A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature/צום - צוף
צום, צומא, ch. same. Targ. Joel II, 12. Targ. II Esth. III, 8. Targ. Zech. VII, 5 תעני צום a fast of affiction; a. fr. - Y. Hall. I, 57c top; Y. R. Hasb. I, 57b bot. חשין תמן יומין תרין רבה לצ׳ there (in Babylonia) were such as thought the Great Fast (Day of Atonement) should be observed two days (on account of the uncertainty of the calendar). Y. Ab. Zar. I, 39b bot. משכח ואת מחשב דאת. וכ׳ רבה צ׳ for if you make the calculation, you will find that the Day of Atonement would have been on a Sunday (which must not be); a. fr. -- Pl.צומיא,צומין, צומתא. Targ. Esth. IX, 31; Targ. II Esth. ib. צומתא (ed. bag. sing.). Ib. V, 1; a. e. - Y. Ned. VIII, 40d bot., v. גום; a. e.
צומוס, Tosef. Bekh. IV, 15 ed. Zuck., v. צומח.
צומות c. (צמת) (forced) meeting of tradesmen for public labors, taxation &c. Y. Peah I, 16a הוה . . חנותא צ׳ לון the storekeepers of . . . had a meeting (v. כותנאי). Ib. 15c bot. לטחונייא צמות אתת a summons for public work was issued to the millers; Y. Kidd. I, 61b bot. אאתא מצוותא (read ומותא); a. e.
צומח m. (צמח) [grown over, sub. אזנים,] a person withoutt (or with very small) auricles. Tosef. Bekh. IV, 15, expl.iib. 16 אזנים לו שאין כל צ׳ (ed. Zuuck. צומוס, corr. acc.) a tsummah is an animal which has no external ears; Bekh. VII, 4 (4a) צמע (Bab. ed. צגומע, Ar. צימח), expl. קטנות שאזניו. Ib. (in G'mara) צימע, a. צומע. -- [V. צימח.]
צומחתה f. (צמח) sprouting bulb, seed-onion. Y. Peah III, 17a bot. (expl. בצלים של אימהות; Mish. ib. 4) ושמואל צ׳ אמר Samuel says, it is what we call tsumahtah; v. פורגרה..
צומים, צומם m. (צמם, sub. אזנים) [tied up,] a person whose auricles are a shapeless mass (instead of being carved out). Tosef. Bekh. IV, 15 צומים, expl. ib. 16 צ׳ מגופפות שאזניו (ed. Zuck. וכ׳ שאזניה צומת, corr. acc. שאזניו), v. גפף; Bekh. VII, 4 (44a) צמם (Bab. ed. צומם; Ar. צימם), expl. לספוג דומות שאזניו whose auricles resemble a sponge. Ib. (in G'mara) צימם.
צומע, v. צומח.
צומצמאנ, v. צימצמאי.
צומת, v. preced. art.
צומת m. (צמת; cmp. צומות) juncture; הגידין צ׳ the bunch of converging sineaws in the thigh. Hull. IV, 6; expl. ib. 76a בו צומתין שהגידים מקום there where the sinews converge. Tosef. ib. III, 6; a. e.
צונין, v. אונן.
צוניתא, v. ציניתא.
צונם, צונמא m. (צנם) rock, fint; granite. Y. B. Bath. II, beg. 13b מותר בצ׳ against a neighbor's granite wall it is permitted;Tosef. ib. I, 4 7ובצונ (corr. acc.),contrad. to אבנים ordinary stones. Num. R. s. 16 אם . . הסתכלו וכ׳ צ׳ של observe their stones and pebbles, if they are granite-like, the fruits are fat; Tanh. Sh'lah 6. Nidd. 8b וכ׳ צ׳ (בה נמצא) if flint is found in breaking the ground, it is sure to be virgin soil. B. Bath. 18a צ׳ דמפסיק a granite block intervenes (preventing the roots from spreading over the neighboring ground). Pes. 47b הוא וריעה בר צ׳ Ms. M. is flinty ground fit for sowing; a. e. -- Y. Kil. VII, beg. 30d צלמא בהדין (corr. acc.) in finty ground, opp. רכיכה; vv. פתפת. - [Ber. 39a צ׳ פת Ar., v. גם.]
צונן m., צוננת f. (צנן) something cold. Pes. 76a צ׳ צ׳ לתוך if cold meat is put into cold milk. Ib. צ׳ בחרס when the earthen vessel was cold. Dem. V, 3 על מעשר וכ׳ הצ׳ ומן הצ׳ (Bab. ed. הצוננות ומן, corr. acc.) one may give the tithes from the hot bread for the cold, and from the cold for the hot; a. fr. -- Pl. וננין, צוגין; צוננות. Pes. 94b וכ׳ צ׳ ומעיינות . . . העולם כל the whole world (the earth) is hot, and the springs are cold &c. Y. Maasr. IV, 51b top צונין תבשיל a dish of cold things (not yet cooked). Gen. R. s. 12, end (some ed. incorr.צונן). Y. Sabb. XX, 17c bot. צונין, opp. פושרין; a. fr.
צוננא, צוננה ch. same. Y. Sabb. IV, 6d, v. צנן.
צועה f. (צעה, denom. of יצע, to lie down, to banquet, v. צעא) banguueting dish, plate. - Pl. צועות. Y. Keth. X, 33a bot. הצ׳ ומן, v. נחושת. Ib. הלילה באותו הצ׳ מן ובלבד but you cannot seize plates prepared for use that same night. - [Tosef. Keth. VII, 11 הצועה ed. Zuck., read; הצואה.]
צוער (b. h.) pr. n. pl. Zoar, a town east of the Dead. Sea. Yeb. XVI, 7 התמרים עיר צ׳ Z. the palm-town. Tosef. Shebi. VII, 15 שבצ׳ אחרון שיכלה עד until the last dates in Z. are gone; Pes. 53a; a. e.
צוער m. (b. h. צער; צער) boy, servant. Mekh. Mishp. s. 16 (ref. to Ex. XXII, 11) הצ׳ את להוציא מעמו from with him, this excludes the shepherd boy from responsibility; [another vers. הצ׳ את להביא this includes the shepherd's responsibility for the shepherd boy;] Yalk. Ex. 346 הצועד (corr. acc.). -- Pl. צוערים, constr. צורי. Arakh. II, 6; Tosef. ib. II, 2, v. צעיו.
צוף (b. h.; cmp. טוף) [to shine,] 1) to come to the surface, float; to lie n a conspicuous place (on a stone, pillar &c.). Sifre Deut. 205 (ref. to Deut. XXI, 1 בשדה) ולא וכ׳ על צף but not when found foating on the water; Sot. IX, 2. Y. Peah VI, 19c (if ttwo bodies are found, one lying on top of the other, the ceremony of breaking a heifer's neck is not performed) צף משום . . משום התחתון not for the lower one, because it is hidden, nor for the upper one, because it lies in a conspicuous place; Sot. 45a (refer- ring to two sheaves lying one upon the other) והעליון צף שהוא מפני (Ar. עף) and the upper is not considered a. forgotten sheaf, because &c. Ib. וכ׳ לתוך עומרין צפו (Ar. עפו) if sheaves floated into a neighbor's field; ib. אין צפו לא מונחין only when they came to lie in a conspicuous place, and not when they rested on the ground? Ib. bot. צף הוי לא במינו מין one thing ying on another of tthe same kind is not considered as above the ground. Oant. R. to VII, 9 הכבשן צם the furnace (in the ground) came