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 pr. n. m. Abnimos, Nimos, a gentile philosopher, friend of R. Meïr [prob. identical with the cynic philosopher Oenomaus of Gadara]. Gen. R. s. 65; a. e.. Ḥag. 15$b$.

Targ. Y. II Deut. XIV, 18, read with Y. I, v..

f. understanding, speculation. Meg. 24$b$ (Ms. M. ) it depends on the speculative faculty (not on the physical sight). Ab. Zar. 28$b$ (Ms. M., cmp. Tosaf. a. l.) an affection of the eye-sight is connected with (has influence on) the mental faculties; (oth. opin., cmp. , the fat surrounding the heart).

(b. h.; √, cmp. ) to stuff; to fatten, feed (act. a. neut.) B. Mets 86$b$ (expl. ăbusim, I Kings V, 3) ) which people fatten with force. Ib. that stand feeding as they please. Sabb. XXIV, 3 (155$b$)  you must not (on the Sabbath) stuff the camel; expl. ib. you must not make  a manger of her stomach (fill up to swelling); a. fr.—Part. pass.  (=). Meg. 9$a$, a. e. (one of the changes said to have been made by the authors of the Septuag.).

unbewitched! may no harm befall you! Y. Ab. Zar. I, end, 40$b$ he did not say abascanta, but etc. Y. Ber. IV, 13$c$ top (corr. acc.).

v..

m. pl. blains, pustules. Targ. O. Ex. IX, 9 (Var. f. pl.).

, v..

f. search, begging, the appearance of the poor for their share in the crop. Pl. . Peah IV, 5 (Y. ed. IV, 3 ) three times a day the poor would come (cmp. etym. Y. ib. 18$b$ top). [Oth. comment. ref. to etym. in Y. l. c. a. Targ. Obad. v. 6: "the owner appears" &c.]

m. (=, cmp. ) tin. Targ. O. Num. XXXI, 22.

m. (b. h.; v., cmp. ), (thick, whirling) dust, powder. Sabb. III, 3 the (heated) sand on the roads. Ḥull. 91$a$. Cant. R. to III, 6; a. fr.— the refuse of writing material, or the colored sand strewn over the writing. Sabb. XII, 5 if one writes (on the Sabb.) with a fluid or sap of fruits (instead of ink), or in the sand on roads or in the writer's powder.—Trnsf. (cmp. ) connection, something akin to, shade of, as a shade of slander;  a shade of usury;  an agricultural occupation indirectly related to those forbidden in the Sabbath year; v. infr.-Pl. . Tosef. Ab. Zar. I, 10 in (ed. Zuck. ) the word abak in its figur. sense is applied to four things; cmp. B. Bath. 165$a$; B. Mets, 61$b$; 67$a$; Succ. 40$b$.

Pi. , (denom. of foreg.) to cover with powder, esp. plants, for fertilizing.. Shebi. II, 2 (cmp. Y. Gem. a. l.). M. Kat. 3$a$. Y. Sabb. VII, 10$a$ top.—Part. pass., powdered. Y. Bicc. I, 63$d$ bot. (read ) grapes fertilized with powder. [Ar. "to remove the dust"(?)]

Hithpa. a. Nithpa. ,, to be covered, or cover one's self with dust. Gen. R. s. 43.—Metaph. to sit at one's feet as a disciple. Aboth. I, 4.

(√,, cmp. , ) 1) to entangle, twist, twine. Men. 42$a$ (perh. Pa.) he twined (the show-fringes) with loops.—2) (neut. v.) to be attached to, cling to (idolatry etc.). Snh. 64$a$; Ab. Zar. 14$b$. Ib. 17$a$ he was very deeply attached to sensuality.

ch.=h. . Targ. Ex. IX, 9; a. e.

Tosef. Mikv. V, 7, read.

v. ch.

v. h.

f. (b. h.; v. ) spices, spice-box. Fig. (peddlar's spice-box) a great scholar. Cant. R. to III, 6 end.

pr. n. m. Eucolus, father of R. Zechariah. Git. 56$a$; Lam. R. to IV, 2. Tosef. Sabb. XVI (XVII), 6 (Var., ). Cmp. .

Men. 33$a$, read , v. next w.

f. pl. loops, leather rings, on bedsteads for the reception of cords; in door cases, for hanging doors in. Ned. 56$b$; Snh. 20$b$. a couch is called dargesh, when it is carried in and out (to be put up and taken apart) by means of loops (through which the cords are fastened); opp. mittah, v. .—Men. 33$a$, Erub. 11$b$ ed. (Ms. M., v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note), explain. 'an indication of hinges'.—Macc. 23$a$ (loops in the punishing scourge).

or Hif. , v..

(√, v. ; cmp., ) to be bent, pressed, thick.

Pi. , 1) to strengthen, harden (cmp. ). Snh. 109$b$ (play on Abiram, Num. XVI, 1) Ms. M. (Rashi, ed. ) he hardened his heart against repentance.— 2) (denom. of ) to measure wings, to define city limits, for Sabbath distances, in cases of wing-like projections beyond the line. Erub. V, 1 (accord. to Rab's spelling, while Sam. read, v. Y. ib. 22$b$, Bab. ib. 53$a$) how do we measure outskirts of a city in order to draw the Sabbath line?; v. etymol. definit. Y. a. Babl. 11. cc. a. Y. Ber. VII, 12$c$ top.—3) (b. h. Hif.) to soar, take wings. Gen. R. s. 42 (play on Shemeber, Gen. XIV, 2) Ar. s. v.  (ed. ) he took wings to fly and obtain wealth.