בְּאֵר לַחַי רֹאִי

בָּאַר

• (√בא, v. בֹּוא)
• 1. to break forth, come to light. Denom. בְּאֵר; cmp. טוּף.
• 2. to be open, clear. —Pi. בֵּאֵר (b. h.) to proclaim (cmp. Deut. I, 5), to explain; to make clear (to one’s self), to understand clearly. Y. M. Kat. III, 83ᵇ top לבָאֵר משנתו to explain (argue on) what he has learned. Koh. R. to VI, 9 better is he שהוא מְבָאֵר משנתו וכ׳ who dwells on his studies to make them clear to himself, than he who learns to recite fluently.—Part. pass. מְבֹאָר proven, clear. Yad. III, 1 מ׳ הדבר (Talm. ed. מ׳ את הד׳) from this fact it is proven. e.g. Deuteronomy 1:5

בְּאַר

• Pa. בָּאֵר same. Y. M. Kat. III, 83ᵇ top לא חכמין מְבָאֲרָה know not how to make clear (argue).

בְּאֵר

• preced.) well, spring. Gen. R. s. 93; a. fr.—Erub. X, 14 (104ᵃ; 104ᵇ), v. הָקֵר. Taan. 9ᵃ ב׳ בזכות מרים the well in the desert was given to the Israelites for Miriam’s sake; a. fr.—Transf. origin. Y. Sot. II, 18ᵃ (play on בוראיך, Koh. XII, 1) remember בְּאֵירְךָ וכ׳ thy well (whence thou camest), thy pit (grave), thy Creator; Lev. R. s. 18, beg.—Pl. בְּאֵרוֹת. Y. Erub. II, beg. 20ᵃ ב׳ הקר, v. הָקֵר. V. בּוֹר II. e.g. Ecclesiastes 12:1

חַי

• 1. living, alive; living creature; healthy. Ber. 27ᵇ אלמלא אני חי והוא מת יכול החי וכ׳ if I were alive and he dead, the living one might give the lie to the dead. Ib. V, 5 זה חי this one is destined to live (recover). Sabb. 94ᵃ, a. e. החי נושא את עצמו a living being carries itself (the carrying of a living being on the Sabbath is not unlawful). Ib. X, 5 את החי במטה (he who carries) a living person on a couch; a. v. fr.—אבר מן החי, v. אֵבֶר.—Pl. חַיִּים, חַיִּין. Ab. IV, 22 והח׳ לידון and the living are destined to be judged. Sabb. 94ᵃ בין ח׳ ובין שחוטין whether alive or slaughtered; a. fr.—Ab. Zar. 5ᵇ (ref. to החי, Gen. VI, 19) שחיין ראשי וכ׳ the ends of whose limbs live (exist). e.g. Genesis 6:19
• 2. in natural condition, raw (opp. בשול); unmixed (opp. מָזוּג). Snh. 70ᵃ בשר חי raw meat, יין חי unmixed wine. Ab. Zar. 38ᵃ, a. fr. הנאכל כמות שהוא חי what is eatable in its natural state; a. fr.—Fem. חַיָּה. Ḥull. 42ᵃ (ref. to Lev. XI, 2) ח׳ אכול וכ׳ what is in a healthy condition (viable), you may eat, v. טְרֵפָה. [V. חַיָּה.] e.g. Leviticus 11:2

חַי ²

• Targ. Gen. IX, 3; a. fr.—Targ. Ex. XII, 9 כד חי (half-)raw; a. fr.—Sabb. 18ᵇ קרא חייא raw cabbage.—Midr. Till. to Ps. XXII, 7 [read:] חשיך חי דבעי למיתא luckless in the living one that is dependent on the dead; Yalk. ib. 686; a. fr.—Pl. חַיִּין, חַיַּיָּא, חַיֵּי. Targ. Ps. XXXVIII, 20. Targ. Num. XVII, 13; a. fr.—Snh. 98ᵇ אי מן ח׳ הוא if he is one of the living (the present age); Y. Ber. II, 5ᵃ top; a. fr.—Fem. חַיָּיא, חַיָּא, חַיְּתָא, חַיְּי׳. Targ. Gen. I, 20. Targ. Y. ib. XXXVII, 2; a. e.—Sabb. 18ᵇ קדרא ח׳ a raw dish.—Pl. חַיָּיתָא, חַיָּין. Targ. Y. Gen. I, 21; a. fr.—Targ. Y. II, Ex. I, 19 (strong).—[B. Kam. 38ᵇ דהוה חַיָּה (h. form.) that she would have lived.

לוֹחָא

• (= לוֹעָא; v. לְחִי)
• 1. jaw, cheek. Y. R. Hash. I, 58ᵇ top לוֹחָיךְ, v. יַפַּח.—Pl. לוֹחַיָּא. Targ. Y. Deut. XVIII, 3.
• 2. fish-hook. — Pl. לוֹחֵי, לֹחֵי. Sabb. 18ᵃ לוחי וקוקרי Ms. O. a. Ar. (ed. לחי) hooks (fish-lines) and traps of little joists; Gitt. 61ᵃ top.

לֶחִי I

• (b. h.) pr. n. pl. Leḥi (v. next w). Gen. R. s. 98. (ref. to Jud. XV, 19) המקום ההוא שמו ל׳ the name of the place was L. e.g. Judges 15:19

לֶחִי II

• [joint,]
• 1. jaw. Tanḥ. Ki Thissa 18 לוחות שיגיעתן בל׳ the tablets are called luḥoth, because they must be studied with weariness of the leḥi (jaw).—Du. לְחָיַיִם. Erub. 54ᵃ (play on לחת, Ex. XXXI, 18) אם משים אדם לְחָיָיו כאבן וכ׳ Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) if one will make his jaws as (untiring in repeating lessons as) a stone &c. Cant. R. to IV, 15; ib. to V, 12 (ref. to ib. 13) זה מלחים … עד שתהא הלכה יוצאה כמין ל׳ one scholar inserts one thing, another another thing, until the halakhah (decision) comes forth like jaws (well adjusted). Sabb. 57ᵇ (expl. סרביטין, ib. VI, 1) המגיעין לה עד לְחָיֶיהָ ed. (Ms. M. המגיעין עד הלחיים) ornaments of the head which hang down so as to reach her cheeks. Y. Taan. IV, 68ᵈ bot.; Lam. R. to II, 2 יעלו עשבים בלְחָיֶיךָ וכ׳ grass will grow through thy jaws (thou shalt be dead and buried), and the son of David shall not yet have appeared. Tosef. Ohol. I, 6 והלְחָיַיִן עמהן (ed. Zuck. והלחי) and the jaw-bones count among them. Ḥull. X, 1; a. fr. e.g. Exodus 31:18
• 2. various objects resembling a jaw, or attached to another object; a) that part of the bridle which encompasses the jaw. Kel. XI, 5.—b) the cheek-pieces of a casque. Ib. 8 (v. Maim. comment. ed. Dehr.).—c) inserted sticks, with which the plough is guided. Ib. XXI, 2.—Esp.
• 3. leḥi, a stake fastened in the ground by the side of a wall, serving as a mark or as a fictitious partition (enclosure) for the purpose of enabling the inmates of an alley to move objects, on the Sabbath, within the space thus enclosed (v. עֵירוּב). Erub. 12ᵇ ל׳ משום מחיצה a leḥi is to serve the place of a partition (palisade), contrad. to משום היכר a mark to distinguish the alley from the public road. Ib. I, 2 הכשר מבוי … ל׳ וקורה the means of fitting an alley for movements on the Sabbath … are a stake and a beam on top; ר׳ אל׳ אומר לְחָיַיִן R. E. says two stakes. Ib. 6 לחיין שאמרו וכ׳ the stakes about which they speak must be ten hand-breadths high &c. Ib. 15ᵃ ל׳ העומד מאליו … הוי ל׳ a pole put up accidentally (not with the intention of making it a Sabbath mark) … serves the ritual purposes of a leḥi. Ib. 12ᵇ הִכְשִׁירוֹ בל׳ if the alley has been made available for Sabbath movements by means of a leḥi; a. v. fr.

ראי

• (b. h.) [to meet with,]
• 1. to see. Ber. IX, 1 הרואֶה מקום וכ׳ he who sees (comes to) a place &c. Ib. 56ᵇ הרואה נהר בחלום he who sees a river in his dream. B. Bath. 82ᵃ כל שרואה פני חמה, v. גֶּזַע. Gen. R. s. 56 רוֹאִים אתם … רואה do you see what I see? Ex. R. s. 3 אתה רואה ראייה אחת וכ׳ thou seest only one vision, but I see two; אתה רואה אותן באין וכ׳ thou seest them come to Sinai and receive my Law, but I see &c. B. Mets. 73ᵇ רָאִיתָ שאינו וכ׳ if thou observest that he does not conduct himself properly; a. v. fr.—Snh. 52ᵃ הֵנִרְאֶה מי וכ׳ (Ms. M. הֵא נראה) well, we shall see which &c., v. קָבַר. Sabb. 150ᵃ לא יאמר … הנראה שתעמור וכ׳ one must not say to one’s neighbor (on the Sabbath), well, we shall see (I am confident) that you will be with me in the evening (for business); Ab. Zar. 7ᵃ (Tosaf. = הֲנִרְאֶה בעיניך, Nif. is it pleasing to thee?); Tosef. Sabb. XVII (XVIII), 11 נראה ed. Zuck. (Var. הנ׳). Sifré Num. 84 הנראה שתגיע עמנו וכ׳ be sure to arrive with (meet) us at &c. Ib. הנ׳ שתעמידני וכ׳ be sure to wake me up, for I &c.—ר׳ דם, ר׳ קרי &c. to have an attack, be affected with. Yeb. 76ᵃ לא ר׳ קרי מימיו he never had a nightly pollution. Zab. I, 1 ר׳ אחת … ובשלישי ר׳ שתים (sub. זיבה) if he felt one attack of gonorrhœa …, and on the third day he had two attacks. Ber. III, 6 רָאֲתָה נדה (sub. דם) felt menstruation. Ib. 26ᵃ ר׳ זיבה felt a flux; a. fr.
• 2. to reflect; to reason; to consider. B. Bath. 83ᵃ רוֹאִין … כאילו וכ׳ we consider the central vine-trees as if not existing. Erub. I, 5 רואין אותה … מתכת we consider it (the cross-piece of straw or reeds) as if it were of metal; עקומה רואין וכ׳ if it is curved, we consider it as if it were straight. Gen. R. l. c. הוי רואה דמיו וכ׳ look upon the blood of this ram, as if it were the blood of &c.; a. v. fr.—מה ר׳ what did he see?, what was the reason; in gen. why? B. Bath. 123ᵃ מה ר׳ יעקב שנטל וכ׳ what reason had Jacob to take the birthright from Reuben? Pes. 53ᵇ מה רָאוּ … שמסרו וכ׳ what did Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah have in mind (how did they reason) when they were ready to give up their lives &c.? Sifré Deut. 307 מה ראו … שנשטפו וכ׳ why were the men of the flood drowned &c.?; a. fr.
• 3. to see the reason of, to like, choose, prefer, approve of. Keth. XIII, 3, sq. רואה אני את רברי וכ׳ I like the opinion of Admon. Ib. 109ᵃ כל מקום שאמר … רואח אני וכ׳ wherever R. G. said, I like &c., that opinion is the adopted rule. Ab. II, 7 רואה אני … מדבריכם I prefer what El. … said to what you said; a. fr.—Part. pass. רָאוּי; f. רְאוּיָה; pl. רְאוּיִים, רְאוּיִין; רְאוּיוֹת chosen, selected; designated, predestined; fit, worthy, adapted (v. חֲזִי). Bekh. 59ᵇ, a. e. מנין הר׳, v. מִנְיָן. Ḥull. 83ᵇ, a. fr. כל הר׳ לבילה whatever is capable of being mixed, v. בִּילָה. Nidd. VI, 4 כל הר׳ לדון וכ׳ whoever is fit (authorized) to give judgment in a criminal court, is fit &c. Sabb. 89ᵇ ר׳ היה יעקב וכ׳ Jacob was destined to go down to Egypt in iron chains, but his merits were the cause (that no such force was used). Snh. 107ᵃ ר׳ היתה וכ׳ Bathsheba … was predestined (as wife) for David, only he anticipated fate, v. פַּגָּה. Ber. 4ᵃ ר׳ היו ישראל ליעשות וכ׳ it had been intended that a miracle be performed for the Israelites in Ezra’s days, as it has been in Joshua’s time, but sin was the cause (that it was not done). Nidd. 60ᵃ ר׳ לראות fit (old enough) to have menstruation; a. v. fr.
  • 1. to be seen, be visible; to appear; to seem. Gen. R. s. 48 נִרְאִין כאוכלין וכ׳ they had the appearance of eating, one course after the other being removed. Pesik. R. s. 21 בפנים הרבה נ׳ להם וכ׳ the Lord appeared to them at Sinai with various expressions of countenance. Pesik. Vayhi, p. 5ᵃ קרסי זהב נראין … הנראין וכ׳, v. קֶרֶס. Ḥag. 2ᵃ; Snh. 4ᵇ, a. e. (ref. to יראה, Ex. XXIII, 17) יִרְאֶה יֵרָאֶה … לִרְאוֹת … לֵירָאוֹת you may read it yireh (he shall see, the Lord) or yeraëh (he shall be seen): as He comes to see, so does He come to be seen (i.e. he that is blind in one eye is exempt from visiting the Temple. Ḥag. 5ᵇ הנראין ואינן רואין … הרואים יאינן נראין, v. קָבַל I, Hif.—Pes. 53ᵃ שנ׳ כמקדיש וכ׳ it looks as if he dedicated his animal as a sacrifice, and were to eat sacred meat outside of the Temple. Ab. II, 3 נראין כאוהבין וכ׳ they appear to be friends as long as it profits them; a. v. fr. e.g. Exodus 23:17
  • 2. to become fit, be fit. Yoma 64ᵃ, v. דָּחָה. Succ. 33ᵇ נ׳ ונדחה חוזר ונ׳ what had been fit at one time of the Holy Day, and was discarded (on account of a temporary unfitness), may again become fit (for use on the same day); a. e.
  • 3. to be liked, approved of; to appear reasonable. Ḥull. 108ᵇ נ׳ דברי וכ׳ R. Judah’s opinion is acceptable in the event that no stirring has taken place. Ib. 109ᵃ נ׳ דברי ר׳ י׳ בהא … בהא R. Judah’s opinion is acceptable in such a case, and that of the scholars in such a case. Ber. 33ᵇ ר׳ חייא … נראין R. Ḥ. bar Abba reported Rabbi to have said nirin (it seems acceptable), contrad. to מטין a. מודים; Erub. 46ᵇ; a. fr.
  • to cause to see; to show. Pesik. Shek., p. 19ᵃ (ref. to Ex. XXX, 13) כמין מטבע … והֶרְאֵהוּ למשה וכ׳ the Lord took a sort of a coin of fire from under his throne of glory and showed it to Moses, saying, ‘this they shall give’, like this &c. Ib. p. 18ᵇ הקטנה ה׳ לדוד וכ׳ he (Joab) produced before David the smaller census, the larger he did not. Kidd. 48ᵇ; B. Bath. 165ᵃ, a. e. מרְאֶה מקום הוא לו he merely indicated the place to him, v. קְפֵידָא. Ber. 55ᵇ מראין לו חלום טוב is shown a good dream (vision). Ib. הֶרְאוּהוּ חלומו וכ׳ was shown his own dream and the interpretation of his fellow prisoner’s dream. Ab. Zar. 5ᵃ ה׳ לו הקב"ה לאדם דור וכ׳ the Lord allowed Adam to see each coming generation and its preachers &c. Taan. 10ᵇ אל תַּרְאוּ עצמכם וכ׳, v. שָׂבֵעַ I; a. v. fr.—ה׳ פנים a) [to show a (friendly) face,] to visit the mourner. Y. M. Kat. III, 82ᵇ מפני … להַרְאוֹת וכ׳ why is it recommended to visit the mourner (on the Sabbath, when no other mourning ceremonies are otherwise observed)? Ib. 83ᵃ bot. אין מראין וכ׳ a mourner is not visited on New Year’s Day &c. Gen. R. s. 100; a. e.—b) to enlighten, convince by clear argument. Snh. 93ᵇ (ref. to איש תאר, I Sam. XVI, 18) שמראה פנים בהלכה he makes faces shine when he argues; Num. R. s. 13; (Ruth R. to II, 1; Yalk. Sam. 125 שמאיר); a. e. e.g. Exodus 30:13
  • to be shown. Y. M. Kat. III, 82ᶜ top אם הוּרְאוּ לו רוב פנים if most of the faces have been shown him, i.e. if the majority of comforters have been to see him (v. supra).
  • to show one’s self. Taan. 10ᵇ שכח … אל יִתְרָאֶה בפני הצבור if he forgot and ate and drank (in a place where a fast is held), he must not show himself before the people.

רֳאִי I

• preced.)
• 1. sight. Tosef. Hor. II, 5; Gitt. 58ᵃ תינוק … יפה עינים וטוב ר׳ there is a boy in prison … ‘fair of eyes and goodly to look upon’ (I Sam. XVI, 12). Lev. R. s. 20, beg. (ref. to I Sam. l. c.) טוב ר׳ בהלכה וכ׳ ‘goodly to look upon’ in legal decision; whoever looked up to him recalled what he had learned. e.g. 1 Samuel 16:12
• 2. (v. הֲרֵי I) aspect, nature of a case. B. Kam. 3ᵇ sq. לא ר׳ הקרן … כר׳ השן וכ׳ the case of goring, when nobody is benefited by the damage done, is not analogous to the case of damage by the tooth &c. Zeb. 5ᵃ לא ר׳ זה כר׳ זה … הצד השוה וכ׳ the nature of this (the burnt-offering) is not analogous to the nature of that (the guilt-offering): what is common to both is that &c.; Kidd. 21ᵃ; a. fr.

רֳאִי II

• (v. Rashi to Nah. III, 6) = רְעִי II, excrement, discharge from the bowels. Sifra M’tsorʿa, Zabim, Par. 1; Makhsh. VI, 7.—[Sabb. XX, 4 (140ᵇ) מפני הר׳, Mish. Nap. a. Pes., v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 90, v. רְעִי I.]—בית ר׳ digestive organ, crop, maw. Sifra Vayikra, N’dab., Par. 7, ch. IX מה אם … את בית הר׳ וכ׳ where the Scripture permits the use of the digestive organ (the maw of ruminants) &c.; כאן שפסל בית הר׳ וכ׳ here (in the case of fowls) where the Scripture rejects the digestive organ (the crop) &c.—[Kel. XVII, 2 בית הר׳ ed. Dehr., v. רְעִי II.] e.g. Nahum 3:6