is maintained, i. e. an ordinary wind, opp. אונסים של a.
calamitous wind (Bab. ib. 60a מצויה רוח, v. מצא). - 3) to
move. Gen. R. s. 66 וכ׳ בה מתנהג moves with her (Israel)
from tent to tent. - V. נוהג
נהג, נהיג ch. same. Targ. Lam. I, 6. Ruth IV, 7. Targ. Koh. X, 4. -- Part. pass. נהיג; pl. נהיגין. Targ. Y. Ex. XXXIX, 37. -- Ber. 22a; Hnll. 136b וכ׳ כהני עלמא נהוג the world follows in practice the opinion of these three elders &c. Gen. R. s. 33 יקרא ביה נהיג שרי he began to do him honor (s h. כבוד נהג). -- Part. pass. as ab. ac- customed. Y. Pes. IV, 30c sq. מנהג אינו . . . דנהיגן נשייא (not דנהיגין) that custom of the women not to do . . . is no binding custom; ib.d top דנהגן. Y. R. Hash. II, 58b top וכ׳ גביכון נ׳ אתון הכין is that your custom, to annoy your superiors?; a. fr.
נהוג, v. ניהוג.
נהוונד pr. n. pl. Nahiwand, a Median town south of Ecbatana (v. Neub. Geogr. p. 3l, a. Sm. Dict. Geogr. II, 495a s. v. Orontes). Kidd. 72a the cities of Maday' (II Kings XVIII, 12) וכ׳ וחברותיה נ׳ זו that means N. and her neighbors; .. . the forts of the Moschi &c.; Yeb. 17a ניהר (corr. acc.). Kidd. . c. ניהוונד חלזון, v. חלוון (v. Neub. Geogr. p. 372, sq.). - [Our art. מושכי needs correction; מ׳ כרך must be sought in Media.]
נהום, constr. of נהמא.
נהור, נהורא c. (הר) light; eye-sight. Targ. Job. XVIII, 6. Targ. Prov. IV, 18. Ib. ed. Lag. נוהריה (oth. ed. נהר׳). Targ. Ps. XVVIII, 29 (ed. Lag. נמיהור). Targ. Prov. VI, 23 נוה׳; a. fr. -- Pes. 2a (expl. Gen. I, 5) רחמנא קקרייה וכ׳ ל׳ the Lord called the light and appointed it over the service of the day. Ib. 7b דאבוקה ׳ torch-light; כ׳ דשרגא candle-light; טובא ׳ דנפיש whose light is very strong; טפפי ׳ דזוטר whose light is very small (of limited range). Ib. 8a; Hor. 12a נהוריה משיך, v. משך I. Lam. R. to I, 1 רבתי (כות׳ חד 1) וכ׳ ׳ זיתא the olive tree (in thy dream) means light &c. Ber. 52b בנורא איכא ׳ חדא fire contains only one sort of light. B. Kam. 83b ׳ דילמא וכ׳ מיניה שקיל perhaps the law says (Ex. XXI, 24), he deprived him of his eye-sight, let him be deprived of his eye-sight? - Kidd. 24b בריא נ׳ good (normal) eye-sight, כחישא ׳ defective sight; a. fr. -- [Y. Orl. II, 62c top נהור אתית, v. נהר I.]--׳־ סגי rich of light, euphem. for blind. Ber. 58a. Lev. R. s. 34. Y. Peah VIII, end, 21b, v. infra; a. e. -- Pl. נהוריא,נהורין, נהורי. Targ. Gen.I, 14; 16; a. fr. -- Ber. l. c. בנורא איכא ׳ טובא there is a combination of lights in fire, v. מאור. Pesik. R. s. 21 חרין לך ברייתי הא וכ׳ נהורים I created two lights for thee, thy father and thy mother; a. fr. -- נהוריא (סי(א, v. supra. Y. Peah V, end, 19a (ref. to Prov. XXIII, 10, quot. in Mish. ib. V, 6 עולים, Ms. M. a. Y. ed. עולם) ׳ סגיא .. מנכסיהן שירדו אלו by those going up' are meant those who went down from their estates (reduced to poverty), as the blind are euphemistically called rich of light. Y. Keth. I, 25a bot. [read;] ׳ סביא לסמייה דצווחין כאינשי. Y. Peah VIII, end,. 2tb ׳ דס׳ חד one of the blind men (whom tthe charitable honored by inviting them to their tables).
גהוראי, נהוריי pr. n. m. NP'horay, name or title of several persons. Sabb. 147b; Erub. 13b וכ׳ שמו נ׳ (ר׳) לא his name was not N., but. .. . , and he was named N., because he enlightened &c. Naz. IX, 5; a. fr. -- [Y. Ber. III, 6a bot. וכ׳ אחתיה ׳ N., sister of &c., v. יהודיניי.]
נהוריתא I f. (נהר) affection of the eye-sight oc- casioned by liightning, prob. Gutta Serena. B. Mets. 78b, expl. הבריקה, v. ביק (Rashi נהרייתא, Ms. R. 2 נהריתא).
נהוריתא II pr. n. f. P'horitha, legendary name of one of queen Esther's maids, attending on Wednesdays (v. Gen. I, 14). Targ. Esth. II, 9.
נהי I (b. h. נהה; cmp. נהם) to move; to be in com- motion (cmp. Syr. אתנהי, P. Sm. 2295). thpe. אתנהי to follow eagerly. Targ. ISam. VII, 2. Targ. Jer. III, 17 זיתנהון (some ed. ויתינהון; h.text ונקוו). 1b. XXX, 21 (h. text ונגש). Targ. Hos. II, 18; ib. III, 3; a. e. - Targ. Is. LIII, 5 וכ׳ ובדניתנהי ed. Lag. (ed. Wil. צית; וכד) and when he pursues (is eager for) &c.
נהי II m. (b. h.; v. preced.) commotion; lamentation, elegy. Lam. R. to IV, 11, v. קינה. Y. Pes. VIII, 36b; Y. M. Kat. I, 80a top, v. קינה; a. e.
נהי o נהי II (=נהוי; v. הוי) let it be, granted, ad- mitted. Yoma 64a די נמי ׳ even iff Iadmit that. B. Kam. 76a וכ׳ דסבר נ׳ granted that R. S. holds &c.; a. fr.
נהילא, v. נהל.
נהילאי pl. n. m. N'hilay. Taan. 6a (Ms. M. חנילאי; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note).
נהים, v. נהם.
נהימה f. (נהם) cooing, expression of love. Pesik. R. . 21 (play on מנחמכם, Is. LI, 12) שניהמתם הכ׳ [מאותה] וכ׳ לפני for the sake of that love to which you gave ex- pression &c.; Yalk. Is. 336; Pesik. Anokhi, p. 140a הנחמה שנחמתם (corr. acc.; v. Bub. a. l. note).
נהיקא f. (נהק) braying. Targ. Y. Gen. XXX, 16.
נהיר, v. זהר I.
נהירא pr. n. m. N'hira (Light), allegorical name of the Messiah. Lam. R. to I, 16 (ref. o Dan. II, 22).
נהל (b. h.), Pi. ניהל to quiet, support, lead (v. Del. Proleg., p. 17 sq.). Num. R. s. 12 (interpret. Ex. XV, 13) וכ׳ התורה בזכות ניהלם he supported them for the sake of the Law which they accepted, until the sanctuary was erected.
נהל (Syr. חל, P. Sm. 2336; cmp. נהי I) to shake, sift (cmp. Am. IX, 9). Bets. 29b כ׳m נהלא . דביתהו tthe wife of R. J. sifted flour (on the Holy Day) on the back of &c., v. מהולתא I; a. e. - Part. pass. נהיל, נהילא. Hull. 51b. נ׳ קטמא sifted ashes (which bake and harden when piled up). Ber. 6a. Taan. 9b ׳ (עיבא) a sifted cloud', a form of light and scattered clouds.
