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1 כתב
כָּתַבb. h.; v. Ges. H. Dict. s. v.) ( to join sign to sign, to compose, write; to promise in writing, to will, assign, consign. Gitt.20a וכ׳ ולא חקק it says (Deut. 24:1) ‘and he shall write but not engrave; Y. ib. II, 44b top, v. כְּתִיבָה. Macc.III, 6 (ref. to Lev. 19:28) עד שיִכְתּוֹבוכ׳ unless he writes (designs) and etches with ink, stibium or anything that marks; Sifra Kdoshim, Par. 3, ch. 6, v. כְּתוֹבֶת.Meg.9a כִּתְבוּ לי תורתוכ׳ write (translate) for me the Law Ib. 7a כִּתְבוּנִי בספר Ms. M. (ed. לדורות) write me down (record my deeds) in a book (Book of Esther). Ex. R. s. 47, beg. כְּתוֹב אתה write thou thyself. Sabb.XII, 3 הכּוֹתֵבוכ׳ he who writes two letters (on the Sabbath). Ib. 5 נתכוין לִכְתּוֹב ח״ית if he intended to write a Ḥeth.Keth.IX, 1 הכּוֹתֵב לאשתווכ׳ he who declares to his wife ; ib. 83a תניר׳ חייא האומר R. Ḥ. interpreted it, ‘he who says (verbally). Ib. 102b מאי כּוֹתְבִין אומרים ‘they write (in the Mishnah) means merely they declare. Ib. V, 1 והיא כוֹתֶבֶתוכ׳ and she may write (a receipt), I have received Pes.50b כּוֹתְבֵי ספריםוכ׳ copyists of sacred books, or Tfillin B. Bath.14b משה כ׳ ספרווכ׳ Moses is the author of his book, the chapter of Balaam, and the Book of Job; a. v. fr.Part. pass. כָּתוּב, f. כְּתוּבָה; pl. כְּתוּבִים, כְּתוּבִין; כְּתוּבוֹת. Meg.31a דבר זה כ׳ בתורהוכ׳ this is written in the Law, and repeated in the Prophets Ib. 7a כבר כ׳ אניוכ׳ I am already recorded in the chronicles of Y.Shek.VI, 49d bot. כיצד היו הלוחות כ׳ how was the writing on the tablets arranged?Gitt.54b כלס״ת … כ׳ לשמן any scroll of the Law in which the Divine names are not written with full consciousness, v. שֵׁם; a. fr.V. כָּתוּב. Nif. נִכְתָּב to be written, be reduced to writing; to be written upon. Meg.I, 8 הספרים נִכְתָּבִים בכל לשון the Biblical books may be written in (translated into) any language (v. ib. 9a); ib. לא התירו שיִכָּתְבוּוכ׳ they permitted them to be translated only into Greek. Ib. 7a נאמרה לִיכָּתֵב was indited (by the divine spirit) for the purpose of being written (as a book); Yoma 29a נתנה ליכתב (some ed. לִכְתּוֹב); a. v. fr. Hif. הִכְתִּיב 1) to cause to be written or recorded, to dictate, indite. Gen. R. s. 22 כבר הִכְתַּבְתִּי לךוכ׳ I have already ordered to be written in the Law Ruth R. to II, 14 אילו היה ראובן יודע שהק״בה מַכְתִּיב עליווכ׳ if R. had known that the Lord would cause to be written about him (Gen. 37:21) ; a. fr.Lev. R. s. 24 ג׳ פרשיותה׳ לנווכ׳ (Pesik. R. s. 15; Yalk. Ex. 307 כתכ) there are three sections that Moses indited for us in the Law. 2) to consign, enlist in the army, levy. Ex. R. s. 15 (מלך) ב״וד מַכְתִּיב לווכ׳ a human king levies soldiers for himself, strong ; Tanḥ. Hayé 3 מסביב (corr. acc.). Cant. R. to II, 8, a. e. מַכְתֶּבֶת, v. טִירוֹנְיָא.Part. pass, מוּכְתָּב recorded; levied. Kidd.IV, 5, v. אִסְטְרַטְיָא II.Tosef.B. Bath.IV, 7; B. Bath.92b; Keth.58a מ׳ למלכות levied for royal service (comment.: sentenced to death); Kidd.11a נִכְתָּב.Gen. R. s. 89 (Yalk. ib. 147 כתיב), v. סַקְרָרִין. -
2 כָּתַב
כָּתַבb. h.; v. Ges. H. Dict. s. v.) ( to join sign to sign, to compose, write; to promise in writing, to will, assign, consign. Gitt.20a וכ׳ ולא חקק it says (Deut. 24:1) ‘and he shall write but not engrave; Y. ib. II, 44b top, v. כְּתִיבָה. Macc.III, 6 (ref. to Lev. 19:28) עד שיִכְתּוֹבוכ׳ unless he writes (designs) and etches with ink, stibium or anything that marks; Sifra Kdoshim, Par. 3, ch. 6, v. כְּתוֹבֶת.Meg.9a כִּתְבוּ לי תורתוכ׳ write (translate) for me the Law Ib. 7a כִּתְבוּנִי בספר Ms. M. (ed. לדורות) write me down (record my deeds) in a book (Book of Esther). Ex. R. s. 47, beg. כְּתוֹב אתה write thou thyself. Sabb.XII, 3 הכּוֹתֵבוכ׳ he who writes two letters (on the Sabbath). Ib. 5 נתכוין לִכְתּוֹב ח״ית if he intended to write a Ḥeth.Keth.IX, 1 הכּוֹתֵב לאשתווכ׳ he who declares to his wife ; ib. 83a תניר׳ חייא האומר R. Ḥ. interpreted it, ‘he who says (verbally). Ib. 102b מאי כּוֹתְבִין אומרים ‘they write (in the Mishnah) means merely they declare. Ib. V, 1 והיא כוֹתֶבֶתוכ׳ and she may write (a receipt), I have received Pes.50b כּוֹתְבֵי ספריםוכ׳ copyists of sacred books, or Tfillin B. Bath.14b משה כ׳ ספרווכ׳ Moses is the author of his book, the chapter of Balaam, and the Book of Job; a. v. fr.Part. pass. כָּתוּב, f. כְּתוּבָה; pl. כְּתוּבִים, כְּתוּבִין; כְּתוּבוֹת. Meg.31a דבר זה כ׳ בתורהוכ׳ this is written in the Law, and repeated in the Prophets Ib. 7a כבר כ׳ אניוכ׳ I am already recorded in the chronicles of Y.Shek.VI, 49d bot. כיצד היו הלוחות כ׳ how was the writing on the tablets arranged?Gitt.54b כלס״ת … כ׳ לשמן any scroll of the Law in which the Divine names are not written with full consciousness, v. שֵׁם; a. fr.V. כָּתוּב. Nif. נִכְתָּב to be written, be reduced to writing; to be written upon. Meg.I, 8 הספרים נִכְתָּבִים בכל לשון the Biblical books may be written in (translated into) any language (v. ib. 9a); ib. לא התירו שיִכָּתְבוּוכ׳ they permitted them to be translated only into Greek. Ib. 7a נאמרה לִיכָּתֵב was indited (by the divine spirit) for the purpose of being written (as a book); Yoma 29a נתנה ליכתב (some ed. לִכְתּוֹב); a. v. fr. Hif. הִכְתִּיב 1) to cause to be written or recorded, to dictate, indite. Gen. R. s. 22 כבר הִכְתַּבְתִּי לךוכ׳ I have already ordered to be written in the Law Ruth R. to II, 14 אילו היה ראובן יודע שהק״בה מַכְתִּיב עליווכ׳ if R. had known that the Lord would cause to be written about him (Gen. 37:21) ; a. fr.Lev. R. s. 24 ג׳ פרשיותה׳ לנווכ׳ (Pesik. R. s. 15; Yalk. Ex. 307 כתכ) there are three sections that Moses indited for us in the Law. 2) to consign, enlist in the army, levy. Ex. R. s. 15 (מלך) ב״וד מַכְתִּיב לווכ׳ a human king levies soldiers for himself, strong ; Tanḥ. Hayé 3 מסביב (corr. acc.). Cant. R. to II, 8, a. e. מַכְתֶּבֶת, v. טִירוֹנְיָא.Part. pass, מוּכְתָּב recorded; levied. Kidd.IV, 5, v. אִסְטְרַטְיָא II.Tosef.B. Bath.IV, 7; B. Bath.92b; Keth.58a מ׳ למלכות levied for royal service (comment.: sentenced to death); Kidd.11a נִכְתָּב.Gen. R. s. 89 (Yalk. ib. 147 כתיב), v. סַקְרָרִין. -
3 יתר
יָתַר(b. h.; cmp. אשר, עתר) ( to be strong; denom. יֶתֶר cord, v. יִתְרָא I, to be rich, plentiful. Nif. נוֹתָר to be left over.Part. נוֹתָר m. portions of sacrifices left over beyond the legal time and bound to be burnt. Kerith. III, 4 והיה נ׳ מןוכ׳ and it was an overdue remnant of sacrifices. Ib. I, 1 דם נ׳ blood of overdue sacrifices. Meil.I, 3, a. fr. משום נ׳ as coining under the law of nothar; a. v. fr.Pl. נוֹתָרִים, נוֹתָרוֹת. Sifré Aḥăré Par. 5, ch. VII.Cant. R. to V, 14 כמה נ׳ how many laws about nothar. Num. R. s. 11 שלא לפסול … בנ׳ not to unfit any of the sacrifices by allowing them to become overdue. Hif. a) הוֹתִיר to leave over; to go beyond; to be more. Mekh. Bo s. 6 אםה׳ if he left a part of the Passover lamb over until morning. Sifra Tsav, Par. 7, ch. XII אםה׳ה׳ if he has left over, he has left over (and it may be eaten). Ib. אם הוֹתִירוּ כולו if they left the whole of it over (for the second day); a. fr.Ber.34b לא חסרתם ולא הוֹתַרְתֶּם you stated the time neither too early nor too late. B. Bath.VII, 2 ה׳ כל שהוא if it was somewhat more (than the stated measure).b) הִתִּיר (cmp. הִצִּיק fr. יָצַק), v. infra. Pi. יִיתֵּר (denom. of יָתֵר) to add; to do too much. Erub.13a שמא אתה … מְיַיתֵּר for if thou omit one letter or write one too many; Sot.20a תַּתִּיר Hif. (v. supra). Ex. R. s. 27; Tanḥ Yithro 4 his name was Jether (Jethro) שֶׁיִּ׳ פרשהוכ׳ because he gave rise to an additional chapter (about judges) in the Law; Mekh. ib., Amalek, s.1 שהוֹתִיר.Ib. שיי׳ במעשים טובים because he did more (than ordinary men, was liberal in) good deeds. Y.Keth.IV, end, 29b וייתר, v. יָתַר.Part. pass. מְיוּתָּר, pl. מְיוּתָּרִין added, superfluous. Koh. R. to V, 8 (ref. to ויתרון, ib.) דברים שתראה (ש)הן מי׳ לתורה (not בתורה) things which thou wouldst regard as additions to the Law. Ib. אפי׳ דברים … מי׳ בעולם even things in nature which thou wouldst believe to be superfluous (useless); Ex. R. s. 10; (Gen. R. s. 10 יְתֵירָה); a. e. Nittaf. נִתּוֹתַר to be left over. Yoma 46a איברי עולה שנִתּוֹתְרוּ parts of a burnt-offering which remained over (failed to be entirely burnt). Pes.59b כשנִיתּוֹתְרוּ when they were left over (unoffered). -
4 יָתַר
יָתַר(b. h.; cmp. אשר, עתר) ( to be strong; denom. יֶתֶר cord, v. יִתְרָא I, to be rich, plentiful. Nif. נוֹתָר to be left over.Part. נוֹתָר m. portions of sacrifices left over beyond the legal time and bound to be burnt. Kerith. III, 4 והיה נ׳ מןוכ׳ and it was an overdue remnant of sacrifices. Ib. I, 1 דם נ׳ blood of overdue sacrifices. Meil.I, 3, a. fr. משום נ׳ as coining under the law of nothar; a. v. fr.Pl. נוֹתָרִים, נוֹתָרוֹת. Sifré Aḥăré Par. 5, ch. VII.Cant. R. to V, 14 כמה נ׳ how many laws about nothar. Num. R. s. 11 שלא לפסול … בנ׳ not to unfit any of the sacrifices by allowing them to become overdue. Hif. a) הוֹתִיר to leave over; to go beyond; to be more. Mekh. Bo s. 6 אםה׳ if he left a part of the Passover lamb over until morning. Sifra Tsav, Par. 7, ch. XII אםה׳ה׳ if he has left over, he has left over (and it may be eaten). Ib. אם הוֹתִירוּ כולו if they left the whole of it over (for the second day); a. fr.Ber.34b לא חסרתם ולא הוֹתַרְתֶּם you stated the time neither too early nor too late. B. Bath.VII, 2 ה׳ כל שהוא if it was somewhat more (than the stated measure).b) הִתִּיר (cmp. הִצִּיק fr. יָצַק), v. infra. Pi. יִיתֵּר (denom. of יָתֵר) to add; to do too much. Erub.13a שמא אתה … מְיַיתֵּר for if thou omit one letter or write one too many; Sot.20a תַּתִּיר Hif. (v. supra). Ex. R. s. 27; Tanḥ Yithro 4 his name was Jether (Jethro) שֶׁיִּ׳ פרשהוכ׳ because he gave rise to an additional chapter (about judges) in the Law; Mekh. ib., Amalek, s.1 שהוֹתִיר.Ib. שיי׳ במעשים טובים because he did more (than ordinary men, was liberal in) good deeds. Y.Keth.IV, end, 29b וייתר, v. יָתַר.Part. pass. מְיוּתָּר, pl. מְיוּתָּרִין added, superfluous. Koh. R. to V, 8 (ref. to ויתרון, ib.) דברים שתראה (ש)הן מי׳ לתורה (not בתורה) things which thou wouldst regard as additions to the Law. Ib. אפי׳ דברים … מי׳ בעולם even things in nature which thou wouldst believe to be superfluous (useless); Ex. R. s. 10; (Gen. R. s. 10 יְתֵירָה); a. e. Nittaf. נִתּוֹתַר to be left over. Yoma 46a איברי עולה שנִתּוֹתְרוּ parts of a burnt-offering which remained over (failed to be entirely burnt). Pes.59b כשנִיתּוֹתְרוּ when they were left over (unoffered). -
5 לא מי יודע מה
nothing to write home about, nothing much -
6 לא משהו
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7 יעל
יָעַל (b. h.; cmp. עָלָה) to go up. Hif. הוֹעִיל to bring up, effect; to profit, accomplish. Y.Sot.VIII, 21c ולא הוֹעַלְתֶּם לעצמיכם כלום and you have profited nothing for yourselves; (Snh.90b העליתם בידכם); v. זוּף I. Erub.24b לחי מוֹעִילוכ׳ a post helps (has the effect of making the moving about on the Sabbath permitted) for all vineyard paths. Ib. 25a ה׳ it does good (it serves its purpose). Yoma 47a ולא הוֹעִילוּ and did not succeed (in obtaining distinction). Meg.6a אינו מועילוכ׳ will not succeed in business. Keth.10a מה הועילו חכמיםוכ׳ what have the scholars accomplished with their measure?; Gitt.17b, sq. Ib. 32b (if one said) גט זה לא יועיל this letter of divorce shall have no effect, contrad. to אינו מועיל has no effect. Ib. 57b תפלה שמוֹעֶלֶת a prayer which was efficacious. Ib. 65b (if he said, Write ye a letter of divorce and) הוֹעִילוּ לה make it of avail to her. B. Bath. 100a אין הילוך מוֹעִיל walking through the field (as a symbol of possession) has no legal effect. Ḥull.70b; a. fr. -
8 סרג
סָרַג(b. h. שָׂרַג; Saf. of אָרַג), Pi. סֵירֵג (to interlace, plait, to strap (in zig-zag); to girth. Kel. XVI, 1 משיְסָרֵג בהוכ׳ from the time he made three meshes of girthing. Tosef. ib. B. Bath.I, 12 סֵירְגֹו במשיחיתוכ׳ if he strapped it (the disjointed frame) with cords Ib. B. Mets.IX, 4 (read:) שהוא מְסָרֵג בו את המטה with which one girths the bedstead. M. Kat. I, 8 ומסָרְגִין את המטות you may girth the bedsteads (during the festive week). Y.Ber.III, beg.5d, a. e. כל שמסרגין עלוכ׳ a bedstead on which the girths are drawn on top is called miṭṭah, when drawn beneath, dargesh; Ned.56b (v. אַבְקָתָא); a. fr.Trnsf. a) to unite, combine. Gen. R. s. 85 (ref. to the chronological disorder in the Book of Daniel, in going from Belshazzar (ch. 5) to Darius (ch. 6), again to the first year of B. (ch. 7), and to the third year of B. (ch. 8) unite כדי לסָרֵג עלוכ׳ in order to combine the entire section as one written in the spirit of holiness; Yalk. ib. 144; Yalk. Dan. 1063 לִסְרֹוג (perh. to be read לסָרֵיג).b) to make a partition by means of net-work, like lattices Tosef.Men. X, 23 ומסרגין שם כנגדוכ׳ and there they fence in an area of about three Sah.Part. pass. מְסֹורָג. Ber.57b, v. next w. 2) to do a thing in a manner in which straps are drawn in bedsteads, i. e. in zig-zag; to skip. Tosef.Nidd.IX, 3 סֵירְגָה להוכ׳ if she skipped four days (beyond the ordinary period of menstruation); Nidd.64a סירגה ליוםוכ׳ if she skipped (from the twenty-first) to the twenty-fourth day. Y.Gitt.VII, 48c bot. ובלבד במְסָרְגִין לו provided they put cross-questions to him alternately (one question to which a positive, and one to which a negative answer are expected, so as to test his sanity).Part. pass. מְסֹורָג; f. מְסֹורֶגֶת; pl. מְסֹורָגִים, מְסֹורָגִין; מְסֹורָגֹות. Mekh. Yithro, Baḥod. s. 6 (read as;) Yalk. Ex. 292 (ref. to Ex. 20:5) בזמן שהן אינן מסורגין או בזמן שהן מס׳ (not מסרגין) are the sins of the fathers visited upon the children when the succession is uninterrupted, or even when interrupted (by a good generation)? Y.Snh.I, 19c bot. מס׳ עלו the differently marked ballots came up alternately. Tosef.Nidd.IX, 13, v. סֵירוּג.Trnsf. a) to write in broken lines (leaving a vacant space in the middle of the line); to spread. Treat. Sofrim I, 11 מְסָרְגֹווכ׳ he spreads the writing so as to make a small column of it.Part. pass. as ab. Ib. 10 רצוף שעשאו מס׳ או מס׳וכ׳ if he wrote in broken lines what is to be written in continuous lines or vice versa; או שעשה המס׳ שלא כהלכתו or if he did the spreading not in accordance with the rule.b) to trace cross-lines on stone, to carve designs. Pesik. ‘Ăniya, p. 137a> מְסָרְגִין בו carving it; Yalk. Is. 339 (omitted in Pesik. R. s. 3 2); v. סָתַת.V. סִירוּג. Hithpa. הִסְתָּרֵג to be provided with girths, be strapped. Ned.56b אי מטה מִסְתָּרֶגֶת על גבה if it be, that miṭṭah is a couch, the straps of which are drawn over the frame -
9 סָרַג
סָרַג(b. h. שָׂרַג; Saf. of אָרַג), Pi. סֵירֵג (to interlace, plait, to strap (in zig-zag); to girth. Kel. XVI, 1 משיְסָרֵג בהוכ׳ from the time he made three meshes of girthing. Tosef. ib. B. Bath.I, 12 סֵירְגֹו במשיחיתוכ׳ if he strapped it (the disjointed frame) with cords Ib. B. Mets.IX, 4 (read:) שהוא מְסָרֵג בו את המטה with which one girths the bedstead. M. Kat. I, 8 ומסָרְגִין את המטות you may girth the bedsteads (during the festive week). Y.Ber.III, beg.5d, a. e. כל שמסרגין עלוכ׳ a bedstead on which the girths are drawn on top is called miṭṭah, when drawn beneath, dargesh; Ned.56b (v. אַבְקָתָא); a. fr.Trnsf. a) to unite, combine. Gen. R. s. 85 (ref. to the chronological disorder in the Book of Daniel, in going from Belshazzar (ch. 5) to Darius (ch. 6), again to the first year of B. (ch. 7), and to the third year of B. (ch. 8) unite כדי לסָרֵג עלוכ׳ in order to combine the entire section as one written in the spirit of holiness; Yalk. ib. 144; Yalk. Dan. 1063 לִסְרֹוג (perh. to be read לסָרֵיג).b) to make a partition by means of net-work, like lattices Tosef.Men. X, 23 ומסרגין שם כנגדוכ׳ and there they fence in an area of about three Sah.Part. pass. מְסֹורָג. Ber.57b, v. next w. 2) to do a thing in a manner in which straps are drawn in bedsteads, i. e. in zig-zag; to skip. Tosef.Nidd.IX, 3 סֵירְגָה להוכ׳ if she skipped four days (beyond the ordinary period of menstruation); Nidd.64a סירגה ליוםוכ׳ if she skipped (from the twenty-first) to the twenty-fourth day. Y.Gitt.VII, 48c bot. ובלבד במְסָרְגִין לו provided they put cross-questions to him alternately (one question to which a positive, and one to which a negative answer are expected, so as to test his sanity).Part. pass. מְסֹורָג; f. מְסֹורֶגֶת; pl. מְסֹורָגִים, מְסֹורָגִין; מְסֹורָגֹות. Mekh. Yithro, Baḥod. s. 6 (read as;) Yalk. Ex. 292 (ref. to Ex. 20:5) בזמן שהן אינן מסורגין או בזמן שהן מס׳ (not מסרגין) are the sins of the fathers visited upon the children when the succession is uninterrupted, or even when interrupted (by a good generation)? Y.Snh.I, 19c bot. מס׳ עלו the differently marked ballots came up alternately. Tosef.Nidd.IX, 13, v. סֵירוּג.Trnsf. a) to write in broken lines (leaving a vacant space in the middle of the line); to spread. Treat. Sofrim I, 11 מְסָרְגֹווכ׳ he spreads the writing so as to make a small column of it.Part. pass. as ab. Ib. 10 רצוף שעשאו מס׳ או מס׳וכ׳ if he wrote in broken lines what is to be written in continuous lines or vice versa; או שעשה המס׳ שלא כהלכתו or if he did the spreading not in accordance with the rule.b) to trace cross-lines on stone, to carve designs. Pesik. ‘Ăniya, p. 137a> מְסָרְגִין בו carving it; Yalk. Is. 339 (omitted in Pesik. R. s. 3 2); v. סָתַת.V. סִירוּג. Hithpa. הִסְתָּרֵג to be provided with girths, be strapped. Ned.56b אי מטה מִסְתָּרֶגֶת על גבה if it be, that miṭṭah is a couch, the straps of which are drawn over the frame
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