עזלא, עי׳ m. (preced.) web. Targ. Ps. LVII, 3. -V.
איזלא.
עזם, v. חזם.
עזק (b. h. Pi.; cmp. חזק) [to press,] 1) to break clods and levl the ground; to break ground; to till. Men. 85b זיתיו תחת עוזק היה(cmp. בלפ; Yalk. Deut. 962 עוסק; Yalk. Prov. 950 מוסק) was hacking and levelling the ground under his olive trees. Ohol. XVIII, 5 הפרס בית העוזק he who breaks a field'suspected of containing human bones (v. פרס). Tosef. ib. XVII, 9 וכ׳ בדיקה לך אין עזקו iff he broke the ground, there is no better way of examining than this. Y. R. Hash. II, 58a top (ref. to יעזק בית, v. יעזק) ההלכה את עוזקין היו ששם for there they cultivated (levelled) the law; a. e. - 2) to hold fast. Hull. 94a עוזק וכ׳ בפיו אחת holding one piece in his mouth and two in his hands.
2זק m. (preced.) 1) compress, v. עדק II. -2) v. צזקה.
עזקא, עי׳ I m. (preced. wds.) fetter, handcuff. - Pl. עזקיא, עי׳. Targ. Jer XL, 1 (h. text אזקים).
עי׳עזקאIIm., עזזקתא, עיז׳f.(preced.; cmp. חיזקא) clasp, ring, signet-ring. Targ. Ex. XXVIII, 11 (O. ed. Vien. עזקן pl.). Targ. O. Gen. XXXVIII, 18; a. fr. - Gitt. 68a ע׳ שם עלה דחקיק a ring on which the divine name was engraven; Midr. Till. to Ps. LXXVIII, 45. Y. Ab. Zar. IV, 44a top ע׳.צר חד a ring on which was a figure (Bub.iib. 43a דרקון צורת ועליה טבעת); a. fr. - [Lev. R. s. 13 כעזקתא סומקתא, read; כערקתא.]-- Trnsf. (v. טבעת) anus, end of the rectusm. Koh. R., to VII, 19; Yalk. ib. 976. -- Pl. עזקיא, עי׳; עזקתסא, עזן; עי׳. Targ. Ex. XXV, 12; 14; a. fr. -- Y. Sabb. VI, 8b bot. (expl. וטבעת Num. XXXI, 50).
עזקה, עזיקה f. (עזק 1) a newly broken field. Tosef. Dem. V, 2 (a gentile vender praising his goods) הם ע׳ פירות ed. Zuck. (oth. ed. זק) they are fruits of a new land (in which case they would be forbidden as Drlah); Yeb. I22a..
עזקתא, v. עזקא II.
עזר (b. h.; cmp. אזר a. גדר) [to surround,] to help, protect. Yalk. Num. 759 (play on אלעזר אל, Num. XIX, 3) עוזר אל אל (give her, i. e. Rome, over) to the helping God (omitted in Pesik. Par., p. 41a; Pesik. R. s. 14). Yeb. 63a (ref. to Gen. II, 20) וכ׳ עוזרתו זכה if he deserves well, she is a help to him &c., v. next w. -- Midr. Till. to Ps. CXXI וכ׳ עושה אתכם עוזר מי יודעים אתם do you know who is your helper? The maker of heaven and earth. Gen. R. s. 44 (ref. to Gen. XV, 2 אליעור דמשק) מלכים רדפתי שבשבילו האל ויעזרני דמשק עד for his (Lot's) sake I pursued the kings as far as Damascus, and God helped me; a. e.
עזר m. (b. h.; preced.) help; trnsf. (after Gen. II, 20) helpmate. Pirke d'R. El. ch. XII וכ׳ ע׳ ועשאה (notועשתה) and he made her a help and placed her opposite him. Ib. אשה ע׳ לו משבנה when he had built for him a help- mate named ishshah. Ib. וכ ע׳ לו תהיה זכה אם iff he deserves well, she will be to him a help, if not, an opposition; Gen. R. s. 17, a. e., v. נגד. Yalk. Gen. 62 ולעזדו לאדם for Adam and his wife; Pirke d'k. El. eh. XX. Ib. ch. XXI אדם ועודדו (corr. acc.); a. e.
עזרא (b. h.) pr. n. m. Ezra, 1) the priest and scribe. Succ. 20a ויסדה מבבל ע׳ עלה . כשנשתכחה when the Law was forgotten in Israel, Ezra came from Babylonia and re-established it. Ber. 27b; Men. 53a לע׳ עשירי a descendant of Ezra in the tenth generation. Meg. 15a ע׳ זה מלאכי Malachi is Ezra; a. v. fr. -ע׳־ (ספר) the Book of Ezra (and Nehemiah). B. Bath. 14b. --[M. Kat. III, 4 (18b) ע׳ ספר, v. עזרה.] -- 2) name of several Amoraim. Men. l. c. - Y.Erub. II, beg. 19d. Y. Taan. IV, 68c top עזרה; a. fr.
עזרד, v. עוזרד.
עזרה I pr. n. m., v. עזרא.
עזרה II f. (b. h.; עזר) help. Taan. III, 7 (19a) ולא לע׳ לצעקה (vrou may blow the alarm on the Sabbath to sum- mon people) for help, but not for prayer. Kidd. 6a עזרתי מהו (if one says to a woman) be my help', how is it (is she betrothed)?, v. עזר.
עזרה f. (b. h.; 5זר; cmp. גזרה) enclosure, esp. Temple court. Midd. I, 4 בע׳ היו. שעדים שבעה the Temple court had seven gates. Ib. II, 5 הנשים עזרת the women's com- partment in the Temple court; ישראל עזרת the men's com- partmentfor non-priests).Ib.6 וכ הע׳ כל the whole Azarah was one hundred and seventy five cubits long &c.; a. v. fr. -- הע׳ ספר the copy of the Torah used in the Temple court. M. Kat. III, 4 (18b) הע׳ ספר (Var. עזרא the copy deposited by Ezra). B. Bath. 14b top. Kel. XV, 6; a. fr.
עזריה (b. h.) pr. n. m. Azariah, 1) A. ben Oded, the prophet. Lev. R. s. 19. -- 2) one of the Jewish exiles at the Babylonian court, v. חנניא. Sabb. 67a; a. v. fr. -- 3) brother of Simon. Zeb. I, 2 ע׳ אחי שמעון; Toh. VIII, 7. -- Lev. R. s. 25 וכ ונותן בפרקמטיא עוסק ע׳ A. was engaged in trade, and supported his brother Simon. Sot. 21a. -) father of R. Elazar, v. אלעזד. - 5) name of several Amoraim. Y. Ber. I, 2a top. Y. Sabb. VII, 9b (prob. identical with R. Ezra). Lev. R. s. 10, beg. Pesik. R. s. 14; Pesik. Par., p. 339a. -- Pesik. R. s. 16 דכפר ע׳ ו׳ חטייה; Pesik. Eth. Korb., p. 61a; Lev. R. s. 7; a. fr.
עזרתא f. =h. עזרה, court. Targ. Is. X, 32 (ed. Vil. עורתא, pl.). Targ. ISam. III, 3 זרת constr.; a. e. - Pl. עזדתא. Targ. Is. I, 12 עזרתי (oot תי . ).
*עזת pr. n. m. (?) Azzath. Snh. 19a Yohisin (ed. עות; Ms. M. אילת; Ms. F. עזה; Ms. K. עזא; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note).
טזתה, v. עזה II.
עט, עיט m. ch. (=b. h. עט; עטט, cmp. חטט) stgle, pencil. Targ. Jer. XVII, 1.
2טא, v. יטאz.
