שיכפילו) up to the time when people lay the figs in layers;
[oth. opin. people fold up the knives (v. preced.) to store
them away; oth. opin.; people fold up the matting on
which the figs are dried before they are stored]. Ib.
62a. Tosef. Dem. I, 3 המקצעות משיקפלו; Y. ib. I, beg. 21a
המקצועות.
מקצת f. (b. h.; קצה; v. קצת) a part; (adv.) partially, in some cases. Shebu. VI, 3 וכ׳ ממין כ׳ לו והודה הואיל since he has admitted a part of what is comprised in the claim (empty 'casks against the claim of 'pitchers of oil). Ib. כלים במקצת הודה if he admits that he owes a portion of the vessels claimed. - B. Mets. 3a, a. fr. הטענה במ׳) מודה ישבע he wkso admits a portion of the claim must make oath. Y. Shebu. VII, beg. 38b וכ׳ מ׳ ומהנה מ׳ שנהנה לפי because he is beneftted to a certain extent and benefits (the owner) to a certain extent, he must swearr in some cases and pay damage in other cases. Sifra Sh'mini, Par. 9, ch. XI מ׳ וטהרת מ׳ טמאאת you make it possible to declare (the seeds) unclean in some cases and clean in others. Ab. V, 8 וכ׳ ומקצתן מעשרין מקצתן if a part of the people give tithes and a part give not, v. בצורת. Koh. R. to VII, 27, a. e. הנפש ככל הנפש מ׳ loss of a part of one's life (pain, oss of property &c.) is considered like a sac- rifice of one's entire life; a. fr. -- Ch. v. קצת.
מקק (b. h.; cmp. מוק) to soften. Nif. נמק, נמוק, נימ׳ to be sofened; to decay; to be sgashed beyond recognition. Nidd. X, 4 הבשר שימוק עד until decay has set in. Bicc. I, 8 נמקו if the first fruits hecame decayed. Sifra B'huck., Par. 2, ch. VIII (ref. to Lev. XXVI, 39) ימסו אלא ימקו אומר אינו it does not merely mean'they shall decay (when aportion remainssound), but they shall dissolve (v. Macc. 24a bot.). Nidd. III, 4 נימוק וכ׳ הולד the embryo may have been mashed (mixed up with the blood) before it was passed. Y. ib. III, end, 51a וכ׳ שלייו נימוקה the placenta was mashed. Bab. ib. 27a וכ׳ פעם נמוק דומה אינו there is no comparison between one presumption that the embryo was mashed and two such suppositions (that the placenta of one embryo and the embryo of another placenta were mashed). R. Hash. III, 8 נימוקים היו they decayed (from the serpent's bites), opp. מתרפאאין; a. e. - Tanh. Noah 10 יסודו נמק; Yalk. Dan. 1060 סידו נימק, v. infra. Hif. המק 1) to sguash. Y. Ab. ZZar. II, 40cbot. תמיק שלא וכ׳ lest she may squash the emhryo in her womb. -- 2) to enervate, cause consumption. Keth. VII, 10 ממקתו she (the intercourse with her) will enervate him (the leper). Hof. הומק to be crumbled, to dissolve. Snh. 92b סורו ה׳ (Rashi) his (Nebucadnezzar's) pride was crumbled (he confessed his wrong), v. מרק; (ed. סודו ה׳ its (the kiln's) foundation was crumbled (from the heat); [oth. vers. ה׳ ססידו the lime in it melted; Tanh. Noah 10 וסודו נמק; Yalk. Dan. 1060 סידו נימק]. Hithpalp. התמקמק to be crushed, to pine. Taan. 25b ויצטער שיתמקמק עד until he is made submissive (by star- vation) and feels pain.
מקק ch. same. thpalp. אתמקמק 1) to pine away, be weakened. Targ. Y. Deut. XXXI, 18; a. e. -- 2) to decay, melt. Targ. Job XIV, 10 (h. text חלש). Targ. Ps. LXXIII, 8(h.text ימיקו). -- 3) to Sneeפe, v. infra. hpe. איתמקק (cmp. מוג, tthpol.) 1) to be languid, to stretch ons' self. Targ. IKings XVII, 21. - 2) [tto collapse; v. מרפא a. טש,] to snecze. Targ. II Kings IV, 35 ed. Lag. (ed. Ven. I אתמוקק hpol. of מוק; Regia אתמקמק; ed. אתמורק; h. text ויזורר; Pesh. אתפקק).
מקק, v. ממקק.
מקק m. (preced.) דסיפרי מ׳ book-worm. Sabb. 90a.
מקקא, מקיקא m. (v. מקק, thpe.) sneezinp. - Pl. מקקין מקי׳. Targ. Job XLI, 10 מקקוי Regia (Ms. Var. מקיקוי; ed. זרירוי; h. text עטישותי).
מקר, v. מיקר.
מקר m. ch. =h. מיקר, cooling; מ׳ כיף shady rock. Targ. Is. XXV, 5 (h. text עב).
מקרא pr. n. m. (d~~ק~) Macra. Gen. R. s. 46 [read;] דמ׳ הרא מסתברא this interpretation of M. is plausible; (Lev. R. s. 25 דנגדא).
מקרא, מקורא m. (קרא) being called, summons. Y. Ber. II, 4d top; Y. Meg. I, 71c (play on מקורד, Prov. V, 18) וכ׳ לקבר מקראך יהי blessed be thy being summoned to the grave; Yalk. Prov. 937; Koh. R. to IV, 17. Ib. בבית ברוך תהיה מקוראך be blessed in the house to which thou wilt be called.
מקרא m. (b. h.; קרא) 1) call, convocation. Sifra Emor, Par. 11, ch. XIV קדש מ׳ עשאו אם אלא unless one made it (the Day of Atonement) a holy call (observed it). Ib. ch. XIII, Par. 11 וכ׳ קדש מ׳ ישראל בני the sons of Israel are a holy convocation (called to celebrate the festivals) &c. Mekh. Bo. s. 9; a. fr. - 2) reading, esp.the reading froms the cScriptures. Ber. II, 1במ׳ זמן the time for reading the Sh'm a. Meg. 3a, a. fr. מגילה מ׳ the recitation of the Book of Esther. Tosef. Ber. II, 20 ותפלה מ׳ שם יש reading the Scriptures and prayer are permitted there; Sabb, 10a; a. e. - Meg. l. c. (ref. to Neh. VIII, 8 מ׳ ויקראו) ז this means the reading of the text; Ned. 37b; a. fr. -- 3) pronunci- ation, vocalieation; סופרים מ׳ the traditional vocalization of the Scripture texts. Ib. -- 4) teaching the Hible, primary instruelion. Ib. IV, 3 מ׳ ילמדנו לא he must not teach him Bible, contrad. to מדרש &c. Ib. 36b bot. המ׳ על. . . במקום where is it customary to take remuneration for teaching the Bible. Y. Meg. III, beg. 73d; Y. Keth. XIII, beg. 35a וכ׳ למ׳ ספר בית Beth Sepher was the school for Bible, Beth Talmud for Mishnah. Lev. R. s. 2, beg. למ׳ נכנסין enter the primary school; a. fr. -- 5) the Scriptures. Y. Taan. IV, 68a bot. המ׳ כל על חיזרו, v. הזו; a. fr. -- 6) Beclimal verse, text. Sot. V, 2 וכ׳ התורה מן מ׳ לו שאין there is for it no passage in the Torah intimating that it is uncפדaan. Ib. וכ׳ מן מ׳ לו מביא produces for it a Biblical.text in evidence &c. Yeb. 11b, a. e. פשוטו מידי יוצא מ׳ אין a Bible verse can never lose its literal sense (although its mmeaning
