וצוע׳) and they were called the junior Levites; ib. 13b
צערי להו קרי . דידן ותנא וסועדי תנא there is a version,
and they were called the assistants of the Levites'; and
as to our version (צעירי or צוערי), because the voices of
those were fine , therefore he calls them tsgf fre (the
troubles) of the Levites (v. צער). Gen. R. s. 75 של צעידיהם
שבטים the youngest of the tribes; a. e. -- Pem. צעירה. B.
Kam. 38b וכ׳ עמי בן דקאמרה צ׳ the younger (daughter of
Lot) that called her son Ben-amml &c.; Hor. 11a; Nag. 23b;
a. e. -- Y. Meg.I, 71d bot. הרגלים צעירת . . . לו כתבו tthey (the
Greek translators) wrote for him (Ptolemy) 'the slender-
footed (in place of ארנבת, Lev. XI, 6); Bab. ib. 9b; Treat.
Sof'rim I, 8; Mekh. Bo, s. 14; Tanh. Sh'moth 22. -- [LXX
Lev. XI, 5, 6 has baobmoco e= הרגלים שעירת.]
צעצועים m. pl. (b. h. צעצעים, II Chr. III, 10; צע, cmp. צעיר; cmp. זעטוטי a. דגיר) miniatures, babes, dolls. B. Bath. 99a היו צ׳ מעשה כרובים (not הן, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note , 2) the Oherubs in the Temple had tthe form of babes, v. כמוב I; [Comment. = אצאיםs, v. Rabb. l. c.].
צעק (b. h.; cmp. זעק) to cry; (cmp. צווח) to complain. Mekh. Mishp. s. 18 (ref. to Ex. XXII, 22) שהוא זמן כל יכול וכ׳ צצועקlest you may think, when he cries,Ihear him (takke up his cause), and when he does not cry, I do not &c. B. Kam. 93a הנצעק . . . לצועק לו אוי woe to himm who cries (prays for divine judgment to come down upon his neigh- bor) more than tto him who is cried agalnst. Ib. אאחד וכ׳ לנצעק ואחד לצועק Ms. M. both are included (in Ex. l. c.) as deserving divine punishment, the crier and he who is cried against, only that they (in haaven) hasten to attend to the crier first &c. (differ. vers. quoted in Tosaf.). B. Mets. 75b נענין ואינן צועקין שלשה three persons cry in distress, and are not answered (because they are themselves to blame for their sufferings). Midr. Till. to Ps. XXXIV וכ׳ שתיהן צדעקות והיו and both of them screamed and raged within &c. Men. 53b; a. fr. Nif. נצעק to be complained f, v. supra.
צעק, צעיק ch. same. Targ. Josh. XXIV, 7. Targ. Jud. IV, 3.
צעקהf. (preced.) cry, complaint. Gitt. 7a לגימא צעקת, v. לגימה. Ex. R. s. 3 וככ צגקתלפני באה לא עתה עדntil now their cry has not come before me, because the destined end (of the captivity) has not yet arrived. R. Hash. 16b וכ׳ צ׳ צדקה . . ארבעה four things cause the evil verdict to be ttorn up (reversed), they are; charity, prayer &c. Deut. R. s. 2 צ׳ (one of the names for prayer); a. fr.
צער (b. h.) 1) to be narrow, slender, young, v. צוער, צעיר. - 2) to be restrained, suffer privation, pain. Taan. 11a, v. infra. Hif. הצעיר to lessen; to subordinate. Gen. R. s. 6 (ref. to הצעיר, Gen. XLVIII, 14) עסקיו את מצעיר שהיה ידי על וכ׳ becanse he subordinated his afairs (was contented with lesser services), he was privileged to be invested with the rights of the firstborn; וכ׳ מצעיר שהוא הגדול if a great man applies himself to minor services, how much more (is he praiseworthy) b-- Part. pass. מועו, q. v. Pi. ציער 1) to narrow, restrain; to infict pain, annoy. Naz. 19a; 22a, a. e. (ref. to Num. VI, 11) צי׳ שלא זה ומה וכ׳ עצמו המצער . . . עצמו if this (Nazarite) who denied himself only the enjoyment of wine is called a sinner,, how much more so he who denies himself all enjoyments of life Taan. 11a וכ׳ עצמו שצי׳ רבינו במשה ... יצער man must suffer (deny himself enjoyments), when the com- munity suffers; for thus we find that Moses affficted him- self (by sitting on a stone, Ex. XVVII, 12) &c.; ib. המצער וכל וכ׳ עם עצמו (Ms. M. עם המצער וכל, insert עצמו, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) and he who afficts himself in sympathy with the community, will be allowed to see the comfort of the community; Yalk. Gen. 148, a. e. המצטער. Snh. 11a לאבא שציערת הוא אתה wast thou the one who annoyed my father (with the smell of galic)? Ab. Zar. 40bמצעריני ואתה and thou didst let me be in pain (without telling me of the remedy)?; a. fr. -- 2) to suffter. Yalk. Is. 333, v. צרר. Hitthpa. הצטער, Nithpa. נצטער to feel pain ; to sufer privation; to grieve, trouble one's self. Yalk. Gen. l. c., a. e., v. supra. Hag. 15b וכ׳ מצטער שאדם בומן when a man suffers (the penalty of the law), what does the Shekhinah say; וכ׳ מצטער הקביה כך אם if the Lord thus grieves over the blood of the wicked (convict), how much more does he grieve over the bblood of the righteous that is shed; Ms. M. 1 וכ׳ אני מצטער כן אם; Ms. M. 2 מצטערני if thus I (he Lord) grieve &c. Snh. 446a; Yalkk. Deut. 930). Succ. 26a, a. e. וכ׳ פטור מצטער he that feels uncomfortable (cold) is exempt from sitting in the Succah (contrad. fr, חולה), Meg. 16a sq. בו יכשל . . בו שנצ׳ דבר אפשר is it possible that this righteous man (doseph) should commit the same wrong from which he himself had suffered (to make distinctions between brothers)? Yoma 74b; Y. ib. VIII, 44b top (ref. to Lev. XVI, 29) ויצטער . . . ישב יכול you may think, one must sit in the sun or in the cold in order to affict one's self. Bab. ib. 19b וכ׳ על מצט׳ הייתי ימי כל all my life-time have Ibeen troubling myself about this verse (Lev. XVI, 2) thinking, when shall I have an opportunity to carry it into practice (in accordance with the Sadducean interpretation of it) &c. Sifre eut. 354 וכ׳ ונצטערנו הואיל since we have gone to the trouble of coming here &c.; a. fr.
צער, צעיר ch. same; (act. verb) צער [to diminish,] disregard, shamr, curse (cmp. גדף, חסד). Targ. II Esth. II, 5 (transl. of תקלל, Ex. XXII, 27). Targ. Prov. XXX, 111 ניצעיר ed. Lag. (oth. ed. נצעי; ed. il. נצער Pa.; h. text קלל). Ib. 10 ניצערין ed. Lag. (oth. ed. נצערינך, Pa.). Po. צעיו, צער 1) same, v. supra. - Meg. 28a when going to bed he used to pray, דצעין מאן לכל . . . שרא the Lord forgive every one that may have insulted me. -- 2) to affidt, grieve, tronble. Targ. Y. Deut. XXVI, 6 (not צעד׳). Targ. Job XVIII, 4; a. fr. - Ber. 10a טובא ליה מצערי קא הוו they annoyed him exceedingly. Ib 27b נצעריה כמה עד וניזיל how long shall he go on vexing him? Naz. 23b; Hor. 10b sq. (ref. to Deut. II, 9) צעורי הא דלא הוא מלחמה צערינהו war you must not wage (aganst Mtoab), but you may affdict them (put them under tribute); לא צעורי אאפי׳ you must not even afflict them (the Ammonites); (B. Kamm. 38b אנגריא בהו עביד). Y. Snh. I,18c bot. לצעורי . . . כן
