Tanh. Trum. 11 הנחשת מ׳ על לכפר to atone for the brazen
front. Kidd. 70b מ׳ עזות, v. עזות; a. e.
מצחא ch. same. Targ. Y. I Gen. IV, 8.
מצטבלה, Gen. R. s. 65, end למ׳, read למצטלבא, v. צלב.
מצטרא, מפטרו, v. sub מיצ׳.
מצי, מצא (b. h.; cmp. מטי) to reach; to find. B. Mets. I, 1 מבאתיה אני I found it. Ib. 2a מצאתיה מאי אמינא הואי וכ׳ ראיתיה I might have thought I found it meant *I discovered it, although he had not taken it up &c. Ih., a. e. וכ׳ לידיה דאתאי ומבאתה 'and which thou hast foundd (Deut. XXII, 3) means that it camme into his possession. Gitt. IX, 10 ערוה דבר בה מ׳ he discovered in her some- thing disgraceful (infidelity); וכ׳ אחרת מ׳ he found another wo man handsomer than she; a. fr. -- וכ׳ אאף . בי מצינו מה what do we find with regard to- So also &c., i. e. as in the case of-, so &c. Sifra Vayikra, N'dab., ch. VIII, Par. 77 וכ׳ מליקה אף. . . בהקטרה מצינו מה as when burning (the sacrifice on the altar) the head is separated from the trunk, so when pinching the neck of the bird the head must be severed &c.; a. fr. -- Part. pass. מצוי, f. מצויה; pl. מצויין; מצויות accessible, freguent; likely. Arakh. 30b למ׳ פרט ומצא 'and he find the means (Lev. XXV, 26), this excludes the case of the means being accessible, i. e. of one who had the means at the time being. B. Mets. 27a (ref. to Deut. XXII, 3, v. supra) וכ׳ אצל ומ׳ הימנו שאבודה מי that which is lost to him but accessible to any body else; אבודה וכ׳ מ׳אצל ואינה הימנו lost to him and inaccessible to every one else (e. g. swept away by a food). Sabb. 151b עד עשה ומ׳לדוכ׳ שאתהמוצא do good while thou findest (an oppr- tunity), and it is possible to thee(thou hast the means), and thou art yet in thy own power (possessest thy faculties). Suh. 86a למ׳ פרט ימצא כי if one be found stealing &c.' (Deut. XXIV, 7), this excludes the case when the abducted and sold person was in his power (his own child &c.). Ib. דמי בידו כמצויין the case is to be judged as if they (the children) had been in his possession. Gen. R. s. 85 השטר להגבות מ׳ the note can be produced for collection, i. e. evidence can be found against us. Gitt. 2b מ׳ עדים אין לקיימו no witnesses are to be had to identify it. B. Mets. 18a מ׳ שהנשיירות במקום where caravans pass frequently. Esth. R. to I, 1, v. דידכי. Ib. (ref. to Ps. XXI, 9) ידך תהא מאויביך ליפרע מ׳ thou shalt have the opportunity of punishing thy enemies. B. Kam. 4a מ׳ הזיקה the damage through it is frequent. Ib. 60a מ׳ רוח an ordinary wind, מ׳ שאינה דוח an extraordinary wind; a. v. fr. Nif. נמצא to be found. Gen. R. s. 85 בגניבה שנמצאו who are caught at a theft; a. fr. - Esp. to turn out, to follow, to result. Hull. I, 4 וכ׳ כשר נ׳ the result is, what is legal in slaughtering is illegal in pinching. Pes. 25b למד ונ׳, v. למד II. Sifre Ieut. 210 למדים נמצינו from which we can consequently derive. -- Y. Pes. , beg. 31a, a. fr. אומר מצאת thou urnest out saying, i. e. the result is, consegiently. - לומר (תמצא) תימצי אם (abbr. את״ל) if you will say. Gitt. s2b וכ׳ איתא לומר תמצא אם if you will adopt the opinion of &c. Sabb. 136a וכ׳ פליגי את״ל if you assume that they difter &c.; a. fr. -- Tosef. Ohol. IV, 12 וכ׳ לומר כשתמצא ir you assume &c. Hiff. המציא to furnish, provide with. Gen, R. l. c. וכ׳ הקבה וה׳ נאבדו they (the tokens) had been lost, and the Lord provided others instead. Hag. 5a (ref. to תמצאן, Deut. XXXI, 21) וכ׳ ממציא שרבו עבד what remedy is there for a slave for whom his master invents evils and troubles? Ib. וכ׳ לעני מעות לו הממציא he who is ready to furnish the means (of his delivery) to the poor man in distress (by which the persecutor's greed is increased); [Rashi he who has money ready for the poor man in extreme distress, instead of helping him to a livelihood in due timel. Arakh. 30b (ref. to Deut. XIX, 5) לממציא פרט ומצא עצמו את and it strikes', this excludes the case of one who brings himself within the range of the missile (after it. is started); Macc. 8a; a. e.
מצי I, מצא ch. same, to reach, be able; to master. B. Mets. 114b וכ׳ מצינא לא בארבעה I could not master four orders of the Talmud, how could I master six -- Ib. 14a, a. fr. ליה אמר מצי he may say to him. B. Bath. 84a בך הדרת הוה)מצית) לא(v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.) thou wouldst not have had the right to retract; וכ׳ מצית.. השתא now that thou hast overreached me, canst thou retract?; a. fr. thpe. אימצי, אכ׳ [to find one's sel,] to succeed. Keth. 62a וכ׳ נכרי אי׳ לא the gentile did not succeed in keeping pace with him. Ned. 89b למיתנא אמ׳ ולא. . . רהיט he tried his utmost (v. גפא I), but had no success in his studies; a. e. Af. אמציא (with נפשיה, or without) to place one's self within sight of an enemy so as to give him a chance for reconciliation, to be ready for reconciliation. Yoma 87a נפשיה ממציא הוה (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note; ed. וממציא ליה). - [Keth. 60b ממשיא, v. מצי II.]
מצי, מצה (מצא) (b. h.) to soueeze, wring. esp. to wring outt the blood of the bird sacriflce. Sifra Vayikra, N'dab., ch. VIII, Par. 7 מוכה הוא he wrings it; a. fr. Pi. מיצה, מצה 1) same. Zeb. VI, 5, sq.; a. fr. -- 2) to pour out to the lastt drop, to drain. Ib. 64b ימצה כתיב מי וכ ימצה (ed. punctuate ימצה, Hif.) it does not say (Dev. V, 9), he shall pour out (the reimainder) at the bottom &c.', but it shall be wrung out', which means, that it will run out to the bottom of itself. Ter. XI, 8 הרכינה ומיצה (Y. ed. ומיצת; Ms. M. ומצת) if he bent the vessel and drained it; B. Bath. 87b (Ms. H. a. R. ומיצת); ib. V, 8 (87a) ומיצה הרכינה (Y. ed. ומצת; Bab. ed. ומיצית, Ms. M. ומיצת; Ms. R. ומיצתה). Gen. R. s. S5; s. 92 (play on מא, Gen. XLIV, 16) וכ׳ ממשה שהוא כזה as one drains a vessel and leaves notbing but the lees. Midr. Till. to Ps. LIX (play on מצא, Prov. XVIII, 22) ממצה היא רעה כשהאשה וכ׳ מביתו כולן הטובות (כל) ed. Bub. (oth. ed. ממצאת, a. oth. variants) when the wife is bad, she drains all the good things out of his house and makes him poor; Yalk. Prov. 957 ממציא (read; ממסית); a. fr. - 3) (cmp. מצע) מידות מ׳ to measure exactly. Erub. IV, 11 (52b) ממצין המשוחות אין וכ׳ the surveyors(in marking distances for Sabbath limits) do not measure exactly (but mark within the liimits), in order tto allow for mistakes. -Trnsf. to sound one's learn- ing. Men. 18a מידותי למצות to have my own learning examined; וכ׳ מידותיו למ׳ to sound the learning of &c. Hithpa. מתמצה to be wrung out; to be emptied, drained
