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1 מרמרא
מַרְמָרָאm. (v. מַרְמִירָא) white marble. Succ.51b שישא כוחלא ומ׳ yellow, black and white marble; B. Bath.4a; Yalk. Deut. 913.Pl. מַרְמָרִין (marmora) marble or cemented pavement. Targ. Esth. 1:6.Y.Ter.VIII, 45d bot. יתבי בתר ביתא אזלו מ׳ sat in a house the pavement (of which) was worn out. -
2 מַרְמָרָא
מַרְמָרָאm. (v. מַרְמִירָא) white marble. Succ.51b שישא כוחלא ומ׳ yellow, black and white marble; B. Bath.4a; Yalk. Deut. 913.Pl. מַרְמָרִין (marmora) marble or cemented pavement. Targ. Esth. 1:6.Y.Ter.VIII, 45d bot. יתבי בתר ביתא אזלו מ׳ sat in a house the pavement (of which) was worn out. -
3 שן
שֵׁןc. (b. h.; שָׁנַן) 1) tooth, tooth-like projection. Sabb.VI, 5 (64b) שן תותבת ושן של זהב an inserted (natural) tooth or an (artificial) gold tooth; (Bab. ed. שן תותכת שןוכ׳, Ms. O. ושן, v. Rashi a. l.). Ib. 10, v. שוּעָל; a. fr.Esp. (sub. נזק) the damage done by an animals eating. B. Kam.2b שלשה … הקרן והשן והרגל three chief damages are mentioned (in the Scriptural text) with reference to the ox: damage by the horn, by the tooth, and by the foot. Ib. תולדה דשן, v. נְשִׁיכָה. Ib. שן יש הנאהוכ׳, v. הֶיזֵּק. Ib. אשן ורגל it refers to damages by the tooth and by the foot; שן ורגל היכא כתיבי where is the damage by the tooth or the foot written (in the Biblical text)? Ib. ובער זו השן ubhiʿer (Ex. 22:4) this refers to damage by the tooth; a. fr.Du. שִׁנַּיִים, שִׁנַּיִם, שִׁי׳. Ḥull.I, 2 בכל … והש׳ you may cut ritually with anything, except … with teeth in the jaw. Ib. ואם החליקו שִׁינֶּיהָ and if the teeth of the saw have been made smooth. Keth.71b בין שיניה, v. אֶצְבַּע. Ib. 16a, v. כֶּרֶס. Kel. XIII, 8 שניטלו שִׁינָּיי (a hackle) whose teeth are broken off. Gen. R. s. 33 חשש רבי את שיניווכ׳ Rabbi suffered from tooth-ache for thirteen years. Keth.111b טוב המלבין ש׳וכ׳ he who causes his neighbor to show the white of his teeth (who makes him cheerful) does better than he who gives him milk to drink. Ib. א״ת לבן ש׳ אלא לבון ש׳ read not lben shinnayim (Gen. 49:12) but libbun shinnayim (whitening of teeth, cheerfulness); a. fr. 2) any organ of the body resembling teeth, gland.Du. as ab. Y.Yeb.VI, beg.7b בית הש׳ that part of the vagina which has glands; מבין הש׳ ולפנים from the glands and farther inside; Nidd.41b. Ḥull.16b שיניו נושרות the glands of his rectum will fall off; Sabb.82a; a. e. 3) cliff, peak. Gen. R. s. 74 כשן הזה שלוכ׳ (the stone which Jacob put up was) as large as the peak of Tiberias; Yalk. ib. 130; a. e. 4) (sub. של פיל) ivory. Num. R. s. 312> (play on ג̇ר̇ש̇ון̇) מי יג̇ור̇ … חזק כש̇ן̇ who can abide snow and hail, and cold and heat? He who is as strong as ivory (or marble?); אין שן אלא לשון חזקוכ׳ shen has the meaning of strong (ref. to Cant. 5:14); a. e. 5) marble. Cant. R. to V, 11; Yalk. ib. 991, v. עֶשֶׁת. -
4 שֵׁן
שֵׁןc. (b. h.; שָׁנַן) 1) tooth, tooth-like projection. Sabb.VI, 5 (64b) שן תותבת ושן של זהב an inserted (natural) tooth or an (artificial) gold tooth; (Bab. ed. שן תותכת שןוכ׳, Ms. O. ושן, v. Rashi a. l.). Ib. 10, v. שוּעָל; a. fr.Esp. (sub. נזק) the damage done by an animals eating. B. Kam.2b שלשה … הקרן והשן והרגל three chief damages are mentioned (in the Scriptural text) with reference to the ox: damage by the horn, by the tooth, and by the foot. Ib. תולדה דשן, v. נְשִׁיכָה. Ib. שן יש הנאהוכ׳, v. הֶיזֵּק. Ib. אשן ורגל it refers to damages by the tooth and by the foot; שן ורגל היכא כתיבי where is the damage by the tooth or the foot written (in the Biblical text)? Ib. ובער זו השן ubhiʿer (Ex. 22:4) this refers to damage by the tooth; a. fr.Du. שִׁנַּיִים, שִׁנַּיִם, שִׁי׳. Ḥull.I, 2 בכל … והש׳ you may cut ritually with anything, except … with teeth in the jaw. Ib. ואם החליקו שִׁינֶּיהָ and if the teeth of the saw have been made smooth. Keth.71b בין שיניה, v. אֶצְבַּע. Ib. 16a, v. כֶּרֶס. Kel. XIII, 8 שניטלו שִׁינָּיי (a hackle) whose teeth are broken off. Gen. R. s. 33 חשש רבי את שיניווכ׳ Rabbi suffered from tooth-ache for thirteen years. Keth.111b טוב המלבין ש׳וכ׳ he who causes his neighbor to show the white of his teeth (who makes him cheerful) does better than he who gives him milk to drink. Ib. א״ת לבן ש׳ אלא לבון ש׳ read not lben shinnayim (Gen. 49:12) but libbun shinnayim (whitening of teeth, cheerfulness); a. fr. 2) any organ of the body resembling teeth, gland.Du. as ab. Y.Yeb.VI, beg.7b בית הש׳ that part of the vagina which has glands; מבין הש׳ ולפנים from the glands and farther inside; Nidd.41b. Ḥull.16b שיניו נושרות the glands of his rectum will fall off; Sabb.82a; a. e. 3) cliff, peak. Gen. R. s. 74 כשן הזה שלוכ׳ (the stone which Jacob put up was) as large as the peak of Tiberias; Yalk. ib. 130; a. e. 4) (sub. של פיל) ivory. Num. R. s. 312> (play on ג̇ר̇ש̇ון̇) מי יג̇ור̇ … חזק כש̇ן̇ who can abide snow and hail, and cold and heat? He who is as strong as ivory (or marble?); אין שן אלא לשון חזקוכ׳ shen has the meaning of strong (ref. to Cant. 5:14); a. e. 5) marble. Cant. R. to V, 11; Yalk. ib. 991, v. עֶשֶׁת. -
5 פסיפס
פְּסִיפָּס, פִּסְפָּס, פִּיסְ׳m. (פָּסַס, cmp. פְּסִיסִית) 1) cut and polished stone block, used for paving floors, stone pavement, mosaic. Ab. dR. N. ch. XXVIII אבן פסי׳ שישוכ׳ ed. Schechter (ed. פיספס) a paving block which has four polished sides (a metaphor for a many-sided scholar). Y.Sabb.VII, 10b top בשאין שם פ׳ where there is no stone pavement. Ib. XII, beg.13c (Chald. dict.) מקטע פ׳ he who trims a paving stone (or die, v. infra). Ex. R. s. 10 בתיהם של גדולים … בשיש בפ׳ the houses of the nobles which were paved with marble or blocks; Yalk. Sam. 102 בתי השיש והפִּסְפְּסִים (pl.); Yalk. Ps. 820 בתי השיש ובתי הפ׳ (Midr. Till. to Ps. 105 בתי הסיפים, v. סַף) B). Deut. R. s. 1 ואם בפ׳ הפ׳וכ׳ and if (she wipes her hands) on the pavement, the pavement will be blackened, but her hands will not be clean; a. e.Pl. פְּסִיפְסִים, פְּסִיפְסִין, פִּסְפְּ׳, פִּיסְ׳. Yalk. Sam. l. c.; Yalk. Ps. l. c., v. supra. Midd. I, 6 ראשי פסי׳וכ׳ Var. in Ar. s. v. פשפש (Mish. ed. פספ׳; Talm. ed. פישפשין) the ends of the flag-stones in the pavement indicated the mark between the sacred and the secular grounds; (comment.: blocks on the ceiling); ib. II, 6; a. e.Tosef.Zeb.VII, 1 פסיפסין, Var. פסיפיסין, v. פִּשְׁפָש I.) 2) cube, die.Pl. as ab. Y.R. Hash. I, 57c top (expl. המשחק בקוביא) המשחק בפסי׳ he who plays with dice; Snh.25b, a. e. בפיספ׳ (Rashi: blocks of wood); Y. l. c. משישבור את פְּסִיפְסָיו (he is not reinstated from his civil disabilities,) until he breaks his dice; Snh. l. c. משישברו את פִּיסְפְּסֵיהֶן; Y.Shebu.VII, 37d bot. פִּיסְפְּסָיו; Y.Snh.III, beg., 21a (also פְּשִׂיפְשִׂין). Midr. Till. to Ps. 26:10 אלי המשחקין בפספ׳וכ׳ that means those who play with dice, who calculate (throw) with the left hand and press with the right hand, and rob and wrong one another; a. e. 3) check (in garments), square, or stripe (cmp. פַּס). Neg. XI, 7 והרי הוא פסי׳ יחידי ed. Dehr. (ed. פספס) suppose there is only one (white) stripe in the whole garment?Pl. as ab. Ib. קייטא שיש בה פ׳ צבועים וכ׳ a pieced sheet in which there are checkers colored and white; Tosef. ib. V, 10. Yalk. Job 927 פספסין הדֵּיהוֹת שלו מכחות וכ׳ (or הדּוּחוֹת, not פספסי הרוחות) the faintest checkers (or stripes) of the Leviathans skin outshine the sun (v. Yalk. Lev. 65 3). 4) voting tablet, verdict. Lam. R. to II, 1, v. חִיתּוּךְ.(The contact between the Hebrew and Greek languages influenced the form פסיפס and the coincidence of some meanings of our word with ψῆφος pebble. -
6 פספס
פְּסִיפָּס, פִּסְפָּס, פִּיסְ׳m. (פָּסַס, cmp. פְּסִיסִית) 1) cut and polished stone block, used for paving floors, stone pavement, mosaic. Ab. dR. N. ch. XXVIII אבן פסי׳ שישוכ׳ ed. Schechter (ed. פיספס) a paving block which has four polished sides (a metaphor for a many-sided scholar). Y.Sabb.VII, 10b top בשאין שם פ׳ where there is no stone pavement. Ib. XII, beg.13c (Chald. dict.) מקטע פ׳ he who trims a paving stone (or die, v. infra). Ex. R. s. 10 בתיהם של גדולים … בשיש בפ׳ the houses of the nobles which were paved with marble or blocks; Yalk. Sam. 102 בתי השיש והפִּסְפְּסִים (pl.); Yalk. Ps. 820 בתי השיש ובתי הפ׳ (Midr. Till. to Ps. 105 בתי הסיפים, v. סַף) B). Deut. R. s. 1 ואם בפ׳ הפ׳וכ׳ and if (she wipes her hands) on the pavement, the pavement will be blackened, but her hands will not be clean; a. e.Pl. פְּסִיפְסִים, פְּסִיפְסִין, פִּסְפְּ׳, פִּיסְ׳. Yalk. Sam. l. c.; Yalk. Ps. l. c., v. supra. Midd. I, 6 ראשי פסי׳וכ׳ Var. in Ar. s. v. פשפש (Mish. ed. פספ׳; Talm. ed. פישפשין) the ends of the flag-stones in the pavement indicated the mark between the sacred and the secular grounds; (comment.: blocks on the ceiling); ib. II, 6; a. e.Tosef.Zeb.VII, 1 פסיפסין, Var. פסיפיסין, v. פִּשְׁפָש I.) 2) cube, die.Pl. as ab. Y.R. Hash. I, 57c top (expl. המשחק בקוביא) המשחק בפסי׳ he who plays with dice; Snh.25b, a. e. בפיספ׳ (Rashi: blocks of wood); Y. l. c. משישבור את פְּסִיפְסָיו (he is not reinstated from his civil disabilities,) until he breaks his dice; Snh. l. c. משישברו את פִּיסְפְּסֵיהֶן; Y.Shebu.VII, 37d bot. פִּיסְפְּסָיו; Y.Snh.III, beg., 21a (also פְּשִׂיפְשִׂין). Midr. Till. to Ps. 26:10 אלי המשחקין בפספ׳וכ׳ that means those who play with dice, who calculate (throw) with the left hand and press with the right hand, and rob and wrong one another; a. e. 3) check (in garments), square, or stripe (cmp. פַּס). Neg. XI, 7 והרי הוא פסי׳ יחידי ed. Dehr. (ed. פספס) suppose there is only one (white) stripe in the whole garment?Pl. as ab. Ib. קייטא שיש בה פ׳ צבועים וכ׳ a pieced sheet in which there are checkers colored and white; Tosef. ib. V, 10. Yalk. Job 927 פספסין הדֵּיהוֹת שלו מכחות וכ׳ (or הדּוּחוֹת, not פספסי הרוחות) the faintest checkers (or stripes) of the Leviathans skin outshine the sun (v. Yalk. Lev. 65 3). 4) voting tablet, verdict. Lam. R. to II, 1, v. חִיתּוּךְ.(The contact between the Hebrew and Greek languages influenced the form פסיפס and the coincidence of some meanings of our word with ψῆφος pebble. -
7 פְּסִיפָּס
פְּסִיפָּס, פִּסְפָּס, פִּיסְ׳m. (פָּסַס, cmp. פְּסִיסִית) 1) cut and polished stone block, used for paving floors, stone pavement, mosaic. Ab. dR. N. ch. XXVIII אבן פסי׳ שישוכ׳ ed. Schechter (ed. פיספס) a paving block which has four polished sides (a metaphor for a many-sided scholar). Y.Sabb.VII, 10b top בשאין שם פ׳ where there is no stone pavement. Ib. XII, beg.13c (Chald. dict.) מקטע פ׳ he who trims a paving stone (or die, v. infra). Ex. R. s. 10 בתיהם של גדולים … בשיש בפ׳ the houses of the nobles which were paved with marble or blocks; Yalk. Sam. 102 בתי השיש והפִּסְפְּסִים (pl.); Yalk. Ps. 820 בתי השיש ובתי הפ׳ (Midr. Till. to Ps. 105 בתי הסיפים, v. סַף) B). Deut. R. s. 1 ואם בפ׳ הפ׳וכ׳ and if (she wipes her hands) on the pavement, the pavement will be blackened, but her hands will not be clean; a. e.Pl. פְּסִיפְסִים, פְּסִיפְסִין, פִּסְפְּ׳, פִּיסְ׳. Yalk. Sam. l. c.; Yalk. Ps. l. c., v. supra. Midd. I, 6 ראשי פסי׳וכ׳ Var. in Ar. s. v. פשפש (Mish. ed. פספ׳; Talm. ed. פישפשין) the ends of the flag-stones in the pavement indicated the mark between the sacred and the secular grounds; (comment.: blocks on the ceiling); ib. II, 6; a. e.Tosef.Zeb.VII, 1 פסיפסין, Var. פסיפיסין, v. פִּשְׁפָש I.) 2) cube, die.Pl. as ab. Y.R. Hash. I, 57c top (expl. המשחק בקוביא) המשחק בפסי׳ he who plays with dice; Snh.25b, a. e. בפיספ׳ (Rashi: blocks of wood); Y. l. c. משישבור את פְּסִיפְסָיו (he is not reinstated from his civil disabilities,) until he breaks his dice; Snh. l. c. משישברו את פִּיסְפְּסֵיהֶן; Y.Shebu.VII, 37d bot. פִּיסְפְּסָיו; Y.Snh.III, beg., 21a (also פְּשִׂיפְשִׂין). Midr. Till. to Ps. 26:10 אלי המשחקין בפספ׳וכ׳ that means those who play with dice, who calculate (throw) with the left hand and press with the right hand, and rob and wrong one another; a. e. 3) check (in garments), square, or stripe (cmp. פַּס). Neg. XI, 7 והרי הוא פסי׳ יחידי ed. Dehr. (ed. פספס) suppose there is only one (white) stripe in the whole garment?Pl. as ab. Ib. קייטא שיש בה פ׳ צבועים וכ׳ a pieced sheet in which there are checkers colored and white; Tosef. ib. V, 10. Yalk. Job 927 פספסין הדֵּיהוֹת שלו מכחות וכ׳ (or הדּוּחוֹת, not פספסי הרוחות) the faintest checkers (or stripes) of the Leviathans skin outshine the sun (v. Yalk. Lev. 65 3). 4) voting tablet, verdict. Lam. R. to II, 1, v. חִיתּוּךְ.(The contact between the Hebrew and Greek languages influenced the form פסיפס and the coincidence of some meanings of our word with ψῆφος pebble. -
8 פִּסְפָּס
פְּסִיפָּס, פִּסְפָּס, פִּיסְ׳m. (פָּסַס, cmp. פְּסִיסִית) 1) cut and polished stone block, used for paving floors, stone pavement, mosaic. Ab. dR. N. ch. XXVIII אבן פסי׳ שישוכ׳ ed. Schechter (ed. פיספס) a paving block which has four polished sides (a metaphor for a many-sided scholar). Y.Sabb.VII, 10b top בשאין שם פ׳ where there is no stone pavement. Ib. XII, beg.13c (Chald. dict.) מקטע פ׳ he who trims a paving stone (or die, v. infra). Ex. R. s. 10 בתיהם של גדולים … בשיש בפ׳ the houses of the nobles which were paved with marble or blocks; Yalk. Sam. 102 בתי השיש והפִּסְפְּסִים (pl.); Yalk. Ps. 820 בתי השיש ובתי הפ׳ (Midr. Till. to Ps. 105 בתי הסיפים, v. סַף) B). Deut. R. s. 1 ואם בפ׳ הפ׳וכ׳ and if (she wipes her hands) on the pavement, the pavement will be blackened, but her hands will not be clean; a. e.Pl. פְּסִיפְסִים, פְּסִיפְסִין, פִּסְפְּ׳, פִּיסְ׳. Yalk. Sam. l. c.; Yalk. Ps. l. c., v. supra. Midd. I, 6 ראשי פסי׳וכ׳ Var. in Ar. s. v. פשפש (Mish. ed. פספ׳; Talm. ed. פישפשין) the ends of the flag-stones in the pavement indicated the mark between the sacred and the secular grounds; (comment.: blocks on the ceiling); ib. II, 6; a. e.Tosef.Zeb.VII, 1 פסיפסין, Var. פסיפיסין, v. פִּשְׁפָש I.) 2) cube, die.Pl. as ab. Y.R. Hash. I, 57c top (expl. המשחק בקוביא) המשחק בפסי׳ he who plays with dice; Snh.25b, a. e. בפיספ׳ (Rashi: blocks of wood); Y. l. c. משישבור את פְּסִיפְסָיו (he is not reinstated from his civil disabilities,) until he breaks his dice; Snh. l. c. משישברו את פִּיסְפְּסֵיהֶן; Y.Shebu.VII, 37d bot. פִּיסְפְּסָיו; Y.Snh.III, beg., 21a (also פְּשִׂיפְשִׂין). Midr. Till. to Ps. 26:10 אלי המשחקין בפספ׳וכ׳ that means those who play with dice, who calculate (throw) with the left hand and press with the right hand, and rob and wrong one another; a. e. 3) check (in garments), square, or stripe (cmp. פַּס). Neg. XI, 7 והרי הוא פסי׳ יחידי ed. Dehr. (ed. פספס) suppose there is only one (white) stripe in the whole garment?Pl. as ab. Ib. קייטא שיש בה פ׳ צבועים וכ׳ a pieced sheet in which there are checkers colored and white; Tosef. ib. V, 10. Yalk. Job 927 פספסין הדֵּיהוֹת שלו מכחות וכ׳ (or הדּוּחוֹת, not פספסי הרוחות) the faintest checkers (or stripes) of the Leviathans skin outshine the sun (v. Yalk. Lev. 65 3). 4) voting tablet, verdict. Lam. R. to II, 1, v. חִיתּוּךְ.(The contact between the Hebrew and Greek languages influenced the form פסיפס and the coincidence of some meanings of our word with ψῆφος pebble. -
9 פִּיסְ׳
פְּסִיפָּס, פִּסְפָּס, פִּיסְ׳m. (פָּסַס, cmp. פְּסִיסִית) 1) cut and polished stone block, used for paving floors, stone pavement, mosaic. Ab. dR. N. ch. XXVIII אבן פסי׳ שישוכ׳ ed. Schechter (ed. פיספס) a paving block which has four polished sides (a metaphor for a many-sided scholar). Y.Sabb.VII, 10b top בשאין שם פ׳ where there is no stone pavement. Ib. XII, beg.13c (Chald. dict.) מקטע פ׳ he who trims a paving stone (or die, v. infra). Ex. R. s. 10 בתיהם של גדולים … בשיש בפ׳ the houses of the nobles which were paved with marble or blocks; Yalk. Sam. 102 בתי השיש והפִּסְפְּסִים (pl.); Yalk. Ps. 820 בתי השיש ובתי הפ׳ (Midr. Till. to Ps. 105 בתי הסיפים, v. סַף) B). Deut. R. s. 1 ואם בפ׳ הפ׳וכ׳ and if (she wipes her hands) on the pavement, the pavement will be blackened, but her hands will not be clean; a. e.Pl. פְּסִיפְסִים, פְּסִיפְסִין, פִּסְפְּ׳, פִּיסְ׳. Yalk. Sam. l. c.; Yalk. Ps. l. c., v. supra. Midd. I, 6 ראשי פסי׳וכ׳ Var. in Ar. s. v. פשפש (Mish. ed. פספ׳; Talm. ed. פישפשין) the ends of the flag-stones in the pavement indicated the mark between the sacred and the secular grounds; (comment.: blocks on the ceiling); ib. II, 6; a. e.Tosef.Zeb.VII, 1 פסיפסין, Var. פסיפיסין, v. פִּשְׁפָש I.) 2) cube, die.Pl. as ab. Y.R. Hash. I, 57c top (expl. המשחק בקוביא) המשחק בפסי׳ he who plays with dice; Snh.25b, a. e. בפיספ׳ (Rashi: blocks of wood); Y. l. c. משישבור את פְּסִיפְסָיו (he is not reinstated from his civil disabilities,) until he breaks his dice; Snh. l. c. משישברו את פִּיסְפְּסֵיהֶן; Y.Shebu.VII, 37d bot. פִּיסְפְּסָיו; Y.Snh.III, beg., 21a (also פְּשִׂיפְשִׂין). Midr. Till. to Ps. 26:10 אלי המשחקין בפספ׳וכ׳ that means those who play with dice, who calculate (throw) with the left hand and press with the right hand, and rob and wrong one another; a. e. 3) check (in garments), square, or stripe (cmp. פַּס). Neg. XI, 7 והרי הוא פסי׳ יחידי ed. Dehr. (ed. פספס) suppose there is only one (white) stripe in the whole garment?Pl. as ab. Ib. קייטא שיש בה פ׳ צבועים וכ׳ a pieced sheet in which there are checkers colored and white; Tosef. ib. V, 10. Yalk. Job 927 פספסין הדֵּיהוֹת שלו מכחות וכ׳ (or הדּוּחוֹת, not פספסי הרוחות) the faintest checkers (or stripes) of the Leviathans skin outshine the sun (v. Yalk. Lev. 65 3). 4) voting tablet, verdict. Lam. R. to II, 1, v. חִיתּוּךְ.(The contact between the Hebrew and Greek languages influenced the form פסיפס and the coincidence of some meanings of our word with ψῆφος pebble. -
10 אבלאק
ablaq, black and white Islamic ornament of inlaid marble
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