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פָּרַע(b. h.; cmp. פרם, פרס) 1) to tear, destroy; to loosen, disarrange; to neglect the hair. Pesik. R. s. 29-30-30 (ed. Fr. p. 139b>), v. רָפָא. Sot.III, 8 האיש פּוֹרֵעַ … פּוֹרַעַת, v. פָּרַם. Sifra Emor, ch. I, Par. 2 כדרך שבני אדם פּוֹרְעִיםוכ׳ in the same way that ordinary men (in mourning) neglect their hair and tear their garments; a. fr. 2) to uncover. Ib. (ref. to Lev. 21:10) (read:) אילו אמר ראש לא יפרע ובגד לא יפרוס יכול לא יִפְרַע ולא יפרום של סוטהת״ל ראשו if the text read, the head … and the garment …, I might have thought it meant, he shall not uncover the head, in the sense in which parʿa is used in connection with the faithless wife (Num. 5:18); v. Hor.12b. Pesik. Shor, p. 77a> פּוֹרְעִין את ראשיהםוכ׳ they uncovered their heads (when the royal proclamation was read, v. פְּרוֹסְטַנְמָא); Lev. R. s. 27 ופָרְעוּ אתוכ׳. Ib. לא הטרחתי … ולא פורעיןוכ׳ I have not put you to trouble, I have not ordered you to read the Shmʿa standing on your feet and uncovering your heads, but ‘when thou sittest (Deut. 6:7). Ḥull.91a פְּרַע להן ביה חשחיטה uncover the place of cutting for them (show them that the animal has been cut according to the ritual); a. e.Part. pass. פָּרוּעַ; f. פְּרוּעָה; pl. פְּרוּעִים, פְּרוּעִין; פְּרוּעוֹת. Cant. R. to VIII, 4 (ref. to פָּרֻעַ, Ex. 32:25) אין פ׳ אלא נקוב paruʿa means hollowed (made void); Num. R. s. 7 אין פ׳ אלא לשון צרוע paruʿa is a figurative expression for leprous (v. Lev. 13:45). Ib. פְּרוּעַ ראש, פְּרוּעֵי ראש bareheaded. Ib. s. 19 ונראו כאשה פ׳ and they appeared like a woman with uncovered head; a. fr.Trnsf. to uncover ones self for a human need. Yoma 77a (ref. to Ez. 8:16) שהיו פורעין עצמן והיו … כלפי מטה ( מטה euphem. for מעלה) they uncovered themselves and committed a nuisance towards heaven; Kidd.72b מפְרִיעִין Hif. Gen. R. s. 86 שהיה פורע עצמו לע״ז (Yalk. ib. 145 פוער), v. פּוֹטִינוֹס; a. e. 3) to uncover the corona, to split the membrane and pull it down. Sabb.XIX, 2. Num. R. s. 11; a. fr. 4) ( to solve a connection (Lat. solvo; cmp. לָוָה), a) to pay a debt. B. Bath.5a הקובע … פְּרַעְתִּיךָ בתוך זמניוכ׳ if a person fixes a time (in a note) for his neighbor, and the latter says, I have paid thee within the term assigned to me, he is disbelieved (he is not admitted to an oath); ולואי שיפרע בזמנו (for we say,) would that a man paid his debt when it is due! Ib. 6a כאומר לא פָּרַעְתִּי דמי, v. לָוָה; a. v. fr.Part. pass. as ab. Keth.19b אסור … שטר פ׳ בתוך ביחו a man should not keep a satisfied document of indebtedness in his house. Shebu.VII, 7 ועד אחד מעידה שחיא פ׳ and if there is one witness against her testifying that it (her dowry) has been paid. B. Bath. X, 7; a. fr.Gen. R. s. 78 (play on פ̇ר̇ת עלי עין, Gen. 49:22) עלי לִפְ֗ר̇ו̇עַ לך מן אותה העין it is for me to pay thee for that eye (for protecting thy mother from Esaus lustful eye); ib. s. 98 עלי לפרוע לך אותהוכ׳; Yalk. ib. 133 עלי לארוע אותו עין.b) פ׳ מן to settle with; to punish. Num. R. s. 11 לא פ׳ אלא יחידי … כשפ׳הקב״ה when the Lord punished the generation of the flood, he punished singlehanded (not through several angels). B. Mets.IV, 2 מי שפ׳ מאנשי … חוא עתיד להִפָּרַעוכ׳ he who punished the men of the generation of …, will punish him who does not stand by his word (although the court cannot compel him); Tosef. ib. III, 14; B. Mets.47b, sq. לִפָּרַעוכ׳. Ex. R. s. 10, beg. Cant. R. to VIII, 14 איןהקב״ה פורע מֵאוּמָּהוכ׳ the Lord punishes no nation here below before degrading its genius above; a. fr. Nif. נִפְרַע 1) to uncover ones self (for a human need). Ber.62a אין נִפְרָעִין מעומדוכ׳ you must not uncover yourself standing, but only after you are seated (Ms. F. יִפָּרַע עד שישב), v. Pi. 2) with מן, to collect payment from; trnsf. to call to account, punish. B. Bath.5b, a. e. הבא לִיפָּרַע … לא יִפָּרַע אלא בשבועה he who comes to collect from heirs, cannot collect except on oath. Shebu. l. c. הנִפְרַעַת שלא בפניו לא תִפָּרַע אלאוכ׳ she who claims (her dowry) in the husbands absence (suing the estate), can get it only on oath; וכן היתומים לא יִפָּרְעוּוכ׳ and so heirs cannot collect (from heirs) Ber. l. c. כשם שנִפְרָעִיןוכ׳, v. סַפְדָּן. B. Mets. l. c., v. supra. Sifra Aḥăré, ch. XII, Par. 9 אני דיין להִיפָּרֵעַוכ׳ I am the judge (having the power) to punish, and can be relied upon to pay reward; אני הוא שפרעתי … ועתיד לִיפָּרַעוכ׳ I am he that punished …, and that shall punish you ; a. fr. Pi. פֵּירַע 1) to disarrange, esp. to mutilate, unman. Sot.13b בא … ופֵירְעוֹ Gabriel came and unmanned him (used as play on פטיפ̇ר̇ע̇); Yalk. Gen. 145 בא … וסרסו ופֵרְעוֹ 2) to uncover. Y.Ber.IX, 14c top לא פי׳ עד שישב he did not uncover (himself), v. supra. Midr. Sam. ch. XXXII פֵּירְעָה את עצמהוכ׳ she uncovered herself and sat down &cPart. pass. מְפוֹרָע; f. מְפוֹרֵעַת. Ib. Ḥull.30a, a. e. שחיטה מפ׳ an open (gaping) cut. Hif. הִפְרִיעַ to uncover, v. supra.

פָּשַׁר(to divide, to spread, 1) to melt, dissolve. Mekh. Bshall., Vayassʿa, s. 4 (expl. ונמס, Ex. 16:21, cmp. פִּשְׁפָּש III) כיון … היה פוֹשֵׁי והולךוכ׳ when the sun shone upon it (the manna), it melted and formed rivulets which ran 2) to be stale, tepid. Tanḥ. Vayesheb 4 כוס פשור (prob. to be read פּוֹשֵׁר) a cup of wine mixed with stale water. Sifra Mtsorʿa, ch. I מים פושרים stale water (from pools), opp. מים חיים. Par. VIII, 9 (מים) המלוחים והפּוֹשְׁרִים salty water and pool water.In gen. פּוֹשְׁרִים, פּוֹשְׁרִין (sub. מים) tepid liquids. Y.Sabb.XX, 17c bot., opp. צונין. Gen. R. s. 86 when his master said to him מזיג פ׳ והיו פ׳ mix the wine with tepid water, it was tepid, opp. רותחין. Ber.16b; Y. ib. II, 5b bot.; v. כָּיָה. Y.Nidd.II. beg.50c; a. fr.Y.Keth.X, end, 34a, v. Pi.Yalk. Gen. 38 ופשרתי, v. Nithpa. Hif. הִפְשִׁיר 1) to make tepid; to temper, cool. Sabb.40b מפני שמַפְשִׁיר מים שעליו because (by standing against the fire after a cold bath) he tempers (warms) the water on his body. Ib. III, 5 (41a, sq.) כדי להַפְשִׁירָן enough to temper the cold water, opp. בשביל שיחמי to get hot. Y. ib. III, 6b top מותר להַפְשִׁיר במקום שהיד שולטת you may temper (cold water, on the Sabbath) by contact with a temperature which the hand can endure. Lev. R. s. 26 (ref. to Ez. 10:7) הִפְשִׁירָן ונתנןוכ׳ he lowered the temperature of the coals and handed them to him; Yalk. Kings 220; Tanḥ. Emor 3; Midr. Sam. ch. XXIV (Yoma 77a נצטננו). Pesik. R. s. 12 (ref. to קָרְךָ, Deut. 25:18) אשר קֵירְךָ הִפְשִׁירְךָוכ׳ ‘who cooled thee, he (Amalek) made thee lukewarm, he made thee cold like water (so that others were encouraged to attack thee); a. fr. 2) (v. פְּשָׁרָה) to compromise. Y.Sot.v.20c bot. אברהם עשה … וה׳ עמו וכרות עמווכ׳ Abraham changed the evil inclination within him into good …, he compromised with it, (as we read, Neh. 9:8,) and he made a covenant with it (his heart); Y.Ber.IX, 14b bot. והפסיד אלא (corr. acc.).Tosef.Erub.XI (VIII), 11, v. infra. Nif. נִפְשַׁר to be dissolved; to be tempered. B. Kam.28b אפי׳ נִפְשָׁרָה even if the vessel fell apart (and its contents made the ground slippery). Sabb.40b לא בשביל שיבשל … שיִפָּשֵׁר not that it (the oil) be heated to boiling, but only that it be tempered (or be made more liquid). Pi. פִּישֵּׁר 1) to separate, tear loose, disengage. Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 1 את מְפַשֵּׁר אותהוכ׳ thou disengagest it (the thorn sticking to thy garments) here, and it sticks there; Pesik. R. s. 10 beg. והוא מפשר אותהוכ׳ (not אותם). Y.Sabb.VII, 10a bot. מְפַשְּׁרָןוכ׳ he may pick them (the thorns) out, … provided he does not tear the garment; Tosef.Erub.XI (VIII), 11 מפשר בידו Var. (ed. Zuck. מפשיר). Pesik. R. s. 13 עמד ופִשְּׁרוֹ הימנו he stood up and tore it (the dog) away from him. Ib. זכור היאך פִּישַּׁרְתִּי הימךוכ׳ remember how I tore the dog away from thee; a. e. 2) to temper. Lam. R. to I, 12 יום אחד היה תרון … פִּשְּׁרוֹ the glowing wrath of the Lord lasted one day; if Israel had repented, he would have cooled it off. 3) to compromise, arbitrate. Y.B. Mets.VI, 11a top באותו שיכול לפַשֵּׁר in a case of seizure for service ( אנגריא), when he might have compromised (pay a certain amount and release the seized animal). Y.Snh.I, 18b bot. שנים שפִּישְּׁרוּוכ׳ when two judges have arbitrated, the parties cannot retract. Y.Keth.X, end, 34a (read:) פי׳ מן השני חזקהוכ׳ if he compromised with the second creditor, it is taken for granted that the first creditor has a right to seize the debtors property (without regard to the claims of the second); פי׳ מן הראשון … פי׳ if he compromised with the first creditor …, he has compromised (the compromise is binding, and the second creditor cannot seize that portion of the property which the first would have had a right to claim, v. Asheri to Keth.91b). Nithpa. נִתְפַּשֵּׁר to be disentangled; trnsf. to be acquitted, pardoned. Gen. R. s. 22 עשיתי תשובה ונִתְפַּשַּׁרְתִּי I repented and was pardoned; Lev. R. s. 10; Midr. Till. to Ps. 100; Yalk. Gen. 38 ופשרתי (corr. acc.).

פָּשַׁר(to divide, to spread, 1) to melt, dissolve. Mekh. Bshall., Vayassʿa, s. 4 (expl. ונמס, Ex. 16:21, cmp. פִּשְׁפָּש III) כיון … היה פוֹשֵׁי והולךוכ׳ when the sun shone upon it (the manna), it melted and formed rivulets which ran 2) to be stale, tepid. Tanḥ. Vayesheb 4 כוס פשור (prob. to be read פּוֹשֵׁר) a cup of wine mixed with stale water. Sifra Mtsorʿa, ch. I מים פושרים stale water (from pools), opp. מים חיים. Par. VIII, 9 (מים) המלוחים והפּוֹשְׁרִים salty water and pool water.In gen. פּוֹשְׁרִים, פּוֹשְׁרִין (sub. מים) tepid liquids. Y.Sabb.XX, 17c bot., opp. צונין. Gen. R. s. 86 when his master said to him מזיג פ׳ והיו פ׳ mix the wine with tepid water, it was tepid, opp. רותחין. Ber.16b; Y. ib. II, 5b bot.; v. כָּיָה. Y.Nidd.II. beg.50c; a. fr.Y.Keth.X, end, 34a, v. Pi.Yalk. Gen. 38 ופשרתי, v. Nithpa. Hif. הִפְשִׁיר 1) to make tepid; to temper, cool. Sabb.40b מפני שמַפְשִׁיר מים שעליו because (by standing against the fire after a cold bath) he tempers (warms) the water on his body. Ib. III, 5 (41a, sq.) כדי להַפְשִׁירָן enough to temper the cold water, opp. בשביל שיחמי to get hot. Y. ib. III, 6b top מותר להַפְשִׁיר במקום שהיד שולטת you may temper (cold water, on the Sabbath) by contact with a temperature which the hand can endure. Lev. R. s. 26 (ref. to Ez. 10:7) הִפְשִׁירָן ונתנןוכ׳ he lowered the temperature of the coals and handed them to him; Yalk. Kings 220; Tanḥ. Emor 3; Midr. Sam. ch. XXIV (Yoma 77a נצטננו). Pesik. R. s. 12 (ref. to קָרְךָ, Deut. 25:18) אשר קֵירְךָ הִפְשִׁירְךָוכ׳ ‘who cooled thee, he (Amalek) made thee lukewarm, he made thee cold like water (so that others were encouraged to attack thee); a. fr. 2) (v. פְּשָׁרָה) to compromise. Y.Sot.v.20c bot. אברהם עשה … וה׳ עמו וכרות עמווכ׳ Abraham changed the evil inclination within him into good …, he compromised with it, (as we read, Neh. 9:8,) and he made a covenant with it (his heart); Y.Ber.IX, 14b bot. והפסיד אלא (corr. acc.).Tosef.Erub.XI (VIII), 11, v. infra. Nif. נִפְשַׁר to be dissolved; to be tempered. B. Kam.28b אפי׳ נִפְשָׁרָה even if the vessel fell apart (and its contents made the ground slippery). Sabb.40b לא בשביל שיבשל … שיִפָּשֵׁר not that it (the oil) be heated to boiling, but only that it be tempered (or be made more liquid). Pi. פִּישֵּׁר 1) to separate, tear loose, disengage. Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 1 את מְפַשֵּׁר אותהוכ׳ thou disengagest it (the thorn sticking to thy garments) here, and it sticks there; Pesik. R. s. 10 beg. והוא מפשר אותהוכ׳ (not אותם). Y.Sabb.VII, 10a bot. מְפַשְּׁרָןוכ׳ he may pick them (the thorns) out, … provided he does not tear the garment; Tosef.Erub.XI (VIII), 11 מפשר בידו Var. (ed. Zuck. מפשיר). Pesik. R. s. 13 עמד ופִשְּׁרוֹ הימנו he stood up and tore it (the dog) away from him. Ib. זכור היאך פִּישַּׁרְתִּי הימךוכ׳ remember how I tore the dog away from thee; a. e. 2) to temper. Lam. R. to I, 12 יום אחד היה תרון … פִּשְּׁרוֹ the glowing wrath of the Lord lasted one day; if Israel had repented, he would have cooled it off. 3) to compromise, arbitrate. Y.B. Mets.VI, 11a top באותו שיכול לפַשֵּׁר in a case of seizure for service ( אנגריא), when he might have compromised (pay a certain amount and release the seized animal). Y.Snh.I, 18b bot. שנים שפִּישְּׁרוּוכ׳ when two judges have arbitrated, the parties cannot retract. Y.Keth.X, end, 34a (read:) פי׳ מן השני חזקהוכ׳ if he compromised with the second creditor, it is taken for granted that the first creditor has a right to seize the debtors property (without regard to the claims of the second); פי׳ מן הראשון … פי׳ if he compromised with the first creditor …, he has compromised (the compromise is binding, and the second creditor cannot seize that portion of the property which the first would have had a right to claim, v. Asheri to Keth.91b). Nithpa. נִתְפַּשֵּׁר to be disentangled; trnsf. to be acquitted, pardoned. Gen. R. s. 22 עשיתי תשובה ונִתְפַּשַּׁרְתִּי I repented and was pardoned; Lev. R. s. 10; Midr. Till. to Ps. 100; Yalk. Gen. 38 ופשרתי (corr. acc.).

צָוַוח, צָוַח(b. h. צָוַח) to cry, shout; to complain. Keth.14b ממזר וצֹווֵחַ one that is called a bastard and brings complaint, opp. שותק. B. Mets.24b והלא עומד וצוֹוֵחַ but does he (the loser) not stand up and cry (which shows that he has not given up the hope of recovery)? נעשה כצווח עלוכ׳ it is like one crying over his house that has fallen in B. Bath. 138a בצָ׳ מעיקרא (or בצֹוֵחַ), בצָ׳ מעיקרו when he cried out (refused the gift) at the start (when it was offered to him). Sot.42b צֹוְחִיןוכ׳ (better צוֹוְ׳) they (the gentile soldiers) shout (before they attack) and stamp; Sifré Deut. 192 צוֹוְחִים; a. fr. Pi. צִוֵּוחַ same. Y.M. Kat. III, 82d top (ref. to דֹּם, Ez. 24:17) מכן שצריך לְצַוֵּוחַ (or לִצְוֹוחַ Kal) from here we learn that ordinarily a mourner must cry out (lament). Bab. ib. 24b מְצַוְּוחִין Ms. M. (v. צָהַב). Tosef.Sabb.VI (VII), 14 המְצַוַּוחַת לתנורוכ׳ a woman that shouts at the stove that the bread may not fall apart (a superstitious practice). Midr. Till. to Ps. 20 מְצוַּחַת; a. fr. Hif. הִצְוִויחַ to cause to shout. Sabb.67b המשתקת … והמַצָוַוחַת לגריסין who tells people around her to be silent, when lentils are cooked, or to shout, when grits are cooked (a superstitious practice; Tosef. l. c. 15 והמציצת, v. צָיַץ).

צָוַוח, צָוַח(b. h. צָוַח) to cry, shout; to complain. Keth.14b ממזר וצֹווֵחַ one that is called a bastard and brings complaint, opp. שותק. B. Mets.24b והלא עומד וצוֹוֵחַ but does he (the loser) not stand up and cry (which shows that he has not given up the hope of recovery)? נעשה כצווח עלוכ׳ it is like one crying over his house that has fallen in B. Bath. 138a בצָ׳ מעיקרא (or בצֹוֵחַ), בצָ׳ מעיקרו when he cried out (refused the gift) at the start (when it was offered to him). Sot.42b צֹוְחִיןוכ׳ (better צוֹוְ׳) they (the gentile soldiers) shout (before they attack) and stamp; Sifré Deut. 192 צוֹוְחִים; a. fr. Pi. צִוֵּוחַ same. Y.M. Kat. III, 82d top (ref. to דֹּם, Ez. 24:17) מכן שצריך לְצַוֵּוחַ (or לִצְוֹוחַ Kal) from here we learn that ordinarily a mourner must cry out (lament). Bab. ib. 24b מְצַוְּוחִין Ms. M. (v. צָהַב). Tosef.Sabb.VI (VII), 14 המְצַוַּוחַת לתנורוכ׳ a woman that shouts at the stove that the bread may not fall apart (a superstitious practice). Midr. Till. to Ps. 20 מְצוַּחַת; a. fr. Hif. הִצְוִויחַ to cause to shout. Sabb.67b המשתקת … והמַצָוַוחַת לגריסין who tells people around her to be silent, when lentils are cooked, or to shout, when grits are cooked (a superstitious practice; Tosef. l. c. 15 והמציצת, v. צָיַץ).

צָוַוח, צָוַח(b. h. צָוַח) to cry, shout; to complain. Keth.14b ממזר וצֹווֵחַ one that is called a bastard and brings complaint, opp. שותק. B. Mets.24b והלא עומד וצוֹוֵחַ but does he (the loser) not stand up and cry (which shows that he has not given up the hope of recovery)? נעשה כצווח עלוכ׳ it is like one crying over his house that has fallen in B. Bath. 138a בצָ׳ מעיקרא (or בצֹוֵחַ), בצָ׳ מעיקרו when he cried out (refused the gift) at the start (when it was offered to him). Sot.42b צֹוְחִיןוכ׳ (better צוֹוְ׳) they (the gentile soldiers) shout (before they attack) and stamp; Sifré Deut. 192 צוֹוְחִים; a. fr. Pi. צִוֵּוחַ same. Y.M. Kat. III, 82d top (ref. to דֹּם, Ez. 24:17) מכן שצריך לְצַוֵּוחַ (or לִצְוֹוחַ Kal) from here we learn that ordinarily a mourner must cry out (lament). Bab. ib. 24b מְצַוְּוחִין Ms. M. (v. צָהַב). Tosef.Sabb.VI (VII), 14 המְצַוַּוחַת לתנורוכ׳ a woman that shouts at the stove that the bread may not fall apart (a superstitious practice). Midr. Till. to Ps. 20 מְצוַּחַת; a. fr. Hif. הִצְוִויחַ to cause to shout. Sabb.67b המשתקת … והמַצָוַוחַת לגריסין who tells people around her to be silent, when lentils are cooked, or to shout, when grits are cooked (a superstitious practice; Tosef. l. c. 15 והמציצת, v. צָיַץ).

צָוַוח, צָוַח(b. h. צָוַח) to cry, shout; to complain. Keth.14b ממזר וצֹווֵחַ one that is called a bastard and brings complaint, opp. שותק. B. Mets.24b והלא עומד וצוֹוֵחַ but does he (the loser) not stand up and cry (which shows that he has not given up the hope of recovery)? נעשה כצווח עלוכ׳ it is like one crying over his house that has fallen in B. Bath. 138a בצָ׳ מעיקרא (or בצֹוֵחַ), בצָ׳ מעיקרו when he cried out (refused the gift) at the start (when it was offered to him). Sot.42b צֹוְחִיןוכ׳ (better צוֹוְ׳) they (the gentile soldiers) shout (before they attack) and stamp; Sifré Deut. 192 צוֹוְחִים; a. fr. Pi. צִוֵּוחַ same. Y.M. Kat. III, 82d top (ref. to דֹּם, Ez. 24:17) מכן שצריך לְצַוֵּוחַ (or לִצְוֹוחַ Kal) from here we learn that ordinarily a mourner must cry out (lament). Bab. ib. 24b מְצַוְּוחִין Ms. M. (v. צָהַב). Tosef.Sabb.VI (VII), 14 המְצַוַּוחַת לתנורוכ׳ a woman that shouts at the stove that the bread may not fall apart (a superstitious practice). Midr. Till. to Ps. 20 מְצוַּחַת; a. fr. Hif. הִצְוִויחַ to cause to shout. Sabb.67b המשתקת … והמַצָוַוחַת לגריסין who tells people around her to be silent, when lentils are cooked, or to shout, when grits are cooked (a superstitious practice; Tosef. l. c. 15 והמציצת, v. צָיַץ).

צָרַרI (b. h.; v. צוּר II) 1) to surround, wrap, tie up. Ḥull.VIII, 2 צוֹרֵר אדם בשרוכ׳ one may tie up meat and cheese in one sheet. Ber.23b צורר אדם תפיליווכ׳ a man may tie up his Tfillin with his money ; לא יָצוֹר he must not do so. Tosef.Shebi.I, 9 צורר he may bandage (a fig-tree when the bark is peeled off). Cant. R. to I, 7 אני צוֹרְרָהּ לך בכנפיך I (the Lord) will tie this up in thy lap (reverential expression for, my lap), i. e I shall remember and visit this act upon thee; a. fr.Part. pass. צָרוּר; f. צְרוּרָה Gen. R. s. 14 (ref. to ויצר, Zech. 12:1) מלמד שנפשו של אדם צ׳ בקרבווכ׳ this teaches that the soul of man is tied up within him (love of life is a natural instinct), or else, when trouble comes upon him, he would detach it and cast it away. Sabb.V, 2 יוצאות צְרוּרוֹת may be let out (on the Sabbath) with their udders tied up. R. Hash. 22b מאתים זוז צְרוּרִיןוכ׳ two hundred Zuz are tied up in my cloak; a. fr. 2) (neut. verb) ( to be narrow, to cause distress; Part. צַר; imperf. יֵצַר (with ל־, or sub. ל־) to be distressed; to worry. Gen. R. s. 76 (ref. to Gen. 32:8) ויירא … וַיֵּצֶר לווכ׳ he was afraid, lest he slay, he was distressed, lest he be slain; Tanḥ. Vayishl. 4. Yeb.63b אל תֵּצַר צרתוכ׳, v. צָרָה II; a. e. Hif. הֵיצֵר 1) to be distressed, worry, feel sorry. Pesik. R. s. 3 אע״פ שה׳ הקדיםוכ׳ although he (Joseph) grieved over it, yet he (Jacob) placed Ephraim before Menasseh. Ib. היה יוסף מֵיצֵרוכ׳ Joseph grieved over it exceedingly. R. Hash. II, 9 ומצאו … מיצר R. A. found him grieving; ib. 25a מי מיצרר״ע מיצרוכ׳ which of them was grieving? was it R. A. or R. Joshua? Ib. הלך … שהיא מיצר R. A. found R. J. in distress. Cant. R. to VIII, 6 יוצאי … מְצִירִין בהם travellers suffer through them (the rains; Yalk. Is. 333 מצערים); a. fr. 2) to distress, oppress, persecute. Lam. R. to I, 5 כל מי שבא לְהָצֵרוכ׳ whoever is designated to persecute Israel, is first made a chief; Gitt.56b כל המיצרוכ׳; Snh.104b. Mekh. Bshall. s. 5 כל המצָרִים (המְצָרִין) להםוכ׳ all that are to distress them in the future; a. fr. 3) to narrow, close. Y.Taan.III, 66d (ref. to Job 36:19) אם סדרתה … מֵיצַר פיך when thou orderest thy prayer, do not narrow thy mouth (be timid in thy demands), but ‘open thy mouth wide, and I shall fill it (Ps. 81:11). Yalk. Job 927 והֵצַרְתִּיו (not והצרתי) and I closed him up. Hof. הוּצָר to become distressing, be painful. Ruth R. to I, 7 הוּצָרָה עליהם הדרךוכ׳ travelling was painful to them, because they walked barefoot. Nif. נִצְרַר to be tied up, gathered. Sabb.107b נ׳ הדםאע״פוכ׳ if (in consequence of a blow) blood is gathered (and congealed), though no bleeding took place; Ḥull.46b. Y.Sabb.VII, 10c top; a. eGen. R. s. 46 משנ׳ דמו when mans blood is tied up (runs slowly, in advanced age); Yalk. ib. 80.