why do mourners beat their hearts?; a. e. -- Part. pass.
כתוש, f. כתושהcrushed. Men. 86b, v. כתית.- Trnsf. defloured.
Y. Kidd. I, 59atop, v..הרף. - 2) to press, to be closely joined,
grouped; כותש שער a thick hair crown, i. e. ramifications
forming a sort of arbor. Peah II, 3 כ ש׳ אםסהיה if the ram-
ifications are intertwined; Y. ib. 17a top [readn] כעלי כ׳ מה
וכ׳ במכתש (v. R. S. to Kil. V, 3) what does this כותש mean?
Does it mean, like the pestle in the mortar (. e. the
partition is formed by a depression in the ground be-
tween the two fields, out of which the fence rises), or
does it mean, pressing upon (overgrowing) the fence?
Answ. וכ׳ כותש הגדר ואין כותש סער דתנינן מה מן reading as
we do 'the hair (ramification) presses', and not the fence
presses', iit is evident that it means'overgrowing the fence.'
Nif. נכתש to be crushed, pounded. Tanh. Ki Thabo 3
וכ׳ ׳ הזה השמן מה as oil is pounded, and the more it is
pounded, the better it becomes, v. כתישה. Ter. I, 8 זתים
הנכתשין crushed olives. Tosef. ib. III, 14 ליכתש עתידין
designated for pounding; a. fr.
Pi. כיתש to crush to powder. -- Part. pass. מכותש, f.
מכותשת. Tosef. Ohol. II, 5 some ed. (oth. מבותתת, ed. Zuck.
מכתתת; Y. Naz. VIII, 56c מכותתין).
Hithpa. התכתש [to come in contacctt with,] to wrestle,
fight (cmp. גשש). Y. Peah IV,18b top וכ׳ מתכתשין שנישהיו
if two persons were fighting about a (forgotten) sheaf;
Tosef. Peah II, 2מכתשי ed. Zuck. (Var. מתכששין, corr. acc.).
Sifre Deut. 37 וכ׳ מתכתשות מלכיות ד׳ (ed. Fr. מתכחשות)
four governments disputed about it (each naming it dif-
ferently); Yalk. Num. 743 מתרחשות (corr. acc.); Pesik.
Zutr. Deut. ed. Bub. p. 9 מתכתשין מלכים . . . .; ib. p. 30
מתכבש׳ (corr. acc.).
כתש ch. same, 1) to crush. Targ. Y. Ex. XXX, 36. - Part. pass. כתיש, f כתישא; pl. כתישין; כתישן. Targ. Ex. XXVII, 20. Targ. Y. Lev. XXII, 24 (h. text כתות). - 2) (=h. נגע) to touch, strike, affict. Part. pass. as ab. Targ. Ps. LXXIII, 14 (ed. Wil. כתיש). Targ. Is. XXVIII, 1 (h. text הלומי). Ib. LIV, 4; a. e. -- De. מכתש. Ithpa. אתכתש, אכהש 1) to wrestle, fght. Targ.]Y. Gen. XXXII, 25, sq. --Gen.R. . 48, beg. וכ׳ מכתשא הות was quar- relling with her maid. Lev. R. s. 9 מתכתשין . . . חמית ולא וכ׳ and I never saw two quarrel with one another with- out making peace between them. Ib. s. 22 מכתשין פשושין Ar. ed. Koh. (ed. מתנציין ציפרין). -- 2) mostly tthpe. אתכתש Esp or כתת to be smitten, afficted (with leprosy). Targ. Ps. LXXIII, 5. Targ. Y. Ex. II, 23 (cmp. Ex. R. s. 1). Targ. Y. Gen. XVI, 1. -- [Gen. R. s. 44; Yalk. ib. 77, v. כשש] *גa. כתש to press, beg persistently. Shebu. 30b; Hull. 7b, v. בתש.
כתת (b. h.) [to join closely (in a friendly or hostile sense); -- Denom. כת;] to press, crush. Part. pass. כתות, one whose parts are crushed. Sifra Emor Par. 7, ch. VII; Kidd. 25b; Bekh. 39b. Pi. כיתת 1) to strike. Gen. R. s. 22 (with ref. to Ps. LXXXIX, 24) מכתתו התחיל he began to strike him; Yalk. ib. 36; Yalk. Ps. 840. Midr. Till. to Ps. XXIII מה״ב היה וכ׳ מכתת the angel of death smote fifteen thousand and some of them. Ber. 63b (play on הסכת, Deut. XXVII, 9) וכ׳ עצמיכם כתתו expose yourselves to being smitten (by death) over the study of the Law. --2) to pound, pulverize. Ab. Zar. 44a עיתתו grounditt(the bronze serpent) to powder. --Trnsf. (cmp. גרס) to discuss, argue. Ber. l. c. ואח״כ הם כתת first listen(and receive)and then discuss. -- Part. pass. מכיתת, f מסותתת, pl. מכותתין, v. כתש.
כתת ch. same, 1) to join closely, be grouped. Targ. Job XXk, 7 בתתין Ms. Var., read; כתתין (ed. מתחברין, h. text יספחו). -Denom. כתא, כחא. -- 2) to strike, v. infra. Pa. כתת 1) to pound, crush. Ab. Zar. 44a דכתותי הוא בדין וכ׳ לא by law it was necessary to grind it (the bronze serpent) to powder, v. preced. - 2) too ally,form intofactions. Targ. Y. I um. XXIV, 26 (play on כתים, ib. 24)וכ מכת causes nations . . . . . bo form alliances and incites themmm against one another. --Part. pass. מכחה, v. infra. Ithpa. איכתת 1) to be powdered, crushed. Succ. 31b שיעוריה מיכתת כתותי the ize which the Lulab must have, is (in the eyes of the law) crushed to powder (as an ob- ject of idolatry); Hull. 89b שיעורא מעתת כתותי (or מכחת. v. supra). Ib. וכ׳ דמכ׳ מה כל the more it is crushed to powder, the better it is fitted (for covering the blood). Yeb. 103b דמי כדמכת (or כדמכתת) the house doomed to destruction (Lev. XIV, 45) is to be considered as crushed to powder. -- 2) to come in contact (hostile or friendly, cmp. ווג). Gen. R. s. 78 (ref. to פגש, Gen. XXXIII, 8) א״ל וכ׳ א״ל גביהון אנא מיכתת said he (Esau), I had a meeting with them. Said he (Jacob) they came to flnd grace &c. Said he, I have had enough blows; Yalk. ib. 133. ox I.
