Ib. Ber.32b שנים עשר מ׳וכ׳ I have created twelve stations in the heavens, and for each station I have appointed thirty legions (of stars), v. גַּסְטְרָא. Tosef. ib. 7 ( 6), 6. הרואה … ואת המ׳ (כסדרן) he who sees the sun, the moon and the stars and planets in their original position (at the end of a lunisolar period). Sabb.75a חישוב תקופות ומ׳ the calculation of periods and constellations. Gen. R. s. 25; Y.Pes.I, 27b top לא שמשו המ׳וכ׳ the planets did no service during the year of the flood; a. fr.עובד כוכבום ומ׳ (abbrev. עכו״ם) idolater, v. עָבַד, a. עֲבוֹדָה.Trnsf. (astrology) constellation at ones birth, planet, destiny; guardian angel, angel of destiny. Gen. R. s. 10 אין לך כל עשב … שאין לו מ׳וכ׳ there is not an herb which has not a planet in heaven that strikes it and says, GrowlSabb.156a לא מַזַּל יום גורם מ׳ שעהוכ׳ not the days planet, but the constellation of the hour (of birth) has influence. Ib. מ׳ מחכים וכ׳ the planet (of birth) makes wise, rich Ib. אין מ׳ לישראל Israel is not dependent on nativity; a. v. fr.

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  • 9 בתולה

    בְּתוּלָהf. (b. h.; בתל; √בת, to separate; cmp. בתר; v. Ges. H. Dict. s. v.) (retired, untouched, 1) virgin.Pl. בְּתוּלוֹת. Tosef.Shebi.III, 14 sq. שלש ב׳ הן bthulah is used in three ways, בְּתוּלַת אדםוכ׳ of a human being (virgin), of soil (unbroken), and of sycamores (untrimmed); Nidd.8b; Y. ib. I, 49a. Yeb.61b אין ב׳ אלא נערה under bthulah (in a legal sense) a girl between twelve and twelve and a half years is meant, v. בַּגְרוּת. Ohol. XVI, 4 עד שמגיע … לב׳ until he reaches a rock or unbroken ground. Sabb.90a בתולת הוורד a closed rose (Var. quot. in Ar., a. Ms. O. פְּתִילַת). Y.Sot.III, 19a ב׳ ציימנית an ascetic maid (retired from social pleasures); Sot.22a (צליינית) ב׳ ציילנית a prayerful (bigoted) maid; a. fr. 2) (only in pl.) the two posts supporting the beam in the wine-press (Lat. gemelli, sorores). B. Bath.IV, 5 (67b), expl. כלונסות. 3) Virgo, sign of the Zodiac. Yalk. Ex. 418. Ib. 1 Kings 185. Pesik. R. s. 20.

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  • 10 בְּתוּלָה

    בְּתוּלָהf. (b. h.; בתל; √בת, to separate; cmp. בתר; v. Ges. H. Dict. s. v.) (retired, untouched, 1) virgin.Pl. בְּתוּלוֹת. Tosef.Shebi.III, 14 sq. שלש ב׳ הן bthulah is used in three ways, בְּתוּלַת אדםוכ׳ of a human being (virgin), of soil (unbroken), and of sycamores (untrimmed); Nidd.8b; Y. ib. I, 49a. Yeb.61b אין ב׳ אלא נערה under bthulah (in a legal sense) a girl between twelve and twelve and a half years is meant, v. בַּגְרוּת. Ohol. XVI, 4 עד שמגיע … לב׳ until he reaches a rock or unbroken ground. Sabb.90a בתולת הוורד a closed rose (Var. quot. in Ar., a. Ms. O. פְּתִילַת). Y.Sot.III, 19a ב׳ ציימנית an ascetic maid (retired from social pleasures); Sot.22a (צליינית) ב׳ ציילנית a prayerful (bigoted) maid; a. fr. 2) (only in pl.) the two posts supporting the beam in the wine-press (Lat. gemelli, sorores). B. Bath.IV, 5 (67b), expl. כלונסות. 3) Virgo, sign of the Zodiac. Yalk. Ex. 418. Ib. 1 Kings 185. Pesik. R. s. 20.

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  • 11 הין II

    הִיןII m. (b. h.) Hin, a liquid measure, equal to twelve Log. Eduy. I, 3; Sabb.15a Hillel said מלאה׳וכ׳ a hin of, (using hin instead of twelve Log) because one must use his teachers words, v. לָשוֹן. Men.IX, 2. Ib. 88a הוהה׳ דעבד משהוכ׳ there was (in the Temple) the hin which Moses made for ; a. e. 2) homiletical interpretation of hin tsedek (Lev. 19:36) = הֵן, yes. B. Mets.49a שיהא הן שלךוכ׳ that thy yes be true and thy no be true. Y.Maas. Sh. XIV, 55b top והינו היו צדק and where is (what becomes of) the hin tsedek (that thy yes must be true)?; Y.Gitt.VI, 47d bot. והָן הואה׳ צ׳.

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  • 12 הִין

    הִיןII m. (b. h.) Hin, a liquid measure, equal to twelve Log. Eduy. I, 3; Sabb.15a Hillel said מלאה׳וכ׳ a hin of, (using hin instead of twelve Log) because one must use his teachers words, v. לָשוֹן. Men.IX, 2. Ib. 88a הוהה׳ דעבד משהוכ׳ there was (in the Temple) the hin which Moses made for ; a. e. 2) homiletical interpretation of hin tsedek (Lev. 19:36) = הֵן, yes. B. Mets.49a שיהא הן שלךוכ׳ that thy yes be true and thy no be true. Y.Maas. Sh. XIV, 55b top והינו היו צדק and where is (what becomes of) the hin tsedek (that thy yes must be true)?; Y.Gitt.VI, 47d bot. והָן הואה׳ צ׳.

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  • 13 ירח

    יְרַח, יַרְחָאch. (= h. יָרֵחַ a. יֶרַח) moon; month.יומא די׳ or י׳ (sub. ריש) the first day of the month, New-Moon-Day. Targ. Is. 47:13. Ib. 66:23. Targ. 1 Sam. 20:18. Targ. Ez. 46:1; a. fr.Targ. O. Deut. 21:13 יִרַח יומין ed. Berl. (oth. ed. יְרַח; Y. תלתא יַרְחִין).Lev. R. s. 29; Pesik. R. s. 40 (ref. to בחדש השביעי, Lev. 23:24) בי׳ דשבועתא in the month of oaths (Gen. 22:16). Sabb.86b בחד בשבא איקבע י׳ the New-Moon was declared on the first day of the week. Ib. פליגי בקביע די׳ they differ as to the day on which the New Moon was declared. Bets.4b והשתא דידעינן בקביעא די׳ and now that we know the time of the New Moon (by fixed calendar); a. fr.Pl. יַרְחִין, יַרְחַיָּא, יַרְחֵי. Targ. Y. Gen. 1:14. Targ. Ex. 2:2; a. fr.R. Hash. 20a בשאר י׳ to the other months (than Nisan and Tishri). Y. ib. II, 57d bot. Macc.23b; a. fr. תריסר ירחי שתא twelve months (forming) a year, twelve months from date. B. Mets.16b; 35a. Ab. Zar.8b; a. e.

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  • 14 ירחא

    יְרַח, יַרְחָאch. (= h. יָרֵחַ a. יֶרַח) moon; month.יומא די׳ or י׳ (sub. ריש) the first day of the month, New-Moon-Day. Targ. Is. 47:13. Ib. 66:23. Targ. 1 Sam. 20:18. Targ. Ez. 46:1; a. fr.Targ. O. Deut. 21:13 יִרַח יומין ed. Berl. (oth. ed. יְרַח; Y. תלתא יַרְחִין).Lev. R. s. 29; Pesik. R. s. 40 (ref. to בחדש השביעי, Lev. 23:24) בי׳ דשבועתא in the month of oaths (Gen. 22:16). Sabb.86b בחד בשבא איקבע י׳ the New-Moon was declared on the first day of the week. Ib. פליגי בקביע די׳ they differ as to the day on which the New Moon was declared. Bets.4b והשתא דידעינן בקביעא די׳ and now that we know the time of the New Moon (by fixed calendar); a. fr.Pl. יַרְחִין, יַרְחַיָּא, יַרְחֵי. Targ. Y. Gen. 1:14. Targ. Ex. 2:2; a. fr.R. Hash. 20a בשאר י׳ to the other months (than Nisan and Tishri). Y. ib. II, 57d bot. Macc.23b; a. fr. תריסר ירחי שתא twelve months (forming) a year, twelve months from date. B. Mets.16b; 35a. Ab. Zar.8b; a. e.

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  • 15 יְרַח

    יְרַח, יַרְחָאch. (= h. יָרֵחַ a. יֶרַח) moon; month.יומא די׳ or י׳ (sub. ריש) the first day of the month, New-Moon-Day. Targ. Is. 47:13. Ib. 66:23. Targ. 1 Sam. 20:18. Targ. Ez. 46:1; a. fr.Targ. O. Deut. 21:13 יִרַח יומין ed. Berl. (oth. ed. יְרַח; Y. תלתא יַרְחִין).Lev. R. s. 29; Pesik. R. s. 40 (ref. to בחדש השביעי, Lev. 23:24) בי׳ דשבועתא in the month of oaths (Gen. 22:16). Sabb.86b בחד בשבא איקבע י׳ the New-Moon was declared on the first day of the week. Ib. פליגי בקביע די׳ they differ as to the day on which the New Moon was declared. Bets.4b והשתא דידעינן בקביעא די׳ and now that we know the time of the New Moon (by fixed calendar); a. fr.Pl. יַרְחִין, יַרְחַיָּא, יַרְחֵי. Targ. Y. Gen. 1:14. Targ. Ex. 2:2; a. fr.R. Hash. 20a בשאר י׳ to the other months (than Nisan and Tishri). Y. ib. II, 57d bot. Macc.23b; a. fr. תריסר ירחי שתא twelve months (forming) a year, twelve months from date. B. Mets.16b; 35a. Ab. Zar.8b; a. e.

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  • 16 יַרְחָא

    יְרַח, יַרְחָאch. (= h. יָרֵחַ a. יֶרַח) moon; month.יומא די׳ or י׳ (sub. ריש) the first day of the month, New-Moon-Day. Targ. Is. 47:13. Ib. 66:23. Targ. 1 Sam. 20:18. Targ. Ez. 46:1; a. fr.Targ. O. Deut. 21:13 יִרַח יומין ed. Berl. (oth. ed. יְרַח; Y. תלתא יַרְחִין).Lev. R. s. 29; Pesik. R. s. 40 (ref. to בחדש השביעי, Lev. 23:24) בי׳ דשבועתא in the month of oaths (Gen. 22:16). Sabb.86b בחד בשבא איקבע י׳ the New-Moon was declared on the first day of the week. Ib. פליגי בקביע די׳ they differ as to the day on which the New Moon was declared. Bets.4b והשתא דידעינן בקביעא די׳ and now that we know the time of the New Moon (by fixed calendar); a. fr.Pl. יַרְחִין, יַרְחַיָּא, יַרְחֵי. Targ. Y. Gen. 1:14. Targ. Ex. 2:2; a. fr.R. Hash. 20a בשאר י׳ to the other months (than Nisan and Tishri). Y. ib. II, 57d bot. Macc.23b; a. fr. תריסר ירחי שתא twelve months (forming) a year, twelve months from date. B. Mets.16b; 35a. Ab. Zar.8b; a. e.

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  • 17 נער

    נַעַרm. (b. h.; preced., cmp. נְעוֹרֶת, a. meanings of דַּק, דַּרְדְּקָא, זְעֵר) tender, young; lad. Tanḥ. Ḥayé 1 שיתכבד הזקן בַּנַּ׳ that the old may be honored by the young. Ex. R. s. 1 ילד היה ומנהגו כנ׳ he was a child, but his behavior was like that of a lad; a. fr.Pl. נְעָרִים. Yoma 75b לנ׳ לחםוכ׳ the manna was bread to the young, oil to the old Tanḥ. Shmini 11 אם נ׳ הםוכ׳ if they (the elders) are young, v. קָפַץ. Ib. הבחורים והנ׳ the young men and the lads. Sot.46b נ׳ היו ובזבזווכ׳ they were young men, but behaved contemptibly like children; a. fr. Fem. נַעֲרָה lass, maid, esp. (law) a girl between twelve and twelve and a half years of age, v. בַּגְרוּת. Esth. R. to V, 1; a. fr.Keth.III, 8, contrad. to בוגרת a. קטנה. Ib. IV, 1; a. fr.Pl. נְעָרוֹת, constr. נַעֲרוֹת. Ib. III, 1 (29a). Esth. R. l. c. שתי נַעֲרוֹתֶיהָ her two maids; a. fr.

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  • 18 נַעַר

    נַעַרm. (b. h.; preced., cmp. נְעוֹרֶת, a. meanings of דַּק, דַּרְדְּקָא, זְעֵר) tender, young; lad. Tanḥ. Ḥayé 1 שיתכבד הזקן בַּנַּ׳ that the old may be honored by the young. Ex. R. s. 1 ילד היה ומנהגו כנ׳ he was a child, but his behavior was like that of a lad; a. fr.Pl. נְעָרִים. Yoma 75b לנ׳ לחםוכ׳ the manna was bread to the young, oil to the old Tanḥ. Shmini 11 אם נ׳ הםוכ׳ if they (the elders) are young, v. קָפַץ. Ib. הבחורים והנ׳ the young men and the lads. Sot.46b נ׳ היו ובזבזווכ׳ they were young men, but behaved contemptibly like children; a. fr. Fem. נַעֲרָה lass, maid, esp. (law) a girl between twelve and twelve and a half years of age, v. בַּגְרוּת. Esth. R. to V, 1; a. fr.Keth.III, 8, contrad. to בוגרת a. קטנה. Ib. IV, 1; a. fr.Pl. נְעָרוֹת, constr. נַעֲרוֹת. Ib. III, 1 (29a). Esth. R. l. c. שתי נַעֲרוֹתֶיהָ her two maids; a. fr.

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  • 19 קנטינר

    קִנְטִינָר, קִנְטְנָר, קִי׳, קַ׳m. (centenarium) 1) (= centuria) ( a number of acres of ground, large court. Tosef.B. Bath. VI, 24 ק׳ אני מוכרוכ׳ if a man says, I sell thee a centenar, he must deliver to him an area of twelve (cubits) by twelve; B. Bath.98b קנתיר (Ms. M. קנתור; Ms. H. קנתינר; Ms. R. קנטינר); expl. ib. תרבץ אפדני court for a villa. 2) a hundred thousand sesterces, a weight corresp. to h. כִּכָּר; (abbrev.) קִנְטֵיר, קִנְטֵר, קִנְטְרָא, קִי׳. Targ. Y. Ex. 25:39 קנטנר. Ib. 37:24 קנטינר (Ar. קנטר). Targ. 1 Chr. 20:2 קנטר, קנטינר ed. Lag. (ed. Rahmer קנטיניר, Var. קנטר). Targ. II Chr. 23:11; a. e.Bekh.50a איכא … לקינטרא תיקלא there is a place where the centenarium is called tikla; B. Mets.87a לקנטירא.Pl. קִנְטִינָרִין, קִנְטֵירִין, קִינְטְרִין, קִנְטְרֵי, קִנְטְרַיָּא, קַ׳, קִי׳. Targ. Y. Ex. 38:24; 25; 27. Targ. 1 Chr. 19:6; a. e.Bekh. l. c. כל כסף … דכתובין ק׳וכ׳ wherever ‘silver is mentioned in the Pentateuch, it means Sela, in the Prophets, litrae, in the Hagiographa, centenaria, except the silver mentioned in the transaction of Ephron (Gen. 23) where it means centenaria; B. Mets. l. c. דלא שקל מיניה אלא ק׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 70) he (Ephron) would not accept anything of him (Abraham) but centenaria; Yalk. Gen. 102; Gen. R. s. 58 קונ׳. Ex. R. s. 42, v. מֶסֶךְ. Lev. R. s. 28 עשרת … ק׳ דכספא the ten thousand hundredweights of silver (Esth. 3:9). Ib. בעשרה ק׳ worth ten centenaria; Pesik. Haʿomer, p. 71b>; a. e.

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  • 20 קנטנר

    קִנְטִינָר, קִנְטְנָר, קִי׳, קַ׳m. (centenarium) 1) (= centuria) ( a number of acres of ground, large court. Tosef.B. Bath. VI, 24 ק׳ אני מוכרוכ׳ if a man says, I sell thee a centenar, he must deliver to him an area of twelve (cubits) by twelve; B. Bath.98b קנתיר (Ms. M. קנתור; Ms. H. קנתינר; Ms. R. קנטינר); expl. ib. תרבץ אפדני court for a villa. 2) a hundred thousand sesterces, a weight corresp. to h. כִּכָּר; (abbrev.) קִנְטֵיר, קִנְטֵר, קִנְטְרָא, קִי׳. Targ. Y. Ex. 25:39 קנטנר. Ib. 37:24 קנטינר (Ar. קנטר). Targ. 1 Chr. 20:2 קנטר, קנטינר ed. Lag. (ed. Rahmer קנטיניר, Var. קנטר). Targ. II Chr. 23:11; a. e.Bekh.50a איכא … לקינטרא תיקלא there is a place where the centenarium is called tikla; B. Mets.87a לקנטירא.Pl. קִנְטִינָרִין, קִנְטֵירִין, קִינְטְרִין, קִנְטְרֵי, קִנְטְרַיָּא, קַ׳, קִי׳. Targ. Y. Ex. 38:24; 25; 27. Targ. 1 Chr. 19:6; a. e.Bekh. l. c. כל כסף … דכתובין ק׳וכ׳ wherever ‘silver is mentioned in the Pentateuch, it means Sela, in the Prophets, litrae, in the Hagiographa, centenaria, except the silver mentioned in the transaction of Ephron (Gen. 23) where it means centenaria; B. Mets. l. c. דלא שקל מיניה אלא ק׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 70) he (Ephron) would not accept anything of him (Abraham) but centenaria; Yalk. Gen. 102; Gen. R. s. 58 קונ׳. Ex. R. s. 42, v. מֶסֶךְ. Lev. R. s. 28 עשרת … ק׳ דכספא the ten thousand hundredweights of silver (Esth. 3:9). Ib. בעשרה ק׳ worth ten centenaria; Pesik. Haʿomer, p. 71b>; a. e.

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