weak+bath

כָּחִיש, כְּחִישָׁאm., כְּחִישָׁא, כְּחִישְׁתָּא f. (כְּחַש) lean, weak. Kidd.24b נהורא כ׳ feeble eye-sight, opp. בריא normal. B. Bath. 155b אי כ׳ … ליברי if he is lean, we let him be fattened. B. Mets. 105b הוה כ׳ ארעא the soil was exhausted, opp. שמינא.Pl. כְּחִישִׁין, f. כְּחִישָׁתָא. Targ. Y. Gen. 41:27.B. Kam. 118b, opp. ברייתא.

כָּחִיש, כְּחִישָׁאm., כְּחִישָׁא, כְּחִישְׁתָּא f. (כְּחַש) lean, weak. Kidd.24b נהורא כ׳ feeble eye-sight, opp. בריא normal. B. Bath. 155b אי כ׳ … ליברי if he is lean, we let him be fattened. B. Mets. 105b הוה כ׳ ארעא the soil was exhausted, opp. שמינא.Pl. כְּחִישִׁין, f. כְּחִישָׁתָא. Targ. Y. Gen. 41:27.B. Kam. 118b, opp. ברייתא.

כָּחִיש, כְּחִישָׁאm., כְּחִישָׁא, כְּחִישְׁתָּא f. (כְּחַש) lean, weak. Kidd.24b נהורא כ׳ feeble eye-sight, opp. בריא normal. B. Bath. 155b אי כ׳ … ליברי if he is lean, we let him be fattened. B. Mets. 105b הוה כ׳ ארעא the soil was exhausted, opp. שמינא.Pl. כְּחִישִׁין, f. כְּחִישָׁתָא. Targ. Y. Gen. 41:27.B. Kam. 118b, opp. ברייתא.

כָּחִיש, כְּחִישָׁאm., כְּחִישָׁא, כְּחִישְׁתָּא f. (כְּחַש) lean, weak. Kidd.24b נהורא כ׳ feeble eye-sight, opp. בריא normal. B. Bath. 155b אי כ׳ … ליברי if he is lean, we let him be fattened. B. Mets. 105b הוה כ׳ ארעא the soil was exhausted, opp. שמינא.Pl. כְּחִישִׁין, f. כְּחִישָׁתָא. Targ. Y. Gen. 41:27.B. Kam. 118b, opp. ברייתא.

כָּשַׁל(b. h.; cmp. כִּשְׁכֵּש) to strike against, stumble. Lev. R. s. 19 (ref. to Is. 35:3) שהן נראות כאילו כּוֹשְׁלוֹת knees which have the appearance of stumbling (threaten to stumble). Ib. שכְּשַׁלְתֶּםוכ׳ for you have really stumbled (sinned) through your evil deeds. Num. R. s. 16 כְּשַׁלְתֶּם you have stumbled (were discouraged; Tanḥ. Shlaḥ 2 נתרשלתם); a. e.כּוֹשֵׁל (law) weak, under legal disadvantages (in adapt. of Is. l. c. a. Job 4:4). Keth.IX, 2 ינתנו לַכּ׳ שבהן let it be given him who is under the greatest disadvantage of all (the claimants being the deceased mans widow, his creditor and his heirs); expl. ib. 84a לכ׳ שבראיה to him who is under disadvantage for evidence (whose document is of the latest date); (oth. opin. לכתובת אשה to the widow, v. חִינָּא; Y. ib. IX, 33a top לכ׳ שבראיותיווכ׳ to him who is the weakest as to evidence, e. g. he who loaned without witnesses as against him who has witnesses. Ib. לכ׳ בגופו to him who is in feeble health (and poor). Nif. נִכְשַׁל 1) to be struck, meet with an accident. Mekh. Bshall.s.2 לא נ׳ אחדוכ׳ not one of them (the Egyptians) met with an accident (was detained) on the road. Y.Sabb.VI, 8c bot. נ׳ באצבעו got a sore finger; ib. XVI, 15c top; Lam. R. to IV, 20; a. e. 2) to stumble, fall; to be led to sin. Pesik. Shub., p. 165a> והיו … נִכְשָׁלִין בו and people stumbled over it (the rock); Yalk. Hos. 533. Ib. אדם נ׳ בעכירה if man becomes a victim of sin. Gitt.43a אין אדם …אא״כ נ׳ בהן one never gets at the true sense of the words of the Law, except after mistakes; Ḥag.14a; Sabb.120a.Ber.28b ולא אֶכָּשֵׁל בדבר הלכה and that I may not err against a hălakhah; ולא יִכָּשְׁלוּוכ׳ nor may my colleagues Midr. Till. to Ps. 22 בשביל … איני נִכְשֶׁלֶת because I am a queen, I shall not come to grief; a. fr. Hif. הִכְשִׁיל to cause to stumble, to be an obstruction; to weaken; to cause sin. Y.Shebi.III, end, 34d a breach in the fence מַכְשֶׁלֶת את הרבים annoying the publis (an obstruction to traffic). R. Hash. I, 6 נמצאת מַכְשִׁילָן לע״ל thou wilt make them sin in future case (by their refraining from going to court); Yoma 77b שלא תהא מַכְשִׁילָןוכ׳ that thou mayest not cause them to sin (by staying away from college); Kidd.33a; Ḥull.54b מְכַשְּׁלָן (Pi.).Ab. Zar.11b פיהם הִכְשִׁילָן לרשעים Ms. M. (ed. ה׳ פיהם) their own (ominous) words brought these wicked men to fall; Num. R. s. 18. B. Kam.16b; B. Bath.9b (ref. to מכשלים, Jer. 18:23) הַכְשִׁילֵםוכ׳ make them stumble by sending them unworthy subjects of charity. Midr. Till. to Ps. 90. לעצמי הייתי מַכְשִׁיל I should have injured myself. Pi. כִּישֵּׁל 1) same, v. supra. 2) to weaken, break the force of. Y.Ber.IX, 13c bot. מְכַשְּׁלוֹ בגבעות (Gen. R. s. 24 מרשלו), v. חָשַׁל.

כָּשַׁל(b. h.; cmp. כִּשְׁכֵּש) to strike against, stumble. Lev. R. s. 19 (ref. to Is. 35:3) שהן נראות כאילו כּוֹשְׁלוֹת knees which have the appearance of stumbling (threaten to stumble). Ib. שכְּשַׁלְתֶּםוכ׳ for you have really stumbled (sinned) through your evil deeds. Num. R. s. 16 כְּשַׁלְתֶּם you have stumbled (were discouraged; Tanḥ. Shlaḥ 2 נתרשלתם); a. e.כּוֹשֵׁל (law) weak, under legal disadvantages (in adapt. of Is. l. c. a. Job 4:4). Keth.IX, 2 ינתנו לַכּ׳ שבהן let it be given him who is under the greatest disadvantage of all (the claimants being the deceased mans widow, his creditor and his heirs); expl. ib. 84a לכ׳ שבראיה to him who is under disadvantage for evidence (whose document is of the latest date); (oth. opin. לכתובת אשה to the widow, v. חִינָּא; Y. ib. IX, 33a top לכ׳ שבראיותיווכ׳ to him who is the weakest as to evidence, e. g. he who loaned without witnesses as against him who has witnesses. Ib. לכ׳ בגופו to him who is in feeble health (and poor). Nif. נִכְשַׁל 1) to be struck, meet with an accident. Mekh. Bshall.s.2 לא נ׳ אחדוכ׳ not one of them (the Egyptians) met with an accident (was detained) on the road. Y.Sabb.VI, 8c bot. נ׳ באצבעו got a sore finger; ib. XVI, 15c top; Lam. R. to IV, 20; a. e. 2) to stumble, fall; to be led to sin. Pesik. Shub., p. 165a> והיו … נִכְשָׁלִין בו and people stumbled over it (the rock); Yalk. Hos. 533. Ib. אדם נ׳ בעכירה if man becomes a victim of sin. Gitt.43a אין אדם …אא״כ נ׳ בהן one never gets at the true sense of the words of the Law, except after mistakes; Ḥag.14a; Sabb.120a.Ber.28b ולא אֶכָּשֵׁל בדבר הלכה and that I may not err against a hălakhah; ולא יִכָּשְׁלוּוכ׳ nor may my colleagues Midr. Till. to Ps. 22 בשביל … איני נִכְשֶׁלֶת because I am a queen, I shall not come to grief; a. fr. Hif. הִכְשִׁיל to cause to stumble, to be an obstruction; to weaken; to cause sin. Y.Shebi.III, end, 34d a breach in the fence מַכְשֶׁלֶת את הרבים annoying the publis (an obstruction to traffic). R. Hash. I, 6 נמצאת מַכְשִׁילָן לע״ל thou wilt make them sin in future case (by their refraining from going to court); Yoma 77b שלא תהא מַכְשִׁילָןוכ׳ that thou mayest not cause them to sin (by staying away from college); Kidd.33a; Ḥull.54b מְכַשְּׁלָן (Pi.).Ab. Zar.11b פיהם הִכְשִׁילָן לרשעים Ms. M. (ed. ה׳ פיהם) their own (ominous) words brought these wicked men to fall; Num. R. s. 18. B. Kam.16b; B. Bath.9b (ref. to מכשלים, Jer. 18:23) הַכְשִׁילֵםוכ׳ make them stumble by sending them unworthy subjects of charity. Midr. Till. to Ps. 90. לעצמי הייתי מַכְשִׁיל I should have injured myself. Pi. כִּישֵּׁל 1) same, v. supra. 2) to weaken, break the force of. Y.Ber.IX, 13c bot. מְכַשְּׁלוֹ בגבעות (Gen. R. s. 24 מרשלו), v. חָשַׁל.

קָלַל(b. h.) ( to swing) to be light, slender, unimportant.Part. קַל. Snh.VI, 5 (ref. to קללת, Deut. 21:23) בזמן … קַלַּנִי מראשיוכ׳ when man suffers punishment, what does the Shekhinah say? ‘I am lighter than my head, than my arm (euphem. for, I feel my head heavy); Y. ib. 23d bot. אנן תנינן קַלֵּינִי (= קל איני) we read ḳalleni, I am not lighter; אית תניי תני קל אני some Tannai reads ḳal ăni; מאן דאמר קליני לית הוא אלא קליל according to him that reads ḳalleni, it is a euphemistic expression for ‘light (i. e. my head is light, I feel giddy; my arm is light, I feel weak); מאן דאמר קלני … נטיל according to the version ḳallani, it is a euphemistic expression for ‘heavy (i. e. my head, my arm is heavy); Bab. ib. 46b Abbayi says כמאן דאמד קל לית (read ḳalleni) as one says, ‘light (I am) not (i. e. I feel heavy, without euphemism)(which is refuted by Raba, who explains the word in question) קליל לי עלמא, v. קַלִּיל II. Hif. הֵיקַל, הֵקַל, הֵקיל I) to lighten. M. Kat. 17b הכביד … מֵיקַלוכ׳ if the mourners hair is too heavy, he may make it lighter with a razor; Y. ib. III, 82a top. Erub.IV, 9 להָקֵל על העשיר to make it easy for the rich man; a. fr.Trnsf. ה׳ ראשו to be irreverent, talk frivolously (v. קַלּוּת). Ber.IX, 5 לא יָקֵל אדם את ראשו כנגדוכ׳ man (a pilgrim coming to Jerusalem) must not behave irreverently in sight of the eastern gate Yalk. Gen. 24 מֵיקֶלֶת ראשה she is frivolous (light-minded); Yalk. Is. 265 מֵקֶילֶת ראש; (Gen. R. s. 18 מיקרת, v. יָקַר). 2) to be lenient; to incline towards the less restrictive practice, opp. החמיר, v. חָמַר I. Y. M. Kat. l. c. הלכה כדברי מי שהוא מיקל the adopted practice follows the opinion of him who is more lenient; Erub.46a, a. fr. כדברי המיקלוכ׳. Yeb.88a הֵיקַלְתָּ עליה, v. חָמַר I. Pes.52b, v. מַגִּיד. Erub. l. c. wherever you find יחיד מיקל ורביםוכ׳ an individual scholar favoring the more lenient practice against several in favor of restriction. Sabb.129a, a. fr. ספק נפשות להָקל where there is a doubt involving the endangering of human life, the more lenient rule is applied; a. fr. 3) to be sparing, beggarly. Ib. כל המיקל … מְקִילִין לו מזוניתיווכ׳ he that stints himself at the meal taken after bloodletting, to him they in heaven will give his sustenance stintingly; a. e. Pi. קִלֵּל ( to diminish, to curse. Keth.VII, 6 מְקַלֶּלֶת, v. יִוֹלֵד. Sabb.62b שאשתו מְקַלַּלְתּוֹ בפניו whom his wife curses in his presence. Pes.87b (ref. to Prov. 30:10 sq.) אפו׳ דור שאביו יְקַלֵּלוכ׳ even if it be a generation of men that curse their father …, do not denounce Yoma 75a ק׳ את הנחשוכ׳ God cursed the serpent, yet it climbs up the roof and finds its food. Sot.11a (expl. ועלה, Ex. 1:10, as euphem. for ועלינו) כאדם שמְקַלֵּל את עצמווכ׳ like a man that wants to curse himself (express an ill omen about himself), and hangs his curse on others. B. Bath.88b הקב״ה בירך … וקִלְּלָןוכ׳ the Lord blessed Israel with the twenty-two letters of the alphabet (from א of אם, Lev. 26:3, to ת of קוממיות, ib. 13), and cursed them with eight letters (from ו of ואם, ib. 14, to ם of נפשם, ib. 43). Snh.70a מתוך שקלקלו … קִלְּלוֹ ברביעי because Ham injured him by (preventing his begetting) a fourth son, he (Noah) cursed him by his fourth son (Canaan). Ib. 91b כל המונע … שבמעי אמן מְקַלְּלִין אותו (not אמו) he that withholds a tradition from his pupil, even the embryos in their mothers womb will curse him; Yalk. Prov. 947; a. fr. Nithpa. נִתְקַלֵּל to be cursed. Ber.61a בתחלה נ׳ … נִתְקַלְּלָהוכ׳ the serpent was cursed first, and then Eve ; Gen. R. s. 20; Erub.18a. Ib. b נתקללה בבל נִתְקַלְּלוּוכ׳ when Babylon was cursed, her neighbors were cursed. Bekh.8a אם מבהמה נתקללהוכ׳ if she (Eve) was cursed (with prolonged pregnancy) more than cattle Ib. נ׳ הוא … אחת לשבע it (the serpent) was cursed seven times more than certain cattle. Ib. נ׳ הוא מחיה (not נתקלקל); a. fr.Tosef.Sot.II, 3 ניקללה ניוולה, Var. ניקל, read: ניקתה בניוולה, v. נָקָה Nif.)

קָלַל(b. h.) ( to swing) to be light, slender, unimportant.Part. קַל. Snh.VI, 5 (ref. to קללת, Deut. 21:23) בזמן … קַלַּנִי מראשיוכ׳ when man suffers punishment, what does the Shekhinah say? ‘I am lighter than my head, than my arm (euphem. for, I feel my head heavy); Y. ib. 23d bot. אנן תנינן קַלֵּינִי (= קל איני) we read ḳalleni, I am not lighter; אית תניי תני קל אני some Tannai reads ḳal ăni; מאן דאמר קליני לית הוא אלא קליל according to him that reads ḳalleni, it is a euphemistic expression for ‘light (i. e. my head is light, I feel giddy; my arm is light, I feel weak); מאן דאמר קלני … נטיל according to the version ḳallani, it is a euphemistic expression for ‘heavy (i. e. my head, my arm is heavy); Bab. ib. 46b Abbayi says כמאן דאמד קל לית (read ḳalleni) as one says, ‘light (I am) not (i. e. I feel heavy, without euphemism)(which is refuted by Raba, who explains the word in question) קליל לי עלמא, v. קַלִּיל II. Hif. הֵיקַל, הֵקַל, הֵקיל I) to lighten. M. Kat. 17b הכביד … מֵיקַלוכ׳ if the mourners hair is too heavy, he may make it lighter with a razor; Y. ib. III, 82a top. Erub.IV, 9 להָקֵל על העשיר to make it easy for the rich man; a. fr.Trnsf. ה׳ ראשו to be irreverent, talk frivolously (v. קַלּוּת). Ber.IX, 5 לא יָקֵל אדם את ראשו כנגדוכ׳ man (a pilgrim coming to Jerusalem) must not behave irreverently in sight of the eastern gate Yalk. Gen. 24 מֵיקֶלֶת ראשה she is frivolous (light-minded); Yalk. Is. 265 מֵקֶילֶת ראש; (Gen. R. s. 18 מיקרת, v. יָקַר). 2) to be lenient; to incline towards the less restrictive practice, opp. החמיר, v. חָמַר I. Y. M. Kat. l. c. הלכה כדברי מי שהוא מיקל the adopted practice follows the opinion of him who is more lenient; Erub.46a, a. fr. כדברי המיקלוכ׳. Yeb.88a הֵיקַלְתָּ עליה, v. חָמַר I. Pes.52b, v. מַגִּיד. Erub. l. c. wherever you find יחיד מיקל ורביםוכ׳ an individual scholar favoring the more lenient practice against several in favor of restriction. Sabb.129a, a. fr. ספק נפשות להָקל where there is a doubt involving the endangering of human life, the more lenient rule is applied; a. fr. 3) to be sparing, beggarly. Ib. כל המיקל … מְקִילִין לו מזוניתיווכ׳ he that stints himself at the meal taken after bloodletting, to him they in heaven will give his sustenance stintingly; a. e. Pi. קִלֵּל ( to diminish, to curse. Keth.VII, 6 מְקַלֶּלֶת, v. יִוֹלֵד. Sabb.62b שאשתו מְקַלַּלְתּוֹ בפניו whom his wife curses in his presence. Pes.87b (ref. to Prov. 30:10 sq.) אפו׳ דור שאביו יְקַלֵּלוכ׳ even if it be a generation of men that curse their father …, do not denounce Yoma 75a ק׳ את הנחשוכ׳ God cursed the serpent, yet it climbs up the roof and finds its food. Sot.11a (expl. ועלה, Ex. 1:10, as euphem. for ועלינו) כאדם שמְקַלֵּל את עצמווכ׳ like a man that wants to curse himself (express an ill omen about himself), and hangs his curse on others. B. Bath.88b הקב״ה בירך … וקִלְּלָןוכ׳ the Lord blessed Israel with the twenty-two letters of the alphabet (from א of אם, Lev. 26:3, to ת of קוממיות, ib. 13), and cursed them with eight letters (from ו of ואם, ib. 14, to ם of נפשם, ib. 43). Snh.70a מתוך שקלקלו … קִלְּלוֹ ברביעי because Ham injured him by (preventing his begetting) a fourth son, he (Noah) cursed him by his fourth son (Canaan). Ib. 91b כל המונע … שבמעי אמן מְקַלְּלִין אותו (not אמו) he that withholds a tradition from his pupil, even the embryos in their mothers womb will curse him; Yalk. Prov. 947; a. fr. Nithpa. נִתְקַלֵּל to be cursed. Ber.61a בתחלה נ׳ … נִתְקַלְּלָהוכ׳ the serpent was cursed first, and then Eve ; Gen. R. s. 20; Erub.18a. Ib. b נתקללה בבל נִתְקַלְּלוּוכ׳ when Babylon was cursed, her neighbors were cursed. Bekh.8a אם מבהמה נתקללהוכ׳ if she (Eve) was cursed (with prolonged pregnancy) more than cattle Ib. נ׳ הוא … אחת לשבע it (the serpent) was cursed seven times more than certain cattle. Ib. נ׳ הוא מחיה (not נתקלקל); a. fr.Tosef.Sot.II, 3 ניקללה ניוולה, Var. ניקל, read: ניקתה בניוולה, v. נָקָה Nif.)

רְשֵׁלch. sam(רשלto be lax, hang down, flap), to flap, be lax, weak. Targ. Is. 35:3 דרָשְׁלָן ed. Lag. (ed. Wil. דמְרַשְּׁלָן, some ed. דרשליין, corr. acc.; h. text רפות). Pa. רַשֵּׁל to loosen, weaken. Targ. Josh. 10:6 (h. text תרף). Targ. Jer. 38:4.Part. pass. מְרַשַּׁל; f. מְרַשְּׁלָא; pl. מְרַשְּׁלִין; מְרַשְּׁלִין. Targ. 2 Sam. 17:2. Targ. Is. l. c., v. supra. Ithpa. אִתְרַשֵּׁל to be lax, weakened. Targ. 2 Sam. 4:1. Targ. 2 Chr. 29:11 (h. text תִּשָּׁלוּ); a. fr.B. Bath.21b bot אתי לאִתְרַשּׁוּלֵי the teacher may become discouraged (by competition).

רְשֵׁלch. sam(רשלto be lax, hang down, flap), to flap, be lax, weak. Targ. Is. 35:3 דרָשְׁלָן ed. Lag. (ed. Wil. דמְרַשְּׁלָן, some ed. דרשליין, corr. acc.; h. text רפות). Pa. רַשֵּׁל to loosen, weaken. Targ. Josh. 10:6 (h. text תרף). Targ. Jer. 38:4.Part. pass. מְרַשַּׁל; f. מְרַשְּׁלָא; pl. מְרַשְּׁלִין; מְרַשְּׁלִין. Targ. 2 Sam. 17:2. Targ. Is. l. c., v. supra. Ithpa. אִתְרַשֵּׁל to be lax, weakened. Targ. 2 Sam. 4:1. Targ. 2 Chr. 29:11 (h. text תִּשָּׁלוּ); a. fr.B. Bath.21b bot אתי לאִתְרַשּׁוּלֵי the teacher may become discouraged (by competition).

תָּרַף(Taf. of רָפָה), Hif. הִתְרִיף 1) to make soft. Tosef.Shebi.I, 8 לא יקנח … מפני שמַתְרִיפוֹ ed. Zuck. (oth. ed. שמתרין, שמתרן) (in the Sabbatical year) one must not smear resin over a root (of a bulbous plant), because it makes it softer (advances its ripening). 2) to rot, decay; to become weak. B. Bath.19b בשהִתְרִיפוּ when the dates are rotten. Y.B. Kam.V, end, 5a בשהתריפו מחמת אוירו when the animals grew sick from the air in the pit (v. הֶבֶל).

תָּרַף(Taf. of רָפָה), Hif. הִתְרִיף 1) to make soft. Tosef.Shebi.I, 8 לא יקנח … מפני שמַתְרִיפוֹ ed. Zuck. (oth. ed. שמתרין, שמתרן) (in the Sabbatical year) one must not smear resin over a root (of a bulbous plant), because it makes it softer (advances its ripening). 2) to rot, decay; to become weak. B. Bath.19b בשהִתְרִיפוּ when the dates are rotten. Y.B. Kam.V, end, 5a בשהתריפו מחמת אוירו when the animals grew sick from the air in the pit (v. הֶבֶל).